The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-10-27


tan!y wen announce our marriage"
he assured her. IAN that told you Of
my family my income was true-ex-
cept That I'm German, not French"
she gave him an amused look.
But YOU sec, you are not as clever
rs YOU thought" she Informed him. "If
you'd only been frank with me, could
rave been Of so much greater help 70
YOU"
You could?" he said. as n look Of
mystihcatlon spread over his face
"uowf Why?"
81 have not been quite honest viii
you" Ethel said.
He seized her roughly by rne arm.
YOU have not lied to me about the
lectt" he threatened.
NO. no! That was absolutely true"
Srcetman released her then.
Then what do you meanY he asked
So long rs she had not deceived him In
that quarter II mattered little to him
whnt she might have done
II told YOU" Ethel explained, 81
told you there was no EngIlshman IN
my life He'd There waS--n cap
tain IN the English army Before !
met YOU we were engaged. lie threw
ne over for some other wOman-a
woman with money. hate
him" Streetmun saw no reason To
doubt her As Ethel dung herself into
the character Of woman scorned she
did her best to convince him Of the
! truth Of the Old adage that hell had no
| fury such ns hers. As she perceived
! the success Of her ruse she hurried on
to elaborate her fiction. Yes, bate
him" she repeated ~ bate their
army! hate all Englishmen II Is
for you-for Germany would serve"
she told him. That is why have not
done NOR" for you thought yon
were working for France, England :
ally E;ngland-how hate her! !
want 10 see her dishonored defeated.
ruined by your people"
"You-youf" Streetman cried. as n
great light broke over him. And /
never dreamed" he murmurPd. as he
seized both her hands He was uot
rough now-but eager. impuIsive. Yes.
it is true" he said then. Il am a Ger
man serve the Wihelmstrusse."
Then let me serve il, too" Ethel
begged. much as she had besOughl
Larry Redmond only II short quarter Of
an hour before. But then she had been
in earnest. Think what Ia woman
! -could do. and clever woman" she
urged. Take me with you wherever
you go. ! would be useful"
The idea pleased Streetman.
"Yes,s you wouldr' he exclaimed
And YOU shall go. You shall 20 with
me tonight"
"Whprct" she asked bin.
ITO Brussclsr
"BrusScls-but why there?"
He told her then the very heart of
! the German plan.
Germany will invade France
through Belgium" he informed ner
IN two weeks we shall he in Paris"
But Germanys treaty with Bel
gium--vou forget that" Ethel remind
ed him. She could not believe that any
country that retained the merest yes
tige Of honor would so debaSe herself
"Belgium's territory must be sacred"
she said.
He released her hands then. He
needed even them to express his scorn
Treaty? Bah. What is that--a
scrap Of papprr' he cried
But are you sure?" she pressed
him. This. she knew. was information
and big information. of the greatesl
moment to the English war Office.
Yes. yes! I'm surer' he declared.
THAT is the plan worked ont by the
great general staff. and we must 20 TO
Belgium tonight You will meet me In
an hour at Charing Cross. Tomorrow
we shall be in Brussels
"Whpre shall we stay in Brussels?'
81 am sent to he Grand hotel" be
explained 81 shall pass myself off aS
Monsieur de Lorde. You shall be
Madame de Lorde."
Madame de Lorder' she repeated
as If to fix the name indeIibly upon her
memory.
"In Brussels we shall await Instruc.
tons" he continued. when they come
we shall do much-you and for the
Vaterland Good-by, my dear.
until tonight!' He started to go But
he turned back suddenly as If the urge
Of great events had not quite Oblit
Grated all thought of his relations with
Ethel. He leaned toward her Now"
he said. now you won't refuse to kiss
me?
She could scarcely do otherwise than
submit to him now. He put his arms
around her. and when he had taken
his kiss he said, "ln an hour!" Then
he hurried away
Ashamed. disgusted. Ethel wiped
her lips with loathing. And in aBOth-
er moment she had thrown open the
door behind which Captain Redmond
waited
"Larry-Larry!" she called.
What is lt?" he cried, springtng
quickly to her side. Her tragic man
ner alarmed him
she turned away from him; for she
could not bear to face his honest eyes
as she told him what she felt she must
81 hoped I'd never have to tell you
this" she said, but now that it has
come I've got to. Larry, the man
married is a German spy"
"A German spy? Your husband? !
But 1t can't be" he exclaimed |
But it sv' she insisted. Il only
just found out. Till now | thought he
loved me-a little. But he didn't. He's |