The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-03

far otherwise. II is the antiduatcd
| ideal of the absolute monarchy swelled
10 it's uttcrmost limits, the ideal of
what is called glory. and of which the
essence is self-aggra Indictment. though
self may be translated into terms OF
| kaiser and country.
Nevertheless n spiritual passion is
tho strongest in the world. and is a
thing which has always made history.
And the lying. the plotting. and the
deliberate cruelties Of such spies as
those at Wave Crest were. after all.
the outermost qualifications OF the
ideal. The work Of spies is sordid
together what an Engiishman would
class as bad FORM" but in tho ma
jority of cases il is at least inspired
by genuine passion. 1t was so with
| all the spies at Wave Crest. though In
| a much less degree with Fritz than
with the others. But fraulein moved
| on the fires Of her conviction as on
wings. And the Sandersons, mother
and son, though less strained and eN-
citablc. were equally convinced of the
righteousness Of their cause and faced
all the risks they ran with iron nerve.
| The moral danger with all spies.
even such legitimate work as that be-
| ing carried out by Brent and Mrs.
Lee. Is that IL long course Of lying Is
apt TO undermine The individuals
sense Of values. Christopher felt this
| danger himself. Not at the moments
| w. he, ~
and the risk kept his brain occupied.
but in the flat moments after any
I violent action. He was feeling it now
as. ready dressed. he sat on his bed
| for few minutes and tried to get
| himself in tune again before eoinf
down stairs. lie had lied hard all day
| to Molly: the thing that had been
! absolutely necessary aud he had done
| it. The point was, would Molly ever
| trust in him again when she diseov-
cred what a good liar he was? Any
| one can forgive necessary lie. but q
too great pitch of accomplishment l.
| suspicious.if q. thing comes SO easil!
II Us ten to one that instinct will tnin
1t on whenever convenient. or, at least
the temptation will be there.
| hI'1lA I'd'tStlu ihiSb .'t'
being very human, that did not worry
MIN nearly as much as the idea that
Molly, too. might see it from that point
OF view. He had tried that day. as
much as was consistent with loyalty
TO mis- work. to lie just so cu,asily
that Molly. when she knew everything
would not be able to reproach MIN
with being very adept 4 MachaNei-
liam course like this was as fine drawn
and subtle as a gray hair on a white
cloth, and Brent felt that even his
quick instincts and intuitiye percep'
tons could not save him from a bad
blunder with Molly much longer. lis
must simply try and keep out of hcl
way as much as possible this evening
that was all. Whatever happened. h,
must not bring more of her question
ing upon himself until he could an
swer her truthfulls.
\ sudden distaste for the whole bust
ness swept over him. He was in ina
lax mood when even excitement APP
pears n WEAKNESS to the flesh. 1t wa
true he reflected, that the Sander
sons were betraying the country which
had taken them in and trusted them
from whom they had got money. posi-
ton. comfort. but he. too. who sat D
the Sandersons' table and broke brea'
with them. was planning TO brin
about their downfall II was an odiou
necessity. At this point in his reflec
tons his sense of humor mercifull
came to his aid. and he remembers
that the bread consisted so often o
pigeons and that at least he was pay