Evening star., 1922-06-29

7 HAD scarcely entered the door
of the Star one morning when
the once boy thrust message
4 into my hand. 1t stopped me even
before I had a chance to get as 1ar
as my own desk. 1t was from Ken
nedy at the laboratory and bore. a
time stamp that showed that 1t must
have been received only rev min
utes before I came In.
Meet me at the Grand Central II
read. immediately
without going farther into the Of
Ace l turned and dropped down IN the
elevator to tho subway. AS quickly
an exuress could take me l hurried
up to tho new station.
where away" 1 asked GREATNESS
ly, as Craig met me AZ inc nnad I
mnrId come. The coast or down
SWoodrock," he replied quickly,
,,l;ng INV arm and dragging me
down a ramp to the train that Was
Just leaving for that fssh'ohaD'e
We'll" 1 queried eagerly. as the a..
train started, why all this secrecy!
II had a caller this afternoon. ne
hogan running his eye over the otner
nassenKers to see II we were 1p. ..
served. "she Is going back on .hls
train. 7 am not to recoSnl.e gsit
the station, but you and I are to Walk
to the end Of the platform ana enter
a limousine bearing that number
He produced q card on the oacK OIL
which was written a number IN slA
figures. Mechanically l siance%d rd so
the name as he handed the cru ~ -
me. Craig was watching inten'ix .,ae nns
expression on my race az ie~0
since when were you admitted into
,oci.tVs,' Easped, still staring at
the name Of the daughter OF the MIL
iionaire banker. John Brixton.
She came TO ten me tnt' nt .ias. ss
;t we're up there in his own house.
aYpIained Kennedy in an undertone.
"so much so that, apparently, she Is
the only person he felt he dared trus'
With a message to summon me. f@c.
tically everything he says or ns coz 20
w,thout sH what he says being known"
"Sieaeo" I repeated incredulously.
.1mnossible. why, only this morn
inr I was reading about his negoua .
tjous with a foreign syndicnte "
bankers from southeastern EUROPE
1;avs the money stringency there.
surely there must be some mistake
in Ali this. In fact. as recall II. one
Of the foreign bankers who Is IrSins
to interest him is that Count Warht-
mann who. everybody SAYS. Is en-
gagged to Miss BriNton. r ana 's crsis &
ing al the house at Woodroch; Crals,
are you sure nobody is hoaxing
"Rsad that" he replied laconically,
handing me a piece Of thin letter
paper such as is often used lot lot.
eign correspondence. "suSh le.uers
have been coming TO MT. oriA'oh'
understand, every day
The letter was in q cramped 1or-
John Brixton. woodrock. New York
American dollars must not enoan,
in time In the name OF liberty anu
progress we have raised the standard
Of conflict without truce or quarter
against reaction. If you ana the
American bankers associated with you
take up these bonds you will never
live to receive the first payment Oh
interest.
THE RED BROTHERHOOD OF THE
BALKANS.
looked up inauiringly. What is
the Red Brotherhood" l asked.
LAS nearly as can make out re-
piled Kennedy, "it seems to De sort
lieve it breaches the gospel of terror
and violence in the cause Of liberty
and union of some Of the peoples OF
southeastern Europe. Anyhow, II
keeps its secrets well. The identity
of the members is = mystery, as well
as the source of its funds, winch IL is
said, are immense.
And they operate so secretly that
Brixton can trust no one about him:
1 asked.
Il believe he is ILL.," explained
Craig. AT any rate, he evidently
except his daughter. AS nearly as
could gather, however. he does not
suspect wachtmann himself. Miss
Brixton seemed to think that htere
were some enemies OF the count at
work. Her father 10 Q secretive man.
Even to her. the only message he
would intrust was that he wanted 10
see me Immediately
At Woodrock We took our time in
getting off the train. Miss Brixton,
tall, dark-haired. athletic girl just
out Of college, had preceded us. and
as her own car shot out from the sta :
ton platform We leisurely walked
down and entered another bearing
the number she had given Kennedy.
We seemed to be expected at the
house Hardly had we been admit
ted through the door from the porte
cochere. than we were led through a
hall to a library at the side Of the
house. From tho library we entered
another door. then down flight of
steps which must have brought UP
below an open courtyard on the out
side, under 3 rim Of the terrace in
front of the house for a short dis
tance to a point where we descended
three more steps.
At the head Of these three steps
was a great steel and iron door, with
heavy bolts and . combination lock
of q character ordinarily found only
on q safe in . banking institution.
The door WAS opened and we de-
scended the steps, going a little far
ther in the same direction away from
the side of the house. Then we turn
cd At right angle facing toward the
back Of the house but well to one one
ursd out later. underneath the open
courtyard. A few steps farther
brought US to = fair sized vaulted
Brixton had evidently been waiting
impatiently for our arrival. Mr..
Kennedy? he inquired. adding, with
out waiting for an answer. Il am
glad to see you. I suppose you have
noticed tho precautions we are TAX
ing against intrudsrs? Yet it seems
to be all Of no avail. cannot be
alone even here. II = telephone mes
sage comes to me over my private
the city, it seems that it is known. i
don't know what to make of 1t. It il
terrible, don't know what to expect
next"