New-York tribune., 1911-04-30

,oo 70 ,bo small still; voice that clicked into the ear
telephones of Ills head harness. lie saw CaScQ pIlse
down the sand dunes and caught the Darc o ms up
voice shouting orders which were drowned out py tc
banging Of Ships Bottom bell the rumbling OF tne
boafhonse doors and the rattle of oars thrown INTO
the cboat.
DIT il was the flicker Of lights and the tossing black
ID bodov, ont on the sea that held Carlns gaze ne
econc ftfullv lighted by a Stormcloud moon was uhci
his ewes as on darkcned stage OF theater even as .c
wireless operator of the cutter told OF tle oli1 ~
contrabandist-for there could be no uoup. oi I'C
acter of the steamship running nshorc WIN u,iho
lights and approaching dangerously Close u '"' ''
living reefs of Ships Bottom. ~ , g tho
Shell hit the shadows off Ships Graveyard II She
doesn't sheer of mighty soon: =, A., ;,,+ &C y
The rising wind was cold, bitter with the weight G M
roIsinq eyanter behind it; but it doomed IN Steadly
NOT in shipwreckng blasts The cutter had StoPPIIu
calling instead the hollow grun OF gun tod tdt sic
too saw the fugitive ships danger ne ShieeltI "T
under the black shadow of the clouds then loi ldu
snace the moon farcd out. Carn saw patch OF spec
tral qrav crossing the dark waters, coming nlSfo
moonlight or a shred of sail torn from the incoming
ships sheet ropes. was 1t; - -.oo.,,o- ,,oorod
Il the same moment the fleetlng steamer Veereu'
inst a second too late; for another deeper Dooi, an
swered the cutters gum Out on the shadows the plack
ship suddenly stopped, stream OF llie ana SP .tt
her funnel following inshore the ghosty gray opeot . m
had attracted Carlins attention. Suddenly ne SCI up
a shout his mind illuminated as though iroin 'iie
aSendinq in smuggling -aeroplane They're sending
in smuggling goods by that aeroplane-tha' "ii II %
That 5 what that operator tfed 10 teH le ii0 VI '
body ese!' :. .oo,,o1
The thought. wild and improbable as 1t seemed
struck home with blow that brought CONVICTION he
Revenue and the coast guard could form Dockduc G
but they could build barrier only by water ana diu
the ibuster and contrabandst had tree port oi entry
through the air Little skill and less danger were IN
VOWED in launching a self sustaining aeropane, as sale
land caDaDlc OF
OF pounds of highly dutablc goods as the Government
proposed TO convey mail sacks from incoming hieiS'
The Government itself had shown theh .he way
launching aeropanes from warshps to shore And what
better place than the sandy reaches OF Barnegat beac
to serve as a safe landing place! Criminal agents are apt
scholars. and false charters profitable.
One or two successful landings would mean fortune
They could afford lose their ship, once her srnugged
stuff was safe ashore, or repeat dd ighnifhm
THE whole possibility of the thing flashed through
CarlinS mind as he pccred eagerly at the futtcrlg
thing floating inshorc like a scrap Of mist cloud hover
ing wrathke now the silvery CLEAN OF the Ships
@Tbat's the Flving Dutchman, all right! That's the
s. O. s. crook he cried riumphanty. Maybe those
other calls for help false alarms but this one Sn T.
We got her Cornercd this time! 40
As he looked the lowering aeroplane dropped. "On
the quicksand by George" That was her niSh, Oarln
well knew.
4 thin tongue OF flame hickered up at sea from the
stranded steamers bow. destroying the evidence
that's what those fellows at-burning the launching
apparatus! Too late Som
The whole scene was fairly before him as he ran down
the sand dune to Ships Bottom Station vainly shout
ing to Casco as he went. Captain Casco and his crew
had their own work out for them in surf and sea and
wind.
The acroplane was his end of the business Of rescue
and capture He sprang into the station after Casco
long brass telescope bracng it against the ab OF the
door as he swept the murly surface OF the qucksand,
gunshot away down beach.
Hes there vet! can see him crawling on the thing
and he good and plenty scared He's close to that old