The Washington herald., 1914-09-27

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said, Il viii be here with hundred
thousand francs"
The professor Sat quretk for seyera
moments. His shoulders were hunched
He looked now down al the desk, nov
into Brooke's face.
1T is arranged" he declared at last
Permit me
He rose from his place and took
! Brooke by the arm. For a moment he
listened Then he opened the door
Unfamiliar though the sound seemed
from his lips, he whistIed softly.
Il shall descend with you" he an
/ nounced.
I Brooke was conscious, as they
Z reached the end of the passage, of re-
7 treating footsteps He caught a glimpse
of two men stealing away caught a
/ glimpse, even, of the. knife in the belt
! of one Of them. The door at the bot
tom OF the stairs was locked Again
the professor whistled. SThe woman
! unlocked it.
4 Grika walked with Brooke through
/ the cafe to the pavement outside and
/ stood there as his visitor drove away
| Brooke drove to the block of fats in
which Warren's rooms were situated
changing his automobile twice during
the Journey Antin admitted him and
he found Lord Wimbledon walking up
and down the little sitting room.
We'll? Well2" the latter exclaimed
eagerly. Have you found him, Is he
there?"
81 believe So" Brooke replied, hand
ing his hat to Antin and drawing of
his gloves ITO tell you the truth,
never asked"
But where is my boy, What are
they. doing to him" Lord Wimbledon
demanded.
"One car only hazard surmises,
Brooke replied thoughtfully. Il believe
that our friend Grika has him safely
under lock and, key, and the neighbOr-
hood is certainly horrible one. But
on the other hand, GIika is much too
clever to take unnecessary risks. In
any case, we must play the game, for
Warren's sake and every ones. You
haven't communicated with the en-
bassy at all, sir?" =.
Certainly not" Lord Wimbledon re-
piled. Il have done nothing but wait
here for your e
Brooke nodded. and for the first time
made a careful survey OF his surround
ings The small sitting-room in which
they were bore every sign OF hurried
departure. There were writing mate
rials which had evidently been thrown
hastily down upon the table and a small
locked safe stood on one side There
were plenty of loose sheets OF paper
about; no written ones Brooke nodded
approvingly.
then" he murmured. He locked up
the rest when he started out for Grika.
Now. sir" he added, turning to Lord
Wimbledon. Il want you, if you don't
mind, TO 60 into the little dining room.
take. Antin with you, and lock your
selves in. Very likely Antin will be
able to hnd you something in the way
off dinner If you hear a ring. don't
answer the bell; and if there is a bolt
upon the door, don't draw it"
Lord Wimbledon LETT the room at
once, followed BY Antin. As soon as
they had departed Brooke lifted the
curtains which divided the sitting-room
from the bedroom. and drawing an
easy chair up behind them, settled
down to wait
He had turned out the lights, both
in the sitting-room and the bedroom,
but he had pulled a small table up 10
his side on which was an electric read
ing lamp which he could turn on at a
moments notice For a little more
than an hour he sat there waiting Then
! the silence OF the fat was suddenly
broken by the shrill ringing of the elec-
trio bell There was no reply. 1t
rang again, and again there was no re-
SponSe
Then. a few moments later. Brooke
heard the click OF a key in the outer
door. which was at once softly opened
and closed There was the sound OF
footsteps in the outer hall, the opening
Of the sitting-room door. and Grika 5
voice, low, Net commanding.
Turn on the lights"
Through the Chink in the curtains
Brooke saw the little room suddenly IL
Illuminated. Warren. white as sheet
with rings under his eyes, was standing
by the side of the switch. \ few feet
away, still In his hat and 'overcoat, was
Grika. The latter spoke again.
What are all these papers upon the
tablet
The beginning of my translation,
Warren faltered.
Where is the document itSeifo"
In the safe" was the mumbled reply
Unlock it at once!' Grika directed
You have the keys
The Young man hesitated. From
where he was Brooke could see that
his hands we're shaking all the time
About a yard away from him Grika
stood, and poised lightly m his fingers
was a dull little bar OF some springy
! metal with a leaden top.
Remember Grika said softly. that
If you give me the. slightest trouble you
will go down like stone once and for
ever. | shall have the papers anyway
you know that You know that | shall
keep my word. and you know that all
mS arrangements are made for escaping
from here Unlock that safe
The young man .hesitated no longer.
With shaking fingers he adjusted the
combination The door swung open.
Grika drew from ita little roll OF papers
which he. thrust into his pocket.
1T is finished" he said softly. ou
have escaped lightly. See how thought
full l. am. | am going to save even
your reputation"
He had drawn a cord from his over
coat pocket With his hand upon War
ren's chest, he was forcing him back
into the easy chair.