The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-11-17
CHAPTE III.
A Foe In the Household,

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Brewster had hardly closed the doora
behind him before Ethel Willoughby
appeared.
"oh. Horny! You surprised me-" she
said.
II came before the Others" Street
man explained. because there is some
thing YOU must do for me at once
About the fleet. I suppose" she
said. somewhat YEARLY. as she turned
away from him.
How did you know?' He shot the
question at her almost too quickly for
caution. But for the moment he ex.
perlcnced something approaching
alarm. But her answer treasured him.
nowadays it is only Of the feet
you ask" she told him. And she re-
garded him with eyes that we're pa
thetfc. if not reproachful. Once 1t had
seemed to her that Henry Streetman
was interested In her. But Of late she
had been obliged to admit to herself
that that interest had quickly waned.
Her handsome caller paid no atten.
ton to the obvious complaint that lay
IN Ethels answer, In the most mat
ter-of-fact fashion he proceeded
straight to the business that was up.
permost in his mind.
You must learn at once from Sir
George where the ships at Sptthead
are going he announced bluntly.
Find out if they sail together. or II
they will disperse-and how"
AS she faced him again there was
hesoeching in her voice. her eyes. her
whole manner.
wait. Henry. watt" she begged.
Before we go into that, tell me-
when are you going to let people know
were married?"
Streetman remembered then that he
had a many-sided role to play. And
fhereunon he went up to the girl: and
taking one of Ethel's hands in his,
while he put On arm around her, he
looked down at her in a most loverlike
fashion.
"Ah, my dear! I'd let them know
now-this minute-if I only could" he
exclaimed.
But we must announce our mar.
r'ase at once" she said quickly.
"Announct our marriage-why7"
"Georgy Wagstaff told me Just a
rev minutes ago that when I said
was in Brighton a friend OF hers saw
you and mo together in Paris" she re-.
piled in tragic tones.
You did not explain?" he asked.
That we We're on our honeymoon?
No! | kept my word to YOU. said
| was in Brighton She looked at
MIN in a puzzled way as he left her
then and paced the floor in a nervous
fashion.
"of course. It's easily proved that I
was not In Brighton" Ethel continued.
"Georgy seemed to think You and
Woll.-you can imagine what
she must have thought. Oh, why must
'hor" be this secrecy? | loathe It,"
Sh' sank upon the settee and stared
modify at the floor-a most unhappy
picture Olga pretty bride.
Streetlpan reused himself and bent
over her.
My dear We must wait until 7
can arrange matters with nv family"
no explained in his most plausible man.
her' "lnf1l | can come into my own
again we should starve. Soon It will
ali he arranged" And once moro no
turned away from her-this time with
an air of finality-as If there were
really no argument against his vagina
protrstations,
soon? You have said that for a
month" Ethel reminded him. YOU'VE
said it ever since We We're married"
Next week. them" he agreed in dos.
peration, II promise. And You will
learn tonight about the noet?' ho
added in the same breath. T
But. Henry. If | do ask Sir George
ana he tells me. isn't it rather a shah.
1y thing to do then to come to Won
and"
NO. no. no-as I've often told you"
he interrupted. 1t seemed to him that
"e' objections were in%terminable.
And under the stress of the urging
from his superiors his forbearance wos
last reaching its end. To hide his
anxiety and his irritation, he stepped
to the window and looked ont.
But Sir George trusts me-" Ethel
resumed. Streetman stifed a mouth
filling German oath while he listened
to her. when he answers my ques.
tions," she continued. The does so be.
cause he thinks I'm Just idly curious.
lie never dreams I'd repeat what he
says to anyone. 1t all puts me in a
beastly position. Sir George is a loyal
Enslishman. and If he thought"
Streetman would not let her finish.
lie wheeled about and said sharply, to
even the merest mention of
such a thing as an informer-let alone