Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-13
SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAP.
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CHAPTER I--Guy Poynton. an Eng
1sh boy, Is taking walking tour on
the border line between Russia and
Germany. He fails asleep. and when he
awakes sees two trains meet. one from
Russia and one from Germany. lie
reaches an inn, where he is followed by
German officer, who tries to find out
II he knows anything of the meeting
on the road. He denies all knowledge
of 1t. He is advised TO leave for Aus
j. tria without delay, as he is suspected
loquy secured paper which had blown
from tine window OF one of the cars.
1t was written in German.
CHAPTER II.-Guy goes 20 Paris af-
ter visiting Austria and meets a party
OF men and women, to whom he tells
the story, somitting all mention of the
paper
CHAPTER III-Phyllis Poynton comes
tosEngIand in search of Guy. her broth
er, who has disappeared. She finds in
his trunk the German paper. She trans
lates it into English, but cannot make
anything out of it. She destroys the
translation and keeps the original
CHAPTER IV.-Phyllis meets 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, He
agrees TO go to Paris to search for her.
CHAPTER Vile reaches Paris, but
fails to find any trace of the Poyntons.
CHAPTER VIL-Duncombe offers an
enormous reward for information of the
Poyntons
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 ap-
pointed time.
CHAPTER X-Mlle Mermillion has
been murdered. Duncombe gets a for
mer newspaper reporter named Spen-
Ger to assist him in his search He is
again warned to leave Paris.
CHAPTERS NI-XII - DunrOulbe is
notified that if he does not leave Paris
he will be arrested for the murder OF
Mile Mermillion.
CHAPTER XIIL-IIe returns to Eng
land
CHAPTER XIv.-Duncombe has rea-
son to believe that Phyllis Poynton is
in England at place near his own. a
girl arrives with her father. They are
introduced to him as Mr.. and Miss Field
ing.
CHAPTER XV-Duncombe feels sure
that Miss Fielding 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 to Eng
land. as he has found out that the real
Mr.. Fielding and his daughter are IN
CHAPTER XIX,-Miss Fielding con-
fesses that she is Phyllis Poynton.
CHAPTER XN.-Fieiding escapes af-
ter trying TO kill a man in order to Sc
cure some papers which he has. Dun
combe agrees to protect Phyllis.
-, CHAPTERS M XII. = SPENCE
learns all about Phyllis, except her rea-
eson for using. an assumed name. AS
yet nothing has been heard of Guy as
Phyllis viii not tell everything.
CHAPTERS XXIIL Phyllis
goes to France with two people who
call for her.
CHAPTER XXV.-Guy in Paris has
been in hiding as the result of scrape
in which he had been involved with a
French nobleuran and his son, who APP
peared very much interested in his
story.
CHAPTERS XXVL-XXVII.-Guy is
informed by his friends that the mer
whom he saw talking on the trains
were the emperor OF Germany and the
car of Russia. who were plotting &c
subdue England and ruin France. His
friends are members of the secret serv-
ice force of France, and they take Gu!
into their confidence. The paper WHICH
Guy had has been distracted from M
valise. y body representing Guy 4
found in the river Seine. This ruse /:
designed to throw the German spies of
the scent.
CHAPTER XXNIII.-Duncombe wh'
has returned to Paris, suspects the trick