Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-24

telephone to Aldershot for Lord Neville
and call round at the admiralty board for
Sir John Harrison. Tell them all to be
here at 10 o'clock tonight. II l am not
back they must wait If either of them
have royal commands, you need only re-
peat the word Ffnisterre.' They will un-
derstand."
The young man once more withdrew.
The prime minister turned back to the
papers.
1T will be worth great DEAL" he re-
marked, with a grim smile. ITO see his
majesty's face when he reads this
ut would be worth great deal more,
his fellow statesman answered. dryly. Ito
be with his august cousin at the interview
which will follow. A month ago the
thought that war might come under our
me. Today things are entirely different.
Today it really seems that II war does
come. 1t may be the most glorious hap
pening for England of this century. You
saw the last report from Kiel?'
Sir James nodded
There isn't a battieship or cruiser
worth a snap Of the fingers south Of the
German ocean," his colleague continued.
earnestly. ''They are cooped up-safe
enough. they think-under the shelter of
their Notifications. Hamilton has another
idea. Between you and me- Sir James.
so have 1. l tell YOU" he went on, in
deeper and more passionate tone, it's
like the passing of terrible nightmare
Il1S. we nave HdO ten yStTS VI pdIliC, vi
nervous fears Of a German invasion. and
no one knows more than you and l. Sir
James, how much cause we have had for
those fears. 1t will seem strange if. after
all. history has to write that chapter diff
ferently.'
The secretary re-entered and announced
the result of his telephone interview with
the superintendent at Paddington. The
two great men rose The prime minister
held out his hand to Bellamy.
T0oIl q YVoxy he daC1Q
one more important service. There may
be work for you within the next few
weeks. but you've earned rest for a
day or two, at any rate. There Is moth
ing more we can do?'
Nothing except a letter to the home
secretary. Sir James,, Bellamy answered
Remember. sir. that although / have
worked hard, the man to whom we really
owe those papers is Stephen Laverick.
The prime minister frowned thought
fully.
TITS difficult situation, Bellamy," he
said. You are asking great deal when
you suggest that we should interfere In
the slightest manner with the course of
justice. You are absolutely convinced, I
suppose, that this man Laverick had
nothing to do with the murder"
Absolutely and entirely, sir, Bellamy
| replied.
'.The murdered man has never been
identified by the police Sir James re-
marked. "Who was he?"
His name was Rudolph Won Behrling,' -
Bellamy announced, land he was actually
secretary. I have told you the history,
sir. of those papers. 1t was Won Behr-
ling who, without a doubt, murdered the
American journalist and secured them.
1t was he who insisted upon coming to
London instead of returning with them
to Vienna. which would have been the
most obvious course for him to have
adopted. He was a pauper and desper-
ately In love with a certain lady who has
helped me throughout this matter. He
agreed to part with the papers for twenty
thousand pounds. and the lady incidental
ly promised to elope with him the same
night. I met him by appointment at that
little restaurant in the city, paid him the
twenty thousand pounds and received
the false packet which you remember I
brought to you, sir. AS a matter OF fact,
Won Behrling, either by accident or de-
sign. and man now will ever know
which. left me with those papers which
l was supposed to have bought in his
possession, and also the money. Within
five minutes he was murdered Dou btless
we shall know some time by whom. but
it was not by Stephen Laverick. LAYER
ick's share in the whole thing was roth
ing but ths-that he found the pocket
book, and that he made use of the notes
in his business for twenty-four hours to
save himself from ruin. That was un-
justifiable, of course. He has made
are In a safe deposit vault and will be
returned intact to the fund from which
they came. I want, also, to impress upon
you, Sir James, the fact that Baron de
Streuss offered one hundred thousand
pounds for that letter"
Sir James nodded thoughtfully. He
stopped down and scrawled a few lines
on half sheet of note paper.
"You must take this to Lord Estcourt
at once" he said, land tell him the whole
affair emitting all specific information
as to the nature of the papers The thing
must be arranged. of course"
Half dozen reporters. who had some
how got hold of the fact that the prime
minister and his colleague from the for
eign office were going down to windsor
on special mission. followed them, but
even they remained altogether in the dark
as to the events which were really trans
piring. They knew nothing of the inter-
view between the car and his august
host-an Interview which in itself was a
chapter in the history of these times.
They knew nothing of the reason of their
royal visitors decision to prolong his visit
instead of shortening it, or of his auto
graph letter to the president of the
French republic. which reached Paris
even before the special mission from st.
Petersburg had presented themselves. The
one thing which they did know, and that
alone was significant enough, was that
the cars foreign minister was cabled Tor
that night to come to his master by spe-
cial train from st. Petersburg. At the
Austrian and German embassies. fore
warned by report from Baron de
Streuss. something like CONSERVATION
reigned. The Russian ambassador. hec-
killed. to death. took refuge at Windsor
under pretense of command from his
royal master. The happiest man in Lon
don was Prince Rosmaran.
CTo be continued tomorrow