The midland journal., 1916-11-03


band is pictured In this INSTALL
nent.
Streetman, the German spy, calls
on Ethel Just after she has learned Of
slis deceit.
CHAPTER X-contlnued.
Streetman waited until the butler
had withdrawn before he so much as
spoke to her. Then he faced her ex-
pectantly.
"Did you see Sir GeorgeY he de-
manded-almost threateningly, it
seemed to Ethel.
'YesY' she replied quietly, though
her every nerve was strung taut to
meet the call upon her woman's
strategy.
'"The fleet-did you find out about
the feet?" He could not get the words
out Of his mouth fast enough.
"Yes: After what you said, what
else could dol"
"Quite sor' He made no attempt to
conceal his insolence. HAS it sailed p
he asked her impatiently.
EYES,"
"Where did 1t go? Quick, tell mev'
By word and look both he menaced
her.
"The usual routinev' she said nom
chalantly. "It 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 thatp' The
news was almost too good to be be
Iieved.
Yes; and he never suspected was
the least bit interested"
'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 your Ethel asked
him, innocently enough, SO far as
Streetman noticed.
II have had none direct from
France" he said. never dreaming that
the time was past when he might de-
ceive her by that little fiction Of his.
"But war has come" he added. "Of
that am sure"
"And England-wlH she enter into
1t?' she pressed him.
with her feet dispersed she will
aot dare," he rejoined with a faint
smile of satisfaction.
"For the sake of France, your cOun-
try, that is 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.
"Eh? Oh, yes, of course-yesw he
FASTENED to assent. 81 must get the
news at once to France" he said; and
Immediately he started toward the
doorway. But the girl said something
then that brought him up sharply
something that he was far from ex-
pecting, at that moment when he
seemed at last to hold her more secure
~ than ever before.
'To Germany, you meanv' she cor
rected him. Quiet as was her tone, the
words seemed to him fairly to stab the
air.
"WhatT' he exclaimed.
"Oh, Henry, how can you think me
so very stupidY
'You are madr' he parried. "I am
loyal to France"
You tell me that" she scoffed,
''when here, a little while ago, in all
your talk you showed how strongly
you sided with Prussia. Just now you
were delighted that the English fleet
had dispersed. To a Frenchman that
would be bad news; but a German
would take It as you have done. You
are IN the service of the Wilhelm
strasse-A true Teuton. and I've been
quite blind not to realize 1t before"
Streetman looked positively danger
GUS as ha faced her threateningly. At
last he was at bay. But still he had no
thought OF confessing the part that he
was playing.
"And to what use do you intend put
ting your absurd accusations?" he de-
manded.
"None-none at all" she said care
iessly, with just slight shrug of her
fine shoulders. 81 merely wanted you
to know that know
''0h. is that aN1 thought you were