Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1915-09-25

1ustfng the tube which a beneat
2 the barrel.
9 In one hand he held the gun; in tn
, other a piece Of paper. As he brough
the paper before the muzzle an
: pressed q ratchet by gripping the RI
/ volver handle, q distinct light az
peared on the paper, thrown out fror
the tube under the barrel.
Having adjusted the tube and sight
ed 1t. Arnold wrote a hasty note OF
another piece of paper and inserted
1t into the barrel Of the gun, will
the end sticking out Just a bit. Thel
he wrapped the whole thing up In /,
box. rang q bell, handed the packag,
to a servant with explicit instruction.
as to its delivery to the right person
and only that person.
Down in the submarine harbor
Del Mar was in conference with
his board OF strategy and advice
laying the plans for the attack on
America.
Ever since we have been at work, ~
he remarked, elaine Dodge has been
busy h~indering and frustrating US.
That girl must gc!"
Before him on the table he placed a
square package. 1T must STOP" he
added ominously. tapping the pack.
age.
But how" asked n Of the men.
We've done our best"
This Is a bomb" replied Del Mar,
continuing to tap the package. When
our man-let me see, X had better do
it--arrives, have him look in the Sc
cret cavern by the landing place.
There l will leave II. ! want him to
put 1t In her house tonight"
He handed the bomb to one of the
men, who took 1t gingerly. Then with
q few more words of admonition, he
took up his diving helmet and left the
headquarters. followed by the man
Several minutes later, Del Mar,
alone, emerged from the water just
outside the submarine harbor and took
of the helmet.
He made his way into the rocks,
carrying the bomb, until he came to a
little fissure In the rocks. like a cav
ern. Then he hid the bomb carefully.
Still carrying the helmet, he hurried
along until he came to the a v en-
trance that led to the secret passage
to the panel in his bungalow library.
Up through the secret passage he
went, reaching the panel and opening
It by a spring.
In the library Del Mar changed his
wet clothes and hid them, then set
to work on an accumulation of papers
on his desk.
That afternoon Elaine decided to
go for a little ride through the coun.
try In her runabout.
AS she started to leave her room,
dressed for the trip, 1t was as though
q premonition Of danger came to her.
She paused, then turned back and
took from the drawer the s%earchlight
gun which had been sent to her. She
slipped it into the pocket of her skirt
and went out.
on she drove at a fast clip, thor
oughly enjoying the ride until, near
q bend in the road, II swept down
toward the shore, she stopped and
got out. attracted by some wild flow
They grew in such p~rofusion
that II seemed no time before she
had q bunch Of them. On she wan
dered down the rocks, watching the
restless waters of the sound. Finally
she found herself walking alone
along the shore. one arm full of flow
ers. while with her free hand she
amused herself skimming fat stones
over the water.
As she turned to pick up one, her
eye caught something in the rocks
and she stared at It. There In the
as though 1t had been hid
len, was q strange square package.
She reached down and picked It up.
What could It be?
While she was examining II back
If her. another of those strange be-
nelmeted figures came up out Of the
Il watched her for an instant,
hen sack back into the water again.
Elaine, holding the package in her
hand. walked up the shore, oblivious
the strange eye that had been fixed
IN her.
II must show this to Lieutenant
Woodward" she said to herself.
In the car she placed the package,
hen Jumped in himself carefully, and
on.
A moment later she was gone, the
liver r~eappeared, looking about eau
This time the coast was
lear and he came all the way out. TAX
ng off his helmet and placing 1t in
he secret hiding place which Del
dar and his men used. Then, with ]
glance, now OF anger, In the
Erection Of Elaine, he hurried up the
hore. '
Meanwhile, as fast as her fast run
bout would carry her, Elaine whizzed
yer to Fort Dale. /
As she entered the grounds, the sem t
~ saluted her, though that part Of /
omission was purely ~perfunctory, for +
veryone at the fort knew her now. {