, 1912-06-20

u have worked that all out. Gray
man. replied the secretary I'm the
urst place. as to his communicating
from bis 'lodge'-fo ! Judge by your
daughters letter that thai is what he
calls his lair believe that there ia
very little question He will want to
CONTINUE To entertain her and to iull
her suspicious: and so. having. prob
ably. no more important business than
this. be will remain there You can
make sure by asking for news of your
daughter
Then. as for inducing him to send
W messages. that will be easy Lieu
tenant Allan tells me tina he wishes to
select a place for the second communi
cation at a considerable distance from
New York. In order TO be sure of hav
ing a manageable angle Assuming
that Payton's place Is somewhere In
the Allegheny range. OF the Blue Ridge
although. Of course. we cannot bank
much on the indication Of the post.
marks. bur 1t is not likely to be much
farther away Buffalo would probably
serve our turn
All mat YOU nave to do. then, Will
be to interrupt Payton after ne has
gone far enough In his communication
today to enable Allan to determine the
direction OF the waves ana tell MIN
that a sudden imperative call has sum
moned you to Buffaio and that you
must go there tonight Tell him that
unui yon have seep YOU man in But
faio ana arranged the affair that you
nave in nand you cannot name a day
when you will be free to meet him, but
that II he Will communicate with you
In BufraIo tomorrow you Will be in a
position TO settle It
curse you know the wireless
telephone number of some Buffalo cor
respondent Give It to Payton and tell
him to call you up there. The we
will take the night train for Buffalo
and be- ready FOR MIN in the morning.
and ! guarantee that after thai Allan
will not be ten minutes In u%ncover1ng
the ha wk's nest
"But. objected Mr. Grayman, since
] have already put him of on a SINH
lar plea. that will only excite his sus
p1c1ons"
'Of course II will excite his sus
picions." replied the secretary. He il
bursting with suspicion now But what
does that amount tor He will not give
up his game simply because ne knows
that o. are laying a trap for MIN
he Is used to keeping out of traps
The beauty OF our scheme is that let
him suspect until doomsday. he can
never hit upon It BE will never have
the ghost of an idea what we are
about Go ahead. Grayman. and do as
| tell you. n III be responsible for
the result"
So It was decided. and Immediately
| made my arrangements for connect
ing my instrument with the aerial re-
ceiver on the roof OF the building con
tanning Graymap's offices We rugged
up a temporary telephone from the
sanctUm to my station. and Secretary
Grantham remained with Grayman to
give me word the instant that Payron's
call was recognized, in order thai I
might not confuse II with some other
So | was left alone to wait. ana l con
TESS that the strain mad me very nerv
GUS.
had to lea with many crook In
the service. but eve with one OF Pay
toms caliber Besides. 1 felt more and
more the importance Of this affe1r to
my future. n b secretary's mystic
rious words about a reward which he
thought that Mr. Grayson ought to
offer me bad got hold Of my tmag1na-
ton certainly think that neither or
the others could have awaited that a
a. %anxiously a. ! did.
II seemed 10 oe that ! had sat there
for hours with my yes glued upon the
telltale needle. when suddenly 1t jump
ed round and then set itself In q def
mite position. pointing nearly east and
west. but with a slight Quivering mo-
don.
Almost Immediately the secretary
called softly through the telephone:
Hello, Allan. It's coming! Have you
got ft2 It's Payton."
yes" ! said. I've got 1t. Don't In
terrupt me new. please"
| could tell every time that Payton
began or ceased to speak. because In
the frst Ease the needle moved into
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