Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-08-02
SYNOPSIS.

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secret service is sent from washington
to New York to regain a stolen govern
ment paper from a Mr.. Holman. He sue
fseSa m 01 houae ho ths P pSRssa. and leaves
lo throw the pursuers Oft the seen,
ne taxes refuge in church where
Weddin Is about 10 take place; and
groom, who has Just landed from Eu.
rope and whom the bride has not seer
N 10 years; Before he realizes the truth
or or ms nredicament he is married to :
has never seen before. N
The real bridegroom who Is q thor;
ougnly a lot has accidentally locked
reaches the depot just as Gordon and
MS wife take a train to the west. Or
account of the importance Of his gov.
eminent mission Gordon is unable &c
regarding his identity but treats hel
as he would a sister.
After several adventures they reach
WASHINGTON by way Of Pittsburgh. ant
his chief. He then goes home to explain
his DECEPTION to Celia whom he last=ieft
in his rooms.
,. She s.a has slssady told him Of how she =
the marriage. n h is beginning tc
suspect that he is, not the ma she was
to have married. and is beginning te
AcCl lLle OdWNlNS OF love LOT MIN.
Gordon explains the case Of mistaken
Identity to Celia, but clumsily fails tc
show her that he loves her, inc she re-
ceives the impression that he desires
his freedom.
After a few moments however they
confess their love for each other.
Fhe two telephone Celia's mother,
telling her of the change in bride
grooms. Gordon is promoted at the
secret service bureau and the couple
prepare for another trip to New York.
Chapter XVH.-(Continued.)
Gordon turned in amazement and
gazed at the kindly old face. Pro-
motion he had hoped for, but, such
promotion right over the heads of
his elders and superiors, he had never
taken the chief in his arms. :
Pooh! Pooh!" said the chief.
"You deserve it, you deserve IT." when
Gordon tried to blunder out. some
words of appreciation. Then, as if to
cap the climax, he added:
And, by the way, you know some
has got to run across the water
to look after that Stanhope matter.
That will fall to you, I'm afraid. Sor-
ry to keep you trotting around the
globe, but perhaps you'll like to make
a little vacation of it. The Depart
ment'll give you some time if you
want it. Oh. don't thank me! It's
simply the reward of doing your duty,
to have more duties given you, and
higher ones. You have done we'll,
young man. I have here all the pa
pers in the Stanhope- case, and full di-
rections written out, and then if you
can plan for it you needn't return,
unless 1t suits your pleasure. You UNI
derstand the matter as fully as I do
already. And now for business. Let's
hurry through. There are one or two
little matters I'VE must talk over and
| know you will want to hurry back
and get ready for your Journey" And
so after all the account of Gordon's
extraordinary escape and eventful
journey home became by reason of its
hasty repetition a most prosaic story
composed of the bare facts and not
al. of those.
At parting the chief pressed Cor
.dcn's hand with heartiness and usher
ed him out into the hall, with the
same brusque n he used to close
all business interviews, and Gordon
found himself hurrying through the
familiar halls in a daze of happiness.
the secret of his unexpected marriage
still his own-and hers.
Celia was watching at the window
when his key clicked in the lock and
he let himself into the apartment his
face alight with the JOY of meeting
her again after the brief absence. She
turned in a culver Of pleasure at his
coming.
We'll. get ready" he said joyfully.
I'VE are ordered off to New York on
the afternoon train, with a wedding