Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-08-13

Colonel Heard had discovered the losi
Of his passports and set the German
police looking for them. In that case
Tommy saw no hope at all for him
self and his party. Colonel Heard's
passports would be recognized at once.
But perhaps II was Prince won Stein
veldt who had set the police In mo-
tion. He might have changed HIS
mind about leaving Tommy free 10 90
where he liked. He might not care TO
run the risk Of allowing the princess
10 enter Lysfris. But he would not
know what passports the party held.
II might be possible to persuade this
troublesome Officer that he was Col
onel Heard and that the two ladies'
were his wife and secretary.
lie took the passports out of his
pockets and handed them over. The
officer scrutinized them carefully. He
appeared TO read through all the visas
and to examine all the Official stamps
Al last he fixed his eyes on the pho
tograph. As a rule. passport photo
graphs are totally useless for the pur-
poses Of Identification and might just
as well represent any one else. But
Colonel Heard had heavy mustache.
Tommy was clean shaved. The Of
hcer looked at the photograph, looked
ana hecam. sn.n,c,on.
Mrs Heard ws. = n,,,n .ooa.r..
| tured iadv ~ shout ,ortv.ev. v,,h
rouna cbeer. . do,,h,. ch,r ana ,r..v
hair The or,cer ,oor.d a, h.r mot.
and eompared n with Jsnet.. lean ysc.
ana s,newv peck Ther n. ,r,.d ~
see n n In anv vav re.eyhl.d C.Ivr.
NO. II ala mot.
"These are NOT your nsssnort.. be
said.
Tommy was sctuslIv uncomfor,.
able: hut he was mot VET desnerate
The of,cer was NOT searching sar Col
onel Heard's passports He was mara.
Nv looking out for unspic,ous travail.
ers. n was poss,ble that n hold NJ.
tempt M hun might cow the man
.Here." he said .rvs had ahou,
enoush NJ this tomsoolerv Hand over
those passports M once ana LEI us get
away ont NJ thi.w
The man aid NOT understand a word
that was said 70 him. hut he was i'm.
messed nv the conadenc. With ,-nIch
Tommy smoke. He might possshly
have given back the passnorts NJ the
princess had not tried : nlan NJ her
own for getting away. She lssned
forward and xhisnared "a IN. ar,,.r
Of her car.
The man stepned ONT ~ the car ana
stood, a huge and threatening figure
In front OF the of,,cer He Deliberately
unbuttoned his long oyercoat. f,uns n
omen and dlsplayed n whole row OF
weapons tucked into his belt There
were two large pistols. silver mount.
ed with very long barrel. They
looked ms II they might he of some
value "A antIoues There was also q
heavy modern revolver which was Ger.
tainly valuable M n weanon ~ os.
Tense. There were Ave largo tn,ves
two OF them straight and polnted like
daggers, the other three curved In a
manner that struck Tommy as horri.
bly, murder0us. These were evidently
the mans favorite weapons. His An.
gers closed round the handle OF one
on them.
Hut the police officer was n man az
courage. He had. besides helm nj
hand. From various parts Of the mar.
ket square uniformed men appeared.
all OF them with swords. some Of them
with reyoivers. They gathered round
the group In front Of the hotel.
The swarthy driver was n,t M ali
dismaved His beavv svehrow. war.
sI,vh,Iv raised The eves unaer them
shone with n ,oyfal antIclnstIon az
hattie. He sripped his revolver with
his left hand His right hand held
over the curved Knife.
Tommy WINS frightened A ayh, In
the streets Of Breslau might end In
victory for the German police, or n
might end--that seemed almost prob
able--in a victory for the militant
chauffeur. Either way Tommy and
his marty would get into serious trou.
Bile. ~, ss.s...y~--.t. 49,.
Took here, he said TO the officer.
sif YOU don't believe we're the people
we saw We are. send In 10 the hote,
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