The Washington times., 1916-01-15
uCon+inu.d from Yesterday. J

Half way to the pier she passed
ramshackle Doathouse, whose weather
warped boards were bulScd and splayed,
in several places, until they looked Ike
The Stats in front OF hen-nouse' AS
June sped past the Doatnouse she
Chanced to notice a large smooth stone
Just The thing to weight the bundle she
carried She picked IL up, opened the
bundle at one emu. dropped IN the STONE
and fastened the package string once
more At lhe same moment, from the
shack just behind her, she heard
mans voice saying impatently:
I'm no blooming diplomat. count
Come down to cases Nhat VIII 'ou
pay?' u,
June dropped the bundle she held. She
stood transtiXed, there. on the roch!
beach, in front of the shack. Cnder-
standing came to her with % rusn' naS 80
really come to Surtton TO negotiate with
this foreign agent for the sale OF the
murderous war-eneine plans! Inc wv
men had apparently chosen inns out-oi
the way spot for their conference, SO as
TO be safe from discovery or suspicion
June held her breath. Shamelessiy
she listened. Another voice was speak :
ing now. IL excellent English pul
with a. trace OF foreign accent.
My dear MIR. Drew, she heard Count
Freel say. Il have no wish TO delay. any ,XN,
more than YOU wish me 10 delay. bus
desire to study the plans first that
THAT You may fix the details in your
mind, hey?" interrupted Drew's voice:
"Nnd De able to reproduce them anu
then refuse to buy? No. thanks, = .
MIR. Drew exclaimed the count, III
anger, "YoI insult me! You offer me a
dire insult: In my own dear country
Were not in your own dear coun-
'nSs' little Old /. 5, <, where folks talk
straight business without frills. Father
said the plans in this box would make
an epsne that could WIPE oN WHOLE dnh9es aIhnles
With its back to the wall. 1t wants
those plans. How much"
Iune-the Red Circle blazing and
nearer and nearer to the shack. She
, peeped in. cautiously. through one OF
the wide cracks in the boards.
y crate had been turned upside down
to ihe aperture in the boards; At the
opposite ends of this improvised table,
on couple of boat trestles. sat two
men. One-nearest to June-was faShily
mad cut unhealthy lines about the c"r-
ncrs of his youthful eyes and mouth.
The other and older man was of dis
tinctly foreign aspect, not only in his
sweeping mustaChe and goatee. but In
the cut of his clothes as we'll
On the crate-table. just in front Of
brow. rested an oblong metal dispatch
Ndc, and two inches high.
June drew back from the shack and
g'anced guiltily around. No one was in
sight. Near by Iav q fra %mrmt Of
long. Moved by no conscious volitior
Of her own. she ran noiseies sly to this
board and picked it up
She carried II to the shaCkS only door
hraccd ono end of the board against Il
bowldcr in front OF the door and ther
put the other end just beneath the tut,
Ting .cross-panel half way up the door.
That viii stand more pressure thar
self murmur as she glided back to the
aperture in the wooden wall.
Yes, SIR Todd Drew was vocifer
ating. ITS worth an easy two millor
dollars to your Eorernment-or to any
other warning country-to get thes,
plans. They're-'
He broke off with yell. For as h,
lain in front of him on the table it wal
40 longer there. lie was Just in tim,
TO sec a woman's small hand drawing
the dispatch ,h box caHtionsN out !hrouSf
Drew made n clutch at the vanisnin,
hand. and seized it by the wrist
'l'Ne. got her COUNT he cried
Say she struggles lihe a wildcat. I;ul
outside and GIab her. | can hold he
till then"
Tho count lcaped for tho door A
the same instant June Other hPnd ap
Its fingers GTasped long pin sne ha
hastily snstched from her sailcr hat
Into Todd's detainin@ fist she .lrov
the pin. right mcrcil"ssly-aGair an
again-with the lightning speed Of
hornets StinGs.
With a howl Of rain d CIV rclaAe
his grin on hcI wrist Her hands v%n
ished-the dispatch box and III TAT
pin along with th"m-iust as the coun
below ed
Il cannot get this miserable dcJ
ornn! 1t is !ammed'
Irne waited to hear 40 nor" Sh
tore opcn the end Of the b"ndl,. rhrus
the metal ho% int" it, clos d II aghi
and. snatrhlnS : up. raced 'nad,N - -
Lad hurled the bulky parcel :er o,
into the sea and watched it sink Swii
ly hen"ath III" surface
Meantime. ia thc shack. pandcmot
ium had rl~Eom loose Both me
'hrrW thrr hmriica i"antiCtllv Hcairl
lie" unNi"ldinS door. Ih"n Drew "anEi