Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-20

CHAPTER X (Continued)
HN/OU smoke" queried Clubfoot. NO
1 he held up his hand to stop me as
was reaching for my cigarette case. you shall
have a c!gar-not one OF our poor German
Hamburgers. but a fine Havana cigar given
me by member of the English Privy Coun-
Gil. You stare. Aha repeat. by a mem
ber Of the English Privy Council, to me. the
boche, the barbarian, the Hun No hole-and-
corner work for the old doctor. Der Stelze
may be lame. Clubfoot may be past his work.
but when he travels en- mission, he travels
en- prince, the man of wealth and substance
There Is none too high to do him honor. to
listen to his views poor. misguided Ger
many, the land Of thinkers sold into bond
age to the mitarists! Bah! the fools ~
y He snarled venomously. This man was be
ginning to interest me- His rapid change of
moods was fascinating, now the kindly phlos-
opher now the Teuton braGgart, now the
Hun incorporate. AS he limped across the
room to fetch his cgar-case from the nlantel-
piece I studied him
He was a vast man. not SO much by reason
of his height. which was below the medium,
but his bulk, which was enormous The
span of his shoulders was immense. and,
though heavy paunch and white lab
biness Of face spoke Of q gross. sedentary
life, he was obviously a man of quite
usual strength.
His arms particularly were out of all pro-
portion TO his stature p''Is so ,o"s t,n ,InI
MS hatos hu'ls uoN " U' .,.''I , - cow,
when he STOOD erect IKE 'he phNs VI .,1i'a Tor'a
giant ape Al'ose.Iei '''e'e n N"s .
ueclueulS sl''''"'' tp'ul ms ~ nprs i,ri, and
ms Squat nuSe So. ~, ,'s. - .t ,r r,i hushv
the seNe. al t w 80 - hioo,, hair on his
eyeorows, r'e ~ hanI,s nf HE bIr
cnesN Ard tbera was that in
his eyes dark and courageous beneath the
shaggy brows that hinted at eXcesses OIL
Ill. ,,,, ,,.bicb as he had
ne saDe III. "a" a,d ofter 4 ntelIu-
sau ""S e. ,Ira hagan 70 sneak
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said, ana IKE pI".', sps ',. i,,.i, 70 WI,
I am going 10 SPEAK lu.e pa $50,
When II became aPp"''n' t'". Wv .,,,,hor
whom II Is not lecess ,,.nn -. ~ 70
greatly desired cer'a'' Ietei
covered. naturally eNpec'ee .na' @ = NV "n'
a past master N uha,ls M VI ] s,'.s oancarrnd
tably on oehaH OF lne pe pts, ,,oI..Ior1
~ou'u no .n d,scoyered tho author Of the
1t was VINO uiScoNeie ,1 gu s'e o,,Ir =. mos
theft In an Ehghsh 'h.eI i''ten' Inn'p :. ,s
who prevailed upon u nm W '.s 40 "a
terms; 1t was VINO i''e''y !oea'eu nc W.
Ing place or the uocu'hen' 81 .''iS =,
mark you, without setting ioot III f"s'"""
NV thoughts few back again to the three
v,,ns of paper in their canvas cover the
s,,das crest the big, sprawling, upright
handwr,tinp should have known that hand.
90 snen II often enough on certain photo
u ,hicb uere accorded the place of
srupns ~ dro owinR.room at Consistorial-
nohot III ,ro,hmrg.s az ROM
Rht Won may ,,..,
II therefore haa 'he pLior eIa''il, C'uo w.
foot continued 70 oe lntrusseu .t WIN ls 'ns
important task of fetching the document ana
Of handing 1t back to the writer But the
gentleman was in n hurry; the gentleman
always is; he could not walt for that old
slowcoach of Clubfoot to mature his plans
FOR getting into England. securing the docu-
,1,apt and getting out again.
,,. ,,.n,,o-ts ,s oallad ,nto consultation.
80 ne' ar a. .n1bsssv that has made the
e ehe n ascrst service the lauRhlng-stock of
German secret .sn1 SCI AZ 80 ha 49, rrI
the worlu' an 'aS .o ~
vato papers hlcnea 9S Toraa,o'a IN Hoe,
in the underground railway anu IS iooi
enough to send nome the most Valuap!e
documents by jackass OF mliitary at
tache who let's the whole lot be taken from
him by a dunderheaded British customs Of
acer at Falmouth! This was the man who
was to replace me w