The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-07-21
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By CNTTENDEN MARRIOTT

Trapped. You take it Internally
Sir Henry shrugged his shoulders. Ny
dear fellow what on earth else is there
10 de- b the way, our friends, the
enemy, do not seem 10 be in any hurry"
turned my eyes toward the new
corners and found that, although they
had completely encirCled the house, they
showed IA signs of advancing
Probably waiting for some one.' re-
marked Sir Henry placidly- IF you II
excuse me III step inside and attend 10
some matters call me wheu thew ad-
vance. He turned toward the door
Hold on" I knew my tone was
abrupt. Curly told me later that &c was
murderous ! want a word with YOU
first
Certainly. my dear fellow" Sir Hen
~ said, facing me Blaze wavlH His
lips curleG slightly but I did not heed
Il want TO know where YOU stand IN
this business" I said. and I want to
Springs; you spied on us at Charleston.
yOu-or sOnebOdy-tried TO wreck rs in
that harbOr, You took train down the
coast and threw yourself In our way.
True, YOU aided me when the fght
came, arS I give you fun credit f0f
that
who yea are acting for in this affair.
and on whose side YOU staud-foT or
agaiust the girl on whom YOU have been
forcing your uuTvelcome attentions
y
cried, sharply. ..LuWelcOue attenIiOusZ
What girl do you mean
what girl Is there more than one2
I mean Miss LatOur, OF course Are YOU
for her 1r against herr Under what
rag are Fou serving I want 20 know,
and know now
For a moment the baronet hesitated-
Then he shrugged his shoulders
Clearly YOU don't know the alphabeT
of this affair" he answered and there
isn't time TO explain it now j have
D INC HH ear q I.rr
III promise YOU this much 7 don't be-
IeTe 81 VIII come 20 fight. but II T.
does 7 VIII be on Miss Latour-s side
With a nod be entered the house
7 let him go What else could I do2
He had promised 20 help in case Of
need. and no words that I might extorI
could make that promise stronger
distrusted him. but only the event could
prove whether or no that distrust was
wei founded
Indeed judging from the odds against
us. IT. really made little difference
whether ne was for or against us In
neither event could the end be doubt
I reused myself from these gloomy
medftarious. AT least 7 would take ad-
vantage Of the inaCriOu Of the enemy to
look around the house and see WHITTIER
10 was indeed as IncefeuSi5le az Sir
Henry had declared 10 20 be- With IntS
thought IN mind. started 20 follow sir
Henry through the door, when 7 saw a
f-ure dttaCh itself from the men ARD
/ advance serenely UP the path toward the
Something in the erect military car
riaze of the man stirred q corul-tnL
memory. and 7 sE-det my eyes and
stared at him ID per .e1Sli5- stared aA-
IN proximity resolved doubt into GER
It vas Colonel Volta. he had tracked
me 10 the very doors behind which bis
quarry was esrouced Wei. let him
come. lis victory would be barren
one.
Steadily ne advanced up the path. AS
he drew near 7 could see that be was
smiling Ike one Wen satisfied with che
world and assured Of q welcome
"Ah. ar Scott-- be called. Good
morning congratulate YOU. You have
discharEiuE your task s1-endlcly--
did not smile Good morning
T Colonel Z Responded. barring his way.
why and how did YOU come nereE
The Colonel regarded me cuTlouslE-
IAN 7 got welcome. he demanded
-'TT ne depends 7 give YOU 1alr warn
inE that have changed sides I am on
that Of -Eiss I5Itour and OF her friends
il YOU 1.fean them harm, you VIII have
even vyeH. veeII-~ The colonel took
or his eyeglasses and polished Them
StiU without a trace or III 1uulor- 2ly
young -TieEd. YOU are TOD ImpuislVc- u
F. were not iu excellent spirits 7 should
realty be little vexed with YOU 7 sup
pose YOU have fallen in love with the
YOUNG lady YOU call Miss LatOlr- and
that aFrouUrE-rI hat accounts
7 flushed deeply Love IS not for me
until NV name IS cleared, Colonel Vol
ia T answered bitterly End that, ]
suppose. VIII never be-
WHY uot7 You have FULFILLED your
Part o. the bargain T VIII fulhI mine
Put 7 fred on YOUR men
.-Aru-fueers. Captain Martin did very
wrong go oppose you He came near CO.
ing an immense amount Of dama-C- He
meant wen. Of course but be erred. and
was -fghtfuIlv punished For the rest
You acted CALAMITY and wei I'm firing on
the Germans If they had succeeded In
carving of Miss Latour u would have
meant ruin 10 my plans
Your prevention of that alone would
earn f.r YOU anything IN my power In
fact ft has earned IT. Acting on Cele-
graphic instructions from me. our en-
uasSy has already laid before your Gov
eminent proofs OF your innocence Of the
crime charged against You The real
thief has confessed. together with the
name Of the man for whom he did the
u1orll Who do YOU suppose It WzsZ
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