The Washington times., 1918-11-15
The ''Zepp's" Passenger
AN EXCIl ING AND ROMANTIC NEW spy SERIAL
Sir Henry Wishes the Veil of Secrecy
Removed From His War
Activities


Phiiippa's iet.er. apd TIT answer k
In such a way that u she Il A.
clever a little wnman As think she
is. she'll set hiht. or courye." ~
went on. rumInatfveiy. 1T Is rather
a misfortune that the Princess Ola
neh and her sister are such Jolly
good looking women. Makes II look
a little fishy. doesn't IL? What I
mean u say Is, it's far cry from
fishing for whiting In the North
Sea 10 lunching with a beautiful
princess at the Carlton-when you
think your wife's down in NSr-
folk"
sir Henry threw open the dooH
Look here. we had enoughlof
you. Rayton." he declared. "Ibu
get back and do an aour's workER
you can bring your mind to IT,"
The latter assumed a sudden dr.
nifty. necessitated by ths soaInd 81
voices in the corridor. and departkd.
The door had scarcely been clo3kd
when two younger men presenlkd
themselVes-MHes, Ensol. Sir Hth-
ry's secretary. a typical look Ag
young sailor minus his left aim,
and a psle-faeed. cfean-shaven man
Of uncertain age, in civilian cloths.
Sir Henry shook hands with he
latter snd pointed 10 the easy chaIr
which his previous visitor had Just
vacated.
Welcome back again. Horridge.-
he said cordially. Miles, I'll ring
when want you.H
'Very good. sir" the sscretaryt
replied. There's a fisherman from
Norfolk downstairs. when you're at
liberty"
Sir Henry nodded. .....
'T'II see him presently. shut him
up somewhere where he can
smoke"
The young, man Withdrew. esss-
fully eiosinE the door. arouDd
which Sir Henry. with . word of
apology, arranged q screen
.'T don't think" he explainsd,
+tnatl eavesdropping extends b
these premises. or that our voices
could reach outside. Still. q NJ
ha'porth OF prevention. eh?" Han .
cigar, Horrtdge-"
'Tm not smoking for day BE-
two, thank you. sir"
you look as though they'd Hht
you through it." Sir Henry y
marked.
His visitor smiled.
-Pve Travelled fourteen miles IN
a@barrel." he said. "and we wers
out for twenty-four nours in
Danish sailing skin. You know
what the weather's been like In
the North Sea. Before that. the
last word of writing I saw on Ger
man soil wGs - placard, offering
q reward Of nve thousand marks
for my detention, with a disgust
inglt : hfelike photograph at e !
top. I had about fifty yards lpf .
quay, to walk in broad daylight.
and every other man ] passed
turned to stare after me. It gives
nAck when you daren't look
,rou9d to see II you're being g.
SIR Henry CROPPED in the cup
board oS his desk. and produced
a bottle of whisky and a syphen
of soda water. His yisite- nodded
.approvingIy.
arye touched nothing un:il Ifa
reached what / consider Sarcto-
ary," he observed. Ny nersies
have gone rotten for the first tihs
in my life. De you mind. sir. u
I lock the deorT
Go ahead" Sir Henry aSsenred.
He brought the whisky and soda
nlm8eh aCTO5S Inc IOOm.
ridge resumed his seat and held
out his hand almost eagerly. For
q moment or two he shook AS
though he had an ague. Then,
just as suddenly as It had come
upon him, the Mt passed He
drained the contents of the tum-
bier at q gulp, set IL down empty
by his side, and stretched out 70
hand for q cigar.
The end OF my journey didttI
help matters any" he went On II
daren't even make for . Dutch pdfG
and we were picked up eventually
by a tramp steamer from Newcasps
to London with Goals. hGd4t
been on board more than an hdfr
before a submarine which had bSfa
following overhauled US. thought
II was all up then, but the fog lfftSd.
and we found ourselves almost b
the midst of a squadron OF destroy
ers from Harwich. I made another
transfer. and they landed ne h
time to catch the early monlSE
train from Felixstowe."
did they get the submartnsrhb
listener asked eagerly.
Get itT' the other repeated, VIM
= smile. They blew it into scrap
metal"
PLENTY OF movement in your life
1--WE run the gauntlet over there
once too often" Horridge said grim
ly. Just look at me now, Sir Henry.
I'm twenty-nine years old. and it's
only two years and a half since
was invalided out of the navy and
took this job on. The last personiI
asked to guess my age put me down
at fifty. What should you hAfe
said?" IL
To Be Continued TomorroWL)
Copyright. 1919. Little. Brown . Ca