Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-03-05

In your parents home, sheltered pro-
'tected. inexperienced. have not the
knowledge nor the means Of judging
me. You must take me on faith, on
woman life holds but two great
treasures. two lovcs-her husbands
and her children's. With a man it Is
different. Love is his. too, but there
Is something more, something bigger
duty. Here in your county,
Even In her distress she caught his
phrase here In your country" and
turnedn ghastly,cwhite.-.Ai Always before
himself aas' AN" American. Did he
realize, she wondered, that he had at
last betrayed himself to her? Was he
abou to strip the mask from him
self and his activities at last, and in
the face of it all expect her. Jane
Strong. to admit that she loved him?
Here In your country" he went
o oo plae eonSitio y9m savd forced iced by dr eco,
from home into business. into poll
TICS. into ofice-holding. even into war
activities. Longing for the clinging
arms Of little children they are striv-
ing to forget in assuming some part
in the affairs that belong properly to
men. But to the true woman love
must ever mean more than duty.
more than country. Those are words
Tor men. A woman. If she would find
must forsake all for the man she
loves. A woman's duty is only to the
man h loves, just as a mans duty
is to be true to himself. to his coun-
try"
But" she cried. you told me you
were American. that o were born
here? I"
Jane" he persisted. with ain i'm
patient gesture. I'VE will rot discuss
that now. I love you You must
trust me il, spite of everything.
know you will. You must. I can an
Iswer no Questions. I can make no
explanations. I can only say,I love
you. That must SUFFICE"
mo. no." she protested. almost
lsobbing.
II came here today" he went on
calmly. ito ask a favor Of you"
"A favor" she cried.
Calming herself she forced herself
to look into his face. There was
something SO monstrously unbeliev-
able about his audacity' that she
could hardly believe her ears. What
sort Of q credulous stupid creature
was he, she, angrily asked herself,
that In one breath he could all but
confess to her that he was a-xpy and
in the next heseech her to do him q
favor. Yet there came to her now q
remembrance Of her duty to her
country. She felt that she must mask
her feelings toward him. that If she
was to be Of service she must en-
deavor bravely to lead him on. She
must try-to induce him to conhde in
her. Hard as her task might be,
her brother and those other brave
american boys had undertaken facing
the IRE of death-dealing SUNS facing
the terrible gas attacks. living for
days and weeks in those terrible
trenches? Reinforced by a sense OF
dnty, she made 2 pitiable effort at
cordially - she asked:
What Is it you wish Of m
From of his pockets he had
brought forth . small packet which
he held out to her. In spite OF her
agitation she forced herself to study
It o~bservtngly.s making note that Ct
wAS tied with strong cord and sealed
lin several places with red wax. Curl
ously. too. she noted that on it was
vri.ts s.a hs! o ss'G % nm .tontS,. -
going away. I may be- absent for on
lily q day or two II all goes well, but
iit IL poasible ! may never come back
may neye be able to see you
lasain.r .
She caught her breath sharply.
There vas the solemnfty Of hnality la
his tones. Where was he Eoing?
What might happen to him.? She
realized that the Journey he wa
tab0nt to mike was IN, connection with
the plot that she and Chief ,Fieck
were seeking to- uncover. Evidently
he anticipated peril in what he was
about to undertake. Suppose az
should be trapped In the Commission
tof some act fnimjca1 to Americas
Iwelfafof What would happen 70
him He would be arrested. Of
tcourSe. More than likely he would
~ sent g prison. He might even IS
EehotNAs,IA spy. What II she were th1
Son6t : sbonsible for his meeting dfS.
IgFaceful death? How could she Eo
ION with 1T She must warn him.
She must try to persuade him to gfxe
tup his plaAg. She tried hard Sfn
tGfeaAy hsfSsf.sssto think calmly. she
must ltstsn 10 every word heswas say.
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