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line, put up his rod, nnd counted and
weifrhed his fish. Tlien, liichtinK a pi(ie.
he peslunj? the heavy creel arrnas his
hack and starteil up the darkening path.
From his dripping tweeds the water
oozed; his shoes wheezed and slopp'd at
every step; he was tired, s<»ake<l, suc
cessful—but happy? Fossibly.
It wns dark whan the lighted windows
of the lodge twinkled across the hill; he
struck out over the meadow, head tient,
smoking furiously. y
On the steps of the club-house Colonel
Hyssop and Major Brent greeted him
with the affected heartiness of men who
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disliked his angling methods; the stew
ard brought out a pan; tlie fish were
line reeled, reweighed, measured, and en
tered on the eluh hook.
‘••Finest creel tins year,, sir,” said tb£
steward, admitinglv.
The Major grew^purple; the Colonel
C:irt*fiilly rt*ii»«*fisim*u tlw* Ur^n st fish.
“Twent\-one inelies, steward!” he said.
“Wasn’t my big fish of last Thursday
twenty-two?”
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“Nineteen, sir,” said the steward,
promptly.
“Then it shrank like the devil!” said
tlw Colonel. “By gad! it must have
shrunk in the creel!”
But laingtiaiii was in no mood to savor
his triumph. He rlinil>ed five stairs wear
ily, leaving little puddles of water on
each step, slop;ted down the hallway,
entered hi« nano, and sank into a chair,
too wear}', too sad even to think.
Presently he lighted -his lamp. He
deeded with his usual attention to de-^
tail, and touched the electric button
abos'e his tied. *
“Fm going tomorrow morning,” he said
to tlw servant who came; “rfThrn in an
hour and |>ark my traps.”
I.angham sat diwn. He had no in^
riination for dinner. With his chin
prop|ied on his clinched hands he sat
tlierr thinking. A sound fell.on his ear,
the closing of a door at the end of the
hall, the padded pairing of a dog's
feet, a scratching, a whine.'
He ojwned his door; tlw hull-terrier
trotted in and stood Iwfore him in silence.
His Higlfflirss held in his mouth a letter.
I anghaiu took the note with hands
that shook. He could scartvlv steady
them to o|ien tlw envclojie; Iw. could
M-afcelj see to read tlw lin«-:
"Why are you going away?”
He rose, made Ids way to his desk
like a blind man, nnd wrote,
“Because I love you." .
His Highness bore the missive away.
For mi hour he sat there in tlw lam|>-
lit rpotn.' The servant'came to pack up
for him, hut he sent the man hack, saying
that Iw might change his mind. .Then Iw
resumed his waiting, his head buried in
his hands. At last, when he could en
dure the silence llo longer, Iw rose and
walked tlw fhair, backward, forward,
pausing breathless to listen for tlw pat
ter ojf the dog's feet in the hall. But no
sound camei he stole to the d<a»r and
listened, tlwp stepped into tlw hall. The
light .still burned in her room, streaming
out through tlw transom.
She would never send another message
to him by His Highness'; he understood
that now. How he cursed liiniself for his
momentary Melusion! How Iw scorned
himself, for reading anything hut friendU
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kindness in her message! How Iw burned
with self-contempt for his r.-n^. brutal
reply, crude as the IdurtCil offer ■ of i
yokel!
That settled the matter. If he had
any decency left, he must, never offend
her eyes again. How • could he have
hoped? How could he have don.
Here, too!—here in this pi art' s„ s.nTt ”
fied to her by associations—here, u), o,,’.
she had come upon her pious pilgn' ..
—here, where at least Iw might h .w ,|,,,
her to her dead!
Suddenly, as he stood there. |„ r
opened. She saw him standing t> r ,
For a full minute they faced e.ieli • , .
Presently His Highness emerged t
Iwhind his mistress and trotted dot
the hail.
Behind His Highness- came | i s
tress, slowly, more slowly. The d ,
.fully held a letter Iwtween hi> t|
when l.arfghaiii saw ^ he sprang ty u
eagerly. \
“No, no?” slw said, •"f did not it,
I cannotcannot (ii\e up
the letter!”
He had the letter in his han<U li< r
fell over it; the color surged in!
face and neck. Tlw letter dropp< ,l .
her yielding hand; the Ihrili fmi ,
interlocked fingers made her faint. \ j
SHKSW’A YF.I) FOBW \U|) mu \ • ,
HIM, m< close that their lips t ,,.
then eliiiig, crushed in their firstTi'
MeaiiwhiU”His Highness picked ~
Utter and stood |M>Utei\ waiting
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masquerade of good-fellowship was only
a step in some pre-arranged plan, an
effort to make me feel at ease. tYhat
that plan was 1 could not, as yet, even
guess, yet dimly I connected its reveal-
ineiut With tlw disap|M aranee of the tier-
man rejNirter, and the pretended drunk
enness of .Fran/.en. The tatter was so
poor an actor I was compelled to sus
picion him, hut not hy so much as a
glance in his direcjjon did I reveal my
siiNpicioiiN to his chief. But tlw fellow
sition to make which may
est. of great interest.
”1 eann d imagine-
“Of oiurs*- not. However, it is not a
matter to Iw di.NCussrd •here. 1 ask for
only t« n minutes at, let us say, nine t<e-
inorrow. Your hotel?”
“The Congress.’’
The Air Pilot
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Iw of inter-
t.iking place. While not rendered totally
unconscious, yet my brain was numbed,
and it seemed impossible for me to move
a muscle. However, 1 realized, in a dim,
impersonal Way, that I w as lifted up,
carried swiftly across the walk outside.
to his chief,
was not content to remain unnoticed.
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We are filling in our stock wil
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Will convince you as to price
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“My own also; very convenient. I
take if for granted tlw reqm'st is granteil.
Seliiliitt, let's get Fnuizcn to Iwd.”
We all arose together, and passt-d out
/ into tlw ’rather narrow entrv-way.
He struck tlw table with one h-ilui, tip-, . ’ ,
_.. . . . / * Schmitt was talking with Miss Prohyq,
while Brandt held to Franzen, thus leav
ing nw for tlw moment alotie. The
proposition for a conf«-renee in the nn’rii-
ing hall relievtal me of any fears for the
present. I must wait till then to learn
more definitely what was Iwing at
tempted. Brandt, hy uiqking this en
gagement. had apparently accomplished
all he desired.. 1 had no longer any rea
son to suspect trickery, or a resort to
violence. Without doubt the (ienuans
«smsideretl me approaehahle, and would
attempt the money argument. Very wa ll,
I would learn then what lie console
in\ discoveries worth, and could
at him. The thought rcstt
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I was chuckling over yTiv situation
when Schmitt and Miw'Probyn disap
peared tliKnigh'tlw syringing doors onto
tlw sidewalk. Ahdost at the same in
stant these ojie^iied inward, and the red-
fviceil n-port/r hurst in. hastily, coming
face fo fX' with Franzen.; I heard an
oath add tlw sound of a Mow ; some-
oiitvfoppled over against uw. forcing me
y> pn-ss against the side wall for snp-
jxirt. Then I was -struck on the head
from Iwhind, and went down like ?i log.
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BRANDT SHOWS HIS HAND
the easiest method was to use m
I was surprised at tlw fellows* b-
tlwir resorting to tlw strong-arm
alone was evidence they ware a,
under urgent orders. My first t
that money was to bjevhe app''i
and thrust into a cab. 1 retame<l a flick- ' utterly failed. 1 hX had ad .)■(•
cring reeolleetion of Brandt’s face ^iressed shorter and uglieC means to obtain
close to-mine in tin - glare of an electric end. How much farther would tla v
light, and heard Franzen laugh spite- ture, if I proved obstinate? Die
fidly. pect was not pleasant, ami I .
“He’s dead to the world,” said some- hemled my own helplessness, ,,
one. “Turn on the juice, Carl; give hei^ Ij^olted more of the situation. 1
the limit.”
ping over the half-filled glass, |n an
endeavor to attract attention. /
“Dessaud! Dcssaud!" he replated, hie-
eougbing tlFe name dcrjgfvely. “Bah!
I’ve heard of him; he’s got a damn toy.
Who ever heard of a French uwchanie?”
“I think the world has heard of sX-
eral.” I answered, surpristd at this out-
hreak, yet holdinit ^ny tem|wr, “and the
toy flies”
‘How uImhiI Itheinis? Did it fly then.
Monsieur Frenchman?”
•• \ plane broke; aeeidents are alwavs
possible.” Mv glance fell upon tlw man's
extended hand; it was that of a me
chanic, with stubby fingers and close
dinned nails. So Iw was Ilic ex|wrt.
• You have siicli eveh in (lermany.”
"Mav he so,” stuldtornlv, “but your
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whole principle is Wrong."
“What do \ on know about that?"
“What do I know
Brandt's hand grip|w«l the fellowjp
arin.
“That’s enough. Fran/a n,” Irt- s dd,
sternly. “Wc are not. here to discuss
aviation, or quarrel over flags. Finish
jour beer, and we'IJ p»." /
He teaned closer to me and w hisp^fvvl.
"We’ll leave the drunken f<*ol/?it the
linttl. I would like a mouicm’s cpiiet
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talk with you Somewhere”'
'“But I am with Miss' I’robvn."
" \ brief a|>pointnivfit tomorrow morn
ing will d i. Monsieur. I have a pr.ijsi-
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riien mv head fell back on someone’s
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shoulder, and I lost all consciousness. • 1
retain some slight nrolleetioft of Iwing
aroused again when tlw ca|>'stopped, of
far-awaj" voices talking^ and of being
lifted out. Then I /lapsed again into
total darkness. When I aw^jvened , the
.second time I \Xs lying half-dressed on
a Iwd. There was no light in the room,
hut an lux-n doorway revealed a second
apartownt in Which lights were burning.
1 sjpv no one,,yet almost the first sound
tfstinguished was that hateful laugh of
Franzen. It hrought me to an instant
realization of all that had occurred.
“Not much reward for the risk. Cap-.
tain,” Iw said clearly in Herman. “These
letters tell nothing.”
“We’ve got tlw plan, haven’t we?” was
the gruff answer.
“Ye*, if that is any comfort, hut there
is no proof that he will talk.”
"You can leave that to me; he’ll either
talk, or not fly. Did Schmitt say he
couldn’t siwak Herman?"
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girl saiil. It
You got
Ids gun?”
“In the drawer there—a nasty weapon.
Better look at the fellow again, Fritz."
I heard a chair pushed hack, and lay
flat with my eves closed, hoping tlw in-
vestigator would deem me still tincon-
Tlw blow felled me flat, and I had scions, and g • hack to Ids Conversation,
hut the vaguest impression of what was There was much I desired to learn, and
“Sun’ij that’s w hat the
was her htwiress to find out.
confess, what troubled me most u
apparent perfidy of the'young w
I had trusted her, IwliVvrd in her f
ship, still it was clear enough ii"\v
slie must have deliberately lured i
t > this rough manhandling, and'! n
stood idly hy wliile I was being h
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away. But did she? If so, if she
that sort, a willing part of tlw <
acy, why should she have deceive.: ^X
relative to my knowledge of (It rrnX I
eertainlj had reason to bless her/f
All these thoughts flashed Xro'n-' 1
mind as I lay tlwre with ehised
barely permitting mys«*Tf to hrt ■
while Franzen sihlktly crossed tin >
and bent over me. It seemed as
would never finish, as he stood
fingers on my wrist counting the p
hut finally, he released his gr i ;
turned away. Through .slightly : •’ i
lashes I watched him disappear ie*
other room; their lifted mv heavl t
“Still dead to the world,” lie n | ’ I
shortly, and a shadow on the w.ill I
me lie had paused to pour out a 'v,,
“You must have soakixl him gooi) r
“A hit harder than I intended,"
turned Brandt eoniposedly, “hut it :
rigid; he’ll come around. We’ll giw
a half hour more,” and I Jward the
of his watch, “and then trv Iln X^i
water cure. Ho down and call tty/S-h:-- '
on the ’phone, Fritz. I want to In
he' has got that girl safety corr.i
“When- is he?”
(To l>e Continued.)
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