nfnMpfl , ..- .- ' - N DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD; DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA. , I -!.- I ,1 . . II .! - I M ! 32JlCHA&2) ofRnr COO&E22, 17? CF"E7WL'K. CO2X.'UZ corvrv . err irrc .-mtwufM mVtir'fM T SYNOPSIS. 6 Cleorjjy 'Wafrstaff, daURlitnr of Sir George, of the British admiralty, hlnti at a liaison between her Rtnerness, Kthol WllloiiRhby, and Henry Btreetman. lUlicl den lea It. Henry Htrxctman rails on Kthel and wlillo waiting for her talks to Hrows ter. Sir Georgo'fl butler, who Ih a German py, about his failure to get at admiralty pnpors In Blr George's possession, Ho phones to German secret service head quarters. Btreetman, tlio Ocrman spy, nnd Kocdcr (alias Brewster, the butler) aro discussing tho possibility of war. When Ethel appears ho tries to force her to Ret from Sir Georgo knowledge, of tho sailing orders to tho Brltlisli fleet. Though she believes him a French Instead of a Ger man spy, she refuses until he threatens her. She begs him to announce their se cret marrlago, as Qcorgy Is suspicious, but he puts her off. At tea Georgy and her lover, Guy Fulconer, tease Sir George, and Strcetman makes an awkward at tempt to talk politics. Btreetman, tho German spy, Sir George 'Wagstafr, British naval official, Ethel Wllloughby, secret wife of Strcetman, and others are having tea at tho Wagstaff home. The party Is discussing a play, Charlie Brown, news paper man of New York, entertains the tea party with his views on the threat ened war In Europe. Guy Falconer de clares that If war comes he wilt go to Cuba. His mother and Sir George reprove him. Charlie says Guy Is spoofing. Capt. Larry Redmond of the Irish Guards, calls on Kthol. Tho two had been undeclared lovers. Sho tells him of her marrlago and he tells her Btreetman Is & German spy with a family In Berlin. There Is no greater tragedy, In the eyes of men, than tho betrayal of an Innocent girl. It Is an Incident In human affairs that has Inspired literature In all agen, and provoked murder and suicide. With what emo tion Ethel accepts the fact of her betrayal and with what de termination 6he sets out to avenge the wrong, If such a thing Is possible, Is told In this Installment. Ethel discovers, during her talk with Capt. Larry Redmond that she has been betrayed by Menry Strcetman, and expresses her grief. CHAPTER VIII Continued. "Oh, It's everything everything!" sho told him with n dry sob. "I should never have gone away; or hnvlng gone, I should never havo come bnclt to make you suffer like this." ho snld with bitter self-repronch. It hurt him terribly to sco her so torn by her emotions. "There, there, my dearl Don't cry!" he said, patting her arm with tho tenderness of n woman. "Oh, let mo! Let mo!" Ethel cried, for tho blessed vent of tenrs nnd come to her nt last "Oh, Lnrry, why couldn't it have- been different?" "Fnlth, I don't know, my denr! But now with you nnd mo it's only n dream of what might have been nnd wo must forget." ho comforted her bravely. "Forget?" sho repented brokenly. "Well, wo must try to," he snld. "Wo must be friends tho best friends In tho world." "Wo enn't bo Just friends," sho told him. Sho know thnt their deep love for each other would never let them bo merely thnt. "Wc must be!" ho persisted with the conviction of n mnn who would nlwnys do right. "Wo love ench other too much to bo more or less than the best of friends." From tho hall outside, voices enmo to their ears. And Ethel had senrcely dried her tenrs before their friends lind returned to claim them for the din ner party. "Great Scott!" Guy Falconer ox claimed as he citnio upon them. "Still chinning, you two? You never tnlk to me ns long ns thnt!" ho told Georgy Wagstaff with mild repronch. "You'ro not so interesting ns Cap tain Redmond," sho retortod with the cruelty of insolent eighteen. "Well, ndmltting thnt," Guy snld, for he never plunged voluntarily Into an argument with Georgy, "ndmltting that, I've scnts for the Paluco nnd we'vo telephoned to Richmond for a table. So let'a hurry." "I don't think I can go, after all," Ethel told them then, Sho know that sho was In no condition for tho bnntor Ing give nnd take of dlnncr-tnblo con versation. "Oh, Ethel!" Georgy cried in obvious disappointment And "Oh, Ethel! Don't spoil tho party!" Sirs, Falconer urged, "Come on, Larry!" said Guy. "By George, you do look glum Just tho same us I did when Georgy first re fused me. Now I've got used to It." While they were trying to persuade Ethel to Join thorn, Sir Georgo Wag staff entered tho room. Ho hnd heard their voices ns he was passing through tho hall on his return from his hurried visit to the admiralty. And slnco ho had news that ho know would provo of great Interest to them ho had stopped on his way to his own quar ters. "By Jove, Redmond! I'm glad to sco you!" he cried nB soon ns ho caught Bight of the returned wanderer. "Thank you, Sir George! It's good to be back," Larry replied. "As a Britisher, you've como homo at the right moment," Sir Georgo told him gravely as he shook the captain's land. JYou mean that there's news of the war bed news?" Ethel exolalmed, ,v-: PAOKEh J&&G&ZZE ClALTJOZ QF'TriiVtZ'IVJWVi quick to grnsp tlir Miggestlon of some tiling serious In Sir Georgo'H words nnd mnnncr both. "Germany hns declared thnt n stnto of wnr exists between herself nnd Ilussln. Our Information Is thnt Franco Is mobilizing nnd wjll support Htm sin!" Sir Georgo seemed nil nt onco yenrs older under the ndded cares of tho Impending conflict. CHAPTER IX. For King and Countryl Captain Redmond was tho first to break the ensuing silence. "Good God! Then It's come at last!" ho cried In n ringing voice. "And tho fleet! What of tho English fleet?" Ethel Wllloughby exclaimed, as her quick mind turned Inevitably to that most vital factor of Britain's de fense. It was puro patriotism that prompted her question. For the mo ment all thought of Ilcnry Strcetman and his constant Importuning vanished completely from her reckoning. Sir Georgo swept tho llttlo company with a rapid glance. "l'ou are all practically members of my family at least I regard you as such," ho said. "Redmond, you aro an ofllcer In his majesty's service what I say is in absolute confidence." Larry stood stiffly at attention. "Of course, Sir George!" he an swered. Then Sir George told them what Henry Strcetman would havo given his soul to know. "Winston Churchill went to Ports mouth Uils morning. The British fleet sailed tills afternoon under sealed or ders and Churchill has offered his resignation as first lord of the admi ralty.'' At that tcrso statement Ethel Wll loughby sank slowly upon a chair. In their excitement the others did not no tlco her agitation. Nor could they havo Interpreted it had they divined it. Something In the manner of an inspira tion had como to her a scheme, plot, a stroko of genius perhaps. At all events, she saw in a Hash how sho might yet Bervo her country In a man ner that Is granted to few -women or oven men. Aicanwmie captain Kcdmond pon dered upon Winston Churchill's pe culiar action. "But why, Sir George why?" ho asked. "Because he had no authority from parliament to give such orders. If "The British Fleet Sailed This After noon." England Is not involved in the war. then Churchill nlone Is responsible for his nctlon and his public career will bo ended. If Enulond coes to wnr. timn tho English navy has gained nt onco an early and tremendous advantage." "But it means that Churchill believes England will fight," Ethel said. "That England will havo to flght," Sir Georgo corrected her. "Then tho fleet it did not disperse?" she questioned. "Where has It goue?" Sir Georgo saw no reason for telling them half truths, "Tho most powerful fleet the world has ever known has gone to tho North sea to tho Kiel canal to bottlo up tho German navy, and thnt it will do, I'm certain. With tho bulk of tho Gorman fleet unable to come out, we'll provo onco ngnln that Britannia docs rule the waves." Ills words thrilled everyone of them. "And there's really going to bo war!" Mrs. Falconer exclaimed in a wonder ing voice. "I never bolloved I'd Uvo to sco it." "And a long, horrible war!" Sir Georgo continued slowly. "Wo Miall suffer very terribly England, I fear, In particular, because we did not ex pect It. Wo'vo been too sure thnt it would never happen In our lifetime. Sonio day yes! Butuot now! And sez02;,, ii II i JBM r silililillililiHiaH - v mm we're not ready not tho least ready! We shall need every mnn." Ills remark brought home to Larry Redmond a realization of tho way In which tho situation npplled to himself. "Then, In some ways, it's good I've como back," he commented, "I must report at once." Guy Falconer turned to lilin with un bounded enthusiasm lighting tip his young face. "I'll go with you!" ho cried. "Is It too late to enlist tonight?" "I'm afraid so," Larry said. Guy's words struck his mother with n quick chill of fear. Sho roso hastily from her sent nnd going fearfully up to her son, laid a supplicating hand up on his nrm. "But, Guy, you're not going to the wnr?" she said with a catch in her voice. "Why, of course I am, mother!" "Of courso he is!" Georgy Wngstnff repeated after him. "But, Guy you said you wouldn't fight!" his mother reminded him trem ulously. Ilcr feelings had undergone a sudden change. "I know," he said, putting his hnnd upon hers soothingly. "But that was when I didn't believe there -would bo wnr. And now thnt It's come, I couldn't stny home. I couldn't!" "Thnt's the spirit, my boy!" Sir George told him with n renewed trust in British manhood. "But, Guy you mustn't! I couldn't let you go!" she told him brokenly. lie wns sorry for her. And yet there wns nn unwonted sternness in Guy's face as he snld: "Mother, you don't want me to be a coward?" "But, my boy, you're all I've got in the world! You're the only thing I'vo left!" And then she took him In her arms and sobbed. To her had come only n little more quickly than to other English mothers the renunciation that war demands of lowly nnd high alike. "Don't cry, mother, please don't!" Guy snld gently. "You know I've got to go. I'll come back nil right." "Of course he will," snld Georgy. "And then I'll mnrry him." Guy hnd nil nt once nssumed now proportions in her eyes. She hnd nlwnys been fond of him, from tho time they were girl nnd boy together. But she hnd- never tnken him quite seriously. Now,-however, sho snw that Guy wns a man, and that he Intended to play n man's part in the npproachlng struggle. And in that moment Georgy knew that he was more than worthy of her. A new light shone In Guy's eyes as he turned to the girl. "Will you really?" he asked. "You hear that, mother? Why, that alone Is worth going to tho front for and I'll get a V. C. and bo a hero and we'll live happily ever after." Of such Is the rosy optimism of youth. Georgy Wagstaff placed her hands In his. "For once, you dear old thing, I can't arguo with you," she said. And though sho smiled nt him, she had dif ficulty In keeping back her tears. Guy Falconer stood very erect as he took his mother by tho hand. lie saw women In n new light now snw nnd recognized tho sncrlflces they hnd In evitably to make In life's battles, since tho beginning of time. "Como on, mother!" he snld gravely. "Take me to tho barracks." "My son, I'm proud of you!" she half whispered, as she looked up at him through her tears, j "So am I!" added Georgy Wngstnff Sho hnd ncqulred nil nt once n new sense of proprietorship In Guy. "You'll write me?" she nsked him. "Every day!" he promised eagerly, "And you you will be careful, won't you, Guy?" his mother besought him, with her hands upon his shoul ders. "Of course, I'll be careful." And then they had gone Mrs. Fal coner nnd Georgy, hanging desperately to him who was dearest of tho -wholo world to them. Sir George Wagstaff turned to the others with an air of unaffected pride. "There's tho truo Englishman!" he snld. "And there'll be hundreds thou sands, like him tho flower of our coun try, who won't como back," Ethel said slowly. "Oh, it's too terrible!" The llttlo tragedy had touched her to the quick. Beside It her own troubles seemed momentnrlly dwarfed. "Yes, It Is terrible," Sir George ngreed. He hnd no illusions as to what war meant for England. "I must go at once to tho war offleo," Captnln Redmond announced hurried ly. And he shook hands with Miss Wll loughby. "Good-by, Ethel!" ho said in a tone that was far more sober than was customary for him, "I must return to the ndmlralty," Sir Georgo said. "Coming, Redmond?" as he moved toward tho door. Larry had already started to Join him when Ethel called him back. "Larry, beforo you go, may I havo just live minutes with you alone?" "Of course!" ho assented. "You'll forgive me, Sir George?" "Surely! See you again, Redmond!" And with thnt Georgy's father left them alone. "Larry, when will you go to the front?" Ethel nsked In a tense voice. lie set his cap and stick upon a stool beforo answering her. "I don't know," ho said. "I'm afraid I shan't be In the thick of tho fight " "lou mean they won't send you?" "I fear not, my dear. They'll want tne they've often said so for some thing they call more Important than being shot at. They'll uso mo In tho special service what you'd call a. spy. I suppose, though, It's ns good as any other way to die for ono's country. Tls my duty though I'd not bo too proud of It." For n brief tlmo she mnde no reply, as sho pondered his words. "Won't you let me help?" she nskc' him then, "l'ou?" He wondered what slit could mean. "I do so want to help!" she con tinued. "There'll be thousnnds of worn en who'll go to the front ns nurses millions to do the things ut home. But enn't I go to serve England to be lu the speclnl service too?" A shntlow crossed his fine face nt tho mere mention of the undertaking. "Oh, my dear, I couldn't let yon I The risk for you'd bo too great. I couldn't permit It." But she would not Lo put down so easily. "Think of the things n woman could do safely without suspicion," she ar gued, "where a man would be use less." "I know, I know but I couldn't nl low It. And your husbnnd?" ho ques tloned. He hnrdly thought nny right minded mnn would be willing to let his wife fnce such peril. She turned to him impetuously. "Lnrry, I lied to you," she con fessed. "I'm misernblo, -wretched. I'm not hnppy with my husband. I've made a mess of things, like you. 1 "For King and Country!" want to get away. This is tho only thing I can do for England for youi Oh, please let me go oh, plqase!" lie saw that she was greatly moved that she was soul-tortured, half frantic. And he hnd not the heart to deny her any solace, no matter where she might turn for It. "I know how you feel," he said, "nnd you shall do this thing if I can arrange it." Her heart went out to 1dm in grati tude because he had understood. "Oh, thnnk you, Lnrry! Thnnk you! Now, tell me whnt nm I to do? Where shnll I be sent? Shnll I be with you?" She hoped that It would be so. "No, my dear not with me," he ex plained. "My' Job will bo lnnlde tho German lines perhaps In their very army." His answer struck a chill of fear In to her for she could feel fear for hlra. "But that's Impossible!" she ex claimed incredulously. "You would ba cnught at once." "Oh, I think not!" he reassured her, "Tho plan is nil nrrauged every de tnli slnco before I went away. Now 'tis only for me to carry It out. Bu you can't be with me." Ilcr disappointment wns obvious. "But whnt shall I do?" sho asked doubtfully. "That we'll see. But somehow we'll bo working together." "For king and country!" she cx claimed, holding out her hnnd to him. "For king nnd country!" ho repented after her, as ho took her slight hnnd in his own strong one. CHAPTER X. Hoist by Hlft Own Petard. "Beg pnrdon, Miss Wllloughby! A gentleman to bee you, by nppolntment!" In his character of Urewstcr, Sir George's butler, the German spy Bor der mnde hl nnnounccment In fnult lcss fashion. "Oh, In Jist n minute!" Ethel Wll loughby told him. She know thnt it was Henry Strcctmnn who had re turned to see her. And to Larry, whose hand sho had hastily dropped Just ns Brewster throw open the double doors, sho snld, when tho pseudo butler hnd gone, "I may gain some very lmpor triut Information from this man. I can't explain more than that now. Will you wait in that room?" She iudlcated a door leading into n smaller room ad Joining her sitting room. "Yes, my dear God kep you!" Con tain Redmond answered. And ho at onco proceeded to carry out bur wishes Ethel breathed n re.pld prayer ns blu heard Strcetman already mounting thi stairs. "Oh, help mo to bo brave! Help me to bo clever for Lnrry nnd for Eng land!" Sho turned then to meet the man who nad betrayed hor, and against whoso Avlts 6ho hnd now un dertaken to match her own. Will this girl be able to de celve the spy regarding her In tentions and Inveigle him Into permitting her to do as she likes? (TO BE CONTINUKDJ i mi i mimniin" . - " ' ' ' ' ' " ffijf 'Bjj ' ISvcry Woraaia Want y n iiwii i w b DAVE LAWN CENTERS OPE' Proper Placing of Trees and Shrub Should Always Be Made an lm- portant Consideration. Let your lawn centers remain opi t ind clear that tho whole yard inn .ippear ns large ns possible; generon yet well frutned with plnnt shrubs nn trees on nil sides. If you must hnvi a I'hoenlx Cnnnriensls on a 40-fon lot, place It In the rear whore It mm also serve ns a shade tree, though th same rules properly should obtain 1 Mio back yard as In the front ynr Better to use fnn palms If you wil have some, or the beautiful column! eocos. Do not plnnt In tho cent nr centers so thnt one or two lniv bjects may alone be viewed by yoi ut frame your greensward or plctur Ith shrubs, even trees, so that yop - III have a little privacy and snug ncss, a limited seclusion, so that yo 'Vel as though on your own property This open-fnee, look-nt-me type of gnr 'lening so prevnlent Is not at nil con "luslve to home life, and Is foundc not on generosity and unselflshnc" but on false pride nnd n desire to "show off." Every true plant love has nt lenst n pnrt of his grounds se cluded; nnd somewhere on the prem ises mny be found, If of sufficient ex tent, some suggestion of Intrlcncy o" design, without which no gnrden is very interesting or attractive unless In a spectnculnr sort of fashion, nnd the Intter Is debasing to the nrt. DEMAND FOR SHADE TREES Massachusetts Journal Recognizes the Value of Proper Adornment of the City's Streets. A renl good hot summer dny brings homo to Bridgeport the shnmo or shadelcss streets. In this ense it Is si burning shnme, nnd no mistake. We wonder whnt administration will (level op the foresight nnd public spirit to take the steps necessary nt the present for the assuring of shade trees for thr future? Shade trees add to the value of rrron erty. They help to keep the city cool in jiummet They conserve public health nnd comfort. They plense thr ( ye nnd are one of the greatest fac lors in the benutiflcatlon of n city People havo nn instinctive npprecin ilon of trees nil the world knows that Now Hnvcn Is n city of elms, and tho most famous street In Gcrmnny is "Un ter den Linden." Poets hnve rhnpso dlzed over trees, nnd Hnndel wrote his famous "Lnrgo" In celebration of n nhiln tree, which nfforded grateful hade to the composer. And the prac tical advantages of trees aro equal to Ji esthetic advantages. But it is un necessary to cite these facts, because practically everybody agrees. Whnt Is needed Is the taking of definite steps to assure shade trees In the future nnd to counteract the lack of such n provi sion in the pnst. Bridgeport (Mnss.) Telegram. Wild Rose Hedge. Wherever there Is a wild rose licdgi It should bo retained nnd encouraged if the blossoms nre of n good shade Otherwise one should try to get In t more pleasing vnrlety. Wild roses dlf fer enormously in their color tints, ranging all tho way from very pale to a very deep and benutlful pink. Evi dently there nre n grent innny varie ties among wild roses. There Is i fixed belief thnt wild roses will nol otnnd being picked. Tho writer oni Sunday morning attended church it Minneapolis, where wild roses were twined in grent profiuslon nbout tlu pillars and bnlconies of the church They were there by the thousnnds and had been there for many hours. Thej retained their freshness throughout tho day. The secret of their rctalnlnp freshness was thnt they hnd been gathered very early In the morning be foro sunrise nnd while covdrod with dew. Some vnrletles of wild rose& seem to bloom till very latt'. The writ "i" has picked wild roses as lute as September, and In Cook county, too! Councllwoman at Work. A flght ngnlnst tho unsightly, un snnitnry and value wrecking blllboaid of Los Angeles hns been reopened bv Estello Lawton Llndsey, councllwom an of that city. Mrs. Llndsoy ai nounccd recently that sho would a' onco renow tho flght to bnr the bill boards from tho resldenco dlstrkts and would ask tho council to pass th& ordinance barring them. This mca uro provides that tho consent of a 1 majority of tho property owners la ' tho samo block must bo obtained be 1 i ore a billboard may bo erected lu u oBidenco district. Tho Chicago ordi ) liuneo was tho model for this Los An l reles bill and tho supremo court o' i Illinois upheld tho measure in Chi cago. but tho billboard posters ap pealed to tho Supremo court of the United States and tho case is still pending. Civic Co-operators. I Under the Chicago Industrial club' 1 .ilan, '2,G00 persons have enrolled n ilvlc co-operators, 'giving practical aii In civic helpfulness. It Is said thnt nt line lnMmice of ovorolllelousnoos ov nitwit lliianr iKi I uti-ipf nrnnu lint lt,i,i . I uoted since the plan was Inaugurate! FOR PERSONAL HYGIENE '.Jistohad hi vat? for douches stops ijilic catiMTh, u -rraLon and Inflaiu mntioD. Recommend. d by Lytlin E. Pickhrrn Med. Co, for ten Tears. A hoAling wonder for nasal cntnrrh. lore throat nnn sore eyei. Economical. Ha axronry elcu-ina and vumiciJil powv lufll J tvtt, 9Uc. all dnupiM, or pwlnoi b . . UirA'ttfn I ti.lfl Compny. licmon, Max. TYPHOID ! no, mora neccniry umn smallpox. Mar exyerlence hu demonitrite the almost mlraculoiu cf'L Sacr, n4 barmlmnetf , of Antityphoid Vaccination, c Tieclaated WOW ty yjur phyilcbs, you snl you tually. It li mora vital tbaa house Iruiuanec Ask youf physician, drurgUt, or lend for Kara yM Typhoid!" trlllg of Typhoid Vaccine, ititilta t torn vta, and i mser from Tyjhold Carriers. PmJI j Vatitntf mi 8rsmt unJir U. S. LletnM Thi Cutter Labaratary, fiirkiliy, Cat.. Chlcajt, ML, WKVHOTTRY POPHAIWS f mIUBBn ttaei"rritldIiaBtra 1 Qireo Prompt anil Positive) Relief In Erery Case. floU l7 DruK;Tlrtn. Prlco 81.00. Trial Paclcnga by Mall 10c. WILLIAMS MFQ. CO., Pro?;. Claulani, I. ""gCTiTEiP'A "" MA1R BALSAM A tollot preparation of Merit jieipj to eraaicaM tiiuiarnrr. f'orRnatoi ins Color ! BamitytoClraTirFuclodlUtr. 0o. and JLiw t Drugslits. EF00TWEAiTF0irARMY Improved Shoe Model Will Be Hob nailed for Service in Mexico. The wnr department appointed a shoo commission in 1012 to design a model embodying tho best points of all the army shoes, surpassing them, If possible. The shoe which woa adopted was of good materials, well made on a rational lust designed by tho department. Tho interior is per fectly smooth, with heel broad nnd low and sole moderately thick. Tho urch is flexible nnd without metal shnnk or other stiffening. Eyelets are used rather than hooks. The shoo reaches but little above tho ankle; It Is wldo across the ball of the boot nnd hns a high too cap. It is comfortable, neat looking, light in weight nnd easily re moved or put on. As soon as the soldiers wenr out tho shoes of tho type which they aro now using on the border they will bo refit ted with tho new type which the gov ernment has ordered, says a writer In the Outlook. The newest shoe Is hob nailed and weighs three pounds seven ounces. It has been adopted for Mead can service becauso tho present typo hns not worn well In mountain climb ing nnd has been readily cut up by tho mnlpais rock In JVoxlco. Tho shoo la similar to that in uso in the Italian army. Whether this model will bo perma nently adopted is open to considerable doubt. Tho weight of the shoes and the stiffness of tho leather used do tract from the comfort of It. It has some disadvantages, therefore, but tha wvere usage In Mexico nindo it desir able to glvo tills type a thorough try out in regulnr service. All tho Comforts of Home. "I shouldn't cnll this a desirable apartment," snld tho lndy who was looking for rooms. "There's n saloon only three doors away." "That's just tho point," replied-the agent. "Think whnt n comfort it will be to know thnt your husband Is never hfar from home." New York Globe. Of Courso Mot. "Tho engineers of both trains lost their heads." "Then It was not a head-on col lision." 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