The Dermott news., 1915-12-02

we drove of At last we pulled up at the Dodge hall again.
 Wont you come in?" asked Elaine as we got out.
 Thank you, believe l will for few minutes" consented Del Mar. con cealng his real cagerness to follow me I'm all shaken up
 As we entered the living room l was thinking about the map. l opened 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 ill reality watching me closely
 Down the road past where We had turned. before pretty little shngle house the taNicab chauffeur stopped. One of the bullets had taken effect on him. and his shoulder was bleeding. But the worst. as he seemed to think Il. was that another shot had given him q flat tire.
 He jumped cut and locked up the reai whence he had come, No one Was following him. Still. he was wor- riel He went around to look at the tire Eut he was toe weak now from loss of blood. IL had been nerve and reserve force that had carried him through Now that the strain was of. he felt the reaction to the full.
 Just then the doctor and his driver, whom the valet had already stun. monel ta Del Mar x, came speeding down the road The doctor saw tho chauffeur fall in n 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 nasty examination
 How is he" asked one of the kind Samaritans
 Tho wound is not dangerous" re piled the physician. but hes lost lot of blood. He cannot be moved for some time yet"
 
 We talked about nothing else at Dodge Ilall after dressing for dinner but the strange events over at Del Mars. and what had followed The more thought about it. the more it seemed to re that We would never be left over night in peaceful possession of the plan which both Elaine and l decided ought on the following day to be sent t3 Washington.
 Accordingly cudEeled my brain for same method of protecting both our selves and it. The only thing could think Of was scheme once adopted by Kennedy in another case.
 had small quick shutter camera that had belonged to Craig. and just as We were about to retire. l brought il into the living room with q pack age had sent up from the village.
 As soon as Elaine had gone to bed and was alone. opened the package ThSrc were the tools that l had or dered n coil of wire and some dry coils Then l went 10 the table un- locked the drawer and put tho plan in my pocket
 Although l was no expert at wiring. I started to make the connections un- der the table with the drawer. not very difficult thing to do as long as IL was to be only temporary and for the night. From the table l ran the wires along the edge of tho carpet until l came to tho bookcase There, masked by tho books, placed the little quick shutter camera, and at n distance also concealed the nashlight pan
 Next l aimed the camera carefully and focused it on point above the drawer in the writing table where any ono would bo likely to stand fl he at. tempted to open it, Then connected the shutter of the camera and a little | spark coil fin the flash pan with the wires. using an apparatus to work the shutter such as I recalled having seen Craig use. Finally l covered the sparkling device with the fiashlight powder. gave last look around. and snapped of the light.
 Up in my bedroom, must say