Show I 1 a I 1 0 ae I 1 r f ai 11 tea 1 I 1 4 I 1 I 1 1 taw 1 al I 1 r a 1 11 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 W ill iti I i X I 1 I 1 1 4 I 1 0 A RI I 1 I 1 I 1 11 7 r I 1 1 A r it 0 J e d 1 11 ya Z 1 I 1 p 14 4 ill P IN lei LAWA 1 I 1 I 1 H k a T k 3 wa 4 7 14 1 4 I 1 P i 1 I 1 rl Z SS W ir 4 fc I 1 w N 2 ices 1 R I 1 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 oil N OT deif doblon 7 S Q r byNN SYNOPSIS OF CHAPTERS james jaines adams american business man and graduate of west P point ant la is jt in paris at the opening of the great war between france anil and germany Oer many lie ile en pages in a balloon reconnaissance for the french narrowly narro icly escapes rapture capture by german troops anil and is wrecked lit in the me grounds of the chateau t ba lagunay gunay lit in france lie ile is nursed by aiace the counts daughter avith whom lie tails falls in love the germans gerina advance and take the chateau for headquarters Or icsman sinan a german colonel afterward itt in charge of the chateau insults aimea and is atta attacked ked by adams the fight being stopped by the kaiser with wyont adams is personally acquainted adams joins the german hussary hussars Hus sars under col lowenberg an old friend and beronies bec onies acquainted with fleischmann a viV gigantic antic sergeant who later proves to lie be a friend in need the phe army moves west to meet tile the french ench adams Adt tins Loic lowenberg enberg and lead an ambush ain bush defeating a french col column ionn upturning returning to camp adams is informed that aiace licis has assisted in tile the escape of a french franch spy latour taking him away lit in her carriage Gr Irle icsman sinan and cavalry are in pur pursuit sult with fleisch mann adams impresses ini presses a german war automobile and aim rushes tu to aid CHAPTER V 1 I was not familiar with the road evl r which we were traveling rind and could not afford to be reckless with its many turns better that 1 I arrive a few minutes minace late than not at all yet tile tho 11 paco ace the giant made seemed furious to I 1 for presently I 1 heard beard ills his heavy voice in my ear gott und HH ninell it Is tor too fast there Is no danger I 1 ahoi shouted a ted back 1 I know tile the machine as you know your horse presently lie spoke again we shall be arrested at the chateau they y will telephone fron from I 1 licad headquarters it was a 0 disagreeable thought should a suspicion arise at camp as aa to my intention the rear guard at tile the chateau would be ordered by wire to arrest us but fleischmann rose to the occasion as he did so BO often in times of trouble once more I 1 heard his voice at my ear slack up and I 1 will break the wire I 1 glanced upward where ii at t tile tho aldo of the road two strands of w wire ire were supported up ported on iron poles or on oil convenient trees I 1 had seen the signal corps corpa ext at work and knew the system tile tho upper wire of heavy copper was the through line extending back across the aleuse into lorraane Lorr alne and thence by established lines south into the mountains where it connected with the army of the crown prince operating on the southeastern border tile tha other wire or iron was a local running only from tho the chateau to the term tera on the ainne aisne river it was a daring act del deliberately to sever this line of communication yet wo we were well into the affair now and must see it through I 1 slackened speed and fleischmann I 1 sprang from the car the wires were here fastened to a tall poplar lie ho shinned chinned shi nned up the tree ant and taking hold of the local with both hands swung out upon it tho the slender strand broke clean at the insulator and 1 came down on hands and feet like a cat A moment later we e were oft off again at full speed but forty minutes had passed paired when I 1 saw far awny to the southeast ra a flutter of white high in III the trees it wils is the balloon case the remnants of la in jamie and I 1 knew wo near the end ot of our run the infantry guard nt tho the rate gate my uniform and saluted is as we ve swept through the gates at the porto cocheres coclie ie I 1 set the brake leaped from the car and rushed into tile the clinical chateau my m sword clanking ominously behind me there them was no change in tile appearance of the ro roomi save sao that they deserted desor teil the tallies tables were still litter 1 with papers blankets lay upon tile the cots just as ai they hild been thrown back whon when tile the sleepers sleep cia broso it seemed 1 I 1 lead dead place yet set with alth a groat hope in my heart that I 1 inight find almee aimee thero 1 I 1 pits pissed sel quietly through tile lie carpeted parlors and on a to tile the small family aln I 1 ing ine room boom beyond which had been reserved for the emperors private apartment I 1 threw back the heavy curtain at the doorway A man stool atwoil within ito ho had I 1 risen isen suddenly to hla his rest feet from a chair hy by a small table on which DY papers au and a maps left by the emperor ile iia I 1 A wore the uniform of 0 a prussian private ot of cavalry dark blue with red facings and n small close fetting shako with red pompon but what struck ino ine was waa ills attitude of terrified surprise the whiteness of ills his face tho the stare of ills his sma small 11 eyes ile he thrust into his inner pocket a packet of papers that were in ills hla 11 hand id its his features relaxed in III a faint sickly smile and lie ho saluted monsieur startled me lie ho said in bourgeois french 1 I 1 am arranging ti these lose papers which havo have been left behind it t nd D disguised I 1 S as aa lie he was and with that guilty look I 1 still knew that somewhere and recently I 1 had seen him in utterly different surroundings but there was no time tor for thought where Is your colonel Gr lesman sinan I 1 asked lie ilo la Is not here lie ile has gone noi north ali daylight utter after tile the spy I 1 turned b back ack and met mademoiselle la Is not here lie sald bald nor I 1 la 3 G Gr rl lesman es man I 1 we ve inu must B t f ollow follow them at the outer door I 1 spoke to a guard who sat on a n stone bench sunning him self belt who Is tile the man within III he la Is colonel GrIesi nans interpreter lie he replied ills ilia namo name jacques Gre drevoir voir 11 ah a Pren frenchman clim a it no 1 a I belgian I 1 hurried dawn tile steps M ann was waa already in III tho car to the north lie said as aa I 1 took my seat and to the north wo we went oi on I 1 the wing drevoir jacques Cre tile alio name tie the 1 face haunted me inc then I 1 14 brad red jacques tile servile gar ganon gon at I 1 lie club why I 1 had been him only the night before I 1 left paris anti and what did lie interpreter ell before I 1 could pursue tile the peculiar situation furth erwe readied reached a fork of the road and y stopped ft in a quandary left I 1 thes tie car to examine for tracks Bb Ther ewas was no earth dearth of these but they covered el elthier ther road I 1 showing that horsemen had son got 3 lit in both directions direction hastened to a small farm house near by and returned leading a sorry looking plough horse I 1 no great affair compared with w I 1 ill y your iron steed lie said gald with a grim s smile mile but I 1 will manage you keep alle ahead ad find and I 1 will turn to the left the r roada oads run parallel lel for some nomo miles if you do not ind find her cut across and jolt join me die it if I 1 do not I 1 will join you lie ile swung to the saddle and rode oft off at a smart gait at a small village I 1 obtained I 1 information n for that it a party in three carriages carriage s had passed at sun sunrise folio followed X L 1 I a few hours later by a small body of if cavalry so I 1 pushed on growing reckless in my climso h and running n ng many risks on oil the narrow winding road at last I 1 crime came upon them at the little ti c village ot of vartoul Vart eight horses were picketed near it a well close CIOMO by six troopers wore were lounging on oil the grass I 1 br neath a great tree for the afternoon was aarm in spite of the lateness of tho the season beyond them stood a carriage I 1 recognized the vehicle as Al Almee 3 and hardly waiting for the machine to stopa rushed toward it there was no one inside I 1 turned to the soldiers where Is your colonel one of them saluted with scant respect and poin pointed teLl to toa a low stone inn twenty rods up the road thither I 1 hastened my heart beating fast with anger and hope and fear the room was long with low ceilings and somewhat dark on one side stretched 1 a I row of small tables at one of which sat GrIes Gr lefman mim and ills orderly busily talking the itin innkeeper keeper canic came forward with a smile of welcome I 1 waved aved him I 1 in aside and turned to griesman w who looked up ill with a sneer all ali herr adams so you have come for tile lady 1 I have come for lagunay I 1 re replied piled 1 I wish to see tier her lit at once ile he broke out into a mocking laugh in III which the others joined well so no you shall so BO you shall see ape her presently perhaps but you must know that she la Is a pil of war my prisoner she la Is to be re I 1 said hotly 1 I heard front from the emperor your report it la Is said bald that she fihe aided tile the spy apy IM ia tour to t ti you will prove it or rc leinse relent se tier her griesmann took tonk tile the time deliberately to draw from mm ills his pocket 1 a I cigar ant an to light it lievore lie he spoke lie lin w that I 1 was burning with and anker anger leaning lael back and speaking through a cloud clond of smoke lie ho made my heart leap with delight there la Is nothing tit in the charre charge so RO far as it relates to mademoiselle for which I 1 nm am glad since my regard for tier her la Is very I 1 antler I 1 may any 11 lie ho paused to taho lu la the full effect of I 1 this thrust I 1 was gritting britting grit ting my teeth hardly ablo able to keep anyse w within t n bounds yet I 1 would hear him to the end 1 I will tell you briefly that you may report the facts to ills majesty As AB you know latour was to be shot at sunrise yesterday morning wo derided decided to wait a day hoping to extract hom him valuable information 0 n wile alf and tier her party in tareo carriages left yesterday morning before dawn latour who was confine 1 3 in one alf of tile cellars must havo have bribed one on e of the servants and soine somehow hai v slipped pat past the ilu guard and entered the forward c can art lage I 1 c where lie lild bild beneath a bundle of i us the guard discovered at breakfast linw that latour was gone but in fen of punishment omitted emitted to report aunill this morning giving tile tho spy twenty tour four hours in which to get away fortunat cly for your friends belle decided to stop atop en rou route to for it a isit etli an acquaintance and wo we hul had a no lit in overt alting them of coll emus se tile the spy la is gone but wo we drew a n cession from the servants rind had tit alic extreme pleasure of shooting tile them instead of latour those tiro are tho the fa faits is and ana you will pardon my lily suggestion that ih u you return immediately and communicate them to tho the emperor 1 own P pleasure leasure I 1 I return nt at my replied my orders do not como come 1 i ill 1111 to show mi to t you I 1 request you mademoiselle lagunay i really believe that griesman und i fighter how 1 1 ii 11 rated mo me as a havo have known my training so without fear and Is as t rl a cat ail 1 0 lies alca with a mouse thinking to 1 another playful bite bile lie he aslan 1 I last debiec ot of insult 1 I have live told you iou that my prisoner As such she elie may not i you site she Is also my companion and 1 a I such she dos does riot not wish to see you sni why monsieur it was waa but an hour I 1 tiro that she sat upon my lily lap all or ballis all and 1 blushes rind I 1 sprang at him with an oath INI my y sword camo came froin its ita scabbard with at ui angry lilha hiss had I 1 followed my flit fielt impulse his craven akell hail had been split spill that instant hut I 1 merely sm ackel lila face with the hat flat of tho the blade say it again it if you dire dare you lie dug dog both men jumped to their feet tho the colonel had ills sabro sabre in ill the air when ills hla orderly rushed between us ua 3 remember tho the emperors orde orders 7 s hii cried you will vill loso logo your comm commission s sl on let him go lie he Is helpless hut Gries nian traitor though ho he proved ed to lie be was no coward thoroughly enraged by my clia chalk I 1 if threw the man aside and came at me with alth all hn his two hundred pounds weight I 1 stepped back IL a little to get room anti caught ills hla blade on oil my glaid lie he soro beneath ills breath and I 1 struck a ngali g tin with ter terranc rifle roro arut AR again I 1 stopped hlin A little less leaa brawn and more skill baby I 1 said derisively Y you 0 u will bo ba wear wearied led wo we carried the regulation german cavalry sabro sabre rather heavy and slightly curved it was waa built on n the american model cojei and cis aa I 1 mot inot ills savage lunge lungys a I 1 began to feel nt at home ionic I 1 fell naturally at I 1 nto into tho the old position of defens ft tho 11 ile Inus muscles cles of 0 wrist and I 1 arm cami easily into play in III memory I 1 saw tile gr great e at tanbark tan bark circle of the academy whore where we hud had our dally drills drill s 1 I was ag agian ain in the zing ling defending my title of the best swordsman of oc tile the class clauss awl and s KO 0 without tremor or apprehension I 1 stood there and fought f for or ailees sake and for my own life parrying parry lne ills hla mighty strokes little difficult di though tho the shock as I 1 caught his heavy beavy blade told on my arm so long unused to sword play I 1 mado made no mo effort to strike so swift was wag hla his attack and s BO a vic lons that I 1 preferred tho the deafen defensive give well knowing that eventually lie he would woul d tiro tire at intervals I 1 taunted him using all tile the german terms of acorn corn and contumely that I 1 could call to mind 1114 anger was terrible grot great beads of 0 sweat formed on his brow and rolled down his big cheeks checks ills eyes protruded ila his mouth opened h his I 1 s breath crime came faster aster we movell moved around tile room advancing retreating eating emiil sidestepping stepping neither obtaining any advantage though I 1 was certain that my play was wa 3 superior sup eilor to ills his the innkeeper ned fled in ton or tit at the first clash and we had bad tile the aig uig 1 ig room to ourselves the orderly astl sl id to one side bide encouraging his Cob cobbel Colin nel fl now and then we rested momentarily I 1 I 1 7 I 1 k I 1 7 I 1 fi I 1 jj ir I 1 4 I 1 ia I 1 I 1 1 i I 1 e I 1 I 1 ti I 1 1 I 1 4 11 1 4 s 1 ji 1 V ataw I 1 I 1 I 1 1 I 1 1 I I 1 I 1 1 11 AA ra I 1 4 1 I 1 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