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“‘Wairt!” she exclaimed suddenly, half aloud. “Where was it Cousin Jim borrowed money on his watch when he was in college and lost all his moneyâ€"the time Aunt Clarissa scolded him so and said he had’ dis- graced iflle famin name? The pawnâ€" roker’s! Perhaps I can find one.” Down the road she started, half running, and stopped at fihe first‘ fiouse she came to, which, because of‘ 9- Fae'd'w nf showilv trimmed hats 5;; .. fir... ._ .V the winaow she rightly judged was1 the miliiner’s. I her. She was at least a hundred miles from Elmsvil'le, penniless among total strangers, unable even to tele- graph for help. She could not pay (Ihe driver who was coming for her; nor even 0315 he should be willing to take her to Lapham free, would" she be any better ofl’ there. the _ping “ mains She took out her pufse, in order to have the money ready when he should return, and opened it. A puzzled expression came into her face, and quickly changed to one of anxiety. She hurriede opened one compart- ment after another, and emptied everything on the top of her trunk. Her ticket to Elmsviulle and all the crisp fiveâ€"dollar bills that had given the purse such a fat look that morn- ing were gone. Not a uexmv re- ed Ethel as he turned away. “It was kind of him to offer to do it," she thought, as she watched the figure of the station master trudging down the dusty road, and the reflec- tion pmmpted‘ a wish mo pay him for his trouble. “Etlmsville? Why, there‘s no train train for Elm-Eddie from here! You ought to have got of? art Laplham, ten miles back, and changed oars there." Ethel set down on her trunk with a despairing groan. “The only thing for you to do now,’ the man went on, “is to hire a team to drive you back to Lapham. I’lfl go down to the viLflaege and' send a man up. There ain’t afiything parti- cular to keep me here just now.” “Thank you very mudh!” murmur- ) "That’s the way they’ve got me down in the company’s books.” “Then will you please tell] me what time the train for Eilmsvillle gets hem?” he can tell you all about them.” And she moved nervously away. With a feeling of relief Ethel turn- ed toward the man. “Are you the station master?” she asked anxious- ly- A. “Can you tell me Where the station monster is? Do you know anything about the trains?” Ethel asked breaflhlessly, but conscious at the same time of file girl’s beautiful, long eyelashes and clear-cut, attractive features, which not even her shabby and faded clothing could put wholly out of mind. “No, I never take them," replied the girl, answering the last question first; “but here comes Mr. Jackson; he can tell you all about them.” And she moved nervously away. u The gfiifl pvaused',‘ blushed painfully, and except for a mome bary glance kepg her eyes fixed upon he ground. “Oh, please waiut‘ a moment!" she crfied, as she caught sight of a young girl hum-yin g away: A PART I. The rattle of the train had (lied away, although the smoke of it still hung- over the distant curve in the track. On the platform Ethel Graf- ton stood surveying the dusty road. “This is encouraging,” she said to herself. “Station closedâ€"fog; repairs, I hape,” with a disdainful glance at this dilapidated building. “Station master nowhere to be found; not a soul in night. How mean! I’ve god; to stay here in this broiil’ing sun and keep watch over that trunk and ha'tbox till the Elmsville tralin comes in. And‘ not even a. place to sit down! “I suppose I could leave the trunk here,” she went on refl‘ecxtively, “and start on a search for the station master, but I don’t want to leave that haubox. Three hats, at twenty do - liars apiece, and not paid for yet. Poor papa!” And she laughed as she thought of the good-humored way in which her father would take her to task for her extravagance. She decided to wait, but waiting was idtkscrme businessâ€"especially with the July sun beating fiercely dolvngvpon her.‘ ‘ Suddénfl'y she heard footsteps on the abbey: side of the‘ platform. the dlil master soul in {to stay A Chance w Begin Agnin A feeling of helplessness came over r. She was at least a hundred [es from Elmsvil'le, penniless among 31» Wgers, unable even to tele- The incomparable Tea-Pot results aiwayg obtainable Earn an ifliusion, has givem it a prestige possessed "by n0 other tea on safie. mini“ outndrawg and outaclass s all other teas. 8"This, is no idle claim” r another, and emptied on the top of her trunk. to Elmsviulle and all the lollar bills that had given mail a fat look that morn- gone. Not a penny re- pawnbi‘oker ? 2% Cl-utching her purse in her “hand; L. Ethel sank on the door-step and stared - at the man aghast “Come right ail'ong with us," said the woman who had helped Alvira in ‘; the purchase of the hat, and who jproved to be her aunt. They had ,ove'nhemrd' the driver’s statement jvhrough the open window, and now icame out on the s’oeps. “You can :‘come as weld as not, and flhere isn’t ia boarding house or a hotel in the village.” So, half an hour liamer Ethel was comfortably established rin the north1 chamber of the little weather-worn 'Judd homestead, where Alvi‘ra and [her aunt lived alone. ! In a, few minutes a rickety oar- riag‘e drew up at the dDOOT and Ethel aliighted‘ from it, with [her hatbox in her arms. She had found the car- riage waiting for 'her at the station iand, depending on the money 170 pay prospective sale for money to pay ‘thg driyer, had hired it at once. “Well, I declare, A-Tvira!” spoke up one of the older women sharply. “I never saw you act so mudh bike a .goose! If you can’t speak, I’ll ans- lwer for you.” Then, 'turnng to Ethel, she said, “Perhaps you better gel; the hat. We can talk it over.” mg. A slh fit, srimiflar to the one tharl; huad em arrasls-ed her durin her brief interview with Ethel at t e station, now toovk complete possession of the girl. Her blush deepened, s'he cast down her eyes as before and edged nervously toward the door. The conversation gave Ethel an idea. “I don’t want to interfere in any way," she said rb0 the mill‘iner, “'but I have a lovely hat that I should like to sell; and if this young lady has decided not to take one of these, she might like to see it. - It‘s at the sta- tion now, but I can easily get it.” “1 guess, Mrs. Briggs,” “so long as Jessie Palmer 5 it first it wouldn’t be fair take it; andâ€"â€"â€"Jwe11, maybe not do anythinlgr'about a anyway.” Silence fell on the group. Ethel walked to the Window to hide the tears that were slowly following one an- other down her cheeks. She tried to swallow the lump in her throat, con- sciuus all the time of chuiours and’ 5qu- picious glances passing between the women behind her back. The silâ€" ence was broken by the young girl whom Ethel had met at the station. “I guess, Mrs, Briggs,” she said, “A what?" asked one of women. “A pawnbvrokerâ€"a n lends money on watches and repeated Ethel “I’ve lost money I had with me and my she added, by way of expl'ana: “I'm happy to say there is such palace as that in this tow the proprietor of the shop, ' air of severity. at! At the sound of her voice the yr girl turned quickly and dropped fi-alfétrimmed hat that she held in em- . amen annot‘h‘ ( To be coiirtinued.) 31w n hour lia’ter Ethel was estabhishe-d rin the north the little weather-worn ead, where Alvi‘ra and ad alone. ‘1 [it for five dollars,” she “It is perfectly new vid somewhat more than she added, in sudden fear e might not be consum- all; and yet a pang of her when she took the the thin, hard hand, s-t all its zivhishness from 01' the carriage looked peared. “Say, miss,” he 1 oughter hurried. ’Ta‘in’t .' to La‘pham now. You’ve by han an hour. There before teamm'row mornâ€" LeLped Alvira in hat, and who mt. They had r’s statement ndow, and now rs. “You can and flhere isn’t a hotel in the lost all the mid my ticket,” xpzl'anvaflzi'on . .h-e-re isn’t any htivs town,” said shop, with an srpoke \a‘bouw‘. r for me to 3 I’d better the older it man who 3 things," t all the Ly ticket,” th ration. re isrn’t anyl is mm.” sad :1- a 3500 now, mg the Up and down the east and south- ,west coasts of England were, how- ever, many “hydros,” palatial hotels, built right on the sea with large cop- per domes twinkling brightly for many miles out at sea. And the man- ,ager was often a German. Eight German spies were executed in this country, while many more are undergoing long terms of penal servi- tude. For obvious reasons the names of many never were revealed. The Imperial Government continued to communicate with them, blissfully un- aware that their agents had gone to a bourne from which not even a Ger- man spy returns. The British secret service kindly acted as the spy's de- pnty. The execution of these spies is na- turally an unpleasant subject, but none the less interesting. After the secret trial and condemnation to death ‘the spy was taken to the Tower, there to await the dread summons in the early hours of the morning. Taken from his hell by a party of military police, the spy was strapped to a chair in a quadrangle of the Tower. There, facing him, about ten paces distant was a firing party, usually eight men, from the battalion of guards on duty at the time. Bared Chest the Target. The preliminaries were soon ar- ranged. The spy was placed in the chair and his body and limbs were tightly strapped to it. Then his chest was bared to receive the bullets of the Englishmen whose country he had wronged. It is certain that Germany obtained very little that was useful from her spies in England. ‘From the outbreak of war the ports were too carefully guarded to permit of much leakage. The wild stories of wireless tele- graphy and signalling to sea had little or no substance in fact: the risks of detection were too great. It is difl‘icult to estimate the value of the information obtained by this method. The Hun, wth his profound disrespect for British finesse, probab- ly never will believe that Britain couldbe guilty of such astuteness. All spies were not arrested immedi-| ately they were detected. The British secret service, ever considerate, al- lowed them to send and receive letters I and collect information, but it reser-I ved the privilege of opening the correspondence both ways and making I alterations likely to be of more use to the allies than to Germany. I Nearly all Germany‘s spies in-this country attempted to forward their information by post. But thanks to the astuteness o fthe censor’s staff it was rarely these letters, even al- though written in invisible ink, went undetected. Germany’s vaunted spy system, like the overboomed German navy, hardly ‘realized expectations. There were, it is true, a great many spies in Eng- ‘land, both before and after the war, acting on behalf of the Kaiser. Most of them came originally from South American states. The British Secret Service resembl- ed its magnificent navy. It did its work as silently and effectively, and the necessary reticence observed as to its doings contributed very mater- ially to the discomfiture felt by the German Geysrnment owing to the mis- leading information Which “fell” into German hands. Mythical Barrage in Channel. As a matter of fact, the Naval Intelligence Department, under Rear Admiral Hall, acting in conjunction with the censor‘s Repartment, provid- ed false information to the Germans, an instance being the mythical Strait of- Dover submarine barrage revealed by Sir Roger Keyes. That t'once is a particularly made leather strapâ€"or rather, a series of strapsâ€"â€" for which Madame Tussaud’s doubt- less would pay a large sum of money, says a London despatch. It.is the strap with which German spies caught in this country and con- demned to death were fastened in a special chair at the Tower of London prior to being shot._Like a wise'man, the sergeant-inajor had the strap made to his own design and paid for it with his own money. It is to him a priceless relic of the great war. Were Tricked by Britis MANY ARE UNDERGOING LONG TERMS OF IMPRISONMENT EIGHT HUN SPEES 33% AT WWER vice by the Use (1 brought them his 1 pose t look at the world. was tightly bound 51' 'itish Military Foot ularly made leather ion my spies in Er nd after the w‘ ‘ower of London like a wise'man, had the strap gn and paid for y. It is to him he great war. Spry system, like ery mater- elt by the to the mis- “fell” into executed more are nal servi- he names ed. The to the ‘cret Yet another point which astonislms the naval officer. At the very time that the German High Seas Fleet was labandoning its proud title by requ_ Jim-,- to fight, a gallant submarine offiâ€" - ward his own? For that is the general experience of our officers who have on duty ‘ visited the German ships. The German seaman will run about at once at a. hint from a British officer. Perhaps that is the spirit that made the Ger- man waiter the success he was in pre- war days, but the British naval man finds it difficult tomnderstand, for he cannot by any stretch of the imagina- tion picture himself acting likewise in similar circumstances. Yet an- other puzzle is that the German sea- men have been seen to salute their representative on the Sailors’ and Workmen’s Council when they have .disregarded their own/officers. The mental processes of the Ger- man officer,‘ too, are no less difficult. The German oflicer occasionally sal- utes a British ofl‘icer. It seems to de- pend on the nature of the German himself whether he does or not. But-a contrast with this is the fact that when some American mine-sweepers passed through the German lines all the officers on the deck of one of the German ships stood to the salute as the leading American vessel passed. Why? One hazards the guess that the Germans may think the Ameri- cans more friendly than the British, but one cannot understand the reason- mg. ing to fight, a gallant submarine offi- cerâ€"for there is no other adjective to most men’s minds-made an at. tempt to get into Scapa Flow and work havoc among the units of the British Fleet then assembled there, He failed, and his submarine was blown up owing to our adequate d9- fences, but it was a bold attempt and, in accord with Johe best traditions of naval warfare. Truly, one is “hanged if one knows where to start” to understand the German naval mind. to what mental process can one at- tribute the fact that the German sea- m‘an slavishly obeys a direction given him by a British officer and yet pre- serves ari attitude of neutrality to- air writ lTl 3' bri Uertamly if on and crews of the the German Soap: not know where so un-British. in : Conduct of Crews is a Myst‘ “It is _a? psychology Nearly 17,0 Lg‘ed dn buil some ( cution St! Maker the crack of eig career of anoth aim as the A low ins command 1 but tart The These Cars and Cycles have been kept in first-class condition by the Military Authorities. We are offering these Vehicles at'a price that wlll clear_them out In a very short space of time. They may be seen at the old Royal Air Force Garage. 164 Dupont Street, and any communications may be addressed to 164 DUPONT ST. THE GERM EMPERIAL MUNETEQNS BGARD despan‘mg '11 shriekixt A large number of Studebaker Cars, which were used by the toi all very well to talk about :3; and understanding the mind,” said a naval officer, hanged if,I know where to TOURING CARS. BUSSES, COVERED DELIVERY CARS, LIGHT TRUCKS Also a numbcr of large INDIAN MOTOR CYCLES with SIDE CARS, TRAILERS: also a large number of TIRES and MOTOR CYCLE PARTS. ) aim the ally )0 wome] cling wor 3W8 of Scapa Flow Fleet ystey to British. geant-major stood clear. :tion from the oflicer in im at the heart, a sharp ‘ arburst of flame, and 12' The Royal Air Force {N NAVAL MIND ies stood their exe- thers again made a ht and went to their and cursing their in less difficult. sionally sal- seems to de- the German or not. But 1n have purchased :d on and to theier orce; but , one at- D. Id officers These lhc!u a sea- their and have 5 tool Pécmriai "i372? War AGENTS W £3. EVE-VI Jun v V “I S. J. 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