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Between the sleek brown hands a tiny blue roll .of paper was twisting Into a narrower wisp under the .care- less manipulation of thin fingers. "Well, Jaimibr," Crandall briskly ad- dressed the servant, "fave you com- pleted the errand | sent you ou?" "Yes, General Sahib." The brown fingers still caressed the plans of the signal tower. | "Have you anything to report? The general had his cigarette in his mouth and was pawing his desk for a match. Jalmihr Khan slowlf lifted the tip of ( paper wisp in his fingers to the | "Give me those plans, you yellow hound!" fame of a candle on the end of the desk, then held the burning tip to his master's cigarette. "Nothing, General Sahib." "Yery good. Come, Woodhouse; sorry to have kept you waiting." 'The gen- eral started for the double doors. Woodhouse followed. He passed very close to the Indian, but the latter made no sign. His eyes were on the burning wisp of paper between his fingers. T Gibraltar. Fogns of the cous centrated attention of town and Rock was the battle fleet, clog- ging all the inner harbor with its great gray bulks. Superdreadnuughis, like the standing walls of a submerged Aflantls, lay cluse te the quays, barges lashed along side the fulded Loums of thelr torpedo pets. DBebind them, bat- tle cruisers and scouts formed a pro. tecting cordon. . Far out across the eutrance to the harbor the darting black sbapes of destroyers on con- stant guard were shuttles trailing thelr threads of smoke through the blue: web of sea and sky. Between fleet and shore snorting cockleshells of launches established lanes of ¢omwmuni- cation, khaki of the Rock's defenders and: blue of the fleet's officers 'met, passed and repassed. In wardroom and Pelub lounge glasses were touched' in pledges to the nuited service. .. The { high commander of. the Mediterranean fleet pald his official visit to the gover- nor of Gibraltar, and the governor in turn was received with honors upon the quarterdeck of the flagship But under the superficial courtesies of fan. fare and present arms the stern busi- ness of coaling fleet progressed at high teusion. It was necessary that all of the fighting machines have their bunkers filled by noon of the following day. Every minute that the channel up under the murky North sea fogs lay. without full strength of her fleet protection was added danger for England. That morning Captain Woodhouse went on duty in the sigual tower. Major Bishop, his superior, had sum moned Lim to his office immediately after Lreakfest nud assigned bim to his tasks there. Suflicient proof, Woodhouse assured himself, with ela. tion, that be bad come through the fire in General Crandalls Lhreary. tost- od and found genuive. Through thls pretext and that, be bad been kept off duty the day before and denied access to the slender stone tower dzh uy on the Rock's crest which wus the motor cen. fer of Ullraltar's gunglia of defense. The small oflice In which Woodhonse was Installed was situated at the very ep of the tower----a room plussed ou CHAPTER XVIIL The Pendulum of Fate. one-of Beetle -exeitement-- fir " faur sides like the lantern oom of a lightiouse and provided with telescope. n telephone switchboand, 1a 'e Gaders Runlire control On wie side were tres tle boards subporting charts of the ranges. figured aregs représciting ev ery sqitare yard of ater frofu the pearest harbor below vat 10 the farth Pat reaching distance of the monster disappearing guns. A second phic sheet showed the tmrior snl shor ros and the entrunie to the stedgs. Inside the HE next day, Thursday. was | aud oll the. complicared wachivery ol. THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, | 4 1 the Bobbs-Merrill « the waters thereabouts; their delicate tendrils led under water and through condgits in the Rock up this slender spire called the signal tower. As he climbed the winding stairway to his newly assigned post Woodhouse had seen painted on a small wooden' doo: Just below the room he was to occupy the single white letter "D." | loom D---where the switches were | where a single sweep of the band | could logse all the hidden death out | there in the crowded harbor--it lay di | rectly below his feet. He had much time for thought, and much to think about. Yesterday's scene in the library of [Government House--his grilling by the two suspicious men, when a false an swer on his part would have been the first step toward a firing squad. Yes and what had followed between him. self and the little American--the girl who had protected and aided him--ah, the pain ef that trial was hardly less | poignant than had been the terror of the one preceding it. She bad asked Lim to prove to her that he was not | what she thought him. But before an. other day was past she would be out of his life and would depart, believing ~--¥es, convinced--that the task he had | set himself to do was a dishonorable | one. She could not know that the sol | diers of the hidden army have claim to heroism no less than they who jdin | battle under the sun. But he was ta gee Jane Gerson once more; Wood: house caught at this circumstance as something precious. Tonight at Gov- ernment House Lady Crandall's dinner to the refugee Americans on the eve of | their departure would offer a last op- portunity. How could he turn it to the | desire of his heart? One more incident of a crowded yes- terday gave Woodhouse a crust. for rumination--the unmasking Jaimihr Ilhan, the Indian, had elected for him- self at that critical minute when it lay in bis power to betray the stranger in the garrison. The captain reviewed the incident with great satisfaction-- liow of a sudden the wily Indian had changed from an enemy holding a ian's life in his band to that "friend ia Government House" of whose exist. | ence the cautious Almer had hinted, | but whose identity he had kept 'con- | vealed. Almer bad said that this "friend" could lay his hand on the combination to room D in the signal tower when the proper moment ar- ! rived. Now that he knew Jaimihr | Khon in his true stripe Woodhouse Wade uo doubt of his ability to fulfill Alcr's prophecy. And the proper moment would be this night! Tonight, on the €ve of the iTeait fleet's sailing, what Woodhouse ! had come to Gibraltar to do must be | accomplished or not at all. Lady Crandall's dinner in government | house was in full tide of hilarity. Un. | der the heavy groined ceiling the spread | table, with its mapery and sliver, was | the owe spot of light in. the long shad. owed dining room. Round it sat the refugees--folk who had eaten black Lread and sausage and called that a meal, who bad dodged and twisted un. er the careless scourge of a war be yond their understanding and sympa- tliles, ridden in springless carts, been bullied and bectored Ly military mar tinets and beggared by panicky banks. Now with the first glimpsef freedom already. in sight and under the warm. lug influence of an AToerican hostess' real American meal they were swept : oft their feet by Ligh spirits almost | | tLildiike. Henry J. Sherman, Kewa- ! riee's vagrant soh.returning from pain. ul pilgrimage, sat at the right of Lady IN THE SPRING will be the great test of a life and death struggle on the Western front. In the | everyday 'walks of life, it is the spring , Hime that briogs Hl health. One of the | chile! reasons why the run-down man { finds biwsell In a bad state of health in March or April is because he has spent nearly all his hours for the past four or | tive mouths penned up within the walls of Louse, factory or office. It is the rea- { son for our diminished resistance -- that | Is, lack of gut-door life, coupled with perhaps over-eating, lack of good, exer | cise, insufficient sleep, and constightion. ! In other words, we keep feeding the | furnace with food but do not take out | the "clinkers," and our fire does not burn | brightly. Always keep the liver active. | There is nothing better for health than taking an occasional mid laxative, per- haps once a week; such a 'one as you can get at any drug store, made up of May-apple, jalap, aloes, (sugar-coated, tiny, easily taken), which has stood the test of fifty years of approval--namely, Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. Buu for the "Spring Fever," the general run-down condition, the lack of ambition, the " blues," one should take a course of treatment every spring ; such a standard tonic as Dr. Plerces Golden Medical Dis covery, now to be had in tablet form in fifty - cent vials. Watch the ople go plodding along the street. There's no spring, novitahty. A Vitalizhig tonic such as this' vegetable extract of Dr. Pierce's gives you the power to force yourself into action. The brain responds to the new biood in eirculation, and thus you're ready to make a fight against stagna- tion which holds you in bondage. Try it now! Don't wait! To-day Is the day to begin. QGaln a little "pep," and laugh and live. Vim and vitality ars the natural out-pouriug of a healthy body, It does not Spring up in a night. Try this spring tonic, and you gain the cour- age that comes with geod health. BAA AA A A AA AEA Table talk was run.in wlen M shernan, who quent searching Woodhouse over the nodding buds of the flower plece In the (enter of the board, suddenly broke out: "Aw, Captain' Woodhouse, now [re member where I've secu you before! i thought your face familiar the minute | set my eyes ou you this even- tug. Jaimitr Khan, who stood behind the general's chair, arms folded and mo- tionless, swiftly lifted ove land to his Ups. but Immediately mastered himseli again, Geveral Crandall looked ap with a sharp crinkle of interest be tween Lis eyes. Captain Woodheuse, gata gay rate 1ad sent fre- ut Captain elance: glances was unperturbed. torned to the Rewaaes dowager. "You have seen me before, Mrs. Shier man?" "I am sure of it," the lady announced with decision." The other diners werd listening now, "ludeed! And where?' Woodhouse was smiling polite attention, "Why, at the Winter Ginrden, in Ber. lin, a month ngol" Mrs, Sherman was bogely satistied with her identification, Jaimihr' Khan Lifted One Hand to Hig Lips. She appealed to Ler Lusband for con: firiedtion. "Ilemember, futligr. that gentleman 1 misjook for Albert Downs. -back bome, that night 've saw that-er "wicked Performance?" . "Can't say 1 do." Sherman answered folerantly. Woodhouse, still smiling, addressed Mrs. Sherman: | om Crandall, is pink face was glowing with humor, 'To Consul Reynolds, who swore he would have to pay for thus teglecting his cousulute for so much | uy two bours, nd fallen the honor of | Limball, polished as to shirt bosom | and sleek hair, had eyes and enrs for | none bit the blithe Kitty. Next to tieneral CraudalDsat Jane Gerson, ra- diaut fu a dinner gown of tricky gauze urerlald on silk. dinver coat faced with red und gold Qf the whole compauy Woodhouse alone appeared coustralned. The gir} by lis side had been cool in ber greet | fug that evening. To his conversa. | indifference, and now at table she di vided ber favors Letween General Crandall aud the perky Ifttie consul across the table. It seemed to Wood. house that she purposely added a lash of cruelty to Ler joy at the approach. lag departure ou the morrow, : The talk turned to art, aud the may | from Kewanee even had the stolid gen eral wiping the tears from bis eyes by .the description aud criticism of some | of the masters Lis wife had trotted him wround to admire. "Willy, you'll be interested to know. we got a Henry J: 'cried. "Member young Frank Coales--old Henry 'Coales' son? pe turned out to be am artist 1400 too; his folks was flue people But Frank ei awfully . : right away, so . Burns, who painter in Kewaneé pow," {8 about art. Paluted u war picture about : £3 big as that wall there. oun find 7 a buy, > be turued it escorting Mrs. Stiermin fo table." Willy | § At her right was | Captain Woodhoure in proper uniform | |] With a slugle stride the Indian was SATURDAY, APRIL 6, 1918. "Frightfully sory; fo disappeiat you, Mrs. Sherman, but 1 was not in Der lin & month ago. | came bere from Egypt. where [had beeu several years" Woodhouse heard Jaue at his elbow catch her breath, + «"Ree, mother, there you £0 on your man chided: Then, to the others: she came bere to Europe. Even got a glimpse of the Methodist usnister at Monte Carlo" "1 have tiever been in Berlin in my adding. "So. of course" -- "Well, 1 suppose | am wrong." the lady admitted. "But still swear." eye on bis subordinite during this colloquy, pw caught Woodhouse's | glace. Thy captain smiled frankly. "Anotber'such unexpected identifica. tion, general. and you'll bave me in the cells as a spy, 1 dare say," he re. marked. : "Quite likely," Crandall answered shortly, and took up bis fork again. A maid stepped to Lady Crandall's chair at this juncture and whispered some- thing. The lutter spoke to Wood house: "You're wanted on the telephone In the library, captain. Very important, 80 the importunate person at the othe er-end of the wire informs the maid." Woodhouse looked lis confusion. "Probably that silly ass at the quay who lost a bag of mine when! land: ed." he apologized as he rose. "It you'll pardon wme"-- Woodhouse passed up the stairs and Into the library. He was surprised te find Jaimihr Khan standing Ly the telephone, bls band just in the act of setting the receiver back on the hook The Indian stepped sw iftly to the do captain, "A thousand pardons, eap-tain"~he spoke hurtledly -- "the cap tain, will stand near the telephone. They may come from the dinlug room at any winute." gan. "lI was called on the teieplione.™ "A call 1 lied luspived, captain alone." log me. You heard what that woman from America said at the table. She bas eyes in ber head." " ¥T think he still trusts you. captain." the Indian replied. "And tonight we must act. morrow," "We? Woodhouse was on lis gus at once. "What'do you mean by 'we? * Jaimibr Khan smiled ut the evasion. "Yesterday in this room. cap-tain, | burned a roli of plans'-- saved," Woodhouse caught Lim up. "No matter, 1 burned them--at a mo- ment when you were--in great peril, captain." 5 . "Burned them, yes; perbaps to trap me further," tieuce, "Oh, excellent discretion! lg eried In suppressed exasperation. "But we waste time that is precious. To night"-- 3 me have your card--your Wilhelm strasse number," Woodhouse demand: than--some," the other answered insin. aatingly. "No card? Your numbér. then?" to the white man's ear and whispered & number. "Ig that not correct #* be asked. Woodhouse nodded curtiy. trodpeed," Jaimibir began, with a sar. donle smile, "may I venture a criti cism? Your pardon, cap-tain, but ons critics they help us to perfection. Siuce when bave men who come from the Willielmstrasse allowed themselves to make love in drawing rooms?" "Yon mean" dmerica--when | found you togethes tere yesteruay™-- "That is wy aflair." wes Wood | Bouse's bot respouse. | | *"The affair on which we work--this Mght--that is my affair, be veree sare!" There was someibing of men: ace in the Indian's tone, Woodhouse bowed to bis demand for tn explanation. "That young woman, {18 It happens, must be kept on our 'tide. She saw me In France, when { Captain Woodhouse was supposed to Le in Egypt." 2 : "Ab, 507" Jalmibr inclined bis head, with a slight gesture craviug pardon. "For that reason you make a couguest. M did not un-derstand." "No matter. The fleet snils at noon." "And our moment {s here-tounight," Jaimibr whispered In exultation. **Not 1nthl tonight did they admit you to the ower, captain. How is it there 7" | "A simple matter--with the combi | tation to the doof of Room D." ~ wver Lefore the door of the wall safe | tional sullies she had answered with | Whatever else you do, keep | ork al vase enporta your health and at dence of trouble, oi 'He pointed. "The combination of the tuner door it Is In a special compartinent of that safe, protected by many wires. Before Cawu I cut the wires aud come 40 you with the combination." a "At whatever hour Ix Lest for sou." Woodhouse put ju eagerly. "Let us say 3:30" Julmitr auswered, | {You wii be waiting for me at the Hetél Spe with--our friends f there. | shall come to you jhere. give a 4 sternly warned. | you the combination, sud "There must be no slip." Woodhouse "Not on my paki, cap tuin-couut on that. For tive years | bate Leen wait lug. waiting. Five years u servant-- yes, my geveral; wo, my peueral: very Food, my geseral" The man's voice vibrated with bate. 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