Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-19

The contrary-what have I to hlde2 You
are aware that my services are held in
come slight esteem by his Majesty the Car.
So My life Is, therefore. a thing obnoxious
to the Secret Chapter Of the revolutionary
party"
why didn't they shoot you outright.
then?"
They wished to take me alive, and to
Keep me so, for n time. As to the end
have no doubts at all But, while living,
they might have persuaded me to talk more
than I would out of captivity"
"Persuade?" said SevranCe.
Even today there are methods OF per-
Euasion," said De Netze calmly, mot In
!erior to those practced by the Gnquistton,
mes ANTS"
In due course Grady and Fritz returned
with litter. Won Holzborn was laid upon
Il, groaning pitifully, Chine administe; ed
a stimulant the party bade farewell to
Captain Keen and turned toward Saltacres
Hall. accompanied by the surgeon and three
sailors from the yacht.
II any member of the mysterious Secret
Chapter lurked about, he was at pains not
TO make his presence known. Before start
ing Grady found time to inform me that
Thompson, the lodge Keeper, had seen an
automobile pass the lodge, northbound. with
bareheaded man for its sole passenger
some ten minutes or after the probable
time OF the encounter on the cliff.
1t but confirmed our suspicious that one
OF the assassIns had made good his escape.
The Russians brow furrowed with
anxiety when | informed him Of this Incl
dent. Nevertheless he maintained, we were
assured OF three or four days respite from
further annoyance or assault. II would take
some time, he was confident. to assemble in
our neiEhborhood enough members of the
revolutionary party then in. England -
enough for n successful attack upon our
party, he amended. There would be plenty
of time to devise a way out OF the diff
Guilty.
our arrival at the Hail was devoid Of
Incident Won Holzborn was at once car
ried upstairs to n hcdchamber assigned to
his use, De Netzo accompanying him with
the surgeon Severance and / were left
standing below In the great hallway. warm
Ing ourselves In the grateful heat of the
fire that blazed In the huge old-fashioncd
chimney. remember feeling awkward
and out OF place.
After long time the housekeeper. an
aged and wlthered body, plainly half fright
ened out of her wits approached us and
made her ladyship's excuses for the SEEM
ing inhospitality of our reception. Her
ladyship was unnervcd and almost in
Mysteries because of the dreadful strain
she had endured. the woman told us, and
begged to be excused until the following
morning,
In the meantime, we were informed. our
rooms were being prepared for our recep-
tion; we would be shown to them after sup
per; we acqulesced alphabetically. too weary
for words
Supper was served us alone in the break
fast room. Grady attended; he had no
news; he had been given to understand
that his room was preferable to his COM
pany, 1t seemed, promptly upon the arrival
of the litter in Won Holzborn's apartment
Do Netze, however, had told the Irishman
off for sentry duty during the night-a
task which he was to share with the seamen
from the MUosotis.
A bucolic lacSey lighted Sevrance and
myself to our rooms. They proved adjoin-
ing ones, in, 1 gathered, n remote wing of
the building. SevranCe did not remember
ever having entered either before and the
darkness of the night together with my
own total unfamliarity with the place made
1t impossible for me to determine precisely
where they were situate.
However, they were large they were
heated. and each contained a roomy, old
fashioned bed. Shortly after VIC began to
undress Grady appeared with lot of toddy,
which, he said. Doctor Chine had suggested
might be acceptable. We proved the truth
of his suppostion by downing the draught
without much ceremony,
Between it's fumes and my overpowerlng
fatigue / fell into dreamless slumber in
the twintlng of an eye. Sevrance asserts
that the case was the same with him. I
doubt II a thunderbolt falling squarely in
either of the rooms would have reused us
ere we had slept the appointed length of
time.
I awoke in semidarkness. and for Il few
minutes lay drowsily specializing on my
whereabouts, with an odd feeling that
something was amiss. Mentally was back
in our cheerless quarters at the Rainbow
Then. with rush, the incidents Of the
preceding day crowded into my mind and
YOU may believe that | WIS out of bed in
two shakes. wide awake and anxious enough
to be dressed and about, already foreseelng
the long and intimate talk with Julia which
purposed should be mine some time during
that day,
The shades were drawn At the windows
and the big room was quite gloomy. l could
not even see the face of my watch dis
tinc:ly, After hunting uselessly about for
a match for a moment or two, | acted upon
a sudden fash of INTEL gence and, going to
the window, drew up the shades
Broad sunlight streamed in, a golden