Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1915-10-09

ming we SioSeiy.
we drove off. At last we pulled up
at the Dodge hall again.
Wont you come in?" asked Elaine
as we got out.
Thank you, I believe l will for a
few minutes" consented Del Mar, con-
cealing his real eagerness to follow
me. I'm all shaken up"
AsFwe entered the living room |
was thinking about the map. | opened
a table drawer, hastily took the plan
from my pocket and locked it in the
drawer. Elaine, meanwhile, was
standing with Del Mar, who was talk
ing, but in reality watching me
closely.
Down the road past where we had
turned, before a pretty little single
house, the taxicab chauffeur stopped.
One of the bullets had taken effect on
him, and his shoulder was bleeding.
But the worst, as he seemed to think
it, was that another shot had given
him a fat tire.
He jumped out and looked up the
road whence he had come. No one
was following him. Still, he was wor-
ried. He went around to look at the
tire. But he was too weak now from
loss of blood. 1t had been nerve and
reserve force that had carried him
through. Now that the strain was off,
he felt the reaction to the full.
Just then the doctor and his driver,
whom the valet had already sum
moned to Del Mars, came speeding
down the road. The doctor saw the
chauffeur fall in a half faint, stopped
his car and ran to him. The chauffeur
had kept up as long as he could. He
had now sunk down beside his ma
chine in the road.
A moment later they picked him up
and carried him. into the house. There
was no acting about his hurt now. In
the house they laid the man down on
a couch and the doctor made a hasty
examination.
How is he?" asked one of the kind
.Samaritans.
THE wound is not dangerous" re-
piled the physician, but he's lost a
lot of blood. He cannot be moved
for some time yet"
We talked about nothing else at
Dodge Hall after dressing for dinner
but the strange events over at Del
Mars, and what had followed. The
more'1 thought about it, the more it
seemed to me that we would never be
left over night in peaceful possession
of the plan which both Elaine and !
decided ought on the following day
be sent to Washington.
Accordingly l cudgeled my brain for
method Of protecting both our
selves and it. The only thing | could
think of was a scheme once adopted
by Kennedy in another case.
had a small quick-shutter camera
that had belonged to Craig, and Just
Is we were about to retire, | brought
It into the living room with a pack
age had sent up from the village.
AS soon as Elaine had gone to bed
md l was alone, | opened the package.
There were the tools that | had or
Tered, a coil Of wire and some dry
ellis. Then l went to the table, UNI
ocked the drawer and put the plan
n my pocket.
Although | was no expert at wiring,
started to make the connections un-
.er the table with the drawer, not a
cry difficult thing to do as long as it
vas to be only temporary and for the
light. From the table l ran the wires
long the edge of the carpet until l
anne to the bookcase. There. masked
y the books, l placed the little quick
camera, and at a distance also
.oncealed the fashlight pan.
Next l aimed the camera carefully
focused it on a point above the
in the writing table where any
ne would be likely to stand if he at.
to open it. Then | connected
le shutter of the camera and a little
coil in the flash pan with the
Tres, using an apparatus to work the :
iutter such as I recalled having seen
raig use. Finally / covered the
parking device with the flashllght :
owder, gave a last look around, and Z
Mapped off the light. :
Up in my bedroom, l must say /