The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1914-12-17

-0a ~ ssenanaaAation yos 49,
him.. LaAstFoa eaiA.
'Yss. on y0ors. LAnny. Oh . fFisaas!
Yes"-shs put . cold eDphasts On tie
vOrd-"you wasted him here for your
SLAMS! And Why: You haveat an
svessd that YET. What purpose OF ths
var game doss - serve In our gar
dear
His look pleaded for patience. whiie
he tried 70 smile. which was rather DIFF
Aeult In face OF her attitude.
Mot altogether In the gardeo: part
ly n the tower" hs replied. "Yos are
to - IN the whole secret and In such
way - 70 make my Temptation clear.
hope. First. think you ought to zee
the setting. LIST " 60 In"
Jnpslled BY . curiosity that Lan-
stroa's manner acosataaasA. sAs e.
tsrsS ths room. Apesssatly LAnstros
vas familiar With tAs prsaisss. Pass
ing through The sittins-rooa into he
rooo sAjoiainG. uhsss Fsilse sesssd
his tools. ~ oSsusA . door that gave
o. to ths circular stoas stsps laaAiag
dovs into The aanssos tsnasl.
Il thiak Ne had bettss have Q itght,"
hs said. and wAsa hs haA fstchsa 90
from the bsdchanbsr ~ descended IL
steps. asking her to follow
They we're in . passage SIX test u
height and about three fest bgoaA.
which seemed to lead On inAe1aitsly
into clamny darknsss. 1hs Asvy valis
sparklsd In fantastic and gAnstly
iri6escencs under the rays from The
lantern. The dank air lay moist asainst
their faces.
This y far enough" He paused
and raised the lantern. With its light
full In her facs, she blinksd. There.
At the height Of yoar chin!"
She noted . metal button painted
gray. sst at the side Of one Of the
stones of the wall. which looked IN.
rsaI She struck the stone with her
knuckles and It gave out the sound Of
hollow wood. which was followed, -
a echo. by . little laugh from Ian.
stron. Pressing the button. . panel
door aew open, revealing . telsphoas
mouthpsecs and receiver set In the
recess.
Like 4 detective play!" were the
hrst words that sprang to her lips.
"Well?" Az she faced around her
eyes slittsrsd In the lantern rays
well. have you any other little tricks
to show me! Are you 4 sleightof.hand
artist. too. LAnny! Are you going to
take machine gun out Of your hat!"
That IL the whole bag he ~
swered. Il thought you'd rather 50
It than have It described to you"
Having seen II, let NJ go!" she said.
In . manner that implied further reck-
ouins to come.
III out Of . thousand possible
sources one source succeeds. then ths
cost and pains OF the other nine hun.
dred and ninsty-nins are moro than ~
paid" he was saying urgently. The SOL
der uppermost In him. Some of the
best service We have had has besa sb-
sard in its simplicity anA It, ssdacity.
In time OF war. mors than oes battle,
hss sssn Decided By thing tAaa WAS .
trt0s In itsetf. No matter what yosr
preparation, you can nsvsr remove ths
element Of chance. An hour gained In
Information about yosr snsmy's plans
may turn the tide IN your favor. A
Chinese peasant spy. because he hap
peosd to - intoxicated. was able 70
givs the Japanses warning in time for
Kuroki to make fall dispositions for
receiving the Russian attack In force
st the sha-ho. Thsrs are many other
incidents Of like nature in history. 80
10 b my duty to negIset no possible
method. however absurd"
By this time he was at the head Of
the steps. Standing to one side. be Of.
fsred his hand to assist Marta. Bat
she seemed not to 80 It. Her aspect
was that Of downright antaSonism.
However absurd! Yes, It 10 absurd
to think that you can make me . party
to any Of your plans. for" She broke
o6 abruptly with staring eyes. ~ II she
had seen an apparition.
Lanstrou turned and through the
door OF the toolroom saw Feller enter
ing the sitting-room. He was not the
bent, deferential gardener. His fea-
lures were hard-set, \ fighting rage
burning In his eyes, his sinews taut
- II about to spring upon an adver.
sary. When he recognised the in
truders he turned limp. his head
dropped. hiding his face with his hat
brim, and he steadied himself by rest.
ing hand on the table edge.
CTO BE CONT1NUED)
OVERSIGHT THAT WAS Fatal