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The opportunity for the request came at the breakfast table but in a ht to take Mrs von Minden's tent down," said Charley "It looks stark lonely now at the diser, we never sent that poor fellow's papers to a German Consul But it's just as well When I saw Werner in New York it turned out that he knew Von Minden He said he'd forward his papers to the proper persons"

"How on earth did he know Crazy Dutch?" asked Roger

"Just what I asked him He says that a part of his work in this country is to keep an eye on all the resources of America, particularly of the Southwest They like to keep in touch with the Ger to this country and help the See pioneer before he went bug"

"You never did say, Ern," Roger's voice was casual, "how you happened to run on Werner"

"Didn't run on him at all," replied Ernest irritably "I went up to see him on my way home He told us to call on hi back to this God forsaken hole without seeing Broadway Where is the ?"

"I'd rather send the papers to a German Consul, Ern Now that they're in a state of war, over there, it ular"

"I promised Werner he should have the regular over on h-handed predatorythat won't be paid for to the last dollar"

"Well, I' to quarrel with you about Von Minden's box I invited Werner down here to inspect the plant and you can fight it out with hiine"

"I'htfully "I have no patents as yet and I had an unpleasant experience with Von Minden, another with Gustav and I' out a third Gerulped his coffee and walked out of the roo

"I thought you were keen about Germans," said Elsa

"I always have been, and I still am And yet, ever since I've heard about this war--I don't know I feel uneasy Hang it! Gerium as she did It was a dirty trick, just like the one, by Jove, Von Minden tried to play on me! Gustav, another German, take notice, tried to steal from me, too!"