The Washington times., 1910-04-08

ton. and one as il would seem. Of con
siderable pTeteuSlOnS, Il u unlhcit tiissl
he Keeps an al.-n1Ehl WatcA!iTe ilht q
ea-nper-ogt- His nights VIII be Out
pretty early
Right again" said the SECRETARY
suppose you 80 over your calculation
and see how near YOU can osteiIillIie
the exact number OF miles Llat We
must stil run. Then we can regulate
our speed accordingly
I did as Mr. Grantham requested.
and after consulting the eNcelient
charts that We carried. announced
that from Ottawa 10 the apparent in-
terSectiou Of She lines The distance was
very close 20 SO miles. We had passed.
Ottawa an hour before, going AZ a CLIP
OF ID miles. Mr. Graham took out
'..-rb-ee o,cIock.r ne said. The 6ayz
are long, and longer the farther We so
north. There Is an slll-nlEht lWilis ilt
In Central Ia or1dUT, Dut lf We arrived
Ar 10 O'Clock i Will probably be dark
lOuzh FOR our purpose / don be-
HeNe hts sights viii be out earlier than
r~Tnat means a trffe less than atty
meme miles on hour I remarked
yes; that then, should be OR
speed.
IN med lately slgusIed The aeTOs
astern 70 reduce tneir speed TO a5corc
with ours, and ordered ny engineer 20
GrDD 70 nfty-niue miles Then we en-
tered ny cabin 20 complete our plan OF
preparations and TO pass away tne me,
which seemed very lO1Ss viewed ~
prospect As To me tactics we should
adopt. they were quickly decided upon,
As far as we could f0rcsee the WORK ]
will explain them III a few moments.
7 had already ordered Ethan htalSili
70 get his nowEIE ia shape fo- quick
wO-k- FOR, IN an emergency ! counted
more or him than on the other gunIlfi-
Besides. 7 had TO thought OF showing
my heels. The small arms were also ~
cor1pIete readiness, and every man car
ried twenty cartridges ln his belt, be-
sides the ten IN the magazine Or ms
rifie- This applied 70 the o,her across
as WEI.
IF IL came 20 a fight, didn't believe
that Captain Alfonso would stand VI
10 Il very ions AIy chief Tear " as a.
! 20 his running away. AZ nave az
ready animated, I mad greal cOHnueIice
IN the Eagle and knew her powers tC
a nicely, out I was willing 70 ai-oW
thar the Chameleon might De able 20
draw away from her IN race . Con
seQueutly, I didn't mean that thert
should be ans race
As 90 nv course, had set 81 with ex-
IRENE care, aEd was sure thaL u
would take me very close 10 me till1i'
section OF my lines. But would y Gnc
{ Payton's hiding place In my SOU
/ believed u would
Tabrad0r does not present a very en-
/ trauciuE visW-at least. from above u
( Is not q country 10 grow enthusiast
/ scenery when we went on deck asaln
but We watched every feature OF Lnf
Z Landscape CeUeaLE rs ar atteutlve.y as
u We mad been selecting a place %
settle 50 the afternoon Wnled away
and ] -Ia. -ced frequently at the for
uIdable line OF acres rra-lin- after Us
rising and falling wiki -ae atmosphere
1.lows. while cneir polished guns CLINT
/ I'd iu Ihe sunlight and, as ] watched
nay heart alternately sUalled with pro,
and sank under the weight OF anxiety
We dined about half after g. and
shortly sfterUard 7 siEnaled the quad
ron TO assemble, and gave each com
I uanoer. as he dropped alongside IN,
l Eagle. the program OF operations whiCi
{ ne had worked out in my cabin ThU
[ is virtually what I repeated 10 al o.
I them
we are going 20 make a descent upor
{ the lurking place OF Alfonso PAXTON
{ He has a lodge ere IN the woods an,
holds as his prisoners a young lsdI
I ana Eer maid. whom he has stolen from
/ New York. The young Iady's father g.
+ aboard the Eagle. and with him, as EO-
/ are aware IS Secretary Grantham
/ believe that he has already inrorme,
( YOU that AL or our movements IN thH
Z case are Tn Ice kept as a departmcu
l secret The honor and reputation o
I the service are AT stake You VIII az