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CHAPTER V-Continued

How wonderful 80 She exclaimed
: You know / told you, Constance, that
II We really threw ourselves in The
path of adventure mys. cry would come
ont 70 meet rs i'm Siikcn sandals
! "But YOU will nol appear in this
piayT asked Eayanr anNiouSiy 1T
IS the business Of the government ol
The United States Ia see that You com
nit no further indiScrctionS. There j.
another matter which I hope you can
clear up. YoR are not only "a SGhject
Of concern 10 the British embassy. but
'hc French ambassador also has ap-
pealcd 10 rs 90 assist him i'm a triilin@
matter"
The Frcuch unha>>ador:" Alice
exclaimed with surprise | knew 10
hc unfcigncd ~ thought the dear
Nuutani was an ttatian?'
We viii continue 70 call him Mon
tani. but he's a Frcnchman and one
Of the kcrnest men in the French
secret service. You have caused him
the deepest anguish"
Please hurry on" She benz for
ward with childish delight. This is
part of the story we've been living
that | really know nothing about. |
hope II won't be disappointing y,
Raynor laughed and shook his
head
"Iis fortunate that Montani is a gen
.ieruan. anxious TO shield and protect
you. Yon have a fan in your hand
She spread II out for inspection.
"A harmless trinket, hut without il
the adventure would have been very
tame"
1.-THE story Of the fan Is I'm the most
secret archives Of Paris and Washing
ton When you were packing up in
Tokyo 10 come home on the very last
de-, before your departure lady called
on you whom you knew as Madame
volkoff"
1.-THE dear woman" exclaimed Mrs
Farnsworth. ave knew her very
we'll"
"AlmC st too WE'LL" cried Raynor. "a
cultivated woman and exceedingly
clever, but a German spy. She had
collected some most interesting data
with reference to japanese armament
and defenses. but suspecting that she
was being watched, she hit upon a
most ingenious way of getting the in
formation across the Pacific. expecting
10 communicate with German agents
n. America who could pick II up and
pass It on to Berlin. You see. she
thought yOu an easy mark. She got
hold of fan which Montani infOr1ps
me is the exact counterpart Of that
one you hold. She reduced her dgta
10 the smallest possible compass. cCr,-
realed it in her fan. and watched fer
a chance To exchange with you. TIE
astute M0ntanf found the Japanese
artisan who had done the tInkerirg
for her and surmised that you were
20 be made the unconscious bearer cf
the discriminating papers. Montsni
jumped for the steamer you we're sail
Ing on with every determination TO got
the fan. His professional pride IVES
aroused. and II was only after 70
found II impossible to steal the fs1
that he asked our assistance. Hs's
a good fellow. a gentleman in eve-T
sense. and with true French chivalts
wanted TO do the job without distu:t-
Ing you In any way"
We pressed closer about RaynOr %
ne took the fan. spread II open. ana
held It close against tablplamp. "TNe
third, sixth and NINTH" he counted
you will notice that those three pieces
~ ivory are n trifle thicker and rtf
as transparent as the others. GlaI.-
iuC AT them casually in an ordinary
light. yOu would never suspect tr-t
they had been followed out. an ~
ceedingly delicate piece Of work. It's
a pity TO spoil anything so pretty,
hut"
He snapped the top NJ one Of the
panels. disclosing neatly folded
niece Of thin paper.
"Antoine.> said. "tie the arms Of
the prisoner in the toolhouSe and
bring him here
"A man in the Toulouse Mon
'ani. Terrence and Raynor calculated
IN concert.
"Oh. yes murmured Alice. that's
the pleasantpSt chapter Of all. Our
grenadierS captured whole invading
trmy' that made night attack-one
" the most remarkable engagements
VI the present war. Mr. Terrence"
The battle of the Bell-Hops." |
suggested. The prisoner will he here
N moment"
While we waited Montani produced
a photograph, instantly recognizable
as a likeness of our prisoner.
MY reputation is saved" he ex-
claimed excitedly. THAT he should
have been caught here, II is too
much shall never forgive myself
for not warning you of the danger.
But you understand, mesdameS thar
was sincerely anxious To recover the
fan without letting you know its i'm
pOrtanCe. When I found at Seattle
and Chicago that you were travelling
under assumed names, was-pray,
pardon me-deeply puzzled, the more
80 because | had satisfied myself in
Toxic that you we're loyal English
women, and l believed you 70 be in
nocent of completely with Madame
Volkoff. Why you should have
changed your names, | didn't know.
but it's not my affair now"
ave saw you on the steamer and