ee this thrust. 1 was gritting my toeth, hardly able to keep myself within bounds. Yet 1 would hear him to the end, “1 will tell you briefly, that yeu may report the facts to His Majesty. Ad you know, Latour was to be shot & sunrise yesterday morning, We decided to walt-a day, hoping to extract from him valuable information, Mademolisells and her party. in three CArringes, yesterday morning before dawn tour, who was confined In one cellars, must have bribed one | servants, and somehow slipped past guard and entered the forward carriage, where he hid beneath a bundle of rugs The guard discovered at breakfast time that Latour was gone, but, in fear © punishment, omitted to report until morning, giving the spy twenty: four hours in which to get away Un- fortunately for your friends, mademaoi- gelle decided to stop en route for a visit with an acquaintance, and we had no difMeulty in overtaking them, Of cou e the spy is gone; but we drew a con fossion from the servants, and had the extreme pleasure of shooting them in- stead of Latour. Those are the facts, und you will pardon my suggestion that vou return immediately and communi- cate them to the Emperor.” “1 return at my own pleasure’ 1 replied. “My orders do not come from you. 1 request you to show me 0 Mademoiselle Lagunay.” I really believe that Griesman under- rated me as a fighter. How should he have known my training? S80, without fear, and, as a cat les with a mouse, thinking to give another playful bite, he ascended to Ub last degree of insult. “I have told you that mademoiselle is my prisoner. As such she may not see left La of th of t the hi ne = FROM NOTES AND OBSERYAFIONS “1 Compiled by WinRMackrill. \ this uniform of a Prussian private dark blue with red facings, close-fitting shako with SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS. |wore the fof cavalry James Adams, American business{and a small, man and graduate of West Point, 18 in | red pompon. But what struck me was Paris at the opening of the great war (his, attitude oe te Fified bud bg the between France and Germany. He en | emall ‘aves He thrust nto his inner gages in a balloon reconncissance for | pocket a packet of papers that were in the French: narrowly escapes capture | his hand; his features relaxed in a dy German troops; and is wrecked in faint, sickly smile, and he saluted the grounds of the Chateaw Lagunay,| ‘Monsieur startled me,” he sald, In in France. He is nursed dy Aimee, |Dourgeois French. “I am arranging the Count's daughter, with whom he |h! ie pap rs which have been left be- falls in The Germans advance [MPC as he was, and with that end take the Chateau for headquarters. | cuity look, 1 still knew that some- Griesman, a German Colonel, after<i where, and recently, 1 had seen him in ward in charge of the Chateau, insults | utterly love different surroundings But Aimee and is attacked by Adams, the there was no time for thought “Where fight being stopped dy the Kaiser, with | 18 your Colonel—Griesman?"” | asked. whom Adams is personally acquainted, | “He is not here. He has gone—north, : | since daylight, after the spy.” Adams joins the German Hussars, un-| turd back and met DY elachmani der Col. Lowenberg, an old friend, and | uarademoiselle 13. not: here,” ha said, decomes acquainted with Fleischmann, “nor 1s Griesman. We must follow | J Viel Hil oii my companion, and a# € gigantic sergeant, who later proves to | them.” yO ae oes not with (0 see You. de a friend in need. The army moves | At the outer door I spoke to & guard | yuo monsieur, it was but an hour ago west tc meet the French. Adams, |Who sat on a stone bench sunning him- | 4) .¢ ghe sat upon my lap, all smiics Lowenberg and Fleischmann lead an self 55, ho is the man within { and blushes and-—'* embush, defeating a French column. | He is Colanel Urieamana I sprang at him with an oath. My Returning to camp, Adams is informed i hare? re sword iy prom i Athan oD that Aimee has assisted in the escape | “Jacques Grevolr." Hor er an lo Daeh split of a French spy, Latour, taking him “Ah, a Frenchmar Le instant. But T merely ch od away in her carriage. Griesman and| “No, a Belgian’ i I his face with the fiat of the blade. “Say cavalry are in pursuit. With Fleisch-| 1 hurried down thei Flelseh- it again, If you dare. You lle, dog.” mann, Adams impresses a German war mank hf + already i Fhe car ls the | Both men jumped to their feet, | | ¢ id : 36 i, As a Bi ‘olone id 118 sabre # fl antomobile and rushes to dimecs aid. And to the north we went on the wing. ( oy Ee DE — en us. | Grevoir—Jacques Grevoir. The NAME, | ember the Emperor's orders,’ the face, haunted me. Then 1 remem “You will lose your comminsi bered. Jacques, the servile garcon, at go. He is helpless.” Tut Vhy 1 had seen him only the | ) raitor though left Paris And what | ' no coward ™ Griesman’s interpreter, oughly enraged by my challenge threw the man aside and came at dal- me lnterpre- Hleps, The CHAPTER V. Be A th the road over |! nd could not its many ¥ e a few min- ie the peculiar sit- | yh all his two hundred pow 10 44 urther we reached fork of ‘ Yet the pace | uatio irther we reache i a fork of th t. I stepped back a littl seemed fu oad wind stopped in quandary room, and « ht his n presently 1 Fle mann Jett the car to examine guard Cavy voice in my eal for ra There was no deart! nd 1 Himmell! It is fast’ | these but they covered either road ! danger,” 1 shouted back, | Showing that horsemen had gone in ow the machine as you know | tior your horse Pres tly wre 1 I arriy it all made for 11 hil ft iutomobile - Fleisch mann wl struck again with ter topped him, jess brawn An , derisively : 1 an ’ Again 1 = “A little baby : too NM hy . iy small | oo ad- | y tad i ned a nd returned ke lough horse ! valry sabre ompared with I { It was with a Erm | odel. and as | SAVARe IUnDg: You keep | [1 pegan to feel at home 1 fel to the left 1% 1 rally into the old position of ne miles, If ‘muscles of wrist and arm ) fin across and in memory I saw the the | JOIN If I dot « 1 W you ircle of the academy eccasion, as he did so often in to the saddle a: our daily drills { was trouble. Once more I heard his voice at | ! : ring WE my of my ear t a smal Hage 1 ot neq nd he be swrdsman of the class “Slack up and 1 will break tha in tremor or apg I glanced upward where, at th : : passed at INTisd ¥ ‘ Vi od t and fought of the road, two strands of wire wer : inte y Rk sake an my own life, supported on iron poles or on conven- crowing reckless in my with Httle jent trees. | had seen the signal corps ng many rieks on the |p, at work knew the system. The narrow, winding road . blade told on my upper wire heavy copper, was i a came upon them at the Nt- |, word play. 1 through line, extending back across the | Lie lage of Vartoux. Eight horses Meuse, into Lorraine, and thence, ceted near a well. Close by six established lines, south into the Vosges Mountains, where it connected with the army of the Crown Prince, operating on the southeastern border. The other wire, or iron, was a “local,” running only from the chateau ta the "ar. fers on the Alsna River, It was a daring act-—deliberately to sever this line of communication. Yet we were w into the affatr now and must see it through 1 slacker sprang fr the regulation German rather heavy and slightly built the Ameri mat 3 me woke again: at rested at the chateau from headquar 1s t Was disagreeable thought Should a suspicion arise at camp as Lo BOVE : my intention, tl rear guard at th . run pal i for sor aghat Au woul ordered by 3 cut wire t arrest us. ut Fleischmann rose Lo th ihe times defend} ithe the wre IRCCS arm, made wns his atta 1 preferred the and no ef KR of rt to by : f ng that Atl intervals | taunts all the German terms of # tumely that anger was terrible Swant arhed on hie brow and rolled own wl his mouth ire iS bese faster We moved around ihe room, advancing retreating, gidestopping neither otaining any advantage, though 1 was certain that my play superior 1 his 11] LAR neath a g tire was warm the season riage. i t Almee's, fF machitee of Inteness Beyond them stood a car recognized the vehicle as and bardly waiting for the | to toward IL I turned to the There was no one Inside the soldiers “Where 8 your Colonel ™ One of them saluted, with scant re- and pointed to a low, stone | Thithe r i RT and Fleischmann The ed speed n he road WAR § wires were Sten tall poplar H¢ and, taki is her 4 “shinne i of the Wap with th 1 sul i beating fast with The Innkeeper fled terror at the : : big room to ngET | gureselve "he Ord LOH to one ers. ste 1 i And | nsion, IH! shock as I caught his heavy hb go long unused | and so isent to a Now | momentarily ®. , # : Tombpes 1 Wd WR nh aie ae tl nd Pe Gia ¥: FLIR if + GE hands and feet, like a Inter we were off again, came down on cat A moment at full speed Jut forty minutes had passed wher] saw, far away to the southeast, a flut- ter of wi high in the trees. It was the balloon case—the remnants of la Jaune—and | knew we were near the end of Ir run The Infantry guard at the gate recog- nized my uniform and saluted as we swept through the gates. At the porte cochere | get the brake, leaped from the car and rushed into the chateau, my sword clanking ominously behind me There was no change in the appear- ance of the rooms, save that they were deserted. The tables were still Httered with papers. Dlavkets lay upon the cote just as they had been thrown back when the sleepers arose. It seemed a dead pince; yet with a great hope in my heart that I might find Aimee there I passed quietly through the carpeted parlors and on to the small family din. ng-room beyond, which had been re served for the Emperor's private apart. ment, I threw back the heavy curtain at the doorway. A man stood within, He had risen suddenly to his feet from a chair by a small table on which lay papers and maps left by the Emperor. He “HE STAGGERED BACK AND FELL™ of which sat Griesman and his orderly, | wat hing each other lke hawks; then busily talking. The innkeeper came | up and at it again, back and forth, cut forward with a smile of welcome. [I|and slash, thrust and parry, until it waved him aside and turned to Gries- | seemed to me that all my life long i man, who looked up with a sneer, had been doing this thing, and thal “Ah, Herr Adams, so you have come | should continue until the end of time, for the lady? At last my anger rose again. 1 I have come for Mademoiselle La-|twisted his sword to one side sad gunay.’ I replied, “1 wish to see her at i pricked him beneath the arm, ‘That once.’ for a hint,” I cried, "I shall press [088 ile broke out Into a mocking laugh, | lightly the next time, Put down your in which the others joined, “Well, 80 | swore snd deliver the Indy to me or you shall, so you shall see her, pres- | you shall die, traitor. ently, perhaps, But you must know The word struck home. For apswer that she is a prisoner of war-my pris | he cursed me, and came in with a great oner sweeping stroke that woul ave out “She Is to be released.” 1 sald, hotly. | mo ha two had it hos TA ai ha Put ‘I heard from the Emperor your report. | | stooped, caught his blade near my ft is sald that she aided the spy, La-| nil, and with a strong upward iit and tour, to escape, You will prove It or throw put him off his guard. And, release her.” though It was unwise, considering my Griesman took the time deliberately | uncertain status with the Emperor, to draw from his pocket a cigar and to | was too far gone with hate and with light it before he spoke. He knew that | desperation to recede. My sword came I was burning with impatience and an- | down with a heavy, drawing stroke, It ger, Leaning back and speaking | grazed the side of his head, slicing off through a cloud of smoke ho made my | an ear. It bit deep Into the muscles heart leap with delight, his thick, corded neck. It struck the “There ls nothing in the charge, mo | collar bone, shattered it, and turned in- far as it relates to mademoliselle, for | ward. And as he staggered back and which I am gad, since my regard for | fell, carrying down table and chair, his her is very—tender, 1 may say.” blood spurted to the low eelling & He paused to take in the full effect of | I knew that my work was well done, 3 | The orderly rushed to the door shout ing for help, Weary and trembling though 1 was, I knelt by Griesman's side, and, thrusting my hand into the nner pocket of his coat, drew out a flat pocketbook and a bundle of letters. AB 1 rose to my feet the six troopers burst into the room with drawn sabres. I was not ready for a fight at such odds, but I appeared to be in for it. At the | back of the room a narrow, enclosed statrway led to the upper story. A heavy door barred the entrance, the lower step jutting into the room. It was the only place for a stand, and I made for it on the run, the troopers after me, Bracing my back against the door 1] awaited thelr rush, The first 1 split down through the skull, and his brains splattered over the men behind, whore al they retreated, staring sullenly at] their dead comrade. They wero heavily | built, and powerful, with smooth- | shaven, determined faces, 1 knew that I could not hold out against them. But that they might not even suspect my fear 1 shouted at them in derision: “Come on, come on, cowards.” Another made at me, sparring cau tiously. I caught the point of his sabre with my own and sent it whirling over his head, But my arm was tired. My sabre turned in my grip and I could but | smash him in the face with the flat of my blade, Heo fell back upon the others with a shriek of pain. I was weak from my tremendous ex- ertions, A great weariness came over me, and for a moment my head swam How could I hope to continue the un even struggle! The troopers whispered among themselves and then advanced slowly, spreading out to disconcert me I gripped my sword and set my teeth for a final effort, Almee's pame was on my lips, 1 felt that it was the end. At that instant the front door was gmashed in, and, God be thanked! Fleischmann's great bulk loomed up before us, rushed forward, bellowing like an angry bull. | That be was unarmed made no dif-| ference to this stout-hearted glant That I was in peril was the main thought. The troopers turned with up-| lifted sabres toward this unexpected menace. I groaned at thought of what might be, and gathered myself to help in the attack. But Fleischmann seized one of the heavy oaken chalrs, whirled ft above his head, and, with a great | oath, let it fly into their midst. There | was a confused mixture of legs and | arms and sabres. 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