Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-08-07
SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER l--Georgy Wagsiaff,
daughter of Sir George, of the British
admiralty, hints at liaison between
her goyerness. Ethel Wiloughby, and
Henry Streetman. Ethel denies it.
CHAPTER lI-Henry sStreetman
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 IlI---Mhen Ethel appears
he tries to force her to get from Sir
George knowledge Of the sailing or
ders of the British feet 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.-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-
clares that if war comes he will go to
Cuba. Hi mo,hcc and Sir George re-
prov. him. Char says Guy is spool.
inf.
CHAPTER VII >ec.t. Larry Ted
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 VllI--Ethel finds that
Larry knows Strcetman 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 go
at once with Larry to enlist. After
the others go Ethel wins Larrys con
sent to have her assist him in the Sc
cret service work he is doing for
England
CHAPTER X - Streetman sgain
calls on ethel. She gets from him an
admission that he is German spy,
gives him false information about the
British feet and wins his consent to
her cooperation with him in his work.
She tells Larry 70 this and agrees ,o
meet him in Brussels.
CHAPTER Kiln the Lion d Or
inn at COuryoisier, Belgium, Larry and
French spy arrange for secret tel
ephonc in the inn to forward mfor-
nation about the German advance.
Christophc, the landlord. tells his
daughter Jeanne that there will be no
German invasion OF Belgium.
But why:" lie asked her more
gently. "Thcy did Got come through
our country in 1870 in the Franco
RUSSIAN war Why should they nowg
The Germans make much money from
us and we from them. They are our
friends. No, ma petite thanks
to God we need fear nothing"
81 hope, father, you may be right"
she said, albeit somewhat doubtful
stlil.
"You shall see. You shall see! he
reassured her He made his way to the
cigar counter and busted himself set
ting things to rights there. what
worries me far more than the Ger,
mans, my little 0ne," he went on,
"whnt worries me Is that we hive SO
few Americans automdbiling this sum
mer Always III August sthere ara
many: and they pay we'll"
"Perhaps It Is the Germans who
keep them away" she ventured unhap-
PLY.
I "Will you cease?" he cried angrily.
always you talk of the Germans.
Soon you will have me nervou, like
you" he complained, as IL he were not
already that.
J II am sorry, mon pere," she said In
filial repentance.
There, therer' he exclaimed, as n
ashamed that he had chided her II
did not mean to be cross. Come. For
get your fears and pray to your saints
that business will be better TO think
that In August we have only that one
@'lady lodger!'
! Al hts remark the French spy