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hearing of the other three men.
We'll. Rounceby, my friend" Mr.
| Vincent Cawdor remarked. cheerfully
you're having late sitting, eh?"
We've been waiting for you. you
fool, " Rounceby answered. What on
earth are you thinking about, bringing
a crowd like this about you. Ell? "
Cawdor smiled reassuringly.
Don't you worry" he said. in =
lower tone. &" / know my way in and
out of the ropes here better than you
can teach me. A big hotel like. this
! is the safest and the most dangerous
/ place in the world-just how you
choose TO make IT, You've got to
bluff EN- all the time. That's why
! brought the young particular
friend OF mineral nice girl, too. y
And the young MANI" Rounceby
asked, suspiciously.
Cawdor grew more serious.
That's Captain Lowther." he said
softly" private secretary to Colonel
Dean. who's the chief of the a6ronaut
department at Aldershot. He has a
draft in his pocket for twenty thou
sand pounds. 1t is yours il he is salts
fed with the plans.
Twenty thousand pounds. " Marn-
STAN said. thoushtfully. 1t is very
little-very little indeed for the risks
which we have run.
Cawdor moved his place and sat be-
tween the men. He laid hand upon
Marnstam's shoulder another on
ROunceby's knee.
MY dear friends" he said i'm
pressively. q" if you could have built 4
model, or conducted these negotiations
in the usual way you might have asked
a million. AS it is. think | am the
only man in England who could have
dealt with this matter-so satisfac-
torily.'
Rounceby glanced suspiciously at the
young man to whom Miss Brown was
still devoting the whole of her atten-
ton.
Why don't he come out and talk
like a MANI" he asked. What's the
idea of his sitting over there with his
back to us?"
81 want him never to see your faces
to deal only with me,r Cawdor ex-
planned. Remember that he is in an
official position. The money he is
going to part with is secret service
money"
The two men were beginning TO be
more treasured. Rounceby slowly pro-
duced roll OF oilskin from his pocket.
Hell look at them as he sits
there" he insisted. There must be
no copying or making notes. mind"
Cawdor smiled in a superior fashion.
My dear fellow" he said, you are
dealing with the emissary of a gov
ernment-not one of your own sort"
Rounceby glanced al his companion,
who nodded. Then he handed over
the plans.
Tell him to look sharp" he said.
" It's not so late but that there may
be people in here yet"
Cawdor crossed the room with the
plans, and laid them down before the
writing table. Rounceby rose to his
feet and lit a cigar. Marnstam walked
to the further window and back again
They stood side by side. Rounceby's
whole frame seemed to have stiffened
with some new emotion.
There's something wrong. Jim
darnstam whispered softly in his ear.
You've got the old lady in your
pocket"
Yes! Rounceby answered thickly.
and, by Heavens, I'm going TO use
it, "
Don't shoot unless it's the worst"
Marnstam counseled. &c shall go out
of that window, into the tree, and
run for the river. But bluff first, Jim
bluff for your life, "
There were swinging doors leading
into the room from the hotel side, and
a small door exactly opposite which
led to the residential part OF the place.
Both of these doors were opened at
precisely the same moment. Through
the former stepped two strengthening
men in long overcoats, and with the
unmistakable appearance of policemen
in plain clothes. Through the latter
came John Dory, He walked straight
up to the two men. II spoke volumes
for his courage that. knowing their
and believing them to be in
desperate straits. he came unarmed.
Gentlemen" he said, A." / hold war
rants for your arrest. | will not
trouble you with your aliases. You
are known to-day. believe. as James
and Richard Marnstam.
Will you come quietly?"
Marnstam's expression was one of
bland and beautiful surprise.
My dear sir" he said. edging,
however, little toward the window
" you must be joking What is the
charge?"
" You are charged with the wi!fui
murder of young man named Victor
John Dory answered " His
body was recovered from Longthorp
Tarn this afternoon. You had better
say nothing. Also with the theft of