"Source of information G.27, British Admiralty. Lieutenant Ralph Beeton, Grenadier Guards, British secret agent, is at present staying at Kaiserhof Hotel, Berlin, as James B. James, an American citizen, of Fernville, Kansas, and is transmitting reports. Captain Henry Fordyce, British Navy, is at Park Hotel, Dusseldorf, as Francis Dexter, iron merchant of New Orleans, and has sent reports regarding Erhardt's ordnance factory. Both should be arrested at once. Lieutenant George Evans, reported at Amsterdam on the 5th, has gone to Emden, and will probably be found at the Krone Hotel." Then he paused. That message had, he knew, sealed the fate of three brave Englishmen who had dared to enter the camp of our enemies. They would be arrested within an hour or so, and most certainly shot as spies. His face broadened into an evil grin of satisfaction as the truth crossed his mind. He waited for an acknowledgment that his report had been received. Then, having listened to the answering click--clickety--click, he sent a second message as follows:-- "British Naval Dispositions: Urgent to Q.S.R. "Source of information H.238. To-night, off the Outer Skerries, Shetlands, are battleships _King Charles_ (flag), _Mole, Wey, Welland, Teign, Yare, Queen Boadicea, Emperor of India_, _King Henry VIII_; with first-class cruisers _Hogue, Stamford, Petworth, Lichfield, Dorchester_; second-class cruisers _Rockingham, Guildford, Driffield, Verulam, Donnington, Pirbright, Tremayne_ and _Blackpool_; destroyers _Viking, Serpent, Chameleon, Adder, Batswing, Sturdy_ and _Havoc_, with eight submarines, the aircraft-ship _Flyer_, and repair-ship _Vulcan_. Another strong division left Girdle Ness at 4 p.m. coming south. The division in Moray Firth remains the same. _Trusty, Dragon, Norfolk_ and _Shadower_ left Portsmouth this evening going east. British Naval war-code to be altered at midnight to 106-13." The figures he spelt out very carefully, repeating them three times so that there could be no mistake. Again he paused until, from Berlin, they were repeated for confirmation. Afterwards he proceeded as follows: "_Ruritania_ leaves Liverpool for New York at noon to-morrow, carrying bullion. Also liners _Smyrna, Jacob Elderson, City of Rotterdam_ and _Great Missenden_ leave same port for Atlantic ports to-morrow. Submarines may be advised by wireless." Once more he paused until he received the signal of acknowledgment, together with the query whether the name of one of the ships mentioned was Elderson or Elderton. But Lewin Rodwell, with keen interest in his fell work of betraying British liners into the hands of the German pirate submarines, quickly tapped out the correct spelling, repeating it, so that there should be no further mistake.