Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-08-15
tcopyright, The Bobbs-M Merrill co.)
(CHAPTER x.-Continuel.)

The little. spy raj choking with q
lust to kill; his whole body trembled
under the pulse Of q murderous pas
sion. He had found Louisa-the girl,
who had sold him out-and for her
private. ends, Capper made no doubt
Of that. Some day he had hoped TO
run her down, and with his fingers
about her soft throat to tell her how
dangerous it was to trick Billy Cap
per. But to have her flung across
his path this way when anger was
still at white heat in him-this was
luck! He'd see this Louisa and have
q little powwow with her even IL he
had to break his way into the house.
Capper felt the door-knob again;
the door wouldn't yield. He drew
back a bit and looked up at the front
of the house. Just a dingy black
set in 1t ~irregularly. The roof pro-
jected owe the gaJbied attic like the
visor OF a cap. Beyond the farther
corner of the house were ten feet OF
of he cliff s%pringing upward. A low
wall bounded the garden; over its top
nodded the pale ghosts Of moon
flowers and oleanders.
Capper was over the wall in q
bound, and crouching amid flower
clusters, listening for possible alarm.
None came. and he became holder.
Skirting q tiny arbor, he skulked to a
position in the rea of the house;
stretched across the garden, coming
from two French windows on the low
er floor. They stood half open;
through the thin white stuff hanging
behind them Capper could see vague
ly the figure of a girl seated before
a dressing mirror with her hands busy
over two heavy ropes Of hair. Moth
ing to do but step up on the little
half balcony outside the windows,
have a little powwow with Louisa.
An unwonted boldness had a grip
on the little spy. Never a person to
force a face-to-face issue when the
trick could be turned behind some-
lbody's back, he was, : nevertheless,
driven irresistibly by a furious anger
that took no heed of consequences.
With the light foot Of cat. Cap
per %straddled the low rail of the bal
opened windows, and stepped into
lLouisa's room. His eyes registered
mechanically the details-a heavy
%canopied bed, a. massive highboy OF
some dark wood, chairs, supporting
carelessly flung bits of wearing APP
parel. But he noted especially that
Just as he emerged from behind one
Of the loose curtains a white arm
remained poised over a brown head.
'stop where yau are, Billy Cap
perl" The girls low-spoken order
was as cold and tense as drawn wire.
No trace OF shock or surprise was in
her voice. She did not turn her
head. Capper was brought up short.
as IL he felt q moose about his neck.
Slowly the figure seated before the
dressing mirror turned to face him.
Tumbling hair framed the girls face.
partly yelling the yellow-brown eyes,
which seemed two spots OF metal
coming to incandescence under heat.
Her hands, one still holding q comb.
lay supinely In her lap. ),
ST admit this is a. surprise, Cap
per-" Louisa said, letting each word
fall sharply, but without emphasis,
Unconventional. May I ask what you
want this time-besides money, of
course 2"
Capper wei his lips and smiled wry-
ly. He had jumped so swiftly to I'M
pulse that he had not prepared him
self beforehand against the moment
when he should be face to face with
the girl from the Wilhelmstrasse.
Moreover. he had expected to be clos
er to her-very close indeed-before
the time for. words should come.
IL saw you tonight and followed
YOU here" he began lamely.
"Flattering!" She laughed shortly,
&"Oh, you needn't try to come 1t over
me with words!" Capper's teeth
showed in a nasty grin as his rage
faEed back from he first suppression
of surprise. i've come here to have
Ia settlement for a little affair be-
tween you and me-"
~"BlAckmail? Why. Billy Capper
how true to form you rum The
yellow-brown eyes were alight and
burning now. Have you deter.