Grand Forks herald., 1919-11-29

nas arranged for her to live at farm
ssGass g. On sssa sr fssm5. s5s ,hs sansa nss
i4E srain. and d saved by BY ! y younr "en en-
~ His trsin runs by the farm It which
,Ii99eses ris9e,1 tn that she hans signal out her
danger I she Se'ts ssaehss sne tbs s fssn Es
ana find. that her hosts treat her, bru- u.
.!e11y; .sMn+. and q the son Of the household at
t,r@ly Informed that she Is t@hers there to us stay y
as long as they need her. one night At
der her v,neow shs s awakened by voices un-
|sonyancss Aer. tn.t The plsos ia . ara dan,
nan srous c.n.ss nsst Ct spies disIuised Ger,
attention to. her.
to rsnstosshIy ss4 siISy frightened ias ,laa writes
the place but schx.rto 10 stes Est sTs. tS.s
letter from the mail box and burns it.
d.stE,,nt Afaaa g. night she oyerhears plots for
cSssed beSesan 81 rssiwsy esidses s.c DIS
nope that II may bring her help she
hangs In her window the red danger
sitgnsl stEasr arranged Sr with her friend the en-
have dropped q paper on the ground be-
meath her window, and plans how she
may secure It. I-77.--
tlnds It to be written Ii cipher. Schwsrts a
Is tnfuriated when he nnds. that The s = ps. =
Per Per is 1 gene, ana Eilda plans to ny from
HiIda learn. that there is ! plot to
wreck the train Of young Stevens. the
man VINO saved her life. Taking q des-
perete st., chance hse telephones : warning
Hildas message saves the train. She
nnds large number Of gums concealed
IN the hay Of the Schwartz barn
she learns where some important papern
are concealed She plans to secure them.
|, Hilda takes the suitcase, and at
tenpts 70 escape. She makes wild dash
1or the train pursued by Schwartz.
CHAPTER N.-Condnued.
believe she intends to Jump the
rain! ir H.; said another passenger. rising
Ing right at It. and she has that look
In her face"
"No!" said ths conductor ansrily.
she couldn't do that! She'd have
too much sense, Those Dutchmen
nave got to learns a lesson. They're
always bothering me with something.
Sometimes It's letter they want
mailed special. sometimes IT'S some
They are always trying Is hold me up
minute or two late! won't stop
for anybody today!'
Shea going to jump!'' said the ex-
cited passenger. Look at heri'
The conductor gave 4 low horrified
exclamation and reached for the Sell
cord. The passengers rose In their
seats with one accord. and wave Of
horror and admiration went through
On came Hilda. gher second wind
coming to her now and her head
growing cooler with her danxer.
There was no turning back for her.
She had gone too TAI. Ehe must
make that train or die under IT.
wheels. She had an innats sense thai
such death would be TAR preferable
to what she would meet II she, failed
and fell into the hands Of the Ger
She was but cars length from the
platform now. but the train was un-
der good headway and goinK faster
all the tilne. She look "a. with cal-
|culaHing eye. coming straight on with
bound. like z. yoiiaE deef. and mark
to the lAM car. One. more spr1nr. a
stop or two Alongside; and sl,e had
caught the handrail with one hand
and swung to the lower step, the s,iit-s
case in the 6ther hand flune ahead in;
to the platform. What mercy the
conductor had been too busy watch
Ing her TO put down the platform
oyer the steps and make II impossible
The dark blue jacket witch had
been hanging III her left hand slipped
away when she took hold Of tho rail.
quiyered for N inatant against fhS
car and then shiyered down under
the rails And lay q crumbiad. dusty
ruin who're the e1rf would have lAln Iif
ne had missed her footing: but Hilds