ng in determined
tones:

"We must be married before I return. I can't risk it again, after all
I have gone through. I dare not. You will consent, Eve; you will?"

She said yes and he was soothed and satisfied.

"Perhaps it will be as well to tell them all at breakfast," she said.

"All who?"

She laughed and gave him the names of her guests.

"What an ordeal!" he said. "Who will tell them?"

"You must, Alan, and spare my blushes."

Not much surprise was manifested when Alan made the announcement.
There was a chorus of congratulations; everybody thought it an
excellent match. Captain Morby said to himself:

"I knew they'd do it, but they have been a long time about it."

Alan had to relate his adventures in Brussels and Bruges. He thrilled
his listeners as he described his hair-breadth escapes on his return to
headquarters.

He was not due back for a few weeks; during that time he and Eve were
quietly married at Little Trent Church, only a few persons being
present. They went for a brief honeymoon to the South and on their
return to Trent Park met with a great reception.

Mr. Hallam arranged with Eve to remain at The Forest until his return
to Australia. He seemed in no hurry to leave England.

It was during Alan's stay at Trent Park that Jane Meason surprised her
father by returning home alone.

"I have left him," she said. "He has behaved shamefully; he is a spy.
I have found him out. I will never live with him again."

"What's he done?" said Tom gloomily.

"Many things. Abel Head was quite right: he is in the pay of the
Germans; I can prove it," said Jane.

She was reticent and Tom did not get much information from her. He
found out, however, that Carl had threatened her if she disclosed
anything about his work or what he was doing.

"What did he say?" asked Tom.

"He told me if I got him into trouble he would do for me," said Jane.

"We'll see about that," answered Tom angrily. "Threatened your life,
did he? Well, he'll have me to deal with first."

Jane did not show any alarm at her husband's threats; for one thing she
did not believe in them. He might risk coming to find her at Little
Trent Park, at least she thought so.

Tom told Alan what his daughter said.

"I'll see her," he said, "and find out all about him. We'll put a
spoke in his wheel before long; if he's caught red-handed he'll be shot
and she will be well rid of him."

"The Government ought to reward her," s