New-York tribune., 1919-03-02

first he felt if he must run, run, some
where far from people, far from the city.
10 give himself airing, to breathe freely
once more. But the many people that he
passed troubled him. He could not endure
their glances, their proximity, their hustle
He could not escape from them any too
soon, He was now near his own home, so
he dashed into his room and locked the
door behind him.
Exhausted, he sank into his bed, buried
his head in his hands and was lost in
thought. Here, in the solitude of his room
he could 60 over the matter more clearly
than in the noisy confusion of the street.
Who had betrayed him?
Some one, the officer had said, who
claimed to know him we'll.
Who knew him we'll?
He commenced to go through the list Of
all his friends in the organization. He
weighed and measured every one Of his
comrades. Even his teacher and even She
occurred to him. sudden trembling came
over him, and for a while his thoughts stood
still, and he was unable to think at all
He raised his head and uttered deep sigh
For a time his eyes wandered from one
object to another; he was overwhelmed
completely at loss; he clenched his teeth
in deep suffering. Then he sat down be-
fore his table, took pencil and began his
difficult work all over again lie would set
down the initial of q comrades name. and
then give the person thus represented a
thorough mental investigation. Now he was
able to consider the matter more clearly.
he pressed the letter Of the name with his
pencil, as If he held pinned there the per
son himself, a prisoner to his investigation
And thus, for many weary hours, he conned
the name of comrade after comrade, with
out being able to come to any decision. He
could suspect no one. He had even written
the initial of his teachers name, but he
had been seized with shame and had
promptly erased it. He threw the pencil
aside and rose to his feet
"Bah! Impossible!"
Then he thought Of her again Of the
girl he loved.
The blood rushed to his face, and he be-
gan TO pace nervously up and down the
room. Horrible! That was a sure sign that
he did not love her. IF his heart were full
Of love, there wouldn't be room there for
the slightest trace of suspicion. How
could he have suspected her? How was it
possible for him to have entertained the
mere thought? And, passing his hands
through his hair, he sought some excuse
for himself. 1t was surely because she.
too, belonged to the organization, and.
since he had considered all the names he
had involuntarily stained her, too; with his
thought
But suddenly he recalled another PERSONS
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thought frightened him. He wanted to drive
1t out OF his head Anything but apply such
words to her.
lie began to pace the room even faster,
and returned to the consideration of var-
Gus of his comrades-whether they were
capable of such treachery and espionage.
AT last he came to stop before the mir
ror. At first unconsciously, absorbed in
his search and his mental Investigation.
But suddenly it came upon him that he was
face to face with some one. and he saw
Immediately that the some one was he.
Tie began to consider himself. to look him
self in the eyes. What did he see there?
Deep, deep within there, somewhere. far
behind his eyes? Since he who was stand
ing before him was he himself, surely hs
should know what was going on behind that
forehead. But if he were another. what
could he have read there? "Another nor
sons soul is deep, dark abyss" Did he.
then, know all her thoughts? Did he. then
know her heart? Did he, in sum, know what
she was capable of doing, or not doing? r.
was even possible that the person whom he
saw IN the mirror had other thoughts of
which he who looked was ignorant He
looked at his image sharply, but he was,
overcome by strange fear, and a queer
smile, born of deep pain. came to his Inns
lie rubbed his forehead
"Foolish Foolshl / really do love herl
Inc best the finest the qucenlcst trucst
girl OF them alll
Then he sat down again, buried his hcnd
in his hands and ongcd to see hor. Ile
1elt IN every fibre of his body that she
was the only woman on earth for him, most
wonderful, most noteworthy of all.
lie arose and went to her lie felt tim,
he would not be able to look her ytrnirht in
the eyes, because he hnd insutcd hcr In his
thoughts. But his ycnrnng proved too
great And besides, she wns the first who
should know that he had been released bv
tho police and learn of the contemptblo
offer the captain had made him.
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