Evening star., 1918-07-07

tgrthsr use He set fire 70 the gel.
any unpleasan;ness with their friends.
ana g9t across nc, 10 Emsiand nsnaa vn n soms ns
shrapnel in the knee on his travels.
he handed the tabloids to me. and
they're now in that portmanteau"
'But what's this other thing you
talked of--something about deferred
ignition?"
"A mere trine, m'lord. but being a
little thing of my own, cherish II.
Once thought I'd be a chemist. and
really learned quite a bit about chem-
istry before 1 chucked IT. There are
together, produce fire. at once or
sooner. There are quite a few which
take their time over 1t: warm UP to
their work slowly and thoughtfully
in fact: but do 1t none the less ef-
iiciently for all. My tabloids are the
their composition. Indeed. ! may as
well go as far az to say that when
have advertised them weil by our
present trip-always supposing we
don't get scuppered in the process
war once people. II l can wake them
out of their winter sleep. Then
shall be able to repay that nifty guild
ers I've soaked tou in for, not to
mention those two second best shirts
WulCH lAkuy hcttlc 6O hIAuIy, p0l ~
reluctantly. provided"
WELL" said Capt. Kettle, "your
stun may be good and may be bad.
and is probably bad, but anyway I'm
not going to be satisfied TIL I see i
tried. So come out now and Wen
and where this cotton IL stored
They had not to go far in their
exploration Of that continental sea-
port city without finding cotton.
ouays. warehouses. streets even. were
piled with cotton bales; trains clat-
tered away with them over the from
tier into Germany as fast as sweating
men could load them: and every min
ute more bales were discharged from
steamers fresh In from the ocean.
Every bale sent into Germany meant
but also meant money for the thrifty
neutral who passed 1t through his
territory. money for the free and
Independent southern states planter.
money for the shipper money for the
fop ,Se sTsS se Gap
tician, money, In fact. for so many
worthy and pushing people that the
mere soldier (who as often az not did
not possess q yote) had naturally to
go to the wall.
my great James!" said Capt. Ket-
tie. Here's way to carry on war"
"Rather surprising. isn't 1t. we didn't
ship them cordite whilst We were at
1t. and bag the manufacturing profit
as well? 1t would have been quite
as consistent Do you know we are
being followed7
''Yes. by a tall party with a kaiser
mustache and glasses. He came on
with us as convoy when We left the
hotel. He's pointed us out to four
other people that I've seen during
my compliments on your wits.
m'lord. You've seen more than did.
Are we going into the hotel? Its
probably a trap"
III anybody here wants trouble"
said the sailor trucu1ently. I'm the
dino in our rooms, and the Lord help
the Dutchman who tries to interfere"
But there were men In that city as
daring as Capt. Owen Kettle. Halt
way through dinner an embarrassed
waiter announced Some visitors. chem
tlemen," and on his heels there press
ed the big German with the spectacles
and the upturned mvstaches, and three
friends They elbowed the waiter out
into the passage. and shut the door
behind them.
The big German folded his arms and
addressed the sailor. in good English:
"You are Britisher."
II have always suspected IT," said
Kettle dryly.
"And your name is not Prof. Owen,
but Capt Owen Kettle. We have met
before. as you will remember. And
now l am going to settle up for what
II hear you say IT."
Speak the truth. What do you
want hereT'
what the helrs that to your Get
out of this room, .one-time, you cross
edeyed son of a dog. There's the door.
II you don't use that you'll be thrown
through the window. Understand?
don't like your face"
Here was touch OF the Kettle OF
an earlier era. The modern German
always had that kind of emetic effect
on him. This specimen. however, was
not the man to take insults calmly,
He 1ugged out revolver, and was
plainly on the verge of shot. But
large and heavy water carafe, thrown
with the full strength Of Kettles
chest, where 1t burst like shell. The
sailor followed up the attack as
quickly as he could limp across the
room, wrenched the mans revolver
away, and beat the sense ont of him
with the butt Of 1t.
Another, advancing to the helm of
this first, had his legs plucked vio-
lentiy from beneath him, and his head
pounded against the iron curb fender
TIL the subsequent proceedings inter.
ested him no more. Then Capt. Kettle
turned his eyes and looked across the
room, and saw the other two intruders
ranged against the wall with their
hands above their head. and Mr.. Hol-
royd menacing them with a most mur-
derous looking carving knife and
carving fork.
aren't the complete cannibal,
m'lord?" he asked. 1.-THE citizen at preB-
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