The Dolores star., 1915-09-24
TWENTY-FlFTH EPISODE
THE LOST TORPEDO.

TWENTY.FlFTH EPISODE
THE LOST TORPEDO.
From the rocks Of promontory that
juttsd out mot far from the wharf
where WI Fang's body was found and
Keanedy had disappeared. opened up
. beautiful panorama Of . bay ON one
side and the sound ON the other.
IL was q deserted bit Of coast. But
anyone who had been standing near
the promontoFy the next day might
have seen Q thin line, a. II the VA
tsf, sparkling in the sunlight, had
been cut with huge knife. Gradual.
b . thin steel rod seemed to rise from
The water itself. still moving ahead.
though slowly now - It pushed its
Wy ahove the surface. After II came
. round cylinder Of steel. studded with
bolts. Il was the hatch Of o subma.
Fine, and the rod was the periscope.
: Az the submarine lay there at rest,
the waves almost breaking over It,
he hatch slowly opened and hand
appeared cropping for Q hold. Then
uDb1ifed face with tangle Of curly
black hair and keen. forceful eyes.
After II the body Of . man rose out Of
the hatch. q tall, slender, striking per-
son. He reached down into the hold
q tho boat and drew forth life pre-
server.
IAN right" he called down in an
accent slightly foreign. ~ he buckled
On the belt. II shall communicate with
you ~ soon ~ have something to
rspos4" ~
k.,Jh4A ke deliberately, plunged over.
boa1d and struck out for the shore.
Had over hand, he chufned his way
through the water toward the beach
until at last his feet touched bottom,
and he waded out. shaking the water
from himself like 4 huge animal.
The Coming OF the stranger had not
ks5h entirely unheralded. Along the
shore road by which Kennedy and ]
had, followed the crooks who We
thought had the torpedo, ON that last
chase. was waiting now q powerful
limousine with It's motor purring. A
chauffeur was citing at the wheel and
inside, at the door, sat man peering
out along the road to the beach. Sud-
denly the man b the machine signaled
to the drives.
He conles!" he cried eagerly. Drive
down the road. closer, and meet him"
Az the swimmer strobe shivering up
the roadway the car approached him.
The assistant swung open the door
and ran forward with thick, warm
coat and hat.
!. Neither the master nor the servant
spoke as they met. but the man
wrapped the coat about him, hurried
Int the ear, the driver turned and
quickly they sped toward the city.
(. Secretly though the entrance Of the
stranger had been planned, however
It was not unobserved.
Along the beach. on a bowlder. gaz'
ing thoughtfully out to sea and snok'
Ing an old brier pipe. sat q bent fish
erman clad in an oilskin hat and
heavy. ungainly boots. About his neck
was long wooden muller which con
esalsd the lower part of his face quite
- effectusily as his scraggly. grizzled
Whiskefs.
Suddenly. he beemed to discover
something that Interested him, slowly
rose, then turned and almost ran VI
the shore. Quickly he dropped behind
large rock and waited, peering out.
AZ the limousine bearing the
stranger. ON whom the fisherman had
kept his eyes riveted, turned and
drove away. the old salt rose from be
hind his rock. gaxed after the car al
II to M every line Of 1t in his mem
DRY, and then, he. too. quickly disap
peared up the road.
The strangers car had scarcely dis
appeared when the fisherman turnet
from the shore road into q clump O
stunted trees and made his way to
hut. Not far away stood . small. un
pretentious closed car, also with ,
driver.
Il shall be ready in . minute" thu
fisherman nodded. almost running init
the hut, ~ the driver moved his ca
up closer to the door.
The larger motor had disappeared
Tar down the bend OF the road wher
the fisherman reappeared. In an q
saOsy Incredible time he had changed
Afa oilskins and mufiier for dark coa'
{ and silk hat. He was NO longef a
fisherman, but q rather fussy looking
old gentleman. bewhiskered still. with
eyes hooking out keeniy from pail
q epld.rimmed glasses.
s.YblIow that carat any cost D
aered simply - be let himself inf<