The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1911-11-24

along little apparatus which. fancy
will do the business for Mr.. Alfonso
Payton. Lieutenant Allan. please show
Mr.. Grayman your machine and tell
him how II works"
The great Millionaire was as delight.
ed with the explanation as the secre
tary had been.
But how" he asked. after d mo-
ment's reflection. ARE we going to In.
duce Payton to send two messages TO
different points? And how do we
know that he will send them from his
hiding place? He may communicate.
from his aero"
81 have worked that all out. Gray
man." replied the secretary. "In th'
first place. as to his communication,
from his 'lodge'-for Judge by you
daughters letter that that Is what b,
calls his lair-I believe that there Ii
very little question. He will want to
continue TO entertain her and to hull
her suspicious: and so. having. prob.
ably. no more important business than
this. he will remain there. You can
make sure by asking for news Of your
daughter. ttr .- ,.t,
Then. as for inducing him to send
two messages. that will be easy. Lieu
tenant Allan tells me that he wishes to
select q place for the second communi-
cation at a considerable distance from
New York. In order TO be sure Of hay
Ing 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 II is not likely to be much
farther away-Buffalo would probably
serve our turn.
"All that you have to do. then. will
be to interrupt Payton after he has
gone far enough In his communication
today TO enable Allan to determine the
direction or the waves and tell him
that a sudden imperative call has sum-
uioned you to Buffalo and that you
must go there tonight Tell him that
until you have seen your man In Buf
falo and arranged the affair that you
have In hand you cannot name a day
when you will be free to meet him, but
that II be will communicate with you
in Buffalo tomorrow you will be In a
position To settle It
"Of course you know the wireless
telephone number OF some Buffalo cor
Give II to Payton and tell
him to call you up there. Then we
will take the night train for Buffalo
and be ready for him In the morning.
and guarantee that after that Allan
will not be ten minutes In uncovering
the hawks nest"
But" objected Mr.. Grayman. "since
have already put him Off on SINH
lar plea. that will only excite his sus-
picions"
"Ot course 1t will excite his sus
picions. replied the secretary. HE is
bursting with suspicion now But what !
does that amount to! he will not give
up his game simply because he knows
that you are laying trap for him
He Is used 10 keeping out OF traps
The beauty OF our scheme is thar lei |
him suspect until doomsday. he can |
never nit upon 1t. He will never have |
the ghost OF an idea what we are
about. Go ahead. Grayman. ana do as
tell you, and IN be responsible for
the result"
So 1t was decided. and Immediately
made my arrangements for connect
ng my instrument with the aerial re.
,eiver on the roof Of the building con
aiming Grayman's offices. We rugged
up temporary telephone from the
to my station. and Secretary
Srantham remained with Grayman to
give me word the instant that PaytOn's
,all was recognized. in order that I
might not confuse II with some other.
So was left alone to wait. and con
less that the strain made me very nav
,us.
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