Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1916-11-03

Alduutu Will utteliplcu SteihuSoo.
"You think it inconceivable that ]
have turned pa~triot?"
Turned p~atriot?"
"Or. rather" she corrected. that ]
may have been patriot all the timer
"What do you mean?"
$50 you escaped from the hospital7'
"Oh. quite four days ago." She
reached into a pocket and drew forth
a box of cigarettes. opened 1t and of
fered 1t to him.
you are going to smoker" he asked
her.
mo, but I wish you to, If you want
"You were smoking when-the Other
EVENING""
"Yes: there were reasons then, but
I confess-I do not like It So will
not you for me? I may cool myself
still. and a pun of smoke will give
me time to cover II any one comes"
He selected a cigarette and held It
She offered him a lighter. What Ia
It? oh. you fear poisonr' She
snatched the cigarette from his I'm,
gers. put It between her lips. lighted
It. and pulled a moment, then offered
1t to him He took It coloring, and
put It between his lips
what are you doing herer' he re
peated.
"Have I less right to inquire that Of
your
"Of meY'
Eyes; you were In that house a,
the same time as l. Has It NJ &C
CURED to you since that we nigh,
have been about the same businessT
30 that was the plan OF her an
dacity.
Hardly. I should say" he returned
coolly.
Besides. seeing me there. you dis
covered who I was. perhapsT'
II certainly discovered who you
were!'
II am Marion Mariatt, Of course"
she admitted almost casually. rs. D.
Marlatt, who is now In jail, Is my
uncle; some Of the others are my
cousins; In some ways, Of course, I
was and am with them, but It should
not be impossible to imagine. l should
think, that In other ways l am not"
SIN what ways. If I may ask?"
mot In that toner she forbade. fac
ing him with eyes suddenly afame and
with her little hands clenched. II am
as good an American as you. I think
and running at least as much risk
to do my Bit"
"Your bit ?s he repeated.
"Why not?"
"For AmericaY" ~
"Of courser'
But
Smoke. please" she requested
quickly, holding her jacket close about
her throat again. Some n passed
through the vestibule without hating;
the car doors closed and Jim and
Marion Marlatt were alone again
.1f H-waHtte-kaew why / was In
that house that night" she burst out
.ft is very simple. l i've there; 1t
was my home. Put yourself In my
place for a few moments, please. MI.
James Ashby. and tell me what you
would have done!"
Jim felt the blood tingling In him
at her repeating his name. So she
had inquired of him. Then he real
lied that inquiry on her part implied
no personal concern; as n of the
spies threatened by him. Marion Mar
latt naturally would have attempted
to learn how he came upon them
when I found out, during the wal
In Europe. that my uncles and cousins
were planning and preparing for the
regent to make war here. what good
would l have done by d~enouncing
themT" she demanded. II had no
good proof against them. and, be
sides. lots of people already were say
ing that the regent had his secret
agents here. but the authorities never
paid any attention. Pretty o I got
evidence; l admit that. but 1t wasn't
any better evidence than was being
printed and published in some Of the
newspapers every day; and no one was
paying any attention to things like
that. So I knew I'd simply give my.
self away II l said anything and gain
nothing. My uncles-Mr. Marlatt and
MI. Gerv1s"-
1.-THE one whose house you were In
that night?"
"Yes; where I was living since my
mother died; he was her brother. Well,
my uncies found out that I knew about
them and they thought I was with
them They knew I was born here, of
course, and was brought up here, and
went to schools here, and had all my
friends here, but they were sure /
must be like themselves and my cous-
ms; they thought nothing could count
compared to the old country. But 1t
wasn't so with me, but I didn't let
them know It They told me a great
deal and / found out more and more
So I knew, a long time ago. that this
war was coming, but as thousands Of
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