Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1915-01-29

| people We're ON strike. and II was de
! dtltcd that some personal enemy HAD
destroyed the collier. A collier had
| been anchored in the vicinity of til,
submarine. and 1t seemed quite posi-
bic that the inventor had thrown III
ray toward the collier ana the suIllla
rIHe had had the misfortune to pass In
between
Immediately the government nm
nounccd that it had received d com
mlnication from the inventor statin..
that he tleplorcd the fatal accident IL
the submarine It was poStnrnrkcd
Jersey city. The secret agents went
over that city rs with tine comb
Nothing WAS found The leaders n
the Starr strike were perSiStentlE
Swallowed, bat nothing came NJ thu
elaleaNor II was even ascerlalned
that the strikers were aS deeply mys
titled AS any one
John Storm was the attorney for th,
Starr company On the day after the
sinking OF the collier he received II
note, typewriter aud postmarked BoS
ten. that the collier had been sunk nc
Cldentally, Immediately lie went down
to the Starr Offices and laid the note
before the directors.
Gentlemen. there is II inndman some
where in New York city, This post
mark merely proves to me that the
man went to Boston for the express
purpose Of sending the note from there
| honestly believe that 1t has nothin.
To do with the strike.
Il wish the Lord we knew. Storm
said the vice president III this man
can burn steel under water he has In
his hands the terrible power Of beina
able to drmolish the whole city If the
whim strikes him They tell me that
Washington has gone crazy over the
affair II would give million for the
secret If only to take ii out Of the
hands of an irresponsible person
Shall ! send this note to the secret
service people to compare 1t with the
otherT asked Storm
Not bad idea
Twenty four hours later Storm re
ceiyed call from the secret service
people The two notes had been writ
ten upon the same machine 1t was
cul de=SaC Every one seemed to blum
der into II blind alley. Several times
Storm thought Of Xudora but he re
sisted the impulse He did not care to
have her tangled up in an affair like
this All. II she would but take his
advice marry him openly and defy
that sly devil who called himself her
uncle, -Four different times the man
had tried to kill him, but the basic
eallsc for this desire of his death was
the most pu2zlng mystery OF MI Why
should llaSsam All wish his death so
earnestly us to risk his own security
IN the effort TO accomplish his ends
So far 1t had never occurred to Storm
that llassam All might be wishing the
death OF Xndora also
Storm and Xudorn were having tea
at the Glarldgc one afternoon. and
when they were through she suggested
that they take look ut the bulletin
board Every one was war news mnd
Look" She cried "They have
caught the Emden Mt last aud destroy
ed hcr"
It'sa pity" sail Storm. THAT com.
mander was II brave sailor Well, he'll
have uehe IN history all his own.
BY George he exclaimed suddenly.
"What Is it,
another Starr collier gone down,
Girl, can you get back home alone?
must 20 down to the Starr Office Mt
once This Is no accident"
But there was no evidence this time
of amy mysterious heat ray, An infer
nal machine had been hidden in the
engine room In the stnrboard bunkers.
and had blown a great hole through