Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-02-28
BY
E. Phillips Oppaaheim
CHAPTER HI-Continued
Copyriqbt b. Llttls, Brown Sco.

my race. We cannot give in driblets-
a kiss here, caress there, the promise
Of more tomorrow. God never made
Russia Ike that When ! give, It viii
be the fun glory Of love. Bring Paul
back to me and you may know what
that can mean"
Gerald rose to his feet
II EhOuld 70 to my task "A stronger
man." he complained. a little bitterly,
III you could throw me the dole one
might give to 4 Deggar"
She gave him her finger tips She
was standing by his side, so near that
the desire to hold her IN his arms and
take from her lips the one kiss he
craved was almost irresistible. AT that
moment he almost hated her
Haven't you even the grace to pre-
tend2" he muttered.
She laughed. wrlnglng her fingers
slightly as though his lips had scared
them,
You have been spolt," she muir.
INJURED. "'rhe women you have played
with have been your too willing slaves.
A trine Of homage, trlhe Of philan-
dering, a few shadowy caresses-that
Is all you have known Of love. Waitw
Gerald spent that afternoon in the
city. the next few days in making rest
less preparations for his absence from
London on the afternoon Of the last
day, he was permitted to see Reusser,
and he recognized in him at once the
man whom he had seen watching over
Madame de Poniere and her niece in
HYDE park The meeting took place
IN the sitting room Of the South Ken
slngton hotel Reusser. who leaned
heavily upon two sticks. was brought
thIther by a tall youth. his son, who
waited for him outside the door. lie
wns rs thin ms skeleton, his cheeks
were Hunken and every low and then
HIS voice seemed to die away
~ IS my first dav out Of the hos
TltaL" he told Gerald apologetiealIy
Z" cuught cold on the way back. and
NY lungs are not good Please ask
what questions yeu desEe am sub
iect 70 attacks OF weakness"
II understand" Gerald said, ''thst
you reached Sokar7"
81 reached IT," he admitted. "but,
alas was powerless TO act took
with me every penny of money we
could scrape together. but by the time
] renched the city was penniless. |
lodged at the house Of a saddler, whose
name you viii find In the hook have
given you, lie took me to look az the
fortress He showed me the room
where the brother Of mademolselle lies.
lie told me much about Major Kross-
neys. the cOmmandant of the fortress.
But OF what avail was Il? We had
not enough money between us to pay
for a bottle of wine"
How do you propose" Gerald In.
Quired, that I can approach Kross-
neys?"
"The way Is arranged" Reusser re
piled eagerly There is a woman Nv
ing In the town. half German. half
English, Her name Is Elsa Francks
To-day Krossneys ls her slave. You
go first 10 her Her address is In the
little hook you have, She speaks Eng
fish and French. besides her own Ian
guage even some Russian. Talk to
her frankly. She viii bring you to
krossneys. There is one thing. though
You must go rs an American No
one Will do anything TO help YOU. al
though they are all greedy for money,
II they think that you are English. 1t
will be quite easy. that. There are
many Americans In Russia prospect
iug. There Is q great OH field on the
plains south of Kreussner Some say
there Is 81, there: others deny It, That
Is how yonr brlhes must be worked.
You VIII buy property. II. will be
worth nothing. You viii find that
Krossneys has land TO sell; so has
Elsa"
II understand" Gerald said.
You leave tomorrow
AT ten o'clock from Kings Cross. +"
Gerald assented "1'he boat leaves at
night"
tleusser raised his right hand
"1he Father OF God speed you Z" he
said. speed Is very necessary. The
government has kept thai Young man
alive hoping that some day ne would
BE- useful as bribe or hostage. hut
there are SIN many fanatics in Russia.
hsters ~ his race who would tear him
iimb from limb n they knew"
y shall be in Petrograd In fort
night. Gerald declared. "and at SoGar.
hope, a few days later"
Reusser once more raised his hand
and muttered inaudJble words. Never.
theess. though his strength seemed
departed he tried to kneel when Pau.
line came into the room. She raised
him TO his feet and called 10 his son.
"All is Vel" she said. dismisSsns
them Take care ~ your strength
Reusser. You must be one ~ the first
20 welcome him"
The man bowed his head und PRAYED
silently Then his son led him away
Gerald also rose 70 his feet He had
nerved himself for this Interview
y shall have the pleasure Of wish