Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-06-26
enormous concessions secured some

enormous concessions secured soma
time ago which we Al. on the point
Of closing. For some. reason. how
ever, the present government of Raj
kanland seems to be throwing every
possible obstacle in. our way. Ths
truth is that Metzger hates England.
and we know for q, fact that several
agents from other powers have been
in his capital for some weeks. having
interviews with him nearly every day.
There Is a commercial mission there
at the present. moment from one Of
the least friendly powers"
"Metzger is only one man." Miss
Wren remarked placidly. THE Bal
kanland nation as a whole is wei,
disposed toward this country"
The .composure Of hisN confidential
secretary wa like balm to the tangled
nerves Of the harassed minister. He
siyely but with keen interest-study-
ing her from the neat strands Of her
carefully arranged brown hair to her
sensible but well-shaped shoes. Her
attire was exactly what it should
have been. She wore no jewelry, nor
any ornaments W a single red rose
drawn through her waistband. She
Was neat, comely and negative, to all
appearance the ideal depositary for
] C0nIlOcNCeS. III 4GHlSA4AeCASu lndL
he had already trusted her a great
deal. and was suddenly and pleasur-
ahIy conscious that in the high places
| in which he was living from day to
day there was no one else who moved
by his side to whom he could turn
at any moment without fear or hest
tation.
he asked her. y
.y 60 T. 49, lo io an hNvna< - 90 ~
she replied.
Harley Pqcke smiled slightly. He
had not told Miss Wren quite all that
he knew about David.
II agree" he said. "but l am rather
disturbed at not having heard from
him lately. He insisted Upon going
to work in Grunby's factory up at Tot
tenham and seems to have been living
in lodgings out there"
We'll what harm is there in that"
Miss Wren inquired.
mo HARM" her chief acknowledged
"but, as a matter of fact, David has
enemies. That you know"
Enemies ever now that he extra
dition warrant has been squashed?"
Enemies more yirulent than even
Iangrode, I know. was bitterly dis
appointed not to be able to take him
back a prisoner. He returned to Bal
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back to England about a week ago.
accompanied, I understand, by one or
two men whose record was such hat
if Scotland Yard had known it they
would never have been allowed to
land. The whole four of them disap-
peared, and I have some idea that
they were after David. I want o
to telephone through to Mr.. Fielden
! Of Scotland Yard this, morning. and
600 ;f thar, a find Ta1jN'S nrAgonf
address. You know all the particu-
lars" %
Miss wren's pencil was tracing
some seometrical designs on the side
Of her book. She made a note Of her
instructions and sat waiting. Present
ly she glanced at the clock.
You're due in Downing street at
half-past twelve she reminded her
chief. ~
Il know it, and when I get there
my sphinx-like young lady."sh e went
on a little bitterly. what am I to say
to the cabinet. which shivers' with
dread with the very idea of having to
make place for a Labor Government,
and yet mutilates every bill which
might possibly keep us in office? By
the-byc. you know that his workpeo-
pie burnt Grunby's factory down last
nisht?"
|A> S"~ .ra-. H.. ...
"T saw, the flames"
1.-THE comments in the Press this
morning." he continued. ARE m ost
orinous. It seems that Grumpy has
been bribing a large number OF his
workpeople to vote against the staff
joining the Trades Union. 1t is a most
antiquated idea. OF course. believe
they are the only factory in England
outside the Union. and no one but the
most ignorant of employers would
think. Of adopting such an attitude.
Anyhow. therc-was a lot of bad feel
ing. and the other day it seems that
Grumpy dismissed one of his travel
ers for merely lunching with a
Trades Union official in Manchester
. an idiotic thing to do in these days
Even The Times referred to it as one
> of those autocratic actions which
: force upon the attntion of thinkins
men the necessity for some radical
change in the guidance OF great com
mercial institutions. There is not a
: single one of the morning papers
which advocates punishment for the
offenders even If they were discovered
:. and the insurance companies are
thinking of fighting the claim
Continued Tomorrow EVENING"