Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-15
CHAPTER Xxx
Rcu,Uick Questions

= ...x,,,<,ous Selim was a crafty rogue
II. convcrsation with the officer at IN
Z x-t~eurader Gate had shown, ana one :"
zuyevdeh's breed needed Watching. bu
-. man yavned and stretched his arms
= 49,, vot mn and looked about with St
~.ou,na an air of drowsiness ana Ia
ttrua that Renwick concluded 'hal J"
hsd been mistaken. How mucn OF nov
llttle Selim had been told OF Neh"iC"
.sPnir the Englishmau did not Know. bu
~. ,,,,p had already done him service
Annd might he in a position u "ep 49,,
t....t,,ar So he decided upon an aMtti M
t,,t3s az friendliuess and gratltuue wm'G' :,
vy,i1ht perhaps he measured pS "
hir eighteen krGners, but no nlor' ,.i,,
II was about 3 ocIoch ,,,aw they
r,st no adventures upon IN" way NJ,
n.arta,,, the farm of Selim All uGuli I''
horaer of the Romanja Platn. ,.c
ro,,rs- All a stretch. nine OF Wn'.n I've ,",
hsen speut in the tension "l h.S nsr
were more than Renwick sH .hs .trav
nm, 70 which Selim aSsi iShtu I l'nt
Isry and shaken, and with ndn,
-,sscL ,nstinctively clutched lne go
- Ms trousers where his nlollsF trnn,
uinned. he fell into dsep Phi lie sun
rhich he did not awaken until ''
No. high in the heavens, ,,,, l,y on
WaS n s,d nnt rise at once, nut laH va
~, eos gazing at the ceiling M tii,,, ,.in,,
nS;,,stine itself slowly 10 ms ,,i,,r ~
gs feit for the money N ~, ~ io,iched
MS ,,s h,d discovered the nol'S !.
rr,,.teL's = nossession he W'S ~
.'.s.,,o,t design upon them or nau ;or
<s,ded TO postpone Its consu' ,,.,.. ~ .
until some later hour. 'aT, .M him.
,,.no Renwick wanted to la!N - I,,,., an.
ma ma - tha sound of volc" N an
a.s.r nart of the house. ana essHle III
.s. o.ns a,,tslde and walked around 10 ~ -
rcar a the building. \ young w9''s[, some u,
Turkish costume w w"S he " door,
cicsn,ns p,a,,s,ct greeted her with no" Si,a Sha
;,. and asked for Seim', IN
s.,stad toward a distan. he'o aIu aI,r;cis
ppousd II he desired food i,ernn ,ro,IIG I'D
ms nked her and repilcd auaI I ,ys,t hack
,rs;, mil Selim returned. and Wen, ven. Ot tbe
wat uh' rhere some moments later tlls
U hrought him coffee oreau a., r" ',
wonam ,,a,,t somp, which the Ensnstn'httITn tT,n Il
Ssvoured hungrily. not aWar,r food he
,-,on,ent that It was tstod eating.
requtreu. ',iraret.c and planned MS
pugtniS aS hut two known facts W,tn .i,,, ir,
~.rd 70 the flight of Captain oI,i,c norIi, had
a. prisoner: first, the eH,a Jjrection
Ms pthro,irh the Kastele in the M GlIeS,,r 80
tonv ~ Viseerader Gate. over lhe n,;.L
OF tns ',shicS Renwick had come win
T.e. To1u ~ .acopd the object or 'tPi.
Coritz was to reach i've
az sneedily as possible; ,,s. ,,w, nv
.rh, Tact that Goritz had !ell 70" dj
.,.,a road to the north and easL ity ne
pt.a tn,s one az two things: that nuLa t,io,,,
sssLinv the more quietly 10 esGaps psro,,gh
~. Town, had chosen the Ioau -. va n,aIa
the Kastele quarter; r;omnt,ins in's,T and reach
81 posna road by which ne W1uie
..r.,c . chi through Hungary ana ttuSI, .',r,,o -.
~ his destination; the otner ,,ore
vas that Goritz had choseH u,r .der to
:. .steriy road TO the north IN oseeli aelxinq
cvs,d assing through Austria so,ns seeM,s,sS
- .nnrtest road into Siesia' tnrousrt
ssutraJ Hungary and Gancia pg SSriIz
%scow II seemed probable tnao "a Sot ,,st ,s
mad already reached va sact II Goritz
IA chosen to return through Ausua" p;. by
ths main travelled roads D! sos"' y. :
arra,n. or by Budapest, tnetrd ,a|e
scarcely a chance that ns,cbfnI ne wimdt.
:Frs nlot against the life OF the n.b ,ai
duke had consummated IN ms fa;f-
Harjshka had failed. but WIN ne ~
ure had come restitution u, i,;,e,, Herr
@irdf no longer seeking to RESTRAIN ne.
..ticns would wish to save her IRON! tme @
rcsults of her own lmpruoene.S, co,jtz
hing his efforts to come peI"ee"
and the German border ,. would
psnwick tried to think as Gorltz WouIu
tntnk why had Goritz come ~ i
circuitous road over the hornan.a Snr.
a,,rely not TO 60 north ny way VI rrIe
bian territory. GorltZ nau ,.o,'aIeG road
she road which avoided Brod. lne iiA", -, ~
gateway into Bosnia, was the Loau
which he would pass through 'mr 'ooeaG
a;sfricts of eastern hunsarH' Pl,.,.,,
49, ali the while along the Level couiltL y
'ne no nuhe or the Thisss, rearhilS
Si,esia-the long tail of the GermIi Eli
s,sre which thrust out between folahu
ard GaIicia ,.i.b cricL
.+r,ses The theory hung together. AhG
~srsn this to be the plan OF GorltZ. f,' ha1
e. succeeded in carrying 1t OUT fosSt, go,
l,ly But Hungary was wac. II , W an 49, ~
hundred miles at least 1ronh aI. %, b,n1
~ the Carpathians. and much may hap-
,,sn To an automobile in five huhdreu
r,,Ies Marishks Yeva told MN, nau
fainted. It would have been lhhutIl:a"
for Goritz TO have taken hsr such urs-
tsnre without IL chance for rest OF re-
c,neraticn, Goritz, Every theory tnal
fsnny.sck devised seemed to fan to Ihe
xrounS when he thought OF NM "a I
cleverness of the man was anlaE,"s MI. -
WHAT lay behind his cieNerniesn y, haH
of decency or what Of deyiitry Jay neo
hind the mask that RenWlCk hau seen
The man had treated her with CONSIDER
ation-for Marishka had not coinp ar
Of his attitude toward herIu"tIi m baS
IN the Turkish house, When ne hdu
Z seized her by the arm.
DeIiberation had gained something
oriv a theory as yet, but II theory
one which stood the acid OF lnspecllo"
from every angle. -,
that spirit Of persistence, of which Ma
rishka had once spoken. was one oI Iie
dominating characteristics OF ms mature
Given sound purpose "a w0T'ny Tsd and deSLa das.
perate as his chanc OF hndlns MA
Ttshka now seemed, il did not enter ms
head to give up and seek MS way-a
he might easily have dCne-to the Ser
bian border and so TO SAFETY: MA
rsshka had forgiven him During th'
long days of his conva!escence the mem
ory of their brief joyous moments IN tn'
Turkish house had renewed and inNig
Grated him. -,
He had heard her calling to hin
across the distances--despairin bu
hoping against hope that the man sh
loved was still alive. It thrilled niu
II she would wait-come even from IN
grave and answer her call to himIth
call of one brave spirit TO another whlcl
& needed no material tact OF physlcal ut
Ind her-not soon perhaps, but all u
GOOD time. Providence had not save
him miraculously for failure. and 1t wa
written that he shouid sucSeea; a IN ln
him against disaster. He rejolced I
md how strong he felt today. All IN
fremors had gone out Of his nerves, an
4 he was ready TO begin his journey whei
ever il should be time;. But hrst y
wanted to question Selim-Gorltz ma
( passed this house-there was chshce.
Seiim Ali returned from the helds .
aupper time, greeted Renwick with blu
heartiness. and together they saI al
s,shstantial meal of Jungtern-B Bratel
nxer which Selim's wife Zaldee preside
II the light of events. Renwick wiling