Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-12-26
CHAPTER X.-Contlnued.

CHAPTER x.-ContInued.
Streetman waited until the butler
had withdrawn before he SO much as
spoke to her. Then he faced her ex
pectantly.
did you see Sir GeorgeT" he de-
manded-almost threateningly, 1t
seemed to Ethel.
"Yesr she replied quietly, though
her every nerve waL strung taut to
meet the call upon her woman's
strategy.
''The neet-did you find out about
the leet?" He could not get the words
out OF his mouth fast enough.
"Yesi After what you said, what
else could do?'
"Quite sol'' He made no attempt to
conceal his insolence. Has 1t sailed?"
he asked her impatiently.
yes"
where did 1t go? Quick, tell me-"
By word and look both he menaced
her.
THE usual routine" she said non
chalantly. at just split up into Its
various squadrons-the Mediterranean,
Baltic, Black sea, South American
fleets, and so on; and they've gone to
their customary destinations"
''Sir George told you that?' The
news was almost too good to be be-
lieved.
YES; and he never suspected was
the least bit Interested"
1.-THE old foolr' He told himself that
Sir George was no better than a dotard.
With such as he composing the English
admiralty the spy was sure that Ger
many had nothing to fear from the
British lion. That much-vaunted ami
mails teeth seemed effectually drawn.
What news with your" Ethel asked
him, innocently enough, so far as
Streetman noticed.
Il have had none direct from
France" he said, never dreaming that
the time was past when he might de-
ceive her by that little fiction of his
But war has come" he added. "Of
that l am sure"
And England-will she enter into
it?" she pressed him.
with her feet dispersed she will
not dare" he rejoined with a faint
smile of satisfaction.
For the sake of France. your coun-
try, that is pity" Ethel pointed out
With her former doubts REINFORCED
by the revelation of Larrys tale she
could easily pick flaws, now, in Street
mans acting.
"Eh? Oh, yes, of course-yesw he
FASTENED to assent. 81 must get the
news at once to France" he said; and
Immediately he started toward the
doorway. But the girl said something
then that brought him up sharply
something that he was far from ex-
pecting, at that moment when he
seemed at last to hold her more secure
ly than ever before.
ITO Germany, you meanr' she cor
rected him. Quiet as was her tone, the
words seemed to him fairly to stab the
air.
"What?" he exclaimed.
'Oh, Henry, how can you think me
so very stupld?"
you are mad!' he parted. 81 am
loyal to France"
you tell me that" she scoffed,
when here, little while ago, in all
your talk you showed how strongly
you sided with Prussia. Just now you
were delighted that the English fleet
had dispersed. To Frenchman that
would be bad news; but a German
would take 1t as you have done. You
are in the service OF the Wilhelm
strasse-a true Teuton, and I've been
quite blind not to realize 1t before"
Streetman looked positively danger
GUS as he faced her threateningly. AT
last he was at bay. But still he had no
thought of confessing the part that he
was playing.
"And to what use do you intend put
ting your absurd accUsations?" he de-
manded.
Monochrome at ALL" she said care
lessly, with just a slight shrug Of her
fine shoulders. 81 merely wanted you
to know that I know"
"Oh, is that ALI thought you were