Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-01-06
A CHARMING LOVE STORY
INSIDE THEILNES
81 Apd DEpR bEGERS ~ SEVEN KEYS DRQDRQE
<,o0RDBEN WEI1ES Richie
u,0hOBERr WEuES RIlGiIE
(cHAPTER I-Continued.)

(CHAPTER I-COntinued.)
Woodhouse smiled, though his gray
oyes were filled with something not
u mirth.
81 fear the animals are-stirred, as
4 you say, too far this time" he resum-
ed. "The assassination OF the Arch
4 duke Ferd"
eyes. 4 remember I did read some
thing about that in the papers at
home But archdukes and kings have
been killed before, and no war came
W It. In Mexico they murder a pres1.
s. dent before he has chance to send
Hsout at home cards"
Europe is SO different from Next,
co., her companion continued, the
lines OF his face deepening. Il am
\ s4raid you over In the States do not
lknow the dangerous politics here; you
Eare 80 far away: you should thank
N(3od for that You are not In a land
where one manor two or three
Tray say. we will now go to war and
Then you 60, willy-nilly.'
The seriousness OF the captains
6peech and the fear that he could not
bseep from his eyes sobered the girl.
fYhe looked out on the sun-drenched
Slains Of Pas de Calais, where toy
Sillages. hedged fields and squat
4Armhouses lay all In order, establish
0d seeming for all time in the COM
Hlortable doze Of security. The plod-
) ;Sinx manikins In the fields, the slum-
|E6erous oxen drawing the harrows
b amid the beet rows, pigeons circl1ng
Mpver the straw hutches by the tracks
ide all this denied the possibility OF
HNaSs corrosion. :.
~Don't you think everybody is suf-
z4Srinr from q bad dream when they
Hay there's to be fghting?" she quer-
HID. "Surely it is impossible that
afolks over here would all consent to
1eetroy this" She waved toward the
6eNceful countryside.
"a bad dream, yes. But one that
Nm end In nightmare" he answer
Tell me. Miss Gerson. when will
you be through with your work in
aris, and on your way back to
merica?"
mot for month; that's sure. May.
rs I'll be longer If like the place"
Woodhouse pondered.
~ month This Is the tenth OF
Indy. I am afraid say, Miss Ger
on. please do not set me down for
h ned d1er-th1s short acquaintance,
Snd all that; but may not urge on
|1on that you finish your work In Paris
lid ret back to England at least in
kWo Weeks?" The captain had turned
NlSnd was looking into the girls eyes
alWith an earnest intensity that start
liza her. II can not tell you all l
MRnoW. OF course. may not even
2noW the truth, though think I have
sit OF 1t, right enough. But one of
1orir sort-to be caught alone on this
~ Of the water by the madness that
n brewing! BY George, I do not like
]6o think Of IT,"
ss.T thank you. Captain Woodhouse,
6r your warning" Jane answered
kln. and impulsively she put out her
hind to his. But, you see, I'll have
MEnl run the risk. I couldn't go scam
Enerfnp hack to New York like scared
Mpussy-cat just because somebody
WSfarts q war over here. I'm on trial.
This is my first trip as buyer for Hill
W6abrand, and it's case of make or
MSreak with me- War or no war, I've
Not to make good. Anyway--this
nth toss Of her round little hin
@ssI,m an American citizen and no
Khbdy,n dare to start anything with
Es Right you are" Woodhouse beam
INA admiration 'fNow we'll talk about
mhose skyscrapers of yours. Every
Eknly back from the States has some
Ming to say about those famous build
h7Ags. and I'm fairly burning for first
Hand information from one who knews
MEM
Laughingly she acquiesced, and the
E5x1tm shadow Of war was pushed
Away from them, though hardly for
HEOtten by either. At the mans
brompting, Jane gave intimate pic
lres OF life in the New World metrop-
5lis, touching with shrewd insight the
lads and shams of New York's deni-
skens even as she exalted the achieve
Aents Of their restless energy.