New-York tribune., 1918-01-27

OF course" he said, I'm a. busres.
man, Mr.. Burnett, and can tell ,vhar =
thing looks businesslike, though know n.
more about what the authorities reou,o
and why they ask for all these particular.
than you do. It's all red tape, suppose
AS a further precaution he recommends
his host to slip few letters and re.
celpted bill or two into his pocketbook 81
that he would have a ready means of es.
tabllshlng his identity if any difficulty
arose. Mr.. Burnett was somewhat SIR.
prised, but accepted his guests word for
1t, as shrewd Lancashire lad. that tbese
little tips were we'll worth taking.
By this time the evening was falling
and at length Mr.. Taylor declared himself
ready for the road He had drunk fou,
cups of tea and hurried over none of them
For moment Mr.. Burnett half wondered
II he had any reason for delaying their
start, but Immediately reproached himself
tor harboring such a thought. Indeed.
! why should he think so? There seemed
nothing whatever to be gained by delay
with the dusk falling so fast and long
road ahead.
The minister's rug and umbrella and two
! leather bags were put into the car. he and
Mr.. Taylor got aboard, and off they went
at last. Mr.. Burnett had another clancs
at the chauffeur, and again was haunted
by an odd sense of familiarity, but once
they had started the view of his back ia
the gathering dusk suggested nothing NOR
explicit.
Presently they passed corner, and th
minister looked around uneasily.
"What road are you takng?" he asked
Were going to join the coast road from
Berwick" said Nh Taylor.
'Isn't that rather roundabout"
Mr.. Taylor laughed iovially
"My good James has his own ideas" said
he. Gas a matter Of fact, | fancy he knows
the coast road and isn't sure of the other
However, we needn't worry about that
With a car.like this, the difference in time
will be feabite"
He had provided the minister with an.
other excellent cigar, and. smoking in com.
fort behind glass wind screen, with the
aim country slipping By and the first male
star family shining overhead the pair
fell into easy DISCOURSE Mr.. Taylor was
remarkably sympathetic talker the min
lister found. He kept the conversation en-.
tirely on his companions affairs, putting
lnnumerable questions as to his habits and
way of life, and, indeed, his whole history,
and exhibiting fattering interest in his
answers. Mr. Burnett said to himself at
last, with a smile, that this inqurng gen.
tleman would soon know as much about
him as he knew himself.
Once or twice the minister wondered how
fast they were really going. They did not
seem to him to be achieving any very
extraordinary speed, but possibly that was
only because the big car ran so easily. In
fact, when he once questioned his COM
panion, Mr.. Taylor assured him that act
ually was the explanations 1t was thus
pretty dark when they struck the coast
northward through a bare, treeless coun'
try with the cliff edge rever far away ana
the North Sea glimmering beyond.
HEY had reached an absolutely lonely
= stretch of road that hugged the
shore closely when the car suddenly
stopped.
Hello" exclaimed Mr. Taylor. "Wha1s
up?'
The chauffeur half turned round. anu
said in low voice:
did you see that light, sir?'
(Which light?"
The chauffeur pointed to the dafA
stretch Of turf between them and the ecs'
of the cliffs.
"Just there, sir. ! saw it flash Tor
second. | got a glimpse of some one NOV
ing, too, sir"
Mr.. Taylor became intensely excited