The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1915-07-22

name by the sentry who entered u.,.,
the submarine suit while Del Mar ''n
himself together after his reroari,o 9Ot
trip. ""ole
The men at the council table roo
and saluted as Del Mar hiroxa,e 'e
tered. He returned the saluto VI,
quietly made his way to the bood lu
the table where ne took a seat ~, VI
rally. @'u'
This. is the area in which We ma.
work first of ALL he began. dror't" ot
toward him a book and opanin, g
And we must strike quickly, ,or =,
they heed the advice in this boci, ~
may he too late for us to take aavan
tage OF their foolish unpreparedness
1t was a book entitled "Defensalon.
America" written by great Arrnri
can inventor, Hudson Maxim.
Del Mar turned the pages until +.
came to and pointed out man. rbo
others gather about him, leanirg f.,
ward eagerly as he talked to thea
There, on the map, with a radin, =,
some one hundred and seventy milo,
was drawn a big segment of a circle
with Peekskill, New York, marking tho
center.
THAT is the heart of America said
Del Mar, earnestly. 1T embraces New
York, Boston, Philadelphia But that
is not the point Here are the great
majority of the gun and armor far.
tories, the powder and cartridge works
together with the principal coal fields
of Pennsylvania"
He brought his fist down decisive.
ly on the table. ''1f we hold this sec.
tion,' he declared, 1--WE practically hold
American"
Eagerly the other emissaries liz.
tened as Del Mar laid before them the
detailed facts which he was collecting
the greater mission than the mere car.
ture of Kennedy's wireless torpedo
which had brought him into the coun.
they discussed as they worked out
the gigantic scheme.
It was a war council of a secret
advance guard of the enemies Of
America!
Meanwhile, Del Mars man in his
boat, cutting a wide 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 to the foot of rocky cliff,
where he turned and followed a trail
up it to the top. 1t was the same path
already travelled by my captors with
me and later followed by Elaine.
AS he came stealthily out from IN
der cover, Del Mars man gazed down
the stairway. He drew back at 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 top, our backs toward him,
as we covered the men in the cave.
So surprised was he at what he saw
that he forgot that his boat below had
been followed by the mysterious nat
uralist, who, the moment Del Mars
man had landed, put on the last burst
Of speed and ran the Dodge boat close
to the spot where the aide had left
Del Mars.
A glance into the boat sufficed to
ell the naturalist that the figure in it
was only dummy. He did not pause
but followed the. trail up the hill until
lie was close after the emissary ahead,
going more slowly.
Only a few feet further along the
Tiff, the naturalist paused, too, keeping
cow just ahead of him. He looked
ixedly at him and saw him gaze down
he cliff. Then he saw him slowly
lraw a gun.
Who could be below? Quickly the
mind seemed to work. he
down, as If ready to spring.
The emissary slowly raised his re-
yolver and took careful aim at the
packs of Elaine and myself, as we
came up the steps.
But before he could pull the trigger,
he naturalist, more like one of the
Wild animals which he studied than
ike human being, sprang from his
in the bushes ana
,ounced on the man from behind, SELF
ng him firmly.
Over and over they rolled, struT'
ding almost to the brink of the precT
ice
Elaine and I had got almost to tnH
op of the flight of steps, when SUD
enly we heard a shout above us ana
ounds of a terrific struggle. VIZ
urned and saw two men.
Nearer and nearer the edge Of the
lift they rolled. We crouched closer
D the rocky wall, gazing up at tne
cath grapple of the two. Who theY
yere we did not know but that one
yas fighting for and the other against
S we could readily see.
The more vicious of the two seerneu
ho naturalist SLOWLY