Evening star., 1940-01-18

panel and was through the heavy
chest and into the bedroom before
Lii called her name.
Clara! He is here!"
Claire sped through the room and
stopped in CONSERVATION as she saw
a tall man in NaN uniform, crutches
under his arms. Beside him stood
a shorter man, also in Nazi uniform.
For a moment Claire didn't recog-
nize Cameron, and then with q
glad cry was In his arms, he was
kissing her and tears were streaming
from her eyes.
No word of love ever had been
spoken between them, but it was as If
deep affection always had been
there, below the surface, needing
just some incident to crystanze it.
"Oh. Bill, Bill" the girl cried. II
though I'd never see you again!"
Dearest Cameron murmured.
Dearest Claire"
Clutches Fall Unheeded.
The girl suddenly realized that
she was held tightly in Cameron's
arms. His crutches had fallen, un-
needed. She was conscious that
Frau Weber and Lil were laughing
and that the small man who had
been Bills guide was grinning
broadly.
oh" she said, shyly, "Oh, dear,
what am I doing?"
YiE hor y,oot1,or ood thu roo, 3r
Nazi uniform laughed aloud then,
and Cameron joined in the laugh
at their expense. Claire found her
self laughing with them.
well. Herr Cameron" the other
man said. II must be of. Good
luck to you and a safe journey"
II can never thank you enough,
Eric" Cameron said sincerely, hold
ing out his hand. If I ever can do
anything for you . :"
If you can do something for Ger
many - the real Germany - some
time, Herr Cameron" the man said,
II will be thousandfold repaid. If
you can tell your government the
true situation-how many of our
people really feel but do not dare to
speak-anything we have been able
to do will be well worth while.
Good-by."
He clicked his heels stiffly, saluted,
did military about-face and
marched to the door. He opened it,
went out, and shut 1t without turn
ing around.
They Enter the Hideout.
Frau Weber took charge then and
told them they had better get
closer to the hideout room.
Some one may come" she
warned. "We can't always depend
on them stepping on the stair that
sounds the buzzer. If they came in
a hurry, should happen to miss it,
they'd be on us without any more
warning than the key in the lock"
Cameron agreed that it was fool
ish to risk capture or endanger the
Webers needlessly, and Claire took
him through the adjoining room
and showed him where they could
hide.
After he had carried his crutches
into the hideout and removed the
heavy bandage which had been
about his right foot, Cameron sat
down with Claire in the bedroom
and demanded the full story of how
she had come to Berlin.
She told it as simply as she could,
but before she finished he was
kneeling on the floor beside her, his
arms about her.
"You darling child" he said
softly. "You went through all that
for me. Why-why did you do it2"
Because /" she stopped in
confusion. II think, Mr.. Cam
eron," she said as primly as she
ever had spoken to him when she
was his confidential secretary, you
should explain why you have your
arms about me-"
Because, Claire, I love you" he
said, simply.
She leaned forward, her lips
touching his and clinging 70 them
for a moment.
Il love you. too, Bill-my Bill
dear Bill" She finally had spoken
aloud the words that had been In
her mind so much in the last few
days. Words that were engraved on
her heart.
They clung together for several
minutes, and then Claire pushed
him gently away.
"You haven't told me yet" she
said, If you followed the instruc-
tions I was told to give you"
IT did. I pretended to break down,