Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-02-15
EVENING EDITION.

within her against the sense.
gIoWn.s and futility Of her manner OF
lessues ~crvstalized itself now into a.
ss11.asTnination no longer to submit 70
uuet1%nmra0eously she was resolved tnat
= = wo,li take the first opportunity to
oso. no from this bOresome. rout!ne Ot
notwithstanding. She was
!f The request that 9 Desn ~ unsA-
nectedly made OF her Woulu nsuxe y
be her way out from her pr1'on
suetude. u,+h no.
s.;ftad aimlessly On. Seldom was she
;nciuded in It, ave when her motner.
nnddinr to some h knew, would
turn to say: ,r,. rona.
"'y What did she are about Mrs. Jones.
Lloyd? What did h care a0out any
Of the people about them; aaniesa
paea Left to her own devices for
mental activity her thoughts kept re-
curing to the surprising adventure
she had had a few minutes before.
Thoughtfully she pondered over the
,mvst erious message that had been
given to her, The man had said That 1t
was a wonderful opportunity Tor her
to do her country a great service. She
wondered why he had been 80 secre-
tive about it. She decided. tnat she
would investigate further ana- made
up her mind to carry out his insttoos
lions. What harm could befall her u
visiting an office building in the bua.
ness district? At least 1t would be
something to do. something new,
something different. something surely
exciting, and, perhaps, something USE
full.
It would be better, she decided. for
the present at least, to keep her inten.
tions entirely to herself. Any hint OF
her plans to her mother would surely
result in permission being refuseo. me
man certainly had seemed sincere.
honest, and perfectly respectable, even
II he was not Of the sort n would
ask to dinner. She made up her mind
to 70 downtown to the address given
the very first thing tomorrow morning.
If anything should happen to her, she
felt that she could always each her
father. His office was in the next
block.
The problem Of making the mys-
ferrous journey without her mothers
knowledge bothered her Q at al. AS
in the case Of most apartment-houso
families, she and her mother really
saw very little Of each other, especial-
1y since she had become a young
lady" Mrs. Strong went constantly to
lectures, to luncheons, to bridge par
ties, to matinees with her own particu-
lar friends. James engagements were
with another set entirely, school
friends most of them, whose parents
and hers hardly knew each other.
Both she and her mother habitually
breakfasted in bed, generally at diff
ferent hours, and seldom lunched to-
gether. At dinner, when Mr.. Strong
was present, there were no intimacles
between mother and daughter. The
only times they really saw each other
for protracted periods were whon they
happened to go shopping, or go to the
dressmaker's together, and then the
subject always uppermost in the minds
of both of them was the ALI. portant
and absorbing topic of clothes. Occa-
sionally, Jane poured at n of her
mothers more formal functions, but
for the most part the time of each
was taken up in a mad, senseless hunt
for amusement. .
Suddenly every thought was driven
from James head. Her fact went white,
and with difficulty she managed to
suppress an alarmed cry.
What is it, daughter" asked her
mother. noting her perturbation. "Are
you. feeling ill?"
~ IoQCu VI uSuEdlSl6, Sne N180aS.
ed to answer.
"Too many late hours" warned
Mrs. Starrett reprovingly.
I'm afraid So" said Mrs. Strong.
A soon as I've paid my check we'll
Co."
I'm perfectly all right now" said
Jane, controlling herself with effort,
though her face was still white.
The danger that she had feared had
passed, for the present at least. Glanc-
ing toward the entrance a moment be-
fore she had been terrified to see en-
tering the black-moustached man who
a accoSted her a few moments be-
fore. Her one thought now had been
n a he had followed her here, and in
a panic she was wondering how she
should make explanations if he came
up to their table and spoke. To her
great relief he gave no intimation OF
having seen her, but settled himself in
a chair near the door where he wa
half hidden from her by a great palm,
Furtively she watched him, trying TO
divine his intention in having followed
her there. Respectable enough though
he was in appearance and garb, he did
not seem in the least like the sort of
ma likely to be found at tea-time in
an exclusive hotel. AS she studied him
she soon saw that his attention SEEM
ed to be rivited on some one sitting at
the other side of the room. Wonder
lngly she let her eyes follow his, and
once more it was with difficulty that
she suppressed an excited gasp. II.
Continued in Tomorrow Evenings
Herald.