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

shadow OF danger. AS a
I'm result Of which, aroused
AZ by someone rapping on
slGSh my door, l swung out Of
HSE bed and caught up my re-
~ volver before flung wide
3 j the door and saw in the
e hall Anton Werencki, one
of the Oldest and clever
Aeratiyes In the service.
Rand is in Maryland, l know,
sbe chief wants to see you," he
hnced briefly.
%essed, sent a telegram to Rand.
accompanied Werenck: to Chief
bg's room in the Hotel Bavaria.
he matter is just this" explained
bficial, motioning us to chairs.
navy department is making
Iexperiments in steel which prom
J be the greatest thing ever
hi to light for use in building
Inns. For weeks it has appeared
II the American navy was about
la gun supremacy over the world.
Work is proceeding in the navy
here, where a close guard can be
Now, Duncan, our puzzle Is
Though the twelve men who are
sed in the work are shut up as II
were in prison and communicate
&he outside world only through
bnmanding officer, nevertheless
81 XIV letter that had burst it's en-
and lost its address fell by
chance into the hands of the
lice department and proved to be
4bnymous communication to Ber-
8 Freres, the big Belgian ship
|hg firm, containing a complete
n of everything the experiment.
N rty had done up to last Sunday,
lays ago.
course Berkelen Freres are
y the receivers for one or more
"a governments. We have failed
u to determine which one it is
trying to steal such important
s. ation, nor have we the slightest
tion of where the avenue Of COM
5 ation lies.
&utenant Richard Dunton is in
HAnd of the experimenting party,
lieutenant John Ormsby as sec
The chemists are Eldridge, Spell
Inn R. Hart and Alfred Cinamet-
II latter Italian-born. The others
Visited machinists.
Ne party does all its work in a
lex building fifty yards from the
Lon and with nothing near it ex-
Re blank wall of the yard. 1t is
'si n view from the Offices, as is
be section Of new barracks in
II the party eats and sleeps.
a fnished with their work in this
larry foundry and laboratory
EN- retire to the barracks. All
lunteers and are under watch
d night.
~, despite all this, one Of our
Paris, cabled three days ago
e coterie of International spies
knew that the agent of some
LHment had cabled home the news
success in getting the results
# new experiments up to date.
y IS clean leak in the navy yard.
do not stop that leak, there Is
to be trouble"
by suggestion we went immedt-
the navy yard. It was nearly
clock and everything was dark
eserted yet waking Lieutenant
we made quiet inspection of
be living quarters and the lab
l first satisfied myself that
the laboratory was locked at
DO one could obtain entry ex-
such burglarious methods as
Re abundant trace, and that
he sleeping quarters were
81 the men we're as If in prison.
- had possession Of all keys. I
Carefully over both buildings
sure there were no telegraph,
g ne or electric wire connections.
was but one possible solution.
member of the party has a
OF sending notes or signals to
aside world in daylight hours.
Rs much to Lieutenant Dunton,
81 replied:
is the result Of any process
ination based on these facts,
Pit men stationed in and about
I'd day and night, and Ormsby
1f self inside the laboratory have
every man for one suspicious
nd every outside person for any
ye act, and 1 tell you positively
Re no written or signaled mes
going or coming out Of this
Everything passes through me"
den suspicion flashed over me.
ed on him and looked at him
Rgly. He understood instantly
d with deep feeling: Eyes, |
is up to me. That | am the
enue OF outlet would be any
pgical conclusion. That is why
deeply concerned. I, alone OF
Cu, know there is another and
ngerous one, for I have told
y
d the note of honesty In his
id was bordering over the mat
Re walked back toward the bar
Suddenly Dunton stopped and
Pup a long pole. round, we'll
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