Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-31

Fraulein nodded her birdi,k.
provingly. IAN that is good" 49,
marked; and now for us. on 'n
have you planned that out?"
There I can help you," brok. t., -. WI
haven't been working alone dov,s ~
Although 1 wasn't told about ali =, f.
nave two men assistants hearts ana .y.e
.he cause, who are staying down ~.
town, They keep big car in fead,naa. &
only nave to telephone them tonieh, - q
"Ah, that's splendid" exclaimed NJ. !. W
oerson' Il cannot tell you how -. ~.
get away. Luckily the house IL GO sM S'.es
1t Will be thoroughly burned o,,, ''o..o ruso
many people can arrive. let alone t,sS' y
engine. How long before are we 70 ~
We'll. have calculated II ou, ,,,.
mother. In the excitement Of the a..
ene an, nnding OF the bodies'-Mrs, san6..-1
ninched slightly-'it will. I sho,,,S ..s"rrsul
be quite twelve hours before thou una glna
English realize that we are not a.,sp4 up4
RUNS. have all our passports r..1
. .me yacnt sails tomorrow mornjnc ~
,i,nereIore, IL you all get away in this e.n
MRS. Lees about midnight, shall st.s -. 8. 3
70 SET Things going. and Fritz and wii, ~ ~.
Sou III ,he Two scatter later in London W.
nave all sot everything ready. 1 Suppose !.
Everything," replied fraulein "pv. n
.neIe is one thing more which is cau.snI NY
ana 1 aon't consider that Brent has y. ~
Miriam's heart gave a great bo,,.
seemed TO stand still. She presssa ny. ~
nanos together under the table in .u nsr,.INs nes
apprehension Fraulein went on
what about the Marcon,
navlns neen tampered with? Thai sns sns
never oeen explained. And the sho,.ass ~
heinz" foeer COINCIDENCE
II can explain the pigeon" said M,,,.
7 ,ra as IN Iact' l have already done -
was teasing Mr. Brent about hi. s,n e -
and wagered him he couldn't bit s"yoins s',.is
gull Owing to this system of ipnor, na. s..'ns
are all Kept In, /, Of course, Thought ,s.s
you were using your pigeons in the ssrn,ss
OF the admiralty. I knew when 7 saus -
rlsins that It must be being sent on .s,.s
message OF Importance. The rest Won Lra.' Yv..s
l had my little dummy package preparI
and managed to change 1t when we -.
all looking at the dead bird afterw. !"
Even when l saw what the map was II a.
not convey the truth to me, for. of courss
only thought 1t was plan that Mr. Ca
derson had to get to the admiralty as nv,cs-
ly as possible. My one aim was TO ret 1,
to Germany as quickly as possible. b,,t N
we can do now is to take it ourseIyess .
"You have it?" asked Sanderson. III
She nodded Eyes, still have IT,"
That's all right. then; but as YOU sav.
fraulein, the tampering with the Marconi
installation remains unexplained"
II suppose none of you know" broke IA
Miriam, speaking quite casually, ''thae
young Pennicuik had a course in wireie1r
| training? And he was in and out a rool
deal this morning, you know. It's no Eood
saying he hasn't the brains. frauiein, be-
| cause that's what we've each and all
| thought Of everybody in this house. Some
| body obviously had the brains and Il
seems to me that everything points to MI.
| Pennicuik."
"Ah. but that puts quite different light
on it." exclaimed fraulein, III Mr.. Penni.
| cuilS has had experience in wireless. He
is not, as you say. the type that we should
use for investigation work, but then the
English must use what they have, and
he is very typical Englishman. They
have a curious way. these apparently com.
monplace young men. Of getting lot mors
done than any one would ever suspect"
CONTINUED TOMORROW