She read it and said:
"What is it?"
"That is what the G. A. C. is to find out," I said. "It is
a cipher."
"It looks like it," said Jane in a flutering tone. "Oh,
Bab, what are we to do?"
I then explained how I had discovered it and so on.
"Our first duty," I went on, "is to watch William. He must
be followed and his every movement recorded. I need not tell you
that our mill is making shells, and that the fate of the Country
may hang on you today."
"On me?" said Jane, looking terrafied.
"On you. I have selected you for this first day. To-morrow
it will be another. I have not yet decided which. You must
remain secreted here, but watching. If he goes out, follow him."
I was again obliged to remind her of my rank and so on, as
she sat down and began to object at once.
"The Familey," I said, "will be out all day at First Aid
classes. You will be safe from discovery."
Here I am sorry to say Jane disapointed me, for she
observed, bitterly:
"No luncheon, I suppose!"
"Not at all," I said. "It is a part of the Plattsburg idea
that a good soldier must have nourishment, as his strength is
all he has, the Officers providing the brains.
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