"Why not?"
"You treated last night."
"Nonsense, don't mention that to me."
We will here announce that our hero was under a disguise, and he persuaded Wagner to go with him, and he observed that his companion ate very heartily. He observed another fact. Near the table where he sat with Wagner another party, a shrewd-faced man, had taken a seat, and Jack soon fell to the fact that this shrewd-faced man had young Wagner under surveillance, and when the two young men had nearly completed their repast this party boldly walked over and took a seat at their table with the remark:
"Excuse me, but, young man, I desire to ask you a few questions."
The words were addressed to the young baron, and special emphasis was laid on the word you.
The baron was singularly cool under the circumstances, proving him to be a man of nerve. Really our hero was more disturbed than his companion. The latter made no answer to the man's declaration, but quietly waited for a further explanation, and the stranger said:
"Your name is Wagner, or at least, you are known as August Wagner?"
"That is true."
"You claim to be a German baron?"