Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-12-13
THE RED SIGNAL
BY GRACE LIVINGSTON HILL tLUT7) 1880
Author of The Enchanted Barn." The Best Man." Etc.
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senses keen. had the quickness to
throw her gaze out over the multi
,ude as if looking for someone else,
and turn away, though all the time
slipped behind a telephone booth and
watched. and he went on down the
aisle. She hu1ricd past the telephone
exchange n around to the other
stairs, hating behind another phone
booth Just in time to see him pass
the foot of the stairs going toward
the Chestnut street door. She kept
herself out of sight until he had
down the stairs and followed him,
frantic now G 8 he should be lost m
the crowd before she reached the
street. 1t came to her that this was
the great crisis of her life, tho thing
perhaps for which she had been
born. to catch this spy and have him
put where he could do no harm. She
must follow at a distance (. and find
out where he went, Inc then so and
telephone the police. or Mr.. Stevens
Tor somebody: she could not think
now, she must cQncentrate all her at
tentfon on Keeping HIN! In sight and
finding out his hiding place. Then
she could slip back and notify the
right people. and he would never
know he had been followed, that is,
=. sic oiu heI "o1h wen. NJ course,
there was always the possibility that
he might turn and see her again, and
that would spoil it all, for if he
thought he was being followed he
would probably lead to a false trail.
She must look out most carefully not
to be seen.
He was shouldering his way
through the shopping crowd, toward
Thirteenth street, He walked with a
peculiar, gliding motion hat carried
Elm along very fast without seeming
between people n a way that re-
minded her of a serpent Three tim es
he disappeared for several minutes
and she thought she had lost him.
but Just as he turned another. corner
he would sQuare around and fash q
glance back of him. Although he
was so far away that his features
were scarcely discernible, there was
something SO Characteristic In his
had. an impression of cold, stee]y eyes
piercing back half a block through
the crowd after her. She wondered
if he had really seen her in Wanna
makers and II he were uneasy about
her following him. When she came
TO the corner where he a turned
she stood close to- the buildings and
lCOhCu dIOuuu CAuaOuNAy uALl1 AAo
had gone a long distance ahead. Then
she sped ialong%tbehind three ladies
and kept herself we'll hidden for a
time
So she pursued him block after
block, corner after corner, breath
lessly, with no further thought for
anything but her quarry. Her heart
was beating so wildly hal It seemed
as II the people she passed on the
street must hear 1t, and she noticed
that some OF them looked at her
~curiously. But on she sped, noting
the James Of he streets as we'll as
she could, and keeping in mind tho
general direction in which she was
going. 1t must be toward the river.
Was he then going out ut nee to a
boat that would perhaps take him to
a submarine?
Hilda knew the general layout Of
the city well. for when they had hrst
como she and KaTl had spent much
on the wall of the Stevens library.
Mr.. Stevens had suggested that it
would be a good thing for them both
to memorial the names of the prin-
cipal streets, 90 that they could easily
find their way about. Hida, always
thorough in everything she did. ac-
cepted this advice literally. and
quickly 6AW uo u60 Ol ~ " SluSAA
both. She kept Karl at 1t. working
with him until they had mastered
long lists OF streets and made q sort
Of game Of recitinS theml So at
night when they would all come
home tho mother and children would
describe to one another the streets
they had travelled that day. until At
last 1t had come II tie an@old story.
and the small ma they. had pinned
up in their dining-room was only RAJ
ferred to when ono or another ~Of
Nthem went on some GRAND out Of tho
usual beaten path.
So, as she hurried al1ng, turning
this way and that. she was able to
keep a pretty definite .5vn Of where
she was going.
But the man she vas pursuing was
gaining on her. He had turned
down CONGRATULATIONS .n2ftsofS the
city ana wac MaldngjM.F ane more
rapidly now. Hs Had O6Raed alfo-
lgefher 70 look behind him. although
She had . strange. in1tinO4tve feeling
that he$knew shsEHl1 Tiers, G1Agtold
herself again ana axaiA that she was
foolish, that heYnouiA net know she
val there, that he had shown No In
ldicztion Of any upeaSineeA But still
lher impression fingered He was
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