Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-10-11


coarscr than s"lnu'a>cd sugar
lia2"ltne's poStetsre trip and other
erraIl,iS had taken much more time
tlian he anticipated. and more than
two hours had @HGe hy before he called
for Captain Fri. During the row tu the
beach the electrician eXpi;,incd to the
captain the processes 10y which 81 break
in the cable is located alid repaired
They landed az the little wharf aud
Dloddcd through the heavy sand.
"Disnal louhng place isn't it." said
Hazeit;ne as he opened the back doc"
of the station
Well don't Know it has it, goa&
p'ints." replied his companion. ''Noui
ncigIibors' hen~ ,.,ll't scratch 80 Na'!n
garden, for one siiing Wh"; ao YOU
in here,
This is III" raam where We rer"ly.
and send. 'l...> is ,he rcen;;:nr''
The captain noticel With iniele>; tbs
recorder, with its Two brass seaport
and lj.. la:,e glass tube half filed VIZ.
jnk that, when .ile cable WAS WORK .ny.
wrote The messages upon the paper
tape ra,eijny beneath it.
Pretty nigh as inicky as a wu'ch,
amt IT. he Observed
Fully as delicate ia its way. De
soN see this httle screw on the center
piece: Tuin CHAT Il little Que WY ~!
the o;Hcr and the operator Oh the other
SIDE N ylt send until doomsday. we
wou.0n know it. I'll show you the
living rooms and the laboratory now.
lust thea the door ut the other end "i
the room opened. amt man, whom
Captain Fri recognized as one Of the
operators, came in. He started when
he saw Hazeltine ami turned to go oul
again. Ralph spoke to him:
PETERS," he said, where is MIR.
Langley"
Don't know, answered the fellow
gruffiy.
Wait minute Tell me where Mr..
Langley is
Il don't Know where he is. He went
over to the village awhile ago"
''Nhere are The rest of the mem
"non't knew
The impiltiente and 1hinly veiled hos
tilty in the mans tone were unmis-
taAal5e. lla%ei!ine besitaieu, secmeu
about to speak and then silently led
The way to the han.
III show YOU The laboratory later
on" he said. Well go up 10 ,nc test-
ing room now" Then he added. ap #a:-
emily as much 10 himself as 10 his Wis
itor, Il told those fellows that !
wouldn't be back until noon.
There was a door ut the top of the
stairs. Ralph opencsl This quietly. As
they passed througii Captain Fri no
ticed tta, Peters bad followed !hcm
into the h.l;i ail;t sod t..ere look ..lS up
The upper ilall had Il straw mat giHg
oil ;lle floor. There WAS ano.her door
at the end OF the ra,sage. and this Was
ajar. Toward it die electrician walked
rapidly From the room behind tho
door came shout OF laughter: then
! some one said:
Better give it another turn. hadn',
l, TO make sure? If two turns fixes i,
so we don't hear for a couple OF hours
another one ought to shut it UP for a
week That's arithmetic. amt it,
The laugh that followed this was cut
snort by Hazeltine's throwing the door
wide open.
Captain Fri, close at the electricians
heels. saw long room empty save
for a few chairs and a table in the cen
ter. Upon this table stood the testin.
instruments. exactly like those in tht
receiving room downstairs Three mer
lounged in the chairs. and standing he
| side the table With his finGrs; unon The
regulating screw at t,,e "@i;;nrniece oi
the recorder. was ar":hei. Il big fel
low. with a round. smooth shaved face.
The men in the chairs sprang 10 thci,
! feet as HaZeltlne came in. The face
Of the individual by the table turned
white, and his fingers fe;l from tn.
regulating screw as tlnll@h the latte
was red hot. The captain recognized
the men. They We're day operators
whom he had met in the village many
times. incidentally they were avowed
friends, Of The former electrician, Far
her. The name OF The taller one was
Mel l.oughiin.
NJ one spoke. E",ph s;ro,le quickly
to the table. p.j.,i!ed Mci .oug'lin to
one side ANA stopped over the instru-
| mcn;s. Nae:l he slraighteneu up Cap
| tain f.ri no; I'd that his face also was
white, l.u, ., identity hot from fear. He
lurnc, sharply and looked ut the foui
operators, who We're doing their best
10 appear Il; ease and not succeeding
| The electrician looked them over on
l,y one. Then he gave Il snort laugh.
You Sncais." he said. and turned
again to tie te',in@ apparatus.
He began SLOW = 10 turn the regulat
! ing screw Oh tif recorder. lie had
given ii but ii fHW revolutions when
HE point Of III" little glass siphol
that had b-.eu tracing ii straight blacb
! line Oh the &li5.:.1:s iapn moved UP alt
down in cur ng 2igIags 1aZel,ine
! turned to tiie &. .,':;stor.
"l'al.acr." he said curly, ,'ansWel
| ,hat call
Tie man addressed seated himself
at The tah.e. tU4.ilA / a switch and click
ed OF n.,, s.tc1" After moment tht