Evening star., 1925-05-05
THE SEVEN SLEEPERS
4 Thrilling Norel of By FRANCIS BEEDNG
International Intrigue co,,i,s. 49,, h LIN, s,.co,
By FRANCIS BEEDING
Copyright, 1925. b, Little, Brown & Co

was your own, Herr Professor. You
must have killed the wrong man"
Quite So" said the professor, who
! had now recovered his customary
equanimity. quite so, Maj. Adler.
l admit that for some two hours l
was myself at fault"
The document" asked Fritz.
Have you also recovered that"
II have no doubt" replied the Pro
| fessor, that if you were to search in
! the pockets of Mr.. Preston or of
/ Capt. Rehmy, you would find 1t with
! out any serious difficulty
Fritz needed no further prompting.
He came up to me and tore feverishly
at my coat. a moment later the en-
velope containing the document was
in his hands. He could scarcely re-
press a shout of triumph.
II thought so,' murmured the Pro
fessor. Now, Maj. Adler. if you will
kindly look at the paper you have in
your hand, / believe you Will find that
the eighth signature, which we so
of the document"
Fritz opened the envelope, took out
the document and looked at it eagerly.
An expression of unwilling admiration
came into his face.
Herr Professor" he said, you are
wonderful"
The Professor Shook his head smil-
ingly.
Not at all. my dear major. l have
merely brought to bear little COM
mon sense. Perhaps you would not
take it amiss if l were to tell you
what / have been doing during the
last 48 hours. / am sure it would
interest Capt. Rehmy and Mr.. Pres
ton"
He settled himself against the man
telpiece and began. 1t seems that his
suspicious had first been aroused by
the disappearance of the car, which
we had stolen for the drive to Basel
AT first he had assumed that Won En-
merich had driven to garage to fill
up the tanks with petrol and that he
would shortly return. An hour had
elapsed, however, without any sign of
the car of Won Emmerich, and the
Professors suspicious had by this time
been thoroughly awakened. 1t was
not long before 1t occurred to him that
substitution of Won Emmerich for
Preston might have been effected in
the chalet; and. as the police Of
Geneva, led to the spot by Adolf, had
already removed the body of his vic
tim to the morgue, the professor sent
Adolf back to Geneva to identify the
corpse. Adolf, on his return, reported
that the body was that of Won EN-
merich. He had identified it by the
scar above the left knee, which l had
| noticed myself in the hut at Bellerive.
The Professor lost no time in vain
regrets. He had gone at once with
Adolph and his servants to the chalet
at EerSoix, hoping to pick up the
trail of the Frenchmen. There they
had caught sight of Miss Harvel my
heart sank when l heard her name),
!
with limp, dressed for motoring, and
standing beside the big Peugeot, which
had evidently been quickly repaired.
The Professor at once instructed the
two servants to hide themselves close
by the gate of the drive leading to the
chalet, which, as you may remember,
was situated at a short distance from
the main road and screened by belt
of small frs. They had waited there
until the Peugeot, containing Beatrice,
Jerry and the chauffeur, had come
slowly down the drive. Josef and his
companion had sprung on the foot
board, overpowered Jerry and the
chauffeur and gagged Beatrice. Jerry
and the chauffeur they had deposited
/ in the clump of fir trees, and Josef
| had then driven the whole party to
| Ba sci, where they had arrived very
| late the same night. The Professor
| gone to Basel with my French friends,
and this conjecture was, Of course,
confirmed on his arrival in that city.
At Basel the Professor was at once
! informed of the events at die Drei
| Konigen." Fritz and Schreckermann
had by this time started in chase of
Rehmy and CASTOR, in the belief that
! they had run off with the document.
The Professor was not for a moment
| deceived, and discreet inquiries at
Die Drei Konigen" had ELECTED the
| fact that a gentleman corresponding
to the description of Won Emmerich
had taken the 1885 train for Han
over. The Professor and his suite had
accordingly taken the first available
train for that city, and had arrived
there early in the morning of the day
on which Ludenburg had signed the
! document.
From the moment that he knew
that / had gone to Hanover the Pro
fessor had decided to give me all the
rope needed till the document was
sii aed. Now that Won Emmerich was