Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-16

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concern for the comfort OF. the troop
ers: had good deal for his own.
Come into the barn. You can walk, 1
He turned on the torch. which was
controlled by sliding button, and saw
how the prisoner was secured. Then
he flashed the light into the interior OF
the barn. 1t was a ramshackfe place
at the best. and looked peculiarly for
dergone since the tight, recent picket
having evidently torn down stalls and
managers to provide materials for IRE.
Part of long sloping ladder had been
open trapdoor in the boarded moor OF
an upper story was Inaccessible. The
barn itself was unusually lofty, run
ming to height of twenty feet or
rats. tempted out already by the oats
spilled from the horses nosebags, scut-
tied away from the light. Through
the trapdoor the noise of the rain
pounding on a single roof came with
curious hoilowness.
Won Halwig did not extinEuish the
lamp. but tucked it under his left arm.
He lighted a cigarette. With each
movement Of his body the beam of
light shifted. Now It played on the
wall. against which Dalroy leaned, be-
cause the cramped state of his arms
was already becoming irksome: now 1t
shone through the doorway, forming a
sort OF luminous blur in the rain, now
there in his worn blouse, baggy
breeches. and sabots. an old flannel
shirt open at the neck. and a months
growth of beard on cheeks and chin.
The hat which Irene made fun of had
been tilted at rakish angle when the
corporal removed the cloak. Certainly
he was changed in essentials since he
and the guardsman last met face to
face on the platform at Aix-Ia-chap-
ellie.
But the eyes were unaIterable. They
were still resolute, and strangely calm,
because he had nerved himself not to
finch before this strutting popinjay.
You wonder why have brought you
English.
PERHAPS to gloat over me-" was the
quiet reply.
mo. Is it necessary? At AK. was
excited, The day had come. the day of
which we Germans have dreamed for
many year. l am young. but have
already won promotion. / belong to
an Irresistible army. War steadies a
man. But when we reach Oomberren
YOU will be paraded before a crusty old
general. and even !, Won Halwig Of the
staff. and a friend Of the emperor, may
not converse with spy and a MUIR
derer. So We shall have a little chat
now. What say your"
1T all depends what you wish to
talk about"
About you and her Iadyship. of
course"
MAY ask whom va, rs,n hv .,r
ladyship'?"
isn't that correct English?"
IT can be. II applied to a lady of til
tie. But when used with reference.
presumably. to young lady who is a
casm."
"Governess the DEVIL With whom.
then. have you been roaming Bel
Miss Irene Beresford. of course"
You're not fool, Capt DaIroy. Do
YOU honestly tell me you don't know D,
Know WHAT"
That the girl you brought from Ber-
I'm Is LADY Irene Beresford, daughter
OF the Earl of Glastonbury"
There was moment OF intense 81
ience. In some ways 1t was immaterial
70 Dairoy what social position had been
nnea py the woman he loved. But. In
others: the discovery that Irene was
actually the aristocrat she looked was
a very vital and serioug thing. n made
clear the meaning of certain references
10 distfngufshsd people. both in Ger
lied him Ina az IN t England which had pug;
else IN Importance. it might even safe
guard her from German maleyolence
since the Teuton pays an absurd HON.
age to mere rank.
voice was not so thoroughly under
control as he desired.
Won Halwig laughed loudly AL
maehtiE" he spluttered. our smart
corporal OF hussars seems to have
spoiled a romance what pity,
foull be shot before midnight, my xal-
liant captain. but the lady will be sent
10 Berlin with the utmost care. Even
!. VINO , have an educated taste in the
ismaie line. daren't wink at her Has
she never told You why she bolted in
no"
,,. Never limited that a royal prince was
no"
Well; You have my word for it.
Htmmel! women are queer
''She has suffered much to escape
from your royal prince."
shell be returned to him now,
new"
II wish my hands were not tied"
Oh no herotcs. please. We have no
time for nonsense Of that sort. Is the
light irritating you? I'll put 1t here"
torch on the broken ladder. It's RAJ
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