Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-07
By e. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIr
SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAP.
TIERS.

TIERS.
CHAPTER I-Guy Poynton. an Eng
ish boy, is taking walking tour on
the border line between Russia and
Sermany. He falls asleep. and wnen he
awakes sees two trains meet one from
nussid ana one from Germany. He
reaches an inn, where he is followed Inv
2 German officer who tries TO find out
II ne knows anything of the meeting
on the road. lie denies all knowledge
oI H. lie Is advised to leave for Aus
ira without delay, as he is suspected
or being spy. He had during the col
tsoquy secured paper which had blown
- one window OF one of the cars.
IL was written i'll German.
CHAPTER lI.-Guy goes 70 Paris af-
Yer visiting Austria and meets a party
VI men ana women, to whom he tells
paper.
CHAPTER III.-Phyllis Poynton comes
TO england in search of Guy. her broth
CT, VINO has disappeared She finds in
his trunk the German paper She trans
lates IT into English, but cannot make
eenyth'ng out of it. She destroys the
translation and keeps the original.
CHAPTER IV.-Phyllis meets a man
who she has been informed knows of
her brothers whereabouts
CHAPTER V.--Sir George Duncombe,
an English baronet, sees a photograph
OF Phyllis and falls in love with it. lie
agrees TO go to Paris to search for her.
CHAPTER Vile reaches Paris. but
CHAPTER VII.-Duncombe offers an
enormous reward for information of the
CHAPTER vIII-Duncombe is warn
ed to give up the search.
CHAPTER IX.-Mlle. Mermillion agrees
to give Duncombe the desired informa-
ton, but she fails to arrive at the APP
CHAPTER X-Mlle. MermilIion has
been murdered. DuncOmbe gets n for
mer newspaper reporter named Spcn-
assist N Hn iS
again warned to leave Paris.
CHAPTERS MIMI. - Duncombe is
notified that if he does not leave Paris
he will be arrested for The murder OF
Mile. MermilliOn.
CHAPTER XIII.-He returns to Eng
CHAPTER XIv.-Duncombe has rca-
son to believe that Phyllis Poynton is
in England at place near his own. \
girl arrives with her father. They are
introduced to him rs Mr.. and Miss Field
CHAPTER XV.-Duncombc feels sure
that Miss FieldiGs is Phyllis Poynton.
CHAPTER XVI-Duncombe tells Miss
Fielding the story of the Poyntons to
test her but she does not appear to be
CHAPTERS XVII. XVIII. - Spencer
telegraphs that he is coming 10 Eng
land, as he has found cut that the real
Mr.. Fielding and his CEughter are in
Russia.
CHAPTER XIX.-Niss Fielding con-
CHAPTER XX.-FicIding escapes af-
ter trying TO kill n man in order to Sc
cure some papers which he has. Dun
combe agrees to protect Phyllis.
CHAPTERS mi. XNII - Spence:
learns all about Phyllis, except her rea-
son for using an assumed name. AS
vet nothing has been heard of Guy, as
Phyllis will not tell everything.
CHAPTERS NXIII. XXIV.- Phyllis
goes to France with two people who
call for her.
CHAPTER NXV.-Guy In Paris has
been in hiding as the result of "a scrape
in which he had been involved with a
French nobleman and his son, who APP
peared very much Interested i'll his
CHAPTERS XXvL-XXVII-Guy is
Informed by his friends that the men
whom he saw talking the trains
were the emperor OF Germany and the
car of Russia, who were plotting to
subdue England and ruin France. His
friends are members of the secret serv-
ice force of France, and they take Guy
into their confidence The paper which
Guy had has been abstractcd from his
valise. a body representing Guy is
found in the river Seine. This ruse is
designed to throw the German spies off
the scent.
CHAPTER XXvIII.-Duncombe. who
has returned to Paris, suspects the trick
CHAPTER XXIX.-Phyllis has refus-
ed to see Duncombe, but gives the vi
comte de Bergillac permission to have
the paper which Duncombe has been
CHAPTERS XX.-XXXI.-SpcucCr is
drugged that he cannot continue
longer in the search. He perSuadcS
Duncombe to return to England.
CHAPTERS XXNIL-XXXIII. - Dun
combe is arrested for the murder ol
Mile. Mermillion in Paris. On the way
to prison he is chloroformed by his
captors
CHAPTER XXXIV.-The man who ar
rested DuncOmbe was a member of thS
French secret service. who had turned
traitor and was trying to get the Ger
man document which Phyllis had in.
trusted to DuuCOmbe and had given NJ
de Bergillac permission to have. d.
Bergillac discovers the trcachery il
time to get the paper, and Duncombt
accompanies him to France.
CHAPTER XNXN.--France signs al
alliance with England against Russi5
and Germany.
CHAPTERS XXXVI, XXXNII ant
XXXVIIL.-The whole affair is explain
ed to Spencer.
CHAPTER XXXIN.-The last.