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    DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD; DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA,
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Kuntonr
PITCHES AS IF HE HAD TIME TO BURN
By Richard Parker
Oned on the drami of
Roi Cooper Megrue
Authorof
"UNDER COVER"
and Co-Author of
"IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE"
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I Under Fire
gtt Copyright. 1010. By The Mieiulay Cotopiny
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SYNOPSIS.
ThS chief clmrartprH nro Ktliol W1I
launhby, Honry Htrretman and Capt.
Larry ftwlmoml The minor cliaraetem
r Sir OcorKr Wa(ctfT of tho Jlrltlith
nclmlralty and Clmrlen Brown, a New
York nwniiier corroHpontlent. ICttiPl,
a fosldont of Mr OHomo's liousrholil.
BPtrcfly mnrrlcd St-ootman. a Gorman
wp tiio'ifh she did not know lilm na
fcubh. nptnln Redmond, her old lover,
return! to England aftr lonff nbsonce.
From iilrn Bho luarns tho truth about
Strf-tman, furtliormorc, that ho lias
betrayed hor simply to loarn naval se
cret. The European war broaloi out.
Betrayed by a German spy,
and feeling that her life had
been wrecked by his perfidy,
Ethel prepares to wreak a ven
geance that will help to take
away some of the rancor in her
heart and at the same tlmo be
of servlco to her country. Truly
there Is no wrath like a wronged
woman's. An exciting scene be
tween tho girl and her false hus
band Is pictured In this Install
ment. Streetman, the German spy, calls
in Ethel just after she has learned of
lis deceit.
CHAPTER X. Continued.
Htrcctrnnn wnltcd until (Jio butler
ind withdrawn before ho ho much as
ipoke to her. Then ho faced her ex
pectantly. "Did you Bee Sir George?" ho de
manded almost threateningly, It
seemed to Ktliol.
"Yesl" Bho replied quietly, though
lior every nerve was strung taut to
meet the call upon her woman's
strategy.
"Tho fleet did you find out about
the fleet?" no could not get tho words
out of his mouUi fast enough,
"Yes! After what you said, what
else could I do?"
"Quito sol" lie made no attempt to
conceal his Insolence "Hub It sailed ?"
ao asked her Impatiently.
"Yes,"
"Whero did it go? Quick, tell mo!"
By word and look both ho menaced
acr.
"Tho usual routine!" she said non
:halantly. "It Just split up Into Us
rurlous squadrons tho Mediterranean,
Baltic, Black sea, South American
(loots, and so on; nnd they've gone to
their customary destinations."
"Sir George told you that?" Tho
news was nlmost too good to ho be
lieved. "Yes; nnd ho novcr suspected I was
the least bit Interested."
"The old fool!" Ho told himself that
Sir Gcorgo was no botti'r than a dotard.
With such as ho composing tho English
admiralty the spy was suro that Ger
many had nothing to fear from tho
British Hon. That much-vaunted ani
mal's tooth econied effectually drawn.
"What news with y6u?" Ethel asked
'him, lunocently enough, so far jib
JStreotmnn noticed.
"I havo ' had none direct from
Franco," ho said, never dreaming that
tho tlmo was past when ho might do
colvo hor by that Httlo fiction of his.
"Hut war hns-como," ho added. "Of
.tnat i nm suro."
"And Englandwill bIuj enter Into
JI?'"sho pressed him,
"With hor llcot dispersed sbos will
not dare," lio rojolued with n faint
flinllo of satisfaction.
"For the sako of France, your coun
try, that is a pity," Ethol pointed out
Willi her formei doubts re-enforced
by tho rovclatlon of Larry's talo sho
coniti easily pick haws, now, In Strcot
mnn'3 actliig.
"Eh? Oh, yes, of course yo3!" ho
hastened to assent. "I must got tho
news lit onco to France," ho said and
Immediately ho started toward tho
doorway. But tho girl said somothlng
then that brought him up sharply
something that ho was far from ex
pecting, at that moment when ho
seemed nt last to hold her more securo
Jy than ever before.
"To Germany, you mean!" she cor"
Tccted him. Quiet as wbb her tone, tho
words seemed to him fairly to stab tho
Jilr.
"What?" ho exclaimed.
"Oh, Henry, how can yoil think mo
so very stupid?"
"You aro madl" he parried. "I am
loral to France."
"You tell mo that," sho scoffed,
"when hero, a little while ago, In all
your talk you showed how strongly
you sided with Prussia. Just now you
wore delighted that tho English fleet
'had dispersed. To u Frenchman that
would bo bad nows; but a Gorman
would tako It as you have done. You
aro in tho servlco of tho Wllhclm
tra8se a truo Teuton, and I'vo been
quite blind not to realize It before."
Streetman looked positively danger
ous as ho fuced her threatcnlugly. At
last ho was at bay. But still ho had no
thought of confessing tho part Uiat ho
"was playing.
"And to what ubo do you Intend put
ling your absurd accusations?" bo de
manded. "None none nt all," Bho said care
'KSly, with JUBt n Blight Hhrug of her
fla shoulders. "I merely wanted you
.to Know that l know,"
"Crh, It. wat all? I thought you woro
trying to threaten me," ho nnswered,
more than puzzled by hor nttltudc.
"My dear, why should I do that?
You still love me; and now that I'vo
learned nbout tho fleet, you still menu
next week to arrange matters with
your peoplo to nnnounco our mar
riage "
"Of -course, of course!" he broko in
upon her hurriedly. Ho had forgotten,
for the moment, all nbout that plausi
ble promise of his. As matters stood
on the continent ho had thought It
more than likely that another week
would And him out of England for
good. But now he congratulated him
self that ho had made her that prom
ise. So far as ho could see, that falso
hope he had held out to her was nil
that fctood between him and the Tower
of London and likely worse. "Ccr
tnlnly we'll nnnounco our mnrrlagc,"
ho assured her. "All that I told you of
my family, my Income, wns true ex
cept that I'm German, not French."
Sho gave him an amused look.
"But you see, you aro not as clover
as you thought," she Informed him. "If
you'd only boon frank with mo, I could
havo been of bo much greater help to
you."
"You could?" he Bald, as n look of
mystification spread over his face.
"How? Why?"
"I have not been qulto honest with
you," Ethel snld.
He seized Ijor roughly! by the arm.
"You havo not lied to mo about tho
fleet?" ho threatened.
"No, no! That was absolutely true."
Streetman released her then.
"Then what do you mean?" ho nsked.
So long as she had not deceived him In
that quarter It mattered llttlo to him
what she might havo done.
"I told you," Ethel explained, "I
told you there was no Englishman In
my life. I lied. Thero was a cap
tain In the English army. Before I
mot you wo were engaged, no threw
mo over for Bomo oilier woman a
woman with money. ... I hate
him!" Streetman saw no .reason to
doubt her. As Ethel Hung herself Into
tho character of n woman scorned sho
did, her best to convince him of the
truth of tho old ndago that hell had no
fury such as hers. As sho perceived
the success of hor ruse sho hurried on
to claborato her fiction. "Yes, I hate
him!" Bho repented. "I hato their
nrmy! I hato all Englishmen. It Is
for you for Germany I would serve,"
Bho toljl him. "That Id why I have not
done moro for you. I thought you
wero worklngor Franco, England's
ally. EnglnndK-how I hato her! I
want to sco her dishonored, defeated,
ruined by your peoplo."
"You you?" Streetman cried, as a
great light broke over him. "And I
never drenmed!" ho murmured, as he
seized both her hands. He was not
rough now but eager, impulsive. "Yes;
it is truo," ho said then. "I nni n Ger
man. I servo tho Wllhelmslrasso."
"Then lot mo servo it, too," Ethel
begged, much as sho had besought
Larry Redmond only a short quarter of
an hour before. But then sho had been
In earnest. "Think what I a Avoman
could do; and n clever woman," bIio
urged. "Tako mo with you, wherever
you go. I would be useful."
Tho Idea pleased Streetman.
"Yes, you would!" ho exclaimed.
"And you shnll go. "You Bhall go with
mo tonight."
"Whero?" sho asked him.
- xo urusseisr t
"Brussels but why there?"
Ho told her then tho try heart of
tho German plan,
"Germany will lnvado Franco
through Belgium," ho informed her.
"In two weeks w shall bo In Paris."
"But Germany's treaty with Bel
glum you forget that!" Ethel remind
ed him. Sho could not bcllovo that any
country that retained tho merest ves
tige of honor would so dobaso herself,
"Belgium's territory must bo sacred,"
sho Bald,
Ho .released her hands then. Ho
needed 'oven thorn to express his scorn.
"Treaty? Bahl What is that a
scrap of paper!" ho cried.
"But aro you suro?" sho pressed
him. This, Bho knew, wns information
and big Information, of tho greatest
moment to tho English war olllce.
"Yes, yesl I'm sure!" bo declared.
"That Is tho plan worked out by tho
great general staff, and wo must go to
Belgium tonight. You will meet mo in
an hpur at Charing Cross, Tomorrow
wo shall bo In Brussels."
"Whero shall wo stay In Brussels?"
"I am sent to tho Grand hotel," ho
explained. "I shall pass myself off ns
Monsieur do Lordc. You shall bo
Madame do Lordc."
"Madamo do Lordc!" sho repeated,
ns If to fix tho uumo indelibly upon her
memory.
"In Brussels wo shall await Instruc
tions," ho continued. "Whou they como
wo shall do much you nnd I for the
Vaterland. . . . Good-by, my 'dear,
until tonight!" no started to go. But
ho turtiod back suddenly ns if tho urge
of great events had not qulto oblit
erated nil thought of his rotations with
Ethel, no leaned townrd her. "Now,"
ho Bald, "now you won't refuso to kiss
mo?"
Sho could scarcely do otherwlso than
submit to him now. Ho put his arms
around her, aud when he had taken
his kiss ho said, "In an hour!" Then
ho hurried away.
Ashamed, disgusted, Ethel wiped
her lips with loathing. And In anoth
er moment sho had thrown open the
door behind which Captain Redmond
wnltcd.
"Larry Larry!" she called.
"What is It?" ho cried, springing
quickly to hor side. Her tragic man
ner alarmed him. ,
She turned away from him; for sho
could not hear to face his honest eyes
ns flhe told him what she felt sho must.
"I hoped I'd never havo to tell you
this," she said, "but now that It has
come, I've got to. Larry, the man I
married is a German spy."
"A German spy? Your husband?
. . . But It can't be!" he exclaimed
incredulously.
"But it is!" she insisted. "I only
Just found out. Till now I thought ho
loved me a little. But he didn't. He's
cheated, tricked me tor the tilings I
could tell him about the navy. That's
why he married me, because he was a
spy. . . . But now I've fooled him!"
she exulted fiercely. "I've mndo him
believe that I, too, am with tho Ger
mans nnd that I shall work with him."
The situation staggered Captain Red
mond. He seemed nonplused.
"But what can I do? I can't arrest
him your husband." ho told her.
"No you can't, for tonight ho goes
to Brussels and I go with him. I shall
bo at the Grand hotel, as Madame dc
Lordc."
"You are going to Brussels?" ho re
peated, grasping, even as he spoke,
something of the Import of the news.
"Yes; for Germany Is to Invade
Franco through Belgium!"
"Good heavens!" ho gasped, astound
ed at tho enormity. "But you can't go
there with him! I forbid it!"
"No, no!" she protested. "You prom
ised we'd work together that you
wouldn't try to stop me. You promised
on your honor."
"But my dear, you enn't hold me to
that now," he objected.
"But I do!" sho Insisted. "I'm go
ing to Brussels. Even you can't pre
vent It. . . . Good-by, Larryl" And
sho started to leave him.
Ho stopped her quickly.
"Ethel! Please!" ho entreated.
"No, Larry!" was tho firm answer.
He snw that her determination wns
too great to bo denied. And ho walked
"In Two Weeks We Qa Be In Paris."
up to her then and raised his hand to
hold hor for Just a fleeting moment
longer.
"Walt!" ho besought her. "I'll come
to you tomorrow In Brussels. Perhaps
somehow I can help you protect you."
"Oh, you can, Larry, you can!" she
panted, all but overcome by relief and
gratitude. Sho had quailed at tho
thought of her perilous mission. But
nevertheless ubo had never hesitated
to go through with it. "Remember
Grand hotel Madnmo do Lorde! I'll
learu everything for you tonight for
king and country!" Aud she held her
hand out to him impulsively.
Ho caught it In both of his.
"For king nnd country!" he repented
after her gravely. And then ho kissed
hor hand with somothlng akin to rev
erence. "And for you I" Captain Red
mond whispered.
CHAPTER XI.
At tho Lion D'or.
In the llttlo Belgian villnge of Cour
volsler two happy peasants wero play
ing checkers in an Inn called the Lion
d'Or. It was still August still tho
finest of summer weather. And iu tho
carefree minds of those two idlers
thero was not tho slightest reason for
them to forego their customary after
noon diversion, oven if their grent and
powerful nolghbors Germany nnd
Franco woro nt that very moment
crouched and ready to spring at each
other's throats. In Belgium all wua
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peaceful. And tho very sun seemed
to shino upon that tiny country with
Just a llttlo more beneficence than It
had over Uie rest of tho world. For
Belgium, fortunately, there ' wns no
dread of war. Secure in the conviction
that she had no enemies, her people
went about their affairs with the same
llglit-lienrted content that they had
come to regard, through the years, as
their natural heritage.
"Volla, messieurs!" tho Inn's boIo
waiter, Louis, exclaimed as he laid up
on the table the change that wns due
the two guests. And "Behold, gentle
men 1" he repeated in quite the grand
manner as he placed before thorn two
liquor glasses filled with an amber
ambrosia.
Tho players thanked him. And In
thnt moment one of them brought tho
game to a swift termination by tho
execution of a masterly move toward
which ho had long been maneuvering..
The two peasants tossed oft their
cordials then. They had already risen
from their chairs when the innkeeper
himself, one Henri Chrlstophe, entered.
"You're going already?" ho ex
claimed, reluctant to sco good custom
ers leaving. "It Is not late."
"My wife expects me," one of them
replied with a humorous grimace. "You
understand?"
".Mais ouil I comprehend perfectly,"
Chrlstophoj answered, no know the
fellow's wife a somewhat tempera
mental woman, with a sharp tongue.
And ho had no wish to. bring down an
avalanche of Ill-will upon his excellent
hostelry. So he bade, his departing
guests good-by.
As they passed through the open
doorway, chattering, he turned to an
other man who sat in a corner of the
room reading a newspaper. He was a
Frenchman that oilier and a stran
ger to the Innkcopc.
"Something for monsieur?" Henri
Chrlstophe Inquired pleasantly.
"Not now! After a little while, per
haps," the stranger replied, and re
turned to his reading of his newspaper.
He had Just lighted a cigarette and
had filled his lungs with tho first satis
fying puff when a newcomer strode
through the doorway. This latest ar
rival wore a cap and a long, linen
duster. And there wns something in
his aspect that did not wholly please
the llttlo man at the table, ns bo cast
n quick, sldewlse glance at the tall In
truder. Perhaps It was the small, Teu
ton niustachc that adorned the uppei
lip of the tall man iu the dustcoat. At
all events, the Frenchman's eyes nar
rowed to two slits. And though he
seemed rapt in his paper he neverthe
less watched every move that the other
made.
Tho tall man paused for a moment
nt the cigar case that stood just lnsldo
the outer door: and drawing n pipe
from his pockeUio filled nnd lighted It
Then he crossed tho room and looked
down at its other occupant.
"Do you speak English?" ho in
quired. Tho man told him that ho could.
"Can you tell mo how far it is to
Tourville?" Larry Redmond asked.
Tho tall man was no other than the
Irish captain.
"Ten mllesl" the Frenchman replied
promptly.
"Exactly?" Larry questioned.
Thero was a slight yet still notice
able pauso as tho little man looked up
nt him soarchlngly.
"Exnctly!" ho said with a peculiar
emphasis on the word.
"Exnctly?" Larry said onco mora.
And when tho wiry Frenchman sprang
up from his seat and looked slgnlfl
cantly Into his eyes Captain Redmond
no longer doubted that they understood
each other. "You havo tho password!1
he "whispered.
"Exnctly!" the other repeated
finally.
"You have been waiting long, my
friend?" Larry asked him.
"You wero exp cted yesterday," hU
confederate replh ,1.
"I could not have then. It is busy
bnck thero insld.j their lines," Captain
Redmond explained.
His follow spy started nt that. And
ho looked at him with undisguised sur
prise. "You have boon with tho German
army?" he exclaimed, as If the feai
were scarcely to bo believed!
"No, not yet! But tonight I shnll bo
In tho German army. 1 must Join my
regiment nt once." Ho pulled aside
his duster, revealing tho fact that he
was already In tho German uniform.
Tho long linen coat effectually con
cealed his dress, for thero was nothing
nbout his leather puttees to betray It,
"I shall bo a captain Captain Karl,"
Larry continued.
The Fronohman regarded hlni
soberly.
"Hero In tl at uniform, It is dangen
ous work, C.ptnln Redmond," he re
minded him.
Do you think It possible fop
Captain Redmand to associate i
intimately with tho German offi
cers and men and remain undiscovered?
CIO BE CONTINUED.
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EDDIE PLANK, VETERAN SOUTHPAW PITCHER.
"I have been pitching this way for 10 years," said Eddie Plank, when
called to task1 tho other day for stepping off the rubber before delivering tho
ball. Eddie's way Is unique, however, us well ns tiresome, iu that he usually
drags a game over two hours. ,
His endless delays fret tho batters, but amuse the fans. The former
Mackman's routine in delivery is approximately as follows:
Hitches belt, adjusts cap, walks 'back to box In hnlf circle, faces batter
und stretches nrms, steps on rubber with left foot and taps right foot to
ground eight times when the bnll is delivered to batter, tucks In shirt with
every third bnll pitched, gazes into sky over third base on every called ball,
dislodges Imaginary pebble In pitcher's box every time batter has threebnlls
and one strike or three and two.
SHERROD SMITH PLAYS GOLF
Disgusted Caddie Refers toHlm as
"Some Woodpecker" When He
Drives Ball Into Woods.
"Jack Coombs, Sherrod Smith, n
newspaper man and I wero playing a
foursome on one of the Pittsburgh golf
links the other day, and the caddlo who
bad Smith in tow was greatly awed by
his Illustrious employer," said Nap
Rucker, star southpaw, of the Brook
lyn Dodgers, the other day.
"There's n thick wood to the right
of tho first tee, and Smith, who swings
left-handed, Just as ho pitches, hooked
Nap Rucker, Dodgers.
his first ball Into tho woods. He tried
ugaln. Onco moro he smashed tho ball
Into tho woods. In rapid succession he
drove eight balls Into the tall nnd un
cut. "Tho caddlo was disgusted. Ho was
no longer proud he wns Sherrod
Smith's caddie. Finally ho coiild keep
still io longer.
"Gee I Mr. Smith,' ho shouted;
you're somo woodpecker I'"
BALL PLAYERS MUST BEHAVE
President Tener of National League In
augurates New Era of Conduct
Managers to Help.
President Tener Is Inaugurating n
new era of conduct on 'the part of ball
players in tho National league. Ho an
nounces thnt the club owners are to
help him muke tho players behave.
Every manager will help him make
tho pluyers of the other seven teams
behave, but It Is u question about mnk
lug their own plnycrs act welL
MUZZLE PLACED ON PLAYERS
Those Sitting on Bench Must Confine
Remarks to Themselves Must
Not Address Umpire.
A new ruling In baseball forces
players who nro on tho bench to con
fine tholr remarks to members of their
own team, and does not nllow them to
nddress tho umpire. They've debru
tallzed tho gamo to hiich an extent that
umpiring nowndays Is hardly consid
ered n precarious occupation. De-
trolt News,
lVbN&a swv.ee .' ( ..- &
MMem
Oscar Stanage's latest Injury Is n
broken thumb.
Tho Cleveland club denies It is after
Pitcher Joo Bush of tho Athletics.
Because of the war In Europe tho
price of umpire's Indicators has ad
vanced. Pacific Coast league batting averages
show Bunny Brief leading home-run
hitter of tho league.
Davo nickman will return to tho
Brooklyn Dodgers at the close of tho
North Carolina league season.
Harry Wolter was one of tho best
hitters on the Now York Yankees when
Chance was manager of that team., i
Washington has n Judge playing first
base. Every time he falls down there
is always a placo on the bench for
him.
Tho Cleveland club seems to have
made a mistake In letting go of Elmer
Smith, the youngster 'who hits the ball
so hard.
Lena Blackburno, former White Sox
favorite, has been named as successor
to Joo Birmingham as head of tho To
ronto team. v
President Johnson's orders against
remnrks from players from tho bench
Is even moro drastic than that of Pres
ident Tener.
Hank Robinson having demonstrated
that he can pitch good bnll, the St.
Louis Cardinals decided to recall him
from Llttlo Rock.
The Detroit club will glvo n trial to
Artie Kohlcr, who has been making his
mark ns a catcher with the Gettysburg
team of tho Blue Rldgo league.
Certain Western league club owners
havo been feeling out Frank Isbell of
Des Moines to see if ho would accept
the office of president of tho league.
Baseballs being just as round in tho
National as they wero in the Federal
league, It Is hard to understand Knurrs
Inability to hit In the pnrent organiza
tion. There is this difference between
playing third baso for tho Athletics and
guarding a front position on tho
Somnie the man on the Sonime will
get a pension.
The Detroit club has purchased Out
fielder Jacinto Calvo from Vancouver
of the Northwestern league and turned
him over to San Franclbco for the
Coast league season.
Fred Jacklltsch, one-time Brooklyn
catcher, Is the latest ex-Fed to sue tho
defunct outlaws under his "mutual"
contract. Ho wants the Baltlmoru
Feds to pnv him S3.300.
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