Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-11-18
CHAPTER v.
BILLETS.

The millers volcanic outburst seemed
the oaken bench, leaned forward, ell
bows on knees. and thrust his clenched
fists against his ears as though he
would shut out the deafening clamor
OF the guns. This attitude OF detection
evidently alarmed Madame zoos. She
forgot her own fears in solicitude for
her husband. Bending over him, she
patted his shoulder with a maternal
hand. since every woman Is at heart a
MOTHER mother first and essen
TALLY.
Maybe the lady is right, Henri" she
said tenderly. Young as she is. she
than countryfolk like u.s."
"Ah. Lise," he moaned. you would
have dropped dead had you seen poor
Dupont. He wriggled for long min
ute after he fell. And the able. with
his white hair. Some animal of a
Prussian fired at his face"
ut is bad for you to get so excited.
Remember. the doctor warned you"
The doctor. DR.. Lafarge! A SOL
der hammered on the surgery door
with the butt of his rifle. and. when the
stabbed him right through the body.
I saw II. II was like a conjuring trick.
was giving an ofdcer some figures
about the contents Of the mill The
bayonet with both hands. And who do
you think the murderer wasr'
Madame Joos' healthy red cheeks had
turned chastity yellow, but she con-
trived to stammer, "pieq! The poor
1sTho barber KaYI Schwartz"
Karl a soldier!'
More, sergeant He lived and
worked among US ten years a spy. It
was the doctor who got him fired for
LafarEe used to say there were too
many Germans in Belgium. The oficer
l was talking to watched the whole
thing: He was fat man; and wore
and screwed up his eyes. so. like a pig,
to read the letters on the brass door
plate. AlmachtiE" he said. Rrinning.
a successful operation on doctor by
pocket for a knife I meant to rip
open his paunch. TheH one of our
shells burst near us. and he scuttled.
The wind of the explosion knocked me
over. SO came home"
The two. to some extent, were using
the local patois; but their English
hearers understood nearly every word.
because these residents on the Belgian
border mingie French. German and a
Low Dutch dialect almost indiscrimi-
nately. Dalroy at once endeavored to
divert the old mans thoughts. The
massacre which had been actually per-
mftted. or even organized, In the town
by daylight would probably develop
woman now. but three, required pro-
lection. He must evolve some definite
plan which could be carried out during
the day. because the hordes of cavalry
deplete Joos' mill: and when the place
ceased to be of value to the commits
sariat the protecting order would al
most certainly be revoked. Moreover,
Leontine Joos was young and fairly at
In word. Dalroy was beginning to
understand the psychology Of the Ger
man soldier in wartime.
Let US think o fthe immediate fu-
wife and daughter to safeguard, Mon
sieur zoos. while 7 have Mademoiselle
Beresford on my hands. Your mill is
on the outskirts of the town. Is there
of the direct line. to which they could
be taken for aafetyr'
The vest Erowied Joos. springing
up again. isn't that where these saw
Liege. I asked the ofticer. He said
they would be In Liehe tonight, and In
Paris in three weeks"
rs II true that England has declared
war;?
so they say. But the Prussians
laugh. You have no soldiers. they tell
us. and their feet Is nearly as strong
as yours. They think they have caught
you mapping. and that IL why they are
coming through Belgium. Paris first.
then tnl -, the coast and they've got you,
true that you have no army?"
paireY was stung into putting Brit-
aims case In the best possible light