Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-25

the weight of. but he was too ~
| uisaovantage. He felt a band ,nuch q
POCKET ana the envelope frau,a,, into k
him being withdrawn and TIL mad siSx
OF hurried exit through the a.,, me nol3
| spun round feeling sharp star
80 .nrougn MS back as he ala oI n1
| WI mrencneo ,ne handkerchief on 1T 80 ~
He dashed TO the window .na ms he'd
| into the dusk. then turned o peered q
But there was no one to be saa, 'ne lighd
III
VI all the people dressing for
evening at West Crest, only two-~M ~
lock and Miss Myrtle-were IN M ~
norance that strange things wsr. .u
Fraulein. refreshed by her mn.
calmly buttonins herself into her bish :.
or plaid silk' She showed no trace ., w.
excitement, but a certain inr... eHy
seemed to suffuse her dry litt,e nor. go?
The end OF which she had hoo, au'H
SO many years was close at hand a. ,ns II
twenty years all her spiritual liz .ast ~
tered In the achievement of that nad cen
extent inconceivable to any one ne, 70 q
sian. ' hot Pn1&
~, An Engiishman. of course, feels ,o,.,
lie Is quite cheerfuly prepared :. ioyaltx
his country. "and ali that sort os W ule fcf
as he would say. But It is ONLY thn unlns'
VINO has been educated to such a ssa! uerma!
what one may call country lova psea
considers everything done in ire @ mat n
right. This is caused not SO much a'ne u
dinerent character of the two raca. " ~
the different ideal which has hear ~. as ~
tore them. England might be ca,lsa ~ ~
nurse nurse OF the world. She, takes young c,,,a sw
tries, holds them severely IN cSoa,se couns
them, trains them up, and as tba,,, Iulee
fitted for liberty and self-goyernm.,ts'o t'ov
she gives 1t to them. Germanv,s iS.s, =
far otherwise 1t is the antiouatad IA,
the absolute monarchy swelled IN n. ',,ss
most limits, the ideal of what 10 ssuas u.,sr
glory. and of which the essence i, aus .',s
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, though self may be tr.rs
lated INTO terms of kaiser and country
Nevertheless. spiritual passion !. -.
strongest in the world and is a thing ,Ds,iS .Ss
has always made history. And the .a Iy,r.
the plotting and the deliberate crueItis. J.
such spies or those at West Crest 80 "
after all, the outermost ramifcatIons NJ M,
ideal. The work CT spies is sordid ~
absurdly melodramatic, and altogether vh.s
an Englishman would class as bad forr, !"
but In the majority of cases It is AZ l.ss
inspired by genuine passion. It was a
with all the spies at Wave Crest, though 4
a much less degree with Fritz than WIN
the others. But frauein moved on the A.
of her conviction as on wings. Ana ~
Sandersons. mother and son, Though lsss
strained and excitable, were equally cor.
vinced Of the righteousness of their cans
and faced all the risks they ran with iron
nerve.
The moral danger with all spies. svss
such legitimate work as that being carrisX
out by Brent and Mrs. Lee, is that a Ions
course of lying is apt to undermine M
individuals sense of values Christonhe,
felt this danger himself. Not at the mn,
ments when he was busy and the excite.
ment and the risk kept his brain occupIed
but in the fiat moments after any violent
action. He was feeling 1t now as, ready
dressed, he sat on his bed for a few minuter
and tried to get himself in tune again be.
fore going down stairs. He had lied hard
all day to Molly. the thing had been abvo.
lutely necessary and he had done It. Thu
point was, would Molly ever trust N him
again when she discovered what a good lisy
he was? Any one can forgive a necessary
lie, but a too great pitch of accomplish
mept is suspicious-if a thing comes .
easily 1t is ten to one that instinct will turn
It on whenever convenient. or. at the least
the temptation will be there. III
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