Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-08-23
SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER l.-Georgy Wagstaff
daughter of Sir George, of the British
admiralty. hints at a liaison between
her govcrness, Ethel Willoughby and
= Henry Streetman. Ethel denies it.
CHAPTER ll.-Henry Streetman
calls on Ethel and while waiting for
her talks to Brewster, Sir George S
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-Whcn 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 a
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.-At tea Georgy and
her lover, Guy Falconer tease Sir
George, and Streetman makes an awk.
ward attempt to talk politics.
CHAPTER V-ChaYlie Brown, news.
paper man of New York. entertans
the tea rarity with his views on the
threatened war In Europe
CHAPTER VI Guy Fa'co9pa dc
clares that il war comes lie Will 50 to
Cuba. His mother and Sir George re.
prove him. Charlie says Guy is spool
ing.
CHAPTER VII-Capt. Larry Red.
mond of the Irish Guards, calls on
Ethel The two had been undeclared
' him She still loves him, but tells
him she Is married.
CHAPTER Will Ethel finds that
Larry knows Streetman as German
spy, and that Streetman had wife
Ill btlllH NHtI Ht MAJ llttA HNis iC
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 &C
at once with Larry TO nlist. After
the others 20 Ethel wins Larry's con.
sent to have her assist him in the Sc
cret service work he is doing for
England
CHATTER X - Strectman 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 tellseLarry 70 this and agrees to
meet him in Brussels
CHAPTER Xl--ln the Lion d Or
Inn at Couryoisier, Belgium. Larry and
French spy arrange TO" secret tel
ephone in the inn to forward ntor
nation about the German advance
Chrstophe, the landlord, tells his
daughter Jeanne that there viii be nc
German invasion of Belgium.
CHllAPTER XiI,-Charlie Brown,
hunting for q war, arrives at the Lion
d Or and meets Ethel there.
CHAPTER XIlI--Ethel Is told she
Is to operate the secret phone. A mob
OF refugees fee past the inn before the
Oncoming German host. The German
advance guard arrives.
CHAPTER XIV-Major Won Brenig
takes possession OF Christophe's son
and other property. Ethel, question
ed, shows German secret service ere.
dentials.
CHAPTER XV--Charie Brown is
about to tbe shot as an English spy
when the major, Columbia graduate,
saves him.
CHAPTER XVT--Charlie promptly
interviews the major for his paper,
Streetman appears and Charlie is or
dered back to Brussels
CHAPTER XVII.-The secret tele.
phone is d sicovered and though Chris.
topic had known nothing of 1t he is
shot spy by Streetmans order.
The telephone Is left intact as trap.
CHAPTER XvI1I.--Ethel tries to
use the secret phone is caught, and
is bout to be executed as a spy when
Larry, posing as Lieutenant Kard. res.
cues her.