Evening star., 1925-04-21
Continued from Yesterdays starr

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Rehmy was particularly anxious
rs | afterward discovered, he was
less preoccupied with the chances of 4
struggle than with a plan which he
mad already begun to form in his mind
| for the recovery of the document.
| For the success of this plan 1t was
! essential that the professor should not
interrupt us in the work of substi-
tuting Karl for myself. 1t will per-
| haps convey some idea of the almost
| inhuman coolness and resource of this
devoted servant of the French Re-
public that he should even at this
perilous moment be thinking ahead
| of our immediate problem.
BY this time Karl was dressed
from head to foot in the clothes of
Thomas Preston. We bound him with
the same cords as had been used on
me and gagged him with the silk
| handkerchief, finally laying him on
the faggots, where | had lately been
deposited by Josef and his companion
What Is the next move?" said
CASTOR, as he rose to his feet
III go to the villa" I said, "and
see if l can find Beatrice Mean
While, you two might conceal your
selves near the main entrance. You
can't help me in the house, and you
cannot afford to be seen. AS soon as
L have located Beatrice, and If the
coast is clear, I'll take her to the
professors car, slip away and pick
you up Just outside the garden"
Excellent" said Rehmy 1--WE will
go and hide the boat. The professor
would think it odd If he saw it tied
up to the jetty."
We'll deal with that at once" said
CASTOR.
Take this" he said to me, handing
me a police whistle, land blow 1t
three times if you are in any diff
Guilty. We shall be within earshot,
and we'l get to you if we have to
shoot our way through
l nodded, and, looking out, saw that
the coast was clear.
A moment later we all three slipped
from the chalet, boiling the door be-
hind us. Castor and Rehmy made
straight for the jetty, where I soon
heard sounds of a boat being cautious
ly propelled across the water, while l
went toward the villa. Half way
across l looked around and saw that
my French friends We're steering for
clump of willows about fifty yards
down the bank, in which they would
be able to conceal the boat
| stepped onto the veranda, and
my ilCtl Dcdl dppIcCldDly faster WnSn
L saw that l was about to meet the
professor himself followed by his two
man servants. He was, carrying a
small phial and a hypodermic needle,
perhaps the same as that which he
had used on Beatrice. We met on
the veranda, and for a moment / fear
ed that 1 should not be able to de-
ceive him. His first words, however,
dfspelled my apprehensions.
SO you have been talking to our
English friend, my dear Karl" he
said. I'm sorry to have kept him
waiting for so long, but I found that
l had no more of solution 26 made up,
and it required a little time to pre-
pare it,
He looked at me quizzically, and,
though l put up a good front, I was
inwardly weak as water.
Doubtless he continued, you
would like to be present at the little
ceremony which is about to . take
place. You are obviously a man of
simple pleasures. I'm afraid that is
impossible, however. l am expecting
telephone call at any moment from
Major Adler, and there must be
responsible officer in the house to an
swer 1t. | would accordingly ask you
to remain in the villa
1 collected all my courage and sud
denly heard myself say:
"And the English girl?"
The professor smiled.
You men of action are all alike"
he complained, always inordinately
interested in any member of the op-
poSite sex. Miss Harvel is by this
time, I trust, comfortably awaiting US
in the car. If she is not already there,
please see that she is taken thither
without loss of time"
clicked my heels, as I had seen
Karl do. and replied, "Zu befehl, Herr
Professor"
He smiled at me and proceeded to
the garden, followed by the two man
servants, one of whom, noticed, was
bearing length of rope, to which an
iron hook was attached.
! entered the house, intending to
slip out as soon as the professor was
out of sight and look for the car,
which was presumably in the front
drive. Immediately inside, however,
l came face to face with Elsa. She
was arrayed in the costume in which
had first seen her, complete to the