Evening star., 1925-05-08
Continued from Yesterdays Star)

OlIIeI 1lOuIs hdAS 1OI IldIlISilii, Sdo-
ton"
He handed over the map to me,
with which to check our route. We
had been heading in the opposite di-
rection; that is to say, along the
Lehrte road. Under my directions,
CASTOR made a wide sweep south in
the outskirts of the town till we struck
tho main road. The signpost showed
us to be forty-three kilometers from
our immediate goal, and we set our
selves TO get there if possible In as
many minutes.
AS we flew along, CASTOR explained
in snatcheS how he had come to our
rescue. He had been on the point
of entering the Cafe Kropcke when
Rehmy and 1 were arrested, and he
had Immediately followed the Black
Maria at a suitable distance In cab,
in order to discover our destination.
When he saw that we were conducted
to a private house, and not to the
town Jail, he Immediately OWNED that
we had once more fallen into the
hands of the Professor. or of his
subordinates quartered in Hanover.
He had spent considerable length
of time in reConnoiterinS the house,
and had waited until dusk was fall
ing before endeavoring to effect an
entry.
His task had not been easy. All
the ground floor windows had proved
to be bolted on the inside, and he had
finally climbed up a drain pipe, aided
by the roots of a thick creeper. and
entered through a window on the
first floor.
by the luck of the devil, mes
amis," said CASTOR, II chose the room
in which Mademoiselle Harvel was
imprisoned. 1 chose also the best pos
sible moments for my arrival, for she
was struggling violently in the arms
of Fritz. In fact, the first thing that
came to me as / jumped to the floor
was her scream for assistance. l ran
toward them at once, and Fritz was
on me like fash, but l put bullet
through him before he reached me.
He dropped at my feet, dead as NUT
Ton
Castor seldom misses" interposed
rRehnly, who had been listening
eagerly from the back of the car. But
how did you know that Fritz mad the
document" he asked.
He had been boasting of the fact to
Mile. Harvel moment before" Gas
ton replied. mile. Harvel, whose
courage and presence of mind l shall
never forget. told me at once that he
had it. 1t was in his breast pocket,
and l needn't say that 1t was very
SOOll lTdIlSIeIi Su " AASli L
bolted into the passage. with Mile.
Harve: after me, and down the stairs
There was a green baize door in the
hall below With d key in the lock,
which 1 was careful to turn"
The servants had thus been for the
moment imprisoned, and he had made
at once for the only other door visible,
which led to the room in which the
Professor was engaged with Rehmy
hAfn
entering to wreck the telephone,
which was situated just outside the
green baize door, in the hall, and he
had also put the electric bell out of
order. which, as you may remember,
did not ring when the Professor press
cd It. An instant later he had thrown
open the door, seen what was hap
pening and laid Josef fiat upon the
floor.
BY the time CASTOR had concluded
his narrative we were in the outskirts
of Hamelin. We slowed down and ran
the car into a field, where we aban-
loned IT.
We then walked along the road to
ward the town, discussing our next
move. Beatrice, I should mention, was
without coat or hat, as. indeed, were
Rehny and myself, though CASTOR
was fairly respectable. We should
have been completely frozen during
the drive from Hanover had not the
car fortunately been full of rugs.
Presently the road along which we
were walking became dotted with
small houses, some just finished and
others still in course of construction.
We halted at one which was still par
TALLY unroofed.
Rehmy instructed CASTOR to go for
ward into the town and purchase over
coats for ourselves and hat and coat
for Beatrice. He was then to look up
a train going either West, to Here
ford, or South, to Paderborn, from
both of which towns Dortmund was
easily accessible.
While CASTOR hurried to execute
these instructions we went to ground
in the half-built house. Beatrice and
I took cover in a room on the ground
floor, evidently designed to be the
dining room or best parlor. Rehmy
kept watch in the porch outside.
We sat down on the hard floor COW
cred with shavings, side by side, and
looked at each other. Suddenly Be
atrice burst out laughing. She shook
with it uncontrollably, hysterical after
the terrible strain of her abduction
and Imprisonment.
Your clothes, Tom" she gasped.
''What w-Wonderful sight"
"karl's clothes,'' l corrected her.
"His taste was not infallible."
Then I remembered that Karl was
dead. I had hardly realized it yet.
Her face changed.
"Oh. Tom" she whispered. thank
God that your friend CASTOR was in
time
I put an arm round her, and mo-
ment later she was sobbing on my
shoulder. I do not know how long
we were in that little room. 1t might
have been 10 minutes or it might have
been an hour. l was dazed by my
sudden change in fortune and the
exquisite JOY Of having Beatrice so
near to me. We sat there, holding
cast to each other, scarcely speak
except the fact that we were again
together.
We were recalled to a sense of
bur danger by the appearance of
Gaston in the frame Of the door,
coughing automatically, with several
brown paper parcels under his arm
and a cardboard box in his hand.
Your hat, mademofselle," he said. |
II have done my best, but 1 know |
is quite unworthy of YOU"
Beatrice smiled at him, and open |
ing the box, was soon engaged in |
quitting on a small velvet toque of
vivid blue, and brown travelling |
tell. Her costume was completed by !
, gray check coat. / thought she !
boxed perfectly charming, though |
khe declared she looked like nothing
IN earth. CASTOR had taken less
arouble where l was concerned. He |
provided me with a mustard-colored !
kbomination, the overcoat largely af- |
kcted by the travelling German, and |
D. hideous chessboard cap. Rehmy |
was given a soft black felt hat and !