Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-02-17

ccme north from Rio, what yo0 think
about this wary We liok Germany
soh, I don't know; she seems 10 te
more than holding her own"
"Ach. Yes, But now thin ceantry
so in what them"
I looked. up quickly into hts fAce,
This country why should 1t -
In? There are Germans enough over
here to stop that"
mot Germans-no, But fnternas
tionals, revoluttonarteA They are
more than yo0 think. ms unne for
them to strike a great blow"
You are Polish, are you not?"
Yah, from warsaw. I come over
six years"
. 'sNaturalixed -
II have first papers-why YOU
ask ?" suspicious1y.
IT merely questioned from curfos-
Ny." My eyes wandered once more
to.the girl across the room, and he
noticed the glance.
you wonder what she do in here
he asked. II tell you. She WAS nay
niece, an sit here to wait for q friend
to walk home with her. 1t is not q
good neighborhood, this, for q WON.
an alone In the dark"
Her home is ON distancc:"
"Five-six blocks. 1t is u dark,
bad way"
He moved back toward the bar, APP
parently satisfied with his examina.
ton of me, as well as his explanation
l wondered grimly why he had taken
the trouble to tell me all this, M or.
dered another glass OF beer as ar ex
cuse to linger there 8 while longer
What was the party like who was &c
call for the girl? I did not have &c
Gnger long to crafty my curiosity,
The side door opened silently, and a
man stepped brisk1y inside. shaking
the raindrops from his coat as hi
greeted the bar1nan cheerily.
"A dirty night Jana" he said
glancing swiftly about, his eyes sweep.
ing over me sharply. Business no,
very good, I suppoSec"
Dead. It's no good now an,
more. with all the factories closing w
because OF the q Just some sales.
man drops in for a beer. Tha, makes
me n~othings"
The newcomer laughed, evidentl,
put quite at ease by this quick explain
alton. I was watching him. A rather
thick-set fellow with a turned-u,
museache and a disfiguring scar OF
one cheek, which gave to his eye I:
peculiar expression. Watching tbs
fellow I must have missed some sig
nal, for lie whicled about suddenl,
ready risen to her feet and Stood ex
pectantly, one hand yet resting on tn.
table.
"Ah. senorita! You were waiting
for ME to come" he exclaimed. "Ye
l have not kept you long"
"Oh. no." she answered quietly j,
Spanish. her voice 50 low the word;
barely carried to where I sat "Yol
were ~delayed?"
"a car blockade at the wharf. No
thank you, JAMS, nothing tonight You
would go, senorita?"
There can be nothing to remain
longer here for, surely"
I watched them disappear through
the side door, marking his grasp Q!
her arm and her quick glance asid,
into his face. There had been some
thing wrong about this meeting. some
thing undeniably awkward and con
strained. These two we're not wha
they pretended to be = old-tim,
friends meeting incidentally to wall
home together. They were strangers
coming together there for the frs
(1I1C ny appointments &<SAdAci Id
previously known the other. 1 hat
eve detected fear, doubt, in the .ex
preston of the girls face.
Yet I dare not move, or attempt t
follow them. I could only sit quietly
my yes on the window fronting tn
street I watched intently. but NJ
shadows passed that way-the tw'
had not turned down Cans street
Ny mind worked rapidly as I sa
there motionless. afraid to make tn
| slightest o. lest it rou suspicion
Whatever the object of the meetin;
might be. Jams was more or less in
voived. He had signaled to the cir
twice. and his words, however limo
cen they may have sounded, mus
have brought a warning to the man
Beyond doubt he had questioned m
with the distinct purpose of thus dis
covering why I had drifted into tn
place. I dismissed utterly his state
ment that the young woman was hi
niece-her very appearance gave tina
the lie.
Something vas wrong. perhaps no
criminal, perhaps in no way associated
with the affair which had brought M
into that neighborhood and yet sus
piciously wrong, and I felt inexorabl'
driven to find out what it all mean
I finished my beer slowly, and thel