The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-10-27
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Awaits Them.
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sEbtN EDlNBURGH, Oct. 2e.
The. extraordinary precautions that ara
being taken by the war office author.
tiles to maintain the secret OF the aero.
plano invented by Lieutenant Dunn, now
being completed in one OF the widest
prrts O: the Scottish Highlands. make
the whole enterprise ono OF the most
romantic In the history OF neronautcs.
On plateau. high above sea-level,
little encampment accommodates forty
men. A mile away, on tho other side
or deep depression, is the shed, twenty
feet high and sixty feet long, in which
the aeroplane is being built,
small model has been tested and ap.
proved. but the experts have now sets
tied down to the task of perfecting
working aeroplane which may be OF use
IN the next army maneuvers.
Spying on the Spies.
Blair Castle where the marquis OF
TnIlibardine Is residing while he over
looks operations generally. and directs
large staff of spy-hunters. is several
miles away. There are no houses at all
from which can be seen either the en-.
campment or the shed. The foreign
spies and induisitiSe strangers who
haunt the district, have me. with so
many rebuffs that they are becoming
They are far more spicd upon
than spies.
Shepherds with powerful field glasses oc.
cupy every point OF vantage. Thick mlsts
shroud the mounfaintops and bewider
the unwary wanderer. who may easily
find himself foundering knee-deep in n
dangerous bog. One ingenious youth,
who, clad as a tramp. arrived within d
mile or SO of the shed. spent cold
damp night on the hillside for his pains
The whole district belongs 10 the do.
is Lord Tullbardine, and there ia but
one road OF any description In the neigh.
borhood OF the valley of the Tilt
All Strangers Suspected.
When stranger arrives at DunkeId
or Blair Atholl. his presence Is at once
communicated to the marquis. and some
one Is told off to watch him. II he men,
tons the word "aeroplane' In cottage
or farmhouse. he meets only stony
Scottish stare. 1t has been intImated to
every one en- the Atholl estates that the
slightest treachcry on the part OF resi-
dent will involve his seeking a hor.c
elsewhere. and long way eff.
War office authority. also. is not to be
defied. The district Is practically rnder
martial law, state OF things unisua!
In this country. But there not the
slightest doubt that this epoch -makinS
discovery. II II fulfils Whitehall and
Aldershot expectations, Is of such inn
mense national Importance that stringent
treasures to insure privacy are fully JUS
titled.
The least an unlucky foreigner found
trespassing near the encampment may
expect is ducking in mountain pool
or stream.
II he had the misfortune to learn any
thing Of Importance. and fail to get clear
away with his knowledge. he would prob
ably spend some weeks or months In the
quiet clnsion Of an mpromptu Jail on
the hillside.
So many vain attempts have been made
to bride and corrupt the Atholl retain
ers that very strong feeling OF resent
ment is growing among them