Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-26

and the green limousine chap with
whom he would have reckoning.
Impatient of the delay of the train, he
took out his cigarette case and was
about, to smoke, when the warning OF the
guard was shouted, and he got into his
carriage, followed by another traveller
! who clambered in at the last moment
and sank into the seat opposite. AS the
train moved, the two men scanned each
other in the light of the growing daw
which now We'd with the pickering light
Of the overhead lamp in their compart-
ment. The stranger was very tall
man in dark clothes. who gave an IN
stant impression of long rectangularity.
He had long nose, long upper lip
which hung over a thin slit of mouth
which resembled a buttonhole. slightly
square and, like his upper lip, blue, as
though a stiff black beard were in con-
atRnt battle with razor. His eyes
& we're large and regarded Renwick with a
z Engiishman a good morning. Renwick
nodded curtly,' He had planned another
nap and hardly relished sitting awake
and staring at the sepulchral visitor;
r Where last nights WEAKNESS had sealed
his eyes TO the ever-present sense of
= danger. morning brought counsel of
E caution and alertness.
is The leanness of the huge intruder was
Of the kind that suggested endurance
rather than malnutrition. a person who
3 for all his pacific and rather gloomy eN-
4 terior could be counted on to be ex-
tremely dangerous.
In situation where any man might
pfove to be his hidden enemy Renwick
was learning to be wary, And so -upon
his guard for any movement of hostility
he sat bolt upright and smoked his
cigarette putting il indolently into the
Y face of his solemn companion. Beyond
the first greeting, no words passed be-
tween them, and the Englishman, more
3 at his ease. looked out OF the window
4 At the low marshlands along the river
and planned the business which brought
& him Day came swiftly, and before the
s train reached the city the sun was up in
smiling splendor. melting the pale fog
banks of the Danube valley beneath Its
4 golden glow.
At the westbahnhor Renwick got
g down, and, bag in hand. made his way 70
h the railway restaurant for cup OF
+ cqfEee. The keen morning air had made
3 him hungry. and he breaktasted like
<4nnnr who does not know where his nexl
ooal Is coming from. II was not untl
AZ ~ raid his check and got up from the
\. <1nIo that he noticed his gigantic corn
1nnIcn of the train doing likewise, ou
81 ~ save the matter no thought. and get
a fln3 into a waiting fiacre, drove TO the
Y 1rlfish consulate to make some neces
Safy arrangements, including the pro
0uFing of money for possible large eN
{, mnnoee The archduke and duchess, NJ
g 261novered had slept in their car, which
X k3d been shifted to a train that had lei
II The south in the early hours OF th'
5rning. The service on the road wa
<ISone too good, except that of the orien
Snress, which had gone through las
L a. but by haste Renwicl managed u
's 1<<eh the 0 O'Clock train for Belgrade
Snning to get off It at ujvi6ek. an'
i1|rf 10 Providence for an automoblle-
~ ~ WAS no sooner comfortably seated
& q his compartment and eongratula.in,
X1wSelf upon it's emptiness. which woui'
S-ru,it OF opportunity for sleep. whel
!. 70 door was thrown open and n,a,n MS sai saI
Z ,{~ sotered Renwick did not know
e. ker 10 be surprised or angry, an
{rfed By being both. glancins at IN
Y /T716er through his monocle In a man
6istinctly offensive. But the tai
Z u aware OF the Engiisnmah al.
,Si.m. gave no sign OF II. eiasplnl
6of2on umbrella with large BON.
~ ana gazing gioomiiy at TN
lSnssi nesting Of two traveller
u ~ same diroctionf Perhaps
e Wsa too much AZ stake 70
- Willing 70 take fe9nccs
11lf nos kili apd; -