The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1920-10-07
look and added: "And that bear man
Of yours has also been taken IN. and I
believe is now nicely secured in one of

believe is now nicely secured In one o
the old dungeons. I hope one wa.
selected where there are plenty o.
rats"
Kent looked at the leader of thu
mercenaries who stood stockiiy b,
him. and who's protrud .ng eye bat.
ted themselves at intervals and were
devoid of expression.
Hes got to be taken out OF tina,
dungeon" Kent said. emphatically.
L quote one Of your own phrases
Nothing doing,'" retorted the con-
spirator.
All right! Nothing doing in the
combination line, either" s~tubbornly
returned the American.
Provarsk grinned at him with the
kindness of a hungry wolf; but in
fuenced by his prisoners fearless
stare, paused to consider.
I'm tell you what I'll do" said
Kent, TN compromise. You have
your friends put Ivan in a comfort
able cell, and I'll not only give YOU
the combination, but my parole.
III agree that you can take ne to nv
w room, and hat III not leave there
without first notifying you that 1 in
tend TO do so. How's that?"
This is to be a gentleman's agree
ment, is it, Kent?" Provarsk asked.
1T is"
"All right" the conspirator replied.
III accept it. Whatever else you are,
III admit your word is absolutely
good. Give me the combination"
Kent walked across to his desk. sat
down, and with a steady hand wrote it
on a piece of paper, blotted it, and
passed it to Provarsk. The latter
smiled lazily, and turned to the lead
ing soldier.
You have heard the agreement.
he said. See to it that we keen or
part. Have that Ivan put in the most
comfortable place Of confinement we
have. Take Mr.. Kent to his room,
and see hat he is not disturbed, OF
course he has no objections to a guard
outside his door,"
Not in the least" Kent assured
him. Il like it. Keeps me from o.
ing lonesome. Sort Of soothing IN
the dark. Now, before l retire, would
you mind telling me what you are I'D
to this time, n what it's all about?"
Not in the least" said Proyarsk
with the same air Of courtesy that
was, in itself. akin to insult. What
am up to is, first OF all, to get rid
OF you. I'm going to put you out of
the kingdom, n also I've taken steps
to cut your claws. l secured the ad-
dress of your employer, John Rhodes
at 65 Regent street, London, West,
yesterday, and wrote him enclosinel
correspondence showing that you hal
not only made overtures to sell his
concession to me, but had actually
transferred it to me for a cash conf
sideration, which I presumed was
with his sanction. / explained that
my object in writing was to have him
remove you to other scenes of COM
mercial activity, because you were
personally obnoxious, to His Majesty.
the king, and also to me, the chan
cellor. Needless to say the cores
pondence l sent him proving the sale
of the mining concession. was signed
by yourself. Enthusiastically TO-"
Kent's eyes opened with genuine
establishment. This was a more adroit
Invention than he had credited Pro-
varsk with being able to devise. He
had written to Rhodes and!
You forged my name to those let
tiers, eh?" he asked holly. well, be-
fore I'm through with you III"
DO nothing! You can't; you are
helpless. I've got you, this time, nv
smart Yankee friend, and got you in
such a way that you can't escape.
When | kick you out of Marken, you
can take your choice; be tried by John
Rhodes as a defaulter and convicted
on my evidence that the letters are
genuine. or put as much distance as
You can between yourself and your
employer. That is immaterial to me,
either way"
sIS,$ t,,t 49, 1.--t 70
submit to it," declared Kent, on the
defensive.
The king! Poof! The king will
dc as | say, after this; otherwise, I'll
send him trailing along after you in
short order" .
Kent's face was impassive.
Take him to his room and let him
think it over ordered Provarsk, with
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