The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-04-05

Luiiy. AS sure as there is Great
! Chief Justice in the heavens we've got
him. and wen give him his desserts.
ana, young man, your fortune is made.
/ DO YOU know what Mr. Gravn will
90 90 to reward you for restoring his
No. sir; haven't thought about
We'll, I don't know. either" he re-
] piled with a qUizzical smile, but l have
! thought about IT, and l know what I'd
Then he looked at me fer a moment.
/ laughing good hUmoredIy But sud
| denly becoming serious: We'll take
/ the hrst train for New York" he said.
mere IS no time - re lost. PAXTON
VIII communicate tomC rrow, and we
| in readiness"
The next morning Mr.. Grantham and
went together in an auto from our
hotel, where we had arrived IN the mid
die or the night, 10 Mr. Grayham's Of
flee The bilhon9ire had been Informed
OF our coming and was impatiently
awaiting US il was the first time 7
had ever seen this world-fanous man.
and regarded him with a great deal
or CURIOSITY. lie was pOmpCus IN looks
ana bearing, although he greeted us,
ana particularly Mr.. Grantham. very
This is Lieutenant Allan" said Mr..
! tiranthanl, presenting me very cour-
sboEt him, ard have ma, already told you
1
| He IS not going to fan us. He has
/ brought along a little apparatus which,
/ Iancy, VIII 90 the business for Mr.
ALFONSO Payton. Lieutenant Allan,
please show Mr.. GTayman your machine
and tell him how il works
The great biiliOnaiTe WIS as delight
ed Win the explanation as the secretary
But how." he asked, after a mo-
ments reflection. ARE we going 20
| induce Payton 10 send Us two mes
sages 10 different points, And now
| do We know that he will send them
! rom MS hiding placer He may com
/ municate from his aero"
i have worked that all out, Gray
man. replied the secretary. In the
| first place, as 10 his communicating
I rom ms lodge-for I judge by your
/ daughters letter that that Is what
he calls his lair-I believe that there
IS very little question. He will want
I 20 continue 10 entertain her and TO
Iull her suspicious, and so, having.
probably, no more important business
! than this. he win remain there yo,,
can make sure by asking for news OF
your daughter
Then. as for inducing him 10 send
two messages, that will be easv Lien
tenant Allan tells me that ne wishes
10 select a place for the second COM
munlcaUon at considerable distance
from New York. in order to be sure
n having q manageable angle As
Suming that Payton's place IS some
where in the Allegheny range. or the
Blue Rldge-althOugh, 90 course we can
not bank much on the indication Of the
postmarks, but iu Is not likely 10 be
bly, serve our turn.
All that you Will hive 70 do. then.
VIII be 10 interrupt P-ytOn after he
has gone far enough in his communica-
ton today enable Allan u determine the
direction Of the wares. and tell him that
sudden imperative call has summoned
YOU 10 Buffalo, and that you must 20
there tonight. Tell him that until YOU
nave seen your man IN Buffalo. and ar
ranged the affair that YOU have IN hand
YOU cannot name a dav when YOU will
be free 10 meet him, but that II he VIII
communicate with YOU in BunaIo tonor-
row you VIII b. IN position 20 settle II.
'Of course YOU know the wireless fAl1-
phone number OF some Buffalo CORE
Spondent Give IL 20 Payton and tel
him 70 call you Up tSsre. Then we Will
take the night train for Buffalo and 7
guarantee that, after that, Allan will
not be ten minutes in uncovering the
hawks nest
But" objected 0Ir. Grsynan. "since
/ have already put him OF on 2 similar
plea, that will only excite his sus-
of course it will excite his sus-
plclons, replied the secretary. He
IS bursting with suspicion now. But
what does that amount to- He wiz not
knows that YOU are LAYING a trap for
him. He IS used 70 keeping out OF traps
The beauty OF our scheme is that let
him suspect until dOomsday, he can
never hit upon t. He VIII never have
the ghost OF an idea what we are about
Go ahead. Grayman and do as I tell
you, and I'll be responsible for the re-
suit"
So II was decided. and Immediately I
made my arrangements for connecting
my instrument with the aerial Receiver
on the roof Of the building containing
GTdymans offices. We rugged up a
temporary telephone fro mthe sauctum
70 my station, and Secretary Grantham
remained with Grayman To give me the
word the instant that Payton's call
was recognized, in order that I might
not confuse IL with some other. So I
was left alone 70 wait. and I confess
that the strain made me very nervous
7 I'd had 10 deal with many crooks
in y service. but never with one OF
PaytOn's Caliber Besides. 7 felt more
and more the Importance Of this affair
10 my future, nd the seCretary's ulys-
ferrous words 2 bout a reward which ne
thought that NIr. Grammar ought to
ton. I certainly think that neither OF
t--e others could nave awaited that call
as anXiOusly rs I did.
It seemed 10 me that 7 had sat there
for hours with my eyes glued upon the
tell-tale needle, when suddenly il lump
ed round, and then set itself in a def
nlte poSlDOn, pointing nearly east and
west, but with a slight quiverirg mo-
Ton.
Almost Immediately the secretary
called through the telephone. Hello,
Allan. It's coming, Have you got Il?
It's Payton."
Yes" I said, I've got it; don't in
terTupt me now, please"
1 could tell every time that PaytOn
began. or ceased, TO speak, because, in
the frs case. the needle moved into
position. as at a command and. in
the second, f. lost IL rightly and wan
dered all around the compass. The
conversation lasted only two or three
minutes, and Payton spoke perhaps half
dozen times. I observed the indications
Of the needle with the utmost exaCrnesS
and entered them in a note book They
were perfectly definite and accordant
every time. and I felt an immense eX-
UltdttOn over my success Presently Mr.
Grautham called TO me again.
Hello. It's all over. You can come
down"
You can imagine how eagerly de-
seconded TO Grayman's sancturn. carTv-
lnE my precious InStTUmel- AZ or
tered, I saw by the expression OF tLe
two mems faces that all had gone well
on their side
How is it," demanded the Secretary
DID II work2'
Good Good And Mr.. Granular,
forgetting his dignity. fairly Jumped m
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