The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1915-11-25

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out.
Del Mar turned and ran down the
hill again with us after him. full cry.
While we had been waiting, IN OF
the soldiers had deployed down the
hill and now hearing our shouts, |
turned. and came up again.
Beside his engine. we could see an
engineer %chopping wood. He paused
now in his chopping and was gazing
out over the bay. Suddenly he had
seen something out In the water that
had attracted his attention and was
staring at II. There II moved, moth.
ing less than a half.submerged sub
marine.
AS the engineer gazed OF at II, Del
Mar came up, unseen. behind him and
stood there, also watching the sub
marine, fascinated.
Just then behind him Del Mar heard
us pursuing. lie looked about as w
ran toward him and saw that we had
formed a wide circle, with the men
down the hill. that almost completely
surrounded him. There was no chance
for escape. II vas hopeless.
But II a not Del Mars nature TO
give up. lie gave one last glance
about. There vas the trolley car that
had been converted into a cable way.
IL offered just n chance in a thou.
sand. Suddenly his face assumed an
air OF desperate determination.
He sprang toward the engineer and
%grappled with him. seeking to wrest
the ak from his hand. Every second
counted. our circle was now narrow.
ing down and closing in on him.
Del Mar managed to knock out the
engineer. taken by surprise. just as
our men fred a volley. In the strug.
gle, Del Mar was unframed. Instead
he just managed TO get the ak.
An instant later a leap landed him
on the cable car. With a blow OF the
AK he cut the cable. The car began to
move slowly down the hill on the
grade.
Some OF the men we're down below
in its path. But the %onrushing cable
a was too much for them. They
could only leap aside TO ave them.
selves.
on down the incline. gathering mo-
mentum every second. the car dashed.
Del Mar swaying crafty but keeping
his footing. We followed as fast as
we could, but It was useless.
Out on the wharf IL sped at a ter.
rife pace. At the end II literally cat.
apultcd itself into the water. crash
ing from the end OF the pier. AS II
did so. Del Mar rave n flying leap out
, into the harboI struck the water with
4 clean dive and disappeared.
On down the hill w hurried. There
In the water was Del Mar swimming
rapidly. Almost before lie knew 1t. We
saw him raise his hand and signal,
shouting.
There only a few yards away was
the periscope OF n submarine. AS we
watched. we could see that II had seen
him, had turned in his direction
Would they get him?
We watched. fascinated. Some OF
our men fired. as accurately as they
could at q figure bobbing so uncertain
L. on the water.
Meanwhile the submarine ap
preached closer and rose u bit so thai
the hatchway cleared the waves. II
opened. One 90 the foreign agents
assisted Del Mar in.
lie had escaped at last!
II was most heartbreaking TO hav,
had Del Mar so nearly in our grasI
and then TO have lost him. We looked
from one to another. in despair.
Only Arnold, in his disguise as &
hermit, seemed undiscouraged. Sud
denly he turned TO Woodward.
What time is it," he asked eagerly
"A little past noon."
THE Kennedy wireless torpedo" h,
exclaimed. 1T arrived today. Burn
side is trying It out"
y Suddenly there flashed over me tn,
. recollection OF the marvellous invention
that Kennedy had made for tho gov
u eminent just before his disappearance
o rs well as the memory OF the expert
= ences ! had had once with the In
: trepid Burnside.
Woodward's face showed n ray o
interest and hope In the Overwhelming
= gloom that had settled on us oil.
q You and Jameson go to Fort Dale
q quick" directed Arnold eagerly. I'm
not nj. Get burnside. Have hin
u bring the torpedo In the air boat
We needed no further urging. |
. a a slender chance. But | re
u hocted that the submarine could no
run through the bay totally sub
D. merged. II must have It's periscop,
. In view. We hurried away. leavinl
. Arnold. who slowly mounted the hill
again.
"a How we did II. I don't know. bu
III we managed TO get to the fort in rec
, ord time. There. near the ~aeroplan,
:, hangar, sure enough. was BURNSIDE
y with some other men adjusting tn,
" first real wireless Kennedy torpedo
u the last word in scientific warfare
making nm aerial tornado hOat