Evening star., 1936-04-26

and went round the side of the house.
The rain had ceased and all was quiet
outside. Under the corner lamp Dallas
stopped. did you get that" he
whispered to Wolf. They take us for
the Feds. Come on"
Where are we going?"
Inside, of course He's expecting
visitors, isn't hep
But why must We go in from out
side?"
Because he mustn't guess we've
been in already - can't stop to ex-
plain now. The important thing to
remember - but only if we can't
help giving our names - is that I'm
George Brewer and you're his friend
and colleague. Clarence Wilson"
Watt Wolf was peering round
the corner of the house. Il see no car
- how did he get here?"
Perhaps he sent his Car off, as we
did, and walked. Or came by boat"
But how did he enter the house,"
by the front door. of course"
Wolf shook his head IL would have
heard him - was only in the pas
sage, not dozen yards away. The
first knew there were voices in the
house. but rather faint, and | shut
the door quickly. After that, there
was a sort of thud; but heard no door
open. tell you"
What does it matter? Come on"
Dallas led the way round to the front.
No light was visible through the closed
shutters. He laid his hand resolutely
on the latch and the door swung open.
A rumbling voice said in English,
Good evening, gentlemen
A hanging lamp shed its smoky
radiance upon a man SO massively
built that his chair all but disappeared
beneath the spread of that gigantic
body. Paunched and flabby, but with
the hint of tremendous power in the
muscular development of the barrel
chest and the disproportionately long
arms, he sat silently regarding the in
truders from under extravagantly
tufted eyebrows; his hands, large and
hairy; folded on the crutch-handle of
his stick; the right foot, shod in its
monstrous boot. slightly drawn back.
1t was a forbidding face, ape-like
in its structure. the nose fiat and
broad with Cavernous nostrils, the
mouth cash parting coarse and cruel
lips; while the eyes burned with an
uncertain fire that spoke of excesses
of rage. sudden and uncomfortable.
He was fantastically hirsute. with
hands and cheekbones darkly thatched
and little tendrils of hair sprouting
at the nostrils and the ungainly pro-
truding ears.
He said ingratiatingly, in excellent
English, might | ask you to have the
goodness to come inside? Hans, shut
the door" A thick set Individual, who
emerged from behind the bar drew
the door to without a sound.
Would you leave our guests stand
ing? Chairs, EseW"
They sat down and silently. the big
man jerked his head towards the
passage as sign to his underling to
withdraw. He emitted cackling
laugh. well, shall give you a lead?
You're American secret service men,
are you not?"
The eyes. sharply vigilant. were
never still, as though on the alert to
pluck from the shadows beyond the
circle of light any shape that lurked
there While he talked he seemed to be
listening, too, his large head cooked at
an angle. Squatted in his chair, his
chin sunk on his weighty chest above
the ample paunch, he was like some
giant spider waiting for its prey.
And if we are?" said Dallas
you've been to the Hamburg
police about Fame, NIGHT w0hr2 To the
Gestabo in Berlin too. heard?" He
snapped his fingers airily. Let's see,
how was YOUR name again?'