is moment actively at work amongst us. I
intend to furnish proof of the guv'nor's statements, and by exposing the
methods of these inquisitive gentry, compel the Government to introduce
fresh legislation in order that the authorities may be able to deal with
them. At present spies may work their will in England, and the law is
powerless to prevent them."

I was standing with my back to the fire facing my friend, who, a
barrister like myself, shared with me a set of rather dismal chambers in
New Stone Buildings, Lincoln's Inn, though he had never had occasion to
practise, as I unfortunately had.

As he sat, his long, thin legs outstretched towards the fire, he
presented the appearance of the typical athletic young Englishman, aged
about thirty, clean-shaven, clean-limbed, with an intelligent and
slightly aquiline face, a pair of merry grey eyes, and light brown hair
closely cropped. He was an all-round good fellow, even though his life
had been cast in pleasant places. Eldest son of Sir Archibald Raymond,
Bart., the well-known Cardiff coal-owner who sat for East Carmarthen, he
had been with me at Balliol, we had read together, and though he now
shared those dingy London chambers, he resided in a prettily furnished
flat in Bruton Street, while I lived in rooms round in Guilford Street,
Bloomsbury, in my lonely bachelordom.

He had been adopted as candidate for West Rutland at the next election,
and his party predicted of him great things. But the long-wished-for
General Election was still afar off, therefore, with commendable
patriotism, he had taken up the burning question of German spies in
England, which had been so lightly pooh-poohed by both the Prime
Minister and the Minister for War. His intention was, if possible, to
checkmate their activity, and at the same time reveal to the public the
fool's paradise in which we are living now that "the Day"--as they call
it in Germany--is fast approaching--the day of the invasion of Great
Britain.

-- Miles N.E. of Dockyard. Half-closed redoubt for
infantry--Platforms for machine-guns at angles--Wrought-iron
palisading at bottom of ditch.

G (in plan.) "Ferry Hills" Fort--Earth and concrete--Very deep
ditches, flanked by counterscarp galleries and a stone
caponier--Casemated--Probable armament--Two 9.2-inch guns, six
7.5-inch guns--Wrought-iron fraise below counterscarp.

H (in plan). Evidently intended for use against torpedo-boa