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robbed of certain Admiralty P;jr"; lev.
Molly. In despair ni n. "---",. rhrla
tii i aiher lor. aeciaea . Vtlaatlon. B1
Klra. Ws rr and returns to Urtni not
Br rullt and sends for Sanderson.
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fXT UNDERSTAND vou have something to
1 say to me, Mrs. Lee," he said coldly.
'Yes," she replied, ""nodding at him.
lave us together, will you. Kit?"
nr-if o moment . Brent" said Charles.
n. understand from Miss. Pollock ; that you
"That's quite true." put In Miriam swiftly.
' "Of course, Brent." continued Sanderson,
"you as a mere Idler, do not, I suppose,
teallza the Importance or events Just now.
I hope you have learned, that Just-because
jou have an admiration for a pretty face
you must not go doing anything Its owner
Baked you. Surely .even you, might have
fjuessed that all was not quite right?"
"I never thought' It was anything to do
with uples, oh my, word, Sanderson," re
plied Chris, with an anxious fatuousness
of manner. ''I'm devilishly upset about It,
X can tell you. I'd always liked Mrs. Lee ;
he used to be one of my best pals In South
Africa. How was I to know?" Brent hated
himself as he spoke.- but he knew he was
4olng the only possible thing under the cir
cumstances, and, accordingly, he did It as
weH as he knew 'how.
"Well, see that you are not quite such a
fool again,' commented Charles, with a not
unkindly contempt "And now, please. If
you will leave me to deal with Mrs. Lee7
Chris went toward the door, then paused.
"I say, Sanderson." he said earnestly, you
won't be too rough on her, will you? He
stuck hl eyeglass In his eye and beamed
confidingly through It. "She's an awfully
good sort, she Is, really. I'd be awfully
upset If she was to get into 'any trouble."
Chris went.
WTien they were alone together Sander
son walked very slowly across to where
Miriam stood, her head up and her hands
lightly clasped behind her. He knew that
this woman must be a secret scrvlie agent
employed by the British Government, but
he was not yet aware of exactly how much
she knew about him and the rest of the
household. It was of vital Importance that
he should find out He adopted a tone
.which, if she still thought him tho Innocent
victim of, say, frauleln or Fritz, would not
give him away,
"So you are the spy, are you?" he asked
quietly and with a slight but grim smile
playing about his clean-shaven mouth.
"Does It surprise you?" she asked, with
holding any clue, while her eyes danced
with mischief.
"Not altogether, but well, I'm sorry."
"Why?"
"I don't like fighting agatnst women."
' They stood looking at each other, neither
giving away the secret of how much he or
she knew,
Sanderson found he must bring matters
to a head.
"Look here," he began, "let's come to an
understanding.' I'll make things easy for
you If you will be quite square with me."
"What does that mean?" asked Miriam
cautiously.
"I have lost, as you must know, other
documents," replied Charles with equal cau
tion. "Where nre they?"
The time had come for Miriam to play her
trump card and she played it She laughed
In his face.. "Beyond your reach," she re
plied triumphantly.
"It remains to be seen," he said a trifle
grimly. "Where are they?"
"I'm sorry that I can't give you precise
information, but they are on their way to
Germany,"
Charles took two steps backward and
stared at her with his mouth open. Miriam
did not give him long to think.
"I knew that Fritz had been given an
Important letter to post to some one In Lon
don. I thought It might be something con
nected with your admiralty work, and I
used Mr. Brent to get It for me. I told him"
she began to laugh a little "what do you
think I told htm? That Fritz was a Ger
man spy. Of course he was only most
anxious to help me thought it most aw
fully 'good fun.
"But, who the devil are you? What are
In moments of tremendous jiiiiwirtaiice, when a nation's fate Jiangs in theUlai,
in moments oi u,ff h mnmjnfa-j-Mtei It is in lust such a cris 4ft
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tide of events in favor of England.
you?" cried Charles, comlrlg towad her
again.
Miriam swept him ft deep curtsey of de
fiance, her black and gold sklrta swaying
out Into a glittering circle about her. "One
of the fatherland's most humble but de
voted servants," she said quietly. "The
gam Is up you'll denounco me, I know.
But at least I have been able to do some
thing for acrmany."
"But, meln Gott," cried Charles In his
excitement, "this Is incredible. We are
saved, nfter nil."
"Wei What do you mean?" asked Mir.
German chiefly used in South Africa like
a native, and part of her training had been
to get as thoroughly conversant as was pos
sible with tho pet catchwords and phrases
in use among the denizens of what may be
called the spy world,
A curious place, this, a kind of mental
demimonde, a place where emotion, except
for the one great passion which was sup
posed to focus everything, was discouraged,
and where mental effort had to be kept at
its brightest and sharpest. To be plunged
Into a section of It, as now, gave Miriam a
curious feeling of having been dropped on
Miss Myrtle, from whom, of course, alt
knowlcdgo of events was kept hidden by
both sides, came pnttcrlng Into tho sitting
room In search of frauleln Just as the coun
cil of war In which Miriam had to play
such a dimcult part was about to begin.
All four conspirators were sitting around
tho table, ostensibly playing bridge, so that
cerythlnB should seem natural to any ono
who glanced In.
Miss Myrtle's sandy pompadour and the
long face which matched it so ludicrously
In tone camo sidling around the door some
what In ndvanco of her thin, hollow chested
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"This Is not a sleeping draught," replied fraulein
at him as though bereft of
"It will but insure sound and healthy sleep."
lam, staring
reason.
"Tou! Uhl Weill" And, throwing his
head back, Charles laughed aloud In his
relief. "Well, I'll be damned 1"
The hour that followed was the most dif
ficult Miriam had ever known. It was one
thing to bluff Charles Sanderran for a few
successful minutes; It was quite another to
keep It up under questions from the rest
of the gang as well. She began to realize
the truth of what Brent had said, that frau
leln was the leading Bplrlt, and that there
was something oddly sinister nbout this
quiet, faded little woman In the brown
shawl.
Miriam had several things in her favor.
She spoke German that Is, the mongrel
to a planet where the atmosphere differed
so from the normal that it was actually
hard to breathe. Everything appeared
slightly distorted In the minds of these
people, like objects seon through deep
water; and yet she had to keep all her
senses on tho alert through the effect as of
a damp fogglncss which this half world
mado upon her.
Charles had brought In all the rest of the
gang, excepting Fritz; Mr. Pollock was
playing a complicated game of patience In
the billiard room, Chris had disappeared,
apparently much discomfited, and as to
Molly, she had gone to bed long ago. Miss
Myrtle, too, had taken her departure, but
not before a curious little Incident had oc
curred which struck a chill to Miriam,
knowing what she did.
known as an "evening blouse," made of
drab velvet, trimmed with nn unfortunate
selection of glittering ornaments, and sur
mounting a cashmere skirt of the same hue.
"I've Just come In to say good-night,"
she said In tho carefully bright voice that
years of govcrnesslng had Instilled Into her.
Mrs. Sanderson checked tho annoyed ex
pression which she felt rising to the surface
of her countenance and smiled blandly.
"Vou are going off early tonight, Miss
Myrtle," she remarked.
"I know, but I need tho rest. I am such
a light sleeper, and I haven't really quite
got over my llttlo chill yet. Besides, last
night Mr. Brent awakened mo when he
camo upstairs. I'm sure ho would be most
upset If he knew It, so I haven't said a
word, but I didn't get to sleep "Bain for
several hours."
Frauleln began ft rummage In her black
silk bag. She produced a little bottle full
of white tablets and then looked up RtMisa
Myrtle, fixing her steadily with her beady
brown eyes. "Shall I give you a little i rem
edy I iiave, dear Miss Myrtle?" she offered.
Sho held up the bottle. "This, I promise
you, will insure sound repose,"
Charles Sanderson's face remained quite
Imperturbable ; he looked down and made
no movement, as If he waited for fate in,
tako Its course, being equally unwilling
cither, to help or hinder It.
But Miriam could hardly repress a qulcjj
ly Indrawn breath of horror, while a slight
moisture broke out over Mrs. Sandersons
lnrrn nnd comely face. She half put out
'her plump hand to arrest frauleln's.
"Do you think It qutto safe to take sleep
ing drafts, Miss Myrtle?" she asked, and
her voice was a little strained and unequal,
"Let me send you up some hot milk Instead
to your room."
'This is not a sleeping draft," replied
frauleln, getting up nnd shaking two of the
little tabloids Into Miss Myrtle's palm as
sho spoke. "Tnts Is n mere nothing. It
will but Insure sound and healthy sleep."
"So very comforting," crooned Miss
Myrtle. "I am sure I nm most obliged to
you, frauleln. Thank you, and good-night"
She gave a little angujnr Inclination of the
pompadour to tho assembled company and
denarted. while Charles gravely held the
door open for her.
He shrugged his shoulders slightly as he
came back to tho table nnd sat down again.
"I must Bay your methods nre thorough,
frauleln," he observed. "They are some
what unpleasant to any ono of a fastidious
taste. I don't like them myself, but I don't
suppose It would do any good to tell you so.
You would glvo It to her, and wo couldn't
stop It short of a scene."
"O, Charles, It's murder." said Mrs. San
derson half hysterically. "I'm sure we never
meant to do any harm to any one. If only
things hadn't gone so wrong today."
"You must Just look on the thing as pure
ly Incidental, mother," replied Charles. "I
don't think Miss Myrtle would bo much loss
to the human race, myself, although I don't
think she's worth destroying, either.'
"Ach, they are all worth destroying," in
sisted frauleln. "Every English soul sent
below Is a meritorious action. Is It not so,
Mrs. Lee? What does our new-found sister
say?"
Miriam gave a little laugh that sounded
Incredibly natural even to her own critical
cars.
"I agree with frauleln, and with Mrs.
Sanderson, too. A Miss Myrtle more or less
is no great matter, but, still, eyery one we
make sure of Is to the good."
"I think you are all terrible," said Mrs.
Sanderson, passing her plump fingers over
her eyes. "But I suppose It must be. Our
alms nre great and glorious; we must re
member that, and not notice what dirt there
Is by the way."
Miriam wondered whether she referred to
Miss Myrtle or her own actions as dirt, but,
needless to remark, did not voice her
thought.
"Oh, enough about all that," said Charles,
pushing the whole subject of Miss Myrtle
aside as of no Importance. "We must come
to business."
"Ah, yes, business," repeated frauleln.
"As you say, this little episode Is purely
Incidental. The signal is to be given at
1 o'clock, is It not so?"
"Yes, at 1 o'clock. I have the Incendiary
bomb ready. It will only be necessary to
set it, and In a few seconds after the ex
plosion the whole house will be burning.
They are pretty thorough things, you know.
But to make doubly sure I shall spray some
petrol about at the last moment"
Frauleln nodded her birdlike haaVl
proving y. "Ail tw i. "."..'
marked; "and now for us
Havo you planned that out?"'
There I can helD vou." V-m,. Li
Ai-hUV6"1 "lone dowTl
Although I wasn't told about all "lH
naVe Uvo men assistants hearts and,
wn. They krep n b."g car . 'EE.JSA
ly have to telephone them V',a.dJ"3
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Ah, that's snlendM " mi , ... -til
derson. "I cannot tell you how I : if
get away. Luckllv th " .w l 1
It Will be thnrmio.!,!.. u.."l9 B0. . "P
many people can arrive TleV alone .
Ses?"11 "
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mother. In the excitement f VL !.
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the finding of the bodles"Mrs Haivf. '
flinched sllsrhtlv "if ,m t ?.. ?a.n,1ri
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-.utcryininff," replied frauleln. "n ii
there Is one thing more which Is ,?.?' ""M
anxiety, i don't consider that nrontT." nl,tl
been fully explained." nt ha !
Miriam's heart gave a great bonn ... 13
seemed to stand still wh- D0Und- thetj
hands together under the UblsfiST hl
apprehension. Frauleln went o. nenwd
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over ueen explained. And ih .i. .,4
the Pigeon, that was ZVZM
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i was teasing Mr. Brent about his shoii'W
i"S WAie,rJLd '-"!". he -n't hit a s,t "5l
I was teaslnir Mr. n, .u. a.on .1
gull. Owing to this sy8tem of Ignorance I'M
"?. f. ii0.1?1, "' x- course, thSftiSl
j-uu nrjiu usinrr vniif -t !... . . '
of thB-nrtmiroff t ,r'"""..,n l-ne service.
rlalnT t , ";..u"".JTnen 01
message of importance. The rest yoTSl
I had my little dummy Paklg7pUrekpi?tll
nil looking at -the dead h TJST. ,WAW".
Even when I saw what the map was It mW
not convey the truth to me, for, of courie.'il
I only thought It was a plan that m, .?!
derson had to get to the admlraltv n. r.iX-
ly as possible. My one aim was to -ret I i
. Uw...a.,., u.c iiuitmy as posSIDIe, out aV
we can do now is to take It ourselves?
"YOU have it?" askrri Fiituln. i.-V
She nodded. "Yes, I still have It." ' $9
"That'n nil nl-n kn. W..1 - '1
a...uwb ,. .in.,, i, me; aui as you say,'
frauleln, the tampering with the Marconi
installation remains unexplained." '
"I suppose none of you know," broke "la
Miriam, speaking quite casually, "tikt
young Pennlculk had a course In wireless) 1
training; Ana ne was in and out a root
deal this morning, you know. It's no good
saying ne nasn i ine Drains, frauleln, be-
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body obviously had the brains, and it?
seems to me that everything points to'Mr.a
Pennlculk." ffi
"Ah, but that puts quite a different lltht'c.
v-t It ' AVnlnlm-ri fln,1nn t W. T.mm5
culk has had experience in 'wireless. H
la not. as you say. the tvos that wa shnulA
use for investigation work, but then tht'd
TCnirllsh mllat use whSLt thav hava. anri.
he Is a very typical Englishman. TnejjP
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