Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-05-17
Inside the
Lines
By EARL DERR BldGERS
AND
ROBERT WELLS RICHIE
Copyright lslS, by the Bobbs- Msr-
rill Co.
CHAPTER XVI.
The Captain comss 70 Tea.

The Captain Comes 20 Tee.
T)ANE GERsON, alone for the
nrst time since the incident Of
tho cigarette on the parade
tX ground few hours back, sat
before 4 narrow window in her room
ct Government House fighting q great
bewilderment.
Gould there now be any doubt Of
what she felt to be the TRUTH First.
she had met Captain Woodhouss on
the Express du Nord- an officer in the
English army, by his own statement,
returning from leave In England to his
post In Egypt. Then the encounter Of
last night at the Hotel Splendide, Cap
tain Woodhouse first denying his iden-
taty. then admitting it under the en-
forced pledge that she should not re-
veal the former meeting. Captain
Woodhouse, not in Egypt, but at Gil
braltar, and, as she had soon learned,
there with papers Of transfer from an
Egyptian post to the garrison Of the
Rock. Following this surprise had
come General Crandalps logged exam
nation Of that morning blunt dec
laration that serious question as to
the captains position at Gibraltar had
arisen and his equally plain spoken
theeat to have the truth from her con-
corning her knowledge Of the suspect
ed officer.
TO cap all, the message on the ciga-
retts!s An informer-she guessed the
prefix to the unfinished word-had de-
nounced you to General Crandall. To
whom the pronoun referred was un-
takable-Almers eagerness to In
sure Captain Woodhouses receiving
the cigarette case plainly defined that.
A hotel keeper warns an officer In the
Gibraltar garrison that he has been
denounced, but in the same message
adjures him to "play your own game
That wal, the single compelling fact.
Jane Gerson hushed-in anger, or was
It through guilt?-when she found her
lips framing the word "spy!
yNoW sine understood why General
Crandall had put her on the grill-why
he, Informed, had leaped to the signifi.
csnce Of the gift Of roses and deduced
her previous acquaintance with their
donor. Her host was not, after all, the
possessor Of magical powers Of mind
reading. He was, instead, just the so
Der, conscientious protector Of the
Rock on whom rested responsibility
for the lives Of its defenders and the
maintenance Of Enghnd's nag there.
His duty vas 70 catch-and shoot
spies
Shoot spies! The girls heart con.
tracted at the thought No, no! She
would not, she could not, reveal to the
governor the knowledge she had. That
would be to send death to 4 man as
surely % IL hers was the finger ut the
trigger.
Jane GerDon was on her feet now.
pacing tho room. Over and over again
she told herself that this man who had
come into her life, obiiqusly enough,
had NO claim on her, had brought moth
ing to her but distress. He had de-
ceiyed her even and then, when caught
in the deception, had wrested from
her promise that she would help him
continue further deception against 9th.
ers. Against her will he had made
her party to some deep and anda.
cious plot whose purpose she could
not guess, but which must be but .
part Of the hinge mystery Of war.
And soon this Captain Woodhouse
was to come to his trial The purpose
Of his invitation 70 tea that afternoon
dashed clear 90 white light. Soon she
would be in the same room with him.
would be forced to witness the spin
ming Of the web set to trap him. He
would come unwarned, unsuspecting.
He might leave that room under guard
and With guns at his ,back-guns soon
to bs lsvsled at bis heart. Yet she.
Jane Carson. possessed the power to
save him, 90 the warning Of the Gig
arctic sursly would be saving, once .
clever man were put on his guard
by 1t.
Would che spsak-and betray Cen
eral Crandall. her kindly host7 Would
she look her lips and see man walk
blindfolded to his death1
A few minutes before 3 O'clock Ma
jor Bishop was announced at Govern
ment House and received by General
Crandall IN the Library. Before Jai-
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