Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-08-11

| from the river. / mentioned this fact.
The pole had been put there within
the last ten or fifteen minutes.
1t was still quite gloomy, as day was
| just breaking, when we reached the
door Of the barracks and / took
careful look around before we entered.
Not soul was in sight, but it seemed
to me that the shadow in little niche
of building forty PAGES away was
little blacker than it should have
| been and walked toward it. When
within twenty-five feet Of 1t little
| figure dashed out, ran at right angles
! to my track, and shot around the cor
| ner.
1 was in hot pursuit instantly and
Dunton and Stirling were coming
along behind me. Around the build
ing we went, gaining rapidly on the
runner. He dashed across the open
space, going toward the spot where
the pole still lay and caught it up as
he ran. Planting 1t deity and Sc
curely in the pavement, he rose and
cleared the high wall.
Don't shoot, don't Shoot" 1 heard
/
an"
| Outlined for an instant against the
lighter east was figure in mans
clothes, but long hair loosened by her
efforts flowed from her head It was
a woman.
| Pursuit was useless. She would be
lost before we could get to the gate.
| &c hut hot
suggest" I said as we walked toward
the gate, that either Mr.. Rand or I,
| perhaps both of us, be allowed to take
up work with you in the laboratory
| In the guise either of worllmen or
| chemists
| This suggestion pleased the chief
It shifted the burden Of responsibility
| from his shoulders.
| I arrived, properly accredited and
equipped, at eight o'clock that morn
ing, as specially detailed chemical
expert who had come on from Wash
| ington. Before I came to the yard,
however, l found time to write de-
tailed report for Rand.
soon found that 1t was almost i'm
possible to see from the laboratory
windows to any point of vantage where
a receiver might stand concealed to
| take signals, and certainly none was
sent. Apparently not man in the
| place paid the slightest heed to the
outer world. Luncheon time came
and we repaired to the barracks. On
the way I watched the men to note II
any of them seemed to be looking
for anybody or anything, but the only
| incident of any sort was when one
Of them, stocky little follow named
| McCready, stopped and picked up a
short piece of fine copper wire which
he saw on the yard pavement. He put
it carefully in his pocket.
Nothing happened during luncheon,
and in the half-hour Of rest thereafter
the men all smoked or chatted except
Sloane, a machinest, who sat down to
| write a letter to his wife. He took
his place at one of the windows and
| used a large portfolio with high
roll, ink-well, and so on, at the end Of
| it. He seemed very intent but wrote
very little for the length of time he
| took, but there was absolutely moth
| ing about him to indicate that he was
| signalling In any way; also the only
persons who could have seen him were
the civilian clerks in the headquarters
building about two hundred feet across
the yard, and none of them looked In
| his direction at any time. At one win
| dow were two laughing men, at an
other girl stenographer and young
clerk obviously engaged in small talk,
| while at third window another WON
an clerk, with hat and veil on, was
apparently waiting lunch time.
It was late in the afternoon when
Lieutenant Dunton stopped work.
| AS we were crossing the yard saw
two familiar figures approaching
| Rand and the Secret Service Chief.
Hello, Dunk! This is pretty job,"
was Rand's greeting. Vastly inter
esting, isn't it? What has turned up
! today?"
I detailed the days events for him.
"And you are sure no messages have
been sent out?"
everybody has been closely
watched"
Look at this" He rendered me
fresh report from Secret Service op'
erative in the employ of the New York
ONCE of the Belgian cables, giving the
cipher transcript Of an anonymous
message which had been filed for Ber-
kelen Freres at three that very att
ernoon giving the full details OF our
morning work.
The thing was physical impossible
fly and yet before me was proof Of its
| occurrence.
Perfect! An absolutely perfect re-
port" Dunton repeated.
There you have given us the key
to the premises" exclaimed Rand,
studying the development OF Dunton's
head. This transmission can be pre-
pared and executed only by man OF
high order OF intelligence. Brains al
ways show In the head and face or
%hoir nossessor Now granted you and