Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-08-15
SYNOPSIS.

SWITCH coe.1iSlSZ. 20. a. .LE IA,
direct -
Tue g APTER l.--Georgy Wagstaff,
their ter of Sir George, of the British
in |, ~alty hints at liaison between
dav governess, Ethel Willoughby. and
,.,e ry Streetman. Ethel denies it,
~ CHAPTER II-Henry Streetman
,,,, ills on Ethel and while waiting for
,ao sr talks to Brewster, Sir Georges
,or utter, who is German spy, about his
allure to get at admiralty papers in
f,o. ir Georges possession. He phones to
,,,o, rman secret service headquarters
,,oo FHAPTER When Ethel appears
ha,b ries to force her to get from Sir
- -, ge knowledge of the sailing or
$500 OF the British fleet Though she
es him a French instead Of a
Comp. ~ tu CT, hn~ ,,'., - an
C their secret marriage, as
NV " Ky il suspicious, but he puts her
them
home ,prrp,v \, .o, coorcv a,a
Ever, ,vor CIV rolconor teaco Sir
WeT, Nuy falCoHer, ted~e Oh
'eo e. and Streetman makes an awk-
Pa' attempt to talk politics.
CHAPTER V-Charle Brown, news
paper man Of New York, entertains
the tea party with his views on tho
threatened war in Europe.
CHAPTER Vl--Guy Falconer de-
claros thpt if war comes he will go to
Cuba II mother and Sir George re
prove him. Charlie s. S Cry IL g. oof.
inc.
CHAPTER VII-Capt. Larry Rcd
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 Sreetman as Il German
SOY. 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 IX-Guy wants to 20
at once with Larry 10 list. After
the others go Ethel wins I.arry's con
sent to have her assist Il m in the Sc
cret service work he Is dom for
England
CHAPTER X Streetman again
calls on Ethel She gets from him an
admission that he is a German SPY
gives him false information about the
British feet and wins his consent &c
her cooperation with him in his work
She tells Larry 70 this and agrees tt
meet him in Brussels.
CHAPTER Kiln the Lion d Oh
inn at Courvoisicr, Belgium, Larry AM
French spy ARRANGE for a secret tel
ephone in TIC i'm to forward inior
nation about the German advance
Christophe. the landlord tells hi'
daughter Jeanne that ihere will be M
German invasion OF Belgium
CHHAPTER Xli.-Charl.e Brown
hunting for a war, arrives at the Liol
d. Or and meets Ethel there.
CHAPTER Xlll--Ethcl is told sh
Is to operate the secro, phone. A mo
Of refugees flee past he inn before tn
oncomine German Lost The Germa
advance guard arrives.
Il CHAPTER KY Major Won Breni
takc3 possession OF Christophe's sol
aud other property. Ethel, question
N ed shows German secret service ere
dentials.
CHAPTER XV--Charie Brown i
81 about to be shot as an English sp
when the major, Columbia graduate
n saves him.
CHAPTER XVl-Charie prompt
interviews the major for his paper
Streetman appears and Charlie Is OF
dered back to Brussels.
The man Otto hurried to the fr'
place
%"Yes, yes, m'sleu 1t Is nothihs
Only some tree branches 1t can do II
harm,' the nnkeepcr protested.
In the meantime Otto had extil
gulshed the blaze. He had crawlc
bodily inside the great opening of I'll
fireplace, to make sure that he did n
work thoroughly, And now he emerged
sooty but triumphant, bearing SON
contrlyanee in his arms.
Here Is Il tccphone!" he announce
~ proudly.
what" Stlretman exclaimed An
he FASTENED to examine the find. "O
no, What's this?" he asked
Henri Chrlstophe was no less sr