THE NEXT DOOR APARTMENT

CHAPTER FOUR

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opposite Jane Strong as

ssed in a chic tailormade suit, crowned with a dashing Paris hat tilted at the proper angle to display best the

nchanged, but within

pectedly thrust upon her. Her mind, too, was aflame with patriotic ardor, but c

t cropping up every time her fingers tou

19" who had undertaken to shadow those people next

esperate were the men against whom she was to match her wits? Yet no sense of fear that projected itself into her busy brain as she cogitated over the task before her held her ba

the twenty odd blocks to her home as she pondered over the work that lay ahead of her. Busy with a horde of struggling new thoughts she p

at from behind seemed strangely familiar. She quickened her step until she caught up sufficiently with the man ahead to get a g

sides of the street. She was half-hoping that she would discover Carter or some of his men shadowing th

his movements, the old man cert

there flashed into her min

mportant. If you see one of the Hoffs leave the house, don't merely report to me that the old man or

I must know what direction he went, if he was alone, how long

y them together. Things that in themselves seem trifling, unimportant, of no value, coup

permitted to use the wireless station on Long Island for commercial messages to the Fatherland. On the face of it, it was the mere announcement of the death of

purport. Evidently, by comparing the messages, the Unit

did. For several blocks she trailed along behind him, without arousing any suspicion on his part that he was being fol

the number, observing, too, that the name of the proprietor above the door was obviously Teutonic. She was half-expecti

nto the store. She felt that she must ascertain just what he was doing in there. As

t and was inspecting th

e, too, approache

e first book that came into her head. She had a copy of the book

rl in charge answered, "but I th

the shelves, all the while watching the old German out of the corner of her eye. His back was toward her, and he

oved from its place, her idea being that she would later try to discover their titles. To he

that he was examining the contents of the pages so much a

le pleased grunt and she saw him picking out from between the leaves of the book

was certain that the hand was empty. What did this curious performance mean? What was t

occupation and pretended to be turning its pages. She was glad she had done s

d by seeing only herself and the clerk t

rtain of it,--a little slip of paper. She saw him remove from the second row of books the fifth from the end,

ng to read to-day, Mr.

"You keep novels, tras

the end in the second row. Turning its pages she came upon what she had anticipated,--a strip of yellow manila paper,--the paper she was sure she had seen him take