The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-06-18
By
BROUGHTON
BRANDENBURG.


had the arrested, and the police had taken
the wallet from him.
So Rand in person had been following Anita De-
sarte and me. Well, that his way, and he
took certain pleasure in his ceverness That
pleasure plainly written in his smile as he
said good morning TO in the commandant's
office at the navy yard
"Creagan has already teephoned me the result
in court" he began. Now let us see If We can do
as we'll on this side OF the river We the per-
son taking the information and the sender il the
party, and his method. That is where We baIk
Never in all my experience have / been without q
vestige of a theory to how messages can be
transmitted from one confederate to another under
such guard and such conditions, Why, even
sure that the reports the afternoon of
one day and the morning of the and are filed in
the afternoon before three O'Clock that the infor-
nation goes out shortly after noon. But how how
howe"
He walked up and down a moment thinking
then he turned to the commandant and said:
rs it possible for you a detail
of eight men to carry Mr. Duncan and
myself under sheets in stretchers across
the yard back and forth or twice dur
ing the noon hour. Have the men go slowly and
by the time We are through with that will have
found some other device for lettering before thai
barrack section from which the information must
proceed. without appearing to be the watch"
In ten minutes a stretcher detail took as q sich
man across the yard; in fifteen minutes another
took Rand | nothing though my eyes trav.
eled over everything in view. As he was
around the corner of the building where We await.
ed him. he leaped out of the stretcher calling
to follow, to the back door of the barracks.
He whisted in at Lieutenant Dunton's window and
got admitted, and in another moment we step.
ped into the room where the men were resting.
All quite 1t had been the two days / was
there The did hear us enter. They
were smoking and chatting. and by the window
Sloan was laboriously writing to his wife q brief
message that must pass under Lieutenant Dunton's
eye. silence fell over the other In the place.
They saw that something about to happen
Rand stepped quietly up behind Sloan and watch
ed him closely for minute. BY Jove! 1 now
saw that at intervals Sloane touching with his
pen two tiny spots of bright copper on the end OF
the big roll Of his portfolio. and 1t was plain from
the manner of his touch he was sending telegraph
cally. His movement light that only eyes
as keen as Rands would have discerned it.
Rand stepped back from the window out Of
sight in the depths of the room.
Sloane, come here to me-" he said sternly
The man sprang to his feet pale and tottering
He hurriedy laid down his portfolio and pen.
Bring that thing with you
Sloane did as bid, then and Rand tore the port
folio apart and disclosed the mechanism for q NINA
ture wireless sender.
place all these men under arrest and guard
Stone and McCready carefully. Lieutenant Dunton.
Now to find the receiver. Come, Dunk, think
know where to look
We shot out the back way and popped into the
stretchers and in few minutes had entered the
headquarters building.
Leaving the two details We hurried straight
through to the front. Rand leading the way. Then
he stopped, puzzled.
by George that fellow was sending straight at
these windows
About the windows were some clerks and steno-
graphers lounging most innocently just had
seen them the first day. All were talking, al
one window, where a woman stenographer with her
hat and veil ready for the street, stood starina
intently toward the gate of the yard, just / saw
her the first day. Rand looked at her keenly, then
strobe up behind her, peered searchingly at the
back of her head, and said
Very sorry to interrupt you, Miss Desarte but
the man who was sending to you is under arrest and
so you now Too bad you spend SO much time
at the beaches"
She shrugged her shoulders and laughed as. at
his suggestion she took on her hat and its net
drapery
will you look at these Duncan" said Rand ex-
aiming them curiously. This veil is traversed
with fine film Of tiny receiving wires and on this
broad hat it must act beautifully. In the crown
is the remainder of the mechanism, and here in
Miss Desartes hand is military telegraph
ceiving roll on which she prcks the dots and dashes
of the notes she makes of the messages. Permit me
to Miss Desarte, this is the most ingenious
trivance l have seen. Who is the inventor
may l ask?'
II am" she said proudly.
rs ii all clear now" said Rand as we left the
place after turning the three prisoners over to the
commandant
All but Miss Desarte's night visit" said I.
oh, she brought that piece wire to lay n
where McCready had told her. He wanted 1t to
I I'm he AZ Ais
hat"
We were ready to prove our cases in their entire
~ against the fair Anita the expert Sloane and
very able and intellectual McCready, With the
Baron thrown in for good measure. but having pre-
served its secret. the value of which will be APP