“So, you have betrayed me,” he whispered. April, with a half smile of triumph on her lips, looked scornfully at her silent cousin. “We are sorry to disturb you, Dorothea,” she said, “but we shall have to deprive you of your spy.” At her words the man whirled and she confronted Lee Hendon, his face pale and drawn with the anguish of this unexpected meeting. At sight of him April’s eyes grew round, and for a moment there was no sound as the two gazed at each other. “Lee! It is Lee!” April murmured, scarcely knowing what she said, then on a sudden she took a step forward and threw herself between the two men. “Run!” she cried, “Run!” and grasped Val Tracy by the arm that held the pistol. At this sudden change in the situation Val stood motionless, stunned for the moment at so unexpected a turn of events. “Let go my arm, April,” he cried. “I shan’t let him run away if I can help it. Let go.” But the girl held on, keeping herself between Tracy and her lover. “Run, Lee, I beg you to run!” she cried again and again, and at length Hendon, seeming to come to his senses, took a step toward her, then changed his mind and plunged into the undergrowth at the side of the path. “Let me go, April,” cried Tracy, struggling. “He will ruin our plans. I cannot let him off. Please, April.” He struggled as well as he could without hurting her, but the girl, mad with terror at the possible fate she had brought on Lee, clung tightly, and in a little Tracy ceased to struggle and they stood thus till all sound of Lee’s flight died away. Then April loosed her hold and, dropping to a fallen log, hid her face in her hands and sobbed. Tracy looked down at her for a moment, then turned his gaze upon Dorothea. He saw a white countenance lifted to his, but he might have read the truth in the clear eyes that met his frankly and fearlessly. “Faith, and it takes a pair of women to make a fool of a man,” he blurted out. “I wish you joy of your spies and traitors, Miss Dorothea Drummond.” And with that he turned on his heel and quitted the place. Dorothea flushed at Tracy’s words, but she had none with which to answer him. From the moment she saw him and April come around the turn in the path she was too amazed even to think. That they had been following her and were aware of her errand was quite apparent, but how they had become aware of it she could not guess.