The Washington herald., 1915-07-25
Achievements of Craig Kennedy Scientific Detective ARTHUR REEVE

a man with one attached TO an ordinary
| steel-rod umbrella on a rainy night can
| PICK up wireless messages that are being
transmitted within some hundreds OF
| miles radius"
| The audion buzzed.
| Ihere-see? Our wireless is not work
ing. But with the audion YOU can Sea
that some wireless is. and a fairly near
| and powerful source it is, too
Kennedy was absorbed in watching the
audion.
suddenly he turned and faced US. He
mad evidently reached a conclusion.
captain, he cried. can YOU serd a
wireless message? Yes? Well. this is
to Burke. He is over there back of the
hotel on the hill with some of his men
lie mas one there who understands wire
! less and to whom I have given another
audlon. Quick. before this other Wire
less cuts in on us again. | want others
10 get the message as Well as Burke
Send this: Have your men watch the
railroad station and eve-y road to IL
Surround the Stamford cottage There is
rection.' "
AS Shirley. with a half-insans Iirb+ /,
his eyes, flashed the message mechanic
caiiy through space. Craig rose and sig
naied to the house. Under the porte
cochere l saw a waiting automobile
which an instant later tore UP the brok-
en-stone path and whirled around almost
on two wheels near the edge OF the cliff
Ilowms with health and excitement.
Iiad!s shirley was al tho wheel herself.
In spite of the tenseneSs of the sirua-
ton, I could not help stoppine to sHp,,ra
the change in the graceful girlish figure
OF the night before, which was now I'll
Hlhe energy and alertness in her eager
devotion 10 carrying out the minutest de-
tail OF kennedy's Plan to aid her father.
Excellent Miss Shirley" exclaimed
kennedy, but when I asked Burke 70
have You keep car in readiness. I had
no idea You would drive 1t yourself"
II like it, she demonstrated. as he
offered to take the wheel "Please-pIease
let me drive. 1 shall go crazy if I'm
not doing something. 1 saw the zss go
down. What was it? Who"
Captain" called Craig ''ouick-into
the car We must hurry. To the SIAM
ford house. Miss Shirley. No one can get
away from 1t before We arrive. It is sur
rounded
Everything was quiet. apparently.
about the house as our wild ride around
the edge of the harbor ended under the
deft guidance of Gladys Shirley. Here
and there. behind hedge or tree.
could see a lurking secret-service man.
JO444CA Us II'Il DtIllNu Darn
next DOOR
Not a soul has gone in or out" he
Whispered. There does not seem to be
a sign of life there"
Craig and Burke han by this time
reached the broad veranda They did NOT
wait TO ring the bell. but carried the door
down literally off its hinges. We fol-
lowed closely.
scream from the drawing-roon,
hrOucbt II TO n hal T.
ard. tall, almost imperial in her loose
morning gown. her dark eyes swapping
fire at the sudden intrusion. l could not
tell whether she had really noticed that
the house was watched or was acting a
part.
What does this mean" she demanded.
t-Gladys-you--''
"Florence-ten them-it isn't so-is it?
You don't know a thing about those
plans of fathers that were-stolen-that
night?''
Where is Nordheim?" interiected
Burke quickly, little of his third de-
gree training getting the upper hand.
Nordheim?''
''Yes-you know. Tell me- Is he here?''
Here? Isn't it bad enough to hound
him, without bounding me, too? VIII
You mercilesS detectives drive us all
from place to place with your brutal
suspicions?"
''Merciless?" inquired Burke. smiling
with sarcasm. Who has been bounding
him.
You know very well what I mean"
she repeated. drawing herself up to her
full height and patting Gladys hand to
reassure her. Read that message on
the table
Burke picked up a yellow telegram
dated New York, two days before
1T was I fearpd 7 Of
The secret service must have rumn1aged
my baggage both here and at the hotel.
They have taken some very valuable pa
pers of mine"
Secret serviCe-rummage baggage"
Burke. himself now in perpIex-
lty That is news to me. We have
rummsged no trunks or bags. least of
all Nordheims. In fact, we have never
been able to find them at all
Upstairs. Burke-the servants quar-
ters." interrupted Craig impatiently. We
are wasting time here"
Mrs. Brainard offered no protest 7 be-
gan to think that the whole thing was
indeed a surprise to her, and that she
had. in fact. been reading. instead of
making a studied effort to appear sur
2Tised at our intrusion.
Room after room was flung open with
put finding any one. until We reached the
attic, which had been finished of into
several rooms. One door was closed
Craig opened it cautiously. II was pitch
lark in spite of the broad daylight out
side. We entered gincerIy
On the floor lay two dark piles of some
hing. My foot touched one of them.
Drew back in horror at the feeling. It
was the body of = man
Kennedy struck a light. and as he bent
over in its little circle of radiance. he
iiscolsed a chastity scene.
''Hara -kiri"' he calculated ''Tbey
must have got my message to Burke and
nave seen that the house was surround
ID"
The two Japanese servants had COM
nitted suicide.
'.Wh-what does it all mean" gasped
Mrs. Brainard. who had followed US up
stairs with Gladys.
Burke's lip curled slightly and he was
lbout to speak
1t means FASTENED Kennedy, that
-ou have been double crossed. Mrs.
Nordheim stole those plans
4 Captain Shirley's submarine for his
Titan Iron Works. Then the laps stole
hem from his baggage ct the hotel. He
bought the secret service had them. The
APPS waited here just long enough to try
he plans against the Z99 herself-to de-
troy Captain Shirley's work by his own
l:ethcd of destruction. 1t was clever,
lever. II would make his labors seem
Ike n failure and would discourage 9TH
rs from keeping up the experiments.
he, bad rla to