Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-03
coryr,oht. 1918, bp the Public Ledger Co.
Copyright bv Robrt ". Mcbride q Co.
CHAPTER XVI-(Continued)


MY BROTHER lowered his voice and
lVl looked about him.
do you know what happened to those two
gallant fellows?" he said. Jack Tracy was
found dead on the railway; Herbert Arbuth-
not was discovered hanging in wood.
Suicide of an Unknown Individual was what
the German papers called II in each case.
But heard the truth never mind how.
They were ambushed and slaughtered In cold
blood"
And the third man you spoke Off" asked.
Phillip Brewster? Vanished, Des
vanished utterly. fear he, too, has gone
west; poor chap!
"Of the whole four of us ! was the only
to reach our objective. There drew
blank The letter was not in the hiding-place
indicated I think it never had been or the
Huns would have got 1t. ! felt all the tiine
that they didn't know exactly where the let
ter was but that they anticipated our attempt
to get it, hence the unceasing vigilance all
along the frontier and inside 1t, too.
"They damned nearly got me at Cleves; !
escaped as by a miracle, and the providentlal
. thing for me that had never posea as
anything but German, only l varied tne
type represented almost from day TO DAY;
Thus I left no traces behind or they "ou'u
have had me long sihce.'
"Then I tried to get out" ,he continued.
"But Il was hopeless from the hrst' lhey
knew they had one of us left IN the net anu
they closed every outlet. l made two sepaI ave
attempts to cross the line back INTO tioIlanu ~.
hui both failed. The second time l literally
had to flee for my life. I went straight 10
Berlin, feeling that big city. as remote from
the frontier as possible was the o,ly eais
hiding place for me as long as the nue. ai''
cry lasted ,oo for T
b,d had To abandon the last set or identity
naners left to me when ! boited' ia'uee
in Berlin with the knowledge that no roof
could safely shelter me until got ifesN
lot of papers ,,;,, ond
his sbirkers' and deserters' agency in my
trayels-and went straight to MN.
"IIe sent me to Haase's TINS was
toward the end of June. 1t was When "aa 90
at Haase's that I sent out that nsss"sT a. ~
Van Urutius that Tell lhto s'ui '
happened like this. A..
"f was rather friendly with chap tnat
rreouented Haase's a man employed III tne
nacking department at the metal wo,hS W
steglitz. He was telling US one hsht NV
short handed they were and what goou money
mackers were earning. was sick or oems
Lowed IN in that sinking cellar, So more
hv tvav of a Joke than anything else, oHereu
to come and lend hand in the packing oe-
nartment thought / might get snahee
of escape, as saw none at Haasss 10 my
surprise, Haase, who was sitting az the ,ao'e'
rather fancied the idea and said l could go
II i Dalu MIN his
nothing at the beercellar. ,
$50 T was taken on at Steglltz. sleeping
at Haase's and helping In the oeerceiiar u,
the evenings. One day package LOT oIe
van JJrutius came to me to be MADE up anu
suddenly 1t occurred to me that mere was u
sasoa y, sendinr out a message to the out
sida world / hoped that old Van u, II ne
tumbled to the 'Eichenholz.' would send II
10 YOU and that you would pass II on 10
my chief in London
Then you expected me TO come ailer
you?" I said. ~ NJ,
"No." replied Francis promptly, I did
not. But the arrangement was that, II none
of us four men had turned up at headquar-
ters by May is, a fifth man should come, IN
and be at given rendezvous near the
frontier on June l5. I went TO the place
on June is, but he never showed up ana
though waited about ror couple OF nays
7 saw no sign of him. / made my hnai at
tempt to get out and 1t failed. so, when /
aad IN Berlin / knew that had cut of all
means of communication with home. AS
last hope, dashed off that cipher on the spur
Of the moment and tucked 1t into old Van
US invoice"
."They knew all about Kore's agency at
headquarters, but didn't dare mention
Kore's name for fear the parcel might be
opened. So I purposely spelt Achilles with
one Il to draw attention to the code word, SO
that they should Know "here NEWS ot Hie
was to be found. 1t was devilish smart OF
YOU to decpher that, Des!'
Francis smiled at me.
'r meant to stay quietly in Berlin. going
daily between Haase's and the factory and
walt for month or two In case that mes
sage got home. But Kore began to give trou-
ble. At the beginning of July he came TO
see me and limited that the renewal of my
permls de sejour would cost money.
Il paid him, but realized then that
was absolutely In his power and had no
intention OF being blackmailed So made
use of his cupidity to leave message for
the man who, hoped, would be coming after
me, wrote that line on the wall under the
Boonekamp poster in the filthy hovel where
he slept and came up here after a Job I
had heard Of at the Cafe Regina.
"And now, Des, old man." said my broth
er, "you know all that know!"
"And Clubfoot?"
DAhi's said B'rancis shnkinR hia head