Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-18
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S1&Out for person to whom h,
III without arousing suspicion
turned into an inn at the cor
M street and ordering beer. sa
uDOn q bench along the wall be
= NM wooden table. The few mer
~ drinking and smoking gave hin
4o1o glance. and the proprietor ot
Enlistment, aware of stranger
g Sc his duty ;s to lear, learn somethins some NJ
ldentity. This was what Renwicf
Nj and as the men spoke In Ger.
" told with brfes glibness his we'll
~ story. inviting his host tc
lgn In a glass over which they
presently chatting as thick as
- He was a newspaper writer
4 ~ said. upon his way TO the
<And showed the letter to General
!, <lt4- But he had never before been
:. - part Of the country and in
Il - 10 see IL, upon tho way. 1t was
tereoting town. Bartfeld. a fine
IN too. st. Aegidius. Had his host
3 N Bartfeld long tirc'
p5X 8 man was n native, and very proud
r. ~ traditions. expanding colubly in
f{<I3x to Renwick's careless questions.
f4ther and grandfather had kept this
nm. and indeed for all he knew
I, = fAthers fathers. A quiet town. but
a. (ee1ting to those who were fond OF
&offcal associations. Renwick listened
1nuf1y. slowly drawing the man nearer
n TIE subject that was uppermost in
1mind, 1t was snort distance 10
~ Pass very picturesque spot
& Eka been told. one well worth visit
9;t not?
! 1Dukia Pass - said the man. "a name
y tU&4l known in the annals of the coun-
q ~ n the days OF John SobieslN, long
the railroad went through be-
{ - q wonderful spot with cliffs and
!. N9(1neu have been there often. In the
-. before the war. one drove there
Y ~ the view! Now, alas what win
~ EQesacks running over Galicia. the
o0le had more serious things to think
q M Il easily reached" asked Renwick,
4 ny the road beyond the town--a short
q - climb over the mountains, but
not difI7cult at this time of the year.
There IL a village there?'
s,;x s 4 Jew farmhouses merely, in the
0z51S along the streams. The glory of
~ Dukla Is its ruins
e ~ Of course. there are feudal
d Sorinna, Jagerhorn. Szolnok-"
( Holnok ~ said Renwick with sudden
1nfS{G9t. ~ have heard that name be-
Ii paused in a puzzled way.
III was the summer residence of
GoQR Netideck-
Z 4Ak. then 1t is not ruin?"
3etli&il three years ago he lived there
Ne habitable part-when something
1lS5o happened. No one about here
Z f1re--but the place has an evil name
limit IL Interesting. Why?'
*3l16 facts have never been clearly ex-
1noond. The story goes that Baron
EEK was in the midst of entertain
2nosts-a hunting party OF gentle
~ that there was a night of revelry
~ drinking. One of the servants
1GEfng the dining-hall in the morning,
Baron Neudeck lying dead upon
skoArth with bullet wound in his
q, The guests mad disappeared
kf5Aed as If the earth had swalAi
them"
Is - the police?"
fn police came and went. 1t was
strange. Nothing further was
of the matter. But no one about
wni 60 within mile OF the place
1 the servants-what became OF
man shrugged They did not
from around here. They were Ger
/ lh who came with the Baron. If the
aSo satisfied, am"
3. ~ = other castles are ruined. you say?
4 q cannot be long before Szolnok
kHre their fate--since 1t Is not oc-
suggested Renwick.
kaps, said the man indifferently.
with a view to closing the con-
Is SS;ick ordered another glass of
and sat looking out of the small
nont window at the passersby.
Nc deeply.
b inspiration of Herr koulas had at
oot him upon a scent which still
&Atm true upon this trail: The in
kfion he had received might mean
1H1ia1 or little. German servants? Had
fEs used the servants of Baron Neu-
~ In unraveling the secret of the
11ln plans? Had they been implicated
~ affair? Did he hold them his
&{1Hres by knowledge of their share
80 guilty transaction? Three years
Fassed since the killing of Neudeck
~ had happened in the meanwhile!
the title of the property passed to
Z H&0e Had the Schloss been occupied
the Baron's death, or was 1t de-
1&Hd3 He evolved theory rapidly.
mining to test IT at once 1t would
- ~ imprudent to question further
sfHn1loeper, a public character. and
I'D quite probable that he knew
more than had already been told.
ssvss e sss somstSns in N sse vasS wonS
Ssss Ssick had been gazing out Of the
- -, but his attention was suddenly
HI III by the figure OF man at the
4 = * the street, who stood smoking
nDette. There was nothing un-
g III his clothing or demeanor. but
4 <hl1g which had startled Renwick
80 n1dden alertness was the rather
tbs mans face before. vague
n <1nnton, but definite in the sense that
n RonWick the face had been associated
oemething unpleasant or disagree
But even as Renwick looked, the
G tossed his cigarette into the cob
md turning on his heel walked UP
;ff H1roet, passing out of Renwlcks
u vision. The Englishman started
E ZS0m his unfinished glass with the
r31p Of following. but a second thought
= q caution. 1t was still light outside,
~ the strangers memory for faces
e tetter than his own. a meeting face
m lrf ,nv
~ Renwick returned to his bench
made q pretense Of finishing his
q awaiting in safety the darkness.
& - had he seen this man before !?
DeaDched his mind with painful
l0Nghness-wondering il the injury
y 4hoD head had robbed his brain Of
~ Of its clearness. He had seen this
10 fate before-before his sickness
s ~ sure Of that. Hadwiger. Lengel-
Linder-one by one he recalled the
~ service men. The face OF the
&nIpr was that Of none of these
one--a shadowy some one--out of
Roos-or dreams. Could the idea
boon born Of some imaginary re-
IQNce, some fancied recollection?
'1&1Bg was elusive. and SO he gave
= IN III 10 .ra in t,p ,,lo a