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[ALL Brora RESERVED.] THE VELVET HAND.

BY

WILLIAM LE QUEUX.

It was about seven o'clook on a wild wat win. tor's night that I turned this cat from the Great North Road, and swung info the old courtyani

of the "George" at Stamford.

I

I had travelled that day from Newcastle-on- Tyne, over two hundred miles of muddy road, and faggo and half frozen I could go no fur thor. I was still eighty miles from London, but I felt so tired out that I know it would be dangerons to drive further. I might fall asleep at the steering wheel with fatal result,

I ran the car into the garage, shut off the lamps, and ordered my bag to be carried into the hotel.

You, who motor, know the quaint, rambling, old place, with its vid staircase and panelled rooms an important post-house in the olden days.

and

now much fragmented by motorists fire burned brightly, I tansod myself, and then In the cosy dining room, where a big wood

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10rm, 1014.

I knew that a secret agent of the French Republic, she and affected Hoveee! dar ing coups in Berlin. It was who who, by pre- tence of affection for a certain pompons old offour of the German General Sta, had-

past the vialton and into the town, whất đơ nề endden I saw her hurrying towards me One hand was prinsed to her breast, and she was greatly agitated and breathless.

"Quick!" she cried as she sprang into her

chưh, whần Faters, my man; brought me the card of a Capiala Hugh Faller, D,80, Royal Engineare a stranger to 26*

On entering, I found him to be a tall, smårt, good-looking man, in whose conntenance homely

nored the plans for mobilization meat. Let us get away from this.place-away sud bonhomie were plan for the intrusion, he

"Wher!!

started quickly as I looked at her.

the Moselle on that day when the dashanyahere." is to be made for our English shores. In a single night these had, boon copied in s room in the Kaiserhof Hotel, in Berlin, and next morning restored to their place, so that nens in Germany

know

the truth

For his service the uest-walstod girl before me had received a grant of twenty thousand Francs from the secret service fund, an

Both it was but natural that we should be dis

of us boing, agents of different Powers

trustful of each other, notwithstanding the existance of that silly illusion known as the entente cordiale.

To meet ma

You are alone here, mademoiselle asked, as I paffod at my cigaretta in wonder.

"Yes, m'sieur. Aleno-in order to meet you. We are the only gues in the kotel."

I asked, tarring to Her gown was of look in berdine datin, cat with a rice which her quickly, and not og the strange intense

woollen staff, betrayed the Parisian couturière. She wore one concealed by the lace at her wrist.

dark

your hands!"

there is blood ugas your What has occurred

"Ah! Don't ask me don't ask ine, M'aleur!" she garisked, wiping her hands upon her gown, and quickly concealing them. Let us fly! You are my friend gave me i-save me!"*

My heart stood still What had occurred

wood-what, indeed!

I drove

within that dark wood- I think, as I had not driven before through the deserted streets of Colchester and out upon the London rond, novor slackening pace until I found myself in Half Moon Strest, before the door of the smoke. grimed house in which I had bachelor charabera. She entered with me, climbing the stairs, and word. I passing into my bedroom without a heard her washing her hands, heard her sigh But when she came forth again-she was calm as a statue. Her bright eyes had lost all thoir ing and marmuting to herself in Franch

vivaciousness; and her gaze was fixed and pre-

I

Then, after an apology

seated himself at my invitation, and said, "I have come hare to-night, Mr. Fleming, to make

an explanation, which Loonsider due to you, and the same time to thank you for the great service you rendered to me and to ono whe

LG, Tery dear to I looked at him in blank surprise.

WAS

The latter," he went on," is now in fortunately dead-I refer to Gabriella Fossard,

By her death, I am now enabled to reveal to you the truth concerning a certain tragic incident which has no doubt puzzled you."

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meal, I hear the hotel ornament only, a very thin diamond banglé, half occupies my hand tenderly upon her abapoly of my tothor, ut, unknown to her, I had

sat down alone to hot soap and cutlets, served by a dark-eyed wailing-maid.

Apparently I was

I was the only

azother car I sat at

at my med As I approaching scross the bridge but next second

wared past on its way to Leader.

throw

myself in an arm-clair before

" the maid brought my

the fire in coffee, F JIBU...

sald

I

thed

shoulder, and askel in eraestross

What has happened, mademoiselle? Cannot you entrust we with your secret

"I-well, I want you to do me a favour," she

in a low voice.

You have your ear hero, din s know. I want you to take we somewhere. I am compelled to make a journey in secret.

in the face "I looked her strange Do, not think I hands; but upon the serve of hir dress WAF & "Ah!" she said quickly.

She slowly shook her head in the negative. The traces of blood she had removed from her

bim

folt droway-fagged out as

to the rain polting down outside, and as another car Daimler from ita sound-I congratulated that I had put up in such comfortable quarters. I must hava fallen asleep, for when I awoke the great wood fire was burning low. I honed a sound behind me and turning quickly in my chair, was confronted by the slim, nest figure of a woman in a dark, well cut gown a young,

who wʊman,

Aniled at brown-haired

thou and

nd- 2014 In recognition. vancing to where I zat, stretched forth her hand, exclaiming in French:

But wing whole born in England for purposen of espionage,

If I were, I would not ask your aid. I should; notice stain-a stain which ehe.had not your Department if I did not carry out my pro-

Ah! mon chor. M'sieur Floning: How Curious..

that we should meet hereof all places!

I rose form my chair, and bowed as I took *her hand. I am afraid my grenting was some.

wint cold, for, truth to tell, this pretty sure Frenchwoman was not a person whom I desired to mest

Yon appear displouse, m'sienr," sha ex- elimed, her pretty month parted, displaying Gabrielle Fossard even rows of panely tooth. Wes not mors than twenty-four, chio to her finger tips, and a well-known figure at Monte Carlo-oach wintar...

"Our Inst. meeting, mademoiselle, was in— well--in somewhat nafortunate piccumstances," I remarked rather coldly, as I stood beside her upon the heartbrug.

Admitted, msieur, and had it not been for that letter which came secretly into your hand warstug you would to-day that letter of have been an inmate of the fortress prison of Toulon," she remarked, looking straight into my eyes.

What do you mean?" Laskerl Without replying she walked across the room and closed the door. Then, when she returned, the faced me, and raising her b'g dark eyor to mino, mid

Surely, m'siour, you will not easily forget the Ribere affaire? As an agent of your British Secret Servico you eams to France and induced the engineer, Jules Ribere, to you complote plans of the now Submarine being built in secret in Toulou.

propave

for

fear to do so. No, I am here upon purely private business watter that cozowas myself -my Will you not assist me? sho ackled with

look. appealing д You wish to go to-night!" "Yes, now-to Cole hester." "Cokhester! Why that's over a hundred miles from here!"

I must be there before dawn to-morrow morning," was her answer, Will yen take me there, and ask xo questions?

I hesitated. Colchester is the chief military ecutre of the eastern district, and will be of great importance if ever an invader sets foot upon our shores. Forsiga apies are of late been detected all over Essex, Suffolk, and horses, and trans.

Norfolk, plainly showing that minutest details regarding forage, supplies, actively collected

being port capabilities are in view of the coming raid.

She saw my hesitation, and placed her whits

mine. hand upon

I assure you that my presence there is of very greatest urgency. Form-it-is-a-matter of fifa-or death..

I saw how deeply it carnest she was, and I forget my fatigue. I had good headlamps, and my car being a "forty-eight" I eslonlated

sieur Fing

with no tyre trouble, I ought to be in Coleuster by about half-past fire.

How did you know I wea here?" I asked suddenly.

Bat she evaded a question, and reposted her request to be taken over to the east coast.

So atant I rang for the waitress, paid my bill, and having had my bag takon back to the car, illud up with petrol, rolit the glaring headlights, and awaited Mademoiselle,

in a few moments she dame forth, a grey rail tind across her hat. But her coat was not officiently thick to withstand a night of polting rain. So I made her assume a long black oilskin belonging to Jackson, my chauffour, whom I had left in London-and with her seated at

kighway,

For those plans you gave vag' hundred thous. upon the dark wet side we moved slowly out!

Marwilles

your

aud francs, bat on the night they passed into Four postrasien you received an asymous in Car etter telling you to fy waiting outside the town, and embark upon a

borly." British ship, if you valued

"Well, as you apparently know so much, mademoiselle, I may as well admit that I headed the warning and succeeded in escaping."

girl, whom I knew to be a oferer ngent The in the employ of the French Soorat Service,

smiled,

Fone,

"It is well that you fled. Within half an hour of your arrival at Marseilles the police of the port were in search of you. But you had , carrying your valuable purchase with you. Do you know who gave you warning?"

"No," I replied, "Woold you rooognise the handwriting of the lotter: she naked.

I nodded in the afirmativo.

"It was signed A Friend," she remarked, and bending for a moment at the little writing table ne serible soms words and handed them to me upon a shoot of paper.

Instantly I recognised the finu angular

caligraph I gaspod. "You - Mastomoisolle

You. Gabrielle

my

I had looked out our way apoa the big map in the hall of the hotel, and turned the car out towards the cross-roads at Wansfora. Su up the hill past Burghley Park we went, our eut out rearing in the night.

The car was au spon one, and unfortunately I had left the hood in London for make of lightness.

I fear you'll late a very uncomfortable journey,

I remarked, for the mademoiselle," rain was already cutting our faces as we flew

I sat upright, staring at the speaker.

Gabrielle, who me how, while motoring I had known and loved in long ago, told me Paris with some friends, she had seen you driving your car towards Stamford, She made an exose. to leave her friends, and joined you. Then she induced you to bring her over to Colchester, where I was quartered, for I had that even

at the edge by telegram asked her to meet me

that cer- you of the wood at dawn. I confess to eral losses at racing had brought me to the end entered into

negotiations with Otto Griesbach to

of certain

Selain important docu copies of sell to

around Wey- ment concerning our secret defences bourne. In my mad despair I had foolishly written him a latter naming my price, and this I to latter die Geraan declared he would hand posals. I had told Gabrielle of this, and it was made her soins coffee, which she drunk within order to discuss my attitudo that we had he paused, looking straight into the fire avidity. Then, after a short rest, she resumed arranged to most in secret that morning.

with a hard serious expression in his eyes,

"I had reconsidered my position, and resolved to die by my own hand, rather than become a "Well-she traitor, he wout on very slowly. came, and while we were discussing my page on and the secial ruin which would inevitably upon me if the fellow sont my letter to the War Ofice, the German, who had apparently followed me up from the town, suddenly appeared before s. He demanded the documents excitedly, and in Gabrielle a secret agent of France, and he repeated his threats, for he apparently recognised waved my letter triumphantly in our faces, High words followed. The girl-this girl quickly did you know? I was not aware that who was herself a spy-defended me from that the siffait hed got into the papers yet.

and cost and-left, me to catch the two- twenty train from Charing Cross for Paris.

Through that afternoon and the next day. I remained in wonder. I looked in the papers for the report of any tragedy, but in vain.

On the third day, however, I was summoned by mossenger to the house of our Chist, la Eaton Place, and when I entered his cosy library ho

"Listen, Fleming. A very curious affair was reported to me late last night. A mau, believed to be a Gorman, and in all probability a secret agent, has been found murdered

a wood-near Colchester," I added

But I made no remark, and allowed him to proceed.

The command at Colchester has reported it, saying that the body was found by some infautry. men during manoeuvres, and identified as a man

the camp. If well known in

he restly is a Gor| managent you may perhaps identify him. You'd better go down there at pico,

I want. And that afternoon, in the town I gazed upon the dead white face. The Chief's suspiciona wers correct. It was Otte Griesbach, a zaan who was an habitué of the Café

Royal, and whom wo know to be's secret agent, though he lived in London in the guise of a foreign journalist.

mortuary,

The local police were busy searching for the assassin. Near the body had been found the marks of a woman's shoes with others, but the identity of the woman in question remained s complete mystery. So after making, a good many enquiries mysely I returned to London, “Au sot of revenge, I suppose. Nothing was and reported to the Chief, who said fonad upon him, eh?

"Nothing," was my reply.

I alone was aware of the identity of the a9339- Yet what could have been the motive? Two years went by. I met Gabrielle Fossard ou several occasioun in France and Germany, but the tragedy was never mentioned between us. We were friends, and more than ones I had been greatly indebted to her for confidential information.

Then one day I learned that she was lying" very ill at her pretty apartment in the Avenue de Villiers, and I went to Paris to see her. I sat for an hour at her bedside, and though she endeavoured to be gay and entertaining as she

Three days later she was dead-of consump."

Blang.

always had been, I saw fatality writton upon her "It does not matter," she laughed, sung-whito handsome face.

I only re gling herself closely at my side. gret that I have been foresl to take you out tion. again on such a fearful night as this."

I said cheerily Never mind, mademoiselle," We are friends are we not?" "Yes," she respondlad in a low intense voice. You little know what great not of friendship you are performing for me at this moment."

Her words set me wondering, and as, hour after honr, we tore on through Huntingdon and Cambridge, and down through the bag ligh Strest of Saffron Walden, I tried to form solo theory regarding the reason she bad discovered me is that quiet old town, and the object of her

n

why, Latways believed you to boost, we were passing over a wide worst onemy!

moorland the first streak of light showed in Lansonstiges," laughed the pretty you the sky way. Ex for us, at only for a mo Frenchwoman who had had, I know, many wi

mont. Then it faded again. But suddenly ray ventures whic

which were taarkalio.-8be, known to hor intimates as The Velvet Hand, on little companion who had baon silent for the account of her doxtarity, was ons of the chief past hour, and whem I had bollered to be assistants of the sudufatigable Plerroa, head of shop, stirred herself, and said

uf France. the Secret Service of

Why did you tans set as my friend

it not bann for tlust letter I deinnuded. should have rensined yet another day, or porhaps two, in Toulon. There were reasons why I should not lease suddenly,'

"Jules Ribire was betrayed," she said. "He was givou away by an enemy, a woman, and, in turn, confessed to the commandant. I know this and warned you in time.

that You

Why? Tu return for a sorvies you ones performed for me,

was her rather hesitating reply, "You

Wore nut aware, I know, your action bencilled me-but it did. could have exposed my father, and caused arrest a traitor to Frases. There was every inducement for you to do so. hesitated, because you had the word of an Englishman and a

Bu

his

had given your word→→

a gentleman."

In a second a trath that I had never

suspect.

We are quits near Colchester! Why, this is Horkesley Heal

You appear to know the place!" I remarked, "Yes," she factored, "I're bean here before.. Will you pull up youder, where the road autory the wood? Fmust get out thero."

"What?" isked. Do you intend to loave we here, thou

have

For the present, yes," was her answer "I to. keep ai appointmos. If you care to wait for me, go to the Cups Hotel down in the town, and I will rejoin you say, at sight o'clock."

What was the nature of this soret tryst she was keeping the kad assured me that it only concerned herself, and that who was engaged in no set of espionage. Therefore what could I do but pull up at the spot where she indicated, and allow her to sight at the edge of the dark

Wood

Au revoir ! she laughed back to me, we sho

ed flashed across my mind. Quite unwittingly removed her lack oil-skin, now that the rain

I had evented the good will of this pretty girl had consed I will try and rejoin you t

by exercising a leniency for which I had after-eight, and we will go on to London together." wards condemned myself. It was a

sign

of fear, The work of Pecrot agent ia A thought. foroiga country is evar fraught with great

And then my handsome little companion turned and was lost in the shadews.

Much puzsled, 1 moved along down the road

danger. Man and women who are friends will towards the town for nearly a mile. Then I do pulled up at the roadside, shut off, and listened.

always turn upon one who is a spy. Little do But the silence was complete. I was at the the British publiezer

realise the patriotio beroism

of that little band of men who are tavetting to other side of the wood, and it was my intention

the secrets of to wait there and ascertain,

and tro on the Continent fear ambassadors

other nations-agarets upon which

BO often

and even the policies of Go vero-

possible, the

identity of the person the mat.

Slowly, very slowly the faint roilight showed over the town of Col- ments are formed. We, of the Secret Service, again in the stormy sky bayo ng protection. If we are discovered, our chester, this broadening into a dim cold gray- employers, the British Government, disclaim all the light of the wintry dawn. A few birds

n

knowledge of us, and must of necessity stand bento Traïù sounded in the distanzó |

by and withhold their protection.

while the

over an anon, swept through

I could name a dozen gailaut and patriotic the bare troos above my head, Englishmen, gentlemen all of them, who have disappeared from the Lea of their friends, and who are to-day lan ruishing in foreign prisous, either because of their excess of zeal, or of the jealousy of a woman.

At my request Gabrielio Fossard. sented herself beside the fire to chat. Hitherto, we had always been the most bitter enemies, but that wild wetnight we became friends.

The clock upon the splashboard now pointed to a quarter to six. Mademoiselle Gabriella had left me fully an hour, Why was she is that I waited, but she For yet another boar wood-and with whom?

Perhaps she and her companion, came not. whoever it might be, would take a footpath I thought. Cold and wet, I was at lost about to switch on again and ran down the hill

The mystery remained a mystery until about six months ago, when one night I was at home at Balf Moon Street, resting after a long inquiry I had been making in a certain town upon the Baltic shors.

I was smoking in the case of my own Bre side, having just returasil from dining at the

i":

scoundrel, and

and mo??

And drew the small resolver she always carried and shot him through the heart at close quarters." I suggested in a low quick voice.

The Captain nodded in the affirmative, and st the same time handed me the letter in question, Baying-

She secured this from his pocket, gave it to. me, and rushed away. She committed the deed in order to save me from exposure, and raju- because because she loved me," he added in a voice cheklag with emotion. 1-I only once wow hor of togynuds, he added, hoarsely, when she-when she passed away with her kuud

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PLAN OF EDEN AND TOGO PLAN OF FOERIGE BETTLEMENTS, TIENTSIN

It was years ago universally prononood to be the cheapest work of the land anywhere published, and although very manh janlargad and improved in

in every way, the price in is now below the equivalent of £1 58, at wh it was originally published.

It is published at the Office of the Hongkong Daily Press, and can be had from, and Ad d tisomente sent through the principal Book sellers in Asia and through;

"Hongkong Daily Press” Olios. LONDON .......

131, Fleet Street, B:0,10 LONDON ...... Mr. F. Algar, 11, Clement's Ind LONDON.Mesars. G. Street & Co., a

50, Cornhill, B.C