Grand Forks herald., 1919-11-21
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SOuECS Ol COlIllOEt. fg, ~
: 1t was that night that she was
in bed with fear in her}heart, and the
strange whirfine sound in her ears.
This time she knew what it was in
Istaptly, and her hand tluttered to her
throat in her horror. The air-man
had returned! u
Stiff and cold with fright, she crept
noiselessly from her bed over. to the
window and dropped tensely down
beside the window sill. She must find
out if he was going 20 remain in the
morning. II there was a possibility
She would not risk his presence
again. She trembled at the. thought
Of his rebulsive eyes upon her:ss He
filled her with: loatftag and Ia fear
that she could not analyze. = ssr
IL After a long, time she heard soft
footballs on the grass below J and
guarded whispers growing gradually
into distinct low tones. They were
talking. about a very particular piece
morrow. Most careful directions
were, given by the air-man. Certain
stones In some bridge were to be
drilled, certain other stones removed,
so many pounds OF dynamite were to
be ready. Hilda could make
nothing of it at first, but suddenly
something was said that made her
sure that twas the great stone rail-
road bridge out there in the valley
that they were talking about, and she
sat and listened with all her soul.
Gradually she began to- understand
from their talk that trainload Of
powder and munitions was expected
Ito be sent over that bridge soon, EN-
route to France, and that they were
planning to blow up, the whole thing
bridge, munitions and all. She
could not make out, though she lis
tened intently, what time this train
was expected to pass, but gathered
that it was a special train, and that
the time would be announced by. tele-
for> she had nowhere seefi a sign Of
a telephone since she came to the
farm. 1, st,as,ss. b e,s.. 4.
It also. appeared that this was but
the first of a series of explosions and
disasters that were planned to hinder
the United States in their war prep
arations. The visitor handed Schwarz
a small piece of paper on which he
said was a list of the other plots
with their dates. and for which
schwarz was to prepare and collect
and deal out the explosives. He told
schwarz to give it to a man named
Eisel when he came. Then SchMarz
stopped and lifted the big ring in. the
iron lid under the window, pulled up
the lid,, turned on his flash torch and
disclosed rude staircase down
which the two men disappeared.
They were gone a long time and
Hilda sat shivering and staring into
the darkness. trying ssto take 81 the
colossal horror that had Just been re-
YnA IsH taAu .{v ~
truly in the midst Of spies! She had
only half believed her own dawnjng
convictions before. The words >of the
young engineer, spoken lightly. had
come true! ssssS Y.
Hot and cold waves OF, fear folled
from her heart to her throat and back
again. A cold perspiration broke out
over her whole body. Now ana then
a metallic clink came distinctly to her
ears from. the hole in the ground
where the two men had 4disappeared.
|It seemed a long blank period ipf aw-
fulness that she knelt there 4iiiVerink
in the chillSo the ,daWnine 4 TIL she
heard at last the low voices Of the
men returning. echwarx. dropped the
iron lid into place witk Z -thyd and
they turned away. sss II 3:
"Bettef get your men to work at
once! It's safer working before day
light" said the low voice of the
stranger. Remember to keep under
take any chances. s ThiS e 81 must ,on "a
through! Those are the orders! IN
phone you ~ early Ias, possible, In
code, OF course. I must hurry sway,
and you've no time u lose. ~ Make
haste! BY the. way don't fofRet "a
c0ves that trap door. Better do II
iriEht 4way!s 8,