"No. Is that what became of it? One of the men suggested that he must have stolen it, but I didn't think he was right."
"Did you know they put detectives on his track?"
"No. Did they?"
"That's what they did. And that is probably the reason why the hospital was raided a few days later. If they hadn't followed him, the boy probably would have passed the matter up and dismissed it from his mind. But he became restlessly curious and reported the affair to the police."
"Hm!" Tourtelle grunted at this elucidation.
"Do you mean for me to understand that you have no idea whom this message is for?" asked Lieut. Osborne, indicating the section of skin illuminated with cubist art.
"That's exactly what I mean," the cubist spy replied.
"But what were you supposed to do after you got over into Germany?"
"Seek out an army officer and tell him my story. Any officer, I was told, would know at once what to do with me."
"Do you speak German?"