The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-12-29

Brewster threw open the double doors,
she said. when the pseudo butler had
gone, Il may gain some very impor.
tant information from this man. l cant
explain more than that now. Will you
wait in that room" She indicated u
door leading into a smaller nd,
Joining her sitting room.
Eyes, my dear-God keep you" Cap
tain Redmond answered. And he al
.uce proceeded to carry out her wishea
ethel breathed a rapid prayer as she
heard Streetman already mounting the
stairs.
"Oh, help me to be brave! Help me
to be clcrcr-for Larry and for Eng
land!!" She turned then to meet the
man who had betrayed her, and
against whose wits she had now I'M
dertaken to match her own.
Streetman waited until the butler
had withdrawn before he so much as
spoke to her. Then he faced her ex.
pectantly.
Ibid you see Sir George?" he de.
manded-almost threateningly. It
seemed to Ethel.
Eyes" she replied quietly, though
her every nerve was strung taut to
meet the call upon her woman's
strategy.
THE f1eet-did you find out about
the tleet?' He could not get the words
out of his mouth fast enough.
"Yes! After what you said, what
else could l do?"
"Quite So" He made no attempt to
conceal his i%nsolence. HAS it. sailed?'
he asked her i%mpatiently.
Eyes"
"Where did 1t go? Quick, tell me"
BY word and look both he menaced
her.
The usual routine!" she said non
chalantly. 1T just split up into Its
various squadrons-the Mediterranean,
Baltic, Black sea, South American
fleets, and so on; and they've gone to
their customary destinations"
"Sir George told you that?" The
news was almost too good to be be-
lieved.
Yes; and he never suspected l was
the least bit Interested"
1.-The old fool" He told himself that
Sir George was no better than a dotard.
With such as he composing the English
admiralty the spy was sure that Ger
many had nothing to fear from the
British lion. That much-vaunted ami
mails teeth seemed effectually drawn.
"What news with you? Ethel asked
him, innocently enough, SO far as
Streetman noticed.
II have had none direct from
France" lie said, never dreaming tina
ceive her by that little fiction of his,
"But war has come" he added. lot
that l am sure"
"And England-will she enter into
it?' she pressed him.
with her fleet dispersed she will
not dare" he rejoined with a faint
smile of satisfaction.
"For the sake of France, your coun
try, that is a pity" Ethel pointed out
With her former doubts REINFORCED
by the revelation of Larry's tale she
could easily pick flaws. now, in Street
mans acting.
ELL? Oh. yes, Of course-ycs!" he
FASTENED to assent. II must get the
news at once to France" he said; anG
Immediately he started toward thu
doorway. But the girl said something
then that brought him up sharply
something that he was far from ex
pecting. at that moment when HI
seemed at last to hold her more secure
" than yer before.
"To Germany, you mean" she cor
rected him. Quiet as was her tone, tn
words seemed to him fairly to stab tn
air.
"What:" he exclaimed.
"Oh. Henry. how a you think m
20 very stupid:"
"You are mad!" he parted. II an
,oyal to France"
You tell me. that" she ~scoffed
when here. a little While ago" III al
your talk you showed how strongl.
you sided with Prussia. Just now 20,
we're delighted that the English fee
lad dispersed. To a Frenchman tina
would be bad news; but a Germa,
would take it as you have done. Yo
are in the service Of the Wilhelm
strasse-a true Teuton. and I've bee
quite blind not to realize it before"
Streotman looked positively danger
Gus as he faced her threateningly. a
, last he was at bay. But still he had n
thought Of confessing the part that h
was playing.
And to what use do you intend pu
ting you absurd accusations?" he d.
, handed.
"None--none at ALL" she said car
lessly. with just n slight shrug of he
fine shoulders. 81 merely wanted va
to know that l know
"Oh, Is that all? I thought you wei
trying to threaten me-" he answere
more than puzzled by her attitude.
"My dear, why should l do tina