Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1911-09-07
THE SKY
PIRATE
II
BY GARRETT r. SERyISS
II
Copyright by Frank a. Munsey
Company

This. however. applies only to the
case where the waves are sent out
''undirected" on all sides. With ''di
rected" waves. which are now almost
universally employed as they were at
the time OF which l am writing. a
variation of the process is required.
It is then necessary that the waves
shall be sent either simultaneously or
at an interval from the point @ sepa-
rately to A and B. This being done.
the result is the same as before. the
location of @ being determined
In the latter case single instrument
viii suffice. being used first at and
then at B.
knew that the last described meth
cd would have TO be employed. since.
as have already explained. Payton
was sending directed messages TO
Mr.. Grayman. although the latter's re-
plies were necessarily "undirected. =
because Payton would not designate
his location. and the waves had to be
sent out on all sides In order to find
him. The only problem for Us saw
would be to induce Payton to commu-
nicate In succession from the same
point with two widely separated sta
lions
AS soon as he should have done that
| knew that could spot him.
Having thought this out and furbish-
ed up my apparatus to make sure that
1t was in good working order. re-
turned with 1t to Mr.. Grantham's Of.
6ce The secretary was delighted with
my explanation Of the device.
We've got himr' he exclaimed giee-
fully. "As sure as there is a Great
Chief Justice In the heavens we've got
him. and wen give him his deserts
And. young man, your fortune is made.
Do you know what Mr. Grayman will
do to reward you for restoring his
1aughter?
mo. sir: l haven't thought about
that"
'sWell. don't know, either" he re-
piled. with Quizzical smile. ''but I
have thought about it. and I know
what I'd do. anyhow"
Then he looked at me for q moment,
laughing good humoredly. But, sud-
denly becoming serious, "We'n take
the first train for New York. he said.
'sThere is no time 10 be lost Payton
viii communicate tomorrow. and we
must be on the spot with everything
In readiness"
The next morning Mr.. Grantham and
went together In an auto from our
hotel, where we had arrived In the
middle Of the night, to Mr.. Grayman's
Office
This is Lieutenant Allan" said Mr..
Grantham. presenting me very courte-
ausly. Il have already told you about
him and my expectations Of him. He
is not going to fail as. He has brought
along little apparatus which. fancy,
viii do the business for Mr.. Alfonso
Payton- Lieutenant Allan. please show
Mr.. Grayman your machine and tell
him how it works"
The great Millionaire was as delight
ed with the explanation az the score
tary had been.
But how" he asked. after mo
ment's reflection. s'are we going to In
duce Payton to send two messages to
different potntsf And how do we
know that he will send them from his
hiding placer He may communicates
from his aero"
ssv hm~o xrr~y~nS <hn< aly n,,< Hrov
man. replied the secretary. sIn the
first place. as to his communicating
from his 9odge'-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 to
continue to entertain her and to lull
her suspicious: and 80. having. prob
ably. no more important business than
this. he viii remain there. You can
make sure by asking for news of your
daughter.
..Then. ais for inducing him to send
two messages. that viii be easy. Lieu
tenant Allan tells me that be wishes to
select place for the second communi-
cation at considerable distance from
New York. in order to be sure of hav-
ing a manageable angle Assuming
that Payton's place is somewhere in
the Allegheny range. or the Blue Ridge
although, of course. we cannot bank
much on the Indication of the post
marks. but it Is not likely to be much
farther away-Buffalo would probably
serve our turn
IAN that you have to do. then, win
be to interrupt Payton after he has
gone far enough In his communication
today TO enable Allan to determine the
direction OF the waves and tell MIN
that q sudden imperative call has sum
moped you to Buffalo and that you
mnsf go there tonight Tel MIN that
until yon nave seen your man in But
faio ana arranged the affair that you
have id nand yon cannot name day
when you will be free to meet MIN. but