Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-08-06

CHAPTER l.-Georgy Wagstaff,
daughter of Sir George of the British
admiralty, hints at a liaison between
her gCverness. Ethel Willoughby, and
Henry Streetman. Ethel denies it.
CHAPTER lI.-Henry Streetman
calls on Ethel and while waiting for
her talks to Brewster, Sir Georges
butler, who is German spy, about his
failure to get at admiralty papers in
Sir Georges possession. He phones to
German secret service headquarters.
CHAPTER llI--When Ethel appears
he tries to force her to get from Sir
George knowledge of the sailing or.
ders Of the British fleet. Though she
believes him a French instead of
German spy. she refuses until he
threatens her. She begs him to an
nounce their secret marriage, as
Georky is suspicious, but he puts her
off
CHAPTERlV.-- tea Georgy and
her lover, Guy Falconcr. Tease Sir
George, and Streetman makes an awk-
:, ward attempt to talk politics.
CHAPTER v Charlie Brown, news
paper man of New York, entertains
The tea party with his views on the
threatened war in Europe.
CHAPTER vI--Guy falconer de-
clare that If war comes re will go to
CUBA His mothcr and Sir George re.
prove him. Char > sc.s Guy is s.. T.
ing
CHAPTER VII-Capt. Larry Red
mond of the Irish Guards calls on
Ethel. The two had been undeclared
lovers and now he asks her to marry
him. She stll loSes him, but tells
him she is married.
CHAPTER VIII-Ethel finds that
Larry knows Streetman as a German
spy. and that Streetman had a wife
In Berlin when he married her. The
others come in and to them comes
Sir George with the news that Ger
many has declared war on Russia.
CHAPTER lX-Guy wants to 20
at once with Larry to enlist. After
the others go Ethel wins larry's con.
sent to have her assist him in the Sc
cret service work he Is doing for
England.
CHAPTER - Streetman again
calls on Ethel She gets from him an
admission that he is a German spy,
gives him false information about the
British fleet and wins his consent to
her cooperation with him in his work
She tells Larry TO this and agrees to
meet him in Brussels.
CHAPTER XI--fn the Lion d. Or
Inn at Courvoisier, Belgium, Larry and
"a French sly arrange for secret tel.
ephone in the inn to forward nfol.
mall0n about the German advance.
Chrstophc, the landlord tells his
!. daughter Jeanne that there will be no
German invasion OF Belgium.
"NIais oul. comprehend perfectly"
Christophc answered. He knew the
fellows wife--a Somewhat tcmpera-
mental woman, with sharp tongue
And he had no wish to bring down an
avalanche of il-will upon his excellent
hosiery. SO he babe his departing
guests good-by.
As they passed through the open
doorway, chattelfng, he turned to an
other man who sat IN corner Of the
room reading a newspaper He was Il
lrenchmaIl-thnt Other--and a stran-
ger to the innkeeper.
Something for monsicur" Henri
Christophe inquired pleasantly
mot now. After little while, per
haps,' the stranger replied, and re-
turned to his reading of his newspaper
lie had just lighted cigarette and
had filed his lungs with the first salts
flying pun when newcomer strobe
through the doorway. This latest ar
rival wore cap and long, linen
buster. And there was something In
his aspect that did not wholly please
the little man at the table, as he east
a quick, sldewlse glance at the tall in
trnder. Perhaps It was the small, leu.
ton mustache that adorned the upper
lip OF the tall man In the d,istcoat. At
all events, the Frcnchman's eyes mar
rowed to two Sits. And though he
seemed rapt in his paper he neverthe-
less watched every move that the other
made,
The tall man paused for d moment
: n the rfknf case'rrnt stood Just inside
the outer door; and drawing q pipe