Omaha daily bee., 1915-07-25

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yacht" he remarked slowly. Il have an
instrument there which I think can help
you greatly. Let's see whit We can do.
"All right" nodded Colonel Swift to
Woodward. TRY"
The two went out, and a few minutes
later on the shore. jumped into Arnold's
fast little motor boat and sped out across
the water until they swung around along
side the trim yacht which Arnold was
using.
II was compact and comfortable little
/ craft. with lines that indicated both
grecefulness and speed on one OF the
masts. az they approached, Woodward
noticed the wireless aerial They climbed
} up the ladder over tho side and made
their way directly 10 the wireless room.
whore Arnold sat down and at once
began 10 adjust the apparatuA
Woodward seemed kcenly interested In
inspecting the plant which was OF a
curious type, and not exactly like any
that he had seen before.
Wireless apparatus" explained Arm
old, still at work. 'as you know, is d.
vided into three parts. the source OF
power the making and sending of wire
less waves. including tho key, spark,
condenser, and tuning coil, and the re-
ceiving apparatus-head telephones. an
tennae, ground and detector, This is a
very compact system with facilities for
a quick change from one spark length
to another. IL has q spark gap. quenched
] type, break kystem rally-operator can
hear any Interference while transmitting
l--transformation by a single throw Of a
siN-point switch which tunes the oscllat.-
ing and open circuits 20 resonance"
i Woodward watched him keenIy. fol-
lowing his explanation carefully, as Arm
old concluded
you might call Il radio detective, /"
he added.
oven the startling experience of the
morning when she was carried off and
finally Jumped from the little tramp
steamer that had attempted 20 cut the
cable did not dampen Elaine's ardor.
She missed the guiding hand of Kennedy,
yet felt impelled to follow up and inves-
tsate tho strange things that had been
happening In the neighborhood OF her
summer home since his disappearance.
succeeded in getting nor safely home
after Burnside and rescued her in the
hydoaeropiane. but no sooner rad abe
changed her clothes for dry ones than
she disappeared herself. At ioast 1 could
not find her. though. later, I found that
she had stolen away to town ami there
had purchased complete outfit of mems
clothes from a secondhand dsnlcr.
Cautiously. with tho large buncIo under
her arm, she returned 20 Dodge Hall and
almost sneaked into her own ONE and
upstairs TO her room. She locked tho door
ana hastily unwrapped the bundle, TAX
Ing out a tattered suit and other things
holding them up and laughing Rieefully
as she took off her own pretty clothes
and donned these hideous gerTnents
Quickly she completed her change OF
costume and outward character. As she
surveyed herself in the dainty mirror
Of her dressing table ahe laughed again
at the incongruity OF her pretty houdolr
and the rough mems .lotheu Ahe was
wearing Deity she arranged her hair
no that her hat wossld cover Il She picked
a black mustaohe from the table and
stuck II on her soft upper lip. Il tickied
and she made a wry face over II. Then
. she hunted up a cigarette from tina bundle
which sho had brought IN lighted It and
stuck 1t In the corner Of her mouth.
, letting Il droop jauntiiy. Il nsde her
cough and she threw II away
Finally she went 20 the door and down
Stare. No one was about. shs opened
the door and gaxed around. All wns quiet
II was new role for her. but with a
, bold front she went out and pasAei down
, 20 the gate OF the grounds. pulling her hat
! down over her eyes and assuming n tough
swagger.
, Only few minutes before. down In the
submarine harbor the officers OF the
board OF foreign agents Tad been grouped
I about Del Mar. who led entered and
taken his place at their head. very angry
> over the failure 20 cut the cable. A. they
> concluded their haAty conferences. he
, wrote a message on slip OF paper.
Take this 10 our wlrslese station" he
I ordered. handing Il 70 One OF the men.
} The man took Il. rose. and went TO q
wardrobe from which no extracted one
Of the Submarine suits With tho mes
sage in his hand. he went out OF the
. room. buekling on the suit
A few minutes later the messenger IN
r the submarine suit bodied up ,n OF the
water, near the promoutory. All climbed
slowly over the rocks toward a crevice
I where he began 10 take off the divina
outfit.
I Having finished. he HID the suit among
: she rocks and then went along the little
. river carefully skirting is banks into the
A ravins In which were the falls and ths
4 wireless cave.
In her disguise. Elaine had made her
l. way by a sort OF instlnot along the shore
10 the rocky prOmontorv where che had
discovered the message IN the tin tubs
! In the. water.
Something. she knos not what. wal
going on about there. and she reasoned
: that Il was not all over yet. she wa
right AS she looked about kesnly sh'
I. did see something and she hid amons
: the rocks. Il was man. all dripping
! IN an 0utlandish helmet and suit
she saw him elink INTO creTice ans
i take off the suit then. as he moves
toward the river ravine, she stole NJ
n after him
suddenly she stopped stark suli. sur
l. prised. and stared.
The man had actually gone ap to th'
. very waterfall tie had pressed whs
= looked like q lever and the water owe