Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-03-07
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BY PARRISH

startled, uttefins 81 single surprised
exclamation.
HYou herel What does thia mean"
Then a. low spoken answer, the
werds inaudible, ana ended by a click
Of the latch.
That closed door seemed to urge
me to learn what was transpirinE be-
y6id:. I could not fight back the
temptation. But would il open. had
1t been left unlocked? The only way
in which 1 could ascertain was Is try.
tempt, and. even If SOME Office door
suddenly opened, I could quickly find
cor1cealnie}t in the nearby stairway.
1 crept out through a narrow crack.
and approached on tiptoe the entrance
to Wines office. NO sound reached
me from within, and my fingers 81
lently pressed the knob, which
turned without resistahce-the latch
was of. "A half inch at 4 time I
noise behind, my '''' eyas pc peerin ng
Through the narrow crack at what
was revealed within. They perceiv-
ed little merely a small, unoccupied
room, evidently an outer office, coli
tanning 4 cheap desk, two chairs and
a typewriting stand, the machine
covered. Two maps hung upon the
Waiis: IN 'ne corner was a CLASS va
IL a I a.H IA tue o.ner :, q uliil.n.
o ~ e.ose.' 'ne aeol aya1; ihai "as
,.a,ahs Assp. Ina. !naisslns sl.aS.e
s seo W W. eonseislns ssn,ewnes
t az o'o Tue pa''i''of anu wen Out oi
Encouraged TO believe this I thrust
my head far enough forward to make
sure. a step to the left would doubt.
less hAve revealed Wine, but from
where l stood the end of the partition
interfered. by slipping to the right it
would be quito possible fSr ME to en-
ter Without being seen, and three
cautious steps would bring me to the
SECURITY Of the closet. From there,
with tho door into the corridor closed,
might overhear all tina passed be-
far CIV to retreat. and. without a sec
ond OF hesitation: ! pressed through
the narrow Opening, and silentiy
closed the dosn' behind me: Confident
that l had not been detected, l
crouched into the narrow closet,
scarcely. knowing whether to be
ASHAMED Or proud Of ny success
! eoula eleal1r ~distinEnish The
x wsfse ns q sop 'ina sssis i a a. first ssen 5hese
ly having no ~eohneetion with any mat
ter With which fe!t concerned. The
two we're evidently discussing money,
to be sure, but In teff1s involving the
payment 1t interest, and the if,ipos-
sibihty OF extending a loan. over
heard her say, Quietly but firmly:
Il came to you, MF. Wine, because
Of our CONNECTION In ethel matters. I
overheard the d~iscuss:o'n, and felt
YOU 6asht to be fofcWafned."
Il appreciate your Kindness he
answered, evidently surprised, but
simply. cannot False the amount to-
day-zit II too late"
1T does not hAte to be raised to-
day, but before the closing OF bank
ing hours tomorrow
II q have it by then" desperately.
II was sure you could, II / only ex-
planned the necessity"
She arose as though. her purpose
had been accomplished, but ap5ar-
entity the man was Uneasy, ana de-
sired to know more.
But i fail to Understand your in
tsfest Why should you take the tfou-
bic to eGh1e here Il tell me this?
she lAugfica lightly.
Why? really 1t IL sSa4l:y enough
understood: W.. Are tosether, are We
rot? Now th4t Captain Alva IA dead,
it ID generally believed VOL. will pc
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