Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1911-10-19
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had done a dozen times since the plans
were lost. He had volunteered his
services to the officials, and, more With
the idea Of keeping him under surveil
lance than expecting any help from
him. they bad permitted vandermutb
free access to the Offices.
Vandermuth was looking dreaInily
at the big building across the street
when DO saw mans face at q win
dow several floors up
IF that mans arm were long enough
he could reach down here" thought
Philip.
That evening he went to the Com
stocks. where he found Beverly and
told her what he had discovered. She
laughed at him. Philip explained the
thief might have f1shed for the papers.
but Beverly pointed out that he would
have been seen from the street
Two whole days were spent by Van
1ermuth going from Office to office in
the building across from the Westlng.
de asked all sorts Of foolish questions,
but he always managed to look out of
the office windows. He got into every
office on the sixth, seventh and eighth
floors except one. That was on the
seventh floor, with the name Steven
Skivetsky on the door.
Philip had been able to see the cap
tain's office from every window he had
looked out Of, and from some he could
even see the safe, but when the door
Of the safe was open he could not see
the inside. he figured II he could en-
ter the Office Of Steven Skivetsky he
would be able to see the compartment
where the plans had been kept. So he
never find any one In.
He told Beverly about Skivetsky,
and when she was downtown the fol
lowing day she heard some one say
"Skivetsky."
Beverly turned around quickly. The
speaker was q tall, clean shaver man
and was talking to q large man with
a full beard.
The one with the beard was saying
to the other, "Skivetsky always does
as he is ordered"
They were walking slowly down the
street, and she followed them. They
soon came to an old fashioned Office
building, which they entered. She
trudged after them up a rickety flight
Of stairs to the second floor. On a
door she read Progressive Order of
Liberty" and as She passed it the two
men she had been following came out.
She heard one say:
"With those papers In our possession
we can make them do anything we
want"
Beverly went home feeling sure that
she had learned where the plans had
gone, and when Philip called that
night she told him oil she had found.
He became very excited and started
for the door, rushing madly to the Sc
cret service office. He wanted to know
what the Progressive Order OF Liberty
was.
he was informed that the Progress
i've Order Of Liberty was a society of
Russians which had been watched by
the service for some time, but was
nothing but socialistic order.
The following day he went to the
superintendent Of the building where
Steven Skivetsky had his Office and
made bold inquiries about him.
HE is q good, quiet tenant" said
the superintendent, but we will lose
him, for no is going to vacate next
week"
Finer said Vandermuth. Il would
like to take his office when he leaves.
May look through itT'
ssXTal1 said tho
will ask Skivetsky. and If you come
around later and 1 get his permission l
will show you through"
Philip returned to Captain Com
stocks Office. opened the safe and then
went over to the Office of Skivetsky
and knocked on the door, but as no
one answered he went after the su-
perintendent. That functionary greet
ed him with the ddings that he had
Skivetsky's permission to show him
through the office. 1t was a small,
dirty place, with one desk and several
chairs.
He opened the closet door and found
hanging on hook a large coil Of silk
fish line. with a long barbed dart at
tached to the end.
This was what he got them WITH"
unused Vandermuth. But how did he
get them en- that liner
"Ah, here it tsp he exclaimed aloud
as he picked up a large air rife with
a dart in the barrel like the one he had
found in the closet. ''This is what he
shot them with"
"Shot whatP' asked the superintend-
ent.
You'll find out soon enough" said
Philip. IF Steven comes back keep
him here"
Vandermuth dashed to the secret
service office, rushed in and yelled:
1--WE got him-tbe man who stole
the plansY
''What~ cried the chief, springing
up. Philip hastily told his story, and
the chief, with several men, went up
to SkiVetskv's office The suDerfntend-