WF aawoeAtTS J KKK99aKBfSSSBmWSf ? xaa Jcy.'tL BBiai'Asewy' WB!Wr7-";T . ' -, ' 'WTKNtmr EHDflEH P . - -.-. , . .... ., t , - r , VHIT FATHB y: rr-vrt l - r : - -- . ihm mm. mmmk aa.w. n B$ LECHMERE WORRALL . AND J. E. HAROLD TERRY rti 3fci . ; Wrj 3H :, ;u My Is More Perturbed by the Sudden Realization of Her Injustice to Brent Than at the Entire Chain of Events Which Nearly Took the Lives of the Guests at West Crest in the German Spy Plot That Failed 1 I Little Care, Combined With a Minimum of investiga- V Hnn Will .Ciiiio tn Sot Fflnht 4hn Hf.'n(t.H ttit;4's of Many Americans Who Feel It Incumbent Upon Themselves to Suspect Every Foreign-Looking Person (CoMTleht by Edward J. Clod) BVNorsrs Th atorr orens In th Went Crest prlvata tel In nn l.nsllim aearoaat town wnen IKinnn lias diph at war onn mourn. in. nAMihifi, tnn rroprieireaa; ner mm. nAni.rji ptAiii.iiii'H. serving in inn .-"-h Admiralty; Jilt. rol.l.Of'K, th Justice ot Peace: hla uaunhter, MM.I.V, nineteen; HRIHTOl'lIKH llllhNT, Mollv'a fl.ince, Vllt. IKlA.il IiENi a widovr or inirrynvo, in-. teat arrival: Mils MVIlTt.K. a. aplnster: RAULICIN SL'IIIIOI.TII.K. n colorless little erman woman, claiming twenty o"JPi niusn naturalization! n;s.iui)m, a Intll.h aoliller. und mil, a servant In the ipuae. Are the entire occuvanta or. the noiei. if Urent nml Miriam nm reDreientanven ui 'l the tlrltlah Intelllcencn Ofllce. anil discover a. a ai.. UH.nanl.lmlU IE W-Flf Irenlacn a crtnrjlete wireless outfit Alter B& P."rfr , t!t r: Ak . 'i m t , VT ,f 5 ettlnir a messag-e that a U-boat la waiting tilt he harbor for a. Riven slenal. nrmi uiy mantlea the Marconi. Thla discovery Po'- llreiy unRa up tne wanneraon noucii'ii' t"v. JlKantlo Herman apy plot aoatinca to mw reat lirltaln. i..,i... Later, llrent ee rketchea nf the rinrlior kiaile by rrauleln Kchroeder, who he H con, Vlnced la the bralna of the plot. Tho fact that there Is nn artist In thn house accounts For tne preaenco or carrier piKfun, "if, incm hoow one ot mo turns as 11 leavoa im uu; nlscovera a sKctrn or inn nnrnur ur- enaea In ft amnll ense tlen anoui onn in he pUeon's ecs Thn plotlora ilcchlo to urn the hotel that ovcnlnir, ns a alennl n n l-.l.nat M.nltlnc out nt ea. Ihcy also 'Tan to burn all tho ncrupantn. Meanwhile Brent and Miriam complete the cttaus ror tne capture or inn ;rmnn riu-e. Absolutely at a loi feairuea determined to take Mr. 1'ollock Into jlutely at a loss to account for the many to their plins, Pandereon nn" n,ft ro1 determined tn take lr. 1'ollOCk Into their confidence. eirlainln that SanUeraon Ima v.a.n fAnnAri fir Nriain Jinmimiiv iihufib. H .rennlculk la stationed by hla commanding L hlccr on miard duty on the cllft. and llrent ." CT- ?" "' 5ounit "oldler ot tho Sanderaons1 l Tviter. bellevlni? eery one to be out Of tho , f Jlvlne room, llrent enters. His poikut toirch- , llsht falls to reieal Sanderson atandlnc In ' f i the shadow ot tho bookcase. When Tlrent E ' ,, atarta to flash stenals Sanderson Jumps out IS &nd oanturcs the llrlltah Cloverntnent detective. pSl . .? Henderenn'M mnnterv t ehnrt.llied. for K Wiw t .ftquad of Hrltlsh aoldlers appears In tlmo tn SaflT' S wive Brent's life and to capture the Oermin L.7-, sb any. A few aetonfls before tho arrest Tennl '' l mtk shoots 1'rtta In tho latter's attempt to murder him In tho meantime, Miriam bae called for Frauleln Pchroeder nnd Mrs. Banderson In a lira touring car, ostensibly to take them to safety. Instead aho turns them over to the ollce. Some Explanations IRIAM paused, brush In hand, unit looked at lier InnulrlnRly, "What do jou mean nhen you repeat it like that,7' sho aMtcd. "WHiafs all rer?" "Evorytlilnr; between mo and Chris " "Sty dear child, excuo mc, but what utter Bonscnso. You nro Just tired out, that's what's the m.itter, and you'ro reelnr; oery- thlnff out ot focus norythlnB'a eoliu; to ecln all over atrnln for you nnd Chrli. and eTolnrr to. bo much better than ever leforo " "I don't ceo how It cm," e.ild Molly mls Wrably. "I'm sort of feelinc two thltiKs nt Mice. I don't know how to explain It." "Try to tell mo about It." BUgeested Miriam, RlttliiK down beoldo her. "Well, It's liko thH." bcKan Molly. "Part f mo feeli tjiat I am not worthy of Chrli and that he's been o rjreat and wonderful and splendid and saved nil our live, whllo X was belnc petty and pelf-absorbed nnd let myself suspect him of all sorts of dreadful things. I don't seo now ho can over fbrslvo i pVfv, 'if : - V , A PIC &vjl w, U w m . ie '.rv -& . iM t C .afe y ?. ' f&- v '-. r A Tr rsrriTs T IT-TS. i i u I II i rvra-. j i fi W , m or feel tho hamo to mo ncnln. And th other part of mc " sho paused. "H sftunds ery absurd, but the other part of me can't forulxo Chris. You see, he's lied and lied nd lied to mo. Of course, I can qulto i,eo ho had to, and 1 know ho hated dolnp It, but still tho fact remains thnt ho run, doesn't It7 And I can't help feeling that now I should nlas bo uncertain uhout Chris, about what to bollee. Just when I was loving him most, and ho was being nicest, I should think, 'I wondor If this Is true or whether ho is only saying It?' Oh. It sounds horrid ot mc. but don't you seo what I mean?" Miriam nodded nnd took both of Molly's imiiua in ners --j quito see what you mean, my dear," sho said, "but won't It make a tlllTeicnco to ou when 1 tell you that Chris sees It. too? It'M what hu's beon afraid of, hut I have known him a ureal many years now, nnd I can toll jou this, that he has al ways realized tho danrror of his work thnt It mlcht tltiset Ills lllllps. T menu nn.l mnl hint think less of lylni? than other people and tho oonsenucneo Is that ho Is morn rig orous than any other man i know In his personal affairs You could always believe him about anjthlnK liko that And, Molly, 1 don't know how much you know ot the world, but you surely know that there are not many men who could be such a good pal to me as ho has been without ever saylnR or doing or thinking nnj thing that one man might not do or say or think In relation to another. Ask uny of his friends nnd they will all tell you Christopher Urent Is the fctralghtest pal on earth." "I know. I'm sure he Is," replied Molly a llttlo moro cheerfully, "but you must see It Is difficult to feil qulto tho samo nbout It at first, Isn't It? It Isn't that I blamo Chris for any sIiikIo thing he's dono It was his duty, and I think ho has been splendid. It's only that It's n little well disconcerting to ilrid ho could ilecclto one so well" "Supposo you forget nbout your side ot It for a bit, Molly, Realize, that Chris hated It JURt ns much as you do, only for his coun try's sako he had to sacrlllco everything, ocn you, If necessary. Ho has had nn awful strain In theso last twenty-four hours, mv dear, nnd It's up to you tewmake him happy now It's all oer." , Tho Idea caught at Molly's Imagination and sho sat up eagerly, fresh llfo kindling In her face. "If I can do that." she began, then stopped ns Chris himself came In. "There you are, Molly!" he exclaimed "Toil poor llttlo thing. I hae been looking iui j-uii vvemmere, anil now I can't s nn with you after nil. I must go upstairs again. Miriam, you had bet,ter come, too; tho doc tor says It's only a question ot a few minutes." Miriam stood up nnd once again Molly had tho feeling of being slipped Into the background whllo more Important things wero nttended to Sho looked after them and tho tears rushed uncontrollably to her eyes. Dut tho next minute Urent ran Into tho room and camo up t tho back of her chair as sho knelt unrieht on thn sent inoir. Ing over It Ural.- :' WSv" WM$Ml$0Mm mii JbbbbsbspbbbT Vbk 3 ' r Sfh a - m r r w- m i ' ' wt m k 'ei v . xm M Jaaar f L'lt afar aaar .lliiK, vev iiAIUBfLr-ijti aj - SnaaBaUH Ajll lav .7 i;r ," 'SCahiV f' I If tllfi if WVMHBrrtVT IWwl Vr ' ilM wBBBHzB j-JS'MrmMMW' MSaHil la J WSBBlJMm jMjmmBS&W frMifSSsmB offi hfvi 1'':''s -;;.-M 'jtvVKA.7'7. i J J; a x ' F'THaaMluKraaaaMafJ'iI-.-J' nJJI'T " ?t "Ami to think, Chris, liow we nil have criticised yuul" "2jr"! ti, nnnnnwnM nn,r:r na tinvflr more evident than in the case of Christnnl. jljiol uiiii;uiaiit,i;o nit uvivitui0 tiw , ... , , . t ,, . rvt; i Brent, The moral is clear enough: Because a man is not in Khaki there as no reason ti bclicvo that he is unpatriotic, and the person wno nanus ...... u ui.au rvauw may be. the more cowardly of the two. Passage, the first breath of da. gar;n still lay dark, but beyond 11 ,irii "Ami to think, Chris, liow we nil have "Don't go to bed, sweatheart, wait for me," he whltpercd, and taking her head be tween his hands he made ns It to kiss her, then checked himself and went quickly out of the room again. Molly remained kneeling up In the chair, then with sudden determination she, too, wont out nnd up the stairs, nnd crept toward the door of the room where frnuleln lay. .. Trauleln lay drawn up In a contorted position under tho bed clothes, her hend was piessed right back Into the pillow so that her ashen palo features Jutted sharply up from It A llttlo froth lay nt tho corners of her mouth And her eyes wero open nnd slaring, but sho was qulto unconscious Mrs Sanderson sat by tho bed shuddering violently Her motor bonnet was oft nnd her fair, grayish hair was disordered and hung about her tear-wet face Sho held tho dying woman's wrist and kept on appealing to her by name, as though to pleice her fluttering consciousness Charles sat beside her, nnd the only ex picssloil In his pale, linpassla face was heer dltasto for the wholo affair. Xoer theless, what lemnants of humanity the downfall of his hopes had left him were cen tered In his mother, and. slneo he was per mitted to sit with her through there most trying moments ofnll, he did his bett to comfort her by dint ot stern calm rather than by any consolation. Two soldiers stood Just behind him nnd two more were at me Molly did not Attempt to pass them, but stood looking In. Sho was almost P"t "JJ" ror. It seemed to her by now that a night mare had become tho usual mode of iue. Miriam was already besldo tho doctor on the other side of the bed. Chris stood by tho window, looking out of It. He felt the long-drnwn palnfulnoss of the scene rather as Charles did as nn Infliction that had 10 bo borne. Hut although the djlng woman had been Charles's companion, It wrts Chris who was tho more moved by the sIbIu, It was not n pleasant death, not the quiet and Inevitable drawing to the full of one who dies In due time, but rather a sudden nnd lolent disruption of the llfo tissues, i:cry- II. Inn Hint ivna Bnrtllil nml lielv In tllO Work of (.pies seemed concentrated and fused In the stiffening figure on tho bed. Charles nnd his mother were both, In heir different ways his clear cut and posi- tlo, hers muddled nnd hopeless awaro that all the glamour nnd glory had been stripped off their exploits. No olio engaged In what was glorious would hao been driven to end It like frnuleln; that was the bare fact, nnd thero was no getting flwny from It. Ilcn tho silent soldiers posted about the loom wero dimly conscious that the excitement nnd tho thrill ot the spy hunt had dwindled to a terrible drnbncss. Thero seemed no glory on their side, cither; only unpleasant necessity. Suddenly a more violent conulslon than ever before Jerked frauleln's body up upon the bed, nnd In thnt moment her distorted, passionate spirit passed. Chris, who had turned from the window to come to the bed's foot, was conscious of nn Immeasurable feeling of relief, as though a heaty weight which had been pressing on all of them In that house was lifted. Ho became In a moment tho man of deelslte action again. In a low quick nlco ho or dered tho removal ot Charlf3, nnd aa he himself conferred with tho doctor and the Inspector ho saw out of tho come" of his ejo thnt Miriam was attending to Mrs San derson. "She had better be taken down to the police station," he ordered "You can't pos sibly sit up any longer, Miriam, nnd there she can have a woman warder with her Corporal, you take Ilerr von Mantel with you. You havo got the bomb, haen't you7 ' "It's waiting outside In a bucket of water, sir." "Very well, that's all, then. Tell the col onel I'll come down and see lilm In tho morning" iuouy crouencu uacK against .tne wan or tho corridor ns Von Mantel will! his guaids passed nlong It, followed by Mrs. Sander son between Miriam and tho Inspector. Then Chi Is camo to the door ot tho room. Tho light was behind him, so that his figure showed dark, but c;en so sho could seo by tho sudden droop of It how worn out he looked. Her brain registered the fact un consciously, though naturally at that mo ment the stark horror ot what she had seen possessed her to tho exclusion of everything elso. Sho ran toward him with a frantic cry. "Chris, take mo away," she t-obbed. "Take me out of this, or I shall go mad. Oh, Chris. Chris1" "Why, Molly, what did you come up for? How wrong of you ' You poor child," nnd putting his arms mound her Chris picked her up bodily. Sho let her head fall on Ills ehoiilder, but Btlll clung to him tensely "You must go to bed, Molly," went on Chris "So. no," she begged, "don't send mo to bed. I can't bear It. I shan't ever sleep." "But what shall I do with you, sweet heart? I am dead heat myself" Molly had tho first moment of genuine Inspiration of her life 'Tut mo down a minute, Chris." sho whispered, and, run ning to the big window nt the end of the conldor, she pulled aside tho heavy cur tains. A cold, pure, gray light suffused the a lino the ihI i 01 tc.Ul glimmered palely and gleamed nt tho rim "last's go out. Chris." said M0lv . for a few momentk Look nt n, ;.' w tho sea, It all looks so clean," " Urent turned her face up townr.i it 1 scrutinized It In thrt wan light. l:,en i. .!a4l triumphant nrettlness hnw,i ni : "-l0r"il ncss; there wero dark marks under h'.! and she was very pale, hut Chris th "J ho had never seen her look .-, ....0""itl rather, moro than pretty. This u-n. ,Ii 0rfl Uiullno nfter sho had found her soul v M in nn iuukcu ne gave a sch tn ,. ;., thoughtlessness Hint was gone e,'l All ho said, with tho absurdly boyish ....vJ in i s voico spo nau nlwaya liked, V...J "Molly, ilarllngTW filghtfully Cle.T ! i oiil Como nlong, before nnvbodv cab H us no iook ner Hand and together iT 1 hastened down tho Htnlrs. In tho hi II i, i 1 elstcl on miilllliig hpr tip In a big toil t. -J they went across tle veranda into the .V den. 'I he lawn va? covered with Inn.i V nblo twinkling points of de,v nml TJ glossy leaves of tho lauicl shono bright tI' I shrill, confused chirping of tho birds ..N irom l ho elm trees. Chris nnd Molly :! to tho llttlo gato that led on to the cllft IS.1' .w.u ckuu iiicio luunuig over ino sea. Tk. 1 destrovers Imil rrnno tinti.inr. .. , .""''I ...... n , - a wiiiiiiPI j ( 111 il Illtfl tell of the events of thn nluht i.f .l tho slowly btlghtcillng cea looked ns 'inni 4 rent of war as tho quiet of tho Kngllsh ;m uen in which the two stood. t, Chris caught Molly to him , "Dear little sweetheart," ho slid. "Tk. nightmare's over. Look up nt me." . "I I enn't," said Molly. "I ' feei , - nshnmed. Oh, Clirls, to think vvo were mh criticizing you, and that all tho time jo- wero being so wonderful nnd splendid" i ion t uo a llttlo goose, darling. I wainiS wonuenui nnd splendid a bit. I was 0rn .' doing my Job. And I tell you. l'm mL glad It's over, If It's only so that jou eii?' be IllnA In nn nffalti ' va. "How can jou want to have nnjthlnt'1 moio to do with me?" asked Mollv ,,' luifiiiHiucu, amy mno prig, that's Tlh( ! I nm." ' 1 "Molly, I shall shake you. Do you know what you aro? You are tho dearest swt est, goodest llttlo child thrA ,. . When I think of all you glvo me,.I squirm.,' j es I do, darling, I positively squirm." 'I "'" -uony snooi; ner head and refuiri to bo comforted. w , Suddenly Chrl chanced bin .en ... . appealed to tho new Molly who he f.tt-1 find unmn tn llCn. ! -J-.- ci 1 . V...U l (UW LJIU,fc. UttV, (yfj "SHcethcart," ho said, "I am Just about' nil in. Don t worry mo any more. I'm mrt t rerl T lmi-,11,. I.n. ,i,. f ....,. lms.ft so sick of tho whole sordid nffalr nnd it,. i wretchedness of it. Nobody need think If.' been a gloilous or a wonderful experlencti distorted human nature H the most annaH tig thing ono could como up against. Xow 11 ?,n .vcr' l fccl llI:a a Pricked balloon." Mollys hand stolo out nnd she bena gently to stroko his hair. , on. It s been hateful." ho burst out, for . tho nt.st time lcgardlcsaof wlmt ,1a.i. i. - rnado upon Molly and not seeking to span ' her, "and theie'a Uiat terrlblo little woman it r, -,......., .,. i WIS11 lo neaven therr had bullied tho houso down: It rev. r .JiL ns though It could nevpr bn rionn -.i. t" Ah, Molly, recapturo jour lovely gajety for'i ,: " "" "" j-"ii i ici gool; me. . Molly flung out her nims and pressed! her cheek ngalnst liitn -nusii, enns; hush, daillng," she tali "It's nil right now. You Ii.tab nni ,. tako care of you. ti And sho never guessed that Christopher', ...... .n,...cu,MLu iwi ner tu icel mat now of v strengthening She wns suro that her could hold and support him, nnd he vajlf self-reliant enough, to be gl id thnt sh biiuuiu nuiaeii i,e neipcii ny ino tcnatr delusion. 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