Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-03-02
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q nat on riverside Drive. sitting At he 81
window late night, looking into thu
pursuing a second man. After q short
TIME she sees the man in evening clothes
enter the apartment next door" and on
account Of the Suicide" Of a man. found
dead Q short distance from the apart.
ment. The next day Miss Strong is &C.
2 certain Office down town, to see a MT
Flick. claiming she can be Of invaluable
use to the government, which is at war
Miss Strong keeps the appointment
young man next door. whose name il
Fred Hon. 10 under suspicion as q Ger.
man spy. h il asked to do some secret
Hosk Tor the government. in keeping
Jane is given the badge OF K-1s. which
belonged to the man reported to have
committed suicide near the apartment
the employ Of Ff11i sck was Rst1 nssSss'g from m
her conference with Fleck, Jane over.
takes Otto Hon, uncle of Fred Hot. and
she follows him to q bookstore. There
book on the shelves, and also sees him
leave one After he leaves she gets the
slip Of paper. which contains only =
'umbled mass of figures.
deciphers it, and finds that it gives In
formation about the sailing OF = trans.
lane overhears Lieutenant Kramer an.
nouncing at the office that he is calling
to see young Mr.. Ho1. She pretends to
have met him on board a warship. at 9
ter. and invites him and Mr.. Hon to
lunch in her apartment.
While they are at lunch. Carter, a de-
tecttve employed by Fleck, calls on the
telephone. saying that he cannot locate
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place Of the one which lane copied. In
her agitation she betrays which book Il
10. and Lieutenant Kramer and youne
Hon. who hear the conversation, leave
Through Carter. Jane learns Of Thorn
as Dean, also in the service OF Fleck,
whom she induces her father to engage
u q chauffeur. ya
Ing five orchids-with the message that
he had spent . profitable afternoon at
her home. SHE takes tea with him. and
makes further engagements. While he
and his uncle are on a motoring trip the
following day., Jane and the chauffeur
expect to plant a photograph in. their
apartment.
the dictosraph. and when Jane goes to
the roof. to detatn the Hoff h~useKeeper
whe 10 hanging washing out, she indi
her banging red and white handkerchief
the harbor.. She changes the arrange.
ments Of the handkerchiefs, and Jane
realizes that she Is giving signals.
Through Information gained over the
djctoEraph, at which Jane. listens almost
constantly, Fleck has been able to dis
cover that the elder Hon goes to a differ
ent bookstore each day for a code mes
Preparations are made to search
sent on their regular Wednesday trip.
Jane ~disguises herself as . boy, and
With Dean starts out to follow the Hons.
They see young Hon on the street in the
uniform Of q British officer. Dean 10 be-
coming very much interested. in Jane,
and James affections seem to b centersd
on young Hoff.
The Hofs in their car eaude Dean and
Jane, who are following in q motorcycle,
n Dean suspects that they arc headed
for West Point. During their absence
Carter searches the Hot apartment, and
discovers the uniform, Of q British SOL
der. Carter also believes that some one
else in the apartment building il In
league with the Hofis. :
The search reveals little, except two
papers from which 'rDento'' tooth paste
s~AvsTtisements have bean cut out. These,
exAmined by Flick, are found to contain
~referenceNto the "wondsr-woFker." which
tho HeRs refer to frequently, A 4teie:
phone message from Dean says that Ia
has Q broken arm. having been struck 81
lowing the Ho1s. Whsa he regatns his
senses after the accident he hnds thai
Jane has disappeared.
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