The Washington times., 1919-01-11


town man named semlin. q German
Sovernment agent drops dead In bis
room Desmond appropriates semiin's
reaches Berlin without ineident and is
conducted into the presence Of General
Won Boden. an aide Of the Kaiser.
Desmend. having convinced Won
INTO the residence Of the kats~r.
Later he receives . cipher messAse
nom his brother. Francis
Desmond meets Clubfoot. who ex-
plains what be wants Of ssmlin-
Desmond encounters Monica.-Nho
hides him from Clubfoot's men. She
explains that Ciubfoot's Identity 70
The amateur spy is forced 60 nee
rrom his hiding place and is sdtn In
Berlin u. -. q, ..., -,
who dissuises him and gets him a JOB
a. walter.
These days of dreary squalor
would have been unbearable II Il
had not been for. my elucidation or
the word Boonekamph. which was
said to hold the clue to my broth
er's address. On the wall in the
ubby hole where I slept was q
tattered advertisement card of this
aperitif-for such Is the prepara-
tion-proclaiming IL to be Seer
many's Best Cordial" As un-
dressed at night, often used 10
stare at this placard, WONDERING
what connection Boonekamp could
possibly have with my brother. I
. determined to take the FIRST oppor-
unity of examining the card itself.
One morning, while Otto was out
in the queue at the butchers, 1
slipped away from the cellar TO our
sleeping place and, lighting m,
candle. took down the card and ex-
amined Ii closely. 1t was perfect
ly plain, red letters on a green
background in front, white at the
back
As was replacing the card on
the nail I saw some writing in pen-
ell on the wall where the card had
hung. Ny heart seemed to stand
still with the Joy of my discovery.
Forethe writing was In my brothers
neat, artistic hand. the words were
English, and. best Of all, my
brothers initials were attached.
This Is what read:
(Facsimile.) 5. z. 16
you will find me at the Cafe
Regina, Dusseldorf.-F. o."
After that felt could bear
with everything. The message
awakened hope that was fast dy-
ing in my heart. At least on July
5, Francis was alive. To that fact
I clung as to a sheet anchor.
It gave me courage for the hard
est part OF all my experiences in
Germany, those long days of wait
ing in that den of thieves. For i
knew must be patient Presently,
I hoped. might extract my papers
from Haas or persuade kore,
when he came back to see me, to
give me a permit that would en-
able me to get to Dusseldorf. But
the term of my permit was fast rum
ming out and the Jew never came.
There were often moments when I
longed to ask Haase or one of the
others about the time my brother
had served in that place But I
feared to draw attention to myself.
No one asked any questions OF me
Questions as to personal antece-
dents were discouraged at Haase'sl,
and, as long as I remained the un-
paid, useful drudge I felt that my
desire for obscurity would be re-
spected. DesuItory questions about
my predecessors ELECTED no infor-
nation about Francis. The Haase
establishment seemed to have had
succession OF vague and shadovy
retainers.
Only about Johann. whose apron
wore, did Otto become communi-
cative.
"a stupid fellow he declared.
HE was well off here. Haase liked
him. the customers liked him, as
pecialIy the ladies. But he must
fall in love with Frau Hedwig 1.-THE
lady at the bari, then he quarreled
with Haase and threatened him
you know, about customers who
haven't got their paper in order.
The next time Johann went out,
they arrested him. And he was
shot at Spandau!"
"Shot?" l exclaimed. "Why?"
"As a deserter."
Ach! was! But he had a deserter's
papers in his pockets his own
had vanished. Ach! it's q bad thing
to quarrel with Haase"
! made a point Of keeping on the
SlOe OI luC oANCh
that. BY my unfailing diligence ]
even managed to secure his grudg-
ing approval. though he was always
ready to fly into a passion at the
least opportunity.
One evening about o'clock, q
young man, whom had never seen
among our regular customers. came
down the stairs from the street and
asked for Haase. who was asleep
on the sofa in the inner room. At
the sight of the youth, Frau He'd
wig jumped off her perch behind
the bar and vanished. She came
back directly and, ignoring me,
conducted the young man into the
inner room. where he remained for
about half an hour. Then he re-
appeared again, accompanied by
Frau Hedwig, and went off.
was shocked by the change in
the appearance OF the woman. Her
face was pale, her eyes red with
weeping. and her eyes kept wander
ing toward the door. It was a slack
time of the day within and the eel.
lar was free Of customers.
YOU '"ok poorly. Frau Hedwig,' -
said. Trouble with Haase again p
She looked up at me and shook
her head, her eyes brimming over