The Washington times., 1918-11-14

there with you
She looked al him q little woa-
dertngly.
Il wonder IL you really care" sAa /.
said. Men get 30 much into the
habit OF saying that sort OF thiat
to women. Sometimes II seems to
me they must do n great deal Of
mischief. But YOU Is that
really your wish?S. --
"I would sacrifice everything that
I have ever held dear In life," he
declared. with his face aglo~' for
its realization"
.But YOU would be a dssertsr
from your country" she pointed
out. You would never be able TO
return. Your estates would Be con-
fscated. You would be Homeless.
Home he said softly, SIS where
ones heart takes one. Home u
just where love is"
Her eyes, as they met his, were
for a moment suspictcusly Eoft.
Then she began 70 talk VeFy quick
Iy Of other things. to compare notes
OF countries which they had both
visited. even OF people whom they
had met. They were obliged TO
leave esrIy to catch their train. A.
they passed down the crowded res-
taurant they once more found them
selves within q few feet Of Sir
Henry. His back Was turned to
them, ana he was Apparently ignor-
ant OF their near presence. The
party had become a paTtie carTee.
another man. and a stifl younger
ana more bsautifui woman having
Joined IL. ft-t tfA
"of course Philippe said. as
they descended the stairs, Il am
behaving like an idiot. ! ought to
go and tell Henry exactly what
think OF Nm. or pun him away IN
the approved whitechapel fashion
We lose so much. don't we. by
sitting our instincts"
For the next few minutes he
replied. glanoing At his watch" /
think we had better concentrate
our attention upon catching our
train"
Thsy - d Kings Cross with
only minutes to spare.
Grover. h wsver. had already Sc
cured a carriage. and Helen was
waiting for them, 7ensconced In q
corner. Shs- accepted the news OF
Lessingham's return with tesigna-
tion. PhiIippa became thoughtful !
as they drew toward the close OF
their Journey and the slow. frosty
twilight began to creep down upoA
the land.
'.I suppose we don't really know
what war L." she observed. look
ing out OF the window At a com
Portable little village tucked away
with a BACKGROUND OF trees aad
guarded byA weathsr-beatsa= cid
church. THE people are safe Ia
their honles- You must appreciate-
what that means. Mr.. Lessinshan.-
Indeed I 20" he answered grave.
ly.- "I.hKvA seen the earth torn and
disnnsmbsrsd as though BY the.
pIoW Of some destroying angel
A few blacl:sned- ruins where. an
hour or 80 before, q peaceful village
stood: raen and women running
about IKE iu-q qt;cs stricken with
mortsl fsa-. And all the time red
glow on tAA horizon. 4 bIeod.rsd
glow. and little specks offs EJay Or
brown E-ina all over the fields;
even the cattle racing round in ter
ror. And every now and thsn the
cry OF Death, You are foFtnnate in.
England "
Philippa leaned forward. p
ado you believe that our turn viii
comeT'-she asked. do you believe
that the wave will break over our
country7"
"yho can tell?-
"Ah, no, but answer me-" she beg
ged. ais It possible for you to land
an army here7" ----
81 think" he replied. Ithat all
things are possible to the military
genius of Germany. The only cues
tion is whether It Is worth While.
Germans are supposed to be senti-
nlentallSts. you know. rather
doubt Il. There is nothing would
set the joybells Of Berlin changing
so much as the news OF German
invasion OF Great Britain. On the
other hand, there Is . great party
In Germany, and a very far-seeinE
one, which Is continually reminding
the government that, without Great
Britain as a market, Germany would
never recover from the financial
strain Of the war"
ss-Tbis Is all too impersonaI,H Phil
iopa objected. -Do you, in your
heart, believe that the time might
come when in the night we should
hear the guns booming in GrSy--
marsh Bay, and see your gray-cfad
soldiers forming up on the beaeh
and scaling our cliffsT
"That will not be yet" he pro-
nounced. "It has been. thought OF.
Once It was almost attempted. Just
at present, no.
PhiIippa drew sigh OF relief
Then your mission in Drsymarsh
has nothing to do with an attempt-
ed landing?
Nothing" he assured her. II can
even go a little further. can tell
YOU that if ever we do try to land,
il will be in an unsuspected place,
in an unexpected fashion"
well it's really very comforting
10 hear these things at first-hand."
Philippa declared. with some return
10 her usual manner. Il suppose
we are really two dIsgraceful woun-
on. Helen and TRAITORS and ali the
rest OF It. Here we sit talking TO
an enemy as though he were one OF
our best friends"
II refuse to be called an enemy"
I.DssinRham- protested. There are
times when individuality is far
greater thing thar Nationality. !
am Just a human being, born int
the same world and warmed Uy the !
same sun AZ you. Nothing csn alsert
the feet that we are fellow crca-
lures
..prpvuarsh once more PFflip-
pa announced look 'ng out Of the
window And you're a terribly
plausible person. MT. LsssingGam.
Come round and see US after din
ner--3f it doesn't interfere WITH.
Your work"