Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-11-24
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Hilaa LessinEss father..ts dead, He
HAS arranged for her to iixesa At q farm
sehEarts: On hsr way ho1as h mar
gineer. -
HIS train u M by the farm At which
n is TO live, and to cheer her UP he
WIDOW 70. ora him IN. sias Il s': shs g cat w ssft
red for danger. h reaches the farm
end finds that her hosts treat her bru-
tempts to kiss her.
ors 4 tries to leave h place but is
midnight she 10 awakened by voices UNI
s ssesas ne. set q t spis, th : 'ss':su, /: I s ssn-
man captain arrives who shows marked
attention to her.
to T% he9 Ssais ifT o4 monsy H 10 ket wits nwss
letter from ths mail box and BURN burn, ' Il.
de sfsia at n III rs, n; ; e%yssh 3 p plot d for
eussed beneath her window: In the faint
hope that 1t may bring. her help she
hangs in her window the red, danger
gineer: She then sees that the. plotters
have dropped a PAPER on the ground be-
meath her window, and plans how she
may secure it:
Hilda nanag to get the paper, and
finds 1t to, be written In. cipher. SchMartz
is Infatuated when he finds that the pa
per rs gone, and Hilda plans to ny from
CHAPTER VI-Continued.
But Mrs. schwarz did not 60 out
OF the kitchen. She seemed to have
decided to visit upon Hilda all that
had been put upon herself. She
stormed around the kitchen and de-
manded that the girl should do this
and that, called her from one duty to
another. ragged at. her because the
first was not finished and never left
her for a minute. She was frantical-
between her RACES glanced a%nxiously
out whatever door Or window she
came near. evidently fearing the men
would come before. the dinner was
ready: Hilda saw that she must bide
her time or perhaps spoil her chance
Of escape. For a few minutes things
were so thick in the kitchen that she
lost the values Of things and the pos
sibie destruction Of the bridge be-
rather than the Immediate fore
ground. She hurried around silently,
trying to think, setting the table Eke
lightning, her own glances following
her nistress's out Of the windows and
doors a. she passed them. The
fscreech of q train reused her
thoughts again to her responsibility.
What II it yer this train that bore
the doomed load? What II she had
waited too long? She held her
rushed through. A long line Of
Handsome cars filed with people. She
looked from the kitchen window and
|caught her breath as Il reached the
bridge. One awful second, II had
crpssed the first arch! The second!
The engine wal over on the other
side! And now the last mi left the
bridge and rushed or out OF sisht
ar1ong the trees. She turned with q
sish Of relief. and caught the y Of
wat for yau stand-idle to watch 4
drain? You lazy sirll Get, you to
work. Dem men + coming. DEFY
viii pe honsry! Dish up the sauer
Hiida NV. even n sne turned, one
Q 1.-the men creeping up through the
busheAs coming up the garden path
from The back. They were return
Ing. She drew another sigh Of re-
This wa not the day for the plot "a
|be carried out. They were only pres
pairing 10 that they might be ready
when their orders Anne She would
walt until. dark and then would stesl
.away. The express train had passed
over. All WIS safe enough She
cOuld ~ more surs Of getting away
without being caught II she waited
Until night With relief she hurried
10 put the dishes on the table. The
men came. IA, ali but Heinrich, stop
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