Evening star., 1923-02-25

an enemy Of the brotherhood. How
long you and she have been working
In colluston I do not know, but 1T
would be difficult for me to believe
other. As She has represented. were
1t not for the promptness with which
you, in order to save her life, drank
liquor you believed to contain poison"
You would have shot her had !
not done So?" Rennison asked.
"Assuredly." Seafalcon answered.
then he added. bitterly: "And 1 regret
that your compliance with my de-
mand prevented me doing So"
"As you have said, time is flying"
Rennison suggested sternly.
True" Seafalcon assentcd What
remains to be told must be said
quickly, but 1T is essential that 1t
reach no ears other than yours, Miss
mand here now, and tho men below
are yours. Tell them, then, it is your
purpose to draw up tho ladder and
close the trap"
Disregarding the alarm that leap
ed into Miriam's eyes, Rennison
nodded and stepped to the open trap.
"Catherwood" he called
A voice below answered sharply.
I'm going to raise the ladder and
close the door," Rennison explained.
stand by until you hear from me
again."
This time tho response came more
slowly-wtth an unmistakable note OF
reluctance.
AS Rennison drew up the ladder
tossed 1t to the floor and closed the
! trapdoor, Seafalcon watched him
| meditatively.
over the features Of the brother
| hood chief now came a change. His
| face grew whittier and faint smile
played nervously on his lips. as, sit
| ting on corner Of the table, he
| reached for the long envelope he had
| taken from one Of his pockets a few
minutes before. The hand shook
| slightly and tho low chuckle that
, issued from his lips had a metallic
| harshness to 1t.
IT'S all here. Rennison-the $780,
burton" he said. Wen not take the
| time or trouble to count 1t now But
| the full amount is here-two hundred
| one-thousand dollar bills-crisp and
| new. Standing at this table, you
might have counted them-but you
them. Rennison-never. For in the
class with 'cooties,' rattlesnakes,
\ tarantulas and centipedes l place all
traitors to our country. All are YER
| min and should be exterminated."
| I'm glad to hear YOU say so," the
wondering Rennison replied, per
! With little laugh, Seafalcon tossed
the envelope back on the table. as he
| went on:
And SO. once had obtained from
you the secret Of Channines inven-
| tion, I would have made short work
| Of you-and your confederate here.
! 1t IS fortunate for US both that all
| has done tonight"
! For US both Renuison exclaime d,
+! quietly.
Yes. for, continuing TO live, you
| by completing the task ] have begun.
! My fortune lies in rest-a long, long
| rest from loathesome labor"
! Frowning and watching the broth
| erhood chief intently, Rennison step
F.; ped behind Mriams chair and laid
Seafalcon poured liquor into glass
and drank.
"Rennison." he began. like all Of
our countrymen. you have learned,
we are nation Of fools-Esaus. who
have been selling our political birth
right for messes Of Industrial pot
tage. AS a result of our educational
away from the soil and from the me-
chanical trades. thus making it
necessary to keep wide open our
Atlantic gateways that the surplus
populations Of Europe might fow in
to do that work which American
manhood. focking. to clerkships in
offices and stores. disdained to do
The Anglo oSaxon race. being Ger
manic in its ORGAN, found little diff
Guilty in assimilating the millions
who came to IL from the homelands
Of other Germantc nations-Scandi-
navia, Holland and Belgium. and, un-
til the war. Germany itself. Other
races, though accepting American
citizenship, maintain their integrity
as races. To them the great heri-
tage OF Anglo-Saxon means nothing.
magma charta, the bill Of rights,
the magnificent effiorescence of Ang-