Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-27

~DO Yor believe the Germans are ''N'',
- in this war-that you ought to aid
them"
81 cannot answer that" answered
honestly enough. for do not FUZZY under
stand the conditions TO he perfectly frank,
however. my sympathies are with England
and France In this case | am not CON
sidering either side but the poor deNll
who owns this ship and cargo. What ""
carry ON board here will not he drop III
the bucket. but it's loss will spell ruin t"
him, and that is the thought when IN
fuenCes me,
And | could not even dispatch mes
sage-wreless""
."rhe Indian Chief has no equipment. No,
Miss Vera we shall he absolutely lost 10
the world until we are either captured or
safe in some German port Even then II
NAV proyc extremely difficult To communl-
cate with our friends would not de-
ceive you-the project is both desperate
and dangerous one
The girl remained silent. her eyes lowered
to the deck | had said all possible, de-
termlned as was not to influence her
decision As she did not speak or chahE'
her attitude | arose and walked across the
cabin 70 where | could look out forward.
/ hardly knew what ! hoped her decision
would be- for my sympathies We're an""'
.ouallv divided between the desperate man
sitting alone in the after cabin and tuS
girl so unexpectedly called upon to meet thlS
emergency AS to my own interests anu
inclnations, they were entirely blot'ed out
Mr.. Hollis"
"yes:" | turned and met her questioning
eyes
81 must decide this? You mean to leave
It all to me-
There is no other way
But I do not know what to say
thought at first | could answer yes gladly
| am not afraid, not the least p'l a''a'u :
and if | could only get some word back TO
,,,. neonIe in New York that | am Satf l
| wouId almost welcome the adventure. am
only a Girl YOU know, and II IKE su'h
things. But they will worry horribly Tor
| they have no knowledge OF Where ! "'l'
| No one knows IL have SIMPLY a'Sap
reared. and papa win have detectives huh'-
| - sor mo and will have to tell mother
Tbev will imagine all sorts of horrid thlhss
| rr,,iv tit doesn't seem as though could
1 ren,ain here and--and not even let uei''
| know that I am alive. And you say u
| may he weeks. or even months pe'''c !
could pet message to America
"I am afraid so. Miss Vera ! wished you
to understand the exact truth .,u,.
oh do not think that woul' oe ''h"'-
do you?" ~, ,,o, ,roy and
| on ,osda no pledge before telling you the
story, OF course | knew nothing OF no"
| vo,, were situated or under "ha' c'tu"-
| stances YOU had left nome g.,
II stole away unknown to any one "
| was Just lark, a iool'sh JUNE ''
| knows where | am ,.,-on
| , "your home then is in New YORK
vas all my people live there She bid
| ber face i'm her hands, They are prooap'E
y,id about me by now. oh ! cannot II
wou,d too cruel II could only SEND them
| word !" .,.,,. ,,.i,,, ny
'no not worry" / said kindly. We VIII
| ri,,a the scheme up entirely and head To-
| ward the nearest American port ferhapS
| luck may favor U.S. and II we meet az
| American ship we can tranship you, anu
| then take a chance, knowing 'h"' 6"u "''
| safely homeward bound
| put I understand you to say thd' ina
vouId only increase your peril.
| ~, might and II might not. AZ least
| un not consent TO have you implicated "
| ,ha affair any further than you are now
| Your first duty is to your mother, WIZ
| not sacrifice you to help our frienu yolluel
save his fortune Ill give MN my ""'"s'
| now" - 49,. ,,oo, s,adonr,,
| g. ,hs door of the owners cabin opened
| and he came lmping forth, resting heaNlS
| ON a cane his white face clearly reNealeC
| I'm the glare Of the overhead skylght'
| stenped back beside the girl, who, aroused
| hv my sudden movement glanced quickly
IN ana sa whim. Almost instantly she wal
| unon her feet. hesitated an instant al
though perplexed at the mans appearance
then advanced and met him
4 ..Mr aascom," she explained, can thb
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