Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-21

Nantel was the fellow who wrote tne ooo' w
in defense of spies? Yes? i thoush, 80
ue always maintained that the emu Jus.,
God the means. Well, II it's his widow we 7.
| I'm against. she ought not to be any iooi ~
the game ,-oa Miriam
.I yyonder how she got hold OF the la,e
| ,oua,ted Sanderson?" pursued BRENT
"cbe,s German herself, ] supposeE
,vorv much so. She was born III Dree'
den." ,,,, reading
! over the document again. Lets see W. W..
| thew were marred-August, ~. lne,i 'na. TIC
fellow Charles must be Won .aar and
| and not Sanderson's at all. Curiosei ~
a,'r,oser as Alice would say. Ana what
| about the gentle Fritzv ,,,,, :,
| eve couldn't find out much about MN, ,
| so,d Miriam. He appears to be Dutch' an
right, and naturalized; but. Of course II
| more than probable he's in their pay
Him" replied Brent. And fraue"'
| scbroeder? She's in 1t, Of course!
90 she's lust one of thousand replied
Miriam Struggling her shoulders. She
uved in this country for about twenty years
was poverness to the Home Secretary cni'-
dren and in various other Important IAN
lilies Her references are excellent anu 90
are her capabilities asa spy. She seemed 10
be intrusted with most OF their important
work down here.
"A,d che so childlike, innocent and
bland" commented Brent. Have you got
that book for me my man gave you?
"Jts in this parcel. What is 1t. kit?'
"It,s n complete key" replied Brent,
speaking quite casually, but in a very low
voice. ito all the codes used by German
spies and their various methods OF comnu-
nications Some book, eh?'
"I<it. again repeat that you are genius
xf
80, that's long yarn answered Brent'
spinning on his heel and strolling toward the
mantlepiece once more But | don't mind
telling you the Kaiser's intelligence depart
ment didn't actually make me present OF
il. And now, Watson-though it's very rude
to class you as Watson-to pursue my in
vestgations."
He knelt and again began tapping the
fireplace.
Keep an eye on the window and an ear
on the door. Miriam BY the way, didn't
1t strike you last night that Mrs. Sander
son refused Myrtle's request for fire in a
very emphatic manner"
Il didn't notice 1t at the time, but now
you mention tt"
Just so. Well. didn't think much about
1t at the time, but one or two things have
set me thinking since Listen to this
He tapped the solid sounding
a bally melodrama," he commented. IT'S |
a great game and all that. but II makes |
you feel such an ass, crawling round look |
ing for secret springs and talking about |
dispatches and things. l can never get |
'ver the curious feeling of unreallty about |
hem just because ones so used to them in |
'ooks That's how every one in England |
eels about that sort of thing. I imagine, |
md the Germans were clever enough to
AXE that into account when they used all |
he tricks of the trade. Englishmen have
lways laughed at the idea of spies and
allied it melodramatic nonsense. And now
IS been proved real every one has the same
ort of feeling as though fairy story had
ONE true
All the time this chatter was flowing on
'rent's fingers were exploring, and now
hey found what they sought A slight
ressure and the whole of the crate re.
olved slowly around on a center pivot.
isclosing on what had been the inner side
curious and complicated looking arrange.
lent of metal, wood and wires. Quite un-
Ineligible it would have looked to the ig-
GRANT, but both Miriam Lee and Christie.
her Brent seemed to understand by their
udden exclamation and quickened look