Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1901-03-21
An Intercepted Message !
a Story Of the New Teiegraphy. !
BY Catherine Adams. :
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Just as we'll: be had no brains, but hi
money had been very useful when TIL
firm was first launched, and, as he neveI
interfered with the management, ",
were glad to continue as we had begun
For the rest, Schmidt, Rosenberg 4
Carey is a firm Of stock brokers wei
known on the stock exchange, wher,
its operations are followed with keer
interest.
"Well?" said Schmidt, seeing that
was all at sea; you scarcely follow
me2"
Il don't!" declared, emphaticaliy
That is because you have no mag
ination. A better financier | never
knew, but you lack imagination. Now,
+" lie paused.
'IIaye too much. You could We'll
spare me some. But what is this
moye?"
"A crisis is imminent. There was
another meeting at the foreign office
this afternoon"
"Stale news!" / gibed. Are not all
the papers full of it,"
Schmidt went on as if had not
| spoken. within the next q hours a
message will be sent to Berlin. 1t viii
be the message-the all-important one
that will materially affect the money
market for some time
How do you know of ths?'
From the usual source, our private
frfHl1inapna pssa..
bridge"
1t all sounds very pretty. l can
quite understand how a premature
knowledge Of that message may affect
our fortunes appreciably, but | fail to
see how such a happy consummation
is coming to pass
Really" said Schmidt, Il thought
you had more sense! We shall inter
cept that message. l have arranged
with very clever electrician, who has
Marconi's latest improvements at his
fingers ends, to accompany you and
MYSELF on a little pleasure trip in the
channel for few hours. In such Clio.
rious weather what could be more
pleasant than jaunt on that charming
little steam yacht, the Gladiola?"
You have rechristened your craft . |
NO. For obvious reasons it will |
not do to use my own boat. So Messrs. |
Blick and Sampson, two American gen
tlcmen, will embark on the Gladiola, |
which will be awaiting them in Dover
harbor. When in midchannel, what |
more natural than our electrical |
friends desire to experiment with his
apparatus? Singular, too, that wp
shall take such a course as to be in /
he direct line of communication be-
tween the terminals at Dover and Ant
werp."
Antwerp! Then the message does
not 60 direct to Berlin?"
'lmpossiblel It is wonderful TO
think that it can go to Antwerp with
out break and thence, with only one
other stoppage, at Brunswick, right on
to Berlin"
But how shall we hit on the locality?
That will require some fixing up
Leave that to me, dear boy! j have
calculated it all 10 a nicely. | shall
ever be thankful that my father per-
suaded me to serve in the navy rather
than in the army for my term of con.
scription."
You are a mauy-sided man." said
admiringly; but have you told the
THE message is in cipher. Brace
bridge will bring me the key this even
ing when he viii also bring the latest
intelligence and the time Of sending
the message. Besides, the oper-
ator is an impecunious man, and shall
know how to keep him from asking
unnecessary questions"
1T is tremendously risky" said.
Not at all! The only thing is 10
keep mum, and don't tell your wife!,
Mrs. Schmidt is discreet" said the
husband Of that unique lady; but Mrs
Garey-well,' he added. diplomatical
ly well Mrs. Carey is too charming to
be able to keep secret"
Late IN the evening Of the same daV
l went 10 Schmidt's house in Charlton
place. Bracebridge had already been
and presented the latest intelligence
to-wit that the operator at the gov.
ernments wireless telegraphy Office Al
Dover had been advised to be in readi-
ness TO receive a messenger from the
foreign Office about noon on the NOR
row schmidt had wired 10 the captain
Of the Gladiola to have steam up ready
lor Is next morning The telegraph
operator had also been communicate |
with. Ny chief then proceeded 10 give
me few Instructions regarding our
we shall make a splendid coup,a
he said. Whichever way the messag.
runs, its early knowledge ought =
make our fortunes. have telephone
our agent in Paris 70 be on the qui yive
and have wired 10 our man In Berlin /
Mr.. Whistler is prepared TO work The
oracle this side, and, by Jove! If We
get the message, the thing is deaa
certainty"
When, next morning, mt my CHIEF
A. the railway station, scarcely knew