The Ozark spectator., 1916-09-13

gument with one of them about the weather, and for few minutes we lay on our oars close to the starboard bow.
 Then the men suddenly disregarded us and bent their heads to their work as an officer came along the deck.
 He was pleasant, clean looking young fellow, and he put question to us about our fishing in very good English. But there could be no doubt about him His close cropped head and the cut of his collar and tie never came out of England.
 That did something to reassure me, but as we rowed back to Bradgate nay obstinate doubts would not be dis missed.
 The thing that worried me was the reflection that my enemies knew that I had got my knowledge from Scud der. and it was Scudder who had given me the clew to this place. If they knew that Scudder had this clew would they not change their plans?
 Too much depended on their success for them to take any risks The whole question was how much they under stood about Scudder's knowledge. l had talked confidently last night about Germans being likely to stick to a carefully planned scheme. but if they had any suspicion that l was on their track they would be fools not to GOV. CT it.
 1 wondered if the man last night had seen that l recognized him Somehow 1 did not think he had, and to that l chung But the whole business had never seemed so difficult as that after noon when by all calculations should have been rejoicing in assured success
 In the hotel met the commander of the destroyer, to whom Scaife ill troduced me. and with whom l had few words. Then l thought l would put in an hour or two watching Ira falgar lodge
 l found place further up the hill In the garden of an empty house. From there I had full view of the court, on which two figures were having d game of tennis.
 One was the old man. whom 1 had already seen; the other was q younger fellow. wearing some club cOlors in the scarf round his middle. They play ed with tremendous zest like two city gents who wanted hard exercise to open their pores. You couldn't con ceive more innocent spectacle.
 They shouted and laughed and stop ped for drinks when maid brought out two tankards on a salver.
 I rubbed my eyes and asked myself If was not the most immortal fool on earth Mystery and darkness had hung about the men who hunted me over the Scotch moor in aeroplane and mo torcar and notably about that internal antiquarian. IL was easy enough to connect these folk with the knife that pinned Scudder to the floor and with fell designs on the worlds peace
 But here were two guilelesS citizens taking their innocuous exercise and soon about to go indoors to hum drum dinner. where they would talk of market prices and the last cricket scores and the gossip of their native Surbiton.
 1 had been making net to catch vultures and falcons. and To and be- hold, two plump thrushes had bun dered into 1t.
 Presently a third figure arrived a young man on bicycle with Il bag of golf clubs slung on his back
 He strolled around to the tennis lawn and was welcomed riotously by the players. Evidently they were chaf fing him. and their chaff sounded ho ribly English. Then the plump man. mopping his brow with q silk handker. chief. announced that he must have tub.