Grand Forks herald., 1919-12-04

While the great war is IN sproHre9A
Ililda leasing. an. orphan. . sent 81 her
man family named Schwartz. While On
her way to the Schwartz homo she IL
saved from being. run over by a rail.
Stevens & % whose @ rather happens sans1s 10 % Ss sss
president Of the railroad and whose
train daily passes the Schwartz farm.
She soon discovers the fafm TO be .
ins 81 she ss. S,ox,na ap q
bridge which would. have killed young
Stevens, and destroyed the ammunition
train his engine was pulling. BY q, pre-
signal in the window Of her room whore
he sees 1t and sends her money to make
her escape
She finally makes her eseape from the
case containing full Information regard
ing the plans Of the spies. Holly pur-
sued by the German spies. she reaches
the train. and eludinE more Gern,an
Washington. where she wishes to lay
her information before tho president
The girl finally succeeds IN laying her
story before the secret @ service q opera. r..
meantime schwartz leaves his farm to
confer with his fellow ccnspirators, and
in his absence Hilda's mother and
younger brother come to the: farm in
.Stevens, the young engineer. who has
seen Hildas danger signal, also arrives.
In searching for Hilda he flnds the hid
sehwaRrt. 3 Ra'e finally eonfesses iHs That Hilds
has run away.
CHAPTER XH.-Contmued.
you are very kind" murmured
the bewildered woman. II don't
want to put you to any trouble. but
1 don't know what to do. II Hilda
to follow her to Chicago"
''H'm! That's an idea! I must
find out which train she took and we
can easily trace her and catch her by
wire. Son. you take your mother
down across theSf1eld to that freight
train you see. Go Just as straight
and as quick as you can. and I'll be
with you in threet jerks Of lambs
tail. Understand?" 4.
Karl nodded like a soldier taking
orders from a beloved officer and TAX
young hand piloted her over the field
toward the fence while the young
man strobe across the porch and
sought information-of the vanished
Mrs. Schwarz. A moment more and
he was skimming over the field him.
self in long bounds. reaching the
fence in time to help the lady over.
and fairly carrying her up the bank
to the.tfainy She hesitated and gave
a troubled look at the long line OF
freight cas-.
I'm sorry it isn't any better" he
said dubiously, but it's the best I can
do for accommodations at. present
and we really ought to hurry to the
next station where we can-wire your
daughter as soone as possible. II
seems she got on the train going east
and she likely will land in Philadel-
phia. I think we can catch the train
by wire at West Philly. I'm behind
time, but I'll try to make up II you
empty car for few minutes. I'll jusl
swing you up and then Til get ahead
to my engine as quick as can. Aft
er bit LII get q chance to- come
back and tell you about things
Heinrich. watching behind hi
powder house, saw the train begin tt
move again and drew a long sigh o.
relief. Thanks to the thick growth
Of elderberry. he had not seen tht
strange passengers nor the manoeu
vers Of the engineer. After the trai1
out Of sight, he went to the house ant
hunted up Mrs. SchwArz.
did you see what was the matter
with that freight train stopping" HI
asked her.
:. mo, I been to sleep!". she respond
, ed with grouchy yawhA and Helm
Irich departed to hunt up the othe
! men.
The freight train rumbled its wa,
to the next station and ITS sunexpect
/ ed passengers sat on two boxes an,
$1pAv
! Its all very strange" said Mrs
/ Leasing. "How do I know that thf
young man is all right? How do
know where he is taking us7 An
what does he know Of Hilda? Per
haps he is in league with these peo
pie. I cannot understand what you
Uncle Otto could mean. There mus
be some mistake"
i The tears blurred into her prett,
tired eyes.
Don't you worry. mother! Tha
engineers all right. He had lette
Tin his pocket from our Elilda. I sa'
; lit when we were out back Of tn
, house. He said he was worried ab0u
her himseH. T..ust me. mother.
know a man when I see him.
Karl was sitting up very straigt
with importance and excitemen
holding the little red scarf claspe
tightly between his hands, and looi
ing out eagerly on the passing land
} scape. To think that he should g
, to ride in freight train like thtl
1t was unbelieva BILE delight PerPap
when the young man came back ,
would take him up and show him II
engine, or maybe let him ride in s
!. with him.. His very finger til
itfngled with the daring thought.
The mother smiled through HI
teArx
"Yes, dear. but yon might be mi
taken. And how in the worla would
a young man, an engineer, hASe q lett
from Hflda? Why.sshe doesn't kno
q any young men. and she j'swo1ldn
, even talk to stranger-1ir HID
: She knows 7,etter. II No, dear ~
afraid something y wrong. = beiie'
we had better get of when this ira
9 stops again and Just slip away. ~
4 aeAn telegraph Uncle Otto and q
him what to do 45
r mot on your life. notherI DOE
,yon do that! Uncle Otto would
mad as a halter that We left his 9
asylum. Just you stick by this 8!
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