Grand Forks herald., 1919-12-15

sometimes puzzled to understand why %
could not view It with complacency. He ~.
l,eved himself to be .hopelessly in love with
Esther, liked and admired Isaacs, and had tas
he thought no particular feeling one way ar
the other for Marcia. It was perplexins ans
annoyed him. 4 s.1..<s.
"Well, Spice." said Marcia. - 30 you
brought the wagon home after all7""
Spice shot look Of surprise from one to
the other. 1saacs, smiled. Spice wondered
why he should have taken Marcia, Of all per.
sons, into his confidence. .
"what about the 1o1 club?" Isaacs asked.
"Don't mind Marcia, old chap"
20, that joint is all right. I guess" Spice
answered. little nettled. Some kids got
fooling with the car and ran it into a yard.
They learned about It at the club and had
1t taken to a garage. After you told mo that
I'd been framed went back there to talk
to them again. but they were just bringing
the car around to try to catch me at the sta
tion. What were you going on when you told
me that they had swiped 1t, doctor?"
"on an envelope found on the person Of
your fathers steward. johnson. 1T had the
heading of the 101 club and pencil memo.
randum to call up one Big Mike: I: caught
johnson in the act Of filing a stay Of the
chasse machine. He slipped in under cover
Of the fog and got into the hangar when
.Oakes had gone to dinner. :!s-,,
The deuce you say! Well, I'm not alto.
sether surprised. He looked the part. What
do you think they'll do with the stoundre,?"
"8uz Asm." ~
what! You-you-" i&%S9a 2
lsaacs nodded. "1 had to shoot him. He
tried to. pull a gun. Marcia was walking
around and came in just them" 4s.s
Spice looked at the girl with q frown.
That's a way she has," he observed.
Not a bad way. sometlmes.' :. said 1saacs
,dryly. She appeared to know most Of what
we are up to. so I've sworn her In
well. you're the doctor" Spice looked
thoroughly disgusted It seems to be get.
ting quite family affair. Then you think
that those brutes did steal the car. after all?"
mo doubt about it,"
"Then why the deuce should they have
given It back to me-" :. ~
rsaacs looked little disturbed. Marcia
spoke up. "Yop must have thrown a scare
into them. buddy" said she. ".They prob
ably thought that you were bad medicine
When you pulled your war face they weak
ened and decided to holler kamerad.'"
1saacs coughed. Spice glanced from one to
the other suspciously. "It strikes me there's
something phoney about this stun" said he
stiffy, and started down for the hangar
flushed. disgruntled, and mystined. T.
1t seemed to Spice that the days which
Immediately followed his Investigation
Of the 1o1 club were the most trying lie
had ever passed. One may say that he must
have been hard to please considering the
luxury Of his surroundings and the charm
OF his associates. but these very factors may
have been partly to blame. .,s...a
Spice had lost all taste for idle amusement,
no longer enjoying knocking tennis and golf
balls about, swan only for! the refreshment,
felt 'unreasonably sore with 1saacs| for not
letting him more deeply into the serious
work afoot and cherished bitter Irritation
against Marcia. whom he snubbed on every
possible occasion. - A
Still, Esther had her qualms OF conscience
on Marcia's account. for. she could not help
but see how things were will, this frank
and open hearted beauty. She tried to pro.
test with Spice one day when they were sail.
ing about in the little rater, -st
Why don't you fall in love with Marcia
and make everybody happy, spicef"
why doesn't the breeze blow up and down
instead. Of sideways. Why. don't the an.
archists all choke? I. can't look at Marcia
without wanting to give her a shake. When
look at you it sets of offa-a-bursiar alarm"
He gave short laugh. j,
That's to warn you not to burRle." She
looked at him with that pleading whici, was
worse than a taunt. Il seemed Ia tho boy
that the puffs Of breeze coming over the bow
and striking down from the close hauled sail
upon her face famed the delicate. color in
her cheeks as though blowing on. livs EN-.
bers. ! s<.s. -,
Perhaps It was history repeating Itself.
situation such ~ might have happensd ~.
thousand years before Spice. . warlike wax.
ips youth who had ventured into the Aegean
sea and fallen under the glamour Of ,souas
dark eyed daughter Of the Levant. The daugh
tor l'. OF his host. merchant prince bt.1sr.el
i was1the eternal youth and nai6sn Of II.
chanEeiess through the ases. rsspectful to
'he . wise counsel Of age ana forsstful Il It.
They were skimminE Vi, to thsir Boundary
close 8 hauled and within ! rsaspnsbi, d,
tance of y spice. .]ammed his tillar 1harda.le
Tho ntsls rater. snot up INTO The Ma. ~.
about. paid on on tho ot,,sf tack. q frssa
pun struck hsr, and heelsd her iowa. Esther.
'''or3wilndaward. y sw.ysd asainstS sbaea Her
shoulder pfesasd ~ and ssss. pIacsd her
hand rt on his ehsas q regain hSr hsisncs. But
her, s hair IN brushing his chssk. ID nee
close g his. ana Tho asmaturs appeoachsd
too closely 70 its aiinsnt, . no rehch COZ.