The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-08-27

sinking a peculiar heavy disk which
they submerged about ten or twelve
feet. II seemed 10 be held by cable,
and to It wires we're attached, appar-
emily so that when a key was pressed
a circuit was closed,
II was an "cscillator," a new system
for the employment Of sound for sub
marine signaling, using water instead
of air as a medium TO transmit sound
waves. It was composed Of a ring
magnet, a copper tube lying In an
air gap in n magnetic field and sta
tionary central armature. The tube
! was attached to steel diaphragm
Really 1t was a submarine bell which
could be used for telegraphing or tel.
ephc ming both ways through water.
The men finished executing the d.
rectlons of Del Mar and left, carefully
concealing the land connections and
key Of the bell, while we were still al
Del Mars.
We had no sooner left, however,
than one OF the men who had been en-.
gagged in installing the submarine bell
entered the library.
"Well?" demanded Del Mar
THE bell is installed sir" he said.
1T will be working soon"
"Go,d," nodded Del Mar.
He went to a drawer and from 1t
took a peculiar-looking helmet u
which vas attached a sort of harness
fitting over the shoulders and carry
ing tank Of oxygen. The headpiece
was a mCst weird contrivance, with
what looked like a huge glass eye in
front. II was in reality a submarine
life-saving apparatus.
Del Mar put it en-, all except the
helmet, which he carried with him
and then, with his assistant, went out
through the panel in the wall Through
the underground passage the two
groped their way, lighted by an cleo
tric torch, until at last they came to
the entrance hidden in the under
brush, near the shore.
Del Mar went over to the concealed
staucn from which the submarine Dell
was sounded ard pressed the key as
signal. Then lie adjusted the subma.
rine helmet to his mead and deliDer-
ately wajed )ut into the water, far.
ther and FARTHER up to his head then
deeper still
As ne disappeared into the water,
his emissary turned and went back
toward the shore road
The ride around through the coun-
try and back to the shore road from
Del Mars was pleasant. In fact. it
was always pleasant to be with
Elaine, especially in car.
We were spinning along at fast
clip when we came to a rocky part Of
the coast. AS we made a turn a sharp
breeze tock off my hat and whirled it
far eff the road and amsng the rocks
of the shore. Elaine shut down the
engine, with a laugh at me, and we
left the car by the read while we
climbed down the rocks after the hat |
1T had 5een carried into the water, !
close to shore and still laughing, we |
clambered over the rocks. Elaine IN
sisted on getting 1t herself and IN fact I
did get it. She was just about to .
hand it to me, when something boSbed |
up IN the water just in front of us.
She reached for it and fished it out.
1t was a cylinder with air-tight caps /
On both ends, in one of which was a
heck.
What do you supp; Sc it is?" she
asked, locking 1t ever as we mad9 cur |
way up the rocks again to the car.
Where did 1t cCr1e frcm?"
We did not see a man standing by |
cur car tut he saw us. 1t was Del |
Mars man who had paused IN his way
to watch us. AS we apr. ache9 lie
hid II the other side Of the ad
BY this time we hai reached the car
ana opened the cylinder. Inside was
a note which read:
Chief arrived safely Keep watch"
What does it mean?" repeated
Elaine, mystified.
Neither Of us could guess and l
doubt whether we would have under
stood any better, if we had seen a
sinister face peering at us fr5m Re
hind a rcck near by, although d.u5t-
less the man knew what was in the
tube and what it meant.
We climbed int the car and start
ed again. AS we disappeared the r.an
came frcm behind the rocks ana ran
quickly up to the tcp of the kill
There, frcm the bushes, he PULLED cut
a peculiar instrument composed of a
series Of lenses and mirrors
set up On a trips 1.
Eagerly he placed the tripod, ad-
justing the lenses ana mirrors in the
Then he began working
them, aad it was apparent that he was
flashing light beams, using a Morse
code. 1t was a hehc graph
Down the shore IN the top Of the
next mill sat the man who had already
given the signal with the handkcr-
chief to tn Sc in the valley who were
working en- the mining of the 5ridge
As he sat there, his eye caught the
flash cf the heli2graph signal He
3prang up and watched intently. Rap
dly he j-tted down the message that
was being flashed in the sunlight:
Dodge Girl has message from be-
ow. Coming in car. Blow first
bridge she crosses.
Down the valley the lookout made
MS way as fast as he could. As he
approached the two men who had been
mining the bridge, he whistled sharp