Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-02-09

Americans should be. but ordo.,.
pleasant The boy has good ny ~
IL would be we'll to please him ."nhe,
So the niece, sewing IN the bso.
watched Bobby In aud out, win .'~A
ant mysteries IN her eyes. ANA we's
sang the song the cathedral chinssSrt
Draw me also, Mary mild.
10 adore Thee and thy Child,
Mary mild.
star in desert drcar and wild.
So she sang. and scwed and ma.
Bobby's height as he passed h..
wainscoting in the passage, and cun,,s1
~ cut II pattern.
80 high" she reflected. hummr. I.
his shoulder. And so. To this
should 60 the little trousers. ,s,au
dcyert drear and wild.'"
Now and then. in the evenings
the Americans were away and nv. w.
was snug in bed, with Tucker o.,
tiny feather comfort at his foo,
Fraulcin would come downstairs a,s
in Black Humbert's room. At such n.
the niece would be sent on an a,s4
and the two would talk. The niece ~
although she had 10 lover. was ON N
lookout for love, suspected a rom.,-
Of the middlc-aged, and smiled IN "
half-darkncss of tho street smiled M
Il touch of malice. as one wh, h
pierced the armOr of the fortress J.,
knows its weakness.
But IT was not of love that HumA..
aud the Fraulcin talked.
Herman Spicr was busy in thoss Al.
Il y;,,,r Il -
dincd in the restaurant where the MI
Marie. now weary Of her husband =,
in idle intervals behind the casht,
desk. and watched the grass in the pl,.I
emerge from it's winter hiding pl,,,
When she turned her eyes to the roor
frequently she encountered those n
Herman Spier, pale Vet burning, at,,
on her. And at last. one day when hs,
husband lay lame with sciatica. she M
the desk and paused by Hcrman's tab.
"You come frequently now" she AL
served. ut l. that you like us h,.
or that you have risen in the shop?r
II have left the shop said HERNIA,
staring at her. Flesh. in a moder.|
amount, suited her well. lie lksd|
pIump women. They were, If YOU pleav
an armful. and | come To see you
Left the shop Marie exclalma
"And peter Niburg-hc has left also! Il
never see him"
"No." said Herman noncommittally
"Ile Is i'll, perhaps e
"IIc Is dead" said Herman devour
ing her with his eyes.
Dead" :" She put hand to her plum,
side.
ave. Shot as a spy" lie took an,
other piece of the excellent pigeon psl
Marie. meantime, lost all her looks
grew pasty white,
"Of thc--thc Terrorists?' she Dc,
manded in Il whisper.
"Terrurists, NO. Of karnla, ",
was no patriot
SO the little Mari" went back to ht'
desk, and to her staring out over t,
place il, intervals Of business And what
she thought OF no one cln know But
that night, aud thereafter. she was very
tender To her spouse, and put eloh'
soaked in hot turpentinc water on b;
aching thigh,
ON the surface things. went on A.
usual at the palace. karfs visit hat
been but for a day or two. He had
met the Council III session, and had had
because of their growing alarm, ratle1
his own way with them.
But although ne had pointed to N
Kings condition and thclrs-as anIr'
rumcnt for immediate marriageAl
failed. The thing would be done. bs
properly and In good time. They had
signed agreement to fall back upon, an
were in no hurry to pay his price kal
left them in Il bad temper, well con
c.aled, and had the pleasure Of BEN
Kissed through the streets.
But he comforted himself wthhs
thought of IIedwig. lie had taken Asr
in his arms before he left. and sh,
had made no resistance. She had even
in view of all that was at stake, mad
"A desperate effort to return his kiss
aad found herself trembling afterwat
In two weeks he was to return to het
ard he whispered that to her ri
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