Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-17

| tary. He knew mis- Hungary from oden-
| burg to kronstadt. from the Save to the
| Carpathans. and RenwiCk. while some
| what dubious as To the wisdom of his
| visit under the circumstances, founC
himself received at this excellent mans
| home with warmth of welcome which
unselfishness of his host Even befor"
the war Renwicll and Constantine kouas
had met in secret. so that If trouble
came no plan should mar the mans i'm
peccabe character IL Austrian eyes.
And Renwick would not have come to
him now had not his own need been
great. But Herr koulas. having heard
the tale of his adventures and reaSsured
as to the present danger of pursuit. gave
willingly Of his hospitality and counsel :.
and when he learned the character of
Renwck's mission. volunteered 10
procure him a set of papers which would
rob his pilgrimage to the north. at least.
of it's most obvious dangers,
He was ready with information, too.
and offered mind with peculiar
genius for the kind of problem that Rem
wick presented. The fact that the great
Prussian secret agent. Leo Goritz: was
involved in the affair lent it an individu-
ality which detracted nothing from its
other interest. Leo Goritz, Only last
tween them, both under cover. and
Koulas had managed to get what he
wanted. not. however. without narrowly
escaping the revelation of his own part
man and dangerous one, young. brill
liant handsome. inscriptions. VINO
| wore an armor of impenetrability which
had not yet revealed single weak link
| And yet. Herr koulas reasoned, brood
ingly, that there must be one, A weak
! link Where was the man without one ?
The messages from the Wilhcimstrasse
why had Goritz not returned to Berlin
upon the outbreak of the war? What
was keeping him in Hungary" He was
in the Tatra region. Possibly. Which
were the passes by which he might try
to go? Czoker. Dul<la. or perhaps even
| ublunlla. The Russians were already
battering at Prgemysl-t'zoker Pass was
out of the question. Jablunka-that was
| nearer the German border, but eagerly
watched even in tirfes of peace The
railroad went through Jablunka. a mar.
row highway with no outlet for many
miles. II was not the kind of cul-de-sac
that GoritZ would have chosen. Dukfa
Perhaps. \ little farther to the east. of
! course. but not yet menaced by the kus-
sian advance.
very. The abduction of loyal citizen
Of Austria--a lady of noble birth!
hurried flight by unfrenuented roads and
berked I%eH q" the e"pa Way Was T the lady iii? Or
had something else detained them?
Renwick sat in the back room of the
small laboratory. his arms folded, - MS MS
Koulas. putting great clouds of smoke
| from his long pipe. thus anaylzed the sit.
uation.
II have thought of all of these things,
| Herr Eoulas." Renwick muttered, "and
my mind always comes back to the same
point If | know that GoritZ has come
| to this region. If ! know that he has not
| gone out of it. | also know that he re-
mains. ! do not care why-mN question
! is where--where?'
Koulas ran his long forefnger over the
map upon the table.
1T is the man Goritz might usc-o
road map of the Government" -he
grumbled
would get through there with diff
| Guilty.
Renwick had risen and paced the floor
Il have not been through Dukla. 1t is
| 4cCessible?'
Yes. Svdnik to Przemysl Rocks
q schloss or two--" He turned. II,
was there that the Baron Nendeck was
killed = you remember three years
ago."
81 have OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Aus
'rian?"
"A German-Neudeck was selling mil
itary plans to the Russians-Goritz ~
Koulas sprang to his feet triumphant
ly-Goritz! 1t was Goritz who discov
cred him
Renwick was listening eagerly ano
Eoulas turned with a shrug. NOTHING
much. my friend. And yet--a coinci
dence perhaps--Gortz, Neudeck. Dukla
Goritz- z-Strahni-the. center Of the mai
t-at the top II might be worth try
ing"
II shall try it. There Is nothing els
for me to do. The pass is used fo
transport?'
mo. The line of communication i
through Mezo Laborcz.'