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

1T will he RISKY"
Not unless you make it so, With
| luck YOU shall bear a letter to General
! LoChntz (Which you need never dsliver)
as Il writer for d newspaper"
That can be managed?"
Il hope-believe-I am confident"
Reuwick smiled. Herr iioulas was
something of a humorist.
Tell me more Of this Neudeck case
asked the Englishman.
There is unfortunately little more
tC tell. NeudeCk was German baron
with military connections. not too rich
and not above dishonesty. Goritz traced
| the plans to SchloSs SZolnok. an ancient
| feudal stronghold which an elder Baron
Neudock had bought
I'm the Dukla?'
in the Dukla--where some Russian
officers We're invited for the shooting
to enjoy it-"kOulas chuckled and blew
cloud of smoke--"for Goritz shot
Neudeck before their very eyes, and
took the plans back to Germany. This
is secret hisioryLa nine days wonder
but it passed and with it a clever scoun-
drel who well deserved what he got"
And since his death. who lives in
Schloss SzolnCk?'
II don't know" He laughed again.
You jump very rapidly at conclusions,
my friend
Time passes ! must jump at some-
thing. ! am going to Dukla Pass-to-
morrow, if you will help me-
That goes without saying. For the
present you shall go to bed and sleep
soundly. I would like to go with you
! but alas, | am not so young as ] was
and J can best serve all your interests
here"
Renwick shook Koulas by the hand
and took the bedroom candle that was
| offered him
Good night" he said '"I pray that
no harm may come tC you from this
| imDrudence of mine"
"Do not worry. my friend. | am vel
hcdged about with albis. Good night
The next evening after dark Renwick.
now Herr Max Schoff, of the Wiener
Zeitung supplied with pass which Herr
/ KOulas. by means Cf his underground
machinery had managed to procure took
the night train for kaschau, which he
reached in the early morning of the fol
lowing day, going on later to Bartfeld
the terminus Cf the railroad, small and
ancient town under the very shadow of
the mountains Here. it being late in
the afternoon. he found the Hungaria. A
hotel to which he had been directed
where he made arrangements to stop
for the night while he leisurely pursued
his inquiries.
Now at last Sc very near his destina-
ton. he was curiously oppressed with
the futlity OF his prilgrimage. He had
come far, braving the danger of detec-
tion and death. fOU he had no illusions
regarding the status of an Englishman
approaching the battle lines under the
guise of n newspaper writer. If taken.
it would be as spy and he would be
treated as such.
Herr Koulas had warned him not to
be too sanguine. for the roads out OF
Hungary We're many and Dukla Pass
merely because Of n bit of forgotten
secret history, a possibility not to be
neglected.
Herr Koulas had also warned him
that the methods in induction which had
been open to him had also been open
to tie Austrian secret service men who
perhaps. had already taken measures TO
follow the same scent. And so it was
that the golden smile of Herr Windt still
persisted in Renwick's dreams by right
and in his thoughts by day. IfsS14Aak
had told the story of his meeting Aeitl
the spurious Moyer, his conversation
about SZarvas would Immediately iden.
tify him as Renwick the Englishman
But however near the two trails ran
Windt's men had not yet come up with
him. and until they did, Renwick knew
that he must move boldly and quickly
upon his quest. And SO at last resolu.
tion armed him anew.
CONTINUED TOMORROW