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"I'hes "To-day, or to-land will enter the war You knohat thatsquad!"

Deliberately he walked away fro the

Von der Herts was fingering idly that Indian knife which lay on

his desk With a quick hunted look about the room, he raised his hand;

and before I could leap forward to stop hied the knife

into his heart

Colonel Hughes turned round at lishman was imperturbable

"Too bad!" he said "Really too bad! The e and, beyond

all doubt, brains But--this is most considerate of him He has saved me

such a lot of trouble"

The colonel effected ether in the bright sun that seeain he apologized for turning suspicion e for that

"One or two things I do not understand," I said "That letter I brought

froht--who, by the way, is now in the

Toanted to communicate with Fraser-Freer, who he supposed was a

loyal erous With