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The hotel servants surrounded them. A cry hovered on his lips, but at the last minute his nerve failed him. The American was a man of his word. When they reached the car, Julius breathed a sigh of relief. The dangerzone was passed. Csar bad successfully hypnotized the man by his side. "Get in," he ordered. "Georg« !" The chauffeur turned his heat!. "I want to go to Gatehouse In Kent Know the road at all?" "Yea, sir; It will be eboit an hour and a halfs run." • "Hake it an hour, I*m In n tapiry." •Til do my best, sir.* The caf shot forward through the trafflfc. Julius ensconced himself comfortably by the side if his victim. He kept his hand in the pocket of his coat, but bis manner was urbane to the last degree. Slowing down, the chauffeur called over his shoulder that they were just eoming into Gatehouse." Julius bade 'the Russian direct them. His plan was to dri\e straight up to the house. There Kramenin was to ask for the two girls. Julius explained to him that Little Willie would not be tolerant of failure. Kramenin, by this time, was as putty In the other's hands. The car swept up the drive,- and Mopped before the porch. The chauffeur looked round for orders. "Turn the car first, George. Then ring the bell, and get back to your place. Keep the engine going, and be ready to scoot like h--1 when I give the word." "Very good, sir." The front door was opened h|r the butler. Kramenin felt the musSle of the revolver against his ribs. "Now," hissed Julias. "And be careful." _ The Russian beckoib«L S His- lips were white, and his voice was not very steady. "It Is I--Kramen!n! Bring down the girl at once! There is no time to lose!" Whittlngton had come down the steps. He uttered an exclamation of astonishment at seeing the other. "We have been betrayed I Plans must be abandoned. We must save our own skins. The girl! And at once! It's our only chance." - Whittlngton hesitated, but for hardly a moment. "You have orders--from him?" "Naturally! Should I be here otherwise? . Hurry! There is no time to be lost. The other little fool bad better come too." Whittlngton turned and ran back Into the house. The agonizing minutes went by. Then--two figures hastily huddled In cloaks appeared on the steps and were hustied into the cat The smaller of the two was inclined to resist and Whittlngton shoved her In unceremoniously. Julius leaned forward, and In doing so the light from the open door lit up his face. Another man on the steps behind Whittlngton gave a startled exclamation. Concealment was at an end. 'Get a move on, George," shouted Julius. The chauffeur slipped In his clutch, and with a bound the car started. The man on the steps uttered an oath. His hand went Into his pocket. There was a flash and a report. The bullet just missed the taller glrlvby an inch. \ "Get down. Jane," cried Julius. "Flat on the bottom of the car. Are you all right. Tuppence?" "Of course I am. Where's Tommy? What made them let us go?" demanded Tuppence. "I reckon Monsieur Kramenin here asked them so prettily they Just couldn't refuse!" This, was too much for the Russian. He burst out vehemently: "Curse you--curse you! They know now that I betrayed them. My. life won't be safe for an hour in this country." "That's so," assented Julius. "I'd advise you to make tracks for Russia right away." "Let me go, then," cried the other. "I tyive done what you asked." "Sure thing. Pull up, George. The gentleman's not making the return trip. If I ever come to Russia, Monsieur Kramenin, I shall expect a rousing welcome, and--" But bef6re Julius had finished his speech, and before the car had finally halted, the Russinn had swung himself out and disappeared into the •lght. "Annette and I didn't know what was going to happen to as," said Tuppence. "Old Whittlngton hurried us off. We thought it was lambs to the slaughter." "Annette," said Juliua. "Is that what you call her?" ,, £ His mind seemed to b«T trying to adjust Itself to - new Idea. "It's her name," said Tuppence, opening her eyes very wide. "ShucJtsI" retorted Julius. "She may think It's her name, because her memory's gone, poor kid. But It's the one real and original Jane Finn we've got here.** "What--?" cried Tuppence. But she was Interrupted. With an angry spurt, a bullet embedded Itself In the upholstery of the car lust behind her head. < "Down with you," crte<f Julius. "It' an ambush. Push her a bit, George. The car fairly leapt forward. Three more shots rang out, but went happily wide. Julius raised his hand to bis cheek. "You are hurt IS quickly. -» "Only a scratch.** • The girl sprang to her feet. "Let me out! Let me out, I say! Stop the car. It Is me they are after. I'm tl»e one they want. You shall not lose your lives because of me. -Let me go." She was fumbling witty the fastenings of the door. " Julius took her by both arms, and looked at her. She had spoken ftlth no trace of foreign accent. "Sit down, kid," he said gently. "I guess there's nothing wrong with your memory. Been fooling them all the time, eh?" Tlw girl looked at him, nodded, and then suddenly burst Into tears; Julius patted her on the shoulder. "There, there--JueMt you sit tight. We're not going to let you quit." Through her sobs the girl said Indistinctly : "You're from home. I can tell by your voice. It makes me homesick.'* "Sure Tm from home. I'm your cousin--Julius Hersheimmer. I came over to Europe on purpose to find you--and a pretty dance you've led me." The car slackened speed. George spoke over his shoulder: "Cross-roads here, sir. Ha not sore of the way." v - The car slowed down till It hardly moved. As It did so a figure climbed suddenly over the back, and plunged bead first into the midst of them. "Sorry," said Tommy, extricating himself. "Was In the bushes^fty the drive. Hung on behind. Oonlmt let you know before at the pace yen were going. It was all I could do to hang on. Now then, you girls, get out! There's a station^just up that road. Train due in three minutes. ' You'll catch it If you hurry." "What the devil are yon driving at?" demanded Julius. "Do you think you can fool them by leaving the car?" "You and I aren't going to leave .the car. Only the girls." Tommy turned to Tuppence. "Get out at once. Tuppence. Take her with you, and do Just as I say. Take the train to London. Go straight to Sir James Peel Edgerton. Mr. Carter lives out of town, but you'll be safe with him." "Dam you!" cried Julius. "You're mad. Jane, you stay where you are." With a sudden swift movement, Tommy snatched the revolver from Juliua' hand, and leveled It at him. 'Now will you believe I'm In earnest? Get out, botli of you, and do as say--or I'll shoot!" Tuppence sprang out, dragging the unwilling Jane after her. "Come on. It's all right. If Tommy's sure--he's sure.. Be qatek. We'll miss the train.**" They started running. Julius' pent-up rage burst forftt, "What the h--1--" Tommy interrupted him. "Dry up! I want a few words with you, Mr. Julius Hersheimmer." . CHAPTER Xwi $tk. Jane's Story. Her arm through Jane's, dragging her along, Tuppence reached the station. They arrived on the platform Just as the train came to a standstill. Tuppence opened the door of an empty first-class compartment, and the two girls sank down breathless on the padded seats. If they once readied Sir James Peel Edgerton in safety, all would be well. But would they reach him? Would not the silent forces of Mr. Brown already be assembling against them? Tuppence mapped out her plan of campaign. As the train at length drew slowly into Charing Cross, Jane Finn sat up with a start. "Have we arrived? I never thought we should!" - "Oh, I thought we'd get to London all right. If there's going to be any fun, now is when it will begin. Quick, get out. We'll nip Into a taxi." In another minute they were Stepping into a taxt. King's Cross," directed Tuppence. Then she gave a jump. A man looked in at the window, Just as they started. She was almost certain It was the same man who had got Into the carriage next to them. She had a horrible feeling of being slowly hemmed In on every side. / You see," she explained to Jane. If they think we're going to Sir James, this will put them off the scent. Now they'll Imagine we're going to Mr. Carter. His country place Is north of London somewhere." Crossing Holborn there was a block, and the taxi was held up. This was what Tuppence had been waiting for. "Quick," she whispered. "Open the right-hand door!" The two girls stepped out into the traffic. Two minutes later they, were seated In another taxi and were retracing their steps, this time direct to Carlton House terrace. "There," said Tuppence, with great satisfaction, "this ought to do them. can't help thinking that I'm really rather clever I What's this thing fewerving--Oh!" There was a grinding noise and a bump. Another taxi had collided with them. In a flash Tuppence was out on the pavement. A policeman waa approaching. Before he arrived Tuppence had handed the driver five shillings, snd she and Jane had merged themselves In the crowd. , "It's only a step or two now," Sftid Tuppence breathlessly.1 Hand-in-hand, the two girls hurried along. "It may be my fancy," said Tuppence suddenly, "but I feel as though there was some one behind us." Tuppence and Jane took to their heels. The "house they sought was ! gome way down. Footsteps echoed behind them. Their breath was coming In choking gasps as they reached Blr James' door. Tuppence seized the bell and Jane the knocker. A man readied the foot of the steps. For a moment he hesitated, and as he did so the door opened. They fell Into the hall together. Sir James came forward from the library door. "Hullo 1 What's this?" He stepped forward, and put his arm round Jane as she swayed uncertainly. He half carried her Into the library, and laid her on the leather couch. From a tantalus on the table he poured out a few drops of brandy, and forced her to drink them, \yith a sigh she sat up, her eyes stl!l ^ild and frightened. "It's all right. Don't be afraid, my child. You're quite safe." Her breath came more normally, and tlfce color was returning to her cheeks. Sir James looked at Tuppence quizzically. Am I right in thinking that the joint venture has ended in success, and that this"--he turned to the tirl on th^ couch--"Is Miss Jane Finn?" Jane sat up. "" "Yes," she said quietly, Tm Jane Finn. I have"a lot to tell you." "When you are stronger--" "No--now!" In a low voice Jane began her story. r "I- came over on the Eusltanla to take up a post In Paris. When the ship was torpedoed, a man came up to me. He asked me If I was a patriotic. American, and told me he was carrying papers which were Just life or death to the Allies. He asked me to take chnrge of them. I was tb watch for an advertisement In the Times. If It didn't appear, I was to take them to the American Anbassador. "Most of what followed seems like a nightmare still. I see It in .my dreanjk sometlmes. . . I'll hurry over that part. Mr. Danvers had told me to wnteh out. He might have been shadowed from New York, but he didn't think so. At first I had no sus-1 picions, but on the boat to Holyhead I began to get uneasy. There was one woman who had been very keen to look after me, and chum up with me generally--a Mrs. Vandemeyer. I remembered that she'd been quite near me on the Lusitania when Mr. Danvers gave me the packet, and before that she'd tried to talk to him once or twice. I, began to get scared, but I didn't quite see what to do. "One thing I'd done already as a precaution--ripped open the oilskin packet and substituted blank paper, and then sewn it up again. So, if anyone did manage to rob me of it. it wouldn't matter. "What'to do with the real thing worried me no end. Finally I opened It out flat--there were only two sheets --and laid It between two of the advertisement pages of a magazine. I stuck the two pages together round (he edge with some gum off an envelope. I carried the magazine carelessly stuffed Into the pocket of my ulster. "At Hplyhead I found myself in a carriage with Mrs. Vandemeyer after "all. I consoled myself with the thought that there were other people In the carriage--there was quite a nice-looking man and his wife sitting Just opposite. So I felt almost happy about It antil just outside London. I bad leaned back and closed my eyes. I guess they thought I was asleep, hut my eyes weren't quite shut, and suddenly I saw the n!ce-)ook|ng man get something out of his t>ag and hand it to Mrs. Vandemeyer, and as he did so he winked "I can't tell you how that wink sort of froze me through and through. My only thought was to get out In the corridor as quick as ever I could. I got up, trying to look natural und easy. Perhaps they saw something--I don't know--hut suddenly Mrs. Vandemeyer said 'Now,' and flung something over my nose and mouth as I tried to scream. At the same moment I felt a terrific blow on the back of my h e a d . . . . " She shuddered. Sir James murmured something sympathetically. In a minute she resumed: "I don't know how long it sal before 1 came back to consciousness. 1 felt very 111 and sick. I was lying on a dirty bed. There was a screen round it, but I could henr two people talking In the room. Mrs. Vandemeyer was one of them. I tried to listen, but at first I couldn't take much in. When at last I did begin to grasp what was going on--1 was Just terrified! I won- I didn't then. • "They hain't found the papera. They'd got the oilskin packet with the "blanks, and they were Just mad! They ijUln't know whether I'd changed the papers, or whether Danvers had been carrying a dummy message, while the real one was sent another way. They spoke of--she closed her eyes--"torturing me to find out! "I began thinking madly. What e?9ld I do? I knew I wouldn't be able to stand up against torture very long. Suddenly somethlng~put the thought of loss of memory into my head. The subject bad always interested me, and I'd read an awful lot about it. I had the whole thing at my finger-tips. H only I could succeed in carrying the bluff through, it might save me. I said a prayer, and drew a long breath. Then I opened my eyes and started babbling in French! "Mrs. Vandemeyer came round the screen at once. Her face was so wicked I nearly died, but I smiled np at her doubtfully, and asked ber in French where I was. "It puzzled her, I r could see. She called the man slie^ iad been talking to. He stood by the"^ screen with his face In shadow. He spoke to me In French. He asked me my name. I said I didn't know--that I couldn't remember anything at all. "Suddenly he caught my wrist, and began twisting it. The pain was awful. I screamed. He went on. I screamed and screamed, but I managed to shriek out things In French. I don't know how long I could have gone on, but" luckily I fainted. The last thing I heard was his voice saying: That's not bluff! Anyway, a kid of her age wouldn't knew enough.' "When I came to, Mrs. Vandemeyer was sweet as honey to me. She'd had" her orders, I guess. "By and by she went oat of the room altogether. I was suspicious still, and lay quite quiet for some time. In the end, however, I got up and walked round the room, examining-it. I thought that even If anyone was watching me from somewhere. It would seem natural enough under the circumstances. It was a squalid, dirty place. There were no windows, which seemed queer. I guessed the door would be locked, but I didn't try It. There were some battered old pictures on the walls, representing scenes from Faust." Jane's two listeners gave a simultaneous "Ah !" The girl nodded. "Yes--It was the place In Soho where Mr. Beresford was Imprisoned. Of course, at the ilme I didn't even know if I Was in London. One tiling was worrying me dreadfully, but my heart gave a great throb of relief when I saw my ulster lying carelessly over the back of the chair. And the magazine was still rolled up In the pocket! "I lay down on the bed again, and by and by Mrs. Vandemeyer brought roe some supper. "That was an awful night. I'd made my plan whilst I -was waiting for her. The papers were safe «o far, but I couldn't take the risk of leaving theffi there any longer. They might throw, that magazine away any minute. I lay awake waiting until I Judged !t must be about two o'clock in the morning. Then I got up as softly as I could, and felt In the dark along the left-hand wall. Very gently, I unhooked one of the pictures from Its nail--Marguerite with her casket of jewels. I crept aver to my coat and took out the magazine, and an odd envelope or two that I had shoved In. Then I went to the washstand, and damped the brown paper at the hack of the picture all round. Presently I was able to pull it away. I had already torn out the two stucktogether pages from the magazine, and now I slipped them with their precious Inclosure between the picture and Its brown paper hacking. A little gum from the envelopes helped me to stick the latter up again. No one would dream the picture had ever been tampered with. I rehUng it on the wail, put the magazine back In my coat pocket, and crept hack to bed. "They watched me constantly for weeks. Sometimes they'd ask me questions by the hour--1 guess there was nothing they didn't know aboar the third degree!--but somehow I managed to hold my own. The strain of It was awful, though . . . • I felt that the horrors in store for me would be too awful once they knew rd been only shamming. '/It ended in my being sent to a sanatorium at Bournemouth. T couldn't make up my mind at first whether It was a sham affair or genuine. I think I almost hypnotized myself. "One night I was whisked off to London at a moment's notice. They took me back to the house In Sobo. "They sent me in to wait on Mr. Beresford. (Of conrte I didn't know his name thtn.) I was suspicious-- I thought it was another trap. But he looked so honest, I could hardly believe it. However, I was careful in all I said, for I knew we coulU be overheard. There's a small bole, hlgb up In the wall. (TO BE CONTINUED.) The lumber Industry of the Am»»nf at present is coping with nmn.v dittlculties, of which the following art most In evidence, according tt ft report recently made for the Brazilian department of agriculture, industry and commerce: Insufficiency of capital, lack of knowledge und correct business methods, and excessive export taxes, says Assistant Trade Commissioner M. A. Cremer. Every jone is suffering from the lack of capital. The iumler me#* chants have been particularly affected by the situation and a number of them have failed. Money rates high, 'some banks obtaining as higl^ tut 2 per cent a month. This retards the establishment of mills, acquisition «Jf boats and land and exportation in gea-J eral. The lack of knowledge of correct business methods is evidenced by the fact that lumber merchants look only for an Immediate profit, falling to take the future into consideration. It will be necessary plaoe properly graded lunber on the market, and not continue marketing In the primitive manner pursued at present, says Mr. Cremer. For the last five years the export taxes on lumber have been increasing, so that It is getting to be the most taxed product of the State of Para. This fact makes the business of exporting very unprofitable and insecure for Investment. At present the port tax on lumber at Para is very high, due to the fact that It is a bulky article arid its value is small In proportion to its weight. At the time the classification of taxes on exports was made, very little lumber was exported and therefore It was included In the general classification. Necessary minor improvements worthy of consideration are, according to the report: Sanitary regulations and better living conditions should be enforced in the lumbering districts; the weight of the variyus kinds of wpods should be officially ifsftiblished, and a complete study should be made Of their strength; samples of the most important woods should be placed in all Brazilian consulates so that these woods may l>ec>me known abroad and misstatements prevented regarding their origin wlien re-exported; freight rates should be reduced, and small state custom houses to collect export taxes should be placed In two or three Diaces in the state. lids Winter Around the World You will enjoy Iff* more after taking wonderfnl cruise on the Empress of Canada, Sail from New York, Jan. 30, 1924,. 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By means of the ordinary carbon microphone very faint sounds o«a be detected. and long ago, David Kdward Hughes, one of the pioneers of wireless and the Inventor of the microphone e now use on our telephones, was able to hear on Iris microphone the tramp of a fly. There ure some wonderful crystals which; when subjected to Intermittent pressure, give rise to electric currents and give forth sounds, and they, too, run be u*ed to magnify Inaudible noises. Crystals of quartz, tourtuaHu, feldspar, nugar, camphor, and so on, have these remarkable properties; but the crystals most responsive to pressure are the crvstals of rochelle salt which are found lit seidlltz powders. By means of these rochelle salt crystals two electricians, Mrs. Russell Md Mr. Cotton, have lately been able to hear a small spider walking about. They do not describe the sound of the spider's footfall; hut we • should itnaglne that It would be more of a shuffle than a fox-trot. Certainly not a two-step!--Montreal Family Herald. His Qualifications. One Job Wilson, the colored applicant for the position of butler in a. family living in ftne of the fashionable suburbs of Washington, stride in to Impress his would-be employer with his entire fitness for the place. „ Oh, yes, suh," he said. "I's shorely well educated, suh. I'se passed a civil service examination." Indeed," responded the gehtletnan, "that Is very tine, I'm sure, but I can't say that that will be of any particular value to me in a butler." "No?" said the surprised applicant. "It shore is strange how gemmen's tastes do differ. Now, Mr. Clark," nauiing his former employer, "he say, 'Job, one thing I demand is civil service to my guests,' an' he done gave .me an examination right there, suh, an' that's the truth " Then the gentleman saw a great light. He replied: "Yes, you are quite right, Job. Civil service Is a very important and rather unusual virtue, so If you have passed that examination I think we'll consider you engaged."1-- Philadelphia Ledger. The Unwise Fisherman. . Ste fisherman was clever. Nine teas he caught that day. and Ave of them were from the nest, caught wlth^the clever spring hook. One of the five was guarding 75,00<l eggs, and the other four a total of 37.000. Alt told, he took the protection from 112.000 possible bass; 112.000 possible stock for the waters of the future--Impoverishing the lake for the fisherman who should come alter him--making obedience to la^ a handicap--contributing' to the death of a species at Us source. --From "Old Black Bass," by Albert Benjamin Cunningham. ' Seaweed a Table Delicacy. fegland Is far behind other nations, especially eastern nations, in appreciating the non-aniinal food that comes out of the sea; so the projectors of a factory to te established at Etromness for the production of a new patent food from seaweed will have a good deal of prejudice to overcome. At least seven British seaweeds make good eating--laver, samphire, dulse, dilllsk, sea holly, erlngo ifttd carrageen. Yet few ordinary households ever sample any of these delicacies. Samphire used formerly to be cried In the streets of Lqndon as "crest Wiarlne." but that cry Is no longer heard. Shakespeare refers to the fact that samphire grows the sides of steep sea-washed cliffs, where Its dark green patch* make a beautiful contrast of color \ with the chalk. Of all seaweeds laver appears to be most In demand, and even laver is rirely seen exposed for sale except iu Wales.--Mnpfliratfr Guardian. « ; ,•/ John Cteves Symtnes. John Cleves Symmes lived from 1779 to 1829. He claimed that the earth was open at the North and South poles for the admission of light and air, and contained within it other concentric globes all inhabited In a like manner. His belief In this theory was so strong, notwithstanding the general ridicule heaped upon "Symmes' Hole"--as it was popularly calieS--that he both wrote and lectured on the subject. A petition was finally presented to congress in 1823 asking ttiat an expedition be fitted out to investigate, tng was done about it. Woman Inspector. In an effort to enforce minimum wage legislation for women workers* the British Columbia government has appointed a special woman inspector, who will visit all establishments where women are employed to see that tbey are receiving the treatment required by law, v_ N^t Familiar Enouglw> Toucher--Happen to have tifaqr John about you, old man? Tompkins--What do. yoc "John"? Toucher--I am not familiar enough with it to Call It "jack."--Boston Transcifyt. THAT BAKE -DAY Was fQiatsiritat erf women have done with CALUM§Z Beint and Hwvf. any®4 t .'is**"?": •w:v that of any otherJxmn& ^ and Colds It's easier for a fool to ask questions is for a wis* man to stop him ' » vH*»*ra»f*. Hicks--I tiear Hardv Upton Is paying his debts at last. Wicks--Yea. He sold his automobile and that pat Mas hia feet.-- Washington Star. FOLEY' HONEY-lUt CSTAEUSWB. IPS Cuticura Talcum Always Healthful SC. Oiatwwt 21 mi Sfc. W. N. U, CHICAGO, NO. 4S