The Washington herald., 1918-11-29
Confessions of
A War Bride
Eighty-fourth Chapter.
| Am Advised to Change
Methods with the Queen Of
Smiles.

I failed to find any clew for Certeis
in what / could recall OF the rawlings
of the influenza victims but after he
had Joined Daddy Lorimer IL flashed
upon me that Mary Thomas had
knowledge OF the U-boat's sunken
treasure! 1t must have come TO her
through Bremen, and it was the cause
Of her hasty visit to New York.
I had never believed that she was
Willingly a traitor to her country
when she carried the message about
the munitions ship. She was probably
only dupe of spies who played upon
her credulity through the lure of
buried treasure. That's a game which
fakirs often use 10 fleece the unwary.
Search for such a vast treasure would
not fail TO catch and hold a luxury
loving girl like the Queen of Smiles"
Well. only hoped she would find as
much as all the liberty loans togeth-
er-if riches would only distract her
mind from the pursuit OF Jim, jr.
Martha Thomas came to see me that
afternoon. and ! did what I had long
ago resolved to dol told her all
about the Queen OF Smiles"
You've been extremely nice to that
girl" Martha said, "and yet you
haven't gained an inch in the direc-
law, have you?"
Not yet" 1 frankly admitted
And you're not going toby your
present methods" Martha protested.
80 l guess you'd better stop senti-
mentalizing over that girl"
II guess ! did stop-when 7 aban-
doned her in the wilds of Bear Noun
tain" I suggested. I've always
/ thought we ought to save bad people
and reform them" 1 explained, but
! l got considerably tired trying TO make
Mary over. She's pitiful, one day, and
l want to weep over her, but she's
/ dead set on having her own way about
Jimmy-she never will agree TO give
him up; she'll think about it. or
/ wen talk 1t oversize never comes TO
the point"
People who are clever enough to be
bad are usually quite clever enough
TO be good" remarked Martha.
II guess it's the same with nations,
[ isn't it," l asked, for / like the re-
turns when I hand Martha a theme.
"Certainly-exactly the same. Ma
| tions are only big families. In many
{ families there's some lazy creature
who imposes on the others. Well, IL
they're smart enough to exploit 9TH
ers, they're smart enough to be OF
some use themselves Among ma tiOnsr
there's Germany. How fiendishly
clever she's been in making the world
suffer! Now that peace is near a lot
| OF silly persons will have things to say
about mercy for the conquered! Nom
sense, A nation that can be as devil
! ish as Germany has brains enough in
| 1t TO be decent. The Hun must pay for
the crimes he knew he ought not to
/ commit"
80 you think I can never save
Jimmyboy by any appeal to this girls
better nature"
''No-but we might-very quickly
by discussing the blackmsil angle with
her"
And spoil daddy's election? And
break mothers heart
My dear" said Martha with con-
viction, your Mother Lorimer is a
remarkably well-posted woman, isn't
I she? And you don't suppose she has
skipped some little study OF man, in
her time, do you? And surely YOU
don't imagine that she is altogether
| ignorant OF the nature OF the man she
has lived with for over thirty years."
CTo Be Continued)