Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-10
CHAPTER XXII.-Continued.
Absolutely certain" she declared.

THAT will be sufficient" Bellamy de-
cided. IF Streuss comes to me l shall
meet him frankly. / shall tell him that
he has tried to play the burglar and thai
it must be war. l shall tell him that the
compact is in the hands of the prime min
| lister, and that he and his spies had bet
ter clear out
She looked at him ,questioningly.
"Of course. you understand he added
there is one thing we can do and one
thing only. We must send mission &c
Russia and another to France, and before
the German fleet can pass down the
North sea we must declare war. 1t is the
only thing left to us-a bold front. With
out that packet we have no caSuS BELL
| With it We can strike and strike hard.
| still believe that if we declare war WltnHl
seven days we shall save ourselves
Streuss and Kahn looked, too. across
the panorama of London. across the dlngy
| Adelphi gardens. the turbid Thames. the
smoke hung world beyond. They were To-
gether in Streuss' sitting room on the sew
enth floor of one of the great STRAND
| hotels.
"Our enterprise is a failure.' Kahn eX-
| claimed, gloomily. I'VE cannot doubt II
any longer. l think. Streuss, that the
best course you and ] could adopt would
be to realize it and to ge. back. We do
risks"
The face of the other man was dark
| with anger His tone. when he spoke
shook with passion. :,
You don't know what you say, kahh!
| he cried. hoarsely. II tell you that We
must succeed If that document reaches
the hands of anv one in authority here. II
would be the worst disaster which has
| fallen upon our country since you or
were born. You don't understand, hahn
You keep your eyes closed.
"What men can do we have DONE" the
other answered. 'Von Rehrling played
| us false. He has died traitors death
| but it is very certain that he parted WITH
his document before he received tha'
| twenty thousand rounds
"Once and for all. do not believe it.
Streuss declared. AT midday l can swear
| to it that the contents OF that envelope
were unknown to the ministers OF the
| king here. Now, if Won Behrling had
parted with that document last Monday
| night. don't you suppose that everything
would be known by now? He did MOI
part with it. Bellamy and mademoisellt
| lie when they say that they possess 1t
| That document remains in the possession
Of Won Behring's murderer and it is fol
us to find him.
| Kahn sighed.
"It is outside our sphere-that. Wha
can we do against the police of this coun'
| try working in their own land ?"
l
| they were standing. The veins in nj:
temples were like whipcord.
Adolf" he muttered. you talk like 9
fool. Can't you see what it means? Il
| that document reaches its destlnauoi
| what do you suppose will happen?
| "They will know our plans, of course.
Kahn answered They will have time t.
| make preparation
| Streuss laughed bitterly
Worse than that" he exclaimed. 1.-The,
| aa1- oh ct
though one would think so to read theil
| speeches. Can't you see what the result
would he II that document reaches Down
| ing street? War at a moments notice
war six months too soon. Don't yol
know that every shipbuiding yard il
Germany is working night and day? Don
You know that every nerve is beint
strained, that the muscles of the countr.
are hammering the rivets into our new
| battleships? There is but one chance FOL
| this country, and if her statesmen read
| that document they will know what 1t is
| 1t is open to them to destroy the German
| navy utterly. tnrender themselves secure
against attack
..They would never have the courage,
Kahn declared "They might make g
| show of defending themselves If they
were attacked, but to take the initiative
no. l do not believe it,
There is one man who has wit enough
| to do it" Streuss said. "He may not bt
wake up, mani You and j together have
| never known what failure means. l tel
| you that that document Is still to bt
| bought or fought for and we must fine
IT.. This morning mademoiselle drove into
| the city and called at the offices Of 9
stockbroker within a dozen yards o.
| Crooked Friars alley. She was there &
| long time. The stockbroker himself came
out with her into the street, took her tt
see the entry stood with her there and
4 ha bar in him
| Kahn? His name Is Laverick. Four days
ago he was on the brink of ruin. To the
amazement of every one he met all his
engagements. Why did mademoiseile &c
| to the city to see him? He was at his
office late that Tuesday night. He had a
mariner who has disappeared.
Kahn looked at his companion with ad
miration.
You have found all this out.' he ex-
claimed.
And more" Streuss declared. For
! twenty-four hours this man Laverick has
| not moved without my spies as Ms heels
"Why not approach him boldly Kahn
suggested. IF he has the document lei
us outbid Mile. Louise and do ii quickly
Streuss shook his head.
You don't know the man. He is an
Englishman. and IL he had any idea what
| that document contained. our chances OF
| buying it would be small. indeed. This
| is what I think will happen. Mademoisele
will try to obtain it and try in vain. Then
Bellamy will tell him the truth and he
will part with it willingly. In the mean
time, believe that it is in his posses
SION
"The evidence is slender enough OBJ
| jected Kahn.
| what IL it ISL Streuss exclaimed I'D
| It is only q hundred-to-one chance we
have to take it. / have no fancy for dis
grace, Adolf. and I know very well wha,
| will happen if we go back empty handed
The telephone bell rang. Streuss took
| off the receiver and held 1t to his ear
The words which he spoke were few, but
when he laid the instrument down there
| was a certain amount Of satisfaction fr
his face.
AT any rate" he announced. this man
Laverick did not part with the document
| TODAY Mile. Louise and Bellamy have
been sitting in the park for an hour
When they separated she drove home and
dropped him at his club. Up till now
then, they have not the document. We
shall see what Mr.. Laverick does when he
leaves business this evening; II he goes
straight home. either the document has
never been in his possession or else 1t is
in the safe In his Office; If he goes to
Mile Idiale's-
"Well?" Kahn asked. eagerly.
"If he goes to Mile Idiale's," Streuss
repeated, slowly, there is still chance
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