Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-05

make doubly sure. shall spray some
petrol about at the last moment"
Fraulein nodded her birdlike head
approvingly. All that is good" she
remarked; land now for US. our es-
cape. Have you planned that out?"
There I oan help you." broke in
Miriam. II haven't been working alone
down here. Although I wasn't told
sistants heart and soul in the cause.
who are staying down in the town.
They keep a big car in readiness. /
only have to telephone them tonight"
"Ah. that's splendid" exclaimed Mrs.
sanderson. Il cannot tell you how 1
want to get away. Luckily the house
is SO isolated it will be thoroughly
burned out before many people can ar
rive, let alone the fire engine. How
long before are we to start. Charles?
Well. I have calculated 1t out this
way. mother: In the excitement Of the
fire and the finding of the bodies
Mrs. Sanderson finched slightly-'ft
will. should imagine. be quite twelve
hours before these stupid English
realize that We are not amid the ruins.
I have all our passports ready and the
yacht sails tomorrow morning early
Therefore. II you all get away in this
car of Mrs. Lees about midnight
shall stay just to set things going. and
Fritz and / will join you in the two
scatter. later. in London. You have all
got everything ready. I suppose?"
Everything" replied fraulein. But
now there is one thing more which is
causing me anxiety. / don't consider
that Brent has yet been fully ex-
planned"
Miriam's heart gave a great bound.
then seemed to stand still. She pressed
her hands together under the table in
nervous apprehension. Fraulein went on:
What about the Marconi instrument
having been tempered with! That has
never been explained. And the shoot
ing of the pigeon. that was queer
coincidence, heinz?
"T can explain the pigeon" said
Miriam YEARLY. TN fact. have al
ready done SO. I was teasing Mr.. Brent
about his shooting and wagered him he
couldn't hit sitting gull. Owing to
this system of ignorance we are all
kept in, 1. Of course. thought that you
were using your pigeons In the service
Of the admiralty. I knew when l saw
on some message of Importance. The
rest you know. I had my little dummy
package prepared and managed to
change II when we were all looking at
I saw what the map was IL did not con-
vey the truth to me, for of course ]
only thought it was plan that Mr.
Sanderson had to get to the admiralty
as quickly as possible. My one aim
was to get 1t to Germany as quickly
as possible. but all we can do now is
to take it ourselves"
You have it,, asked Sanderson-
She nodded. Yes, l still have it
That's all right. then; but as you
say fraulein, the tampering with the
Marconi instrument remains unex-
planned"
in Miriam. speaking quite casually.
that young Penicuik had course in
wireless training? And he was in and
out a good deal this morning. you
10 kraa vrsf
the brains. fraulein. because that's
what we've each and all thought of
everybody in this house. Somebody OBJ
viously had the brains. and 1t seems to
me that everything points to Mr.. Pen
nicuik."
light on it," exclaimed fraulein. III Mr..
Pennicuik has had experience in wire
less. 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 a very typ
ical Englishman. They have a curious
way. these apparently commonplace
young men. of getting a lot more done
than any one would ever suspect"
well Pennicuik's time is up anyway %
remarked Charles grimly. His career
is going to be nipped in the bud to-
night. I think it certainly must have
he was the only person as far as we
know with both the knowledge and the
opportunity"
goodness knows" said fraulein. "a
fuss of any kind is the last thing we
want tonight, SO 1t will be better to let
Brent alone. Pennicuik, yes, that has
certainly thrown new light on
things"
Mrs. Sanderson glanced at her watch.
I'm a few minutes more this young
Pennicuik will be in for that whisky
and Soda" she warned them. TT won't