The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-11

/ SCiiSC VI IOio oio tiiodshsAoi
efficiency. But now he was
smiling broadly. and when the
guard had disappeared around
the corner of the hotel, he put
his arm around her shoulder
with a little nod. She was sur
prised and shocked.
"Come, Sister Gerd," he said
Now we can get down to bust
ness"
Indeed" said the doctor. "In.
deed"
only not here. Down the
path bit"
Stensgard, still utterly per.
picked, was trying to find some
way of telling Gerd to be on her
guard, but she and the major
had already gone on ahead in
the darkness. and the best he
could do was stumble after
them.
And the innkeeper, in spite OF
the fact that she had been
watching Ruck carefully, could
think only one thing: Il am un-
doubtedly older than he, but he
called me sister" They called
her mother" Gerd down in the
village, even the older men.
They had not gone more than
10 steps when the doctor caught
them and tapped Ruck on the
shoulder. my dear SIR" he said
as Importantly as he was able,
you must realize :"
Got over your fright, my
dear Stensgard?"
"Eh?" The doctor drew him
self up. Eh?"
Wait" Ruck put a finger to
his lips and listened ahead down
the path. Then, seeming salts
fled, he reached quickly into his
pocket and brought out a small
book which he pressed into
Cords hand. "A dictionary" he
said. "An Oslo edition, 1897. ]
give it to you now in case we
have no opportunity later. Have
you ever heard of the book
code?"
The dictionary" said Gerd
What about the dictionary"
you are an intelligent wom-
an" Ruck said slowly. Eyes, the
dictionary. We chose this edi-
ton, English Norwegian, be-
cause it is printed in single col
umn. For every word we will
flash two numbers. The first
designates page number, the
second, the number of the word
on that page. So, 212-9 would
mean the ninth word ON page
PIP. Is that clear?"
Gerd was listening intently.
Beginning tomorrow mis- h
:" The words came very
fast and low. You will have a
man stationed every night be-
tween midnight and on the
plateau half a mile up from the
hotel. He must have a good pair
of glasses and keep a watch out
to sea to a point due west OF
the center of the village. He
will be signaled by a British
ship lying about IL miles off
shore. He must answer the sig
nails with a light of at least 20
candlepower brilliance. On G
flash for yes, two for no. These
signals must come at precise 80
second intervals"
Gerd no d d e d again. "Due
west" she whispered. Twenty
candlepower. One yes.
Two no. Thirty seconds
between swers. Page and
word number in the dictionary"
my good man." said the doc
tor, when may we expect :"
"rll be damned if l know"
Ruck answered laughingly. II
only carry the news" He press
ed both their hands, then turn
ed, and was gone into the dark
ness. The doctor pulled out his
handkerchief and began mop
ping his face once more.
my God," he sa d. my
God"
Suddenly they heard Ruck's
voice behind them again. Don't
60 near the storehouse," it whis-
pered. He's got guard there
waiting for you"
They starte and turned
quickly around, but it was too
dark to see. They could not even
hear the sound of his footsteps
going away.
Autumn had come in one leap
down from the hills. Back in the
valleys the trees had been touch
ed for days with a September
red. Farmers had finished the
apple-picking, and in the cider
mills, with men walking slowly
behind the long wheel spokes
of the presses, had been oozing
the sweet juice into barrels.
Hogs had fed rich on crushed
apple meats. The cows, with the
summer gone, were almost dry.
About 10 o'clock there was a
LITTLE furry m the sotIare One