Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-06-24
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BY E. PHILLIPS oPPENHEIM


Mr.. David" 4 mysterious stranger in
London = saved from arrest by the sec:
he is dining. She takes him to call on
her. employer, y
y In his interview with, the minister 4,
Sevelopes that David il II. reality thu
. r1iee & q : rs s%a's:Slah to,i ts;!;S a. 4. .h sor Il;
eohditions. The reySiutionsriss' 81 Hi.
kanland are seeking his life. He Attends
a S S At tns ,'inistsr's house; !,
the factory, comes to his ,h6Ehe. ana they
eAts him strangely. 80.
David learns that virgtniA's. step.
invited to thsir nome FOR tea tie next
virs1nia's step-father, Mr.. Black,nan.
vans David that he 4 in danger:
Young Grumpy condessenas tosSe Inter.
ested IN her to some extent.
David. with others from the factory.
calls at the home et GRUMPY. to ten
sition to the union. Edith, Grrnby's
father.
Edith. soins %. visit her brother. who
vim David and his mother, discovers
David. and he .invitesc-he to tea. She is
cultured, and very unhappy at home.
David goes TO rirsiria's for tea and
finds that Lansrodt and othst plottsrs
former asks him to swear that he with
make no attempt to cross h Balkan
David escapes from the .Blacksn4n
sydney Grumpy is riding. Sydney. like
Edith, despisse their home life, MT old
Grunby's ideas Of business.
CHAPTER N.-Oon&inuAd.
Very often, 4 should think. They
are very good at the game of make
believe, however. They say that the
crust is all right, but underneath u
a small furnace. The smoke is find
ing its way out through a thousand
crackA Oh, I can assure you that
there are plenty of people, even
who believe that trouble is at hand"
1T isn't a matter only of symp-
TOMS" David urged. The fundA-
mentals r so completely abssnt.
You have in England the most demo-
cratic. form of government that exists
in the world. The country is being
governed by the people and for the
people. Neither the autocracy nor
the bourgeoisie have any real power"
quite So" the other agreed, but
you must remember that the prole-
tariat is never led Thy people With
common sense. You and L have Q
sense Of justice and proportion be-
cause our education is real and our
understanding elastic. The agitator
and his victim have not" I'd
You seem to be quite ! student Of
present day conditions" David re-
marked.
II am a student OF nothing" sgd
nsy Grumpy declared, throwing away
his cigarette and lighting another.
Il have learped the secret OF the nui-
lied existence. I am a dilettante IN
lite and its emotions. neither seek
TO instruct, debauch nor ameliorAt1.
The consequence is that I jog alopo
fairy comfortable. My only 'briSf
epoch Of unhappiness was when I'M,
father. with q ghastly lack Of pereep-
tion. .ehdeavored to initiate me into
the mysteries Of shoe.making."
You have no occupation. theh4"
Why should 1 have. thanks to that
80, 000?. To commit oneself to a def
, nat calling al is TO my mind to Court
your professorship:"
what about the war;"
y flew" Sydney replied. with 4
reminiscent smile. .'Thtfe we're dis
comforts. but. on the whole, 1t vas the
naost fascinating three years OF nay
life"
Why didn't you stay in the service
II you like 1T"
Il didn't like It. / hate discipline,
I detest nilitarisln, I loathe destruc-
ton. The only thing II cared abAut