The Monticellonian., 1915-10-14


 length in your vicinity. Investigate and report. BRANDON,
 Radio Bureau"
 Professor Arnold shook his head slowly, as he handed the telegram back. There's a wireless apparatus of ny own on my yacht" he remarked slowly. T have an instrument there which I think can help you greatly, Let's see what we can do.''
 "All right" nodded Colonel Swift to Woodward Try
 The two went out and a few min utes later, on the shore, jumped into Arnolds fast little motor boat and sped out across the water until they swung around alongside the trim yacht which Arnold was using.
 It was a compact and comfortable little craft with lines that indicated both gracefulness and speed. On one of the masts as they approached, Woodward noticed the wireless aerial. They climbed up the ladder over the side and made their way directly to the wireless room, where Arnold sat down and at once began to adjust the apparatus.
 Woodward seemed keenly interested in inspecting the plant, which was of curious type and not exactly like any that he had seen before
 This is a very compact system" :" explained Arnold, with facilities for a quick change from one wave length to another. It has a spark gap, quenche6 type, break system relay operator can hear any interference while transmitting. You might call 1t radio detective.'
 
 I succeeded in getting Elaine safely home after Burnside and I rescued her in the hydroaeroplane, but no sooner had she changed her clothes for dry ones than she disappeared herself At least I could not find her. though, later, found that she had stolen away to town and there had purchased a complete outfit of mems clothes from a secondhand dealer.
 Cautiously, with the large bundle under her arm, she returned to Dodge hall and almost sneaked into her own home and upstairs to her room. She locked the door and hastily unwrapped the bundle, taking out tattered suit and the other things, holding them up and laughing gleefully as she took off her own pretty clothes and donned these hideous garments.
 Quickly she completed her change of costume and outward character. Deftly she arranged her hair so that her hat would cover 1t. She picked a black mustache from the table and stuck it on her soft upper lip It tickled and she made wry face over It. Then she hunted up a cigarette from the bundle which she had brought in. lighted it and stuck it in the corner of her mouth, letting 1t droop jauntily. It made her cough tremendously and she threw it away
 Finally with a bold front she went out and passed down to the gate of the grounds, pulling her hat down over her eyes and assuming tough swagger.
 Only few minutes before, down in the submarine harbor, the officers of the board of foreign agents had been grouped about Del Mar, who had entered and taken his place at their head, very angry over the failure to cut the cable. AS they concluded their hasty conference, he wrote on slip of paper
 Take this to our wireless station, he ordered, handing it to one of the men.
 A few minutes later the messenger in the submarine suit bobbed up out of the water. near the promontory, and slowly over the rocks to- ward a creyiee, where he took off the diving outfit and then went along to the little river, carefully skirting it's banks into the rayine In which were the falls and the wireless cave.
 In her disguise. Elaine had made her way by sort of instinct along the shore to the rocky promontory where he had discovered the message in the tin tube in the water.
 Something. she knew net what, was going on about there. and she req soned that 1t was not all over yet. She was right. As she looked about keenly she did see something, and she hid among the rocks. It was man all dripping. in an outlaadish helmet and suit.
 She saw him sliuk into a crevice and take of the suit, then. as he moved toward the river rayine, she stole up after him.
 Suddenly she stopped stark still, and stared.
 The man had actually gone up to the very waterfall. Ee had pressed what looked like & lever and the wa ter over the falls seemed to stop. Then he walked directly through into a cave. In the greatest wonder, Elaine crept along toward the falls. Inside the cave Del Mars emissary started te climb a ladder r n inner cave. As he reached the top, he glanced cut and saw Elaine by the entrance. With an oath he jumped into the inner entrance. His hand reached eagerly for a lever in the rocks and as he found and held 1t, he peered out carefully.
 drift toward isolated social organiza-