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l 'itfeoi s an Innocent Bird in Itself, but When Used by
minister t orces It Becomes One of the Gravest Menaces
to the Security of a Nation The Bird of Lova and
Peace Then Assumes the Role of Messenger of War
The United States Has Learned During Its Brief History
as a Belligerent That Even Less Guilty Things Than
Doves May Be Enemy Aids That Is Why Not Only
Its Agents but Its Soldiers Must Maintain Silence
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SYNOPSIS , .
Th ctorv nnena in thn Writ C?rrst tirlvate
mtel 'n tin i:nlls1, ssceasl town vhn
nrin rsa rien 'at war on. month.
RN. KAVllKnVflV. lh firnnrtefress! h.r son
.ii,uii,ii-' piirHir. srtnn in in" i.iiw
' llsh Art-nt-altM Mil. 1'lll.l.nf K I he Juatli-tt
of t I'tar., Ma 1miihtiT 31(11, 1. V, nlnrteoni
ritltlSTOPIM'll KIIF.NT. Slnlly'n fiance; MUM.
MIKMVI I.I'.i:. h widow ef Ihllty-flve. thn
itrt arrival Mil M1KTI.K. a splnateri
rnAUI.UIN s('lllt(li:llllt. a rnlnrlssi lltllo
Ge.man woman, claiming twenty yeara of
Ena-llsn ral"rilliiilo I'lVXICI'IK, a oiinn
Enallil soMlur. and TRITZ, a servant In the
r-ouse, are the entire occur-ants of the hotel,
llrert Is lookeil upon bv all the others,
exrertlnn -Molly and Mr t.ee. aa an Irre
sponsible Mint. A ynunt nnallsh alrl an
msteric.il enthusiast brinks In on the hotel
rarty one marnlnir, nrrylnc n basket of white
rathe a. one of whlrh ah ta aoln? to p-esrnt
to eveiy man ahe meets who has not enlisted.
FJhi gives one to linnt h n he tava lit la not
aoine to callt' but ble rearcna are vairii and
vaslv Mol y crimes unde the dlafavnr
Wrent thus brings down upon himself for what
hr frther calla rnwarrilir He Irlea to rain
Mollys conrMfnre without telllni her every
thing, but nnrtly because of hee doubts and
ven more because of hl seeming flirtation
with Miriam Ie, the wavers.
A Discocct'U
MJTUTHnn rays." continued Molly, "that If
JD ho hndn't known you'd only met Mrs. Lee
last night, ho'il haw thought you must have
Jtnown her Lefor. You seemed rj very In
timate, corsl-lerlrs" ,
"Will. It's a funny thine," conllded Drent.
T)Ut I find that I knew her liubbami years
ago In South Afr'ci."
"Oh," said Molly, staring at lilm "When
tfld yoj find that out?"
"This mornlnif."
"When were you In South Africa?"
"Oh. about ten jears aso now."
"What were you tlnlns there V"
"Diamond urosnectlnc but we didn't find
any. Do you want to dlt? up the secrets oH
tny bad, Mack pant. Molly? Let dead pasts
lie or t'icy may bt lied about."
"Chris"'
"Oh, I don't mean that t shall He." said
Brent, hastily. "Men don't like to be ques
tioned, Molly "
"So 1 tee,'' said Molly, gcttliiK up "I
thoujjht perfect love meant peifect conn
flenco."
"So It does," slid Urcnt. "It means hav
!ng conndewca In h person without belm?
told anything about him. In fact, you might
call love the confidence trick."
Molly had neer heard of the confl
dencj tlick and would not have smiled If
aho had.
Oh well, supporo up have a gamo of
tennis," she said, suggesting what was to
her the normal panacea for any stialn that
developed during the conversation.
"I'm frightfully sorry. Molly, hut I can"
Just now. There are one or two things 1
must see to before lunch "
"Very well" said Molly, going toward the
houie. "Perhaps." she fhmg back oxer her
shoulder, "Mra I.ee might help you with
thepi If you asked her. I dare say she will
ven If you don t."
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Ilr'ent stood looking after her nnd swore
softly, but tmmhtnkably ; then he, too, went
Into the house, by way of the Sandersons'
Hitting loom.
The sitting room was empty even frati
leln hn!ng Inkon herself nnd her knitting
elsewhere. Ilrent glanced nt his wrist
watch and strolled up and down whistling
nwiuj-. wiin rattier n gloomy look nn his
face. Then he drew his Inevitable pipe from
his pocket and struck n light At this
moment Fritz, a blond nnd chrrublo-looktng
Individual came abruptly Into the room
"Kxctise me, salr." said Fritz, catching
sight of Ilrent. "but do you know where
Mr. Pollock Is? They demand him on the
telephone."
"Mr. Pollock?" said Ilrent. lighting his
pip? "I don't know He w.is playing golf :
P-rnaps ne s come In nflcl Is changing "
Hrcnt finished lighting his pips and (lung
tht match In the grate, where It lay flick-
iing on tne neatly laid arrangement nf
wood and coal. He was startled by a sml
den exclamation from Frltr. who rushed
past him. almost knocking Into him, and,
snatching the match, put It out.
"What the davll are jou doing?" asked
nrcnt
Fritz stood breathing heavily, his florid
i.ii:i- ncuiuiiy pile
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""' '" vj.u-iiin.ieti. "inai was a nar
I row stive ik '"
"Fritz pull yourrclf together. Vnt voz
a narrow sriveak?"
"The lire, sarh" explained Fritz "Ynu
nearly light him "
"Out what If I did- It's nothing to write
home about?"
"To" to write home about?" aKed Fritz
staring at him. this time with what looked
like terror In his face
"To make n sonr? nhntit. If . r,i, .... it
amended Brent "I nv. fritz vou know
you mustn't let yourself ro like 'this It's
very bad form It Isn't done"
"nut mad -i mi! never permits this lire to
be light." explained Fritz "Madime, she
scold me verv much If lis get lit"
"niows you up, ,ioc, S,e7 ,,
you deserve It."
"Illovvs me up?" almost screamed Fritz
"O. Lord"' said Brent. "I shnll liuvv to
ttuy juu u utile niook, on. Ktigllsli-Dutch
Idioms What I want to know Is this"
with a fatuous nlr of attempted unii.:ig
"what I want to know s. what the dickens
ones .irs. rtanuerson Have It laid for If she
doesn't want It lit""
"Ach. for that'" sab) Fritz. .silrKKnK
his shoulders. "I canrot tell. She likes It
so. But there Is madame coming," he add
ed, glancing out of the window over Hienfs
shoulder. "Perhaps she will tell jou her.
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shutting the door after him
nrcnt cast one puzzled look at the grate
then turned to greet Mrs. .Sanderson, who
came In at the "-window, followed by her
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Mantel was tho fellow who wrote the book
m defense of spies? Yes? I thought so.
1 .1 1 lba hlt ftflfl USLC
Ug nhvays mnimamcu umi y l.Ti--fied
?he means. Well, If It's h I. wWow re
up ngalnst. she ought not to be any fool at
the game." u..,i Miriam.
"Don't suppose sne is. "" " v; , ,
I wonder how she got hold of the late
mented Sanderson 7" pursued Brent.
"Very much so. sno was duiu
lamented banoci. . .""-",..
Sho's Oerman nerse 1, 1 "i'i"--. na.
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'Well, well." remarked nrenl. readlnK
r the document again. 11'
they were married-August, '7. '"''"'"
cllow Charles must be Von Man.e I . son
and not Sanderson's at all. ?wl!
curloser. ns Alice would Bay. And vvnat
about the gentle Fritz?' . .,
"We cpuMn't fin. ou much about ,, m. (
right, "nd naturalized; but. of course, Its
more than probable he's n their P ,
"H'm!" replied Ilrent. "And Frauiein
Schroeder? She's In It, of course7
bC"G she's just one of a thousand," replied
...,' .i.., ,.!,. her shoulders. ane s
lived In this country for about twenty years.
as governess to the Home Secretary s chH
dren and In various other Important fam-
les Her references are excellent, and so
aro her capabilities as-a spy. She seemed to
be Intrusted with most of their Important
work down here"
"And tho so childlike. Innocent nnd
bland," commented Brent. "Havo you got
that book for me my may gave J?.1'7,...,,.
"It's In this parcel. What Is It. K'
"It's a complete key," replied Brent,
speaking quite casually, but In a very low
voice, "to all the codes used by German
spies and their vnrlous mctnoas 01 commu
nications. Some book, eh?"
"Kit, again I repeat that you aro a genius !
Where did you get hold of It?"
"O, that 3 a long yarn, nnswereu uicuk
t....t t.tu i.a,1 nnd utrnlllnp toward the
IIHIIIIK "it titf ii".. .. .- V .
what hidden forces the gleamln- .....
oiiusicr looKing machine actual v .J "?ui
, stood tout
"1 knew that flagpole waatr-. .c ' '!wl
"Flagpole.?. "U"'ea th,'
. "Yes, right by the chlmn.v '...... .
nowtnoy work their ....r... 'ai" TA..'.
wireless this, Isn't It? I,v vvrf'141
could only Intercept a me !"'am' "
"It may bo working-." .aM ,,, . ',V
Yili ,,lnlrument, so you otii,. . ulln
something worth havlmr" Kht to ttt
,. ",:t.""1. th? wcelver to hi I'
r-.tcn uuwn on tno hearth rue "n" J5,M
"u orougnt me," he mm... '.""stt
shall need It. By aeorBeT.and!d' "
7.? J"?"- CaI'"f. Hun t"nrJ
n -,. ecu me now to signal hrm7o $1
vvnat-s he calling?" i
'Two dots, pause, and i.. $
quickly. Look nnvwher iL . lftft
..Miriam whipped the m 1 F ,S1
wo, tnat's not It." iV naW.ll
try No. 9. That's 'got him jm"'- "SI
two dots. mm.. -' . ..' Klt- You ta&ffl
quickly, didn't you?" " thrM
"Yes."
The nnswer 3 two dashes, pan,,.
son Charles She was a fair, plump,
plensaut-looklng woman, (-lightly Inclined to
double chin, with a flgme kept t lg.it ously
elegant and set off by a smart but sober
black s.itln suit. She carried a couple of
llbrat.v book" under her arm
"Ah. Mr Ilrent." she exclaimed. "I don't
think .vou have met my Hon before, have
you? Charles, this Is Mi. Ilrent; he has
come iliwn fur the se.i li.itlilnt- Mr, l.j n
grfitt fik-nd of Mr and Miss Pollock"
Charles Sanderson cuine furwanl and
shook hands. He, like bis innthei, was
fair and Inclined to bigness, and either
prrdliMsltlnti or his work at the admiralty
had produced In him (-omcthliig of the un
mistakable naval aspect a clean, haul de
teimliiatlon of look anil a pleasant smile.
"Pleased to meet ou, Mr. liient." he
said
' So am I to meet you. I mean," said
Ilrent genially. "Down for long?"
"Only the week-end. We are must fright
fullj bus at the admiralty, jou know."
Oh. es. of course, jou are at the ad
miralty." salil Urent gleefully "1 had for
gotten ynu had a billet there."
"In the transport department." Mrs. San
derson Informed him with maternal pride
She put the books neatly on a shelf as she
spoke
"Ah," exclaimed Urcit. pointing his pipe
at Charles, "then you are the very man I
wanted to see You can really tell us the
truth about those Kusslans."
"Perhaps." salt! Charles Sanderson, laugh
ing, "and perhaps not." .
"Well, now. then," went on Brent con
ndentally and with a beaming smile, "per
haps I can tell you something 1 havo an
aunt at Leamington, an awfully Jolly old
i.my mho tiuin t see mem lieisclr because,
as n. matter of fact, she can't get out of her
chair, but her parlor maid's young man
works somewhere near the railway. Well,
he has a pal who actually works on the
i.illuny, a wry nice joung fellow Salva
tion Aimy and all that; teetotaler, too, I
billfve and be told him that he had actu
ally si en them the Kusslans, I mean"
"That, of course, proves It," bald Mrs.
Sanderson, laughing, though not unkindly.
"What do jou think?" persisted Urent
to CIi.ii les
"Shall I tell you the truth?"
"I wish ou would; nil these rumors are
dashed worr.vlng "
"Very well then, I will," said Charles,
smiling broadly by now. "They didn't, not
n solitary mail Jack of a Ilusslan "
Brent's face fell He stood looking the
picture of disappointment "Well, that Is
sickening," he said, "absolutely sickening
on the strength of the Salvation Army
joung man I had put five quid 011 It with
a fellow at the cluh. This Is a blow It will
be a blow for the old lady, too It's made
her absolutely 'It' nt Leamington, being
able to tell the story "
"Well, I must go and have a wash nnd
brush up," said Charles "So long, Mr.
Urcnt " He opened the door for his mother
and they both passed out.
Left alone, Christopher Brent strollea
over to the fireplace and began thoughtfully
tapping It with his pipe. lp and down,
all over, he tapped If, absurdly In the
fashion of some one In a historical novel
who searches for a secret hiding place. Sud-
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pipe. He tapped again to make sure. There
was no doubt about It, He whistled softly,
put his pipe In his pocket, and taking" out
his matchbox deliberately scattered Its con
tents over the hearth Then he knelt down
and producing from another pocket a little
electric torch directed Its ray over the
grate and Up the chimney. A footstep
sounded In th corridor, nnd slipping the
lamp In his pocket again ho began to take
Ul) tho mitches. humming a tune ns be
did so.
Mj;s. Leo came softly Into the room and
stood looking nt his back for a moment.
"Whatever are you doing?" she said as
she closed tho door.
"Split a bo of matches beastly nui
sance," replied he, then, glancing up, asked,
"All alone?"
"Yes."
"Good " He swept the matches Into the
box nnd Jumped up.
"What's the matter. Kit?"
"I think I'm on the verge of a discovery.
But first, those papers "
She produced a small folded document
from tho little bag that dangled from her
wrist and handed It to him. He ran his
eye over It and gave n long whistle.
"By Ocorge, but this Is Interesting!" he
exclaimed. "So sho's the widow of old Gen
eral von Mantel, Is she? Let me sec, Von
u,.ltlnEr rm Ills
mantlcplece once more. "But I don't mind
telling jou the Kaiser's Intelligence depart
ment didn't actually make mo a present of
1. .-..9 ,........ t,n,,rV, It'a n' rllrla
to class you as Watson to pursue my In
vestigations," He knelt nnd again began tapping the
fireplace.
"Keep nn eye" on the window nnd an car
1 tlio ,lnn. fl.i tlv thn wn rltrln'f
.... IIIU U.V1. ..... .,. J . .-,, ....
u siriKe you last mgni inai irs. nanuer
son refused Myrtle's request for a fire In a
very emphatic manner?"
"I didn't notice It at the time, but now
you mention It "
"Just so. Well, I didn't think much about
it nt the time, but one or two things have
set me thinking since. Listen to this
Miriam." He tapped the solid sounding
tiles, then the one which rang hollow. "Like
a ballv melodrama," he commented. "It's
a great game nnd all that, but It makes
you feel such an ass, crawling round look
ing for secret springs and talking about
dispatches and things. I can never get
over the curious feeling of unreality about
them, Just because one's so used to them In
books. Tlmt'a hnu oidpv nna In T.-nrrln..
fedS nhOllt thnt Sort nf Chlni T Imnnlna
and the Germans were clever enough to
take that Into account when they used all
the tricks of the trade, nngllshmen have
always laughed at the Idea of spies and
called It melodramatic nonsense. And now
it's been proved real every one has tho same
sort of feeling as though a fairy story had
come true."
All the time this chatter was flowing on
Brent's fingers were exploring, and now
they found what they sought. A slight
pressure and the whole of tho grate re
volvcd slowly nround on a center pivot,
rllsctnstnp- nn tvlinf hnrl (,A.n ,v tM. --.
. ...... tvl. ,c inner Blue
a curious and complicated looking arrange
ment of metal, wood and wires. Quite un
intelligible It would have looked to the Ig
norant, but both Miriam Lee and Christo
pher Brent seemed to understand by their
nuuueii exc-iumaiion ana quickened look
dots
"Bight O," said Brent, tannine. 1. fyj
Then, ns fh .ihiui. .' . Pp,.nff lt.ouU.ffl
began again, he ha rt ly To i downW"!
sage In his nni.he.ei,' 0K down the'raS
. 'Dash, dot. four dots again. .. V 7t,
no rcau out. "Does that make ..;.:.,?a,K
"? that " tho German Tora
The hlsslpff sound went on nnn
wrote In silence. When he had "eft Si,
still remained listening for a mlniHe M
"It's stonned." b ..1.1 ... ..'"." ule- Ml
notebook to Miriam. "There what- l
make of that?" ' What do VWll
lou had better signal him c .?'
counseled Miriam. "Dot, pause Jr? fWi
Brent gave the slenal Wffu"5.. !
lated the message as quickly as T.Jr
and then rend It aloud: e
waTtct auf nZ-T.y'l-M)
Brent listened with nn exnressto,'.!
comic bewilderment n.i.i- ,rpres?!on
literally double Dutch to me." he -S5LW
vvnat is it In common or garden Fnii.TSiB
"Well, nothlntr lnt.ni.-rhi. .n?II,hWial
U - .-. uti me lactjfi
"Landed Lelth this morning," Mlrll
read out. "Kntra n tnnih. .' ,r L1".Mf.il
mediately. Uzz awaits ...,U, "'L?
orders?"
signal.
Wh3
"Ye gods and little fishes." said Brei$B
slowly and with emphasis. "Then lhB
really are coming after all !" "
"Who are?" ;
"The famous troons from h. .t "M
have heard so much about. What the dleV
ens ahnll T r.nK.7 n i..- .. uita-
Miriam laughed. "A dot, a dash, two
dots," she told him. ' lwo
"wnat does that mean?" g
"Well, In low German very low German
It means 'Run away and play' " &
"That'll do for the present," said Brent 4
and tapped the message out n..ni..i.. R
Then, otlll nllflnir nn hi. ,., l. ""'"a1)', u.
tho wireless Instrument thoughtfully "tt )
seems a shame to hurt (Mo ni.. u..,'. . . :
low." he said, "and after It's been so useful
and obliging, too. But then. It might oblltiV
mo wiuij ua wei. 00 nere goes" And"
leaning forward, he quickly but firmly tiro.
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'There, I've spiked their gun," he announced 3
i.u .ccocu mo oiiiiiik. ln anotner moment
the fireplace had resumed Its mmai 1 f
pen! nsnpet.
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