Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-07-15
"Thank Cod" echoed fraule,n.

THANK God" echoed fraulein.
II saw Brent from my window;
| what does he say about it?"
That 1t was an accident. He seems
genuine"
1T vos no accident" commented
! Fritz
| 20. l don't know what to think"
exclaimed fraulein, pinching her tut
! ting little chin still further forward
! petWeeh her finger and thumb.
W hen does Charles come DOWN."
Hes due quite soon" replied Mrs
Sanderson. "Oh. he will be simply fu-
rious, but ! think It was an accident
l;ulse. i've s-questioned Brent
about it,"
Accident or no accident" said
frauiein slowly. II like not the way
! that things are going. What did the
telegram from Charles say2 1t was
in code, of course?"
Yes; 1t said that the troops are
going through and that the emer-
gency signal must be given tonight"
| Ihey all drew closer together. The
room was growing very dark. Out
side on the verandaia shadow peered
Tor moment around the corner of
the window. II was Brent; but the
next moment he had ducked and hid
den, but his ear was close to the re-
ceiver in the palm
Tonight" repeated fraule,n with
thrill in her voice. Tonight the
Lord Will deliver them into our hands.
Az What hour are we to give the Sig
nalT"
1T must be plainly visible about
/, said Mrs. Sanderson. Her voice
was very hushed.
Tonight" echoed Fritz in his turn.
The house, it purns tonight, that is
fine. Six English pigs roast in their
peds."
mo. no, Fritz" cried Mrs. Sander
son, don't, it's too horrible. OF
course we must arrange TO save
them" Her faded blue eyes gazed at
him in genuine disgust. With her son
she could work heart and soul, their
aims were as one. They were genuine
patriots, though their sense of duty
was curiously distorted, but at least
they sought no reward for, and no
satisfaction of personal kind, in
their work. They lived a life of con-
slant alarums. and through 1t pre-
served smiling faces and kept their
courage high. But for fraulein. much
as she admired her, Mrs. Sanderson
felt fear. This little snuff colored, in
significant woman had certain
deadly quality of unchanging vindlct-
iNeNess III ner spiritual makeup which
the smaller nature OF Mrs. Sanderson
recognized instinctively. Fritz was
but of the type of useful tool; in him
an inherent butality had been turned
to account. But fraulein was of the
master breed who plan and execute
as well. She was entirely single
minded, one ideaed, and with an en-
tirely abnormal sense of values and
proportion.
Don't give way" she said coldly
to Mrs. Sanderson; "it is necessary
for the safety of our plans that no
one should be warned, and it IL i'm |
portant too, that only those to whom |
we send II shall ever guess that the |
signal is a signal. 1t must be natu-
raj, and what more natural than II |
house caching fire? Look, for in
stance at Mr.. Brent, how he smokes !
all day everywhere. Why should not |
he throw lighted match about? II |
is thing that happens often. AS to
these people, If they burn, that will !
make everything safe. Why should |
YOU mind? They are our enemies, the |
enemies Of the fatherland, the enc
mics OF the Lord"
1T is too terrible" repeated Mrs.
Sanderson. They must be saved"
Think" added fraulein. 'If
this signal miscarry. II the flames are
put out too soon, II any suspicion
arises it is the sons of the father
land who will suffer and whose lives /