Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-05-16
CHAPTER XIV.
Enter, . Cigarette.


hand. Like some plump maybe he APP
peared, turning over bits Of china in
treasure hole.
A round box of the gelatin cocoons
lay at his left hand; itshad just been
delivered by an Arab boy, quick to
pick up the street commission for q
tuppeAce. Very methodically Almer
picked the capsules from the box one
by one, opened them and spilled the
quinine in little heap under his nose.
He grunted peevishly when the sixth
shell had been emptied. The seventh
capsule brought an eager whistle to
his lips. When he had Jerked the con-
centric halves apart very little powder
fell out. Instead, the thin, folded
edges of q pellet Of rice paper protrud-
ed from one of the containers. This
Almer had extracted in an instant He
spread It against the black back Of
ledger and read the very fine script
written thereon. This was the mes.
sage:
Danger. An informer from Alexandria
has denounced our friend to Crandall.
You must warn; cannot.
The spy. heart we. suddenly drain
ed, and the wisp Of paper in bis hand
trembled 50 that 1t scattered the qui-
nine about In thin cloud. Once more
he read the note, then held match
to it and scuffed It's feathery ash with
his feet into the rug beneath his stool.
The fortitude which had held Joseph
Amer to the Rock in the never falling
hope that some day would bring him
the opportunity to do great service
for the fatherland came near crumbling
that minute. He groaned.
"Our friend" he whispered, wood
house trapped"
Almef did not attempteto go behind
the note and guess who was the in
former that had lodged information
with the governor general. He had
forgotten, in fact, the incident Of the
night before, when the clustering Cap
per called the newly arrived Wood
house by name. The flash Of suspicion
that attached responsibility to the
American girl named Gerson was dis
sipated ~ quickly Is It came. She had
alTrEii1 1si by motor from Paris, not on
tho boat from Alexandria. His was
now the imperative duty to carry warn
ing to the suspected one, not to waste
time In idle speculation as to the iden-
tity Of the betrayer. There was but
one rny Of hope IN this sudden pail of
gloom, and that Almer grasped eager
iy. He knew the character of General
Crandall--the phlegmatic conservatism
o. the man, which would not easily be
Jared out Of an accustomed line Of
thought and action. The general
would be slow to leap at an accusation
brought against one wearing the stripes
Of service, and, though he might rea-
sonably attempt to test Captain Wood
house, one such as Woodhouse, chosen
by the Wilhelmstrasse to accomplish
SO great q mission, would surely have
the wit to parry suspicion. !.
Yes, he must be put on his guard.
Tie nimble mind Of Herr Almer shook
itself free from the incubus Of dread
aud leaped to the exigency Of tho mo-
ment. Calling his head waiter to keep
warm tho chair behind the desk, Al
mer retired 10 his room and there was
exceedingly busy for half an hour.
The hour Of parade during wartime
on Gibraltar was / o'clock. At that
time, six days week, the half Of the
garrison not actually In lighting posi-
ton behind the great guns Of the de-
Tense marched to the parade grounds
down by the race track and there
went through the grilling regimen that
meant perfection and the maintenance
Of : hair trigger state Of efficiency.
Mr.. Henry ]. Sherman stood with his
wife. Kitty and willy Kimball- Kim
ball had developed surprising inter
est In one Of these home folks at least
under the shade Of the row Of plane
trees fringing the parade grounds.
They tried to persuade themselves that
they were seeing something worth
while This pleasing Action wore thin
with Mr.. sherman before fifteen min
utes had passed.
CuOCAUt mVtuSIl LILO WYE ~ SAo
national guard encampment down to
Galesburg fair last, year made Z bet
ter showing than this" He pursed out
his Nps and regarded . passing bat
TALON With Z critical eye.
h The patr3ot stopped short in his re-
view u the continents delinquencies
to wave his hat at Lady Crandall and
Jane 0tf1on, who were trundling down
under ~ avenue Of planes IN a,smart
dngcssA ssI:eayy C-aandss!!! answered his
hail WITH 4 flourish Of her whip. turn.
ed her horse OF the road and brought
her conveyance to stop by the group
os exiles. Hearty greetings passed
around. The governors wife showed
her unaffected pleasure at the meet
ing. ia
II thought you wouldn't miss the pm
1nde.r she called down from her high
seat. .'Only thing that moves on the
Jsock-these daily reviews. Brought
Miss Gerson down here SO when she,
gels back to New York she can say
Shes seen the defenders Of Gibraltar,
ii not ID action 1t least doing their
hard training for IT, 8. i
We'll, don't mind tellin' you,"'
sherman began defiantly. 4 think the
national s,iard Of Illynoy can run cir
els around thess Ensllsnmen when \