Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-08-11

CA1l1US II pOllCe OIlCeT, udu tHe Vail
man arrested. and the police had TAX
en- the wallet from him.
So Rand In person had been follow
ing Anita Desarte me. Well, that
vas one Of his ways, and he o
a certain pleasure in his c~leverness.
That pleasure was plainly written In
his smile as he said good morning"
to me in the commentaries office at
the navy-yard.
"Creagan has already telephoned me
the result in court" he began, Now.
let us see If we can do as well on
this side of the liver. We want the
person taking the information and
the sender in the party, and his meth
cd. That is where we balk. Never
in all my experience have | been
without a vestige of a theory as to
how messages can be transmitted
from one confederate to another I'M
der such a guard and such conditions.
Why, we are even sure that as the
reports cover the afternoon of II
day and the morning Of the next
are filed In the afternoon before three
o'clock that the information goes out
shortly after noon. But how. how,
how"
He walked up and down a moment
thinking, then he turned to the COM
mandant and said:
SIS 1t possible for you to rave n
detail of eight men to carry Mr.. Dun
can and myself under sheets IN
stretchers across the yard back and
forth once or twice during the noon
hour Have the men go slowly. and
by the time we are through with that
l will have found some other device
for lettering before that barrack sec
ton from which the information must
proceed, without appearing to be on
the watch"
In ten minutes a stretcher detail
tool me as a sick man across the
yard; In fifteen minutes another took
Rand. | saw nothing though my eyes
Travelled over everything in view. AS
soon as he was around the corner Of
the building, where we awaited him.
he leaped out of the stretcher and
calling to me to follow, ran to the
back door of the barracks. He whist
led in at Lieutenant Dunton's window
INC got US admitted. and In another
minute we stepped into the room
where the men were resting.
All was quite as 1t had beer the
two days l was there. The men did
not hear us enter. They were smok-
Ing and chatting, and by the window
Sloane was laboriously writing to his
wife a brief message that must pass
| under Lieutenant Dunton's eye. A ST
lence fell over the other men in the
place. They saw that something was
about to happen
Rand stepped quietly UP behind
Sloane and watched him closely for a
minute. By Jove! l now saw that
at intervals Sloane was touching with
his pen two tiny spots of bright cop
per on the end of the big roll Of his
portfolio, and it was plain from the
manner of his touch he was sending
Geographically. His movement was
so slight that only eyes as keen as
Rand's would have discerned it.
Rand stepped back from the window
out of sight in the depths OF the
room.
Sloane, come here to me-" he said
sternly.
The man sprang to his feet, pale and
lettering. He hurriedly laid down his
portfolio and pen.
Bring that thing with YOU"
Sloane did as bid, then, and Rand
tore the portfolio apart and disclosed
the mechanism Of q miniature wire
less sender.
place all these men under arrest
and guard Sloane and McCready care
fully, Lieutenant Dunton. Now to
find the receiver. Come, Dunk, I think
/ know where to look"
We shot out the back way, popped
into the stretchers, and in a few min
utes had entered the headquarters
building.
Leaving the two details we hurried
straight through to the front, Rand
leading the way. Then he stopped,
puzzled.
by George! that fellow was send
ing straight at these windows"
About the windows were some
clerks and stenographers lounging
most innocently just as l had cen
them the first day. All were talking,
save at one window where a woman
stenographer with her hat and veil
oh, ecu ~ thS COZ, pIOOu sCdlluS
intently toward the gate of the yard.
just as l saw her the first day. Rand
looked at her keenly, then strobe up
behind her, peered ~searchingly at the
back Of her head, and said:
Very sorry to interrupt you, Miss
Desarte, but the man who was send
ing to you is under arrest and so are
you now. Too bad you spend so
much time at the beaches"
She shrugged her shoulders and
laughed as, at his suggestion. she
tool off her hat and It's net drapery.
Evil you look at these, Du,acan?"
said Rand, examining them obviously.
This veil is traversed with a fine film
of tiny receiving wires and On this
broad hat it must act beautifully. In
the crown is the remainder of the me-
chanism, and here in Miss Desarte's
hand is a military telegrapher's re-
ceiving roll on which she pricks the
dots and dashes of the notes she
makes of the messages. Permit me
to say Miss Desarte, this is the most
ingenious contrivance have ever
seen. Who is the inventor, may ]
ask"
Il am" she said proudly.
is 1t all clear now?" said Rand al
NO loft tho n1ono offor f,,rpIro fh1