Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-08-30

But when Crandail came back to-
Join the circle OF smokers. he was all
.geniality. The women came In by
OF Jane Gerson's room they had
been taking farewell peek at Her
dazzling stock Of gowns, they said, be-
fore they were packed Tor the steam
or.
There was one or two 1 just had
to see. again, = Mrs. Sherman explain
ed for the benefit Of all, before i said
good-by to them. One OF them, by
Madam Paquin, father, I'm going to
copy when we get home. I'll be the
first to Introduce q Paquin into little
Kewanee.n
.WeIi. don't get into trouble with
the minister, mother, Henry warn
ed. Some Of the French gowns I've
things up in Kewanee.,
Jaimihr seryedN the coffee. Wood
house tried to maneuver Jane into a
tete-a-tete in an angle Of the massive
fireplace, but she -outgeneraled him,
and the observantl Mrs. Sherman corn
cred him inexorably. Ss
Tell me, Captain Woodhousey'. she
began, in her friendly tones, 'tyou said
a while ago the general might mistake
deal of trouble with spies in your
army in war time? Everybody took
us for spies in Germany, andgin
Germany, and in France they thought
poor Henry was carrying bombs to
blow UP the Eiffel Tower"
Perhaps I can answer that ques-
ton better than Captain Woodhouse,s
the general put in, rising and striding
over to where Mrs. Sherman kept the
house, you see, would not be 50 likely
to come in touch with those trouble
some persons az one in command OF
a post, like myself" The most deli
cate irony barbed this speech, lost to
all but the one for whom It was meant.
"Oho, I know I'm going to hear
something very exciting" Mrs. Sher-
man chortled. Kitty, you'd better
hush up Willy Kimball for a while
prove your mind better listening to
the general"
Crandall soon was the center of q.
group. He began. with sober direct
ness.
well, in the matter Of spies in war
time, Mrs. Sherman, one Is struck by
the fact Of their resemblance to. the
plague-you car tell when
they're going to get you or whence
have reason to believe we have one or
more spies busy this minute"
Jane Gerson, sitting where the light
smote her face, drew back into the
shadow with q swift movement OF
protectiveness. Woodhouse, who
balanced a dainty satguma coffee u
on his knee, kept his eyes on his SUI
perior's face with q mildly interested
air.
"In fact" crahdall continued even
ly, II shouldn't be surprised If one
possibly two spies-should be arrested
before the night is over. And the
point about this that will interest you
ladies ts that mi of these-the one
whose order for arrest I have already
given is a woman-a very clever
and pretty woman, I may add, to
make the story more interesting.
I.And the other, whose arrest may
follow, is. an accomplish Of hers, 1
take 1t, General!" Woodhouse put the
question with easy indifference. He
was stirring his coffee ~abstractedly.
mot only the accompIlce, but the
brains for both, Captain. "A deucedly
clever person. I'm frank to admit"
oh, people! Come and see the
flagship, signaling to the rest OF the
Meet with its funny green and red
ltghts!" It was Jane who had sudden
ly risen and stood by the curtains
screening the balcony windows. "They
look like little flowers, opening ana
shutting" N