Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-08-17
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wear 1t. . o one nttlng anu--
Her voice was drowned by Lady
Crandalls: tYou dear!"
"Be at the dock at five q. M. FRI
Miss Gerson,""s Reynolds called after
her. MUS go now-morning crowd
Of busted. citizens waiting at the con-
sulate toSbe fed. Ta-th!" Reynolds
! coliided with Jaimihr Khan at the
double doors.
"a u man who wishes t o see
you, General Sahib. He will give no
name, but he says a promise YOU made
to see him-by telephone an hour
ago"
bring the young man In"
Mr.. Billy Capper, who had, in
truth, telephoned to Government
House and secured the privilege Of an
interview even before the arrival OF
Woodhouse to report, and had paced
the paths Of the Alameda since, blow
ing hit and cold on his resolutions,
followed the s~oft-footed Indian into
the presence of General Crandall. The
little SPY was q q state OF nervous
breakdown. Following the surprising
and unexpected collapse of his plan to
do a murder, he had spent q wakeful
and brandy-punctuated night, his
brain on .the rack. His desire to play
inforner, heightened now q hundred
fold, by the haying tongue Of Louisa.
was almost balanced by his fears Of
resultant consequences. Cupidity, the
old instinct for preying, drove him to
impart to the governor-general Of Glib
raltar Information which, he hoped,
would be worth its weight in gold;
Louisa's promise Of a party a deux
before a firing squad, which he knew
In his heart she would be capable Of
arranging in a desperate moment,
halted him. After screwing up his
courage to the point Of telephoning
for an appointment, Capper had wall
lowed in fear. He dared not stay away
from Government House then for
fear of arousing suspicion; equally he
dared not involve the girl from the
Wflhelmstrasse lest he find himself
tangled in his own mesh.
At the desperate moment Of his In
PRODUCTION to General Crandall, Cap
per determined to play 1t safe and see
how the chips fell. His heart quailed
as he heard the doors shut behind
him.
lawfully good Of you to see. me-
he babbled as he stood before the
desk, turning his hat brim through
his fingers like a. prayer wheel.
General Crandall bade him be seat
ed. Il haven't forgotten you did mo
a service In Burma" he added.
"Oh, yes--of COURSE Capper man
aged Q answer. But that was my
job. I got paid for that
You're not with the Brussels ssc-
The question hit Capper hard. His
fingers fiuttered to his lips.
mo. General. They-er-let' me
go. Suppose you heard that-and a
lot OF other things about me. That
I was q rotter-that I drank"
What I heard was not altogether
complimentary" the other answered
judiciously. II trust it was untrue
We'll, t tell the truth, General
Crandall-ah-I did go to pieces for q
time. I've been playing a pretty
short string for the last two years,
But"-he broke Off his whine In q
sudden accession OF passion-"they
can't keep me down much longer. I'm
going to show 'emi"
General crandall looked his sur
prise.
and apiM my yi old friends anay m Ds 1n not know aaS G ms
when we meet-but nm English. And
I'm loyal" Capper was getting a grip
on himself: he thought the patriotic
line q safe one to play with the COM
mander Of a fortress.
"Yes-yes. I don't question that,
I'm sure" the general grunted, and
he began to rifle some papers on his
desk petulantly.
Capper pressed home his point. 81
just want you to keep that in mind;
General. while I talk. Just remem
Der I'm English-and loyal"
The governor nodded impatiently,
Capper leaned far over the desk,
and began in an eager whisper:
General, remember .Cook-that
chap in Rangoon-the polo player ~
The other looked blank. Haven't
forgotten him. General? How he liv-
ed in Burma twofyears, mingling with
the English, until one day somebody