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November 30, 1940,

THE MAN OF PEACE

By Sidney Horler

(Continued from Page 11.)

Ano fighting-1 mean, a fine spirited appeal he made. Why do you ask, Professor?"

The ornament of Zurich University parried the question.

"I just thought I'd seen him some where or other before, that's all," was bla returt.

any other country but this, would have landed you in gaol long ngo, One qucation before I go, how long so-called criminally fast pace, cursed as he have you known this nearly ricked his right ankle. Then, Professor Rodt!"

"Not very long taking the path through the wood, which he had discovered during his reconnaissance trip earlier, in the valuation?!?!? day, he walked on, sometimes ankle- deep in various kinda of muck, unul from a mutual friend"

"Yet you accepted him at his own

"He sent me a letter of introduction

You can rest assured, Professor led key he tried, Aited. He had to bet that he was a Gestapo agent

declaimed his host. "that Captain Slingsby is, like all the rest of us, a Man of Peace."

*

he arrived outside the small cottage "A German friend. I suppose!" which was his destination.

"A man who had to leave Germany The front door was locked, but he because of persecution." had provided against this, and the "Persecution, my foot! I'm willing expected to find further obstacles in in disguise! And now let me tell the shape of bolts, but the turned you who your beautiful friend key had evidently been thought suf-Gustave Rodi, really is--his name is felent,

Seidel, and he has long been an Once inside the door he could hear enemy of mine. He has worked for

organisa Tiger voices. One unmistakeably belonged the Gestapo ever since that Standish,

not feeling like sleep, to the man who had announced his tion has been in existence. HIM

window opened the French

and intention of leaving for London, en latest effort was to organise a pirato stepped out on to the stone bal- route for Zurich, after breakfast that broadcasting station, a kind of local cony beyond. He had much to think morning. Professor Gustave Radt Haw-Haw. He put a spy in charge about, a great deal to do, and very was betraying signs of little time, comparatively speaking, in which to do it.

IT WAS A VERY MILD NIGHT

FOR MARCH und

.warn nil my affand-came-over- this week-end...to...

this

men who have any sense left to think the personal appeal to Britain

to foul its own nest!" Dressed in his camel-hair dressing well over the remarks I have just "I cannot believe it" exclaimed

"Where is gown, he put another match to his made. Are we to lose our lives in Lord Moresby. pipe and leaned over the stone the service of the Jewish capitalists? private broadcasting station?" balustrade. As he did so, there came That is the last comment I wish to "A, derelict woodman's cottage on from below an unmistakeable sound make to-night. To-morrow night at your own estate," was the devasta- the "cough" of an automatic pistol 0.30 we. of the British Patriots' ting reply. "And you will be further Aited with a silencer. Almost simuli- League, will be broadcasting on the Interested to low, perhaps, that aneously, he felt something graze his same wave-length. And now we will Zurich University has ho Professor ear. He put his hand up and found end by playing the National An- Rodt on lis faculty roll. it smeared with blood.

them!"

bewildered Without leaving the Something must have gone wrong "Like hell you will" cried Tiger Moresby any time to reply, Tiger with that gathering of peace apostles Standish, and, revolver in hand, he went on: "Are you a reader, by any

there was a would be murderer burst into the room. A swinging left chance?"

Hmong them. Crouching low, in laid out the Professor's companion, "Of course I am a reader." order to avoid a second bullet, he a malignant-visaged mun of middle "Then you must have read the regained his bedroom, closed the age who had "Prussian" written all book Hitler, Speaks' written by French window, bolted it, drew the over him, As for the Professor him- Doctor Rauschning-you know, that curtains, and then, before Ketling self, he squealed-just like the rat fellow who used to bo a President into bed, performed a curious rite. he had proved himself to be: of the Danzig Senate. Have you

read the book?"

The other hesitated.

✩

*

IT WAS ROUND ABOUT 3 a.m. "PROFESSO ACIDT GENE ave you read the book?", per-

ED THE SECRET AGENT: "it sisted Standish. that what he had expected actually

"I glanced at it was the re- happened: the door, which, unlike the gives me very great pleasure in-

careful window, he had been

to deed, Lord Moresby, to inform you luctant admission. Jeave unlocked and unbolted, slowly that he is now locked in a cellar "You ought to have read it; you should have digested every word of opened. If he had not been possessed cool-or its

equivalent."

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"I am having a comprehensive card index complled of every in- Auential person in the world. The cards contain every detall ot in- portance. Will he take money? Can he be bought in any other way. Is he vain? Is he sexual? In what

of the faculty of being able to see The bird-like face of his lordship it. If you had, you wouldn't have almost as well in the darkness as twitched convulsively. Tiger did not fent your name and position to this in daylight, Standish would not have walt to analyse what particular underground anti-patriotic front as would have be- recognised in the intruder the beard. emotion was supplying the motive you have done. You wou TEL. WAFE

ed face and corpulent form of that power; he was anxious to get on come familiar with a passage which, carnest disseminator of German pro with his story and to leave this place, if you don't mind, I will recite to Zurich University.

poisonous to him from the moment of Although wide-awake, Tiger made his arrival.

Lord "You

surprised, no move as the man commenced to walk in iploo fashion towards the Moresby," he went on; "perhaps you bed. The journey was not completed, won't be quite so surprised when I however; for when halfway to his inform you that Instead of being n

Intruder destigation, the

suddenly British army officer who had gone stopped and emitted a yell of anguish back

ack on

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searching for Nazi sples in this The notse, sufficient in volume to country and landing them in clink

Seven with the least possible delay." of the awaken any

"You astound mol" declared his Sloopers, aroused the supposed sleep-

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"Perhaps it's Slingsby, late of the 2nd Midshires. sprang up with a yell himself, and astounded, clutching a revolver determinedly in answer: "anyway, your pal Rodt has don't happen to know what your vices his right hand, switched on the bed been arrested and will be put bef

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hind barbed wire for the rest of Standish went on; "I don't, for in- "Professor Rodt!" he exclaimed. the

And that," the speaker stance, know whether you are sexual, war.

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culling steel, is exactly where a lot But there is some hidden kind in The ornament of Zurich Univer of your other cronies ought to be in you, for a certainty. Ferhaps it's sity stopped nursing his right fool, my opinion. It might do you good your vanity. Otherwise the black- maller-experts of the Gestapo, who which he had been examining with yourself." minute care. Slingsby now jumped "You're insulting!"

have the job of singling out the

out of bed.. He continued to hold hts "I don't care a damn if I am! It's prominent people in France and time somebody fold you the truth England, would have passed you by What happened?" he

enquired

red about your seditious going-on. solicitously. "Why" looking dwon

revolver

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your icind, you that's at the carpet, "somebody's been fool the fuct is, man, that if you're not are inordinately vain-yes,

type to leave a lot of tin-tacks an actual traitor, you're next door probably your cleven foot. In enough

to it. Yes, you

and all your every age there has existed u about a careless maid, no doubt. poisonous tribe of crack-brains, who, of man who, through sheer vanity tons, and the desire to be different' has undressed on the other intelligent enough in other directions, set himself up as a fouler of the Fortunately I side of the bed." And then, speak do not appear to be able to re-

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this be a lesson to you; as a result left for Switzerland this morning? like this?"

of this affair, you will all be kept The problem of what a Professor under the closest observation in the wise was the stiffly-uttered answer.

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