Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-07-18
middle Of the night, to Mr.. Grayman'a

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 US. He has brought
along a little apparatus which, l fancy,
will do the business for Mr.. Alfonso
Payton. Lieutenant Allan, please show
Mr.. Grayman your machine and tell
him how 1t works"
The great Millionaire was as delight
ed with the explanation as the secre-
tary had been.
"But how" be asked, after q 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"
II have worked that all out, Gray
man." replied the secretary. "In the
first place, as to his communicating
from his 1odge'-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 SO, having, prob
ably, no more important business than
this, he win remain there. You can
make sure by asking for news Of your
daughter.
Then, as for inducing him to send
two messages, that will be easy. Lieu
tenant Allan tells me that he wishes to
select a plae sfor the second eommuni-
cation at a. considerable distance from
New York. "a order to be sure OF hay
ing a ms <ftgeable angle Assuming
that Payton's place is somewhere in
the Allegheny range, O. the Blue Ridge
although, of course, we cannot bank
much on the indication Of the post
marks, but 1t Is not likely to be much
| farther away-Buffalo would probably
serve IA turn.
"All that you have to do, then, VIII
be to interrupt Payton after be has
| gone far enough In his communication
| today TO enable Allan to determine the
| direction of the waves and tell him
| that a sudden imperative call has sum
| moned you to Buffalo and that you
! must go there tonight. Tell him that
| until you have seen your man In Buff
| falo and arranged the affair that you
| have In hand you cannot name a day
-rJon 49,, ,rJIl ho fraa To ranot him hIIt
that If he will communicate with you
In Buffalo tomorrow you will be in q
position to settle 1t.
"Of course you know the wireless
| telephone number of some Buffalo cor
| respondent. Give it to Payton and tel
him to call you up there. Then WE
| will take the night train for Buffalo
| and be ready for him In the morning
and l guarantee that after that Allan
will not be ten minutes In ~uncovertne
the hawks nest"
But" objected Mr. Grayman, "sinct
1 have already put him off on a sfmi
| lar plea, that Will only excite his sus
| picions."
"Of course 1t will excite his sus
; picions," replied the secretary. HE II
=. bursting with suspicion now. But what
does that amount TOT He will not give
up his game simply because he knows
that you are laying a trap for him
He Is used to keeping out Of traps
The beauty Of our scheme IL that lei
him suspect until doomsday. he car
never hit upon 1t. He will never have
| the ghost OF an idea what we arr
about. Go ahead, Grayman, and do al
l tell you, and I'll be responsible 70!
the result"
So 1t was decided, and Immediately
1 made my arrangements for connect
ing my instrument with the aerial re
ceiver on the roof Of the building con
tanning Grayman's Offices. We rigget
up a temporary telephone from the
sanctum to my station, and Secretary
Grantham remained with Grayman tt
give me word the instant that Payton's
Gull was recognized, in order that
might not confuse 1t with some other
SO I was left alone to wait, and I con
fess that the strain made me very merry
BUS.
l had to deal with many crooks II
the service, but never with n of Pay
tons caliber. Besides, / felt more and
more the Importance of this affair tt
my future, and the seeretary's mystic
rious words about a reward which ht
thought that Mr.. Grayson ought t
| offer mo had got hold Of nv fmn gina
ton. I certainly think that neither O.
the others could have awaited that cal
as anxiousiy as | did