Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-07-31

name by the sentry who entered with
the submarine suit while Del Mar gnf
himself together after hts remarkable
trip.
The men at the council table rose
and saluted as Del Mar himself en-
tered He returned the aiu =
quietly made his way 10 the head OF
the table where ne took a seat. nafn'
rally.
This Is the area IN which ne must
work first Of all. he began.
toward MIN a book " opening ~
And we must strike quickly. for w
they heed the advice In this book. n
NAV be too late for an To take advRn'
tage OF their foolish unpreparedness
II was a boob entitled "Desenseless
America written by q great Amert
can inventor. Hudson Maxim
Del Mar turned the pages until he
came To and pointed out a map. The
others gather about him. leaning for
ward eagerly as ne talked "a them
There. on the map. with q radius 81
some one hundred and seventy miles
was drawn n big segment ~ q circle.
with peekskil. New York. marking the
center.
That Is the heart az America said
Del Mar, earnestly. 1T embraces New
York. Boston. Philadelphia But that
r. not the point. Here are the great
majority of the gun and armor fac
tories. the powder end cartridge works.
together with the principal coal nelds
OF Pennsylvania.
He brought his fist down decisive
ly on IN. table. If we hold this sec
ton" he declared. we practically hold
America"
Eagerly the other emissaries lis-
tened a Del Mar laid before them the
detailed facts which he was collecting.
the greater mission than the mere cap
ture Of Kennedv's wireless torpedo
which had brought him into the coun-
try. Detail after detail or their plans
they discussed az they worked out
the gigantic scheme.
n was a var council Of q secret
advance guard of the enemies Of
America,
Meanwhile. Del Mars man I'm his
boat. cutting a vide circle and avoid
ing the Dodge boat carrying the natur-
alist. made his way across the harbor
until he came TO the shore.
There he landed and proceeded up
the beach 10 the foot or n rocky clin.
where he turned and followed q trail
up n 70 the top. N was the same path
already travelled by nv captors With
ne and later followed by Elaine.
As he came s,eslthily out from N
der cover. Del Mars man cared down
the stairway. He drew back nj what he
saw. Slowly he pulled a gun from his
pocket. watching down the steps With
tense interest There he could see
Elaine and myself YEARLY climbing to
ward the ton. our backs toward him.
as We covered the men in the cave
60 surprised YES he al what ne sa-
that he forgot that his boat below had
been followed hy the mysterious nat
uralist. who. the moment Del Mars
man had landed. nut on the last burst
Of speed and ran the Dodge boat close
"a the spot where the aide had left
Del Mars.
A glance into the boat sufrc@d 20
tell the naturalis. that the figure I'm II
was only a dummy He did no, pause.
but followed the trail NJ the hill until
he was close after the emisasrv ahead.
Eoing more slowly
Only a few feet further along The
Cliff. the naturalist paused. IN keeping
well under cover. for the man was
now just ahead w him. Tie looked
fxedly al him and saw him care down
the cliff. Then he saw him slowly
draw a gun.
Who could be below Quickly the
naturalist's .ind seemed % work Re
crouched down. a. IN ready \, sr-t-s.
The emissary slowly raised his -
volver and took careful ain a. the
backs Of Elaine and myself. as -
came up the steps.
But before he could pull the trigger.
the naturalist. more Ike one ~ the
wild animals which he studied than
like a human being. sprenS from bis
concealment in the bushes snt
bounced on the man from behind. setE-
ing him firmly.
Over and over they rolled, strrg-
Cling almost 10 the brink of the prsct-
pice.
Elaine and I had GO, almost % n
top m the flight ~ steps. when SUD
denly we heard a shout above Us and
sounds Of a terrific struggle. We
turned and saw two men.
Nearer and nearer the edge ~ the
clif they rolled. We crouched closer
70 the rocky WALL. gazing up a. the
death grapple ~ the two. Who they
were We did not know but that cre
vas fighting for and the other against
us We could readily see.
Tie more vicious of the two seemed
TO be forcing the naturalist slowly
back. when. with a s~uperhuman Effort.
the naturalist braced himself His foct
was actually on a small ledge ~ rock
directly at the edge OF the clin
He y around quickly and struck
the other man. The vicious looking
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