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Commander of the German Submarine U-53. $s I . . m 1 under: ore Ro,:2rei ryj ind Co-Author of ) Copyrlsht, 1018, By The Miciulay Company "IT PAYS TO ADVER.TISB" Cg) OF CURRENT WEEK A V 4 i Brief Resume of General News From All Around the Earth. IIOTSAL HAPPENINGS IN A NUTSHEU live News Items of All Nations and Pacific Northwest Condensed for Our Busy Readers. The keet of the superdreadnnught California, building at the Mare Island navy-yard, will be laid October 25, the navy department bus announced. The Labor Temple, the largest log building In Alaska, built last winter by the Alaska labor union, wag de stroyed Tuesday night by fire caused by a defective flue. The loss Is $12,000. The heaviest snowstorm of any au tumn in the past ten years prevailed In the Michigan copper country Tues day. All shipping waB forced to seek belter, and Lake Superior was do erted by boats. Wholesale prices on men's and wo mon's footwear have been advanced 60 to 75 cents a pair within tho lust three days and cortaln lines have been withdrawn entirely from tho market, owing to a shortage In leather. John 8. O'Connor, plonoor cut-glass manufacturer and inventor, died at his home at Hawlny, Pa., as the result of a fall. Mr. O'Connor cut the gluss that took first prize at the Purls expo sition. He was born In Londonderry, Ireland, June 6, 1831. Seventy-four hostile aeroplanes, of which 21 were French and 53 were British, were shot down by the Ger mans during September, according to an exact list compiled by the Gorman military authorities, says an Overseas News Agency statement. Ernest Oils, a sentenced burglar, scaled the 30-foot eaHt wall of the pen itentiary at Jollct, III., with a braided twine rope and escaped. Twenty feet from where he went over the wall a guard was on watch with a rifle, but he failed to see the convict. President Wilson and Secretary of War Baker cabled Governor HarrlBon, of the Philippines, asking him to con vey their greetings to the Filipino peo ple on the occasion of the convening of the first Philippine legislature com posed entirely of natives. The United Statos supreme court re fused to review the convictions of four labor leaders In the 1913 West Vir ginia coal strike who were sentenced to six months' Imprisonment for con tempt bf court in falling to obey an Injunction by a federal district judge. The Culebra Island naval station off the Porto Klcan coast was almost com pletely destroyed lust week by a hurri cane which swept that vicinity. The station has been practically abandon ed by the navy, and only a fow houses and supplies, used by the marines who practice advance base maneuvers, are left Plans for a campaign to make Chi cago "dry" In 1918 were formally an nounced at a luncheon of the Dry Chi cago Federation. Fifty thousand dol lars was pledged to carry on the cam paign. It is planned to submit the question to a referendum vote In the spring of 1918. Ex-Representative Hobson, of Alabama, spoke at the meeting at which the campaign was launched. After several hours' struggle with the hoaviest sea in months, the coast guard crew from Manistee, Mich., suc ceeded In rescuing P. T. Dally, a con tractor, and eight workmen, who were carried out into Lake Michigan on a derrick bcow which earlinr in the day broke from its moorings hore during a fierce storm. The nine men were nearly eight miles out In Lake Mich! gan when tho coastguard reached , them. Although the registration 6t 738.710 voters In New York City exceeded last year's record by 70,899, the predic tions of political leaders were not ful filled. Tho Complete registration fig ures now available bIiow a gain of 33, 424 over the registration for the last presidential election In 1912. Pollti clans have prophesied that a total of 750,000 to 800,000 would be attained One reason given for the failure to reach these figures Is the return to Europe of many men of foreign birth. Reports from the Portland office of the bureau of labor statistics of Ore gon, show that during July and August 1663 applications for help and 5139 ap plications for employment were re ceived. The bureau furnished employ ment lor 4001 persons in the two months. ' Ten army machine guns of the most up-to-date design, which will consti tute the government's principal evi dence In the baring of an alleged plot to violate the neutrality laws of the United States by shipping the arms to Mexico, arrived In Los Angeles Fri day and were immediately seized by ieaerai authorities. A delegation nf nlr mnn fnm tho Danish West Indies, who were chosen oy me colonial councils of the islands, left San Juan for Denmark to report tO the Committee With rprrarri to tltn sale of the islands to the United Btates. The delegation has been In structed to recommend the sale. Late renorts concnrnlnir n,a ovMnna which struck the Danish West Indies islands early In the week show that the country districts In the island of St. Crotx suffered heaw A tire villages and numerous mills were oesiroyea. Tne damage done In St. Thomas is estimated to exceed $1,000, 000. The British steamship City of Ma dras wag overhauled off Ambrose Channel lightship Friday by the Unit ed States torpedo-boat destroyer Ster- rett ana Drought back to Clifton, Sta ten Island. The City of Madras had ignored the war vessel's signal to stop when it left quarantine. Ex-King Otto, of Bavaria, who has been insane for many years, has died suddenly, according to a Copenhagen . dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph company, quoting a Berlin official an nouncement The mad king died at Fuerstenried castle, near Munich, where he had been confined since 1873. Captain II a n I Rose, commander of tho U-G3 of the German navy, sank at least six per haps soven-steam-erg off Nantucket lightship within twenty-four hours after he loft New port, Saturday. Ills action hag brought about strained re lations with Ger many, relations more strained than at any time since the sinking of the Lusltanla. -V" CRUSHED TO DEATH IN FREIGHT WRECK Ten Dead and Eleven Injured in Rear End Stock Train Smash-up. CABOOSE GROUND INTO BITS Five Escape by Jumping Hot Box Halts Section of Train Crew Fail to Put Out Signals. Elwood, Neb. Ten men were killed, fatally crushed, and 11 others ser iously injured when a train on the Burlington railroad crashed into the freight caboose In which these were riding, 12 miles east of here Sunday morning. Five other men, standing on the rear platform of the caboose, saw the approaching train soon enough to Jump to safety. One other man in the caboose cupola was thrown clear of the wreck and escaped injury, The trains In collision were the sec ond and third sections of a regular stock train. Lack of lights and warn ing signals is given by survivors of tho collision as the cause of the acci dent All the victims are residents of Ne braska towns of western and central parts of the state, most of them farm ers or stockmen. The second section train had stop ped at a point about half way between Smlthfleld and Bortrand because of hot boxes. Members of the crew were at work on the hot boxes when the third sec tion, running 10 minutes behind the first, crashed into a caboose, It is declared that the erew of the second section had failed to put out torpedoes or lights to warn the train following, and that tho headlight on the engine pulling the third section had gone out. No one was aware of the danger until the third section was within a fow yards of the rear end of the second. Tho engineer reversed his engine but he could not Btop. The heavy stock train Jammed Into the train ahead, driving the wayenr under a car of cattle ahead. The 21 men on the floor of the caboose were Jammed Into a space of less than four foot In width and this was filled with wreckage. The railroad ran a special train from Holdredge with physicians and the Injured were taken to Hast ings for hospital carre. Prices On Shoes Soaring. Pittsburg. Wholesale prices on men's and women's footwear have been advanced 50 to 75 cents a pair within the last 72 hours and certr.ln lines have boen withdrawn entirely from the market owing to a shortage In leather, according to announcement here by officers of the Pennsylvania Shoe Travelers' association. Many letters were read from firms manu facturing shoes announcing an ad vance of 37 to 60 cents a pair on up per stock and eight to 10 cents a pound on sole leather. Canal Strike Spreading. Panama. The strike started by ne gro workors on the Panama Canal Is spreading, 500 streetcar employes hav ing gone out, completely tying up the road. The bakers threaten to walk out in sympathy. The police have closed the headquarters of the strikers to prevent street assemblies. Prisoners are cleaning the streets of Panama, the regular cleaners hav ing quit work. There were many fights Monday, but no fatalities. The strike has not interrupted dredging in the canal. Twelvs Fly In Great Air Boat Buffalo, N. Y. An enormous flying boat built after the lines of the Amer ica, with 11 passengers seated in the cabin, and the pilot, made a trial trip at a height of 600 feet over Lake Keu ka Monday afternoon. The new flying boat has a greater spread of wing than the America, It Is not of the tractor type. There are two pusher propellors, each operated by an eight-cylinder motor of 200- horsepower. Exchange Seats $74,500 New York A seat on the New York Stock Exchange was sold Wednesday for $74,500. an advance on the last sale of $4500. This sale marked the high record for the year. 4 1 PS New loan of $250,000,000 Puts (heck on Rapid Imports Chicago. Beyond question, the flo tation of the British loan of $250,000, 000 In this market in the early part of September has been instrumental In checking the flow of gold to this country, and to that extent, has been beneficial. Up to the third week in September the gold Imports this year aggregated $384,450,000, against exports of $93, 600,000, so that the. excess of imports over exports this year has been $291, 445,000, which compares with an ex cess In gold Imports over exports for the corresponding period of last year of $247,171,000. Whether gold Imports can be long held In check Is a difficult question to dotermlne, as much depends upon the British requirements and the attitude of the American banks and the Invest ment public. But It is certain that sooner or later gold will again flow Into this country In considerable vol ume, unless, of course, the war should come to a sudden and unexpected ter mination. This enormous accumulation of gold which has taken place since the begin ning of the war Is resulting in a tre mendous expansion in various forms of credit. This expansion Is a form of Inflation, but, being based upon gold, Is not dangerous One of the unfortunate results of the upward tendency of prices Is the effect that they have on corporations having a fixed earning rate, for these corporations can only Increase their revenue from an increase in volume, and, naturally, there are limitations even on that. This applies especially to tho railroads, foreign Submarine Sighted Off Georgia Coast; Shipowners Worry Savannah, Ga, The presence of a submarine of undetermined national Ity off Tybee Bar, off Savannah, was reported to local custom house offl clals and to the British consul here, It was learned Wednesday. Officials at both the custom house and consul ate refused to say where their Infor mation came from, but each empha sized the statement that it was "en tirely unofficial." No American un dersea boats are believed to be in these waters. It was reported In marine circles hore that the naval-yard at Charles ton, S. C, had been advised by wire less of the presence as early as Mon day afternoon of a submarine off Ty bee bar. Custom house officials and those of the British consulate said their information was that a submer sible was off the bar Wednesday. Sev eral allied merchant ships are in port here, and officers of several acknowl edged that they were "slow in load ing," although all declared reports of submarine activities would not pre vent their departure. Eleven U-Boat Victims Saved. London. A report that 11 men from the Norwegian steamship Ravn, sunk by a submarine In the Arctic last month, have been rescued, Is said by the Exchange Telegraph's Chrtstlania correspondent to have been received by the Norwegian foreign office. Four other men perished from exhaustion ami a boat containing five men was lost. The Norwegian shipowners' associa tion has demanded that the govern ment take measures to protect Nor wegian steamers. King Hopes For Peace. London. The hope of King William of Wurttemburg for "a speedy aud honorable peace," is expressed In a telegram to the German Chancellor, V)t. von Bothmann-Hollweg, as Quoted In a Heuter dispatch. The king's mes sage, sent in response to the chancel lor's congratulations on the 25th anni versary of his accession to the throne, is quoted as follows: "May God give a speedy and honorable peace which will guarantee us further progress. May he guide your excellency, in whose wise leadership I firmly trust." Weyerhaeuser Director, 8t Paul. Frederick E. Weyerhaeus er, son of the late Frederick Weyer haeuser, multimillionaire lumberman, was elected a director of the Great Northern Railway company to fill the vacancy caused by the death of James J. 11111, at a meeting of the board of directors held In the offices of Louts W. Hill, president of the railway com pany. The meeting preceded the an nual meeting of stockholders of the Great Northern Railway. , 8YNOPSI3. The chief characters are Ethel Wll louKhby, Henry HtrHtman und Opt. Lurry Hedmnnil, '1'he minor characters are Hlr CeuiKu WattHtufT of the brltUli admiralty anil Charles ftrown, a Now York newspaper correaponrient. Eth"l. n rexldent or Hlr Oecirxe'e household, scoretly married Btreatmnn, a German spy, thoutrh she did not know him a iich, Captain Redmond, nor old lover, returns to Knglund after lonif absence. From him the learna the truth about Hlreotman: furthermore, that he ha betrayed her limply to iearn naval ae creta. The European war broaka out . Betrayed by a German spy, and feeling that her life had been wrecked by his perfidy, Ethel prepares to wreak a ven geance that will help to take away some of the rancor In her heart and at the same time be of service to her country. Truly there Is no wrath Ilka a wronged woman's. An exciting scene be tween the girl and her false hus band Is pictured In this Install ment Streetman, the German spy, calls on Ethel Just after she has learned of his deceit: CHAPTER X. Continued. Streetman waited until the butler had withdrawn before he so much as spoke to ber. Then be faced ber ex pectantly. "Did you see Sir George?" be de manded nlmost threateningly, It seemed to Ethel. "Yes!" she replied quietly, though her every nerve was strung taut to meet the call upon ber woman's strategy. "The Beet did you find out about lite fleet?" lie could not get the words out of his mouth fast enough. "Yes! After what you said, what else could I do?" "Quite sol" He made no attempt to conceal his Insolence. "Has It sailed?" lie asked her lmputiently. "Yes." "Where did It go? Quick, tell me!1 By word and look both he menaced her. "The usual routine!" she said non chuluutly. "It Just split up Into Its various squadrons the Mediterranean Itnltlc, Black sea, South American tleets, and so on; and they've gone to Ibeir customary destinations." "Sir George told you that?" The uews was almost too good to be be lieved. "Yes; and he never suspected I was the least bit Interested." "The old fool!" He told himself that Sir George wus no better than a dotard With such as be composing the English admiralty the spy was sure that Ger many bud nothing to fear from the British lion. That much-vaunted aul mal's teeth seemed effectually drawn. "Whut news with you?" Ethel asked Mm, innocently enough, so far as streetiunu noticed. "I have had none direct from France," he suld, never dreaming that 'he time was past when he might de ceive her by that little Action of his, "Hut war has come," he added. "Of that I am sure." "Ami England will she enter Into i IV" she pressed him. ''With her fleet dispersed she will not dure," ho rejoined with a faint smile of satisfaction. "For the sake of France, your coun try, that Is a pity," Kthel pointed out. With her former doubts re-enforced by the revelation of Larry's tale she could easily pick Caws, now, In Street niau's acting. "Eh? Oh, yes, of course yes!" he hastened to assent. "I must get the news at once to France," he said; and Immediately he started toward the doorway. Hut the girl said something thou that brought him up sharply something that lie was far from ex pecting, at that moment when he seemed nt Inst to hold her more secure ly than ever before. "To Germany, you mean!" she cor rected hliu. Quiet as was her tone, the words seemed to him fairly to stab the air. "What?" he exclaimed. "Oh, Henry, how can you think me o very stupid?" "You are mad!" he parried. "I am loyal to France." "You tell me that," she scoffed, "when here, a little while ago, In nil your talk you showed how strongly you sided with Prussia. Just now you were delighted that the English fleet had dispersed. To a Freuohumn thut would be bad news; but a German would take It as you have done. You are In the service of the Wllhelui- strttsse a true Teuton, and I've been quite blind not to realize It before." Streetman looked positively danger ous at he faced hex threateningly. At last he was at buy. But still he had no thought of confessing the part that he wus playing. "Aud to what nse do you Intend put ting your absurd accusations?" be de manded. "None none at all," she said care lessly, with Just a slight shrug of her flue shoulders. "I merely wanted you to know that I kuow." "Oh, is that all? I thought you were trylug to threaten me," be answered, more than putzled by her attitude. , "My dear, why should I do that? You still lovs me; and now that I've learned about the fleet you still mean next week to arrange matters witb your people to announce our mar rlage " "Of course, of course!" be broke In upon her hurriedly. H had forgotten, for the moment all about that plausi ble promise of his. As matters stood on tbt continent be bad thought It more than likely that another weet would Bud him out of England for good. But now he congratulated him self that be bad made bar that prom ise. So fur us he could see, thut false hope he bad held out to her was nil that stood between httn and the Tower of London and likely worse. "Cer tainly we'll announce our marriage," lie assured ber. "All thut I told you of my family, my Income, was true ex cept that I'm German, not French." She gaveiilm an amused look. "But you see, you are not ns clever at you thought," she Informed him. "If you'd only been frank with me, I could have been of so much greater help to you." "You could?" he snld, as a. look ef mystification spread over his face. "How? Why?" "I have not been quite honest with you," Ethel snld. He selr.cd her roughly by the arm, "You have not lied lo me about the fleet?" he threatened, "No, no! That was absolutely true." Streetman released her then. "Then what do you mean 7" he asked So long as she had not deceived lit 1 1 1 In that quarter It mattered little to him what she might have done. "I told you," Ethel explained, "I told you there was no Englishman In my life. I lied. There was a cup tuln In the English army. Before I met you we were eugnged. He threw me . over for some other woman s woman with money. ... I hate him!" Streetman saw no reason to doubt her. As Ethel flung herself Into the character of a woman scorned the did her best to convince him of the truth of the old adage that hell had no fury such as hers. As she perceived the success of ber ruse she hurried on to elaborate ber fiction. "Yes, I hate hltul" she repeuted. "I bate their army! I hate all Englishmen. It Is for you for Germany I would serve," she told bi in. "Thut Is why I have not done more for you. 1 thought you were working for France, England's ally. Englund how I hate her! I want to see her dishonored, defeated, ruined by your people." "You you?" Streetman cried, as a great light broke over him. "And I never dreamed!" he murmured, as he seized both her hands. He was not rough now but eager, Impulsive. "Yes. It Is true," he said then. "I am a Ger man. I serve the Wllhcltnstrnsse." "Then let me serve It, too," Ethel begged, much as she hnd besought Larry Itedmond only a short qunrter of an hour before. But then she had been In earnest. "Think what 1 n woman could do; and a clever woman," she urged. "Take me with you, wherever you go. I would be useful." The idea pleuscd Streetman. "Yes, you would!" he exclnimed "And you shall go. You shall go with me tonight." "Where?" she asked him, "To Brussels!' "Brussels but why there?" He told her then the very heart of the German plan. "Germany will Invade France through Belgium," he Informed her "In two weeks we shall be in Paris." "But Germany's treaty with Bel glum you forget that!" Ethel remind ed him. She could not believe that any country that retained the merest ves tlge of honor would so debase herself. "Belgium's territory must be sacred," she suld. He released her hands then. He needed even them to express his scorn "Treaty? Bnh! What Is that a scrap of paper!" ha cried. "But are you sure?" she pressed him. This, she knew, was Information and big Information, of the greatest moment to the English war office. "Yes, yes! I'm sure!" be declared "That Is the plan worked out by the great general staff, and we must go to Belgium tonight. You will meet me In on hour at Chai'Iug Cross. Tomorrow we shall be In Brussels." "Where shall we stay In. Brussels?' "I am sent to the Grand hotel," he explained. "I shall pass myself off as Monsieur de Lorde. You shall be Madame de Lorde." "Madame de Lorde!" she repeated, as If to fix the name Indelibly upou her memory. "In Brussels we shall await Instruc tions," he continued. "When they come we shall do much you and I for the Vaterlnnd. -. , . Good-by, my dear, uutil tonight!" He started to go. But he turned back suddenly as If the urge of great events hnd not quite oblit erated all thought of his relations with Ethel. He leaned toward her. "Now," he said, "now you won't refuse to kiss me?" She could scarcely do otherwise than submit to htm now. He put his a run around her, and when he bad taken his kiss he said, "In an hour!" Theu he hurried awoy. Ashamed, disgusted, Ethel wiped her Hps with loathing. And In anoth er moment she had throwu open the door behind which Captain Redmond waited. "Larry Larry !" she called. "What. Is It?" he cried, springing quickly to ber side. Her tragic man ner alarmed him. She turned away from him; for she could not bear to face bis honest eyes as she told him what she felt she must "I hoped I'd never have to tell you this," she said, "but now that It has come. I've got to. Larry, the man I married Is a German spy." "A German spy? Your husband? . . , Rut It can't be!" be exclaimed Incredulously. "But it Is!" she Insisted. "I only Just found out. Till now I thought he loved me a little. But he didn't He's cheated, tricked me for the things. I could tell him about the navy. That's why be married me. because he was s py. . . . But now I've fooled him!" she exulted fiercely. "I've made him believe that I, too, am with the Ger mans and that t shall work with him." The sltuatloa staggered Captain Red mond. He seemed nonplused. "But what run 1 do? I cun't arrest him your husbuud." be told ber, "No you can't, for tonight be goes to Brussels and I go with him. I shall be at the Grand hotel, as Madame de Lorde." "You are going to Brussels?" he re peated, grasping, even as be spoke, something of the Import of the news. "Yes; for Germany Is to Invade France through Belgium 1" "Good heavens!" he gasped, astound ed at the enormity. "But you can't go there-witb lilml I forbid It!" "No, no!" she protested. "You prom ised we'd work together that you wouldn't try to stop me. You promised on your honor." "But my dear, you can't bold me to that now," he objected. "But 1 do!" she Insisted. "I'm go ing to Brussels. Even you can't pre veut it. . . , Good-by, Larry!" And she started to leave him. He stopped her quickly. "Ethel! Please!" he entreated. "No, Larry!" wus the firm answer. Ue snw that her determination was too great to be denied. And he walked up to her then and raised his hand to bold her for Just a fleeting moment longer. "Walt!" he besought her. "I'll come to you tomorrow In Brussels. Perhaps somehow I cun help you protect you." "Oh, you cun, Lurry, you can!" she panted, all but overcome by relief and gratitude. She bad quailed at tho thought of her perilous mission. But nevertheless sho had never hesitated to go through with It. "Remember Grand hotel Madame de Lorde! I'll leurn everything for you tonight for king and country!" And she held her hand out to him Impulsively. He caught It in both of his. "For. king and country!" be repented after her gravely. Aud then he kissed her hand with something akin to rev erence. "And for you!" Captain Red mond whispered. CHAPTER XI, At the Lion D'or, In the little Belgian village of Cour volsler two happy peusants were play lug checkers In nn Inn called the Lion d'Or. It wus still August-still the finest of summer weather. And In the carefree minds of those two Idlers there wus not the slightest reason for them to forego- their customnry after noon diversion, even If their great and powerful neighbors Germany and France were at thut very moment crouched and ready to spring at each other's throats. In Belgium all was "In Two Weeks We Shall Be in Paris." peaceful. And the very sun seemed to shine upon that tiny country with Just a little more beneficence than It had over the rest of the world. For Belgium, fortunately, there was no dread of war. Secure In the conviction that she had no enemies, her people went nbout their affairs with the same light-hearted coutent that they had come to regard, through the years, as their natural heritage. "Volla. messieurs!" the Inn's sole waiter, Louis, exclaimed at be laid up ou the table the change that was due the two guests. And "Behold, gentle men!" he repeated In quite the grand manner as he placed before them two liquor glasses filled with an amber ambrosia. The players thanked him. And to thnt moment one of them brought the game to a swift termination by the execution of a masterly move toward which he bad long been maneuvering. The two peasants tossed off their cordials then. They had already risen from their chairs when the innkeeper himself, one Henri Chrlstophe, entered. "You're going already?" be ex claimed, reluctant to see good custom ers leaving. "It is not late." "My wife expects me," one of them replied with a humorous grimace. "You understand?" "Mais out! I comprehend perfectly," Christophe answered. He knew the fellow's wife a somewhat tempera mental woman, with a sharp tongue. And he bad no wish to bring down an avalanche of 111-wlll opon his excellent hostelry. So be bade his departing guests good-by. As they passed through the open doorway, chartering, he turned to ao o'.her man who sat In a corner, of the room reading a newspaper. He was a Frenchman that other and a strsn-1 ger to the Innkeeper. "Something for monsieur?" Hsurl Chrlstophe inquired pleasantly, "Not now! After a little while, per haps," the stronger replied, and re turned to his reading of bis newspaper. He bad just lighted a cigarette and bad filled bis lungs with the first satis fying puff when a newcomer strode through the doorway. Thlt latest ar rival wore a cop aud a long, linen duster. And there was something In . bis aspect that did not wholly pleas the little man at the table, as be cast a quick, sldewlse glance at the tall In truder. Perhaps It was the small, Teu ton mustache that adorned the upper lip of the tall man In the dustcout At all events, the Frenchman's eyes nar rowed to two silts. And though ha seemed rapt In his paper be neverthe less watched every move that tbe otber made. The tall man paused for a moment at the cigar case that stood Just Inside the outer door: and drawing a pips from bis pocket he tilled and lighted It. Then he crossed the room and looked down at Its other occupant. "Do you speak English?" hs inquired. The man told him thnt he could. "Can you tell me bow for it U to Tourvllle?" Larry Redmond asked. The tail man was no other thau the Irish captain. "Ten miles!" the Frenchmnn replied promptly. "Exactly?" Larry questioned. There was a slight yet still notice able pause as the little man looked up at him search I ugly. "Exactly!" he said with a peculiar emphasis on the word. ' "Exactly?" Larry told once more. And when the wiry Frenchman sprung up from bis seat and looked signifi cantly Into his eyes Captain Redmond no longer doubted thut they understood each other. "You have the password!" he whispered. "Exactly!" the other repeated finally. "You have been waiting long, my friend?" Larry asked him. "You were expected yesterday," bli confederate replied. "I could not leave then. It Is busy back there inside their lines," Captain Redmond explulned. Ills fellow spy Btarted at that And he looked at him witb undisguised sur prise. "You have been with the German army?" he exclaimed, as If the feal were scarcely to be believed. "No, not yetl But tonight I shall be In the German army. I must Join my regiment at once." He pulled asldt his duster, revealing tbe fact that hi was already in the German uniform. The long linen coat effectually con cealed bis dress, for there wat nothing about Ills leather puttees to betray It "I shall be a captain Captain Karl," Larry continued. Tbe Frenchman regarded hint soberly. "Here In that uniform. It Is danger oun work, "Captain Redmond," he re minded him. Do you think It possible fer Captain Redmand to associate Intimately with the German offi cers and men and remain un discovered? (TO BE CONTINUED.) MADE A GREAT DISCOVERY Man Found Something He Possessed Long Time, but Never Had Tried to Use. "I say, old chup, why huvt you de serted the club?" "To tell the truth, dear boy, I've been so blooming busy that, with ilii exception of nn oecusiouul tramp or two for my health, I've Imrdly left the house." "Oh, I say, anything new?" "Tremendously hew to me, old chap. Several weeks ago I very unexpect edly run ucross It nn old uiiieblus I've owned a good manyyeur and never paid much attention to. Upos examination the thing is so monstrous ly wonderful, you know, that It has sim ply held me In open-mouthed conster nation. I can't actually take It In, aud, bless me, I can't understand why I've so long Ignored its possibilities Just accepted It you kuow, this wonderful Inheritance of my ancestors, as some thing very natural and quite ordinary." "Hope you've struck a moneymaker, old man I" "I believe I have, you know, and that's one of the remarkable parts about my discovery. Can you conceive, old chap, of my huvlng never seen Iti possibilities? It's merely a piece of machinery, mind you, and let me tell you some of the things it can dol With a turn from me I can make It set or hear or speak or walk or dance sr write or telephone 1 Why, I can, and with no effort at all, make it breath 1" "Oh, I say I What Is the blooming thing, old chap?' "It's my blooming self, old top, and and. I'm going to put It to work and make a fortune." JuJge. He Was Impressed "Was the sermon today to your lik ing, John?" inquired tbe pastor. "Ia deed, sir. It was a grand sermon." uM John, with genuine admiration. "What part seemed to take hold of your "Well, now sine you ask me, ru toll you. What took hold of m most waa your perseverance the war on want over the same thing again and again and again." Christian Herald. Profuso In Praml. H'i a promising author." ?T. I've several of his signed promises la my strong box now, and they're all overdue." Detroit Fro Pros