Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-12-24


A. we caught digit II him. Arnold
sprang forward. woodward and I.
followed BY the soldiers also Jumped
ont.
Del Mar turned Ind ran down the
hill again with N altar him, full cry.
While we had been waiting. some Of
the soldiers had deployed down the
hill and now hearing our shouts.
turned. and came up again.
Beside hts engine, We could see IN
engineer chopping wood. He paused
now in his chopping and was gazing
out over the bay. Suddenly he had
seen something out in the water that
had attracted his attention and was
staring at it. There It moved. moth
ing less than . half-submerged sub
marine.
As the engineer gaFed on at It. Del
Mar came up, unseen. behind him and
stood there. also watching the sub
marine. fascinated.
Just then behind him Del Mar heard
US pursuing. He looked about a. we
ran toward him and saw that we had
formed . wide circle, with the men
down the hill, that almost completely
surrounded him. There was no chance
for escape. It was hopeless.
But it was not Del Mars nature to
give up. He gave one last glance
about There was the trolley car that
had been converted into q cable way.
It offered just one chance In . thou
sand. Suddenly his face assumed IN
air of desperate determination.
He sprang toward the engineer and
grappled with him. seeking to wrest
the AZ from his hand. Every second
counted. Our circle was now narrow
ing down and closing in on him.
Del Mar managed to knock out the
engineer. taken by surprise. just -
our men fired . volley. In the strug-
gle, Del Mar was unframed. Instead
he just managed to get the AZ.
An instant later q leap landed him
on the cable car. With . blow Of the
az he cut the cable. The car began to
move slowly down the hill on the
grade.
Some Of the men were down below
in its path. But the onrushing cable
car was too much for them. They
could only leap aside to save them
selves.
On down the incline. gathering mo-
mentum every second, the car dashed,
Del Mar swaying craxily but keeping
his footing. We followed - fast -
we could, but 1t was useless.
Out on the wharf It sped at ter
rife pace. At the end It literally cat
apulted itself into the water, crash
ing from the end Of the pier. Al It
did 90. Del Mar gave flying leap out
into the harbor struck the water with
. clean dive and disappeared.
On down the hill we hurried. There
In the water was Del Mar swimming
rapidly. Almost before he knew It. We
saw him raise his hand and signal.
shouting.
There only . few yards away was
the periscope Of . submarine. Al We
watched. We could see that It had seen
him. had turned In his direction.
Would they get him?
We watched. fascinated. Some Of
our men fred. ~ accurately a. they
could at figure bobbing 20 uncertain
" on the water.
Meanwhile the submarine APP
preached closer and rose . bit 20 that
the hatchwGy cleared the waves. It
opened. One Of the foreign agents
assisted Del Mar in.
He had escaped 1t last!
.
II was most heartbreaking to have
had Del Mar % nearly in our grasp
and then to have lost him. We looked
from one to another in despair.
Only Arnold. In his disguise q .
hermit, seemed undiscouraged. Sad
denly he turned TO woodward.
what time 10 IT." he asked eagerly.
"A little past noon"
Tho Kennedy wireless torpedo!" he
exclaimed. 1T arrived today. Burn
side u trying It out"
Suddenly there flashed over me the
recollection Of the marvellous Invention
that Kennedy had made for the gov
eminent just before his disappearance.
- wen - the memory Of the expert
ences I had had once with the in
trepid Burnside.
Woodwards fAce showed . ray Of
interest and hope in the overwhelming
gloom that had settled on ~ an.
You and jameson 90 to Fort Dale,
quick" directed Arnold eagerly. I'm
not 1T Get Burnside. Have him
bring the torpedo IN, the air boat:
We needed no further urging. Il
was . slender chance. But / 70
hected that the submarine could not
run through the bay totally sub
merged It must have IT. periscope
IN view. We hurried away. leaving
Arnold. who slowly mounted the HIN
again.
How We did II, don't know. but
We managed to get to the fort In no
ord time. There. near the aeroplane
hangar. sure enough. was Bufnside
with some other men adjusting the
first real wireless Kennedy torpedo.
the last word in scientific warfare.
making IN serial torpedo boat. ~
We ran up to the hangar calling TO
Burnside excitedly. Il was only .
moment later that he began t. issue
orders in his sharp staccato. llis msn
svarmed forward and took the to-