The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-04-20
The Man
Who Stole
The Earth"
By W. Holt Whife.
CHAPTER Lxlll.-tcontinued)

The only course open, therefore. MAS
tbs ole which Strong had suggested
inat Bellingham should depart In the
"Di' and pick up the main line where
he could.
Bellingham left. with Whitney. IN
the Dir at about in the morning.
and was lucky enough 10 land In Aus
tlia without observation.
His appearance at "A wayside station
created some surprise, bat. none the
less. he succeeded. after breaking hts
journey. in arriving In Berlin In safety
He was. OF course, in possession OF
Miss Hunts address. She had taken
the precaution 10 send that across the
wireless. and AT dusk he went 10 the
dilapidated house facing the barrack
square OF the guards. from which Miss
Hunt had escaped. only 10 be recap
tured.
There he met with the same wonder
ing reception that had been melted out
10 Ludwig and Moult. but there was
difference. For. whereas lEe presence
OF Ludwig and the two officers had
been held with a certain amount OF
respect, the arrival Of Bellingham was
regarded with considerable suspicion.
He went away from the house at his
wits end 10 discover whether Miss
Hunt had gone 10 The Hague or not.
Though he turned away sick Ut
heart, Bellingham was 20 some ex-
tent comforted by the reflection that
at least Miss Hunt had left her dingy
lodgings on her own initiative and not
under compulsion; therefore. II was
more than likely she had followed out
Strong's instructions TO the full and
had taken the train for The Hague.
What troubled him SO was that
Strong had not heard ~ her from
there. Was IL possible that the wire
less did not carry To that distance? II
was hard To believe that. as the latest
Improvements which Langley had
made would certainly give 1t that
range.
The more, indeed. Bellingham dwelt
on the matter, the more he became
convinced that some evil had oefalleu
Miss Hunt at The Hague. He even
went so far as TO blame Strong for
his foolhardiness in sending her TO
Holland. AT every step she would b.
liable 10 meet some one whom she
knew. not excepting the late king OF
Bahama. news OF whose heroics In
Holland were even then filling the pa
pers in Berlin.
Fortunately for Bellingham, he had,
on leaving the station. walked immed-
lately To the address Miss Hunt had
given. and on the way he had seen TO
IL that he was not followed for he re-
fiected that a stranger who had Joined
the line in such an unconventional
mErngr would be likely 10 arouse sus-
pieien In the minds OF Beriin's ex-
tremely active police.
He was dead tired. hungry. and ex-
tremely travelstained. but he remem-
bered that IL would be folly to rest in
Berlin. even for the night, and so he
made for the railway station and book
ed through to The Hague.
That night he scarcely slept, and on
arriving in the Dutch capital he was
almost In state of collapse from
fatigue and anxiety.
He ran over in his mind the names
of the hotels as he remembered them
on former visits, and decided that 1t
would be better for him to give the
more celebrated of them a wide berth.
He also called to mind that years
before, when somewhat short OF ready
money. he had taken refuge In a small
hotel In a small street. He racked his
brains to think Of the name, and at
last IL came back TO him. II was the
Hotel de France; and 30, unwilling
that Miss Hunt had preceded him
there. he took one OF the ramshackle
cabs from the station which lies out
side the town and ratified over the cob
bles to the narrow, smelly thorough
fore In which the hotel stood.
Iya baA MT haap thora for many
years. and there was no one In the hall
10 greet him as an old friend. But the
porter had an smiable eye, and. as he
mounted the slippery. creaking stairs.
he at once plunged into the reason
Of his presence at The Hague. for he
knew that the hall porter at one hotel
gets news Of the happenings at other
hotels sooner than any one else: and
IL Miss Hunt had put up al hotel
and had met with any trouble prob
ably the fellow who was new carrying
his bags would have knowledge Of IL.
He shut the door carefully and then.
approaching Bellingham, searched his
face keenly.
May | ask" he said, III you are Q
relative Of the LADY,"
Bellingham started. You don
mean to tell me-" he cried, that the
LADY was here2"
The man looked doubtful, and so, to
make up his mind for him. Bellingham
pressed gelder into. his hand.
The mans manner grew little less
stin. but scarcely less suspicious.
Yes" he said. slowly. there was
an Englishwoman here who-who
went away"
You mean" said Bellingham, eager
~. that she was taken away"
The nan nodded
:. And | will tell you" said Belling'
ham, instinctively catching at the
truth OF things, who took her away.
She was taken away by the policeT
Again the man nodded.