Evening star., 1917-11-11
THE TRAIN HAD NOT QUITE HA

that she was to come with him into the
corridor on the opposite side Of the car
riaxe.
There they held counsel. Miss Beres-
and aora aehed nm fro no t must
be remembered that war was not FORM
ally declared between Great Britain and
Germany until that evening. Indeed, the
pair so curiously allied by fate were dis
cussing their program. Had they even
quilted the train at Cologne they had a
fair prospect Of reaching neutral terri
snsv BY ndsr a9Ga Or Of 1y ers sr0ek ad eS e m
perishable laurels which that gallant city
was about to gather. They elected to
go on!
unpalatable food. which they made a
pretense Of eating. Irene Beresford'
Hanoverian German was perfect. 80
Dalroy did not air his less accurate ac-
cent. and tho presence OF the sentry was
and rabbit-eared, the man was quite
civil
At last the Prussian officers returned.
He who had been chatty overnight vas
have no right here!" he vociferated at
Dalroy. 'Why should q damned Eng
lishnan travel with Germans? Your
country is peridious az ever; ,,,,e. How DO
spss ssas srs you not sfs soneaed by
cilors Of state" was the calm reply.
IT have in my pocket a letter from his
excellency Staatsrath Won Auschenbaum
authorizing my. journey. and you your
lady to her home"
The other snorted. but subsided into
his seat. Not yet had Teutonic hatred
Of all things British burst its barriers.
it would leap forth like the pent-up flood
Of some mighty reservoir whose retain
ing wall had crumbled into. ruin.
''Is there any news". went on Dalroy
mined. for the sake Of the girl. to main
tain the semblance of goodfellowship.
She, he saw. was cool and collected. Evi-
IDENTIFY. she had complete trust In him.
ultimately. tim nut the "f off1cer ' who I regarded
Liege as a Joke said shortly. your Sir
Grey has made some impudent sugges-
tions. I suppose 1t is what the Ameri-
cans call 'bluff': but bluffins Germany
is a dangerous game"
Newspapers exaggerate such mat
ters." said Dalroy.
1T may be 50; still: you'll be lucky
gracious retort. The speaker refused to
give the town its French name.
An hour passed. the third in Cologne.
before the train rumbled away into the
darkness. The girl pretended to sleep.
Indeed. she may have dozed htfully.
Dalroy did not attempt to engage her in
talk. The Germans gossiped in low tones.
They knew that their nation had spied on
the whole world. Naturally. they held
every foreigner in their midst as tainted
in the same vile way.
From Cologne to Aix-la- Chapelle is
only two hours run. That night the
journey consumed four. Dalroy no long,
in a siding. He knew by the sounds that
all the dread paraphernalia Of war was
speeding toward the frontier: but any
display Of interest on his part would be
positively dangerous now: so he. too.
closed his eyes.
BY this time he was well aware that
his real trials would begin at AK: but
and never leaped fences till he reached
them.
At 1 in the morning they entered the
station of the last important town in
Germany Holland lay barely three
miles away, Belgium a little farther. The
goal was near. Dalroy felt that by calm
ness and quiet determination he and his
charming protege might win through. He
was very much taken by Irene Beres-
ford. He had never met any girl who at
tracted him SO strongly. He found him.
self wondering whether he might con-
trive to cultivate this strangely formed
friendship when they reached England
In a word. the self-denying ordinance
popularly attributed to Lord Kitchener
was weakening In Capt. Arthur Dalroy.
Then his sky dropped, dropped with a
bang.
The train had not quite halted when
the door was torn open, and q be-
spectacled. red-faced odicer klared in
1T 10 reported from Cologne that
there are English in this carriage" he
shouted.