The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-27

l LII going to Chicago anyway. Sibert ought to see for himself, instead of just be told, exactly what we have" Wendell felt in a pocket to be certain he had the paper he had taken from Ingouf.
 "How do you suppose the attack on us is coming?' Jim asked. Do you suppose the Monroe doctrine will be the ezcuse?'
 ''If the prince took that method Of bringing on war he'd simply put powerful fleet in the Caribbean and order ours out, as we've ordered theirs"
 "So we'd either have to go or fight"
 .1n either case they'd have the Carib- bean. They'd then land troops, take over the countries they wanted akd we'd have to renounce formally and forever the Monroe doctrine and-well, eat the words of any other of our pet policies which happened to offend the regent,
 "Or fight!"
 Exactly; and the activities of their secret agents here must mean that the prince is paying us the compliment of believing that, rather than stand for all that, we will fight. So he's coming straight for us" p ~
 To the right, few miles off, a great red glare of burning buildings lit the sky. is.
 ''..nloe's work, do you suppose?' Jim appealed.
 Outside a big factory newsboy was calling an extra and selling pa pers as fast as he elcould run from group to group.
 President calls cabinet!" the shout came to Jim. Big ext-y! President calls secretary of navy and secretary of war to White House at midnight! Washington fears war! Army and navy officers calledr'-
 Jim swerved his car to the curb as he entered Chicago and, jumping out. seized paper and turned back toward the car. 2ien, gazing at their papers, blocked his way. He looked into the eyes of men, staring, excited, surprisf ed. They were reading the same head lines, printed in the same words as those he was reading, but as they spoke to each other it was in a strange tongue. One man, who wds reading his paper most fntently, spoke to Jim without looking up. Jim, not under standing, made no reply. The man glanced up and, seeing stranger, started a little. Then he spoke again in his foreign tongue. Jim did not un- derstand the words of this sentence, but guessed it's meaning. The man was trying to see if the stranger could have understood what he said. These men were not openly hostile-but, then, Ingouf till that night never had been hostile-nor were they friendly. X
 "Who are 'you? Jim suddenly chal- ,4lenged one of them.
 The fellow gazed suspiciously and shook his head.
 "Who- are all these men" Jim de- manded. "What nationalityY
 The man moved away. and another retreated at the same challenge. Jim returned to his car.
 "The recall that came to you is gem eral.' He handed over the paper to Wendell and started the car Some Fnews reached Washington at about 10 o'clock which made the president call a cabinet meeting at once" The car rushed to the Upion station, where a long line of lighted coaches stood on an eastbound track with a sign at the end. Special For Washing ton and Newport News" Two young men about Bob's age were there. They were officers. also recalled. They hail ed Bob quietly. He shook hands with them and introduced them to Jim. "Why the trainy' Wendell inquired. Were taking some of the sailors from the Lakes training station east with US"
 The sound of marching men brought them all about, gazing back toward the station, and a column of bluejackets descended the stairs from the street and streamed out to the cars. They were just active. 1.-the, strong young men. Jim saw-they were little older than boys most of them. But as these boys marched by in order together, with easy, swinging step, heads up and hands at their sides, Jim warmed with his blood beating through him. They were wanted at Washington or at the seacoast! At this hour of the country's danger the nation had called upon them for protection, and at the call thev were responding, each boy {; disciplined and ready, each trained to do what his country now called him to do.
 Jim turned at touch on his shoul- der. Bob drew him aside and intro duccd-as "aIr. Sibert of the secret seryice"-a stocky, quiet, direct eyed man of about forty.
 "Nfr. Wendell has told me what you i have done tonight and has given me l the evidence which you obtained I Sibert said. 'If you are questioned or connected in any way with Ingouf's
 death will know it and will advise or assist you.''
 Sibert moved off. The forward coat hes wore filled with bluejackets. Tho officers who had accompanied them came back and shook hands with Wendell The train conductor i addressed the officer in command
 "You are ready, sir?"
 'All ready"
 Bob extended his hand to Jim. "It
 was mighty good thing, as it tulNed Out th0t you insisted on rIluninp tHc