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Show i g' - , , .- .. ,., - i o.(Ksyto1SM PRIDE ' ! MS "OUT V-EIGHTH CHAPTER Tny mscut M anJ Ttlle M of Hit Lv; I Wonotr 'Thts (lr has robbed me of an American Ameri-can troopship," raffed the U-boat chief. "I. my officers, my men hav waited . weeka for such a prise. We h&va endured hardship and failures. We have sunk, only ft thins; smacks and coal banaaa Now this chft of a Ctrl drops Into my boat and snatches away a prise which would rsf tore me to th kaiser'a favor. Vn)trce I will have rli broke in: "A fair tuirffain la what you ar prolns; to have. (,. r me. rnls I take hrr with me. In my hoar. toiils;ht ou itet no oil and no ra (tonal That I perfectly clour ! lo you, 1 trust V Thf. rrjnimitndfr wavered a moment. thn rnnrealed his Surprtue and rni' his defeat in a deep and very rts,et:iful bow. "It Is vour rlfrht to dictate, sir." he said politely but silently. Thus was I. a little war bride, swapped for a l'-boit rrs;o' Kome reckon thetr worth by a chv-k-twok. sooie hy learn inc. some hy fame, but I. little Jane lortnter. ant prtre.l ea-artly ea-artly at the value of one luttd of oil and . provisions for a "tin fish" io uwe Jim's ianu. "Yuti tll find all that you require In the usual place but u must take It aboard on hour later and on day later than before." Oertels' tone of finally seemed to complete the tranraction. lie lifted me toward the ladiier. "Help h;a itrace help the gentleman," ordereil the raptauv It wu Hremrr who picked me up and ! carried me on deck. I He spoke to me In a very low tone: "You hae hunitltated us. mitdame. Hut accept my admiration. I believe there la no other woman like jou in all the world." "I am only on of a million American I irlrls." I replied. "And sums of them 1 can shoot better than I can" He lowered me carefully among the fa- ; miliar cushions of Ccrteia favorite motor- ; boat. t'ertels stepped Into his eomer, wrapped a steamer rujr u round me, and e;ave tin order to his engineer. A tot of twisted memories tegan to unravel in my brain. ', Tht eitgtnepr. Munwy, was the man who "bad not even turned ht head that A-.w when I thought I had dismered a wlt;'le Hut tpefore I mttnsled any more of the tnerh I had a question which I must put to erteif : 'How did you know waa there?" I : whispered. "IsUke toM me that he saw two men . carry you off. I reached home only thre hours ago. Mrs. tThapln was hyuter'ciil, she said you had been gone all night. The strain nmrly drove me mattuntil I found I.uke in the cellar. He had stayed thrre without ftod. Jeanne, Just to tell me." It occurred lo m that t'ertfls was far 1 more upset hy recent events than I waa. I'nttl tins, moment of my visit, he had , rweu tin perfri-l h.alr the riwi ful fitrnd. Now be seised mv hind. "Jeanne"' he exclaimed- solemnly and , aortly. "Jeanne: Listen to me Just on second. In all t.od's universe, you ar the only Mvlng being that I lov.' '. To be continued.) Copyrirht, 11. by the Newspaper Knterprtne As'ciat1on. "' " 1 i |