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SYNOPSIS.
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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,
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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
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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
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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!
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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." Poitum Certal Co, Ltd",
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