Show 1 I 1 ZI I 1 fata it I 1 pe ri ot 41 1 11 I 1 A 61 6 I 1 1 10 1 I 14 A 1 ir I 1 I 1 X I 1 IN P it I 1 I 1 a 1 I 11 7 14 11 wa as P 1 ai I 1 I 1 ij i j lip A ait S i 11 ai I 1 4 A 71 MI 1 S ca 11 I 1 a r I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 9 t 51 fi A t C I 1 I 1 M I 1 I 1 ali V it oi aw A nm i OA IN 2 aa E 10 1110 hyl 11 11 f ac ity ill I 1 synopsis of preceding chapters jainga amps adams cr ot of west point and Flaro european peart representative of american mum I 1 factor ers rs Is in paris nt at tile outbreak of tho the preach orrinan war in it balloon tor for tho the drmic Fr i anil and narrowly capture alli balloon id arc caf d at tho chateau in northern Frita cc lie hi li Is rescued and ariura by count daub t ter almee aimee with hum ho be falls lit loeu lovu thu german army advances and takes lukea p of 0 the chateau adams lights flit lats a alt colonel who has baa insulted Insul alduce and Is a thrown to thu the I 1 floor by the kalar ho la d old id pressed impressed into t alia lie clemmii army engages in ID an ambush ot of a french column anil and 1 lutar ter kim the german colonel Ori esmau who hua hiis arrested arret cd aimee fur for alle tille yil gd complicity la in tile tho escape of a frolich spy epy after tei milo fighting a zest tho the french freach adams A dams td I 1 s up by a m trench itch air ami blown out bonca abher aw abero her lia a observes too the grol front t naval battle lu ill i tach bo t 11 fleek aeta are an to flit by anil and terrible implements I 1 mple ments of war I 1 llo 0 br hen st ts sall to la his bla air p tor or bt fl 2 allure hufi has u refuge 1 with I cousin in tile war I 1 chairit CHAI Mit VIII an AB I 1 have boated now tile alio great naval battle was over my illy objective was bethel Het liel and my sweetheart allure aimee dut but it wua not easy eaby to sail ball tit nt an all elevation of a thousand iro gardn 11 a over strange and pick out rom a hundred villages a particular oue one which has baa been becu visited but if bl 11 gle time bethel as I 1 remembered it could lie be distin by its ti great arat monastery yet even with ft a striking landmark to yo go by dark nesa came upon me and I 1 was still cruls luj luh about using my illy glass in villa vain with morning I 1 resumed my scrutiny of the panorama bolow below me and I 1 late to in the forenoon discovered the tha monastery I 1 selected a broad field closs close bv bj L and slowly mottled battled to earth having passed several times over tile the village I 1 was the object or of much attention and when I 1 landed the villagers and flocked to see the still ship th they were a rough leavy heavy class and at sight ot of my german uniform there was ivas much aci mur burkig I 1 caught the I 1 word Is spy several times tIff leB they lit ine file in t the e crowd increasing in ili willibert wil libers some borne became much anil and in provincial rench french I 1 WOM wits entirely unarmed and could have hare stood tor for a against such euch a horde of injury froni from the angry frenchmen who were evidently not in gently and in ray my fleet french year hiir law gives even een a criminal n hoar ing sir I 1 nm nin no all american though my lail uniform forin speaks to tho the contrary cout rury I 1 alighted from mi lay clr ship but a few minutes since and was at attacked by fill s mol met in ill tile he bel belief ef that I 1 nin am a agerman spy consider for a moment what possible object it 11 spy might liim have lit in landing lit in tills till region whore where there are neither troops nor fortifications mademoiselle ep ealis torulf truly I 1 am even 0 on more than her lover lor inia I 1 nin her fl fiance atice accepted acci tid hy by the ho count lavallay Ln La gunay gallay surely burily I 1 may may cla balm lalm I 1 in right to courtesy from his bri ther hut wy my speech had little effect unless to increase ills ht auger ills 1113 c cea es baked up lip again lies lies all lie ha exclaimed 1 I tell you I 1 mill not huo you lit in my illy louse house ue he cattle came toward me threat euli I 1 shrugged il my shoulders cl ory y good I 1 will go I 1 bt arteil toward the door but bin almee aimee clung to tile me the tears running down her cheeks piteously she pleaded with etli her uncle but to no avail lie stormed stor meil up fill and flown down the room cursing tile the eramus eru mus nud and all their kin th ahon ell All allness nees face nt bet lit in that woul womanly anly determination ahe showed Bh ovel til ill irtel cal mu moments ments taking lay liand hand she lid led me file into tile the hall nud and silence to the romr rear door buor into chure lore au an garden stretched away abay to a thickly indal hill her uncle stood homo bowe dIsta distarce uce behind watching ug its curl oust busly across ot yon yonder ider hill you NN hlll und find a roal loud r ti that lat will take you to the railroad station iler her voice ulce rani rang out clearly she was waa not afraid to show her colors 1 hough you ou are an shamefully fully treated here atou iou are ill no less my own soon coon I 1 lie bo luck ick at lifty find and my illy father and I 1 will all wel conio you ou thare alii re good live lire my illy loe 1 jhc pu put t her lips to lillne mine thell 1 lion lit in a bulck r riidu lit in thu liu w 0 until unit 1 4 como to the gate bild you ou will lad a suit of clothes find and money you call an not travel in these alk ie I 1 pressed essed her ban hand d slipped away an ay r gh Ir tho lie garden out of the tato gate find so to tile the shelter of tho the woo woods 0 late that night feeling like a k kicked 1 elk 1 I dog I 1 blunk through the darkness 8 to I 1 chii 0 ba back ej gate there on the ground I 1 fou found 11 a all suit it of clothes and a hat probably ly taken from her cousins closet for the she h lia d I 1 two male cousins who were officers in the I 1 french army I 1 removed my coiled and worn uniform and lit in a few minutes was a fairly decent 1 french gentleman I 1 in 11 ft bocket pocket of the con oat t I 1 found a purse containing money which I 1 dill did not neul need and a folded paper which I 1 took to be ba a note nota 1 by her mat 1 bearing bi irling a hii bundalo adlo of clothes I 1 took my illy dear vue in in arms covering her lovely face with kisses then wu wit hurried to ti the carriage hut though luu love will always find it way a na a ru reua u a the old song thu the cherub Is sometimes balked balk til beaure wu lve could outer cuter our carriage urr wu wo observed bright lights lu ili tho the windows ut of tile thu chateau chat iau aahl heard should aud ami abe sound burud of u wheels l lu in tho the stable yard a rd it wua was evident that the bucio had so L learned of thel albeo was waa terrified rr tied she informed lutu mu me that her t two lu clustus had bad but tile day before red turn tumid brout the army and av waru V U loud lu in abuse of tile the Je 0 effic r ebu bad won ft her aff her utta had beu beeta a 0 burden since my visit 0 o applied the tl alp F arl driving v in wl hath it i tue at his big side while aimee und hall abu L wild sit lint behind the ilio road was vaa smooth aud d for soma miles WL we pushed ou oil without sign u ot r pursuit pur ault sult the iho night hall had beef dark but now the heavy clouds broke away nud w wi e went ou the brilliant buooa light it was nearing dawn when I 1 heard tho the sound of hoof beats behind us ua and litter inter tile shouts or of our pursuers pur their horses our tiam was ais no match for theirs I 1 saw sa that we mu must at face the tha music oud and have it out tilt on the rod road 1 hall bad his big own jovn plans however bonor As tho the atam drew alost r lie he karu gave tile 1110 the lines 1 I will atte I to the gurile enters bo be said quietly qui aly I 1 way I 1 teed your our kielp but bo be really ready to e drive on without tile when I 1 give tho the word tho the dashing team passed us and stopped d T three birve men lealiea f froin r ota tho the carriage carrl iko Ati albios nees uncle how I 1 recognized by ills hla height lio leht i grasped ras iid tho the bridles of our horses borsos while tile alie two to cousins ran toward us ua As they came up I 1 leischmann ste stepped piled to the ground smash 4 bear terrific impact of his bla great fists in fix their faces they vent down til ili it heap one was vas unveil t the other scrambled t to 0 his foet feet a abid ad rushil mildly at I 1 with ith nn an oath 1 while tho the tall uncle per belving need ot of his bli assistance 1 adval iced a huge sword ile he wag beside 1 himself with rase rage Th levest lie snarled at tins the ilmo it avas now na as I 1 recall tho the incident I 1 laugh aels ini nann liia its so cool so BO resource so BO mighty lie ile p picked up 1 tho the cousin unis lii fill it a r rather small laft man 1 1 ll 11 x both blinds lin nila lifted him hill high lit in the alio 1 clr I r and I 1 brought it bani I 1 ni down don with terrill terrible dorco upon tile uncles bead was a shriek of pain a lica lie ny g groan r 0 an a and n of they tbt wint went down doii together via m t the 1 t 0 chist at drive on it roared H ired 1 un and I 1 whipped the hortes into a gallop callop A minute litter I 1 lienti tile lie steady beat of hoofs behind 1 us UH and nil 1 I 1 appeared smiling good nul find mounted on oil one of the carriage carala carr la horses lie iio ind hold cut the trl anil turned tho the other horse loose t thus ill iff eIt stopping the pur pursuit sult aimee hill nearly fainted with fright but under the ilio care of her i r aid she soon rega 1 ned her composure and we MC drove on 1 leisurely I 1 et surely without fear of further lit in shortly after dawn wu stopped 1 I nt at a small town breakfasted nud and after con sult atlon doelder h to leave the team antl and take tile the train for foi carls at the station another surprise awaited us As tile tho train from tile ilio south couth rolled lit in a n mid and handsomely hindson itly uniformed I 1 ranch brench officer came amo from one of tile lie waiting rushed toward him with it a en cri of if delight it wai her miller tle the count comit ilay whom we had bad not seen 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 z I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 X 4 11 I 1 k 1 1 I 1 1 I 1 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 V I 1 I 1 1 1 it I 1 I 1 I 1 1 11 I 1 I 1 ia 1 1 I 1 I 1 1 J A I 1 k 1 I 1 1 I 1 V I 1 1 il I 1 4 11 1 l I 1 I 1 t 11 I 1 ill ii 1 40 1 I 1 I 1 V I 1 ail I 1 I 1 r I 1 1 f V I 1 W ta N I 1 I 1 L P 1 I 1 4 41 11 I 1 1 I 1 1 m 4 61 1 I 1 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 vz f I 1 11 i A a W L I 1 ca v 11 I 1 I 1 g 1 11 I 1 I 1 J t 11 q I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 11 I 1 t I 1 1 0 14 ff I 1 I 1 Z I 1 4 f I 1 Q A 11 1 1 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 7 I 1 40 1 I 1 1 am 7 9 W I 1 71 n effi I 1 1 I 1 I 1 ft 00 if mai ap AM t lal ii 1 2 J I 1 i P enoi 4 NOI V 4 X 1 kl I 1 1 I 1 11 I 1 it al N W I 1 1 I 1 1 I 1 I 1 4 at wa 4 r 1 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 i 04 V en d I 1 I 1 A C I 1 t lm P I 1 ell V 2 v wj aw F Y t W 1 7 id 1 e Z 1 P I 1 I 1 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streaming niter after me and bahout ng tip py spy catch lim I 1 felt a coward yet there was no fitt alternative ernatt v e it vas mas flight ig ignoll a loun though th ough it be or death and I 1 flashed ss the th C meadow hounded bounded over a low fence into I 1 the road and hod for shelter ii lip h ere having haring a good start I 1 had bad gained somewhat on my pursuers all abid after running it tew few hundred yards I 1 baruck the inaina rond road at the very corner corn er where stood tile the chateau in which valc reg lived live of ailees cousins I 1 lecog reco tilled tile the place cwi with n des 1 rate hope like that I 1 of a hunted hare darted barted 1 gate a ad through the grounds ground 9 the rabble surging titter after nic lie straight n up p th the e broad drive I 1 ran through the front door which stood open and into the drawing room where I 1 sank bank upon a couch the next moment ft a woman entered the room I 1 heard beard tile the sw ish of her skirts and her light foot footstep I 1 looked up it was almee aimee for FOP a brief period she did not recognize 1 me ine weilu open ryes eyes tier her hand band ou on her heart Ire breathing athing rapidly she stood and listened to the jeers of tuu the enraged assemblage she was dress dressed pol la in blue and white the same gown she wore when I 1 first saw her again she was wai my angel of comfort I 1 arose end and held out my arms anna aldace Al niec race I 1 said that I 1 was vas disheveled hatless unshaven made no difference to tills this dear girl N with a little cry or of recognition sh ran to me drew roe ine down upon the couch and put her face ace to mine oll oil my love the she whispered my lionhearted lion llon hearted camle I 1 heard that you were dead I 1 thought I 1 had dad lost loat yon forever for a brief minute to I 1 held her close to me then the cries of the angry crowd rang in my cars they had stopped lit at tilt entrance they fenced feared to come further spy spy they cried let us ua havo the ther german spy apy H kill I 1 11 him kill 1111 him 11 at this juncture a harsh masculine voice bounded in the hall I 1 then at the outer door away with yo you U var carlets varlets lets how dare you enter e my illy grounds back I 1 say bay away with you through tile tho window I 1 baw the villagers slink blink away like whipped curs they taurel the anger of their overlord over lord loril I 1 d drew rew a long breath of relief suddenly tue the curtain c at the door wai flung astae aside ond and a tall stern faced man strode in lie he looked at me inie first ti nj then at almee aimee how now he be said haritti ly villian what would you harer have lie ile came nt me with clenched blenk tied fists and I 1 arose to confront this bew danier danger but almee aimee stepped in front ot of me and faced her uncle with her bond bead erect and blazing eyes 1 uc I 0 Is my lover she said proudly proud Ir ili ho laa has come here foar or protection I 1 defend him as long as I 1 bare life in my A sneer curled tile the uncles una 11 vo 3 your lur lover ho he said disdainfully your r lover lo 10 ver indeed A german spy the eternal enemy what do you mean birb girl have you tho the effrontery fron tery to io tell we me iiii 1119 eyes shot late tit at me out with w it 1 i you u dutch scum out of my sight flight 1 I w will i 1 ly no not ot harbor you beneath my roof lie ile advanced and took almee roughly by the arm I 1 AW that the t occasion was one for rather than force the uncle was four inches my better in helget find and I 1 doubted doubled nut not th that t he could summon a score of ed servants in IB fas QI many leeco I 1 spoke I 1 11 1 t front from Ali alnie tive I 1 it and rt put it next my heart beart then avith ii iid courage I 1 struck it i t ruck out for tin tho tatlyn tat lun two baurs later I 1 was as on the midnight express for parts paris at tho the first opportunity I 1 took out Ai almery nices note it was wah it tender little epistle full of love and protestations ot of loyalty she mio |