Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1915-08-03
4 shall be delighted" returned Lie

Il shall be delighted, returned Lieu
tenant Waters, as they parted.
Just below the gate, on the slope.
was pile of pipe. None Of the party
noticed, but in one of the pipes, lying
fat on his stomach, was short, UNI
dersized Chinaman, one of the ennis
saries of WI Fang, Sing Lee by name.
With keen air he was listening to all
that Kennedy said.
No sooner had Craig and Elaine dis
appeared than Sing Lee, watching his
chance while the sentry's back was
turned, crept out of his hiding place
and darted behind another shelter
farther along.
He kept it up until at last he was
out of sight of the sentry, shadowing
Elaine and Craig.
I was busy pounding out story for
the Star when Craig, having left
Elaine at the Dodge house after their
visit to the fort, returned to the
laboratory.
Hard at it, / see, Walter" he greet
ed as he entered, ruffiing up my hair
playfully.
rose and lighted cigarette. AS
struck the match happened to glance
out of the open window. There in the
sunlight l could see what looked like
the reflection of mirror across the
street in an empty loft.
Look out of the window, Craig"
cried exeitedly, moving closer to him
and taking his arm. Il believe some
one is watching US from that empty
loft across the street.
wait a minute" he cautioned, now
thoroughly alive to the situation.
"Stoop down. We'd better not be seen
looking over"
AS we lodged out of the line of
vision Kennedy seized the periscope
which he had used often before and
put its jointed sections together.
Craig raised the periscope slowly
and gazed through it. There, sure
enough, as l had guessed, in the loft
of the old warehouse down the street
could be seen the reflection of the
lenses of a pair of glasses in the sun
light. In surprise we erept back and
stood up.
The fact was that no sooner had
Craig entered the laboratory than the
same spying Sing Lee who had fol
lowed his every movement at the fort,
came cautiously down the street He
stopped before the laboratory, paused
moment, then went on.
A moment later the young Chinaman
had entered the empty loft diagonally
across the street from us. Locking
the door carefully, he went to the
window and cautiously peered out.
Then he went to cupboard near by
and opened it. From a shelf he took
pair of opera glasses and returned
to the window, leveling them at our
laboratory and searching intently
Sing Lee was still gazing through
the glasses out of the window when
he heard someone approaching his out
side door.
Lee jumped to the door and flung
1t open. WI Fang, followed by Long
Sin and Sprague, entered.
"Where is Kennedy-is he there?"
demanded WI.
Yes-see-master," returned the
young Chinaman, turning toward the
window.
They all moved over and took up
the field glasses in turn.
Where has he been today?" queried
WI.
at the fort on Staten Island with
the white girl and a man, Lieutenant
Waters. They are coming to the work
shop across the street tomorrow
morning to see some western magic
with a thing named trodite that ex-
plodes."
At the word "explodes" WI glanced
quickly at Sprague.
81 have plan" he remarked subtly,
gathering them all about him and as
signing separate parts to each as he
outlined it.
That night at the fort all was quiet.
In the railroad yards near by stood a
freight train on a siding where 1t had
been drilled late, loaded with a fresh
consignment of the new explosive,
trodite, from the mills.
A sentry was pacing up and down
the cinders beside the train when a
very pretty girl made her way along
the tracks.
Can you tell me the way to the troll
ley?" she asked
1t was a perfectly simple question.
But there was no mistaking the look
she gave him. 1t was F'lirty Florrie.
She did not want the trolley. She
wanted to flirt, and she used her eyes
effectively.
1.-TWO blocks to the left, madam"
the sentry returned, setting his face
sternly, for he had sweetheart quite
the equal of F1irty.
Are you a man." FIirty tainted
piqued at her failure.
He hesitated not knowing just what
to do. then taking discretion to be
the better part of valor, shouldered
his musket and resumed his measured
tread back and forth, while F1irty,
with a grimace at him, disappeared
toward the trolley.
But while Flirty had engaged his
attention Sing Lee had come out of
a hiding place near the yards and had