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land honored him. and with British

land honored him. and with British
heartiness he was welcomed
For moment Kent sat bewildered, in
credulous. hardly comprehensing the
shouts were for him: then his eyes blinked
with sudden moisture, and his uninjured
hand trembled as it went up in salute to
the brim Of his cap-but from his heart
the pain was gone.
There were people # his own race
whether he once had failed to resent an
insult They only knesv he had risked
his life for his country; had saved an
army from disaster; that he was a
national hero
An efficient corporal of marines and a
doctor, solicitous for the welfare of his
patient, Tended off the hundreds who
sought to shake his hand as the chair
rolled toward waiting ambulance, but
neither could check the rush of a white
Paired old man, whose cheeks were wet
with tears, who brushed them aside and
put his arms around kent's shoulders and
wrung his hand, calling him MY SON.
Hours later Kent and Won Reinhold lay
on adjoining hospital cots and blushed in
unison as Thane Griswold and Kents
father proved their memories of details
of that duel between the monoplane and
the Zeppelin. when a white-coated attend
ant ushered in A girl who went straight
to the wounded German.
The others turned their eyes away as
she sank to her knees beside him.
When at last Constance Creston put
aside the arms which held her close
and arose, it was to taSe Kent Burgess
hand and beg forgiveness for the harm
which had come to him through her
willfulness.
I'm afraid your big boy is something
of a Don Quixote. Mr.. Burgess" she
said, turning to Kents father. He
wouldn't say anything which might
harm a woman to save himself
"All that happened in Frankfort that
time was my fault" she went on.
though / didn't know what 1t had
meant to Mr. Burgess until recently.
Brother Will was very strict with me
and had refused to let me visit GER
tain cafe of which 1 had heard He
said it was no place for me-and 1t
wasn't l found out later-but l was
thoughtless, and when that Lieut..
Liebling offered to take me, l went
THE place really wasn't so bad, but
but Lieut.. Liebling wasn't nice. l was
scared and ran away from MN. met
Mr. Burgess, who took me back TO the
hotel, but / was afraid of what VIII
might say and pledged him to silence
meantime some one-Will says he Is
certain it was DR.. Falieros-had tele-
phoned to brother, saying / was at the
Mr.. Burgess he jumped to the conclu-
sion it was he who had taken me there:
"I hurried straight to my room, and
I didn't know until Lieut.. Griswold
told me that Will had created a scene
had struck Mr.. Burgess.
"Mr Burgess made no effort to de-
fend himself. nor offered any explana-
ton. He wouldn't break his word nor
say anything to the discredit even OF
a foolish girl to clear his own name.
wrote MIN
and he will make amends"
HE has already" Kent's father broke
in, "he wrote to me and to the war once.
Lord Kitchener sent me a copy of his let
ter. saving it was about the finest thing
he ever reac.
"And Falieros?" Kent asked. 1t was
the first time he had spoken since the
girl had come.
Won Reinhold answered. HE has been
turned toward him. Investigation OF
that little affair at st. Aubins-he
grinned in memory-''revealed that Ber-
lin had obtained information he had been
acting as a secret agent for Serbia He
received a long sentence"
The German seemed vastly contented
for a man who was prisoner in a hos
tile land. and there was friendliness and
understanding in the glance he exchanged
with Kent Constance squeezed his
fingers and he smiled up at her. st won't
be long," she whispered, but he shook his
head.
'It will be centuries" he said. but You
will wait? ~
For a moment he lay silent, his thoughts
beyond the sea in the smoke and weller
of great battles. Yes. it will be long,"
he said, THE Fatherland is well prepared,
and
He paused and his eyes sought Kent's.
"It is unfortunate, this war;" was his
comment.
Kent asked a question. MIR. Stanley
is safe" the German replied. He was
taken north as soon as he was in condi-
ton to be removed. and understa nd"
But Kent did not hear him. He was
staring past the others, great joy in
his eyes
Winifred Stanley stood in the door. hest
tant, her cheeks reddening as she observed
the others in the room then with the shy
bravery of a woman who loves she moved
toward kent's outstretched arms.
THE END.