The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-13
BRENT Is CAUGHT.

0HeNV 10 CAO0VV.
A slow smile spread over Fritz.
cherubic Countenance. and there came
CLEAN that was not pleasant into his
usually bland little eyes. Again ht
made that gesture with his phenom
enally long thumb. Il will make nc
mistake" he said. when I lived or
my fathers farm l used always to Kill
the pegs. How then should not
know how to kill this peeg?"
mo noise mind" warned Charles
Figs are apt TO squeal. you know"
Fritz permitted himself slight
laugh This one will not squeal, he
viii no time have. Just dat" and he
stabbed the air with his thumb.
Charles nodded. That's right Are
the other rcady?"
II tink 50. sir. l tink hear them
coming
Charles switched off the light SO that
when the door opened the shapes vi
Mrs. Sandcrson and frauIcin muffled in
big coats and wells could be very dimly
sage.
II don't think he's here" said Mrs
Sanderson, and in the darkness all the
HSI NOOSICSo dnu duAAclS Ill ACI NoACN
sounded painfully distinct.
Il expect he is.", said Fraulcin placid :
ly. "Charles. you are there, are you
not?"
I'm here all right. Come in and
shut the door and I'll switch on the
light again"
What a start you gave me,
Charles!" murmured Mrs. Sanderson
and she sat down rather heavily in the
armchair. The light revealed her face
as blotchy. not with terror. for Of per-
sonal courage she had all that was re-
quired Of her calling. but with some
inner fear Of the soul which was max
ing itself felt now.
"Sorry, mater" replied Charles. but
one has to be careful. thought il
might DC someone else Is everything
ready?'
Fraulein nodded. "Everything Not
one item has been left to chance. and
everything is fitting in perfectly
"She Is in the car waiting for us at
the bend Of the drive. She has been
too wonderful, this new sister of ours
So full Of thought. SO quick. The escort
is there and armed. They leave us in
London, but she comes on with US. She
has all her papers made out as an
American. Is not that clever. heinz"
Everything seems to be going all
right, certainly" agreed Charles. Even
his impassive face was showing signs
Of strain. Don't touch that" he
added hastily. as FrauIcin put out her
hand curiously toward the little box
on the table.
That's It, them" she asked "rh.
incendiary bomb you we're telling US
about"
That's it. It isn't set yet shall
time II to explode before join you
f'rNz get the glasses out and tn,
wine
A little hush fell upon the assembled
company. u hush with something sol
emn In Il. Fritz went to the cupboard
unlocked it and took out three glasses
and decanter, which ne placed upol
the table. Charles poured the win,
out. still in that silence. then motione.
to Fritz to bring fourth glass fol
himself. The man obcyed, and the,
all four standing with their faces to-
ward the cast--toward PRUSSIA. and NJ,
the place Of the Resurrection the,
drank the solemn toast There wa.
something III their silence, in the sim.
plicity Of the act. in the significanI,
which the drinking Of wine has hat
from the earliest ages, that for tn,
moment impaired to them a hint O
something not altogether rnsublime
The act over. Charles became bust
ness-likc again., He looked at hi
watch. Now it's time you went an,
left mo to my share Of the work. l
all goes well, and there is no reaso,
why II should not, shall be with w,
in about half al hour"
Mrs. SandersOn went up to him aud
drawing his head down. kissed hin
with quiet fervor upon the forehead
'Auf wiedersehcn, my SON" she muir
INJURED. Il go, but the good God b.
With YOU"
She looked round the room whic
had been familiar to her for SO man
years. with it's white paint. it's in
nocuOus looking pictures, its harmless
ornaments and it's pretty. restful colo
scheme. She looked. too. at the graf
which had held such "A secret potency
however. impersonai the focus Of
woman's life may be. as is SO often II,
case nowadays. she is bound to en-
Irvine certain strong personal fiber
about 1t, and, notwithstanding the fac
that Wave Crest had been to Mrs. San
derson chiefly the strategic point fro,
which she and her son worked for II,
cause. yet II had meant home to he
too Cnlihe Fraulein. who had all he
twenty years looked on herself as
stranger and aaE exile. Mrs. Sanderso
had grown gradually more accustome