Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-01-29

"And your Captain Woodhouse-
your cute little Wilhelmstrasse cap.
tain" Capper flung back from the
window, pretending not to heed the
girls potent threat; II know all
about him, and the governor'll know,
too-same time he hears about you'll"
Good night, Billy Capper," Louisa
answered, with a piquant smile.
And all revoir until we meet with
our backs against that wall"
Capper's head dropped from view
over the balcony edge; there was a
sound of running feet amid the rose
ranked plants in the garden, then
silence.
The girl from the Wilhelmstrasse,
alone in the house save for the bent
old housekeeper asleep in her attivc,
turned and laid her head bit weak.
ly-against the carved standard,
where in a ford rosette showed the
ivory tip Of the hinge for he chcva
glass.
A Spy In the Signal. Tower.
Government House, n OF the Bae-
deker points of Gibraltar, stands amid
it's gardens on a shelf Of the ROCK
about midway between the Alameda
and the signal tower, perched on the
very spine of the lions back above
1t. Its windows look out on the blue
bay and over to the red roofs OF Al
geciras across the water on Spanish
territory. Tourists gather to peek
from a respectful distance at the
messy front and quaint eccles1astic
gables of Government House, which
has q distinction quite apart from It's
uses as the home of the governor gen.
eral. Once, back in the dim ages OF
SPANS. glory, it was a monastery,
one of the Oldest in the southern tip
Of the peninsula. When the english
came their practical sense took no
heed of the protesting ghosts OF the
monks, but converted the monastery
into a home for the military head OF
the Fortress little dreary, a shade
more melancholy than the accuston-
ed manor hall at home, but adequate
and livable. -.
Thither, on the morning after his
arrival, Captain Woodhouse vent 10
report for duty to Major-general SIR
George Crandall, governor OF the
Rock. Captain Woodhouse was IN
uniform-neat service khaki and pltn
helmet. which became him nightly
He appeared to have been nodded IN
to the short skirted, olive gray pack.
ct: It set on his shoulders with :nug
ease. Perhaps, if anything, b uni
form gave to his sternness; to his
BODY Just the least addition of an
indefnable alertness, of nervous
acuteness. 1t was nine o'clock, and
Captain Woodhouse knew 1t was nee
essary for him to pay his duty call on
Sir George before the eleven O'Clock
assembly.
AS the captain emerged from the
struggling end Of waterproof street
and strobe through the lowered paths
of the Alameda, he did not happen to
see a figure that lodged behind q
chevaux-de-frise Of Spanish bayonet
on his approach. Billy Capper, who
had been pacing the gardens for more
than an hour, fear battling with the
predatory impulse that urged him to
Government House, watched Captain
Woodhouse pass, and his eyes mar
rowed into a queer twinkle OF obEque
humor. So Captain Woodhouse had
begun to play the game-going to re
port to the governor, eh? The pale
soul of Mr.. Capper glowed with a
faint flicker of admiration for this
cool bravery far beyond its w ca
pacity to practice. Capper waited q
safe time, then followed, chose a po
sition outside Government House %
which he could see the main entrance
and waited.
A tall thin East Indian with a mar
row ascetic face under his closely
wound white turban, and wearing
native livery of the same spotless
white. answered the captains sum
mons on the heavy knocker. He &C
cepted the visitors card, showed him
into a dim hallway hung with faded
auas and coats Of chain mail. Tn
Indian, Jaimihr Khan, gave Captain
Woodhouse a start when he returned
to say the governor would receive
him in. his Office. The man a
tread like a cats, absolutely noise
less: he moved through the half Ugh
of the hall like a white wrath. His
English was spoken precisely anc
with a curious mechanical information
Jaimihr Khan threw back heavy
double doors and announced, cap
tain Wood-house." He had the doors
shut noiselessly almost before the
visitor was through them.
A tall heavy-set man with grayine
hair and mustache rose from a broad
desk at the right Of a large room AM
advanced with hand outstretched II
cordial welcome.
captain Woodhouse, of the sigma
service. Welcome to the Rock, Cap
tain Need YOU here. Glad you've