Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-08-07

CrlAFElgR V.

NSpitSiuaI G1S IItGINs4 SG8GM VI NSI
pSilly GsRpp8r aus NE sank into the sea
aon the rnifdsifghs s,iintul,an tsoan Ram
Afsh to MIess6ntlsia. Even ne the guard
unused to rsafstrulsr observation o.
ms messengers assHe as 10 taseSr pos
RsEbfe propensity for crying 10 hsa'
fflssfr Fares, THE bundle 6f 6lsreass sur
fhfouiited Ny "a Nttssy brown bowler
lSthfeh huddted under fhe sinkg aSSht
3 title ssecend 1efass carthage bespoke
aeftfser "a e~eahdidate for u plunge cs
Title a9tiGy COR "a 'hIponiet' sssrrras-s
Ffsom hits p~essssallins. lBut She eyes oi
ftlse nsan ddeffed this latter hypothesis;
ssaifty was in them, albeit phe Inerea-
fsss sanity ttlfat Refuses aan ixllsernaripg
when ffate pushed Its victim Into .
peofifer. SO Submerged was Capge,
Ituhdar tine faond of his 6wn blue.
aeogttattoiss that The had Ennt rnnricef
ktife oothsr two lssfsssnssrs tbnsrfiing TIA
ftrain AIT the little ttiled station, q 1aIl
suufet!y difessed white nnan IN a Nh,
pnitdfan with a atleHE tSfrUvsn 5ps his
white livery. onhe latter had fafei
Rliste "a shadow into ghe I~hirE4class
nearrfage thatind the nne In which Cap.
Aler fruffs.
Here WIS GEppsr-spnnr old Ears.
plucsS Billy Gsappar-+flnusah again. and
tj,sst when THE title NJ had surrune was
non tthe turn; III rEn Gie minor srr4iE
of assif-spfty IundBr Uhe brown bowler
IA FAILURE once mDiss, and Through nc
ffalift aof fhiE own. Mn, Me-! Hadn't he
ftsesn ready I'D iisltsBr the goods.
lffadntt The Enrne all tina wHy down
ptsare ffrnm BERLIN, EsaiiIhfnl 10 his
tnhs1sse tro usnliiHR, the girl In the VIII
Rheintstrasae, rssaty and wIIhsng 10 em-
bark Dn Stat Important mission oi
hNthtth lire WA I'D tbe tn1H sy Doctcr
TTTruxSAD RESP A-a n ------R
kurh tturns him itntp fhs street like
"a dog; tthrsrctnns 40 have him before
the military us a spy ID he 5oesn".
Pnalse fhilnBaE ScRrce. Koch refuses
seven tn admit lhRth sper heard Of ese
WifffalnHcrasEs. Clever beggas. A
jtblly asasn eye fhsss Erd for his OWE
IHi:in; wnrI IRlkR N esRness On being
hHtrRNed tirrtp the hands of the Eng
Iilfsh, even wthsn he ought to see that
rhHTss honest wasa he comes and
IteilB a IfrrEigsr Etrry about losing tina,
Silly liIIlB hin nf paper with his work
ing 1iinnhHr On lit. What difference
Id he CENT Trvnttrns the ticket when
me thRs b number pat on the tip Of
his tongue, and 5s w1aling to risk his
own Life 10 give that number to a
HrrEnERrg
j BEck uSnn the old perplexity that
had Rsgt Capps-rs brain on strain ever
fitncsf b First day aboard LIE Vendee
-wbp had lifted his ticket, and when
wzs 1T dons2 The man recalled, for
q h@ndrefth time. his awakening
aboard the French Iiner-what a hor-
that first morning was, with the
raftE little surgeon feeding a fellow
aromassc spirits OF ammonia like por-
r76gs Capper. in tbs mood Of, de-
nachsd review. saw himself painfully
stretching ont his arm from his bunk
to grasp his stick the very.frst min
nte ne was alone in the stateroom;
the crooked handle comes off under
his turning. and the white wisp of
paper to stuck in the hollow of the
stick Blank paper!
safe al safe could be had been that
lntEIs square Of paper Louisa had CIV
en- mtra with his expense money, from
the Day he left Berlin until-when?
10 % sure, he had treated himself
10 . little OF the grape in Paris and,
maybe, in Marseiiies; but his brain
mad been clear every minute. Oh,
.SSDcer would have sworn to that!
The whole business of the disappear
ance OF his Wilhelmstrasse ticket and
the substitution Of the blank was sim
ply another low trick the Capper luck
had played on him.
The train rushed through the dark
toward the distant prickiy coral bed
of lights, and the whirligig Of black
despair churned under the brown
bowler. No beginning. no end to the
misery OF it. Each new attempt "a
force a little light of hope into the
blackness of his plight fetched up al
the same dead wall-here was Billy
Capper, hired by the Wilhelmstrasse
after having been booted out OF the
secret Offices of England and Bel.
gturn-gtven a show for his white al.
ley-and he couldn't move a hand tc
earn his new salary. Nor could he
go back to Berlin, even though he
dared return with confession Of the
stolen ticket; Berlin was no place 70,
he could get there. No, he was in the
backwash again-this time In THU
beastly h~alf-caste city OF Alexandria
and wtth-how much was It now?-
with a beggarly fifteen pounds be-
tween himself and the beach.
Out of the ruck OF Capper's sac
reflections the old persistent call be.
gan to make itself heard before evel
the train from Ramleh pulled int
the Alexandria station. That elusive
country Of fountains. incense and ROSE
ed through the neck of a bottle spread
itself before him alluringly. invitinf
him to forgetfulness. And Cappei
answered tho call.
From the railroad station, he SCI
his through narrow ~villainou,
streets down to the district on Pharos
where the deep-water men of all this
world gather to make vivid the night.
of Egypt. Behind him as the faith.
full shadow, Caesar, Doctor Koch'i
man. The Numidian trailed like
panther, Sinking from cover to cover
bending his body as the big cat doet
to the accommodations OF the trail.
blinds.
One capper found himself in d