The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-26
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THEGOSE GIRL
~. A Romantic Story BY N
S/HAPOLD r1&GPATHN 9
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HelzaHoaAae6oa. ZheLUfe1f-HeHda6, ere.
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For moment. have never run
afoul the police. ] thought perhaps
We were all to be arrested"
Well, and what them"
What then? Uncomfortable quar-
tiers In stone rooms. preferred dis
erection TO yalor.'
Perhaps you did not care to have
the police ask you questions?''
What is all this about He pulled
her toward him SO that he could look
into hsr eyss. What ~ the matter!
Answer
Are YOU not p spy from Jugend
hit thIniy.
he flung aside her hand SO. The
first doubt that enters your ear tnds
harbor there. A spy from Jugend
nett; that is a police suggestion, ana
you believe il"
DO you deny It p Gretchen was not
cew ed by his anger. which her own
evenly matched.
Yes proudly, snatching his hat
from his mead and throwing it vio-
lently at her feet yes. | deny IT. /
am not spy from any country;
have not sold the right to look any
man in the eye"
Il have asked you many questions, ."
she replied. hut YOU are always
laughing. II ~ a pleasant way to
avoid answering, l have given you
my heart and all its secrets. Have
you opened yours as frankly
To meet anger with logic and sense
Is the simplest way to overcome it.
The viptner saw himself at bay. He
stopped to recover his hat. not SO
much tn regain but to steal time
to conjure up some way out.
70 Gretchen, here under the Virgin
swear 80 YOU that love YOU as
man loves but once In his life. II /
were rich, 1 would gladly fling these
riches to the wind for your sake. If
! were a king, Ia barter my crown
for a smile and "a kiss. 7 have done
no wrong: | have committed no crime.
But you must have proof: so be It,
We will go together to the police
bureau and settle this doubt once and
for ALL"
When" Gretchen's heart was
growing warm again.
Now. tonight, while they are
hunting for mo"
Forgive me- brokeniy.
Come
NO. Leopold. this test is not neces-
sary'
Il insist This thing must be
righted publicly"
And was thinking that the man
! loved was coward
II am Drawer than you dream.
Gretchen" And in truth he was.
for he was about to set forth for the
lions den. and only amazing clever
ness could extricate him. Man never
enters upon the foolhardy unless 1t be
to dazzle a woman, And the Sint-
ner' = love for Gretchen WAS no pass
! ing thing. Let US hurry, IL Is grow
ing late. They will be shutting on
the lights before We return"
The police bureau was far away
but the distance was nothing TO thess
healthy young people. They pro
than twenty minutes they arrived II
, was Gretchen who drew back fear
fully.
After all. win It not be foolish ga
she suggested.
They viii be searching for me-"
he answered. 1T with be easier II
present myself. IT will bear testi-
wrong"
II win go in with you determined.
ly.
The police officer, or. to be NOR,
particular the sub-chief of this
bureau. received them with ill-con.
cealed surprise.
II have learned that you are seek
ing me-" said the 1ntner, taking of
his cap. His yellow curs waved
about his forehead in moist pro
fusion.
Immediately The sub-ohief ala no
know what to say This was out o.
the ordinary. conspicuously so. Their,
was little precedent by which to ac
In a case like this. So In order 4
appear that nothing could destroy hi.
official poise. he Lat the two stand be
fore his desk while he sorted some
papers.
"You are not a native OF Dreiberg p
he began.
no, Herr: l am from Bavaria. II
YOU will look into your records yor
will find that my papers were pre-
scented two or three weeks ago"
Let me see them"
I The winners passports were pro
( duced The suh-chief compared then
to the corresponding number In hi
7 book There was nothing wront
about them.
~ do not recollect seeing you herr
before"
/ 1T was one Of your assistants whc
originally went over the papers"
Il am vintner by trade. Herr
And are there not plenty of vine
yards In Bavaria ?"
We winners" with an easy ges
ture. are Of rowing disposition.
IT, ba continued