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Show THE LEIH SUN, LEIH. ITTAn .Cim1 T : J STdECREElo -y mrii uu n i r. " ij tn FAR: Colonel Flag. f V. 8. military estlmated T Etropean troopi In Mexico . . Vttacit on the United 'iofflcer Bennln w" ' .here be Dosed as ,d " . Urched Mile. Ducos Jdlmanded, "Boggio told lat!" :Lstra brought their dance Mile. Ducos ended her in a harmless platitude. A back to their taDie. - do YOU Know uua J. trick?" Benning con-erwhen con-erwhen they were alone. , jtould a trusted omcer ue- neb secrets to yuu j , bred back: "Don't you cred-.h cred-.h knowing what I'm about, f rlfal bas toia me 6'- -- :wdays, sne anwcu. ... Koeeio wiui wui- Lotion in tte" fTTs"ch tance, ne iwi-. .' stances did he tell you 3Hassek's air bases? e DUCOS sat down mm a -uw ; replaced the resentment in , several days past, mon-Mmd mon-Mmd Boeeio and I have I' joinj about the city while he jjmethe signis. n was vcijr j, when we saw planes in the iotme to set him talking about ' jnd about himself. Yes, much ". !.. tU mo Tn frnnt of he u nas " -udo on the Laguna de la tVan Hassek has a secret field is bombers and pursuit ships, as more than a thousand planes 1 with more coming to them a." (i tou understand, mademoi- 4e full significance of what just told me?" he asked, nis ; searching her face., j shrugged her shoulders and with a touch of annoyance: tone who is too stupid to evalu-iormation evalu-iormation would be too dumb ilect it, monsieur! But all of formation only confirms what ilieady know, that Van Hassek 3 to attack the United States. really important thing we've yet m is when, and for what real :ose. I meant to tell you that sent an aide to see me tit, to invite me to be his guest carry he's giving for some i tomorrow night at the gal lon may thank me for your afion-I think you weren't want- But I couldn't afford to let Van & think I'm running too much :sit. You 11 go, of course? At inning hesitated while he ched the possible ramifications sch an adventure. His mind i upon Captain Fincke's disclo- I the operations map in Van :'s desk. Finally he nodded ;tance. CHAPTER V Ms regal suite in the Palacio wl the next night, Van Has-iad Has-iad replaced his khaki field uni- - with peacock military habili- 3. g found discomfort in the a of Colonel Bravot. alias M Gaujos. But Bravot was aain only a few minutes, his Jre made the occasion of a -18 ceremony. a Hassplr rench Eirl'w arrival hnrl cpn. 1 attentions upon Mile. Du- Dennmg promptly suspected She Was thp real mnKtra nr Hassek party, a show to r neaa. " Benning interest had cen- P0n a SCOWlina Bavarian lion. 'twho sat in Van Hasspk'u arl- ! military rnnm chut ff kn .f , " uU Vii "aperies. The Bavarian'a Wsture suggested that he was n a purely duty status. It "7 iat the object of his e van Hassek blackwood 1 Patient .j uauuiig waif . ne. The hour was close to M when he chose his oppor-; oppor-; trike. He stalked into the room in the manner of a it? S been drinking too Bavarian sat at his job. " 1 ramrod. IjBnand for you, Lieuten-fcmung Lieuten-fcmung blurted at him in rtL . wiU report at onc :t Z ' iunior ide-de-camp J See to that you lose ial00ked "P Slehabito,obedieto C0:: ,hated for 1 Dorti ,UKea 'ough the ;JtPWleres d headed toward KPPled behind the nrfIanJIassek,8dk. Ben-?k Ben-?k draw. 'fcenn,.athefound there,. "SJ ?C went taut a. his 4 of ar,; pen and he w the to. Instate, and uvnr erable pointa ""ossthe Mexl- me united Sta tea INSTALLMENT FOUR Bromlitz, an American traitor who had been captured In Parli, and toon (ained the confidence of Fincke, another officer. offi-cer. Benning was accepted as an officer offi-cer by Van Hassek, leader of the foreign armed force in Mexico. Several days later Benninf was Joined by Lucette, were figures of five digits. He sensed rather than heard the returning Bavarian. Instantly he thrust the map into the breast of his loose khaki tunic, closed the open drawer of Van Hassek's desk. Benning Ben-ning strode through the curtains into the reception room at the identical moment that the Bavarian reentered. re-entered. Although as an essential of his business, he had learned control of his emotions, Benning was unable to put down the racking suspense of the next few moments. Would the Bavarian discover at once that Van Hassek's desk had been tampered with? Benning's brief survey of the map had given him the vital information infor-mation for which he had been playing. play-ing. If no alarm came now, he could slip away in the night, haul out the Fernando plane from its hangar, and fly through to the border. bor-der. The Bavarian came driving through the portieres, black tragedy in his distended eyes. His cheeks mlm-VL it rXpP LA V i A folded linen map. were flushed and heavy veins welled at neck and forehead. The Bavarian strode to a colonel of the staff and whispered avidly. The Colonel hurried hur-ried over to Van Hassek. Mile. Ducos picked up in Ben-ning's Ben-ning's face some hint of his suspense. sus-pense. She left Van Hassek, now pawing drunk, and crossed the room. "Something has gone wrong, monsieur," mon-sieur," she whispered anxiously. "You have been up to mischief in Van Hassek's room." "Concealed in my tunic," Benning answered at once, "I have Van Hassek's Has-sek's operations map the most dangerous dan-gerous secret in Mexico. You must drop me at once." "Let me have the map, monsieur," mon-sieur," she whispered. . "I took a desperate gamble," Benning Ben-ning coolly rejoined. "If I've lost, it's my funeral, not yours." With a quick decisiveness the French girl threw her arms about Benning's neck and kissed him to screen the deft movement in which she stripped the map from under his tunic. She stood close to him while she concealed the document in her dress. Then she stepped back, spat at him, and angrily slapped his face. "Very well!" she raged, in a voice that reached through the room. "If that's the way you feel about me, you can go to the devil!" Van Hassek slowly drew himself erect and his face went livid as he received the alarm from his staff colonel One moment yan Hassek was drunk, the next moment coolly sober. "No one will leave my quarters. Colonel," Van Hassek calmly instructed. in-structed. "With the help of my aides you will search everyone present, including in-cluding our own officers, until you find the spy and recover my map. At once!" Outer doors were promptly locked, windows put under guard. All were required to assemble in the ballroom, ball-room, thence to be taken one at a time to Van Hassek's bedroom for examination. Benning was taken first. The colonel co-lonel sharply demanded explanation. Why had he sent the Bavarian officer offi-cer away from his post of duty? Benning Ben-ning confessed bad judgment, for which he offered apology. His only thought had been that the Bavarian was a neglected guest who should be given a drink. He insisted that he be searched immediately. The Van Hassek guests had been jolted into sobriety. One by one they were taken for search. Van Hassek stood to one side, smoking a cigar, his face grimly contained as if he waited in supreme confidence on the unmasking of a spy. Benning's thoughts were inter- NEXT WEEK Bromlltz's sweetheart, who was actually actual-ly a French spy. 8 told Benning the ominous news that Bromllu had escaped. es-caped. Later she reported that Boggio, an air corps officer, told her he had more than a thousand planes tn Mexico. Now continue with the story. rupted by a sudden noisy commotion, commo-tion, the half-hysterical cries of a Mexican girl who was being thrust into the ballroom from Van Hassek's Has-sek's bedroom. The staff colonel marched across to Van Hassek and handed him the stolen operations map. "Excellency, I found it pinned un-der un-der the lace flounces of this wench'a gown," the colonel reported. Van Hassek took the map with a casual hand, opened it for identification, identifi-cation, and slowly smiled. He tucked the document Into the gold sash at his waist, and with a toss of his hand indicated that the prisoner be taken away in close arrest The Mexican girl, loudly protesting in-nocense, in-nocense, was bundled out of the room. Van Hassek slowly turned to his remaining guests with a cool bow. "Good night, my friends," he said gravely. "I regret it if your pleasure pleas-ure has been spoiled tonight, but on some other evening I'll expect to make amends. Now I must busy myself with the details of what has happened. Buenos noches." . Mile. Ducos did not speak as Benning Ben-ning took her home in a cab. When they were alone, Benning saw her undergo an unexpected transformation. transforma-tion. Her eyes filled with tears and she sobbed softly to herself. Presently Pres-ently she recovered her self-possession and dried her eyes. "I suppose I shouldn't have such scruples about that girl when so many lives are at stake," she rationalized. ra-tionalized. "But I had no alternative alterna-tive than to do what I did. I only hope she convinces Van Hassek of her innocence or he decides she is too attractive to die." Benning busied himself with maps and pencil. From time to time as he worked he closed his eyes to examine ex-amine the sensitive film of his memory. mem-ory. A Van Hassek arrow thrust its point across the border at Laredo. Behind its shaft was the figure 50,-000. 50,-000. At Brownsville was the figure 10,000, at Eagle Pass another 10,000. On the California frontier were two arrows joined together behind a curved line, their points aimed at Tecate and Tia Juana, in the region of San Diego. The figure here was 60,000. " Four arrows thrust from the Pacific, Pa-cific, behind them no legends. One pointed to Seattle, a second at the mouth of the Columbia River, a third just ncrth of San Francisco, a fourth at San Diego. On the Atlantic Atlan-tic side, groups of red arrows pointed point-ed at critical points from Boston to New Orleans. Here, again, there were no figures. Benning handed his reproduction of Van Hassek's key map to Mile. Ducos. He saw the blood drain from her face as she studied it. She looked up at him with startled, staring star-ing eyes. "Mon Dieu, monsieur!" she gasped. "This means the very worst is to happen! Such attack upon you will set the whole world in flames!" Benning got up and put on his cap. "I am leaving Mexico at once, mademoiselle," he said calmly. "You are welcome to come along with me if you don't mind taking some chances with a pilot who's somewhat out of practice." She answered gravely: "My instructions in-structions require me to remain in Mexico, monsieur. But it's important impor-tant for you to reach your government govern-ment as quickly as possible! I learned from Boggio today that he can't see me tomorrow. All leaves of absence are being suspended, which means you'll not have long to wait for Van Hassek's a'ttack. Au revoir, monsieur, and bon voyage." CHAPTER VI The sun was moving over the jagged jag-ged Washington skyline on the second sec-ond morning thereafter when Benning Ben-ning wa; put down at Boiling Field by a fast observation plane from Kelly Field. After his landing at Randolph Field from Mexico City the day before, he had passed the alarm to Eighth Corps Area Headquarters Head-quarters and sent a code report of details by wire to Colonel Flagwill. A military car was waiting for him at the airport It sped him to the War Department where Flag-will Flag-will was waiting in the G-2 office. The colonel showed the effects of strain and sleeplessness, but was gravely contained. . "A fine bombshell you've exploded in the War Department, Benning," Flagwill said solemnly. "I've reported only what I learned, sir," Benning answered. "Of course, the final appraisal of my information informa-tion is up to the General Staff." "General Hague took your report at once to the President,". Flagwill said. "As a result the President had an ultimatum sent to Ruiz yesterday yes-terday by the State Department Our ambassador at Mexico City was instructed to say that Mexico must explain fully its European army within forty-eight hours, and givt our military attaches at the em bassy full authority to visit all troop soncentrations to view first-hand what is going on." ITO BE COSTIWED) By VIRGINIA VALE (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) , AT LAST moviedom's fa-vorite fa-vorite word, "colossal," can really be applied to a motion mo-tion picture, "Land of Liberty." Liber-ty." 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