The Ely miner., 1915-10-15
Jennings" called Elaine.

"Thank you," said Elaine, endeavor
ing t. pay the farmer.
mo, no, miss" he demurred as he
clucked to his horses.
We waved to the old fellow. AS he
started to drive away, he reached
down into the basket and drew ou
some yellow harvest apples. One al
bered eff
Truly rural" remarked a voice be
hind us.
1t was Del Mar, all tcgged up ant
carrying a magazine in his hand.
We chatted a moment, then Elaine
started to go into the house with Aunt
Josephine. With Del Mar l followed
AS she went Elaine took bite c1
the apple. To her surprise it separated
neatly into two hollow halves. She
looked inside. There was a note
Carefully she unfclded it and read
Like the others, it was not written but
printed in pencil:
Be careful to unpack all your trunks
yourself. Destroy this note. A Friend
| What did these mysterious warnings
mean, she asked herself in amaZement
Somehow so far they had worked out
all right. She tore up the note and
threw the pieces away.
Elaine went into the house and we
followed. Del Mar, however, dropped
just bit behind and, as he came to
the place where Elaine had thrown the
pieces Of paper, dropped his magazine
He stopped to pick it up and gathered
the pieces, then rejoined us.
II hope you'll excuse me-" said
Elaine brightly. We've just arrived
and haven't thing unpacked."
Del Mar bowed and Elaine left us
Aunt Josephine followed shortly. De
Mar and | sat down at a table. AS he
talked he placed the magazine in his
lap beneath the table, on his knees.
could not see, but he was in reality
| secretly putting together the torn note
which the farmer had thrown t.
Elaine.
Finally he managed to fit all ths
pieces A glance down was enough
But his face betrayed nothing. Still
under the table, he swept the pieces
into his pocket and rose.
''Ill drop in when you are mere set
tied" he excused himself, strolling
leisurely cut again.
Up in the bedroom Elaines maid
| Mario bo6 bpap
"Well, what do you know about
that?" she exclaimed as Jennings and
Patrick came dragging in the banged
up trunk.
| "Very queer" remarked Jennings
detailing the little he had seen, while
Patrick left.
The entrance of Elaine put an enc
to the interesting gossip and Marie
started to open the trunk.
"No, Marie," said Elaine 'I'n un
pack them myself. You can put the
things away later You and Jenning!
may 60"
Quickly she took the things out o.
the battered trunk. Then she started
on the ether trunk, which was like il
bat not marked. She threw out {
couple of garments, then paused, star
tied.
There was the lest torpedo-where
Bertholdi had stuck it in her haste
Elaine picked it up and looked at it in
wonder, as it recalled all those las
days before Kennedy was lost.
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in the bureau drawer and tell me. Not
only did she lcck the drawer, but, as
she left her room, she took the key Oi
the door from the lock inside and
locked it outside.
Del Mar did not go far from the
house, however. He scarcely reached
the edge of the grounds where he was
sure he was not observed when he
placed his fingers to his lips and whis
tied. An instant later two of his mer
appeared from behind a hedge.
you must get into her room," he
ordered. THAT torpedo is in her lug
gage somewhere, after ALL"
In the rear of the house the two
emissaries of Del Mar stole out of the
shelter of some bushes and stood fol
a moment looking. Elaine's windows
were high above them, tco high to
reach.
"We1l have to use the Dutch house
mans methods" decided cne.
| Together they went around the
house toward the laundry. 1t was
only few minutes later that they re
| turned. No one was about. Quickly
one of them took off his coat. Around
his waist he had wound coil cf rope
Deity he began to climb tree whose
upper branches fell over the roof. Cat
like he managed to reach the roof
He made his way along the ridge pole
to chimney which was directly back
of and in line with Elaine's windows
Then he uncoiled the rope and
made one end fast to the chin
ney. Letting the other end fall free
down the roof, he carefully lowered
himself over the edge. Thus it was
not difficult to get into Elaine's room
by stepping on the window sill and
going through the open window.
The man began a rapid search oi
the room, turning up and paving ev