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"Oh--I wouldn't say that," replied Hughes "Luck ith lad to have been of service in the matter, for

I am convinced that if I had not taken part in the search it would have

gone hard with soy hands still played idly with the hes went on: "Perhaps, as a clever detective, you will be interested

in the series of events which enabledhat? You

have heard, no doubt, that the o the best secret-service overn fro about him--at the War Office"

The colonel dropped into a chair, facing Bray

"You know Von der Herts, of course?" he remarked casually

"Of course," said Bray, still in that dead tired voice

"He is the head of that crowd in England," went on Hughes "Rather a

feather in et hiot hiet

the captain first"

Bray raised his eyes