The Detroit times., 1909-04-19

the one which Strong had suggested
mat Bellingham should depart In tho
DR. and pick up the main line where
he COutd.
neilingham left. with Whitney, III
the hi" at about in the morning.
aud was lucky enough TO land in Aus
uia without observation.
His appearance At wayside station
created some surprise. bat, none the
less. he succeeded. after breaking his
Journey. in arriving In Berlin In safety.
lie was, OF course, in possession OF
Miss Hunts address. She had taken
the precautioa 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 a
difference. For. whereas tie presence
OF Ludwig and the two officers had
been held with 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 to some ex-
tent comforted by the reflection that
at least Miss Hunt had lett 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 II her from
/ there. Was IL possible that the wire
| less did not carry 10 that distance? II
J was hard 10 believe that, rs the latest
/ Improvements which Langley had
made would certainly give II that
range.
The more. indeed Bellingham dwelt
on the matter, the more he became
convinced that some evil had befallen
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 filing 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-
/ flected that a stranger who had Joined
the line in such an unconventional
manner would be likely 10 arouse sus-
picion IN the minds OF Berlin's ex'
tremely active police
r. He WIS crda rfTST, nurgTys and ex-
tremely travel stained. 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 a 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 IL
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 10 think OF the name, and at
last il came back 10 him. 1t was lie
Hotel de France and 30, unwilling
that Miss Hunt had preceded him
there, he took one OF the ramshackie
cabs from the station which lies out.
side the town and ratified over the cob.
tlcs TO the narrow, smelly thorough
fore in which the hotel stood.
He had not been there for many
years. and there was no one In the hall
TO greet him as an old friend But tho
rorter had an amiable 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
II Miss Hunt had put up at a hotel
and had met with any trouble prob
ably the fellow who was now carrying
his bags would have knowledge OF H.
He shut the door carefully. and then
approaching Bellingham. searched his
face keenly
May I ask" he said, If you are a
relative of the LADY,"
Bellingham started You don ;
mean TO tell me-" he cried. that the
lady was here?"
The man looked doubtful. and so, TO
make up his mind for him, Bellingham
pressed a gelder into his hand
The mans manner grew a little less
stlff, but scarcely less suspicious.
Yes" he said. slowly. there was