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

Ai1-la-chapells with your man.
Maertz"
ST hope so. But may we not enterr'
zoos eyed the engine-cleaner's omcfal
cap and soiled clothes. and his suspt-
cious gaze Travelled to Dalroy's well
fitting and expensive boots.
who the deuce are your" he snap
ped.
I'll tell you II you let US come in"
II can't hinder you. 1t Is an order.
all doors must be left open"
ciously. The refugees found them
selves in q spacious kitchen. COM
Portable and clearly place. Dutch In its
colorings and generally spick and
die age and a plump. good-looking
girl about as old az Irene were seated
on an oak bench beneath window:
They were clinging to each other, and
had evidently listened fearfully to the
brief conversation without.
The only signs of disorder In the
room were supplied by quantity of
empty wine bottles. drinking mugs,
s sonsd plates Plate and cutlery spread on
half dozen chairs which had appar-
emily been used by the feasters.
zoos chuckled: His laugh had an
ugly sound. PITY you weren't twenty
minutes sooner" he gunawed. you'd
have had company. pleasant company.
visitors from across the frontier"
II. too. have crossed the frontier"
said Irene. a wan smile lending pathos
to her beauty. Il travelled with Ger
now I think I should die"
At that. Nine. Joos rose. Calm thy
self. Henri" she said. These people
are friends"
Maybe" retorted her husband. He
turned on Dairoy with surprising en-
ergy. seeing that he was some twenty
wears older than his wife. You say
that you came with Maertx." he went
sent four days"
BY this time Dalroy thought he had
taken the measure Of his man. No
matter what the outcome to himself
helped. She could 60 no farther with
out food and rest. He risked every
thing on the spin of coin. I'VE are
English" he said. speaking very slow
ly and distinctly. so that each syllable
of the zoos family. 1--WE were only
trying to leave Germany, meaning
harm to none. but were arrested as
spies at Aix-la-Chapelle. We escaped
took some Of his clothes. Then we
happened on Maerts at a corner of
Franz strasse. and persuaded him to
give us lift. We logged along all
right until we reached the crossroads
in the direction of the wood. "A Ger
man officer refused to allow us to pass,
but a motor transport knocked the
wagon over. and this lady and I were
the confusion. and made for a cowshed
lying well back from the road and on
the slope of the hill. AT that point my
friend tainted. luckily for herself, be-
cause, when 1 examined the shed,
found the corpse of an old woman
there. She had evidently been about
to milk a black -and-white cow when
she was bayoneted by German SOL
dier@
He was interrupted by choking sob
on the table for support. In pose and
features she would have served as a
model for Hans Meanings portrait"
Of Saint Elizabeth, which in happier
Bruges. The Widow Jaquinot," she
gasped.
'Of course. madame. I don't know
the poor creatures name. I was won
dering how to act for the best when
heard what they were saying. One Of
them admitted that he had stabbed the
old woman; his words also implied that
he and his comrade had violated her
granddaughter, So picked up a milk,
.ng-stool and killed both OF them.
took one Of their rifles, which, with Its
bayonet and a number Of cartridges. !
ma at the Top OF the ravtno This IL
the pail which found In the shed.
No doubt 1t belongs to tho Jaquinot
household. Now, I have told you the
actual truth. I ask nothing for myself
II I stay here. even though you permit
ruin on you. SO shall 90 At once.
But 1 do ask you. As Christian people.
to safeguard this young English lady.
has recovered her strength. to guide
her into Holland. unless that ID, these
German beasts are attacking the Dutch
too"
For . brief space there was silence.
Dairoy looked hxedly at zoos. trying
to read Irene Bsresford's fate In those
black. glowing eyes. The womenfoik
that in this Belgian nook the patri-
arehal principle that q man 10 lord and
master in his own house would ind UNI
questioned acceptance, He was aware
that Irene's case was riveted ON him in
. strangely magnetic way. II was one