Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-10-11
CHAPTER xvI-CcoNTlNuED)

VI YOU. L nave DccH thinking OF
you all day. | tried to go TO you
just now. had something to tel
you. But the guard at the ladder
stopped me-"
He looked around to make sure
that there was no one near.
"He didn't stop me-" she said
emo; first class passengers have
the run of the ship. How does ii
happen that you are first class,
Kasia?
1t was the first time that he had
used the word with intention, and
his voice trcmblcd a little over it.
She told him rapidly of the. odor
which had suddenly developed in
her former s%tatcroom, and how the
ships people had finally been
compelled to transfer her and her
father to the first cabin.
ooh, to quite sumptuous quar-
tiers" she went on; "you should
see them. Two bedrooms and a sit
ting room and bath-an imperial
suite. There no places left at
the tables, so u 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 | 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,"
Dan breathed a deep sigh of re-
lief.
"I'm glad it's so simple" he
said. 81 had begun to imagine all
sorts of things. Last night, when
we were talking here, it happened
that my roommate, a fellow named
Chevrial, was sitting on that bench
yonder, and overheard a little of
our talk. He was quite solemn
with me this afternoon about it,"
"ln what way?" 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 on 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 nnwise to talk about
it."
"He is right" Kasia agreed.
"What else did he say?"
Gle 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
eonfide 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
q bit of 100000. / told Chevrial
So"
"Who is this Chevrial3" asked
Miss Ward.
II don't know. He told me he
was q dealer in wine. He seems to
have travelled a lot, and he is GER
tainly a well educated fellow, and
one of the best takers l ever met.
"A Frenchman all through, from
the way he got worked up over Al
ace-Lorraine. He said it was as
bad as Poland. But I suspect he
was letting his Gallo Imagination
run away with him when he got on
the subject of Spies"
81 am not so sure of that" she
said, and fell silent for a moment.
Il have seen more of spies than
have you, MI. Webster-I know
how Europe is honeycombed with
them. At any rate, it can do no
harm to follow his advice. Please
make sure that there is no one
mar us.- I have something most
important to saysto yen"
ban glanced at her In surprise
thenshe got up, looked behind the
boat in whose shadow the bench
stood, and made . careful survey
of their surroundings. Then he
rat down again.
"There Is no one near" he as.
a,rrAd her