Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-02-17
sense of dread, an intangible, unkor-

Rettable Keeling OF horror that Kept
cropping up every time >her fingers
touched the little metal disk in her
purse.
The ma who had carried it yester-
day. the other "K-19" who had un-
dertaken to shadow those people mex
door. now lay dead with a bullet
wondered. a similar peril confronting
her? Would her life be in danger,
too? Was that the reason MI. Fleck
had told her Of her predecessors fate
to warn her how desperate were the
men against whom she a to match
her wits? Yet no sense Of fear that
projected itself into her busy brain
as she cogitated over the task before
her held her. back. If anything she
meeting actual danger. What bother
ed her most was how she could best
20 about aiding Mr.. Fleck and his
men in their work.
Her opportunity came far more
quickly than she had anticipated. She
had gotten off the train at the seth
street station, purposing to walk the
twenty odd blocks to her home as she
ptondered over the work that lay
struggling new thoughts she proceed
ed along Broadway, for once in her
life unheeding the rich gowns and
feminine dainties so alluringly dis
played in the shop windows. Sudden
ly she pulled herself together with a
start. Directly ahead of her, plod-
ding along in the same direction. was
a figure that from behind seemed
strangely familiar. She quickened
her step until she caught up sut1ci-
entlv with the man ahead to get a
good glimpse of his side face.
Nervously she caught her breath.
Without any doubt 1T was the gray
Van Dyke beard of old Otto Hon.
Where, was he going? What was he
doing? She paused ,and looked be-
hind her. scanning the pavement on
both sides Of the street. She was half
hoping that she would discover Car
their quarry. but her hope was vain.
moment but herself and MI. Hof. If
Fleck's men had been watching his
movements, the old man certainly
seemed to have eluded them.
What should she do? Wildly there
flashed into her mind her chiefs part
ing words,
watch everything" he had
charged her. Remember every
thing. report everything. No detail is
wv u114llIpOA l1Iits IL you oOc O1c Vi
the Hoffs leave the house. dom
merely report to me that the old mar
q the young mar left the house
about three o'clock. That won't do u,
all. I want to know the exact time
Was it six minutes after three OF
eleven minutes after three? I mus
know what direction he went, il he
was alone, how long ne was absent
where he went. what ne did. to whom
10 v1r>1 TI~-~ t. @~- k-I.<
your reports, Carriers reports. a dozer
other reports, and study them togeth'
er. Things that in themselves seen
Ftrifing, uniYhportant, Of no value
coupled with other seemingly unim
portant trifies sometimes develop
most important evidence"
To prove his point he had told he,
Of the seemingly innocent wireless
message that an operator. listening
in. had picked up, at a time wher
Germans were still permitted to us'
for commercial messages to tn,
Fatherland. On the'face of it, it wa
the mere announcement of the dealt
of a relative with a few details. Blu
a little later the same operate!
caught the same message comm,
from another part of the country
with the details slightly different, an,
still later another message of tn,
same purport. Evidently. by compar
ing the messages, the United State
authorities had been able to work GU
a code.
Remembering this, Jane decided
that it was her particular duty jus
now to follow the old German an,
note everything he did. For severa
blocks she trailed along behind him
without arousing any suspicion on hi
part that he was being followed. H
stopped once to light a cigarette, tn
girl behind him diverting suspicion b
hastily turning to a shop window
Again he stopped. this time befor
the display of viands in the windo,
of a. delicatessen store. Thoughtful
w Jane noted the number, observing
too. that the name of the proprieto
above the door was obviously Teu
tonic. She was half-expecting to Sc
her quarry turn in here, but he walk
ed on to the middle of the ne1
block. where hes entered a stationer
store.
H~esitating but a second, to decid
on a course of action. she followe
him boldly into the store. She fe
that she must ascertain just what h
was, doing in there. AS she entere
she saw that in the back part of tn
store was q lending library. MI. Ho
had gone back to it and was inspect
ing the books displayed there. Ur
hesitatingly she, too, approached tn
! book counter.
Have you 'IA,nehouse Nights ?
she asked the attendant. naming til
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