Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-02-20
EVENING EDITION

strtct orders coming from thess bAA.
quarters at washington. He dare not
assume the initiative without the 20:
X" of the moi. higher Vp--Mendes,
Something had occurred 10 delay &c.
ton; that made no dineyence. pit nov
the time had come. Mendes, phahle
to be present In person. thd svan
fareful to permit any. OF b y well
known junta Representative e en-
pear In this connection, hads4choeen
to send q woman, who would BE- nm
suspected, to deliver toHfe cdnpap,iE..
ators his definite plan 46f aokaon.s AL
this seemed reasonable enough, Inc
in no way surprised me-.
But h appearance OF the oma
did. and also the close intimacy Of
this a HarriR She was not erin
inal, not even of the insurTectionary
class to my eyes. and I could nc i'm
agine- what influence had ever in
duced her to accept such a. commits,
aon.. Somthins about. her person.
ality, some underlined. quality OF w0un-
anhood, had made o definite impress
sion Upon my mind, not to be effaced.
loon in which she waited alone; her
coming here secretly in the night;
the meeting with an unknown man;
the accompanying him up that black
alley to this hidden redenxvous rot
conspiracy, Everx> act stamped heras,
unworthy.
the truth OF the ntatter.*nothinE hnr-
monlzed. she aid not belong-the
other explanation poezibla-she was
actually here. In the den. OF ~conspir-.
acy, alone among all THESE Hep, >un-
afraid, the recognized representative
of the Chilean revolutionary juntl,
! bringing with her direct from Wash-
ington those final Instructions Tor
which they NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. no
doubt, involving Immortality, destruc-
tom death. friShtfulneea, the Extirc--
tionNof a friendly government; all this
that could be comprised by the ex-,
penditurc Of a million dollars In ruth
less hands. It waa unthinkable, yet
every evideFce proved it y
There came to me an ineAne desire
to overhcar what she had to say; TO
watch her once more when free to
study her unnoticed. and to see tins
gang to whom she brought her mess
age. Almost without rcalisinG my ac-
tion l crcpt in the dark out into the
narrow passage, and felt my way
along the rough board walls. ASH ad-
EaIced cautiously 1.-The full ingenuity
with which the place mad been pre-
pared for just this foul purpose be-
came more apparent. The narrow
passage l followed. my hands tonch-
ing either wall. was not straight, but
curved to the right, and T dawned
upon me shat It skirted the main
apartment. whore. in all probability,
the conference was being held. This
accounted for the fact that no gleam
of. light was visible, and that, in an
ticipation Of their use.A separate aud
small rooms had been constructed.
connected together yet * isolated as
to permit of the utmost privacy: One
Of these Harris had left mo in, and
now | found that the passage led me
not direct to h main apartment, but
to another smaller room. whose door
barred my progress. This l figured
out. might be the same into which
/ Wine had entered In search Of Alva,
when he deserted me in the front
hallway.
I listened intently, but heard no
sound within, and. satisfied the room,
was without occupants, ventMred, fin
ally to gain a glimpse insides II. waa
a. room. not altogether unlike the one
/ had just leGt. although smaller and
containing q. chair or two in addition
to the writing table. I noted theAs
things quickly, my gaze strayinR to .
partially open door In the board wal
to the right. through which a brighter
glow Of light streamed. My care
caught the sound Of voices, the word.
rindf:lnct. EEt s+asA ~at.se.-,
Although convinced the small room
WAC without occupants. / was some
moments screwing UP my courage tc
: enter Yet there WEB no other, way
lin which I could learn the meaning Of
all this. yor>be prepared to- Intelligent.
play my part later with Harris. TIC
I trap the fellow l must Hnow his pur'
pose, be able to, answer his inquiries
and seem conversant with his villainy
Continued ToInorrow Evening.