The Washington times., 1911-11-20
CHAPTER TX.
What Is the Next Move.

n FTER the departure Of Barbara
~ Sparhawk paced moodily to and
n fro, seemingly oblivious Of the
presence of his companions. At
length, rousing himself, he turned to
the Indian.
"Mayta." he began, "for the next
three or four hours this house will be
In your charge. Keep close to the gate
way and don't let anyone come in until
our return. Bob, you stay here with
Mayta and do whatever he tells you to
do. Better get down to the gate now
both of YOU"
The Indian and the former office boy
left the room together. Sparhawk look
ed at Hemingway speculatively.
Hemingway, do you know anything
about the operation OF a heliograph?"
he asked abruptly.
The former missionary shook his head.
1--WE heard Of them, but 1 never saw
one,' he answered
We'll, heliography Is a system Of sun
telegraphy that is employed in several
armies of the world and by civil en-
gineers generally in the course Of their
operations In mountain districts" Spar
hawk explained. photographs are in
struments containing mirrors which
nash the suns rays In a manner that
enables the flashes to be seen at points
many miles distant.
In the Himalayas messages are sent
Tor a distance of sixty miles The In
tervals between flashes indicate dots or
dashes. according to their length. Com
binations Of dots and dashes represent
the letters Of the alphabet. We EN-
ploy the Morse code that is in general
use among telegraphers. Is this clear?"
Perfectly replied Hemingway. who
was beginning to manifest lively inter-
Good" said Sparhawk, Now you:
hang-out. believe. Is somewhere UP In
the mountains back Of valo."
Well, I'm going to give you one Of
us. In the box that contains the in
strument Is q code book and full direc-
this box with You. master the alphabet,
keep your eyes open ana be prepared
to take heliograph messages from Valo.
flashed across the valley.
You must send them from your aerie
up in the mountains. When you see
flashes coming out Of the cordillera. up
Morena way, get busy"
Hemingway cleared his throat and
"Well-Mr.---Mr. sparhawk. what's
going to be the outcome of all this?'' he
falteled. What's 1t all for? II Don
why. 1t means life. liberty and the
pursuit Of happiness, Hemingway"
Sparhawk drawled. 1T means that my
friends and / have come down here to
build a railroad, and that this railroad
Is going to be a blamed sight bigger
institution than the government Of Don
Antonio.
Forty million dollars of good Ameri-
can money Is being invested in this
road, old man, and those, American in
vestors are going to get the full value
Of their money. That's all It means"
You are going to fight Don Anto-
fright Don Antonio?" repeated Spar
hawk quietly. "Oh! don't know that
we can call It that. There will be a few
comic opera scenes perhaps, and then
the railroad! I really don't think there
will be much Of a fight"
Hemingway fixed keen. burning
gaze on the engineer. and as his earn
estness increased his distorted face
puckered more and more until 1t be-
came almost hideous.
II don't know what you've got up
your sleeve, young man" he said. "If
5ou had talked to me like this an
hour ago I would have thought that
YOU and this little handful OF men you
have with you were pack of fools.
Rrt YOU have done a strange thing to-
night.
"You have married Barbara Carlton.
That has got me guessing. You're a
bold man. sir. and II you are alive