Evening star., 1925-04-03


explain to you-
"A bad habit. Karl" sighed the Pro-
fessor. IF you do not know the
whereabout Of Adolf there is moth
ing you can usefuliy say. Adolf in
any case is a side issue. He carried
out his Instructions in handing a GER
tain document to you, and the fact
Will be noted to his credit. You will
now please endeavor to emulate his
example. To begin with. your Uncle
Fritz. as chief Of staff, will give you
some good advice" '--ss-
The man with the Mensur marks
cleared his throat in a manner that
reminded me painfully of certain dis
agreeable interviews IN the orderly
room, which, in common with most
young men OF my generation, had
not altogether succeeded in avoiding.
mo = more :: monkey tricks. young
feller. You've done quite enough
harm as IL is. You come late. You
cause us endless trouble. You dis
obey Instructions. You put up al the
wrong hotel under an unknown alias,
you talk to unknown men and lunch
with unknown women; you interview
the police; in fact, you're -a-er-
COMPOUNDED nuisance. Now listen to
me-"
was lying in front of him on the
table. and looked it over. -
These are your Instructions. I'll
read them to you, and you'll obey
them to the letter.
The aperson to whom the document
is to be delivered left Basel last night
and has gone back TO Hanover. We
couldn't persuade him to stop. Well.
you'll have to go after him, and it'll
be difficult, very difficult. You'll trav-
Ell to Munich by air, starting at .
o'clock tomorrow. Until then you'll
remain here. The Professor" and he
looked at the man with the silky
beard, will give you fresh papers
and see that you're properly dis
suised.
Meanwhile" he concluded, "as a
simple matter of form, you will please
show me the document you had last
night from Adolf. and Sign a receipt
to the effect that 1t has been formally
intrusted to you by Section O."
There was a slight pause as he
ended, and the three men looked
at me expectantly. :. The moment had
at last arrived when L was to be
allowed to speak.
I,seized the occasion the more read
ilv az thought ! now saw a way
Of escape.
II cannot show you the document" !"
l said. :.
The man called Fritz glared at me
anErly.
."Insolent puppy" he exclaimed.
MY authority isn't good enough for
you. l suppose. Only Karl Won En-
merich, with friends in Hanover. may
be allowed to see such writings"
II cannot show you the document
because / don't happen to possess it
not at this moment" responded
coolly. --.
"What?"
Fritz. the man with the Mensur
| marks, bounded in his seat. Schreck-
ermann. the bald-headed man, had
| stricken look.
The Professor leaned gently for
ward.
.Do I understand" he asked, that
! you have seen At to come here this
afternoon without the document
That is So" - ~ =
"Is not that rather extraordinary?''
Its all rather extraordinary"
| answered wearily. And since you
don't appear to need any explana-
Fritz really wishes to see the docu-
ment 1 received last night. you
would do well to let me go and
fetch it. I shall be with you again
! in 20. minutes
with all the largest policemen
l can ffnd"-I added silently for my
own information.
The Professor was looking at me
| intently; SO stared defiantly at
Fritz. whose CLASSY eye was much
| more easily met.
This begins to be interesting"
! the Professor meditated aloud. do
you know. Karl. / am almost Begin
ming to have>a doubt as.to your good
| faith-nothing much. only the merest
small suspicion.
What do you, say Maj. Adler?'
he concluded. turning to the man
with the Mensur. sears.
He hasn't t-told us yet where he
p.put the d-document." observed
Schreckermann.
Hes coming to. that said the
Professor. II feel sure that sooner
| or later he will tell US everything
| we wish to know"
It's perfectly simple" 1 assured
! him. THE document is now at my