The Washington times., 1919-01-17

oere mention kores name Tor fear
the parcel might be opened. So I
purposely spelt Achilles with one
Il to draw attention 20 the code
word, so that they should know
where news OF me was TO be found.
1t was devilish smart OF you TO
decipner that, Des!"
Francis smiled at me.
II meant TO stay quietly In Ber-
lin. going daily between Haase's
and the factory and wait. for q
month or two, in case that mes-
sage got home. But Kore began 20
give trouble. At the beginning OF
July he came TO see me and hintec
that the renewal OF my permls de
seJour would cost money.
Il paid him, but I realized then
that I was absolutely In his power
and I had no intention OF being
blackmailed. So I made use Of his
cupidity to leave a message for the
man who, hoped, would be cominf
after me. wrote that line on the
wall under the Boonekamp poster
In that filthy hovei where we slept
and came up here after a Job I had
heard of at the Cafe Regina.
"And now, Des, old man" said
my brother. you know all that
KNOW
"And Clubfooty-
Ah!" said Francis. shaking hi.
II -. n
hand that has been against us fror,
the start. though who the man Ga
and what his power, I. like Won
only know from what he told YOU
himself The Germans are clever
enough, as we know from their
communiques. to tell the truth when
II suits their book. I believe that
Clubfoot was telling you the truth
in what he said about his mission
that night at the Esplanade.
You and I know now that the
Kaiser wrote that letter
We also know that it was addrsss>6
to an influential English friend OF
William II. You have seen the
date Berlin, Judy 81. 1910
the eve OF the outbreak OF
the world war. Even from this
half in my pocket ana
you who have seen both halves Of
the letter will confirm what Z say
I can imagine what an ef-
feet on the International situation
this letter would have had " 70
had reached the man for whom n
was destined. But 80 did not
why. we don't know. We
do know, however. that the emperor
IL keenly anxious TO regain posses
o
yourself were a witness OF his anx-
iety and you know that he put the
matter into the hands OF the man
Clubtoot.r
'weIl5fs1 ecbserved. thoughtfuIIys
"clubfoot, whoever ne IL. seems 20
have made every effort 10 keep my
-escapades dark. o"
Precisely" said Francis. "and
lucky for you. too. Otherwise Club
foot would have had you stopped
at the frontier But obviously Sc
crecy Is an essential part OF his In
structions. and he has shown him
self willing TO risk almost anything
rather than call in the aid OF the
regular police.
But they can aiwsys hush these
things up" I objected. .
From the public. yes: but not
from the court This letter looks
uncommonly like one OF williams
sudden impulses and
fancy anything OF the kind would
get very little tolerance In Ger
many in wartime
"But who is Clubfoot- aues-
toned.
Nv brother furrowed his brows
anxiouslv.
s.D- :, Ia .r 80 ~
is cn--~irly not a regular official OF
~" T-~-~sn Intelligence like Stein
h1ue- and the otehrs. But I have
two occasions 80 both were dark
PLAYED a leading role and both end
"Then Tracy and the others
- =" asked
Victims OF this man. Des. With
ed. He paused a moment rehsc-
lively.
.There is a code OF honor IN OUT
game. old man." he said. "and there
are lots OF men in the German
secret service who i've mp 60 a. We
give and take plenty OF hard
knocks in the rourh-andt OF
the chase, but ambush and asssssi-
nation are barred"
He took a deep breath and added:
But the man Clubtoot doesn't
play the game"
"Francis." said. ct wish ia
known something OF this that night
had him at my mercy at the
Esplanade He would not have got
of with a cracked skull
with one blow Te would have
received one for Tracy. one for
Arhuthnot. and one for the other
man until the account was
settled and I'd beaten his brains
out on the carpet. But ~ we meet
him again. Francis as. please
God. we shall, there will be
no code OF honor for him
Wen finish him in cold blood N
we'd kill a rat!"
nv brother thrust out his hand az
me and we clesped hands on ~.
Evening was falling and lights
were beginning to twinkle from the
further bank Of the river.
We stood for a moment in silence
with the river rushing at our feet
Then we turned and started 10
tramp back toward the city. Francis
linked his arm in mine.
And now, Des." he said In his OLD
affectionate wav, tell me some
more about Monica"
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