COAST-HUNTING--A FIND--SPIES OF MANY NATIONS--OBLITERATING TRAILS--TRACKING DOWN THE "BERLIN"--MARVELLOUS NAVIGATION BY GERMANS--INTERNED--GERMAN ARSON--AN IMPUDENT INVITATION--A RUSSIAN SUGAR-QUEEN'S YACHT--QUEER COMPANY--SAPPING HUN INTELLIGENCE--PLAYING ON WEAKNESSES--SUCCESS--LOSS OF H.M.S. "AUDACIOUS"--SOLILOQUISING 97 CHAPTER VI DEPOSING A RIVAL RETREAT AND WOULD-BE REST--WINTRY WEATHER IN THE NORTH SEA--THE SECRET MESSAGE--RIVAL'S REMOVAL COMMANDED FORTHWITH--SEEMINGLY IMPOSSIBLE PROPOSITION--SEEKING ONE'S COLLEAGUES--SOLVING THE RIDDLE--PREPARING THE TRAP--THE LONELY SENTRY AND THE MYSTERIOUS BOATMAN--CAPTURE, ARREST, SEARCH AND FIND--THE INCRIMINATING DOCUMENT--INSTANT DEPORTATION--EXULTATION--NEXT, PLEASE 107 CHAPTER VII FIGHTING GERMAN AGENTS WITH FAKED WEAPONS DANGER WARNING--DISGUISED TEUTONS--HAIR-TESTS--OBSERVATION FROM WITHOUT--CLEVER FEMALE GUARD--DEPORTED HUN AGENTS--TOO MANY WRECKS--BOOT CHANGE TRICK--FLIGHT--PATIENCE UNREWARDED--NIGHT WORK AT THE DOCKS--A SUDDEN ATTACK--ODDS OF THREE TO ONE--PIPE-FAKING FOR MAKE-BELIEVE REVOLVER--A STERN CHASE--AMERICAN RUSE BAFFLES PURSUERS--THE SANCTUARY OF CONVIVIALITY 118 CHAPTER VIII ESCAPING FROM THE CLUTCHES OF A VERY CLEVER LADY DISGUISES--IMPORTANCE OF HANDS--SERVICE ON A BALTIC TRADER--"IDLE, DIRTY, GOOD-FOR-NOTHING SCAMP"--A TENDER-HEARTED LADY--A FASHIONABLE GATHERING--THE ENGLISH DUDE--THEIR SECOND MEETING--SUSPECTED--CLEVER FENCING--WHALES WITH IRON SKINS--ALLIANCE OFFERED--A WOMAN SCORNED--MEDITATION--FLIGHT 128 CHAPTER IX WILD-FOWLING EXTRAORDINARY AND TRAWLING FOR SUBMARINES IN NEUTRAL WATERS GERMANY'S WESTERN COAST--SHOOTING WILD-FOWL AND BEING SHOT AT--AN INTREPID SPORTSMAN--COLLAPSED ZEPPELIN--ESCAPING WAR PRISONERS--CARELESS LANDSTURMERS--A SUPPOSED-TO-BE NORWEGIAN SKIPPER--NATIVE CURIOSITY--DARE-DEVIL CHRISTIAN--A MYSTERIOUS SHIP--GOOSE-STALKING OVER A LAND MINE--TOO NEAR DEATH TO BE PLEASANT--THE NOCTURNAL SUBMARINE RAIDER--NIGHT TRAWLING FOR STRANGE FISH--ENEMY'S SECRET RECONNOITRING EXPOSED AND THWARTED 137 CHAPTER X THE MYSTERIOUS HARBOUR FRONTIER PROWLING--STARTLING RUMOURS--TERRIBLE WEATHER--EVADING SENTRIES--MAPPING THE WORKS--REFUGE WITH SMUGGLER--CONFIDENCES ON SUPER-SUBMARINES AND ZEPPELINS--A COUNTRY INN--PREPARING DESPATCHES--FORCIBLE INTRUSION--ARRESTED FOR A GERMAN SPY--SEARCH AND INTERROGATION--SUMMARY TRIAL--TRICKING THE SEARCHERS--COMMITTED FOR TRIAL--ESCAPE 148 CHAPTER XI MAD GAMBLING AND A BIG BRIBE KALEIDOSCOPE CHANGES IN SECRET SERVICE AGENT'S LIFE--CALLED TO NORWEGIAN CAPITAL FOR ORDERS--ENFORCED IDLENESS--A WAR GAMBLER--HUGE CREDITS--TWISTING THE TAIL OF THE BRITISH LION--AVERTING POSSIBLE WAR--FRENZIED FINANCE--A COLOSSAL BRIBE--TOP-HEAVY ARGUMENT--NEWSPAPER INFLUENCE--A GOOD BARGAIN FOR ENGLAND--MILLIONAIRE IN THREE DAYS 161 CHAPTER XII SHADOWED BY POLICE