The evening world. Newspaper, April 19, 1915, Page 15

THe The Evening World Daily Magazine. Monday. April 19. 1915 LITTLE COMR ADE: A Gold Brick Revival By Robert Minor The Adventures of a New York Man and a Woman Spy in the Present War - By BURTON E. STEVENSON SOVePrTerTar + EXT WHEN'S COMPLET: MOVEL OTe EVENING GRID KEITH oF tHe BORDER Sy RFPANOALL PAR RIEH pute of THE BOD MINT” fee sini lede ilelntadidadedebills bina ~ foi what i the potion for the arrival Ge peer "9 . wile ce ee ed she beew yew + com nee 8 be Ramee Bere ne CHAPTER 1. . erie oe inet might A oun the man who 44 Hut wurety ¢ protested, “the mer! you not arrive ehe Geel The Thirty-Aret of July Germans 11 Bot prevent your returs (hat | weuld do? 2 te Vreee Why hewld they ' — > BY us have coffee on the t e," Wivem aug tod. thet? pre ie veer pesmnen. Gana As hie companion nodded. lifted « Gager to the @ | It te net @ question of returning 1 pul tit your pocket, And 60 get gave the ender but of smaping | am ee Alestion | to Foadiiy wheg the pullee Batt bat ty ’ s must neem not to nad, for thie vas thew jest mesi to-| on id Blewart, beginning ¥ where * Aime pack your y had known each other lee than @ fort vaguely to understand “An Alsatian “ebm You you had bettor te da They bad been throwe together by And you. ae an Ameriqan, ill «u “wr ian Tei oe to a) Viewna, wh “, Deding the Amer ome me to eecape my epamiee” make myself « little presentable. © and bait had constituted himself « sort of interpreter Your eseme iprocated by polimbing away some of the roughneascos a * i ge Pe yu the all my life at Miresburg and at fortified cities which Pupponed to he linpregnabie, whkeh are pot 0 if attacked at the right ve (heir weak ae every fortre Alway jaiware | have kept my eyes aud are open Hit by bit T have gathered what Tacumht @ bint here, a bint there £ Vrance, my friead, and me! it la not for 224 Teutonic invoiutions of Mioeme formal Kagitah When the congress ended, they hed journeyed back \ogether in ieteurely, fashion through Germany to Cologne Mere they were to part, Broan | return to bis work et Kiberfeld, Stewart for ew or two in Brussele and Paria on his way home to An | a waa to leave in un hour, and it wae the comsciousnens of tds that kept (hem silent until thelr waiter came to tell them thot ther coffee was served, As they followed him through the hall w tal) man in the uniform of a Captain of infantry red eal and the da then read ‘entered from the etreet His eyes the rather vague dewcription of ite ~ Ddrightened as be caught alight of owner and Boally drew out « note Bloom ch, Herrman’ be oried Bloom, turning, stopped an instant for ao burlesque salute, then threw it seems Lo me,” said Stewart, 6 * he proceeded to obey been at Apa for a m ‘My baggage went direct from @pe to Bru ewered from ore t one as to who you though, if Ie really are, here I'm going to ase re will be for ime only one briet tor you've delivered your | momen «a Ble of solders, I . sek it for Prapee-for your eister re- oo seo your name bere, 1 Indicated # blank page wrote hin name, and the be now,” she waid hastily Lees other's arms, A imno- officer compared it with the signature publ iw eee ee ur he was dragging bin for- at the botta wn of the passport The [ iewart's resistance broke down be ¥ar 7°14 hat the servant, Hass, t r oduce hin to Blewart be nodded, folded it up, a le re the girlie ple . : He ee a cried, “ititier It back actors the ae Vers Welle te sald abruptly, 1 be careful always, until are ante B mar Peat ite any aareat “It in quite remular.” he wait esnannt across the frontier There on “age A lhe ag “friend, m h is a | fore he coul back ah everywhere ‘aise word, 6 frre eater! Cousin, thin is my friend, “How jong have you been in Ger eye 1 draw back she Bed ciovement, and all may be lost, ABD De bradford Stewart, whom | had the ny Aung heenelf on her knees before hig Wevenen | a to meet at Vienna, bo 0 wee! Awe ad-caught bis hand, and was cov OM road or i gaeees to 8 La ee” ouralaal eeeoree at Vieureneee el ling It with tears end Kisses. The admiration which flamed into ead fee GaGtain, shakin hands and “You are surgeon by profession? | my deart” he said, DG c7ee wae pemare ta eeeee, peaking excellent English. “you pn | bending over ber and raising ber to kk a quick atop tow him. TYou must join us,” Bloem tn M4 are now on your way home?” her font i omed, “We are just going to have Yeu." i he was shaken with great soba As arg are moing in be oy friends, Coffeo on the terrace, Come with us” —“Whon will you leave Germany?” she turned her streaming eye) Up tO Pietyngge Ne ARKO nt the other by the arm, aim @oing from here to Alx-la- hh ber lps ving if in praye or o 's per tes Gap ain atiook hin bend, Chapelle th the morning, and expect | | Stewart saw how young she was, how ve eat ate ‘Good com» Noe Teeanniat come,” he said. “L to leave there for Brussels to-morrow lonely, how beautiful, how greatly in ; really cannot, tnnieh ws, 1 showid Ike afternoon, of Sunday morning at the| need of help. he had been Hehting © his fingers a ewift pres do ao. Dr. Stewart.” ho added, a lates or country with all her strengt . ae BB Go, aos ints, I trust you will not » officer noted these detatia In bis ‘ SE ee eee re cui, deuperaralr ank you,” ahe sald. “Now we think me discourteous if 1 take my , p . ad \ntnn ovary nerve—and- vietory must go down, Dinner will be wait- Gouain aside for a moment.” : t what hotel will you stay tn) _ a a : : fad been too much for her, Butina ing. ,, Fortunately, the train le very . 1 ot,” Stewart assured en? he kee é oO ry sog. “Ate: picertuimly not . wont Me aaked. pieme moment she recovered her aclt co Mewar. dabothe. 64. 6in ane will jola you on the terrace,” nein the sationt “Phere, it is over,” she maid, looking ™ Shae ry or” he asks ‘The Kolner Hof ts ny 7” he asked. Yes; at least hour. We will ‘inf and some one to inquire. Remam- { Dor what I have told you about the walter—about every one. Not for as instant must we drop the mask, even ones bs) may byes peeing unob- served, You will rem re Stewart nodded smilingly. f ————— " “Yes, T understand,” he ead. Ba} dont be dlsaseatoted iP you find he had never “I haven't the slightest idea” ‘We have many things to do," she me a poor actor. I'm not In your r the ata-! Bloem. ah fore moments later Bloem re- tlon” ‘ turned to Stewart. ‘Then T will “There is very bad news, my friend,” he sald, almost In a whisper. The oMcer wrote “There ia going to be—war!” Kolner Hof, Aachen,” after Stow. | Stewart stared for an instant, as- artis name, closed his note-book, and fonished at the gravity of his tone, Slipped it Into his pocket. ‘You un: ‘Then he nodded comprehendingly derstand, sir, that it is our duty to! — Meee ee gaid; “Thad not thought Keep watch “over alt strangers, oe bun auppose a. war, hetwaon Much for thelr own protection as up at him and smiling, “But the Joy bf your words was almost too great. [ shall not give way like that a And ft shall not try to thank yo think you understand—1 cannot thank you; there are no words great enough!" o there,” sald Stew. that all they possessed, even to thelr not have said that. He must have closely, ardently, o en any other reason.” lives and the lives of their loved ones, misunderstood. His German was very been kissed before. went on rapidly, “First, the pase®- class at all. However, if you'll give Austria and Serbia will afvect Core ea belonged to thelr fatherland, to bé #econd rate, and she had spoken Porti" and she caught It up from the me the cue, f think 1 can Apl-ll jaany somewhat, Only fae oon CHAPTER Il. yielded ungrudgingly when the need rapidly. But what had she sold? CHAPTER IV. et os Se oe ae re oe “1 know you can. Come!" the powers would Interfere a . arose, It was for each of them to go He was still pondering this prob- a . turned so pale that Stewart thought tad eet Lath bee aft a, She opened the door, restoring him Tad 7 The First Rumblings. quietly about his affairs, to obey his lem, vaguely uneasy, when a knock One Way to Acquire a Wife, she was going to faint, wart, adding th gots the handkerchief which had bung ‘It seems tt cannot be stopped, Arbtdladed Emperor, and to pray for victory. at the door told him that the het “Lost!” he protested, “In what way Ganges ia ing the worde you m over the knob, said Bloom gloomily. “Russia is mo- IN Stewart asked for his There were some scattered cheers, water had arrived. As he opened the TEWART, standing petri- jot? What do you mean?” Gene tit te dy toe t ras, A® they went down the stairs to- + Vilizing to assist Serbia, Austria ts bill the hotel proprietor, in- but for the most part the crowd door the landlady'’s voice floated up fied, collar in hand, thrill- | By @ mighty effort fought back ¢n, iy ey precios ee yee we gether Stewart saw the lan > Germany's ally, and so Germany must stead of entrusting it, as Stood in a sort of dazed ailence and the stair. q ing with the warmth of the faintness and regained a little of ‘Pi piank apace fue bien lett iting anxiously at the foot. come to her aid. Unless Russia stops usual, to the head waiter, Watched two men put up beside the “Hans!” she called. “There is . her self-control. be ny oe rue i with thax on glance at them and her face became | her mobilization, we shall declare war a ad walter, entrance to the Kathhaus the red something wrong with the stove. that careas, was conscious “at this hotel,” she explained in a iy iy headed Nn va ‘a ee ‘oR radiant. against her, Our army has already Presented it in person. posters which declared Germany in @ Hasten, hasten!” that one of his arms had hoarse voice, “I was to have met a [ie pet ia ee carson ak Neste She bustled before them te a vine- vey called to the colors. “Lt Herr Stewart would pay in gold state of war. Stewart took the can that was dropped about the woman's waist man who was to accompany me across |. it will 000 yet shaded corner of the cour ‘ ‘Stewart breathed a little deeper. it would bea favor,” thrust into bis hand, turned back < a he was cuddlin; him, the frontier. He had a passport for or 1 y where a snowy table awaited . “Hut perhaps Russia will desist great favor.” he sald, into his room, and proceeded to make On%, that she to him oth of Ue—for bimeelt and for bie > 2 rust me!” eho eald, A moment lator Hans entered with ee oman ak ner danger,” he — Like all Americans, being unaccus- CHAPTER III. nh lelnurely tollet. If his landlady Pattine him on the shoulder and Qi... 5 Drawing @ chair to the table, he the soup, Stewart, bhappe 4 Jaid the passport before her and studied It carofully, From the Uttle meet hie glance, read the susplelea bag she had carried on her arm she took « fountain pen, Bhe tested It On piece UF the erin breed nines rai her finger-nail, and then, easily and Most like home, lant it? Ican'e tel suggested, “Sho must know she is tomed to gold and finding its weight The Mystery of the Satin »ad_ not told him he would never smiling up into his eyes, Over her wyoy ho match for Germany.” burdensome, Stowart carried bank- have suspected that his baggage had shoulder he caught a glimpse of the “ye, “she does know it,” Bloom sareed notes whenever it was possible to do Slippers. been searched by the police, But @ardonic amile on the ugly face of “But you did not know the man?" ment, ane also Known cwtinst Rus- 80. Emptying his pockets now he URNING the last corner, then he, was, TAOne am oleat DAS'Y the waiter as he withdrew and closed pede ET IC MEL dolar nat fight alone. ilinng--it is against found, besides a miscellaneous lot of Stewart saw hie landiady “ ii9 had been absently turning over '¢ door. emirrasament, mite” dotoam ‘the biank epsce below YOu Mary, how glad I am to have silver and nickel, a single small gold standing at her door, look- tho contents of one of his bags, and “Hut how glad Tam!" the woman — “H-m!" said Stewart, reflecting that Biatte onic. jank @pace below yoy in.” He reached out and Against France?" echoed th@ coin, value 10 marks, ing anxiously up and down suddenly he found himself staring at rattled on at the top of her voice. he, at least, had Bo reagon to reuret Looking over hor shoulder, Stewart Et ae, est ibe ee see atyer, “But sr, oud, t bog of “But I have plenty of paper,” he the atreet. Her face glowed 4 air of satin ball slippers, into each “And what a Journey! I am covered eee ee mae ini unknown wag astoninhed by the cleverness of dently just tho place for alia ? gicem cautioned at Tam said, Productng his pocketbook, he With pleasure when she saw him—a Stocking. or quite a minute ok with dirt! f shall need gallons of “No, you are the only person in the the fOreery Added. “Let it lle for 4._¥o*—!t wae very pleasant, and the toiling you is not yet generally pread five notes for a hundred marks Pleasure go deep and genuine that the stared, doubting his own gensea; We ; five minutes, and no one on earth cag. octey, be A kind. aut 1 am iad hnown-—perhaps the dreadful thing each before him on the table, “What's American was a little purzied by It, then he picked up one of the slippers She walked rapidly to the door, tell that those worde were not writ. £, ,8¢ re ek ae ‘ae fear wilt not happen after all: the matter with thier” “But I am glad to eee you!” ghe and looked att wery delicate obCned It and looked out, Then he agonted, and {8 at the game time, by the same ‘juss to boos 6 (ak 4 [at Evattor war-for forty years ane “There is nothing at all the matter cried, aa he came up, her face and 1 eutite lt nea jeeey (22C4t® so closed and locked it and to his stared moodily at the floor, twisting Ynd aga Fe ee se 8 honest old face of yours! . -yas been preparing for this moment.” with It, sir," the Mttle German Wreathed in smiles, “I have heard wear, such as Stewart, with his lim- @™mazement caught up one of his her handkerchief tn nervous, tremb- where had ashe | fed to forge like Rawact Sit hie heart slip a beat. Myess auread Stewart, smiling "Ty ostened to assure him; “only, just at Fumora of horrible things. I feared I !ted feminine experience, hud never handkerchiefs and hung it over tho !!nk hands. that. Perhaps all— ou will make me conceited, if you ore to pass as his wife Idently, then, he bas not ar- . fia revanche;” L have : seen before, Indeed, he : Stewart rubbed his ehin thought. eves, $008, 8 cate, old lady!” Be pee: prety heard clrning wreaths on the Present, there ts a preference for know not what! But you are eafe It Goubted ‘that it was intended for ae, Sion no that it manked the Keyole gully ue he looked at her. Bhe seemed fry ‘nitate handwriting ia “some- for osnoslt already with “most 2 he + Sérassburg monument.” gold, I would advise that you get seems.” tual service but for the slight discol- , “NOW We can talk,” she sald In ® pot more than twenty, and she was t atartiingly beautiful, with that ‘ive which every member of the se peautitul woman in most crot nervice must learn, ‘This, on your the world sitting ‘Suideniy, at the corner, three gold in exchange for these notes, if “Quite safe, In fact, [ wan never 4m oration inside the heel, which proved lower tone, “but we will keep to almé ‘ ons } nell ‘ ; peculiar lustrous duskiness of akin opposite me, telling me that she mounted officers appeared; then aline yo ccinie” any danger.” that the slipper has been worn more English, if you don't mind, Some pecu passport, fe @ formal hand very easily , 4 law; then % a more common among the Latin races me. Don't blame me if I lose my bead wok Sollors Whee and Another, “I have a Cook's letter of credit," “I waa foolish, no doubt, to have than once. one might pass, Ie everything @f- tiny with us. Slightly bullt, she yor "mitated. But I must get rid of this 4 jittie pen.” in re Pidhe glanced quickly around the o.,n°, arden in bis tone brought the a“ lor into her cheeks. knows what may happen. & texture so diaphanous as to be al- room, then went to the open fire- °° “ ” ; " Cked up ment, her lips were trembling, Aa Would brace her to meet any criaia. ‘You mustn't look at me like that!” “true enough,” Stewart agreed: M00) sobwenlike, Then be picked ut Hull stood staring she came clove | HU! what was she doing here? Why Ducks which cloned. ito from the se sald. “People will tink we are ik his arm, should she be driven to leave Ger- aus Coming back, she motioned °%,0Ur honeymoon’ fear; but in times like these one never g, Vary, Wellberately bo drew out the ranged? I the passport in order?” gave the impression of havi ‘¢. moving as one man. The head of the said Stewart, “They would give atocking, also a jewel in ite way, of TM OWINE cromsad the square, passed be~ gold, Where is Cook's office here “a hind the church, and disappeared; but “It is but a step up the street, si “still the tide poured on, with slow and answered the other, eagerly, “Come, ‘i the other slipper, and held the two #! Sagular undulation, dim, mysterious 1 will show you, but an American with @ passport In ait, bag, oes, oe hed ee TN a ond als Her eyes were shining with excite- serve unusual nervous en JAM threatening. At last the rear ot | ‘The cashier at Cook's looked rather his pocket ought to be safo any- "hut where on earth could I have "Can it be that you do not know [any aa the wife of a man whom 8h® sawart to ait down, and drew a ¢cnatead Of having been married the column came into view, passed. dubious whan Stewart laid the bank- where,” picked them up?” he asked himself, English?” ahe demanded, “But that had never seon? Or waa it all a Me= chair very close to his, fovr years! 2 wonder Sew Joun eam disappeared; the clatter of inal Of ‘gies down Bad asked fo5 Aid, “Ab, you have a pasport—that in ‘In WhAL Alrange fit of absent-mind. Would be too stupid! “You under- Was she merely tn adventures s@@k- "Now we have certain detatle to ar jut ciety Means the iidetree oe stone softened to a shuffle, to & They are perfectly good,” the cash- " edness could I have packed them with #tand English, do you not?" LJ ‘esh vie ' range,” she sald, “Your pame ts Just crazy to see the kids?’ © mur, died away. ler assured him, “but some of the good! The police have been here to 0 She choked over her soup, but te madam,” atammered Stew. Stewart put that thought away, geadford Btewart?” couldn’ 3 cked “Yor 1 eosin) weve Bee thought definitely und forever, He had had Btadfor aged to nod mutely. Then, as my things never saw them befure.” @tt, “At least I have alwa With a long breath Bloom sat erect tradespeople, who are always suspi- question you. They will return prea- them up- to and passed his handkerchief across cious and ready to taki rm, are He it down auddauly a allpnar ia enough experiance of women, a8 MUT- “tine yo ’ removed the plates and disa) Me shining forehead. 7 dee nding gold. How long will you °"t eee OE eee ee eee ae Then why do you not answer? ta geon in a public clinto, to tall inno- «ny father always called me Tom. !8 the direction of the kitchen, he * ephore is one battalion,” he sald: The police from somewhere: they could not have anything wrong? You look aw if you cence from viee; and he knew that tt ,,y added in a lower tone Sutene unit composed of a thousand to Belgium to-night or to- ‘There have been some spies cap- concaried themacived ainone hin did not expect me.” was innocence he was facing now. “Yommy! Excellent! I shail call , “Xow must allow me the children, s leaser unite-each unit a man with a tured, it seems, and others are trying things, If he had not placed them "Madam," answered Stewart grave- — "You say you can't leave Germaay \... tommy! What te your tos. I find T can't be happy without soul Jike yours and mine; with hopes — ‘Then you can use French gol : sped ia thers, then some one else did. But ly, “will you kindly pinch ma on the Without a passport?" he asked at oi, 9% v? y Bro! them wou tions; with Women to love said the cashier with visible to leave the country : so every one & 11s [And for what purpose? arm-—here in the tender purt? I have lat if es iadean “Very well,” she agreed, the dimple ~ RPh, and now marching to death, per= “Wil one hundred marks tn ¢ suspected.” The police? Mia landiady had said been told that 19 a test.” Nobody can lave Germany with- where do you live in Americar’ *parkling. "You have been #o kind he haps, in the ranks yonder, ‘There are gold carry you through? ¥ ‘They had walked back together that they had searched his luggage, — She nipped him with a violence that ut pessport.”” She sat up @ud- «1 Baltimore, in the State of Mary- ‘At It 1s impossible for me to refuse four million such units in the army T think J can manage it.” When Stow- giong the hall as they talked, and But what possible object could they made him Jump, denly and Jooked at him, a new light yng? J Mi ¥ you anything. \} the Emperor can call into the field. art assented he counted out five twen- M viv have had for Increasing It by two 0 not tell me that you are in her eyes, ‘Iy It ponsible,’ “Whore have you been in E » "There is one thing I can't under- yam one of them-I shall march Lke ty-mark gold pieces and twenty-four ROW they stopped at the foot of the siti) aiiners and a pair of stock. drunk? she hissed viciously. “Phat demanded with trembling Mpa, “ean wre olinical congreas ut Vienna ated. Your English astonishes me. S the rest!” twenty-frane pleces. stairs, The little landlady seomed [nyw? Such an action Was farcical-s would be too mugh! Drunk at such Jt be possible that you have @ paae- aoa thon back throuch Germany,» Where did you learn to speak it so "You! f The train was jammed with de- yery nervous—as was perhaps natural Prench farcical! He could not be ins @ moment!" port” a re “Perfect! It COULA Bot be better! perfectly?” “Yes Iam a private In the Ninots~ parting tourists, Nine women—one of amid the alarms of war, Beads of ¢Mminated in such a way. He had no — But Stewart had begun to pull him- Why, yeu." maid Stewart, “I have now Heten carefully. Your wife's , “Ab. that ts @ long story! Per- eighth.” Bloem spread out his deli; two of them protesting angrily—were s : wife to be made jealous; and even if self together, © paawport. Unfortunately tt le for june ig Mary. You have been inar- D@bs I shall one day tell it to you cate, sensitive surgeon's hands crowded into Btewart's compartment, Persplration stood out on her fore- he haq—— lo madam, Iam notdrunk he wives ne. Never having had a Pid four yeura! ms if we ever mect again.” looked at them was on Stewart tried to be of use to them in bead. his in the last straw!" he mut- assured her; “and your h ‘con. Wife “Any children? “We must. I demand t poral,” he added, “but my discipline arranging about. their luggage, &°. “Phe police vinited your room," ahe tered Nene a eee che Cord Sie ie hot tor sat Tino? But abo wae standing before him, j@im CUldraat) eaked Blower | soya cst hat an me was faulty and | was reduced to the jut only one of them—Millicent Field, Mesa, 7 _ has gone mad or I have!” He rubbed his arm thoughtfully, her hands outstretched, tremulous strong your horrid alinic and to lear landlady presently despatched we ta a school teacher—bothored to thant Went on, “Perhaps you will find your “Moving aw in a dream, he placed "There remains only one hypothesiae— With eagerness, 7 Tew wave-of cutting up human bodies Hans to the etation to inquire about Stewart also stared at those beautl- him baggage disarranged.” the slippers aide by sido upon the that L have suddenly gone iad, And , (tat me ave Itt” she erled. “OM your wit) remained at Spa because of train, while she herself did the ful hands, so expressive, so expert. — Arrived at his destinatl Stewart Stewart smiled wryly floor, contemplated thom for a mo- yet I have never heard of any mad- Mt me yee sit tad a altght nervous affection"—— rv ing, ‘ 4, How vividly they typified the w went to the Kolner Hof, ‘There, after so it seoms they really suspect Ment longer, and then proceeded ain my family.” die ok Mk Out, Baye. It tA: Ber, and Fim which, aiid Stewart, "Tam “We shall have the police with us of war! he had filled out offered blanks and slowly with his dressing. He la thin a time for fooling?” ehe Watched her as she unfolded it, ‘py to mee she has entir.ly recoy- soon,” sald the landlady, in a low » Goodby—and good Inck!" Stewart shown his passports, he was ushered ho asked, found an unaccustomed difficulty in snapped, ime at ONce'—— was a woman, ho told himself, tone, “Hangs wall run at once to tell wrung the hand thrust into bis, “You to a room Phey suspect every ono,” the land- putting bis buttons in his cults, and rh Lee ee thee aeeother hy- @@ he had never met before-—a A ghe agread: “ahe ia quite them of madame's arrival.” have been most kind to me.” ‘The room into which he waa shown lady repeated then he remembered that he had heen sis.” went on Stewart, calmly, Woman of nerve, of firet well again. Spa {ain Belgium, so the . "Why do you keep bim? asked Bloom answered only with a Ittle was very pleasant and scrupulously she was etanding with her back Sarching for a tle when he found that ie that it ls you who are 9.fie was looking Up at him with n# can make no inquiries there. shake of the head, then turned reso- clean, As he made his toilet Stewart by ew ° the slippers, flaming eyes, We arranged nt here and to go by keeping him that I aoa and hastened from the terrace, reficcted how much more of comfort, toward the door, and Stewart won- ‘The alippers! He turned and look- - “Were you not expecting me?” she Mr. Stewart.” ehe gad tn @ low onto Brussels together, Do you un- if there was any- ‘And then Stewart started violently, and how much warmer a welcome, dered why she should wateh his face ed at thein, Yes, they were atill there repeated . you can save 100, you stand? here, the poliea tell @ for some one had touched him on the might often be found at the omall ely, they h not disa ured, Very Stewart's eyes fell upon the eatin >” echoed Stewart. “But Perfectly,” sald Stewart, who waa i4 Spy of theirs would puoulder, He looked up to find stand- inns than at the big ones, and men- nly, over her @houlder, he coquettinh they | 4, standing slippers, and he smiled Have your” echoed Btewar' MY thoroughly enjoying himaelf, "By the discover Knowing him to be a ing over him @ tall man dressed in a tally chanked the officer of police who saw the Waiter with the hangdog there sida by alde, as if waiting for re eA a axnectian n, 1 the open panaport toward Wis, Mary,” he aied, "no doubt it #py, I am on my guard, ~ dark blue uniform and wearing a had reconimended this face appr ing along the hall. their owner. you," he Ware. ML Wao ADRS GANS itn eee me Open BenaRer 10 was you sand stockings {found be is very stupid, But there, * spiked helmet Asking directions of his landiady, "Such anxiety 1s quite natural,” “Only one thing is necessary to ing to myscif that the oniy thing lack> Se here, just below your name, 1. my sr leave y He may be back at a “Your pardon, sir.” sald the man in he set out for a stroll to the Cathe- sai. the landindy rapidly in German, enmplete this pantomime,” Stewart ing In this fairy tase Wea tho Beuthe eee ieee ew od with He pointed to where the slippers giomen reful English, “Tam an agent of dral. The quiet of the vast church raising her voice a litle, “Lean un- told himself, “and that is that the ful princess—and, previo! there you jitthe pircilel Lnese if you will per, stood side by side. Hie companton He came back Just In time to serve the police, I must ask you certaln was grateful after the day's nolse and derstand it, Lut {t ia nct remarkable princess whould suddenly appear and were ; er Ue tee eertio tint that epee tie it them ond then went off the coffee, with the information that de questions.” excitement that you should have missed her—the claim them, Well, I'm willing! 4 She was looking at bim wildly, with wordaaccomp He hint wlta tre vughter their train would not arrive until “Very well,” agreed Stewart with a As he came out into the streets trains are so irregular, Iwill send her woman with a foot lke that"—— every sign of sudden torr ® am saved, The passport will then sulous! Hut yes=they 7.40; then he stood watching them mile, "Go ahead—I have nothing to again it seemed to him that they wera to you the momout she arrives, Ah, ‘There was a knock at the door, caught her lower lip. between tho pe for both of us.” do for mine.” ” and listening to their talk of hom» con But won't you sit down?" emptier than ever. Nearly all the Hana,” she added, turning at tho "In a moment!" he called, thumb and little flanger of her left “Or would be,” agreed Stewart they get {nto my lug- and friends and plans for the future. » thank you," and the policeman shops were closed; there was no sound of the walter's footsteps, “so “Rut it tx I!" erled a woman's hand and stood 1 moment expectant- dryly, “if you were my wife, As it Suddenly Hans stirred in his cor Y. eat down heavily, “You are, I be- vehicle of any kind; there were you are back again! You will take volen !n Engilsh—a sweet, hich ly, holding it so and staring up at happens, you are not.” he woman who manages thia ner Heavy steps were coming lieve, an American?” scarcely any people. And then, as he up se hot water to the gentleman pitched volee, quivering with excite. him. Then, as he stared back uncom “It ia such a iittle thing T ask of !nn placed them th She Is one of toward the court along the sanded ei uye: turned the corner into the’ great at once. And now you will excuse ment, ‘Tt Is T!" prehondingly, she dropped into aenalr you," she pleaded. “We go to th us.” floor of the corridor, In a moment “Have you a passport?” square In front of the town hall, he me, air? I have the dinner to attend ‘Tha door was flung open with a and burst into a flood of tears Atation together—-we take our seats in “Hut for what purpose?” three men in epiked helmets stepped r “Yes, T was foolish enough to get saw where the poople were, for @ to,” and she hurried away, carrying crash. A wornan rushed toward him ‘Oh, com he protested, “it can't the train-—at the frontier you show So that the police might find them out into the fading light of the one before I left home, AN my great crowd had gathered there--a the walter with hor. he saw vaguoly her vivid face, her be so bad as that! Let us sit down your passport. An hour later we shall when they searched your tb evening, American friends laughed at ma and crowd of women and children and old — Stewart stood for an instant etar- shining eyes; behind her, more and talk this thing out quietly. Kvi- be at Liege, and there our waye will = "Why on earth should they #earch “The police to speak to you, ir,” | «told me I was wasting a dollar,” men—while from the steps before the ing after her; thon he turned and vaguely «tim, he saw the staring dently there is a mistake somewhere.” part; but you will have done @ noble my bags?” gall Hans, “T should like to see it.” entrance an official in gold-lace uni- mounted slowly to hia room. What eyes of the hangdog walter. Then ‘Than you did not expect me?” she action,” “There is a certain suspicion at- Stewart, turning, found himself ‘a “Stewart put his hand Into an inner form and cocked hat was delivering & had the woman meant? Why should @h was upon him, demanded, inopping her eyes, There was witchery in her eyes, In taching to this place. It is impossible ooking into three faces, in which hos- pocket, drew out the crackling parch- harangue. he be apxious? Who was it he had ‘At last!" she erled. xpect you? No-except as the her yolce, Stewart felt himself alip- altogether to avold it, so It In necea- ty and suspicion were only too tent and passed it over. The other Then the speakcc read the Kaiser's missed? “I will She flung her arms about him and fylfilment of a fairy tale. ng-—sllpping; but be caught bimselt ry to be very careful, The landla apparent. . fook {t, unfolded it, glanced at the address, and reminded his hearers moment she arriv Kissed tim on the Mpe—kissed him You do not know who I am?” in time. (‘3 thought that the discovery of the @e By Continued.) “ — ote cde rea onegpiiin