lso felt that a member of the Corps should not shirk Duty,
even a Chauffeur's ear. I therfore got my hot water bottle and some
slippers, etcetera, and we went to the Garage.

I went up the stairs to Henry's room, but what was my surprize to find
him not there, but only his friend. I then said:

"Where is Henry?"

The cook was behind me, and she said:

"He is coming. He has to walk around because it aches so."

Then Henry's friend said, in a queer voice:

"Now, Miss Bab, there is nothing to be afraid of, unless you make a
noise. If you do there will be trouble and that at once. We three are
going to have a little talk."

Ye gods! I tremble even to remember his words, for he said:

"What we want is simple enough. We want tonight's Password at the Mill.
DON'T SCREAM."

I dropped the hot water bottle, because there is no use pretending one
is not scared at such a time. One is. But of course I would not tell
them the Password, and the cook said:

"Be careful, Miss Bab. We are not playing. We are in terrable ernest."

She did not sound like a cook at all, and she looked diferent, being
very white and with to red spots on her cheeks.

"So am I," I responded, although with shaking teeth. "And just wait
until the Police hear of this and see what happens. You will all be
arested. If I scream----"

"If you scream," said Henry's friend in an awful voice, "you will never
scream again."

There was now a loud report from below, which the neighbors afterwards
said they heard, but considered gas in a muffler, which happens often
and sounds like a shot. There was then a sort of low growl and somebody
fell with a thump. Then the cook said to Henry's friend:

"Jump out of the window. They've got him!"

But he did not jump, but listened, and we then heard Henry saying:

"Come down here, quick."

Henry's friend then went downstairs very rapidly, and I ran to the
window thinking to jump out. But it was closed and locked, and anyhow
the cook caught me and said, in a hissing manner:

"None of that, you little fool."

I had never been so spoken to, especially by a cook, and it made me very
angry. I then threw the bottle of laudinum at her, and broke a front
tooth, also cutting her lip, although I did not know this until later,
as I then fainted.

When I came to I was on the floor and William, whom I had considered a
Spy, was on the bed with his hands and feet tied. Henry was standing by
the door, with a revolver, and h