The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-10-11
CHAPTER 1v1-(coNTLNUED)

"It was because I was thinking
OF you. I have been thinking of
you all day. l tried to go to you,
just now. I had something to tell
you. But the guard at the ladder
stopped me-"
He looked around to make sure
that there was no n near.
"He didn't stop me-" she said.
"No; first class passengers have
the of the ship. How does it
happen that you are first class,
Kasia?
It was the first time that he had
used the word with intention, and
his voice trembled a little over it.
She told him rapidly of the odor
which had suddenly developed in
her former stateroom, and how the
ships people had finally been
compelled to transfer her and her
father to the first cabin.
ooh, to quite sumptuous quar-
ters," she went on; lyon should
see them. Two bedrooms and a sit
ting room and bath-an imperial
suite. There are no places left at
the tables, so our meals are served
In our sitting room, as though we
were royalties. I'm afraid our tips
will have to be something enor-
nous! / can't help but feel that
the steamship company is getting
very much the worst of it. Both
father and l offered to continue
eating second class, but the cap
tain wouldn't hear Of it. He seems
to think, poor man, that the odor
has disgraced his boat. He was
quite humble about It'll"
Dan breathed a deep sigh of re-
lief.
"I'm glad it's SO simple" he
said. II had begun, to imagine all
sorts of things Last night, when
we were talking here, it happened
that my roommate, a fellow named
Cheyrial, was sitting on that bench
yonder, and overheard a little of
our talk. He was quite solemn
with me this afternoon about it,"
lin what wayf" asked Kasia,
quickly.
He said there were always
spies on board these big boats, and
that you oughtn't to go around
talking about blowing up battle
ships-not at this time, anyway.
since it is only thee or four days
since a French ship was blown
up"
He could hear the startled
breath she drew, and the hand she
laid Oh his sleeve was trembling.
Did he say thatf' she gasped.
But, he doesn't suspect"
THAT your father blew up La
Liberte?" laughed Dan. "Of
course not. He said that was alb
surd. But, just the same, he
thought it unwise to talk about
it."
He is right" Kasia agreed.
What else. did he say?"
He seemed to think your be-
ing moved to first class war part
Of a plot Of some kind, and
thought you ought to be warned
not to make any acquaintance or
confide in any one. But Of course
that was just his Imagination. If
the captain himself moved you
why that settles it. He wouldn't
be concerned in any plot. The
whole thing, anyway, sounds like
. bit Of 100000. I told Chevrial
So"
WI is this Chevriali' asked
Miss Ward.
Il don't know. He told me he
was q dealer in wine. He seems to
have travelled q lot, and he is GER
tainly q well educated fellow, and
one Of the best takers I ever met.
A.Frenchman all through, from
the way he got worked up over AL
sace-Lorraine. He said it was as
bad as Poland. But ] suspect he
was letting his Gallo imagination
run away with him when he got on
the subject Of spies
am not 30 sure Of that, !, she
said. and fell silent for : moment.
have seen moro of spies than
have yon, Mr.. Webster-I know
how Europe = honeycombed with
them. AT any rate, il can do NO
syn NSfolln- haA n..-.