The Washington times., 1918-12-31


towB a man named semiIn, German
Government AE1u1 drops dead IN ms
room Desmond appropriaiss semiinS
papers and assumes his IDENTITY. be
reaches Berlin without incident ano
conducted into the presence Of Cenerai
Won Booeu. an aide OF The Kaiser.
Desmond. having csnvincod Won
5ooen, hs is reslly seTiin, Is pens.Se
Later he receives 4 cipher messa<s
fr1n his brother, Francis
Desmond NESTS clubfoot. who az
piaias what he wants of Semlin-
The mans suavity had all~but
vanished: his voice was harsh and
stern. His eyes glittered under his
shaggy broWs as he looked at me.
Had I been less aEitated. / should
have noted this. as q portent of the
eesntnE storm. also his great apes
hands sicking nervousiy at the
telegram in his lap.
-aI have already told you." ] said
firmly, s'that don't want your
money. You know my termst'
He rose up from his seat and his
figure seemed to tower.
sTerms?'' he cried in q Voics
that Quivered with suppressed pas
sion, -terms9 Understand that I
give orders. I accept terms from no
man. We waste time here talk
ing. Come, take the money and
give me the paper"
] shook my head. Ny brain was
clear, but felt the crisis was COM
ing. ! took a good grip with my
hands Of the marble slab covering
the radiator behind me to give me
confidence- The slab yielded: I
noted that II was loose.
The man in 'front.' OF me was shak-
ing with rage.
"LIsten!" he said. "Tu give you
enc more chance But mark my
words well. Do you know what
happened to the man who stole that
document: The English took him
out and shot him on account of
what was found in his house when
they raided It. Do you know what
happened to the interpreter at the
internment camp, who was our 60
between, who played US false. by cut
ting. the document in half? The
English shot him. too, on account OF
what was found In letters that came
to him openly through the post?
And who settled Schultz? And
who settled the. other man? Who
coutrived the traps that sent them
to their doomf 1t was 1, Grundt,
/, the cripple. /. the Clubfoot. that
had these traitors dispatched a. an
example to the six thousand Of US
who serve our Emperor and empire
in darkness! You dog, III smash
your
He was gibbering like an angry
spe: HIS frame was shaking with
fury; every hair in the tangle on
his face and hands seemed to bris-
tie with his Berserker frenzy.
But he kept away from me, and
saw that he was stiH lighting to
preserve his self-controL
maintained q bold front.
This may do for your own peo-
pie" I said, contemptuously, but
IL doesn't impress me. I'm an Amer
lean citizen!"
He was calmer now, but his eyes
glittered dangerously.
IAN American citiEenI" he said in
an icy tone. Then he fairly hissed
At me:
you fool! Blind, besotted fool!
Dc you think you can trifie with the
might OF the German empire? All!
4 NN PAogC1 q pASNNg boAAN " AeAA sSes
you dirty English dog I've watched
you squirming and WrithinE whilst
the stupid German told you his
pretty little tale and piled you with
his wine and his cigars. You're In
eur power now. you miserable Eng
Msh houDdi Do you understand
that? Now call on your feet to come
and save you!
Listen! I'll be frank with you to
the last. I've had my suspicious
Of you from the hrst, when they
telephoned me that you had escaped
from the hotel, but ! wanted to
make sure. Ever since you have
been. in this room II has been in my
power 70 push that bell there and
send you to Spandau. where they
rid rs OF such dirty dogs as you.
But the game amused me. I
hked TO see the Herr EnglRnder
playing the SPY against me. the
master OF them all. Do you know.
you fool that old Schratt knows
English. that she spent years OF her
harlot's life in London. and that
when you allowed her a glimpse OF
that passport, your own passport,
the one you SO cleverly burned, she
remembered the name? All, you
didn't know that, did you?
Shall tell you what was in that
telegram they just brought me? II
was from Schratt. our faithful
schratt, who shall have a bangle
for this nights work. to say that
the corpse at the hotel has a chain
round it's neck with an identity
disc IN the name of Semlin. Ha!
you didn't know that either. did
zoe?
And you would bargain and
ehGner with me! You would die
tate your terms, you scum! You
with your head in a moose. q spy
that has failed in his mission, a
miserable wretch that can send
TO his death with a flip OF my little
finger! You inpudent hound! Well.
you'll get your deserts this time
Captain Desmond OkeWood
but I'll have that paper hrst!"
Roaring 'Give it to me-" he
rushed at me like some frenzied
beast OF the Jungle. The veins
stood out at his temples, his hairy
nostrils opened and closed as his
breath came faster, his long arms
shot out and his great paws
clutched at my throat
But ] was waiting for him. As
he came at me ! heard his clubfoot
stump once on the polished floor.
then. from the radiator behind me
raised high in my arms the heavy
marble slab, and with every ounce
Of strength IN my body brought 1t
crashing down on his head.
He fell like \ log. the blood
oozing sluggishly from his head on
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