The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1920-07-09

cut of and he had to go somewhere"
ITS queer, though, sir. when Dutch
has been sleeping on the long bench
down there by the fountain. You know
how we feel about him, sir, he being Of
that race"
Dutch told me he was camping in
the TOULOUSE" l answered.
1.-The boys drove him out, sir, and he
took to the garden"
NASTY Of the boys. I should say. If
that interloper should murder him"
A yell rose from the midst Of the
garden. followed by a crash and an in
slant later by a splash that interrupt
ed another yell. l snatched A%ntoine's
lantern and ran down the steps toward
the scene of commotion. When /
reached the cicular pool the jet was
still playing gayly. but the waters on
one side were in furious agitation. Two
men We're rolling and tnmbling about
as though bent upon drowning each
other. l swung the lantern over them
just as Dutch got upon his feet, grip
ping his antagonist by the collar. He
flung him backward over the stone
curbing Of the pool and fell upon him
In the walk with a swish of wet gar
ments. The guards from the outer
edges Of the garden had clamberei
down and they gathered about us as l
began questioning Dutch.
Dutch, undoubtedly enjoying his vic
fNrjnuS nnonprnfnr y-o 4,ov;r~ 0pnr
the PROSTATE captive's collar to give
him air and with his knees clamping
the mans body was disposed to delay
the story Of his adventures TO increase
its dramatic effect.
1T happens this evenin'," he began,
spouting 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 ag'in us
here. calm us Huns, an we gotta
show EN- ives good Americans she
says. An she tole me q Teller been TO
see 'er at wanter 'er to rob the house
fer i'm, he thinkin' 'er likely to 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 that'd prove she wasn't
no Dutchwoman and recommended If I
got the chance to do the same. I
thought notltin' wuz goin' to happen
an wuz sleepin' on me bench here in
the garden when the h~ollerin' at the
garage woke me up. l sits quiet, lis
TENN an this guy drops into the gar
den an wuz crawlin' past me bench
an ! pinches i'm. He wuz fer hayin'
a fight an we knocks over one OF the
big rms an lit in the tank. He says
it's a thousand bones an We turn me
loose. he says, an l soused i'm ag'in
fer that"
The a was still choking from the
sousing and Dutch turned him over
and pounded him vigorously on the
back. assisted by Zimmerman. the
obliging valet, who had sized the oc-
casion to show his hand on the side Of
the allies. "Shall telephone for the
Barton police, sir?" asked Antoine,
with IN extreme exaggeration of his
professional manner.
This was obviously the thing to do.
but I feigned not to hear the question
while ! debated the matter. 1t was
plain that many things relating to the
capture were yelled in mystery; that
IL Mrs. Bashford and her companion
were involved In an International tan.
gle andqhad in their possession some
thing that vitality concerned the ma
tons at war, common chivalry demand
ed that | handle the arrest Of Monta-
mis- agent in such a manner as to
shield them. I was thinking hard and
in my perplexity even considered
sending a messenger to Terrence; but
he was already suspicious and would
be very likely to summon Raynor i'm
mediately and p%recipitate a crisis l
was not prepared to face. To invite
the attention of the American state de-
partment to the increasingly complex
| situation would not be giving my aunt
the chance l meant she should have TO
clear herself.
The captive had got upon his feet
and stood dazedly staring at us. He re-
fused to answer my questions, even
when / suggested that il he could give
q satisfactory account OF himself he
would be released. He only doggedly
shook his head. When ! asked ii he
had been hurt In his bout with Dutch
he smiled and extended his arms in
denial. de was q very decentlooking
fellow. blue-eyed and smo0th-shaven,
who seemed to accept his plight with
q degree Of good humOr.
/ decided that ~ nothing would be
gained by sending him to the Barton
calaboose that night. l would assume
the responsibility of OBTAINING him un-
Ill / had CROPPED my way through the
haze Of suspicious and circumstances
that developed him.
AUNT AIice," Count Mon
tani and the mysterious fan.