Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-09

would rather keep away from him my
self. II can. Have you heard anything
Of Streuss?''
She shrugged her shoulders.
Nothing Directly she replied. hut
my rooms have been searched-evcn my
dressing room At the opera house. Tina
mans spies are simply WONDERFUL. lie
seems able to plant them everywhere.
And. David
Yes. dear?'
He has got hold OF Lassen." she con-
tinued. Il am perfectly certain OF IL.
Then the sooner YOU get rid OF Lassen
the better" Beilamy declared.
1T is so difficult" she murmured. in a
perplexed tone. THE man has all my at
fairs I'm his hands. Up till now. although
he is Income and a brute In many ways.
he has served me we'll"
'If he lis Streuss' creature he must go.
Bethany insisted.
She nodded.
Let us sit down for few minutes"
she said. II am tired
She sank on to a seat and Bellamy lsat
by her side. In full view of them WAS
Buckingham Palace with its flag fyire.
She looked thoughtfully at ii and across
to Westminster.
DO they know. | wonder your country
people?" she asked.
Half dozen OF them. perhaps, hs
answered. gloomily: mo more
Today. she declared. 81 seem To hav,
lost confidence. | seem TO feel the sense
as ! walk. to see the terror fall upon the
faces of all these great crowds who
throng your streets. They are stoitd.
urbelieving people-these. The blow.
when IL comes. will be the harder.
Bellamy sighed
you are right he said. when one
comes TO think OF il. it is amazing. How
long the prophets OF woe have preached
been ignored, The invasion bosey has
been so long among US that II has become
nothing but Jest. Even l. in a way. am
one of the upbelievers.'
YOU are not serious. David" she ex-
claimed.
81 am' he affirmed. II think that IF
we could read that document we should
see that there IL no plan there for the
immediate invasion of England. I think
you would find that the blow would lac
struck simultaneously at our colonies. We
should either have TO submit or send a
considerable fleet away from home wa
ters. Then. I presume. the question OF
invasion would come again. All the time.
treaties would be defied. we should he
scorned as though we were a nation OF
weaklings. Austria would gather Ina ~'hat
she wanted and thare 'oriid be no one 10
Louise was very pale but her eyes were
flashing fire.
ut is the most terrible thing which has
happened In history" she said. this de-
cadence OF YOUR country. onCe fHSldnl
held the scales OF justice for the world.
Now she Is no longer strong enough and
there is none to take her place. David.
even IL you know what that document
contains. even then will IT help very
much?''
Very much. indeed Don't you zee
that there is one hope left to us-one hope
ard that Is Russia? The car must be
made to withdraw from that compact.
We want to know his share in IL. When
4 "a knnvy TINT fbora will ho n gacrpt mis-
sion sent to Russia. Germany and Austria
are strong. but they are not all the world.
| With Russia behind and France and Eng
| lard westward. the struggle is at least an
| equal one. They have to face both direc-
lions. they have to face two great armies
working from the east and from the
| west
She nodded and they sat there in ST.
lence for several moments. Beliamy was
You say. Louise he asked looking up
quickly. that your rooms have been
searched. When was this
"Only last night" she replied.
Bellamy drew q little sigh Of relief.
"At any rate" he said. "Streuss has no
idea that the document is not I'm our pos
session. He knows nothing about Law
erick How are We going to deal with
him. Louise. when he comes for his an
swer?'
You have a PLAN" she asked.
There is only one thing to be done.
Bellamy declared. Il shall say that-We
have already handed over the document
to the English government. Ii will be
bluff. pure and simple. He may believe
il or he may not.
you will break your compact. them.
she reminded him.
Il shall call myself justified, he con-
tinued. He has attempted to rob us or
the document You are sure or what yoh
say-that your rooms and dressing room
have been searched?"
CTo he continued tomorrow