Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-17
1--WE Ought Pick Up That Buoy %.
fore Long"

OF mild reproof: "and again tut Eft
soons I will a tale unfold that'll shed
a 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 get OFT"
"You were on the point Of making
some interesting discoveries" Coast
prompted patiently.
ITO be sure. As was
about to say. felt my way along.
lost II, and presently stumbled onto
what seemed pretty raw slice OF
melodrama. The hEst thing I
struck for was the farmhouse. Last
I heard Of the island. It was inhabited
by q single family. . farmer, his wife
and q couple Of kids. Must've been
q bit lonesome. but they didn't seem
to mind. They do say the man once
petitioned the State Legislature to
build . 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 I recall it he nominated himself for
the job of janitor and his wife to te,
school-mistress. both on salary! :.
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 noise-singular In
that locality, at least: one OF those
noises that, once heard, 10 never for
gotten; as nearly as I can describe it,
q sort Of ripping crash-very irregular
in duration and much mufHed by dis
lance and fog. I picked up my ears
and tried to mark down the quarter 1t
came from. Then followed it up as
best could. After two or three false
turns fol- over what seemed TO be
wire stay, groped round and found
q mast. The noise had stopped by
this time, but I knew what had made
1t without doubt: that mast was an
aerial, and I'd been listening to some
body operating a wireless> station.
Next thing, l made out glow Of light
that led me to q window. By now
vas interested and laying very low.
"The window was open-it was
warm enough for that-and because
of the fog could stand quite near
and see what was taking place inside
without being seen. 1t was
goodish sized room. ono Of three un-
dor o single roof, by all appearances,
and stuffed full Of apparata Of various
kinds. There was . big gas.motor
singing away at one end. running .
dynamo. Right near tho window was
. heavy table with all the parapher-
MALTA Of q wireless station.
There was young man standing
right BY the table, evidently Just out
of his chair. He was taking on the
telephone headpiece when first saw
him. He looked to be under thirty.
and wore red hair and good coat OF
sunburn; and he was mad clean
through-mad at another man who
was standing Just inside . doorway
leading to another room. That door
was closed The second man was
evidently Just out Of bsd; be had
crash bathfobS belted, round him. with
his pyjamas showing underneath. and
beefy. naked ankles running into bed
room slippers. They were having II
hot and heavy, ripping out at each
other straight from tho shoulder.
81 don't know-didn't hear-what
started the row, and It ended Just ut.
or came within hearing. Tho young
Or chap was sayipg-ho had bit Of .