Evening Star Newspaper, August 30, 1925, Page 32

THE Oue of the Best Mystery Stories Ever Written. sesssrtees __fOomtined from Friday's Star) CHAPTER XIL rant drew a little sigh of relied in response to his invitation, the #@oor of his room was opened £nd his iong-expected visitor arrived, He ruse «t ones to his feet. For a person whose enthusiasms were chiefly atent, his manner was almost ex- sberant. “Col. Hodson,” he declarad, “you're the one man in the States I've been tonging to have a chat with ever since 1 landed. I'm afraid I'm responsible for bringing vou back from your va- -ation Tha newcomer doking and a dignif sindled slig 18 he Grant pushed produced cigars and rang for ice “T was arraid send for vou aft “They didn’t se 10 put me in toue honestly, Hodson, of me in the de “Thay nre in knowledged, stre and lighting a_elgar ing with the forc with the British, | on the other 3 ‘and that American know secret i and nll these ‘Germs scarey don't cut muct ngton these deys. Y Sénator Ross on the s “Y'va heard him, adn't bee tourist, I shon ( should have been ¥ very terrible crisls 1o us.” You and avert the which the ened.” “Let m “mv with will partme questions from are upon frie “T quite un Grant assu sonvinced, as be with me bod 'l take v ha suggested. e me your suspicions and s loose threads that you can't of yours “Righ all, then across a pl ton be Pact o ipns dinner some time Il That do The ir came partly Diss, who Monte Carlo to < there, and 1 the sweetheart of young man who hus h lomatic positi { should des triguer, v dancing girl, son who gives away teminine companions?” Hodson asked, | quietly. “Not in the least,” Grant acknowl adged. “As a matter of fact we have | only just discovered the truth. He! talks in his sleep. The girl, unfortu nately, is madly in lc ith him and only gives him ecemeal. A | tew days ago, i ? | {tash has brought anothe here—she told ried about Japan’s contracts with the | steel houses here, in uddition to thelr importations from Germuny. I spoke to Washington on the tele They | have agreed to take the ma up. They have already applled to their own steel companies for per rs of | stee] supplind to Japan during the last | and when they get it, which befors the Limitation of Arm- { aments Conference, it will be a stag- | t's only & tiny little link | , though. Japan's clever enough to wiggle out of that, or to iseep the thing going until it's too late. | It just helps, that's all. Last night the girl was fool enough to try and | hoot her rival. She escaped arrest nd came to me. She declared that imnless Itesh promised to give up the other woman she would tell me won- derful things. We telephoned Itash, who was still fgnorant of his nocturnal ndiscrotions and who came round at once. His attitude towurd the girl as brutal and I am convinced that <he was on the point of making a full disclosure of all she knew. Cornelius Blunn, how had_discovered the [ Yguvetorned to Studebaker L‘tré&e‘{grg[miu-daq : Yonu can rid yi menting, dis BERGEANT Sergeant’s DOG MEDICIN Tk Miller Dreg Co, Tac. 2208 E. Main St Richmond, Ve. J WRATH TO COME ifi" By E. Phillips Oppenheim. (Copyright, b Lisis. ewwa & Ov.) leakage, and Blunn, I am sorry to tell you, Hodson, is, I belleve, on very friendly terms with certain members of your police crganization hers. They managed to effect the girl's arrest just as Itash had reduced her to w state of fury, and they did their bdest, acting under special orders, to prevent her saying a word to me. She told me one thing in French. She whispered that the whole secret of a great internal conepiracy against Americe could be discovered In 2 little gold s teh | 1 never leaves Blunn's possessi is at present in room twelve and eight of this hotel.” “Has she anything more i Hodeon asked know that she red him. “But, lth ned t in his ma hat young wom g with any- to lead to a whole heap However, there it it decp enough to derable ri every nk of, but glives the eh y will be o Until the: 1 ta g fon’s tone, but he | an open mind. Notwith. | officisl position, he had | nd the outlook of a and_ wide- do you OE 0 s O Y 0 =1 O E O I O =1 O I | Sensational Player Offer Brand New $2 Per Week! A Beautiful, Fully Piano Worth $500. -3285 Compare this player with any other instrument in Washington selling at $500. latest expression devices—a sweet singing tone— rich, beautiful case—and is designed along the very For a limited time we dre including latest lines. 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