Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-02-21

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True" she admitted sobcrly. do
YOU mind gratifying tho curiosity Of q
as to what his real name
II could not, it I SO desired. Ever
since l knew him he has been called
Harris. That Is all l can say"
Harris! Then he is not Chilean,
and never before pretended to be. /
thought that from the first. Is the
ma American. English or Irish?'
I shook my head.
You won't answer. That may be
ignorance or it may be prHtense. New
err mind. I recognize your face now.
You were the Nnan eating in the m-
loon an hour or 80 ago. Wore you
waiting for this Horner-alias Harris
-then?" er
I'VE met later" s Z
Her lips smiled a little, and her
eyes.
Did ! merely dream that you APP
peared somewhat interested in me az
the time, or was it true?'
~ a, Vas va tKue." answered honestly.
vous out of.a saloon, however respec-
table it might be. The proprietor
even volunteered the Information that
you were his niece"
"Did he, indeed? That was very
nice Of him, wasn't it? Rather odd, il
it not, that you should later drop in
here, and find me again. What do
you think Of me .now?"t, I,
looked at her for 4 moment before
l answered, unable to frame my words
to any satisfaction. What did she
mean? What x ctIy was she driving
at? Her Whole manner puzzled me ex-
ccedingly: Was she playing, ME for
f0olY Was she pting to lead me
on for some secret purpose of her
own? Did she believe my explana-
ton? and, il not, why did she fail to
throw open that door, and denounce
me at once as a spy? There, in that
soft light, she apeeared more attrac-
tive than ever, and SO peculiarly wom-
anly as to seem utterly out OF place in
this scene of plot and crime. 1t was q
young face. bright. animated, which
fronted me, the dark eyes smiling and
unafraid, gazing straight into mine,
with a challenge in their depths. Her
very attitude piQued me, aroused me
to defense 4 desired to hold her re.
spect, her interest; nothing, she might
say, or do, served. TO lower her in my
estimation to the hideous level of a
political conspirator Yet what. else
could she be? How could l account
other theory except that she came as
- representative of Chilean intrigue?
AS the trusted messenger Of that Sc
cret conspiracy at Santiago, under or
dcrs OF the revolutionary junta at
Washington? | had heard her words
spoken boldly to this band Of plot
ters. words of MISUNDERSTANDING
they dare not ignore No. there was
no doubt as to who she was, or what
she was. In spite OF her face. her
pleasing manner, her attractiveness of
person, she was a dangerous enemy
to this government which protected
her. despicable snake crawling
through the dark to strike down q
victim-7a thing to be crushed without
mercy.> The very softness, womanli-
ness, only madesher the more to be
feared. She should cast no spell over
me. ! would harden nay. heart, and
forget all except the duty I owed my
c0Sptry, and, that neutral nation to
this South with whom we were at
peace.
Frankly, do not know what to
think" Unanswered at last. Your mis-
sion here tonight, as / understand it.,
somehow does not fit in with my nat
ural conception Of you as a woman"
h laughed. but so low,as to be In
audible to those beyond the Nclosed
door.
"You amuse me. Cannot = woman
even q >Womanly woman. If YOU
please-love her country and be will
mot Is the>extent Of treachery and
DECEIT; not to the end that innocent
meh and wome suffer" ~ returned
hotly. forgetting caution,