The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1911-10-28

some nav1gatin', tnat:" Appieyard
observed complacently. Coast watched
Appleyard shift the spokes until the
Echo swung upon course at salient
angle 10 that which she had been
holding And now whsre?"
Appleyard looked up from the bin
nacle. Moth by east" he said abb
stractedly; then, roustng: "Quicks
Hole. and it please you. venture to
recommend the spot It's quiet. re-
tired, charningly salubrious: quite a
cosy corner for a days loaf"
Loaf" exclaimed Coast In exas-
peration-
Tut said the little man In a tone
of mild reproof; land again tut. Eft
soons 1 will a tale unfold tharu shed
heap of light upon the plot Of this
issue Of the Half-Dime Library. Know
you not that Desmond the Dachshund
Detective is on the scent?
Les see: where'd I get OFF,"
You were on the point Of making
some interesting discoveries" Coast
prompted patiently.
ITO be sure. :. As was
about to say, l felt my way along,
lost it, and presently stumbled onto
what seemed spretty raw slice OF
melodrama The first thing
struck for was the farmhouse. Last
heard Of the island. 1t was Inhabited
by a single family. a farmer, his wife
and a couple Of kids. Must've been
bit lonesome. but they didn't seem
to mind. They do say the man once
petitioned the State Legislature to
build a school-house on the island to
educate his offspring. on the ground
that as taxpayer he was entitled to
their schooling at the expense Of the
Commonwealth. Shrewd customer:
as recall 1t he nominated himself for
the Job Of janitor and his wife to be
school-mistress, both on salary! :.
l had 1t in mind to pump him, you
see, but somehow I missed the farm
house. the first cast. And when /
pulled up to take soundings heard a
| curious sort of notse-singular In
that locality, at least: one of those
noises that, once heard, is never for
gotten; as nearly as I can describe it,
a sort of ripping crash-very irregular
| in duration and much mufied by dis
lance and fog. I picked up my ears
| and tried to mark down the quarter 1t
! came from Then l followed it up as
best I could After two or three false
turns I fell over what seemed to be
a wire stay. CROPPED round and found
| a mast. The noise had stopped by
| this time, but knew what had made
| it without doubt; that mast was an
| aerial, and I'd been listening to some
| body operating a wireless station.
| Next thing, I made out glow of light
| that led me to a window. By now l
was interested and laying very low.
THE window was open-it was
| warm enough for that-and because
| Of the fog l could stand quite near
and see what was taking place inside
without being seem. 1t was a
goodish sized room, one of three I'M
der a single roof. by all appearances,
and stuffed full Of apparata of various
kinds. There was a big gas-motor
singing away at one end, running
| dynamo. Right near the window was
a heavy table with all the parapher-
MALTA of a wireless station.
There was young man standing
right by the table, evidently just out
| Of his chair. He was taking off the
telephone headpiece when I first saw
| him. He looked to be under thirty,
| and wore red hair and a good coat OF
sunburn: and he was mad clean
| through--mad at another man who
was standing just inside a doorway
leading to another room. That door
was closed The second man was
evidently just out of bed: he had a
crash bathrobe belted round him. with
his pyjamas showing underneath and
beefy, naked ankles running into bed
room slippers. They were having 1t
hot and heavy, ripping out at each
other straight from the shoulder.
Il don't know-didnt hear-what
started the row, and it ended Just aft
er came within hearing. The young
| ar chan was savfn1-he had a hit Of