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Show THK JOlKN UNI SSl ALLMt-NflUPTER T 'n . j' V of House rf .;,e Wh.te f t:e T c ATT BIN D re-- - V - iiiiauiuiuiiiAt a -- J Hague, tad " h Ch'if of Ftaff of managed to dissipate calm smile that gravity in had emerged from coi.hr- s the President, enc " to give out, gen-- " is PKl' it henothing with quiet firm-u.said tl strode to his mil.tary se-,- t net' was waiting in the drive- daf Y 'hf d Tli it a it ft Lt i '4 ulV tWVv i paiAC d ' rurals car sped oil to the t. mrete Munitions Budding on k that houses the Of u.t.on Avenue General Hague i, i artment WV offices cn the second biff' i to his his Instructed ai.d r floe Colonel Flagwill p to summon w minutes Flagwill, acting jjl a fi , in nt chief of staff .si I o:f military ii tell gence, re ehrrge m from another wing. por nd the S.t down, Flagwill, President has gel invited. go to the bottom of f decided to Mexican situation. relagw ills lean, aquiline face ined impassive except for a quick am of fire in his piercing black j, " f is tl By ti. A General toNlll ARED - e ex-mc- di-J- WHITE WNU C, n s Area S.v ness at F..i Hoadquurti rs Betti r bru g him tack to Washington at once, Gmeral llagut- decided 'Instruct corps area to sh p him by fast plane Bennu g must sail from Niw York for France without delay That's all, Flagwill" Thats good news, sir! be and added in a quiet voice: connection, my section has that j,, our final estimate jtl5t completed situation based on all present gl Would jou irai'.able information. now? to hear my report are Go ahead, Hague invited "I'll be as brief as possible, sir. Euro fler best estimate is 200,000 in Mtxico. mobilized regulars ftm flat covers organized infantry ns, artillery, cavalry, tanks, air and technical groups transd from Mediterranean ports port the past six months, together in:h some reservist infantry assemble from South American po.nts they To all outward appearances fli!lj support the arguments of the Dew Mexican dictatorship that, as a pert of the Mexican military forces, ftese troops are not the concern of ffee United States. Cai turn Allan Bennirg, in civiban clothe s, sat waiting in a batlen.il i Id con j e just outside Fort Sam Houston For two weeks past he had bet n following ore of those sh rider threads of investigation that were intended to connect local espionage with the Van Hassek army m Mexico Impoituiit sicrtts had been s'oim from soul) ern military he adquai tei s at the foit Not least of these was the secret tables of organization of the proposed new American fighting division Gone, too. was the hie copy of army mobilization plans 1 g Gau-jos- d Lib ICC c iUtplM s Jk m 5 saber-rattling- ." (E !TS me e high-powere- d f. r G-- 2 .d I 0 in' .tv I ! I v k t d ( plan of attack on the United States via Mexico. Lucette Ducos, an unwel-corr- .e ally, saves his life. d novel, f this portentous it is b0th timely and significance! IN THIS PAPER twilight. 1 V Benning swore under his breath at his ill luck, returned toInhisSancoupe, Anand drove to his hotel neck t his a burn was tonio. There call with which told him of a close deit cribcally. examined death. He to enough not serious was cided it treatment, s require an area G-- 2 offl and called the corps on the cer. Lieutenant Colonel Bart, m-Iu- i A metallic clnk (aid him his weapon was empty I C . Immnoti nt IVi iii . tun i .1 f j H.iid I.Kk, r "Bjt at le.iM tl.i-fin s a K ! u ,i was a n i 1 in we llm.., fit n d l'i team In ii At h i,i Ikirt rej bed cn.--- i ati-.ln.mt-at Ki a- f.i Hr ve ning Benmngs suspicion had centered . promptly on a staff sergeant. Not by reason of any action on the part of the sergeant, but because of an eloquent Intangible, the palpable inconsistency of Gaujos' background, personality, and Intelligence with his present occupation Gaujos was a man of forty, a Frenchman by birth, had served as General Hagues straight mouth a combat pilot with the French air parted in a cynical smile, corps during the World War, Three j "There is the big rub, FlagwilL years ago he had taken out papers The Mexican version has so ration-llizeas an American citizen and enlisted their European army that the In the army. American public falls for the fiction At headquarters Gaujos' superiors Completely. It almost has our State swore by him. He was highly com Department fooled, even when our as an administrative clerk petent comembassador knows the real having supervision over half a do mander in Mexico is Van Hassek, en typists. To the casual observer re of the smartest tacticians of Gaujos might have appeared a sat fte old Imperial Army." satisfied man who The subterfuge is obvious, sir," urnine, stolidly the struggle for higher had up given flagwill averred. My whole section success and settled happily into his gries that the United States faces present little groove. His face was attack from Van Hasseks army. and angular and with General Hague somberly nodded long, lean, black eyes in which level small, his head. there was no friendliness. I agree perfectly with your deWith Benning, it had been a matductions, Flagwill, and informed the of baiting a trap. He had fabriter president pretty much to the same a secret report that American cated coneffect today. He is very gravely were being sent to the borreserves cerned and wants the facts as quickhad it placed, the night beand der ly as possible. But what can the where Gaujos would find it In fore, President do unless Congress is conhis duty today. Now of course the vinced and facts are available for was for Gaujos to waiting Benning jthe public? when the the fort headquarleave 1 In the meantime, General, are ters crew knocked off work for the e to reinforce our border garri- day. jeans for defense in event attack The suspected man took a bus into comes sooner than expected? Antonio and had dinner at a San I The Chief of Staff groaned and He engaged a taxicab and hotel. said: dare The President doesn't south out of the city. It was headed ferder troop concentrations now, when dusk Gaujos left his taxicab jFlagwilL Congress would probably frefuse him an appropriation for and proceeded down the road on foot 1 Hed be accused of from a point south of the old county transportation. poor farm. Benning parked his own I Flagwill coupe by the roadside and held the and brow his mopped f said slowly: I see it all, sir. Just trail from a discreet distance. The suspected masquerader turned sudwhat's our move, please? denly off the road into a field. BenTo collect facts. Our ambassador to France has sening recognized it as a field that did something very service on occasion as an emergency cret hatched up with the French sefor student fliers from landing-placcret service. A chance to slip one of Randolph Field. A fringe of willow s our officers Into the Mexican service at Mexico City. Our first move lay along the road, and througl these Gaujos plunged with the deis to select our man and send him cisiveness of a man who knows to Paris to Instructget his detailed ions Its very important that we where he is going. But Benning learned a few moPick the right man for this, a man ments later that Gaujos was not off with plenty of brains and backbone. eased into I rather had young Benning in his guard. As the captain the willows, a stab of flame blinded Bund of An excellent choice, Flagwill his eyes, the bark a pistol clapped But right now his ears. He dove to the ground, his promptly agreed. his own service Iv'c got Captain Benning down In right hand whipping into play and sent a bullet San Antonio. pistol another Investigating driving at the spot whence had come the attack. Then he lay tensely waiting. The grim silence that followed was of broken shortly by the kickmg-ove- r a propeller out in the field, followed by the easy purr of a a take-ofengine tuning for As Benning leaped to his feet, his a eyes made out, in the vague light, into at speed high zigzagging figure the flefd. Aiming carefully he sent one bullet after another driving after the fugitive until a metallic click told him his weapon was empty. The runner made the plane, vaultBenning, now helpless ed inside. wadto act, saw the shadowy plane Capt Allan Benning, U. S. into roar and stubble the down dle swalOperative, poses as a the sky. In a twinkling it was fugitive murderer to learn lowed up to the void of a Texas jg-.n- IVT ! ' ' J - t s im. - a tl . , gen-Th- jb' tit V I 1 1 G-2- Safe: v . v lii d. U vl t 1..I1M, ,, I gt aide-de-t- J:e- I t I ' 'l ' T i-- E.NT EPARTM - ' lea' 'a jrP ,v Did tne I'ns,1 nt to say at ,.t Mix- - ,r c . Ml I fn.--s our rearce cram, General? to krow pr. fejVe aed r ri . ponder ts o g new on tn : Mure the tnqus s Ar i I d 1 out tuet f 1S. man rruJle-ageTtf ertct suit who came br felt 0-!- 1 I LAN I i 1 v or w ill I take tint " v, I I.louti field, ' rU f j la' i vva t i g fi l vi u Benning, Bait a'lnnuund "Yiuie to rilarn linn tdniUlv to Wad g tin ordiis Chief of G 2 rise of his i ,dse as tiny diove duvvn along tt.e lows of hangars to whole a sleik new observation plane waited with si mini g motors A captain in flying togs was standing under the fuselage of the observation plane. Bart said to him. "Wallin, this Is your passenger for Washington. Youre to deliver him there In the shortist possible time. That's all. Captain!" In the sky there was the first rose glow of aiproaihing sunrise when Benning n.ade out, through the glass bottom of the plane, the wide silver ribbon of the Potomac In the distance, Washington's Monument Etood sentinel over the sleeping capital, the large round doniti of Congress loomed up out of the granite and marble huddle of government buildings. As the plane swung iown for a landing at Bolling Fi Id. he glm psed the gray hulk that houses the State Department and, near-by- , the trim outlines of the of U.o Benning (i !t tt e White House. CHAPTER ir a i in i s sip. itteu on a mi it m ion t i II reservations have been attended to. On landing at Southampton, cross the Channel to Le Havre and proceed to Paris by express. Our ambassador. Mr. Shields, will be expecting you In Paris. Any question, Benning? I think not. sir, Benning said. "Good luck," Flagwill said, rising. "Do a thorough job of it and get the Mexican picture back here as soon as possible, consistent with thorI'll have an officer at the oughness with your tickets and exairport pense money. That's all. Captain. The embassy staff had calculated to the minute when Benning was due to arrive from the Gare du Nord No sooner had he dropped the bronze knocker than the embassy front door bespectacled male sechim over In sharp aplooked retary "You are the gensaid. and praisal tleman we're expecting? "Captain Benning, just in from the captain anthe United States, A swered. "Please come to. the secretary said. "Mr. Shields has reserved this hour and Is waiting for you." The ambassador was at the door his of his reception room to receive i. if connutiid NEXT WEEK AmoU .W ( ! Tim! 1. oj .iiiBut n j t i f r i' in. n mi i hv n, fii tjimt a . lint g 6 F9f 111 girj If you know how to fipend less Hum you get, you have the philoso- pher's stone. Benjamin Franklin. - v i t.i I toil disnMioui. unit,, ii U didnt mean to git ail B Slati rv t s fl ntlon i in 1 stian.i up But m on that suhjict. Htm.'g this grim world of realty In wind, our smug prov mi ud does home Ism at git on my mrvis at tinus, not to mention how it cran.j s our style. Cutting down to your walk, do you hv any chance rum mbit the case of a Lieutenant Bromhtz of our arn.v who escaped some two yi.irs ago from the Unit I hav e to wot k, id Yn , INC. f Philosopher's Stone i i i LAINA1, r " IMi nsddv to w oi k i ul a mill. i to save civil .itn n u in linin' suspt ets the ar n.i'tiic is u Coalition Mibteifuge to si f l si' i' i" menu, gadu r new i i f ,i mol e in. port, mt 1 States"" "Very distinctly. swirtd at once Sir. Hi lining an "li.ippeiied in my this t.moioil skin oi lm. i ec fuck, m white sh.uk min p.e U fi.mnel And 1 Hint style to lit into it s an town waidi obi's, too - made up in n tailored blight flat mpe nr BG14 is ine of No. print. Design those sink, immaculate! v tailored styles that form the backbone of busy womans wardrobe the Ami the lines of stibhing, down cornet a of the turned the . year-roun- own regiment nt Fiit Jay. Broin-litwas acciiM'd of stealing can teen funds When tu adjutant ar resti d linn, Broml.tz knocked the adjutant down find, in his efforts to escipe. shot and kilhd the corporal of the guard By s n e black magic Bromhtz then vanished Into thin RGKSGBB An old standby in millions of homes Qjaail z Jlsk Me Jltiolhcr Q A General Quiz Vienna, 1701, yet recently $fi00 was Years Too I.ate The eminent composer, Mozart, given for one of his manuscripts, was huiied in n pauper's gruve, in nn unfinished trio of 91 bars. 130 The Questions "At the pri.ent moment," Mr 1. What capital letter is used Shields said. "Bromhtz is at the most frequently in English winds? fortress of Vincennes, held incom2. What is a Jolly Huger? municado by the French. They 3. Of currants, grapes, cranberIn SALT LAKE CITY nipped him a few days ago when ries, oranges, tomatoes mid ba- he arrived from Luxembourg as an nanuKj l0W many are classified hy army Intelligence operative for the botanists as beriies? Without stopping to count, past year It sums he had made connection with Van Hassek agents the number of zeios m one and was silected for the Mexican billion. service 5. In major league baseball, bow deduction a swift made often ore games won by a no-hiBenning and said dryly. "I assume, air, that no-ru- n pitching performance? JU. 'r fit I am to go to Mexico masqueraded 6. Are glow worms actually ' tf'&'.Grb Visy"'i V A' 2 f f' as an escaped murderer." worms? 3 V'xe-r- ; 7. Where in the United States is Choice of theDiscriminatingTraveler "A vi ry lucky break, Benning. We in liiVtv railroad of stretch Bromhtz of it the longest have the whole Inside Is known to be an American with a track without a curve? 400 ROOMS 400 BATHS record that strips him of any possia former As Answers The ble American loyalties. 1. The letter "S, according to American officer. Van Hassek no doubt thinks the fellow a valuable Funk and WognallS New StandOur $200,000.00 remodeling and refurnishing program has Gave him the rank of ard dictionary. acquisition made available the finest hotel accommodations in the now Inherit" 2. A pirate flag. major, which you AT OUR SAME POPULAR PRICES. Weet 3. Ail of them. "Isn't it a bit extraordinary, sir, 4. Nine. that the French learned all this? CAFETERIA 5. Only one in about 1,400 know. to wanted DINE " DANCE Benning BUFFET DINING ROOM The Beautiful "Not when you consider the facts games. 6. No, glow worms are actually MRS. J. H. WATERS, Attidenf Bromhtz, it aj pears, has a flair for beetles. The males can fly, but MIRROR ROOM - Managerj romance. He fell very much in love so they light females cannot, the her told In Luxembourg, with a girl J. HOLMAN WATERSandW ROSS SUTTON EVERT SATUinmVENIKG to let their lovers know where his plans, promised to send for her up are. they as soon as he could afford it." 7. North Carolina claims this beans." the "And she spilled record. Between Wilmington and had only one heart; grief, two Wishes The ambassador smiled and said. Hamet a distance of 73 30 miles, and pride, two bent Anger wishes that all mankind tear-gland"Why not? The French keep their there is a stretch of track without Richter. been knees. it that and one had only they've neck; love, ears to the ground a single curve. he first paging Bromhtz since showed up in Luxembourg. They on him, put their cleverest she agent slower-burnin- g a Mademoiselle I ucette Ducos The French are turr.irg Bromhtz' passover to us ports and secret orders You'll need only to transfer your to the Bromlitz own photograph have a speFrench The passports At your this. for doing cial process LIKE convenience en route to Mexico you I his ANYONE WHO SMOKES signature. should practice look to want too. might you thought, A GOOD DEAL, THE the fellow over to refresh your memEXTRA MILDNESS IN ory on his mannerisms. SLOWER-BURNIN- G briefly Captain Benning thought and got to his fiet. CAMELS IS IMPORTANT "Very good, sir." he said. "If J TOME. AND THE thats the game. Im ready to go to Vincennes " The ambassador handed Benning GRAND! of papers, comprising the a mi: IEW t, HOTEL ail!liXiE'tii2. Rates: 2.00 to 4.00 n - , s; camels gives you the: smoke of EXTRA MILDNESS, EXTRA COOLNESS, EXTRA FLAVOR C?') O Wi W packet Bromlitz carte d'identite and several orders In German and Italian. A to secretary came into the room for of Benning a photograph make transfer to the Bromhtz passports and Benning then left the embassy took a taxicab to Vincennes. Benning passed out of Paris through the Porte de Eercy and sped to the ZTim old walls of the ancient citadel A sentry challenged at the gate, examined Benning's credentials. and sent h m to the commsn-dan- t r who dispatched a to guide the American to the Brom tz cell fJO HE COST1WEDI sous-officle- anti-tetanu- , n I . Mf (0 Hlancotivf la. lpi R uieiilasivih air The plane swung back across the Anacostia and glided to a landing. Benning thanked the pilot fur a safe journey north and sped by military sedan across the river into Washington. At the War Department he went to the second floor and reported to the G-- 2 section. Colonel Flagwill had come down early for Bennings arrival. His placid, unemotional face broke in a slight smile and his eyes sparkled at sight of the young officer. He led the captain into a private office and closed the door. Without formality Flagwill said: Someone must go into Mexico and get the facts, Benning I neednt remind you of the danger of such an enterprise. While I have thought of you for the detail, you need not accept unless you want to." "Thanks for thinking of me, Colonel," Benning said with an easy smile. "When do you wish me to leave? There was an approving gleam in the Flagwill eyes as he took from his pocket a bulky sealed letter and handed it to Benning. Youre sailing for Europe at eleven on the America. Available information is in this letter. When youve read it, destroy it by burning. Youd better take a commercial plane to New York. Your boat opened. Wilt i.i lend N Mtui-- W AMERICAN IUD t! WITHOUT A COST liilmn t,B yV giVoiwo. I I S I "Ui imply js uti Amu. ati Vgubl j 9( Mi'll ! oi i e a f ivt A1...11I 'g Y iin was waiting m a nv wtieh he i lii l ed "I've fttrrffl I? 1 Vial I CENT or V Y 1! 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