The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1920-12-09

took to the garden"
NASTY of the boys, should say. II
that lnterloper should murder him"
A yell rose from the midst OF tho
garden, followed by crash and an in
stant later by splash that interrupt
ed another yell. ! snatched Antoine's
lantern and ran down the steps toward
the scene Of cOmmotion. When I
reached the cicular pool the Jet was
still playing gayly, but the waters on
one side were in furious agitation. Two
men were rolling and tumbllng about
as though bent upon drowning each
other. ! swung the lantern over them
! just as Dutch got upon his feet, grip
ping his antagonist by the collar. He
! tiung him backward over the stone
| curbing Of the pool and fell upon him
! In the walk with n swish of wet gar
ments. The guards from the outer
edges of the garden had clambered
down and they gathered about us as l
began questioning Dutch.
Dutch, undoubtedly enjoying his vic
torious encounter was tearing opea
the PROSTATE captive's collar to give
him air and With his knees clamp'ng
the mans body was disposed to delay
the story Of his adventures to increase
Its dramatic effect.
at happens this evenin'," he began,
sDouting water that / seen Elsie,
who's been sneakin' me meals to the
old stables, an she says to me:
Dutch she says, 'they's all Rg'in us
here, calm us Huns, an we gotta
show 'em we's good Americans, she
says. An she tOle me feller been TO
see 'er at wanter 'er to rob the house
fer I'm, he thinkln' 'er likely t. do ut
fer love O. the kaiser. She said as 'ow
she'd nail i'm when he comes tonight
to git a fan she's promised to lift fer
i'm. She said thatd prove she wasn't
no Dutchwoman and recommended If |
got the chance to do the same. |
, thought nothin' wuz gOin' to happen
an wuZ sleepin' on me bench here In
, the garden when the hOllerin' at the
! garage woke me up. l sits quiet, lis
= TENN an this guy drops into the gar
! den an wuz crawlln' past me bench
] an / plnChes I'm. He wuz fer havin
, fight an we knocks over one of the
| big urns an lit in the tank. He says
It's a thousand bones an ye turn me
, loose, he says, an l soused i'm agln
fer that"
The man was still choking from the
sOuslng and Dutch turned him over
, and pounded him vigorously on the
, back, assisted by Zimmerman, the
. Obliging valet, who had seized the oC-
? CasiOn to show his hand on the side OF
the allies. "Shall l telephone for the
Barton police, sir2" asked Antoine
, with an extreme exaggeration Of his
? professional manner
. This was obviously the thing to do
but feigned not to hear the question
. while l debated the matter. 1t wa,
plain that many things relating to the
, capture were yelled in mystery; tha
II Mrs. BashfOrd and her companion
, were involved in an international tan
9 gle and had in their possession some
. thing that vitality concerned the ma
4 tiOns at war, common chivalry demand
ed that / handle the arrest of MOnta
o mrs agent In such a manner as L
= shield them. / was thinking hard anC
. in my perplexity even cOnsidere,
o sending i messenger to Terrence; bu
. he was already suspicious and wOul,
Z be very likely to summon RaynOr i'm
@ mediately and precipitate q crisis
was not prepared to face. To invit,
b the attention of the American state de
= partment to the Increasingly complies
, situation would not be giving my nun
the chance meant she should have t,
. clear herself.
The captive had got upon his fee
:, and stood dazedly staring at us. He Ie
fused to answer my questions, ever
;, when | suggested that If he could Civ,
satisfactory account of himself h
would be released. He only dOggedl.
shook his head. When l asked II h
had been hurt In his bout with Dutcl
he smiled and extended his arms II
:, denial. He was very decent-lOOkinI
: fellow, blue-eyed and smooth-shaven
who seemed to accept his plight witt
u degree Of good humOr.
l decided that as nothing would b.
= gained by sending him to the BartOI
y, calabOose that night, | would assum
), the responsibility OF OBTAINING him III
~. I'll had groped my way through tn
haze Of suspicious and circumstance
that envelOped him.