Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-08-15
By E. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM,
CHAPTER XXxvII.
Author of The Master Hummer. "A Sinners"
 sabin." Anna the Adventures" Etc.


 H< PENCER, whose recovery dur
 > ing the last few days had been
 NJ as rapid as the first develop
 ment of his indisposition, had Just changed for dinner and was light ing a cigarette d'appertif" when. without waiting to be announced, the vicomte de Bergillac entered the room. Spencer, with lightning-like intuition, knew that his time was come.
 '.Off with your coat. man, and get your code books out. I am going to give you the most sensational story which has ever appeared in your pa- perw he exclaimed. ''Only remember this-it must appear tomorrow morn ing. am arranging for the French papers to have it. Yours shall be the only English journal. Glance through these sheets. They contain the story of Faffaire Poynton.'
 Spencer was master of the gist of the thing in very few moments. His eyes were bright with excitement.
 -.'Who guarantees this?" he asked quickly.
 My uncle has signed It," Henri de Bergillac answered, land at the bottom Of the page there you will see still more distinguished signature. You un- derstand Taffaire Poynton' now? It is very simple. That English boy actual ly witnessed meeting between the czar and the emperor and turns up in Paris, with loose sheet of treaty between the two relative to an attack upon England Our people got hold of him at the Cafe Montmartre, and we have hidden him away ever since. Our friends, the Germans, who seemed to have had some suspicious about him, have filled the city with spies, but from the first we have kept them off the scent We had little difficulty in convincing our friends, your country people, but we managed to borrow few papers from the German ambas- sador while he was staying at coun- ,fry house in England, which were sui lficient."
 Spencer was already writing. His coat lay on the floor where he had thrown it.
 Don't go for moment, De Bergil- Inc" he said. T want to ask you few things. I can talk and code at the same time. What about Miss Poyn- toni"
 "Well, we had to take care of her, too," De Bergillac said. "Of course all her inquiries over here would have led to nothing, but they knew about her at the English embassy. so we walked her off from the Cafe Montmartre one night and took her to a friend of mine, the Marquise de St. Ethol. We told her little of the truth and little,> I'm afraid, which was an exaggera- tion. Anyhow we kept her quiet, and we got her to go to England for us with Toquet They had very narrow shave down at Runton, by the bye"
 "After this," Spencer said, with a smile. "the secret service people prop CT will have to look to their laurefs. It Is a triumph for the amateurs"
 The vicomte twirled his tiny black mustache
 "Yes," he said, i've have justified ourselves. It has cost us something, fhoughw
 ''M. Loulsr'
 Spencer stopped writing.
 'It was an affair of a million francs," the vicomte said "I hope he has got | the money"
 Spencer resumed his work.
 ''The baron traitorr he exclaimed. -where is hep
 "In England. We are not vindictive. If the Germans paid him a million | francs they got nothing for it. He has been watched from the first We i knew of 1t the moment he came to terms with them. He only knows bare facts. Nothing beyond. He is going to Brazil, think. We shall not inter ,ere."
 'Tell me why" Spencer said, you were so down on all of us who joined n the search for the Poyntons"
 "We could not afford to run any 'isks of your discovering a clew," De "becauseyou in your urn were closely watched by German pies, hoping to discover them through -ou. That is why we had to strike ard at all of you who interfered. vas sorry for little Flossie, but she new the risk she ran. We had to top you, induce Duncombe to leave 'aris and knock on the head fool of n English detective for fear he might iscoyer anything. M. Pelham was ettinR into danger. but of course it is Ill over now. Tomorrow we are bring ng Guy Into Paris"
 Spencer nodded.
 "Where is Duncombeg' he asked. Back in Paris" De Bergillac answer d. Arrived here with me today. He } much in love with the beautiful sis er. Alas. It was to him that she in- rusted the missing page of that treaty mich she found in her brothers lug age. Some day I must tell you of " adventures In England last night. Then I went over to get it and found [. Louis a little ahead of me"
 Some day" Spencer murmured. -riting for dear life. with the perspira- on streaming down his forehead My ear vicomte, do you mind ringing the ell1 want my servant. I must ,legraph my paper to warn them of ais. They must clear two columns of rpe for me"
 The vicomte did as he was asked. hen he turned toward the door.
 T will leave you-- he said. The ust of England Is still in my throat.