Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1915-09-02


re rsassursd % ard We Thanked
BIN a. ue aid gQod-ty Outside
Elsiae and got into the car again
ard moment later spun o. insEins
8 little aet9ur 1fst thruarh fhe ecuu
Try before hitting the shore road back
again tc Dodge filil
GA the rocky shore q the promon
tory several mea uers engaged 10
shaking a peculiar heavy dlsk which
they submerged abogt ten or twelve
feet Il seemed % he held By a cable.
and 10 lt wires we're attached. agpar
entity 30 that 9hen a key VAS pressed
a circuit Vas eip-~d
u vas an -csciiisfor. a new sysfem
Tor me employment OF ssul1 fer sub.
marine signaling using n.ter instead
~ air a. a medilm % transmit sound
ar~es o. vas composed % a ring
magnet. a copper tabs lyinE So an
aiT gap in magnetic held and q STA
uonary csniral aruatnre The tube
vas attached io q steel diaphragm
Really ii uas a submarine bell Witch
could be- used for trlegrapn.pg CT tel
elhonipg both sage throuf~ water
The men finished e1ocutinE ihs o.
rer'lens 90 Del Mar and left carcflily
colccainE the land connections and
kew of fhe rdl while we 3ore stan al
uei Mars
We ha9 n0 sooner let. however.
ttaa cae ~ ,he men uho Bad been en.
Gagged n lnHaiiisr the submarine bell
entered che library
Wsl1 dsmaLded Del Mar
The bell s Installed. sir" h9 said
90 ufl be- uorKinE soon
Good nodded Del Mar
ie went Co q drawer and from Il
took looking helmo, 10
whiCa VAS attached a sort 90 harness
attiug over The shoulders and carry
ins a tank % oxygen The headpiecc
Was a most weird contriFance. with
what leaked Hae bugs glass eye ln
front 10 was lu reality submarine
hfcmFlne apparatus
Deb Mar plt it cl al eAuent the
heimet which Dee CARRIED with him
and ihcn sch Die assistant. Nfat 0gt
through lhc panel Boo trs sau Thr.uah
the UNDERGROUND passage the tuo
CROPPED thclr way. lighted hy an aI.t.
tric torch. Until at last thcy Game CD
Che entrance Eidlen lu t1e under.
brush. near the shofa
Del Aiar went owen 90 the conceaigd
station from which the submarine beI
was sounded and preseed the key as a
signal Then De adjusted the suhma
ripe helmet 10 his head ana deiiber.
ntcly waicd out into the water tar.
iher and farther, up 70 his head. then
deeper still
As be- disappeared into the water.
HE emissary turned and went back
toward the shore road
The ride around through The coun.
try and back 20 the shore road from
Del Mars Was pleasant In fact. t
was aiwaya pleasant 20 De Win
F Elaine. especially ln car.
we we're spinning allug at a fast
. CLIP When W. came to a rocky part of
me east AS Ne made a turn O. sharp
breeze took on my Eat aud wh.rled i,
Tar On the roal and among che rocks
OF the shore. Elaine shut down the
engine With a laugh al me- ana we
left tho car hy the road while We
climbed down the rocks after the hat
u had been carried into the water.
close TO shore and sim laughing We
clamoerod over abe rocks. Flalne ,n.
sisted on getting Il herself and IN fart
did get it She SSs Just about to
hand u 90 me, when something toshea
ap 10 the water just In front az us
SIZE reached for Il and hshed II out
Il Was a cylinder With alright cans
On both ends, Ia one 90 which was a
hook
what DO you suppose Il is7" she
asked looking q over as we made cur
way W The rocks again 20 The car
Where did It come fromg"
We esu not see a man standing BY
osr car, but he saw Us Il was Del
-aars man who had paused On his wav
70 watch Us As We approached he
hid en- the other side OF ise reaa
hy this time We had reached the ear
nHs opeaed the cylinder Inside va
ncic which rcAd.
chief arrived safely. Keen watch g.
What does & meant reres,.s
Elaine mysilned.
Neilher OF Us could guess and I
doubt whether We woala bare unssr.
stecd any better IL We hsd seen .
sinls'er face pesring At us s-sn -.
hind a rock near By. althcarh s.nh,.
less the man knew what wa 4, ,ho
tube ard what 8, meant.
We climbed int, the car ars starr,
ca esala As wc disappeared The mar
came from behind the rocks ana ran
quickly up % the top OF cha nan
Thew, trcm the bushes. be pulled an,
peculiar Instrument composed 81 a
strange series of lenses and r,irrsrs
set Up on trlped
kaserly he placed shs tripod "A.
ineflas the lenses and mirrors In ,se
saniiSht Then he began wcrkinx
them, and i was rppareut that he was
flashing hsht beams. using a Morse
eode- Il WAS a helagraph.
Down the shore On the tor OF the
next Hill sat the man WIS had already