Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-08-09
SYNOPSIS.

SYNOPSIS.
CHAPTER l.--Georgy Wagstaff,
daughter OF Sir George, of the British
admiralty. hints at liaison between
her g0verness, Ethel Willoughby, and
Henry Streetman. Ethel denies it.
CHAPTER lI.-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 in
Sir Georges possession. He phones to
German secret service Headquarters.
CHAPTER lII-When Ethel appears
he tries to farce her to get from Sir
George knowledge of the sailing or.
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
0eorky is suspicious, but he puts her
off
CHAPTERlV.--A 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--tiuy Falconer de-
clares that II war comes he will go to
Cuba His othCe ,ad Sir George re-
prove him Charlie says Guy IL spoof-
ing.
CHAPTER Vli-Capt. Larry Re.
mond of the Irish Guards, calls on
Ethel, The two had been undecared
lovers and now he asks her to marry
him, She still loves him, but tells
him she Is married.
CHAPTER VIIl--Ethel finds that
Larry knows Streetman as German
spy, and that Streeman 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-0uy wants to go
at once with Larry TO enlist. After
the others go ethel wins l4arry's con
sent to have her assist him in the Sc.
cret service work he is doing 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 to
her cooperation with him in his work,
Sho tells Larry 70 this and AGREES to
meet him In Brussels.
CHAPTER Kiln the Lion d Or
Inn at Courvoiaier, Belgium, Larry and
q French spy arrange for a secret tel
ephone in the inn to forward infor-
nation about the German advance.
Christophe, The landlord, tells his
daughter Jeanne that there will be no
German invasion Of Belgium.
CHHApTER XII--Charlie Brown,
hunting for a war, arrives at the Lion
d Or and meets Ethel there.
e "The Germans will be here tonight.
and here the road forks. one turn to
the right, the other to the left you
know"
j 1T is important, the general says,
that ne should know which road the
Germans take whence comes the at
tack You are to inform him
,bt telephone
but they viii cut the wires" Ethel
OBJECTED.
"All that they can find he agreed
we have strung a wire from the fort
tothat chlnney." BY the merest nod
he indicated the huge fireplace that
projected into the room.
Here she exclaimed.
He bowed
II have beneath my coat tele-
phone" he continued hurriedly. "lf
madame will be good enough TO change
places with me and keep watch. while
connect the instrument. the affair
will be simple"
"Of course. Ethel responded.
The Frenclman stole to the fireplace
and crept inside the wide opening,
And while his head and shoulders
vanished momentarily up the chimney
he busted himself with his work Of at
tachlng the instrument to the dangling
|. wire within.
"All IL well?" he called In low
~0ites az hts deft fingers twisted the