Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-08-16
SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER l-Georgy Wagstaff
daughter of Sir George, of the British
admiralty hints at liaison between
her governess, Ethel Willoughby and
Henry Streetman. Ethel denies it.
CHAPTER II.--Henry Streetman
calls on Ethel and while waiting for
her talks to Brewster, Sir Georges
butler, who is a German spy, about his
failure to get at admiralty papers H.
Sir Georges possession. He phones to
German secret service headquarters.
CHAPTER IlI-When Ethel appears
he tries to force her to get, from Sir
George knowledge of the sailing orr
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 Strectman makes an awk-
ward attempt to talk politics.
CHAPTER V-Charle Brown, news
paper man of New York, entertains
the tea party with his views on the
threatened war in Europe.
CHAPTER vi ny lalcorcr e.
clares that If war comes he WI 60 L.
Cuba. His mother and Sir George C.
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
lovers and now he asks her to marry
him, She still loves him, but tells
him she is married
CHAPTER VIII Ethel finds that
Larry knows Streetman as a German
spy, and that Streetman had 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 go
at once with Larry to alist. After
the others 90 Ethel wins l.arry's con
sent to have her assist him in The Sc
cret service work he is doing for
England
CHAPTER X Strcetman 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 70 this and agrees &c
meet him in Brussels.
CHAPTER XI-In the Lion d Oh
Inn at Courvoisicr, Belgium, Larry anc
a French spy arrange for secret tel
ephOne in the inn to forward inior
nation about the German advance
Christophe, the landlord. tells hi
daughter Jeanne that there will be NJ
German invasion of Belgium.
CHHAPTER XII.--Charlie Brown
hunting for war, arrives at the Lion
d. Or and meets Ethel there.
CHAPTER XllI--Ethel is told sh'
is to operate the secret phone A mol
CO refugees flee past the inn before TIT
oncomng German host The German
advance guard arrives,
CHAPTER XIV-Major Won Brenis
takes possession of Christophe's sol
aud other property. Ethel, question
ed, shows German secret service ere
dentials.
CHAPTER XV-Charlie Brown il
about to be shot as an English sp.
when the major Columbia graduate
saves him.
CHAPTER XVI-Charlio prompt.
interviews the major for his paper
Streetman appears and Charlie Is OF
dered back to Brussels
CHAPTER XVII.--The secret tele
phone is d sicovered and though Chris
toplie had known nothing of 1t he i
shot spy by Streetmans order
The telephone Is left intact as trar
CHAPTER Xv111.---Ethel tries t,
use the secret phone, is caught, an,
Is bout to DO executed as a spy whei
Larry, posing as Lieutenant Kard, res