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wished them both goodnight II

reason. Therefore he retired.
Back In his great. gloomy bed
room he stood for some time at the
window, gazing out upon tho goT-
ceous scene OF moonlit mountain
and silent Carpathian forest. The
attitude OF the two men during that
evening had become Buspicious-the
more 80 because the Baron had 90
constantly evaded his question as to
the site Of the second wireless sta
ton. and also the identity Of the
mystery station, "C.H.X.R" Who.
too, was Petresco? 1t was apparent
ly a Roumanian name. Once again
a strange intuition crept over him.
a premonition Of impending evil.
4 quarter OF an hour later be re-
moved his evening shoes and crept
back again down the great oak
staircase to the door Of the room
wherein the two men were In con-
sultation.
Bending he could hear their voices
speaking low and confideDt!ally. But
they were speaking In Hungarian.
hence he could not understand .
single word. Probably it vas only
politics they were discussing; there
fore, after waiting ten minutes. all
the time in fear Of the approach OF
Karl, he was about to return to his
room when Of a sudden he heard a
few words in French.
koblltz was speaking.
Yes. quite agree" he said.
Your plan is excellent. The wire
less station must remain q com.
plete secret. This young fellows
lips must be closed. The two men
we have here are both good wire
less mon, and are affiliated to our
cause. Hence they can be trusted
completely. Falconer We cannot
trust-even If we attempted to bribe
him, for he Is an Engiishman and
would accept nothing"
Il am glad you agree. mon cher"
the Baron replied. AT the wireless
station tomorrow he will accept q
drink from my hash-and then
we'll, tho forest will an hour later
hold its secret" he remarked mean
ingly.
| Godfrey held his breath. Could 1t
be possible that their plan vas to
poison him, and bury hin, In the
forest. now that he had completed
his work?
1t was quite apparent that the sta
ton he had erected was a secret one.
established for some illicit purpose.
lie listened again, but Koblitz was
only congratulating his friend upon
the success Of what he termed the
| great scheme"
Silently Godfrey crcpt back up to
his room. His mind was made up.
BY his natural intuition Of impeRd-
| ing peril he had been forewarned.
Hence putting on q pair OF strong
walking boots. he assumed his over
coat and let himself out Of the great
rambling place by a door he know.
| In the moonlight he ascertainsd the
steep winding path which led to the
wireless huts. and on arrival there
unlocked the house in which the
transmission panel woS erected.
Then, switching on the light, he took
up hammer and deliberately
smashed every one Of the big glass
valves.
Not content with that, he also
smashed every spare valve, and then
destroyed the insulation upon TIVE
transformers Of the receiving set.
thus putting the whole station out
Of action.
Afterwards he relocked the door
and made his way back past tho
castle and out upon the high road
which led down to Nagy-karoly.
Through the greater part Of the
night he walked. until at 4 small
mountain village he was able to In
ducc peasant to harness horse
and drive him into the town.
Before nine o'clock that morning
he called upon the chief OF police,
and through man who spoke
French, gave him a description Of
the secret wireless set. and OF the
dastardly plot to kill him and dis
pose OF his body by burylng II In the
forest.
At once the police official was on
the alert. for the Schloss Zenta, he
said. belonged 10 n certain young
Count Bockh. who was a minor. and
at the university Of Budapest. He
had never heard Of the Baron, who
had, no doubt, established himself
there unknown to its rishtful owner.
but pretending to the servants that
he had rented it furnished. This
was later on ascertsined TO be q
fact.
Within an hour urgent kilograms
were exchanged between the Min
istry Of Police in Budapest and the
chief at Nagy-karoly. so that at
noon, when the Baron and koblitz
put in All appearance at the rail-
way station, intending to fly after
finding that F'alconcr had gone and
that the secret wireless station had
been put out OF action-they we're
at once arrested and sent by the
next train under escort to Budapest.
Later. after much inquiry, the pc-
lice discovered that the pseudo
Baron-whosr real name was Frpnz
Haynald. wcll-known revolutieHist
had, with KoblItz aud a number Of
others. formed Il great and wide
spread political plot. financed by
Germany, to effect a union with
Hungary and Bavaria. Austria vas
TO be overthrown, Vienna occupied
jointly by Bavarian and Hungarian
troops. and Czecho- Slovaltia was to
lie blindtolded by creating a revolu-
ton in Jugo-slavia. The idea Vas,
with The aid Of Tzarist Russia, to