Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-02-26

self always hoping for something in
his favor. He<seemed far too nice
and entertaining to DO engaged in any
n%cfarious. u~nderhanded, despicable
Vaccinations. Yet she had seen him
masquerading as a British officer. She
could not doubt the evidence of her
What happened was this" con-
tinued Dean. "A woman-one of the
society lot-was driving down Park
Avenue day before yesterday morning
in her motor. It had been raining,
and the streets were muddy. At one
Of the crossings & British, officer
stopped to let the car pass. One Of
was all splashed with mud. He burst
into q string Of curses-German
curses."
HE cursed in German" cried
Jane.
Sure" said Dean. ION tho i'm
pulse of the moment he forgot his
role and revealed his true self-an
arrogant Prussian officer"
What did the woman do?"
Reported him to the first police
man she met, but by that time he had
vanished. of course"
What did Chief Fieck think about
seriously"
Mr.. Hoff?"
1T must have been he. or one of
the Chief does not order his arrest At
once. He Is Tar too dangerous t. be
at large"
There's no real evidence against
him vet" protested Jane. mot against
h young man., at least"
uniform"
Yes" admitted the GIRL
well, that's proof. isn't it? A man
with a German name in British unit
form in wartime can't be up to any
good"
Still we have no actual evidence
was doing"
I'D arrest him then for murder and
get the evidence. that he is 4 spy aft
erward. 1t would be cary to fasten
no doubt that he did that"
HAS a. witness been found ?" asked
Jane with q quick catch OF the breath.
Somehow she never had been able to
persuade herself that the man next
door. whatever else he might be, had
really committed that brutal murder.
mo. there's %no-actual witness, but
- .ou1u 70 p!oSe0 Oy cA1Cum6L3ntiAl
evidence. KID. the man whose work
you took up, had instructions to
shadow young Hor to his home. At
two in the morning he relieved anoth-
er operative. At three you yourself
saW him shadowing Hon."
II saw two men on the sidewalk"
corrected Jane. "One Of them was
Frederic Holt. I did not see the 9th
Or distinctly enough to identity him.
I m W m ~ VyVNA ar ~nAonO,v A~-, 49,
two Of them run around the corner"
Look here" said Dean sharply, not
wholly succeeding In suppressinE a
note OF jealousy in his tones, II be-
llcyc are trying to shield Frederic
Hon. What Is he to you? Has no
won you over to his side"
You've no right to say such things
orins %furtously. i've seen the man
tns Just - hard A. you + to prove
that he ha German spy, IL he Is one.
! am only trying to be fair. I know
nothing that couvictS him Of murder,
Any testimony I could give would NOT
prove 2 single thing.
Certainly not, u that's thu. way you
After That they SS1P rode . I toxeth.,
IN silence. each busy with thoughts OF
their own. Dean was cursinE himself
Tor having let his ENTHUSIASM to be
OF service to his government lead him
into such ctrcuInstances. He felt that
his chau6eur's position Handicapped
him In his relations with Jane. "a
whom he had been strongly Attracted
from the beginning. The SON Of / dis
%tingufshed American diplomat, he ind
been educated for the most part Ia
Europe. Friends Of his father, when
he had offered hts services to the gov
ernSnent, had convinced him that his
knowledge Of German and French
would make him most useful In the
secret service. Reluctantly he had
~consented to take up the work. and
Eas no had gone further and further in
Ito II and had realised tbs vast mn,
lchinery for surrsptttlouS ohservatton
aOd dangerouS activity fhat the Ger,
man agents had secretly planted ii
the United Etatss. ne had bsnopas fas-
tcinated with his oeeupauon--that IL,
until he met Jans gtsong.
Hs association With her under
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