BVECSTG- PUBLTO LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY. MAY i. 1018 . , - . .. ... , , . . ALT H-Y T ic I ir K J rC '4 . , 2- I ItZJ i f ISSSS CHAPTER I SOME FIGHTS tronirlghl. lilt, bu Public r.tilprr f o I IT VOl' leave Hie rrlcdrlehstiasse nt tho first street be)ond the t'afe Bauer, which is the D.tnzlgpistr issp, mid ihpn, near the far end, take the third to tho rlRht you come on the t'nfe Uoscnkrntitz . 5? ? , common people nno met tlicrc. It Itnrt lr in n.M i ......... .. whn h I , C",S V, ""Vn '? "".laments, wherein the candidate called mat the., trl, r T m "'' .""l "",' for a reversal of the Dreadnought p.o uHlmMelv,?; , , rl.'0L"0V'1 U-rntume Initiated bv lterr Ilnlfoni To SLt II1 ,n, ,,,'',,'' 11,', ' l.ull.1 more ships was. he alleged an In- Sfc7f"tnJL,,',"i"V.II?..-,"f,.hil5lutt to Germany, nnd Imperiled ,he "St.. JLI IIUIII III' III11I1 IMfMIVIIIltl IT11I1- u-ntiM i. ..,, ,.',. I . nl i i ni 'tween the two countries In Bplte of rdi It , . .B !-" l''e If In- ll;l I torlnl approval of thl, Matenient I ,1. mB, . i.rl , ' r'T, " " """ "'" ""reed, for all my experience In i:.i ;.h.iLn ' . ",', , " ?".,". "UPC,r. ' "'"' '" Hi'"" "'it "" "! fnfn mi w TV1". T' .' "?"1? ',ml ",?,,,a ",r'l"l "latlons were those of cordlil 1 Sr nJ ".I r r" ' 1ll"n,,,lfl "" rttMllte. which could hardlv be Imperil- fn mMiii. T ?n f h'". e',lrT'P ,,.i,1 " '" '"ore l"l.hulldlnB. and 1 ,.,- n.l on " "" '" iticrted. the foundation of Herman, e .KrudRo ncalnst us was not (hat we built I remember the KtreiiKtli of that lm- I shlp but that we exlmed (in off. ne r.n prepwlon when I Hist chained on the ' which there f.eeme.1 to be no .unliable i.i.icp ii inteiesied me, and I was niicmcdy. fairly frcnumt visitor ufterwnrd: Inn I cannot say I pvir nally fathomed tho Life or Its habitues obviously pome of us vveie merely In the place, vvli'lo others were of It There was n nueer Undercurrent In Its surface which ono nilRlit feel but never sec And fro fluently, tlttlnR In my corner, I liavo w niched such a ihance Welter enter, set- tin flr..i't ..itili .... ..,. ....... ...i ... ...i festatlons of a ,;;:;;:'-; '" '-" "rp In Pleasant evenlK for himself, and then ' " "M ' '"""' L fL t''"'" r'"" 1 have seen tho successive svmptm9flp. S. . i w rn'r pear, a menta. p, rturhatlon pass ', ' I T'' , ,r"t , ZTZIT.I " s'.rih or,c" ,,e', j:: ,s --" ,m omr,CUJ Sometimes 1 fe, ,emp,, to follow .'.'I.'"" '.ni1,1 '" "e " one of these men and beir hlni in lell in.. 'nl"' n 0'co nuswired what his t.pii,itniiM exactly were But j nui.-i .un i i.now mat I would be miiuwimni lino iimi knanii uliut .Ni n put off with some such exeuso ns that ,,lnl shiRle uttered sybnble LooKIhr f..i they found the s.ala uncomfortable, or,"1' speaker 1 found him to be in,, bttir the bier Indifferent Ji w Ills read mouth was w real In I in But here It d.uvns on me that I inn '""en, Ills teeth Rleamed. beRlnnliiR MiIk stiatiRe (ale Iu rather j Not another word was said lb. . . tlunisv fashion Possibly a closir uc- at the door stood rlRld for a full nun i e lUHlntiinre with hteiarj art, ir I had It, Then he nine forward sat down i.i 1 1. would tell me timt Instead of explain- table next to mine. i,elde the ,., h. ing tho lafe 1 oiiRht llrst to explain , called Dewlnsl.l nnd the num . .,. mseir If this Indeed, bo tho llRht ended. laftsmanshlp I .an only say I have Uellchtliin- ...v ,.,. i ., , a lonfldent I.nne n,..t .... i. ,. .,,iii. ' "elK"R ni pipe I tK ,r here, as w.ll doni.iiev. ... nn ' , ,: I W.ll llollblless 'iv nnnv c.tl.ers v I ovet oole?l 1, I .win i. oveiiooked b) "' I in enn-l.l. ration of the nueer . to romo. leaner, in rinMi r.itlun nf tho nu tlniu I 1, . . ,. ... 111 I.. . 1.1..1 . ,l tft j IIU IU tl-ll III JIIIV I.IMl I IIIIII1. I .an se, m.,ue,s stralRlit In a fiw WUlUB j Tlic Cafe KoscnKranlz ...,,, , , ,, , After I bad Rradiiatcd In ine.llclno at AbeidPPii I bid on the iidvlce of Piofes- sor Munio, Ron. to Paris for it ear's studs at the famous .salipetrlcro with a view to sp. . lalilnR iu mental disease Actuallj lspmt two vearsm that Br.-at institution, and -ix months befole the date on win.!, tins nanatlve opu.s had roup on to ll.rlin .Not that I expect- td tho medical mIiouIs thcro to teach, me what tho S iltp. trlete could not that would be Indetd an absutdlt tan i i.....t'r m ,.inv w ii.u i nan ic... iic-ii ..i the connection of mental science and ine cu 1. .'ci.ui. 01 iiici.Li.i ruit'i.cu ui... i......i. ., ... .i.rf..e. i i ..,t.,.l.u...n ... ,,........-. .. ....... temperament as is the. stolid Teuton iron, the voUtlle Latin Well, I had In en Rolng with more oi . '.,.... r ........... ... to the fat, Kozenk.antz, nnd had roi I to K. ovv bv KlKht most of Its frcpicnt- crs ai l tin v to kno.v me, wnen, quitp ' suddenlj ono nifht, I slipped Into tne whirlpool -r its daik watern It Is lather odd (o look ba. k on it now and icallze that on that Jui iveuliiR I was, llttlo ns I thouRlu so then, enlirlns lib. painted marble portals lor the last time, It was on tin suokc oi iu, a nuiu . uu or iwice lor nn instant our lalei than usual whin I settled down e.ves met. and nt llrst I was (pilck to in my a. . uMomcd vomer with mj pipe avert my Rlam-e, not wishing to ap and lager and d vv from my pocket u Pear as a watcher After a llttlo of little old boik of Wcstphnllan folk- "'Is cross play, however, It seemed to, songs I had that dav picked up at tho I me that he was Hying to hold mv look. I ..... nnrt-h..nil booksh.m that stands at tbaltrjlng almost to sav Fomethlnir to ...e- corner of the Wundtstrusse, anil which ( 1 had ieservi.1 unexamined foi this unlet lioui It was u f.isilnatniB nooK. uuoineu villi naif vvumliuts of domestic anil lUial life and though prliili.I 111 liotlu. .haia.teis vvlikh niado It to mo lath, i tioubl.som i.a.lliiR. ino om- world lov. of home and ilill.ireii anci simp.0 tilings, the unsophisticated wav, ""7 . " . . , , ,i thor., time tnai u u.iw.i... """". ',,,,- was something untowa.d afoot In tic cafe aguel 1 had be.n awaro that I there was u good deal or coming aim to. tB The swing uooru.a "''"" "" I outer chamber In which I was fiom t e laiger iiuir. ..,.i. .......v -- move 1 sat and kept a quiet ce on things for a while N'ovv no one was petering Kvldently the audience was complete Putting awn my little volumo and finishing off my beu, 1 crossed the ftooi with. I hope, a not exaggerated nlr of nonchalance, and passed through tho green baize swing doors into the in ner room Heaven Knows to. a "T tiicted to find there: What I mu unci Illff Mil IllWd III. lll'I'V." -"-, -- , I ni I Mini ulinil rt.I ! .......) ... .harm Independent of "';" 1,sl1i ?' ! After a while this .lock began to take ,al interest as rcco.ds of n old Ocr- ,,, ,,, thf) ,,, ,,, f many that had passed for ever away I t,,e com cIoal. , I Thus fiiL'jL'id. t was nut 101 boine ,,,, , nttnm. i.i ... .....,. .. ., B'Was a gathering of some twenty men seated In twos nnu tnrees louuu mo iu tle tables. Home of them were known tj me by sight, with a few I had ever, exchanged a word or two from time to time, for I fancy that at first they were somewhat curious about me. The talk Ing ceased abruptly on my entry and all their faces turned and lookid at mo In tho silence. It sent n queer thrill of terlness through me and I stopped lr reeolutel, as the door swung back be hind me A Silent Greeting The silence lasted no more than an In ptant. It was broken by a high-pitched xolce of feminine quality, und Im mediately the tulk of the room was nfraln In full sw Ing 1 looked to see who It was that had been so alert and leady, nnd found my man Iu one with whose face I was familial, but whom I had missed from the place for the last few weeks. He wus of lithe, slender build, rather Jewish In features, dark, with 111 llllant eyes and black-pointed beard, which enhanced the whiteness of his teeth when he showed them In a smile. And as he was a. most good-humored fel low, with a smile for every one, he often :..' hi- iubii. it seemed to ma he I liked doing It u touch of xanlty per-1 haps. They were good teeth, l-ater on lie lost some of them, bettllng myself In a corner I took up u newspaper, feeling that I was nearer than I ever had been to the cafe's hid-1 den thlnga. The atmosphere was some- what Ubrant That sudden turning of the head, and the hush and stillness v hen I entered, were sulllclent Indlca- Urn They hackexpected some-one very dlttertnt.undTWy hud alt expected hlra They net nil wnltlng for hint thev nil knew who It una for whom the) watted I Old not , hut I could unit nlso nnd see As time passed howevci. I became sen ltlo to the fact thnt my presenco a source of extreme discomfort to them The) were fidgety. Heads went together ticross the llttlo round marble-lopped 1 Uibles. Thcr was Knml d,,'l "' ' whispering beneath the oruinar) na.iei 01 ' commingling voices that In the note of I m.i nnrmnl cnio. liver me rati1 . " I paper I caught numerous glnmes dl-i luted my nv, which I coum not m- ttibuto to un) thine unuiu.ii or uuriec-me In inv personal appearance. And thrw Klnnccs from tho pale blues and steel) grnjs of Prussian e)es were not kind However. 1 sat llRht Hvtry Item In the newspaper was not onl) read but ill cestcd I fancy I could Rive it pond eutnnuiry of that paper'B contents even now, from the telcgraphd news as to auffaias j: ."sa-s: 'cor.uai relations nuneito cxisiiiir i.e. The Tale Visitor The thoURht brought a fmlle Thin the blR Rreen baize iloora opened quUth and pome one stepped Into the room Ml faceH tinned simultaneously nnd all talk ceuced, as If by pome mlraile iviiv tpeaker had come to tho end of bis sentence nt the tame moment In thp There was n world of . i.mpl.i.'i ot newspaper aBaln and ruminated awl,. - . ...... . uuiiiui.ro aw ll T'"?'"1 '" 'l e0011 UOr'' ,h"t fl" ""' situation us I now see It -as t win n,t ,,. ,,,, .,...,..' ". Kl! It ? 1 Z,l' una i.xt ( I. ....,. 41. . fl. . . i ...... - ....n t!wt t "IIU1V 111V ll-ilfun III jt sni,i t "ul " '? "T: "" ",( ",Jl1 l'fl'" lover and Kolkestone, by the ltnv.il uai. Inn. as I remember. nf tho t..p of the h Meanwhile mv neighbors nt tbe t . table weie talkliu- nmoiiR themselve ' i,i,, , ,' " tlTiov Zner ibi 7 rlnsk. n.l 'I' " "' ",L "'T,"'",'";1 '" " ' '" " "?':.?.. "''oso ..''." K ' the inn i no ipiletiy and Ruardedlv f. 7, , ,., ', -.1. . " ' """" see or ! ....... .ji. ...a . .noi. a nun of ll (I I u r.t-t nn.. i. III. .. ' . ...i H ,in.- r, e i.t,. .,, ,.Q ., . . , , l',,t". . ".' .S. "f W,1,L '. """'"'1 '"' '"" "v ' ."' I. ll.OII.ll lltllSli i, ,,,iu. ,.,,.. ,, " ' "' hardest tub- of fves that ever trod .o .mi, ,,.n ,lm, ,, . ,", ,, ,"..0 , ,"" "" as ..n in ' ?' ''"" H'cf' i,mI " " tv, l,r"?f ,l,c,'"n ip had waitei I f"i" fronted me He was n mimr nu. " """ '"'" ''l '"ia-1 In lll-m.,,.,.. """'' '""'" . .. io inis croup thai 1 i. ,. a Rood deal of uiiosteutnllous ,uip tlon even when mv Rlance wnnilei. I to the others beond. By and bv n dawned on me tli.it tho man with the Palo faco was pa) ins mo the Mra; compliment. In much tho satno m-in- theie was n sort of question In his ejes ' ., ........... r ,,.., .... . . ... ,,,, , , . ",'',., C01nln0n (i,.r,., ,,,.., u I ... , ,, ..,... ,.. ."'" ,,; ;-" 'r'Zx TWZ """' """ l'l" " "HIH i men iiiuy tic- slied to be Hd of me I wondered why ()n(J o hcm (1(d nol (Qmo an(J t,)e Floul , , . . , . Certalny as r wnpU me, (hat newg papei I expected some such hint, sooner Ia(er Tlier(j w(j( a( angry hjn ( i the room that reminded me of the Inst time I had disturbed 1. wasps' nest by plugging up the hole, and lajlng my, ear to the ground to listen At last a man on the far side got up, and step ping on to tho little dais, sat down at the piano lie had, however. Rot no further w Ith his playing than the preliminary roulade of rippling notes when Dewinskl Interrupted . , ' I-..-lit:. ...ll, in iiit-iu. , nt. IUU9.U 1 i pray ou " They all looked at De winskl, wondering "Theie Is this Eng lishman among us," he explained. i I wondered what was coming and, I dare say, 'showed It Voices lose In protest. Who cared for the Knglish. man' He had been too long there; and other things were said that were undlstlugulshable In the guttural bab ble "He does not like music." continued the little Jew suavely. "No English man likes music " There was quietness now. I felt, and they. I suspect, knew that something venomous was coming 'The good gentleman will depart, de prive us of his company. If that pig Frederick will continue" One or twp began to laugh, but most showed mere bewilderment. Dewinskl banged a first on the table. "You do not believe me! I.leber Gotl, I know ! Tho British when they have to meet any business that Is very un pleasant, from which there Is no escape nt all, they call It 'facing the muslo' 1" And while the loom rocked with laugh ter at this sull, and they all had some- thine to Jabber to each other about It 1 was looking at the man who looked at jrae, the man who did not Join In the I merriment I am not quite sure as to i the power man has. for sweeping from ihl mind memories that are unwelcome 1 believe that Impressions, even deeply I lodged In the brain's convolutions, can be obliterated much more completely than Is. generally supposed Of course. the brain Itself retains every Impression that has ever been made on Its texture and in the strictest sense no man ever ' m i(1n tit rm l'mrllil lit-Plr. tmn nn tJOHM PBRGUSOhL t AV.'l:V:o-. ? .-.) '.' ' . T3HWF1-"" '. .' .' .. ' i - TMlBBBBMIDnti mv&v? "V 111- '-'wMnuUM i ViMiiiiil ' i ' iiJHiii1Tffii TirrPm afIfWKH3rofiMKfKB i ' m mt im wimmm nih m n? j l 3 MiTTMl II - ""TTT iTiv1TTI MBTOfm TV " BWHTIB ' ill m hIIHI I n ll i In i I I'liintinj; to the piece nf black leather cloth ljinR m the road, he whispered "Over." It was curious hew he He smiled, and tried to speak as took the little p.uket and put it in in f.MR.i .tii.tlniiK Pin In i.'iw.i .1 re tailing is fault. and llu n.vet l.l.iv be left un. x. I. i. .1 In t.itaiu .as.s, it a man so .house We n. ed lint put out u linger to open that door Title, but every life lias sotuo menioiy that can open the door for itself, nnd at homo lime or other. In tile sllenco of n wake ful night, pel hap9, the door of that memory swings on noiseless hinges, nnd, whether wo will it or no, we are faco tu face witli nunc spectro of the far off v.ir It ii. his c.vep that haunt me ' Not the shall., suspicious aspect thev had when he stood with his back to the door, the pupils small, full of fear, but ni they weie when we looked at each other so often, when thu pupils were enlarged and lelnxtd, when he had no fear, hut only despair There Is onl one other ghost that has un equal power of presenting him self whether 1 will It or not an old collie dog, who looks up at me und wags hia tall while ho rhakes the water from his dripping body It Is curious ho should choose me, for I had no hand iu his death, and indeed, never saw hlni till the time the drowned him. Still, even so, that lather strengthen? my contention that there arc memories over which we have no control Tho mentor) of that dog came back to mo then, as I sat In tho Cafe Hoseukrantz I had bien wandering In the woods, a small boy of ten or so. and, coming on the deep pool they call Lady Urumtnond'a bath, saw on the brink two or three men with a dog One man. the dogV mas ter, was Is lng a heavy stone to the collie's neck, for he had become too old to be worth his keep To me It seemed that the dog knew To the bystanders ho wagged his tall while the pieparatlons went on, as If thej had attended out of lespect, and not for the sport of It; and when his master knelt down tho better to fasten the stone to u rope the collar being lemuved as a thing of some value he licked the man's face ' SHI) brute," tho man mumbled, 'he little kens what's what" But 1 think he did know I think he was merely pretending to them he did not;, for the look In his- c)e.s belled the wagging tall, tho look that was so like that of the man over there Tor now I knew I stood on the brink of t raged), and that here, once again, was one with a rope and a stone louud his neck, and whoso last moments were fast running out. The Party Leaves "Do ou see the clock?' The voice that thu? burst in among my thoughts was so rasping and formid able that It made me glance at the clock before I looked at the speaker It was the monstrously fat man whose back had been before me all the eve ning. Now he was standing over the young fellow, a huge hand laid on his shoulder. No one gave the slightest heed to me, and I watched with tense Interest, wondering what significance attached to the words and what would happen next But nothing more was said. No one got up except Dewinskl, and the man with the pitted face Then the young man arose and I saw that they were about to leuve. He did not &y A German 'noli .....nil tut- ii. tin t a l up m !f and iiwidi mv . i t,( tin itii.n nh an affe. t.ltlon .it I. Illlrlines- Bill i ,im i sure it was lo-t nn iheiii .. une ic- garded me j Outside I lingered on ihu steps to ' light my cigarette Theie had been 'some rain, leaving the pavement., wet so that the lellected lights nf the street . lamps la on tho road like a row of 1 fallen stats After the hot spent at mosphere of the cafe the nlghl nil imiiio fics-li nnd hiaclug to the lungs. There seemed Io be virv few peopie abroad iPiubablv the ipccnt mill had helped to nipty the stieits somewhat sooner than usual, and a 1 stood the sound of meir) bells began to fill the all The .locks of tho great pit) were striking some near at hand loud and leveiberant others thin and silveiv, coining fiom 'afar over tho roofs in the still night. I They had not ended before I lien til the shuffle of feet behind me. and De. jWlnski with the voung nun In the III I fitting clothes and twn others stepped I on to the street It amazed me that ' there were only four Somehow I had I expected the whole rabble They cvl- deutlv did not desire to draw attention land when that obvious Inference from their numbers had been made tho I thought of playing nn Impudent nnd j bold part came to me suddenly It was Impossible to leave unanswered that dumb tall for help' So. without an) clear plan of actlun I slipped along the street after them The only thing I nm.l.l ...t.l. .. .. nn n iftln l.n n-nt... llllll, lllllin .11 . 1,13 ..' JUIII ..117 ,,UU with somo casual remark, such as "Ah. I see )ou are going mv w.iv. A pleasant evening. Isn't It' Though the wind Is rising, certainly" Following a Clue But though I had exchanged greet ings In the past with Dewinskl I felt that It would be rather forcing the note so to speak, to cut In like that And I had to slacken my pace, as I came up behind them, so that I might get a hold of something a little more plausible This seemed a desperately haid thing to do They wcio only a dozen paces ahead of mo now, the fat monster In front with his arm linked affectionately In the victims, Dewinskl nnd the other I close on his heels. I was fearful-that .. .. .1..... .. ,!.... Inn. Ii.lilml u.i.1 U.A UI.C 1.1 llir.l. Illlnl'l IUWI1 .'llllll. mill fu me, but th's did not happen. No doubt the two behind were full) engaged In keeping an e)e on their prlsi.ner, and from this I judged he must be a slippery customer In this fashion we had traversed the length of several streets. I have already remarked on the quietness of that night What little traffic there was abroad was almost all vehicular, und the rapid foot steps of the rare pedestrian could be heard a long way off as he hurried home ward I took care that my own should not be heard Indeed I was slipping round the corner of a square, the name of which was unknown to me, when I ran straight Into them, us they stood up against the railing, under the overhang ing tree's. It was a horrible moment, and I must have looked a fool, coming round with every manifestation of stealthy caution. They just stood there looking at me It wait enough1 I felt hot all over with chame. There was na Spy Story i ll.tl.i . Ii ...ill ll nff One ..nv 'I .11 i.lher in. tipl.ie inn-nit was tun plain cvi.lfll.p nf m si ll'B pllll'n. Dewinskl, who had been smiling, be gnn to whistle some tune, and I could sro tho branches of the shrubbery be hind him tapping on tho Iron ladings, ns If heating time tn his flutellke notes Then I began to laugh Ills lompanlon with a snail of iage stepped toward me IlftliiR his slick Hut Dewinskl. push ing him back, stepped tu flout of me, lift ing his fording! i ' Sli,' he said, theie haf been much spoken In laiRllsh iiewsiiap'is of Ger man Mil, in UiiRlnnd. And I haf never seen van leedle bit In ze Herman aboul English spies In Uermany So' and ct nil ze evening )ou haf spied on us, four gentlemen vat go home You haf all thu suspicion that cnnio fiom stu lildlt) You haf discover a mare's nest, whatever zat Is, and )ou, inoln Heir, uro ze cuckoo In z neat Well, If ou do not want to fall Into deep waters, il.it is also hot water, as you say, go home mi."' here ho smiled gcnlall) "schleep well In jour beds" He took his companions arm and passed on to where the others were waiting under a lamp Ills words of piotest left me shaken for u moment Had I Indeed been making an ass of m self 1 stood rooted to the spot In Inde cision, looking after them doubtfully, watching their backs ns they passed under the light of the lamp at the corner. And I think I would have turned away homewards, then and there, had It not been for a little thing, a mere pln-prlck In the way of an Insult, which, It seemed, the Impish Jew could not deny himself lie was behind the others Just bejond the lamp ha turned toward me, stood for a moment with the light streaming from above In a theatrical effect that no doubt was much to his taste and with a graceful sweep of his arm blew me a kiss' Then the darkness enveloped him, and I could hear their footsteps grad ually die away. It Is not really stiange that one should nrrlvo ut convictions inoio often by seeing something done thnn by hear ing something said That aet of De winski's, the slmlan-like mockery und malice of.lt, with his teeth showing, and his half-shut e)ee. scatteied ni) Innate Scotch dubiety and hesitation for Inter fering in other people's affairs It put in) back up and set me allauie But. above all, It gave me the conviction that they were up to somo devilry with the man they had In their clutches. Go home and sleep well'' There was one man they Intended should sleep well that right, but not fn his bed. It was nt this point that thought died In me, and 1 became a living mechanism fof action When 1 had removed my boots and placed them carefully Inside the garden ruillngs for they were a good pair und I had no mind to lose them I crossed to the other side of the road down which the gang had gone und ran like the wind after them. Along almost the entire length I went like h 11) lng shadow Then, when ll was clear I must have overshot the party, I crossed thr street and doubled back on the other side, listening for any sounds at the top of all the aide streets. The quarter of the city : insisted on that "Over! Over!" pocket. in w hi. b I tutin.i in... ll was stlangp to ni long naiall. 1 liu. s nf ties, tl.d MlectH, h., uses that pt.s.ni..! no distiu.tivp f... lures and nunc thai gav an oul- vvunl indliutlon of Interior life The , lauds overhead had broken up Into , smaller fragments ns the night woie on, I and a faint moonlight begun to show fitfully ttiNiugh the edges. The street in which I n vv siopp.d to listen ran north and south, with its east side tn shadow 1 wuh aboul tu pass on In the mxt when a fnlnt. fui nvvnv sound Htiuck inv cur and us chuuees weie few now 1 seized on that .ham e nnd sped down the shadowed side of the street I Ver) soon I was close inough to hear voltes in altercation, and to see n group uf men on the opposite side, confronted bv ji policeman lie was a big fellow, I nud I could see the light glint on the metal ornaments nn his helmet Cautiously 1 crept along, flattening in)- I self aR.ilnst the wall, and in a dooiwa) I i.pposlte drew up to await a favorable chance for Intervention At first It look- . l as If the ollleer was about to inarch j the whole part) off to the police station. They had in some vni) olfended him not n very dllllcult matter In Birlln i and his big voice boomed nt the Jew's I low expostulations I Imagine from Ivvliat nfterwnrd happened, that It was something their prisoner had said or I done, and I judged that things must be I getting lather desperate from his point i of view. The Pit-lit Kinall) however, Dewlnskl's suave mnuneis seemed tc prevail The police man's voice dropped Into n low tumble that showed mo the crisis was over; his helmet nodded final admonitions, and he was passing on his way when there was a sudden scutlle In the group some one burst from them and stiuek the policeman a resounding smnik on the face. It must have been done with the open palm, from the noise It made , but, according to British Ideas on the sub ject. It was no sort of crack to give a policeman, combining, ns It did the maximum of Insult with the minimum i of damage. When I saw It was the little man. their prisoner, who had struck the bl. w I thought things weie getting even more queer than ever They weio on him like a flash, dragging him back The big policeman, after starting like an astonished bull In stupid em prise, gave a roar of angei nnd dashed for his man. tearing him like a rag from their grasp When Dewinskl and the others came round In front, und the policeman dtew his sword and waved them off threat ening!). I began to see du) light the little chap had Intended his blow to Insult li Jt not to Injure He wanted to get himself arrested) therefore he had less to fear from the iollce, at all events that night, than fiom the otheis At first It looked as If his ruse would be1 crowned with success. The ollleer snapped a handcuff on his prisoner, und set off for the station as soon as the others had fallen back from his swetd's I point And, since the prisoner gave no trouble, the pace was quite brisk The others followed, Dewinskl cursing softly ind the fat man soon showing symptoms I hat iho pace was too hot for him Wo were In nncther street now, and from behind I could eo that the trio were much alarmed nt this unexpected turn the afTnlr had taken. They pulled up and their bends went togethei In . nnsiiltiitloii Then the third -man, the felliiw with the pitted face, detached himself on. I wpnt speeding nlong the ire., n tlin light Tho Jew and the ri i,..n ii.inied along again after their i.iiim and I made sure as I quickened '. . .. n pin e that something nasty was liu1.. '.g ti was wonderful how that i i u 1 1 1 or fleh moved so swiftly nnd ooiietcslv There was something weird . .n.tinus in it more ominous even Minn tlie stealth, tat-like progress of me tp.v w tin tan with little steps by t.is . de f am sine the other two 'i.hi-.i n. .tiling as Uiev tame up behind Tin . weie in the middle of the road, ... 'ho fu I moonlight, for now the moon .tU merged fiom tho weltei of clouds, ii no nn men lav u long shartly cut , n risi nf light and i.hndow 1 1. mki ns i,n the poll. email s back . in .be ogilnv of n panther, arms nn Ke.l m mil the neck, und his knee ii. i ng into the small of the man's i..i i. He i nine down like n stricken iindei tin butchers pole-axe, and the m a i nw.ii.i pun out of Ills grasp nnd fp angmg on the hard road Tho mo rn n be wn down the fat man, with r.n and a jump landed on the mans n !ai. IuhIv Thcro was no cry, not en a gr an s.. r ,i tbe .laitpr of the swoid. It .- .. . noiseless as if the man hnd n. ni sin. ken down bv n grotesque bulky sb 1 w iiddenl) be. ome ponderable n.p mo s. oundiels were busily en c.R rt i fl ng the person of their whilom or soner who had fallen with his captor, inn t appeared had shared In his In u. VI. rush was noiseless, and I n iigine t as mv pr.iedlng shadow, falling on Hie white, upturned face of ii. r in tun that first gave them warn ng I he Jew was on his feet n n flaS( n "imp in recognize me, but not In time i.. ward off the drive from mv right that went home mi his Jaw, lie was, as I na.e said a dimlniittlve sllghtlv built real ure wiih no weight of bone In him i nUei the blow be spun over and then -in riie fai man was much less a. me n getting to his feet If he bad ..nflned himself to the drawing of his rc.niMi Iip might have got me But he was rather badl) statlled, and us he drew was attempting also to get on his feei This gave me time But ho was alm..si up e'a'i on the tin of his chin I caught him a well-planted effort, 'hough I sav it inv self, and ns he col l.n.se.1 hki a huge emptied sack his shot ring ..ii on the still night, as If it had been a i ip pun. tuted I don I know wnpie it pnt Into the skv, piobabl) a- 'i v ni in flew up Mack Packet Km cling beside the stranger who had si. i uriousiv drawn me Into his affairs, I strove to bung linn round, for I did not tb.nl. he had sustained nnv Injury be ion.1 the sudden and violent fall Ills i" opened, and he looked up nt me n-r a dazed sort of scrutln) I saw in.igniiir.il ireep into them, and bo smiled I du) what I could for him, but t was i lear that somehow he was more euouslv Injured than I hnd anticipated, foi be was Incapable of movement By himself he would not have made much nf a burden to carrv Into snfet), but, ...urelv handcuffed ns be was tn the fallen policeman, that was out of the ipiestion Then when I saw something liiiRlu-i oloreil at the corner of the ninuth I laid his breast bare, and soon dls.oveied where the fat man's bullet had found lodgment The bullet had penetrated his right sale hi its course passing through n -nnll squate of American iloth that was fastened almost under the nrmplt Caie fiillv Iiemov.d this 1 fdt him struggle, as if to speak, when I threw the thing aside He was In great distress, endeav oring to rnlso himself, und pointing to the pine of bla.k leather cloth lying on the road 1 picked it up and then saw that ii was a thin fiat packet that prob ithlv liitalned something he valued Theie was a hole through It Bather nt a loss, tried to satlsfv him by putting it In his btenst pocket; but this did not seem to content hlni either. I let hlni see me put it Into mv own pocket and looked him full In tho eves to Indicate that ; look chaige of It for him Ke smiled and tried tn speak 1 bent my head close to his mouth. "Over," ho said Having little doubt that it was In deed, all "ovei" with hlni, J could only nod my confirmation With n little sigh as from extreme exhaustion, he closed his eves and I bent down once tnoie to see If he )et breathed While 1 listened so, almost op tho surface of the street there came to. my ear the far-away sound of feet tun ning fast He must have heard tint sound, too, I think, for he pushed at me gentlv "Over," he whispered "Over, over" It was furious how he insisted on that Without doubt It was the man with the pitied faio bringing tho re-enforce-ments for which he nud been sent Slipping over to the mouth of an alley' on the dark side or tho street, I waited for their coming How grotesquely that scattered gtoup lay in tho white moon light; the dead policeman, his helmet, some distance from him, on its side; the glgantlc.fnt man with his head to ward me and Ms feet l)lng over the prostrate ollleer: Dewinskl beond them, like n doll on Its back, the legs oddly and stlttl) outspread The running men gave u ilhout when they saw the group, which was visible from a good distance on such a night, and ths patter of feet quickened.. Soor I saw them, and knew that j me sooner i was gone me ueiter. Tlie man who led was the fellow I had seen before He lapped out nn oith of Eatlsfactlon us he came up und stop ped by the wounded man, the man who had shown the white face In the Cafe Itoscnkrantz. but who had shown noth ing of the while feathei I turned Into the dark alley and ran foi my life. CHAPTER II THE PACKET Till: next morning I decided to ausent myself from Professor Varberg's lectuie on the Origin of Racial Tem peraments Sly feet had suffered se. veiely on the cobbles of side streets. I and I Imagined that n quiet morning. Iu slippers would be a not unpleasant change Besides, I vvus In no proper mood to listen with patience to the professor's exhaustive ineorles on his pet subject; I had too much to think about In connection with the wild events ot the preceding night, and had not as )et arrived ut any theory which would account for them. After breakfaiit, however, I began to collect the neces. sary materials, In the Berliner Tage blutt n smudgy stop press Item for which I was seeking caught my ee MYSTUIUOL'S AFFAIR IN TUG KKPPELSTRASHH "A msterioua affair is reported from the Keppelstrasse, the full details of which are .not yet available for pub. llcatlon. At an cary hour this morn ing Carl Brunner, a baker, on his way to work, came upon the bodies of a police officer and a young man lying together In tho itreet Jt Is supposed that tho officer had arrested the mail ,and was engaged In conveylnr M charge to the station when he was feat I upon irad shot by the prisoner's otm , federates "The scene of the attack was Wfit chosen, for the Keppelstrasse Is Jn , I quarter with few Inhabitants, befwf ' w...,- n niiiri in nnicuuiiacs, .' . . p I "It Is not yet known how the prta " oner, w nose uoay wuen uiscoverra w l stilt shackled In the nfflcer. met Wi death, but It Is expected that the fv-Wfj! ueiniis win no lurnisnca in me court of the day " ij I relit my pipe. That would be wha( the ordinary newspaper man Woul make of the affair No need to scoff nt hlni The chances were a hundred; to one that It was nn attempt at a rescue Yet I wondered what tho au thorities would mako of It when th doctors told tlmn that the bullet was not In the ollleer, but In his prlroner The Jew nnd his companion, th fat man, had been got away, with the as' slsiance I nau seen arriving, ana wn.un, .. it pleased me to thnk, they would nee. V-j Why the Mjstery? But what lay behind It all? IJk every other leader of newspapers I knew, of course, that crime had corns' to share In the modern passion for or ganization nnd umalgumatlon. Bur glnry as u one-man business was. Ilka grocery us a one-man business, obso lete Indeed, of the two, crime alone had attained to ramifications that were International Undoubtedly some form nf crime lay behind the events of last nlghl they all bore the atmosphere of) It but a merely natural and human curiosity demanded to know what th specific crime In this case was. Specu lation Is often u fascinating mental ex ercise, but when carried on without data Is usually barren In concrete results. It Is, perhaps, strange that among the various theories I formulated to ac count for the few facts In my posses sion the view that this crime might have politicalmotives behind It did not then enter m mind The one great motive for murder that at onco enters the Brit ish mind is robber). That Is because of tho Intense veneration the British mind has for proper!) , ur a race wo uro Indisposed to admit that there la any other adequate, motive. It must be the desire to acquire property ot some kind I admit that De Qulncey, with his famous ' Murder as u Fine Art" essa). may be quoted against me. But that essav I am convinced was written by the Opium Hater, and not by the Kngllshman, De Qulncey It Is not, therefore, really strange that I did not supect this crime to have a political origin In England politics have been for so long a mere game that we can not conceive of a rational mind that would risk Its supporting neck on behalf of any politician Indeed that Is put ting the situation in an exaggerated form, for. outside Ireland, the excep-. tinnal pnnntrv lipm an a. an..,..h..n wm take our games much more seriously than our politics. Whatever the Impelling cause. It Tjas a xcry ugl.v business, and I was well out of It with only the loss of a pair ot boots that were virtually new It Is true I was not )et quite out of the af fair There was that American cloth packet with which the dead man had Intrusted ine. If he was dead and on that 1 must satisfy ni) self the right thing would be to hind It over to the police Unopened" That was the point toward which mv thoughts converged. The man to whom It belonged might be a criminal, a traitor, and the men responsible for bis death might be but I the Instruments of that vepgeanco which 1 Bacon calls a rude kind of justice . Hien so, the man had trusted me. J had liked hlni. too That attack of his ' on the policeman. In Its execution I like a schnnlrrlrl In ll Bnl-u ..11... enough for a paladin a thing for both'n I.XIfrrl.tx n ... J . l. I ...u,,,ci uiiu icars u was mat mat I fixed my s.vmpathies j On the whole. I decided that I could open nnd examine the contents. Jn a way, i was the man's trustee. My fu ture course of action must be decided by what It contnlned I was looking for my scissors to silt the silk threads with which the packet was sewn, when the door opened gently nnd the voice ot Trudchen, the maid, startled me "Herr Wohlenhnupt " Looking round hastil) I saw advanc ing a short man spare of figure, whose hlunt. heav) features and large Jowl made the head seem disproportionate to the body ' Without suggesting actual deformity, Herr ohlenhaupt seemed to have been furnished with the head of a much big, ger man Though one might have to n,. ? ? nh?t tlrecl such nn arrange, nient had on his temper there was no delay In recognizing the effect It had on his circulation, his unhealthy pallor suggesting that the small heart, under the neat frock coat could not supply nance ""t "Pa"Se ot count8' A Caller He bowed to me with some urbanity of manner, holding his hat to his small .'.'"trr Abercromby?" he queried pleas- I "? And nn my assenting he tools, noii sesslon of a chair, with another bSwVas seated " thiU '' t0' mIeht ba ,,"" ery fine mor's- sir" he re marked, crossing his legs. "Wry pleasant." I answered "You have a lice outlook on tho square: the trees, so fresh, and the color" mmUe Waultul circles of 15'"" l ,nouht I could place him a book canvasser- I had suffered thus before; they were Irritating whe they fond ly Imagined they were IngratVatlnV, lly early hour for callers. V M X , .not ul,nose 'ou merely called to chat on flowers and foliage I should it glad to know the purpose of your visit" He scrutinized me In silence for moment nn.l ik... jj.j ' '" "." .... . ...St, i.uuueu tx. .S "Ach. I understnnrl " i, ..... . C- S Clermans are too full of words. It lis a national weakness I myself have often said I The nngllsh say 'deeds nil Zlui aMa ,her ar" "llent Y. tn. Knglish silence Is over half the worM, while the Get mans are talking toethir. In Gennany" .:- Not quite understanding him, I S.U nothing to this, but vvalfed. He . crossed his little legs, ' "Well," he went on, "I will rise to: the scratch at once, as you say 'in Kngland It Is from my friend Pile, Henschel I am come." "Otto Henschel." I said, perpIeseA, f.s- I knew no one of that name ' ' "Yes; the )oung man who gaVa ys the papers last night " ' "Papers'" I murmured, my perplesMi deeper than before. T V"!W The shadow of a frown passed vtmt Herr Wphtenhaupt'a face Ha 'sJtMf 111 A i)vnlli.V.t. T . XI ''I1 ... uiuuiu m. wan Mciing a part. JS "Sir," he en Id, "nurejy 0u wM3mlV deny mat you received paperV JJH3- i '" vm., 4unut iu t-iltj IMJipeii utsi niKlUr' CONTINUED W MONDAY'S -a Euening public m, vY i
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