Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-17

"A Sprehension, wondering meanwhile
~ he could kill the man on the
Nded platform without, attracting
The train from the south was crowd
asp4 to-day" said Spivak in German.
~. F,ssCrowded? Yes.'
! .I1o you come from Brod or Britzka -
Y PROM Britzka.' said Renwick with.
rX1k hesitation, and then with the cour-
~ Of desperation----
& ~ have seen you before. he went on,
4l1nly putting at his cigarette.
I n have. I think. the same impression. "
-FOUR name is Spivak--of the Secret
"a erytce--
my name is Carl Moyer."
was gamblers chance that Rem
\ wick took. IL Spivak intimately knew
the nrat-but he did not and the
ekronfery d!sarmed him.
you are Carl Moyer? | must have
\ ven you" he nuttered IL have been
y IN Vienna ittle--wth Herr Windt.
but am Of the Hungarian branch. You
have been in Sarajevo?'
Yes, said Renwick easily following
out = wild plan that had come into his
mind. II have been employed by the
Baroness Racowitz to find the Countess
Narishka Strahn.''
then, regarding his companion with a
new interest, When did you come from
Sarajeyo?''
Last night. 1t is strange case"
And you have found lead?''
"S3eyeral---"
"You can do nothing against such a
!, man as Goritz'
sff..sEl"ft is Goritz--yes-but I will find her
s Il have to go through Germany with
. harrow
"They Iave not gone to Germany. my
4 Friend. Every gate out of Hungary hFs
: been closed TO them since the assassina-
Renwick smiled. The thing had
d worked. The spirit of the venture glowed
In him-its very impudence fascinated
.'Perhaps :" he replied still, a man
who could outwit Nicholas sSzarvas---
Spivak caught him so suddenly by the
srm thst Renwick treinhled. m
"You think he killed SZarvas--?"
whispered Spivak eagerly.
nN himself. it was by his orders
And the Englishman-Renck--'
"Renwick.'
'.I've found the evidence that Renck
was lured to Sarajevo, He possessed a
secret dangerous TO Germany and so
Goritz killed him"
And this Peter Langer-who escaped
from the hospital---?" asked SpiVali
cynicaliy.
''The chauffeur of Gorltz. left for dead
IN the fight with Szarvas and stripped
of his clothing to hide all marks of
identity. 1t is no wonder that he wished
TO escape--'' The Englishman broke
on with rough laugh. and rose. But
this wont do, do: I'm giving you all my my
my employment in this service but since
he has accomplished nothing you cannot
blame my clients. ] am on my way TO
Germany. The surest way, to catch
fox Is to smoke him out of his hole
Spivak took a few PAGES away. and
then slowly returned.
what you say is interesting. Herr
Meyer, and the theory hangs together,
hut you will waste your time in Ger
n:SSi Why"
Because Captain Goritz is still in
What further reason have you for
believing that he is here?"
spivak smiled and hesitated mo,
! % otSeT. ! f Will sUi tell your s We % know that hat
Captain Goritz is still in Hungary be-
cause within the past week the Will
hHs sent fnt pTEent to
\ 'Ah--that is interesting said Rem
wick slowly. trying to hide the throb
se triumph in his throat Then you
.Merely, that he is in hiding-yw1h the
lady" said Spivak with leer. ~ Is no
new thing for man to go in hiding
Renwicks laugh was admirably man
aged. for fury was. in his heart, This
tnformation Is helpfulss", he said You
cause he has not returned. do not
know what they suspect over there. but
the situation is changed. The war has
where he has gone. All that we know
= that it will be very difficult for him
- get out
In the distance the train was rum
Ming up the track. and Renwick was
thankful: But he caught the fellow by
"You are good fellow. Spiyak: II
1t any time you wish to leave the { GeH-
ernment service and take good place
at fair payment, you Will come to
see me in Vienna.
''Thanks Herr Meyer. shall remem-
ber. You are going on to Budapest"
YES And you?
II am detained here to watch for a
S psam spy wn0 is soTGes to get ansSe hr9"sh
You're sure you're not?
.That's a good joke. s'pivak." he
smiled. "A Russian. Id have precious
little chance" And then as the train
Don't forgst-Ferdinand strasse'
Number So"
II will not. Adieu"'
..Adieu, my friend"
And with a final wave of the hand
Renwiclf turned and slowly moupted into
his third class carriage The plan had
worked and the nlan. it seemed. had not
wick remembered -rom I<onop;sht. not
fufaiiible. and the ease with which Rem,
wick had accomplished his object and
ucouired Information could only be ex-
planned by the fact that Spivak was
eeeking the Russian and not himself,
and by the boidness of his impersona-
ton, which had immediately pierced the
crust of Spivak's professional reserve.
All had gone well, but seemed an a-e
before the train drew out of the sta
ton. Renwick did not dare to look out
Of the window to learn IL the man were
still there. and until the bell OF the
locomotive rang announcing the depar
ture of the train, he was unpleasantiy
nervous, for fear that suspicion might
dawn in the mans mind which would
lead him to pursue the conversation.
Renwick never learned whether
Sp3yak's second thoughts had warned
him that all was not as it should be, tor
& instead of taking any chances, the
Englishmau got down from the train al
the first stop and disappeared into the
darkness.
S Ia was with a feeling of elation mingled
with Apprehension that Renwick mao.
x Ma way forward. Elation because ol
= the new crumbs Of information. appre'
RI kension because Of the definite assurance
thai Goritz still held Marishka prison.
y 81 somewhere within the borders o.
L Hungary. Definite It seemed, for Spival
had spoken with the utmost confidenc'
sS 81 things with which he was intimatei!
~ ooncerned. The trail narrowed. il seem