The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-10-22

| cident, he knocked the letter from my
hand
81 beg your pardon" he apologized,
| quickly STOPPING and picking the mis-
sive up.
Though he managed to read the adj
| dress. he maintained his compOsure
and handed the letter back to me. l
started to go out, when Elaine called
to me.
Excuse me just moment, Mr.. Del
MARI" she queried, accompanying me
out on the porch.
Already saddle horse had been
brought around for me.
"Perhaps you'd better put special
delivery stamp on it, too, Walter" she
added, walking along with me. "And
be very careful"
IT WILL" / promised, as rode quick
ly off.
| Del Mar, alone, seized the opportun-
| ity to go over quietly to the telephone.
| It was the work of only moment to
call up his bungalow where the ennis
sary who had placed the submarine
| bell was waiting for orders. Quick
| ly Del Mar whispered his instructions,
which the man took, and hung up the
| receiver.
Il hope you'll pardon me-" said
Elaine, entering just as Del Mar left
| the telephone. "Mr. Jameson was 60
| ing into town and had number of
| little things wanted him to do. Won't
you sit down?"
They chatted for a few moments,
but Del Mar did not stay very long.
He excused himself shortly and Elaine
babe him good-by at the door as he
walked off, apparently, down the road
I had taken.
| 3
Del Mars emissary hurried from the
A.! bungalow and almost ran down the
road until he came to a spot where
two men were hiding.
| Jameson is coming with letter
which the Dodge girl has written to
the Secret Service" he cried, pointing
excitedly up the road. you've got
to get it, see?"
| I was cantering along nicely down
the road by the shore, when suddenly,
from behind some rocks and bushes,
three men leaped out at me. One OF
them seized the horses bride, while
the other two quickly dragged me out
of the saddle.
| 1t was very unexpected, but had
| time enough to draw my gun and lire
once. I hit one of the men, too, in the
arm, and he staggered back. the blood
squirting all over the road.
But before l could fire at the others,
| they knocked the gun from my hand.
| Frightened, the horse turned and bolt
| ed, riderless..
| Together, they dragged me off the
road and into the thicket, where [ was
tied and gagged and laid on the
ground, while one of them bound up
| the wounded arm of the man had hit.
1t was not long before one Of them be-
| gan searching me.
| "Aha!" he growled, pulling the let
ter from my pocket and looking at 1t
| with satisfaction. Here it is"
He tore the letter open, throwing
| the envelope on the ground, and read
| it.
There, confound you," he muttered.
1.-THE governmental never get that
| Come on. men. Bring him this way.
Hurry up!"
He showed the letter into his pocket
| and led the way through the under
brush, while the others half dragged,
half pushed me along. We had not
gone very far before one of the three
men, who appeared to be the leader,
paused.
"Take him to the hang-out," he or
dered grufly. "I'll have to report to
the chief
He disappeared down toward the
shore of the harbor while the others
prodded me along.
|
| Down near the Dodge, dock. along
the shore, walked man wearing a
broad-brimmed hat and plain suit of
duck. His prim collar and tie COM
ported we'll with his smoked glasses.
Instinctively one would have called
him professor" though whether ma
turalist, geologist, or plain "bugolo-
gist," one would have had difficulty in
determining.
He seemed, as a matter of fact, to
be a naturalist, for he was engrossed
in picking up specimens. But he was
not so much engrossed as to fail to
hear the approach of footsteps down
the gravel walk from Dodge hall to
the dock. He looked up in time to see
Del Mar coming, and quietly con-
cealed himself in the shruebery UP
) on the shore.
On the dock, Del Mar stood for some
minutes, waiting. Finally, along the
shore came another figure. 1t was the
emissary to whom Del Mar had tele
phoned and who had searched me
The naturalist drew back into his hid
| ing place, peeping out keenly at the
: two men.
"Well?" demanded Del Mar. What
t luck?"
We've got him." returned the mar