Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-08-06

quite So" Doctor Koch put in.
"Woodhouse came down from Wady
Halfa yesterday. Our man up there
had advised of the time Of his arrival
in Alexandria to the minute. The cap
tain has his ticket for the Princess
Mary, which sails for Gibraltar day
after tomorrow at lawn"
Number Nineteen Thirty-two listen
ed to Doctor Koch's outlining Of the
plot with set features; only his eyes
showed that he was acutely alive to
every detail. Said he:
But Woodhouse-this British cap
tain who's cen transferred from the
Nile country to the Rock; has he eve
served there before? If he has, why,
when I get there-when I am Captain
Woodhouse, of the signal service
will be embarrassed If I do not know
the ropes"
Seven years ago Woodhouse was
there for a very ghor time" Doctor
Koch explained. New governor since
then-changes all around in the per-
sonnet of the staff, + don't doubt.
You'll have no. trouble"
Silence between them for a minute,
broken by the captain:
Our friends at Gib-who are they,
and how will I know them?"
The doctor bent a sudden glance OF
suspicion p o the lean face before
him. His thick lips clapped together
stubbornly.
AHA, my dear friend; you are ask
ing questions. In my time at Berlin
the Wilhelmstrasse taught that all or
ders and information came from above
and from there only. Why"
Il suppose In default Of other infor-
nation may ask the governor to
point out the Wilhe1mstrasse men,"
Woodhouse answered, with a shrug.
II was told at Berlin I would learn all
that was necessary to me as I went
along, therefore, I supposed
"Come-come!" Doctor Koch patted'
the others shoulder, with a heavy
j%oviality. s you will. When you ar
rive at Glib, put up at the Hotel Spleen
dido, and you will not be long learning
who your friends are. I, for instance,
did not hesitate overmuch to recognize
you, and I am under the eyes of the
though I am a naturalized English
citizen-and of undoubted loyalty"
He finished with a booming laugh.
But Woodhouse; you lave arrang-
ed a way to have him drop out OF
sight before the Princess Mary sails?
up?"
DO not fear" the physician reas-
sured. Everything will be arranged.
A~AS "a S1N AIC I1oICl
Khedive for the dock tomorrow night;
but it will not reach the dock.
"Will be waiting the transfer of tags
at the Cap dc Liberte-Mouquere's
little place." the captain finished. But
the mar himself-you're not thinking
Of mur-'
my dear Nineteen rhirty-two,"
Doctor Koch interrupted, lifting pro-
testing hands; I'VE do not use such
crude. methods; they are dangerous.
The real Captain Woodhouse will not
leave Automatically sea, let us say
for many months. Although I have no
doubt he will not be found in Alex
andria the hour the Princess Mary
sails. The papers he carries-the pa
pers of identify and Of transfer from
Wady Halfa to Gibraltar-wilI be in
your hands in plenty Of time. You"
The doctor stopped abruptly. A hid
den electric buzzer somewhere in the1
room was clucking an alarm.
Koch pressed a button at the>side of
the operating chair. There was a
sound of some one passing through a
hallway; the front door opened and
closed.
Some one at the gate" Doctor
Koch explained. Caesar, my playful
little Numidian-and an artist with
the Bedouin dagger is Caesar-he goes
to answer"
Their talk was desultory during the
next few minutes. The doctor seemed
restless under the suspense of a pend
ing announcement as to the late Wis
1tor. Finally came a soft tapping on
the hidden door behind Woodhouse,
The latter heard the doctor exchange
whispers with the Numidian in the
hallway. Finally, Show him into the
waiting-room," Koch ordered. He
came back to where the captain was
a puzzled frown between his
eyes.
An Ehglishman, Caesar says-an
very important" Koch bit he emo
OF n stubby thumb in hurried
thought. He suddenly whipped open
the door Of one of the instrument cas-
es. pulled out a stethoscope, and hook
ed the two little black receivers into
his ears. Then he turned to Wood
house.
Quick! OFF with your coat and open
your shirt. You are a patient; I am
Just examining you when interrupted
This may be one of these clumsy Eng
lish secret-service men, and I might
your alibi." The sound of an
opening door beyond the folding doors
and Of footsteps in the adjoining room.
You say you are sleepless at
night?" Doctor Koch was talking
English. "And you have a Temperature
on arising? Hm'm! This under your
tongue, If you please"-he thrust a
thermometer between Wood
houses lips; the latter already had his
coat on, and was unbuttoning his
shirt. Koch gave him a meaning
glance, and disappeared between the
folding doors, closing them behind
him.
The captain, feeling much1 like a fool
With h tiny glass tube sprouting
from his lips, yet with all his faculties
to alertness, awaited develop
.ents. II Doctor Koch's hazard should
correct and this was an English
secret-seryice man come to arrest him.
suspicion also fall on whom
aver wa found a visitor in the Ger
man spy's house? Arrest and search;
Of his scarab pin-that
would not be pleasant. +
He tried to hear what was being
said beyond the folding doors, but
could catch nothing save the deem
of h doctors occasional bass
1nd q higher, q%uerulous voice raised
n what might be argument. Had he
lared, Woodhouse would have drawn
cIoser to the crack in the folding doors
10 that he could hear what was pass
ng; every instinct Of seIf-preseration
. MIN made his ears yearn to dissect
his murmur into sense. But IL Doctor
should catch him eavesdropping,
Embarrassment fatal t o his plans
night follow; besides. he had a feet
that eyes he could no see-per-
h u~pwinking eyes Of the MI.
indian, avid for an excuse to put into
racdce his dexterity with the Be
louin dagEer-were on him.
Minutes slipped by. The captain stiIl
lursed the clinical Thermometer. The
numDI and muttertng Continued tn