The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-08-09
CHAPTER X.-Contfnued.

CHAPTER X-contfnued.
Streetman waited until the butler
had withdrawn before he so much as
spoke to her. Then he faced her ex-
pectantly.
did you see Sir George?' he de-
manded-almost threateningly, it
seemed to Ethel.
"Yes!' she replied quietly, though
her every nerve was strung taut to
meet the call upon her woman's
strategy.
1.-The feet-did you find out about
the fleet?" He could not get the words
out of his mouth fast enough.
Eyes! After what you said, what
else could do?''
"Quite SOP He made no attempt to
conceal his insolence. 'Has it sailed 2"
he asked her impatiently.
eyes"
"Where did it go2 Quick, tell mev'
By word and look both he menaced
her.
''The usual routinev' she said non
chalantly. cit just split up into it's
various squadrons-the Mediterranean,
Baltic, Black sea, South American
fleets, and so on; and they've gone to
their customary destinations"
"Sfr George told you that?" The
news was almost too good to be be-
lieved.
Eyes; and he never suspected I was
the least bit interested"
''The old fool" He told himself that
Sir George was no better than a dotard.
With such as he composing the English
admiralty the spy was sure that Ger
many had nothing to fear from the
British lion. That much-vaunted ami
mails teeth seemed effectually drawn.
"What news with you?" Ethel asked
him, innocently enough, so far as
Streetman noticed.
ST have had none direct from
France he said, never dreaming that
the time was past when he might de-
ceive her by that little fiction of his.
"But war has come" he added. "Of
that I am sure"
"And England-will she enter into
it?" she pressed him.
with her fleet dispersed she will
NV O0AC1 AO 4SJO4u0u Will d 4d1ut
smile Of satisfaction.
"FOr the sake Of France, your coun-
try, that is a pity Ethel pointed out. !
With her former doubts REINFORCED
by the revelation of Larry's tale she
could easily pick flaws, now, in Street
mans acting.
"Eh? Oh, yes, of course-yes!' he
fastened to assent. 81 must get the |
news at once to France" he said; and |
Immediately he started toward the |
doorway. But the girl said something |
then that brought him up sharply
something that he was far from ex-
pecting, at that moment when, he
seemed at last to hold her more secure
~ than ever before.
ITO Germany, you meanv' she cor
rected him. Quiet as was her tone, the
words seemed to him fairly to stab the
air.
''WhatY' he exclaimed.
ooh, Henry, how can you think me
so very stupid?"
"You are mad!' he parted. ST am
loyal to France
"You tell me that" she scoffed.
when here, a little while ago, in all
your talk you showed how strongly
you sided with Prussia. Just now YOU
were delighted that the English feet
had dispersed. To a Frenchman that
would be bad news; but a German
would take it as you have done. You
are in the service of the Wilhelm
strasse- true Teuton, and I've been
quite blind not to realize it before"
Streetman looked positively danger
ous as he faced her threateningly. At
last he was at bay. But still he had no
thought of confessing the part that he
was playing.
And to what use do you intend put
ong your Absurd accusations?' he de-
handed
Monochrome at aH," she said care
!essly, with just slight shrug of her
une shoulders. ST merely wanted you
20 know that I know" g,
'oh' Is that a1S bought You were