The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-06
CHAPTER SEVEN.

Half an hour later Peggy York op- ened her eyes to a blazing fireplace, which lit up the luxurIous room in which she was lying. As sher ubbed her eyes amazedIy the American en- tered, in his hand a steaming cup. Ii was hot beef tea which he presented to her
 Briefly he told her how he had forced an entrance through a side window The place was absolutely empty of all life. but nothing was lacking in comforts; the pantry was well stocked in food. He had even found the place supplied with electric light from a private power plant.
 Peggy had been shot through the left upper arm, examination had shown He had bandaged the wound as best as he could. It would prove serious. he declared.
 They tired shortly afterwards to the luxurious bedrooms, fe-ted with every modern convenience. Neither was disposed to lie long awake.
 It was br, daylight when Roth well awoke. Springing from bed and making a nasty toilet he sought the hall and peeped into the open door fo Peggy's room. She lay in bed, still asleep.
 
 I've got breakfast ready" thought Rothwen, as he descended the stairs. Suddenly he stopped short. Cigar smoke, Someone was in the house.
 Stealing quietly up the stairs, he awakened Peggy, explaining the situ- alton briefly. We'll go down and face the owner together" he said. Sure ly he can't blame us for breaking into his house when I tell him of your wound. Besides. we can pay him our hotel bill" While Peggy dressed he endeavored to make himself as pres entabIe as possible. Then the two des- cended the stairs together, their feet making no noise on the plush carpet A subdued murmur of rC-+as came from the drawing room.
 They entered-and looked into the haggard face of Anson Won Ekstein. Quick as the spy was. Rothwell was quicker. As the pistol gleamed ! in the morning sunshine. the Ameri- cans revolver crashed, and Won Elk stein, with a screamh of pain, let the weapon fall from hiss hattered hand. AdoIph Rinzheimer. snarled at them from across the table, his hands held high above his head
 RothweII smiled. "Pleased to meet you again, Your Highness,' he said. Peggy, will you relieve the other gentleman of his weapon. Sorry to intrude, Won Ekstein. This is your country place, I presume, and you are our host. I shall have to ask you to accompany us to the rear of the house, where we have parked an eX- cellent car, your own, if I mistake not And then we shall enjoy little drive together"
 It was night again when the big car drew to a stop halr a mile from Fl Stanisles. Half an hour later the four the two prisoners rendered suf- ficiently docle by the argumed of two heavy revolver muzzles damned into their sides. knocked at the door of the shack where Rothwel had first visited after his departure from the United States air base Tho two sol diers greeted him with delight and re- 1ieved him of his prisoners.
 Next morning before daybreak the party set out for the climb over the crater rim. Al noon Rothwen pres ented himself before the colonel. 'sThe link is broken. colonel" he said, "and I hope you'll send us back by plane as soon as you can. l have something which is going to make mighty interesting reading in Wash ington. Excuse me, Colonel. Miss York, allow me to present COlOnel Hesse. I told you She'd be there be- fore me. And she was"
 In the coloneTs office a few mo- ments later that excited official was gazing open-eyed at several interest ing documents-a message from an official high in the navy departmen for one; details of the wonderful Ger man electronic wireless, the waves un- detectable by ordinary receiving ap- paratus: the address of the Washing ton house, whence a respectable German butler had for some months dfspatched nightly IT essa ges to Mexi- co City by means of this clever in- strument; and lastly the damning evil dence that the ambassador of a neu- tral power of the Mexican captal had under the guise of diplomatic cores pondence, cabled his government daily as to the movements of Ameri- | can and neutral shipping, the infor- nation later finding its way to the wilhelmstrasse and eventually to the underseas commanders.
 Washington was interested, too, a