The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-10

the single, till we were within twenty
4 yards of the tower. So close were we
tha&I could see every detail. The lad
II der leading up TO the door of the tower
\ halfway up the wall was plainly visi-
BILE, as was also the old, rusty twenty
feur-pounder. pointing uselessly out TO
sea. The tower itself was almost in
I ruins.
1 It was a calm night, and only the
wash of the sea broke the stiffness.
stretched myself on the rough, loose,
| bouiders and shingle, and laid my gun
1 by my side. Hour after hour cTept by.
The vigil we were all keeping was suf
| dciently strange and exciting TO keep
us wakeful and attentive Presently
a night breeze arose and sighed among
the FURNISHES in the marshes behind US.
But all within the tower was absolute
/ iy silent-not a light showed through
the chinRs of windows, not a football
came TO our ears From where i lay,
could watch the lights of the yacht
move to ana fro in the black darkness.
The slow hours dragged on. and still
nothing happened At last the dawn
began TO hreak-it grew brighter each
moment. / was just turning toward
Ford for our signal to go back to the
boat, when suddenly ] saw him leap
i up, raise his gun. and loud report
rang on the still morning air. leapt
to my feet also. as did the others. The
little window of the tower opened, and
| two revolver shots rang through II as
Tyler, Duffayef. and three of the men
rushed up the ladder. followed them
Immediately, at a loss to know what
| this sudden change of plan meant. In
! fey moments we had smashed down
the fiimsy wooden door and had come
in contact with four men, who, armed
with revoivers, greeted us from with
/ GlrTr -17
sudden and unexpected, that after a
short but desperate resistance we had
taken them all prisoners. They were
! Immediately handcuffed, and Ford and
Tyler. with the other police officers,
led them out of the tower on to the
beach. Ford's eyes were blazing with
excitement and, to my surprise, saw
dead pigeon at his feet.
"a messenger TO WeIbeck street, Mr..
Head" he exclaimed, handing me what
looked ike a piece of cigarette paper.
"A carrier pigeonr / cried, the mean
ing of his first shot now Bursting upon
me.
Yes, and had lucky shot at it in
this half light" he continued. but
to tell you the truth, I half expected
something of the kind. and. so to
speak, lay in wait for that pigeon. Last
night things came back to me, and /
remembered that empty pigeon cote on
the roof of the house in Welbeck street
From the fact that a message was
about to be sent to her, there Is no
doubt whatever that madame has re-
turned to her town residence. We will
catch her for certain now, though how
she has oontrived to get into her house
with our man watching it is more than
l can say. Can you read this?-'
As he spoke he put the cigarette pa
per into my hand. / scrutinized it
closely. Written in very tiny letters I
read the following words: stay in
London. Don't come here. Danger"
YES" went on Ford, "they spied us
directly IL began to get light, and see
Ing their game was UP. dispatched this
to madame, But for that shot of mine
she would probably have escaped us
again. Now we have her safe.'%
But how?" I answered. THE pigeon
is dead, SO she won't get the message,
and In all probability will come down
to Hastings today or tonight
I'VE Wilt keep her in London" said
Ford, looking extremely knowing and
much excited. 'Oh. yes, she will have
her message all right, and in two hours
from the present time. Bring them
along. Tom"
One of the men was now seen de-
scending the ladder with a wooden cage
in his hands. in which were futtering
two more pigeons.
by jovei" / exclaimed, seeing what
he meant; ''this is splendid
Yes, it is about the snaartest bit OF
work 1 have ever done" he replied
land we owe Il all to Miss Beringer;
she has given us the cue.
AS he spoke he handed me another
piece of cigarette paper, exactly like
the one on which the first message had
been written.
HKQIr MIGHT n,aEa y;
stronger, Mr.. Head" he said.
/ thought a moment and then wrote:
'sStay In Welbeek street until one of
US comes TO you Important. Danger
If you stir"
Ford's eyes glittered as he read my
words. He attached the little note
deftly to the neck of one OF the birds.
There. off you CO." be exclaimed;
fits lucky birds can't talk"
He tossed the pigeon into the air; the
bird rose rapidly in gradually increas-
ing circles, and then shot off in
straight line for the north.
AS the pigeon darted up into the air
heard one of the prisoners utter an
exclamation. and saw him turn to his
fellow. This action of ours had evil
IDENTIFY taken him completely by sur
prise. The man at whom he looked
made no reply, even by a glance, but
folding his arms across his breast stood
motionless as if at attention. A glance
showed me all too plainly that, desper-
ate as the men were, they were at least
true to madame. Even death by tor
ture, did such await them, would not
induce any one of the Brotherhood to
betray their chief. They We're all we'll
dressed, and had the appearance of
gentlemen. They took their apparently
hopeless fate with stoieism, and did not
attempt to escape.
BY this time the sun had well risen.
and glorious morning had chased
away the gloom of the night, Placing
our prisoners Ia the boat, we pulled
round to lower part Of the shore.
Here a trap met US By appointment.
and in less than an hour we were ali
on our way to London. Success had
at last rewarded cur efferts. We had
secured mafame's gang. and row II
would be an easy feat to make madame
herself our prisoner.
FeTd had wired 20 Miss Berinser To
meet US at the station, and he whis-
pered to me from time to time as wa
ran up to town his keen sense of satis-
faction.