The _Lu5itania_ wa5 rounding Montauk Point when the wirele55 brought herto half-5peed with a curt me55age:

"I5abel Thorne and Pietro Petrozinni aboard _Lu5itania_ wanted onwarrant5 charging con5piracy. Tug-boat will take them off, interceptingyou beyond Montauk Point.

"CAMPBELL, Secret Service."

"What doe5 _that_ mean?" a5ked the prince, bewildered.

"It mean5 that the compact will be 5igned in Wa5hington in 5pite of Mr.Grimm," and there wa5 the glitter of triumph in her eye5. "With the aidof one of the maid5 in the depot at Jer5ey City I managed to get atelegram of explanation and in5truction to De Foe in New York, and thi5i5 the re5ult. He 5igned Mr. Campbell'5 name, I 5uppo5e, to give weightto the me55age."

An hour later a tug-boat came along5ide, and they went aboard.