Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-03-10

called on to testify against him. II
might even be her evidence tina.
would result in his being led on. be-
fore a firing squad and pu. to az
ignominious death.
She dared not ven look in his d.
.rection now. What must he be think
ing about her? He had known that
h loved him. In despair and doubt
she wondered whether he could
derstand that she. too. had been ia-
nuenced to perform her soui-w.ack-
ing task by a ems of honor, Of duty
to her country equally as potent as
that which had impelled him to par
ticipate in this terrible plan to destroy
New York. Why had she not in
formed him that his plans were
known to the United States Govern
ments agents? Surely she could
have convinced him that his was a
hopeless mission. The plot would
he would not be lying there in
~shackles, but, even though forced to
fee who knew. perhaps some day
after peace had come, he might have
been able to return for her. A great
sob 8 from her heart, but she
stihed it back. She would be brave
and true. She must be glad for those
vi AbS pSopAC lIAdl HdO U0ON SdV6O.
But her parents! What would they
SAY? Her father and mother soon
now u learn that she had been
tdeceiving them day after day. How
Mortified and amazed they would be
to learn that the chauffeur she had
brought into the household was in
reality a government detective, and
that she. their daughter. had been a
witness of his tragic death. What
| w01lld fhov think uyhor fhnx, 1oo.,-5
about her part in this gruesome
drama that had just been enacted?
They. serene in their trust in her,
~supposing h vas at the home Of
one of her girl friends, were peace
fully asleep in their quiet apartment.
How horror-stricken her mother
would be if she could have seer her
daughter at this moment. alone at
midnight in a mountain shack, one
girl among a band Of strange men
and two men stretched dead on the
floor.
And Frederic! Always her e
turbed imaginings led back to Fred
eric, to the terrible fate that lay in
store for him. to the awfulness Of wal
that had put between them an i'm.
passable gulf OF blood and guilt and
treAchery that, in spite of their love
for each other. kept them at eros.
purposes and made them enemies
Why. she vaguely wondered, mus
governments disagree and start war
and make men hate and kill eacf
other? What was 1t all for?
In the midst of her mental wander
linEs she became conscious that Flecl
was speaking to Carter.
"Ill stay here with Miss Strong .ant
the prisoners" he was saying. "Whil,
we are waiting for the men to return
with the cars. you'd better make 4
Esearch of the house..
~ why not wait until daylight TO
that?" suggested Carter.
"It is not SAFE the chief objected
"Tonight is the time to do It. A plo
important enough to have tn,
especial attention Of the war office II
Berlin must have many importan
persons involved in it. Somebod,
with money in New York, some in
uenttal German sympathizer. mus
have helped old Hof set up thes,
a~eroplanes here and equip his shop
Some chemical plant supplied the ma,
terial for those bombs. It must hay,
taken hundreds of thousands OF dol
lars to carry the plan to completion
Men rich enough and powerful
enouGh to have put through this plo
tare powerful enough to be still dan.
gerous. The minute word reaches tn,
city that the plan has mhcarrief
there Will be some zone up her post
haste to destroy or remove any dam
taging evidence We may have over
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