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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1917-12-07, Page 2()PA eA ,Author of "All for a Scrag of Paper," "Dearer Than Life" etc. Publishes by Hodder & Stoughton. Limited. London and Toronto CHAPTER VIII.---(Cont'd.) t "Yes, sir. "Ay," laughed another, "arid the 'The Colonel knew he was not act- Each man who sat in the room listen - voice was as sweet music to Tom,'. ing according to strict regimental ; ed almost breathlessly; each was so "1've seen thee worse nor this i' the rules and regulations in speaking to a intensely interested that no one broke but it was no ly, and then turned towards some papers. "I see that you claim English birth, that you were educated at en English public school, and that you went to an English house of business," "That doesn't make me cease to be a German," replied 'Waterman, "I find, too, that you boasted of be- ing an Englishman, "That .helped me to do my ,work" was the jeering answer. For some seconds there was a death- ly silence save for the rustle of the papers which the President read. Brunford Cup Tie match." , Oz' ., licaselaa d Colonel Blount was .Chat thee, Nick he said, lapsing y , into the Branford vernacular, which he; not a man to be tied down to military had been trying to correct lately. etiquette. Private though Tom Pol- "Ay, Tom, it's me; tha'st done a' lard was, he had rendered, as he had t Eu'yt's work to -neat," ' said, a signal service, not only to the the silence. "My father and my mother are German," went on Waterman; "when they lived in Germany they spelt their name German fashion, and there were two n's, not one, at the end of my ,.oTom's brain was clearer now; he Army, but to the British Nation. name; but when they were in England knew where he was; knew, too, that he The next evenii Tom found himself they thought it would serve them best had succeeded. Something was still in a large room amongst a number of to spell it English fashion. But, they' nd standing at one corner head was aching terribly, but he didn't carefully guarded, was. Waterman. mind; his heart was light, "You have done well, Pollard." It CHAPTER IX. was Major Blundell who spoke. The evidence against Waterman "Was what I got any good, sir?" was so clear, so overwhelming that school I was always a German at "Good! I should think it was." there was not the slightest doubt! heart;the other boys used to say that "And Captain Waterman, have you the verdict which would Ise passed 1 was not a sportsman, 'and that I hammering at his temples and his officers, a never ceased being Germans. When I was a boy I was taught to love my country above all things; that was my religion, and I was always faithful to` it. When I went to your British got him?" upon him He 1 ad been caught could not play the game." "That's all right, Pollard, he's safe practically red-handed in his deed of "Evidently they spoke the truth." enough," replied the Major. treachery; but this was not all. Tom Waterman shrugged his shoulders "Thank you, sir," said Tom, "I don't Pollard's action had led to a number carelessly. care now." • of other facts corning to light, He "Then you mean to say that you, What happened after that Tom had by many cunning devices been in born inF.,,ngland, educated in England, didn't remember. He had a confused communication with the enemy; he and receiving all the benefits of our idea that he was carried down a long had constantlymade known the plans country, were all the time a German line of trenches and that he heard which he had learnt at the Divisional at heart, and sought to act an Ger- cheering words during his journey. Headquarters, and had thus prepared many's interests." But nothin • was plain to him, except, the Germans for manyof the attacks Certainly, a burning sensatioin his left arm and which we had made. "And you didn't fell that y ou were in his right shoulder; for the rest he! Tom could not help being impressed acting meanly, ungratefully . ��' was faint,sick,' and weary. j by the fact th even although Wa- I thought only of my own country, "You ae feeling better now, are you terman's guilt 'Was as clear as day- was the reply. "I knew that this not, Pollard ?" It was the doctor who light, it was the evident desire of war was coming, knew too that I spoke. those who tried him to act fairly, and could best serve my country by pro- "Yes, sir, I am feeling all right," re- even generously, towards him. Every- fessing to be an Englishman andeliy entering the British Army. I proved myself in the right too," he added significantly. "But didn't you realize that such conduct as yours must inevitably end in disgrace and death?" --- "Disgrace?" cried the other, "No, it is glory. As for death, what does that matter? My death is of no im- portance; the victory of my country is everything." (To be continued.) ee LOST IN A THUNDERCLOUD. plied Tam; "there is not much the matter with me, is there?" "You are simply a miracle," replied the doctor, "only a coupe of flesh thing that could be said in his favor was carefully listened to, and noted; and on the faces of more than one present was a look of concern almost wounds, that's all. You have lost a mounting to pain. This, however, great deal of blood, of course, but you did not hide the truth that every man wi11'scan be as fit as a fiddle again. I regarded him with horror, almost wonder that a hundred bullets did not go through you!" "They came mighty near," was Tom's reply. "You must be removed from here at once," said the doctor, "this region's too unhealthy for you." An hour later Tom found himself away from the screech of shells. As he reflected afterwards, it seem- ed to him a miracle that he had not been killed. No sooner had he mas- tered the German and seized the amounting to loathing. They re- spected an enemy who fought openly and fairly, but for a man who was a staff officer in the British Army and who consequently learnt many of the plans of that Army; for a man who had taken the oath to be faithful to his King and. Country, and yet to act as he had acted, was ignominy too vile for expression. But Waterman seemed to have no shame, no sense of guilt; he uttered no word of regret, but stood erect and paper than bullets showered upon almost motionless. His face was him like rain, and yet beyond these hard set, in his eyes was a steely glit- two slight flesh . wounds he was ter; it seemed as though he defied his wholly untouched. It: was true he judges to do their worst,' and to mock at their evident disgust. Tom gave his evidence clearly, and without any waste of words. "You knew him before you went was very stiff and sore, but he knew that he would soon be as well as ever. On the evening of the same day Colonel Blount came to see him. "Pollard, my lad," said the colonel, into the Army, then?" "I felt I must come to see you. You "Yes, sir," replied Toni. have rendered the British Army and "Tell us where." your country a great service, and you Whereupon Tom told of Water - will get your reward. "Thank you, sir, but I never thought about reward," said Tom simply. "I'm sure you didn't," replied the colonel, "but this job's not at an end yet, my lad." "No, sir," said Tom, mistaking his meaning, "we have got a stiff job be- fore we lick the Germans." "I didn't mean that," replied the colonel. "I mean this Waterman business is not at an end yet." "No, sir," said Tom, "of course you will shoot him." "He deserves a worse death than that," replied the Colonel grimly, "but you will have to give evidence against him" "Yes, sir," replied Torn. "Will you be well enough to come to -morrow night?" lea Toronto's Famous Hotel Many People Make a B -•Line for the Walker house (The House of Plenty) as soon as they arrive in Toronto. The meals, the service and the home -like appointments constitute the magnet that draws them there. Noon Dinner 60c. Evening Dinner '75c, THE WALKER. HOUSE Toronto's Fernoue Hots! TORONTO, CANADA Rates Reasonable Geo. Wright er Co., Props. man's association with him in Brun - ford, and of the conversations he had had with the prisoner, "I didn't quite understand at the time," said Tom, "why he seemed so sure of the Germans getting the best of it. He seemed to be glad when he told nue of the tremendous strength of the German army, and the prepara- tions they had made. He said he had been in Germany to school, and had lived there a long time; that was how he came to know so much about it. I could never quite make it out how an Englishman who loved his country could be so sure that the Germans would win. Besides, he didn't talk about it as though it would be a calamity, but something he would be proud of; but I don't know that I thought much of it at the time, when he told me he was going • Aviators Often Hide in a Cloud to Escape the Enemy. Hiding behind a cloud in the hope' that an enemy aeroplane will c' out where it :can be attacked ie eu- aviators frequently aetice vie that q y p in the present war. Fortunately, it is not always accomplished by so much danger as in the case that a flying of- ficer describes in the Cornhill Maga- zine. Inside the cloud, he writes, trouble began, for it rapidly became one of that difficult type of thunderstorm cloud, in which the air currents are very rapid and revolve in a most dis- concerting manner. 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The co-operation of the Canadian to res- pecially supposed to show our height above- butto receive a commission in our Army; later on, when I found out the ground, was quivering with the rapid Germans knew what we were going variations of atmospheric pressure; to do, I wondered how they'd found but it did enable me to grasp the out, and that led me to put one thing alarming fact that the earth was ap- to another." preaching at an extremely rapid rate; This was not strict evidence, and the speed indicator amused itself by gurgling up and down between thirty and a hundred miles an hour. Besides that, the rudder, the elevators and the the officers knew it, but they allowed Tom to tell his story his own way, I "That was why I determined to watch him," went on Tom, "and—well, sir, that was how things turned out balancing ailerons sometimes worked as they did." and sometimes did not—all of which ; When Tom's evidence came to an added to the terror- of the near -by end he was told to retire. The lad was sorely grieved at this, because he would like to remain to the end; but flashes of lightning and the horrible feeling of being utterly unable to con- ; after all, he was only a private, and trol the machine, which was by this he was there simply to give his evi- time careering about in the noise and dence ) darkness like a frightened horse. "Shooting's too good for him," Suddenly the observer looked round thought Tom as he left the room. with a grin and pointed to a light "What a. look he did give mel If a patch in the darkness. As the visibil- look could murder a man I should not ity increased I recognized one of the be alive now!" canals, but it was not underneath me, eem "Now then," said the President to as you might expect; it was right out, Waterman, when Tom had gone, beyond one wing tip. 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