Produced by Al Haines. [Illustration: Cover art] ———— [Illustration: THE SPY UNMASKED] A HERO OF LIÉGE _A STORY OF THE GREAT WAR_ BY HERBERT STRANG _ILLUSTRATED BY CYRUS CUNEO_ LONDON HENRY FROWDE HODDER AND STOUGHTON _First Printed in 1914_ HERBERT STRANG’S WAR STORIES SULTAN JIM: A STORY OF GERMAN AGGRESSION. THE AIR SCOUT: A STORY OF HOME DEFENCE. THE AIR PATROL: A STORY OF THE NORTH-WEST FRONTIER. ROB THE RANGER: A STORY OF THE GREAT FIGHT FOR CANADA. ONE OF CLIVE’S HEROES: A STORY OF THE GREAT FIGHT FOR INDIA. BARCLAY OF THE GUIDES: A STORY OF THE INDIAN MUTINY. THE ADVENTURES OF HARRY ROCHESTER: A STORY OF MARLBOROUGH’S CAMPAIGNS. BOYS OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE: A STORY OF THE PENINSULAR WAR. KOBO: A STORY OF THE RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR. BROWN OF MOUKDEN: A STORY OF THE RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR. ———— CONTENTS CHAPTER I--THE OPENING OF THE GAME CHAPTER II--THE FIRST TRICK CHAPTER III--THE SECOND TRICK CHAPTER IV--IN NEUTRAL TERRITORY CHAPTER V--A CLOSE CALL CHAPTER VI--THE OLD MILL CHAPTER VII--A HORNET’S NEST CHAPTER VIII--A FIGHT IN THE MILL CHAPTER IX--IN THE TRENCHES CHAPTER X--BROKEN THREADS CHAPTER XI--THE CENTRE ARCH CHAPTER XII--A FIGHT WITH A ZEPPELIN CHAPTER XIII--THE GREAT GUNS CHAPTER XIV--HUNTED CHAPTER XV--HUNS AT PLAY CHAPTER XVI--THE CARETAKER CHAPTER XVII--A BARMECIDE FEAST CHAPTER XVIII--RUNNING THE GAUNTLET CHAPTER XIX--’A LONG, LONG WAY----’ LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS THE SPY UNMASKED THE PEASANTS SCATTERED OUT OF ITS PATH THE END OF THE ZEPPELIN CLEARING THE ROAD CHAPTER I--THE OPENING OF THE GAME At nine o’clock on Tuesday morning, August 4, Kenneth Amory walked into the private office of the head of the well-known firm of Amory & Finkelstein, gutta-percha manufacturers, of Cologne. Max Finkelstein, the head of the firm, swung round on his revolving chair, moved his hand backward over his brush-like crop of brownish hair, and looked up through his spectacles at Kenneth, his stout florid countenance wearing an expression of worry. "I sent for you to tell you to pack up and get away by the first train," he said, in German. "Things are looking very black; the sooner you are home, the better."