The Dermott news., 1916-06-22

She Resolved 10 Toss the Bundle tto
 the Sea. de Of masculine clothing at once Co the nearest deserted pier and toss it into the sea
 Half va te the p5er she passed ramshaehle boathease whose weath- erwarped boards were bulGed and spiaved. n several places until they locked like the sIats n front of a hen house As June sped past the boat house she eGanced to notice large smooth stone just the thing to weight the bundle s4e carried She picked it IF. opened the bundle at one end dropped .a tae stone and fastened the Taekazes string once more. At the saaa moment from the shack just be- G.na her she heard d mans voice say, 1nE iapatertaE
 te5 saaamgs diplomat. count. Come e=Ha #a cases What will you pas7.
 1#Hs afaHFea tHe bundle she held sae staaa traastSed there on the raaa# bench. 5a front Of the shack l understanding came 10 her with resh Sa tbe story was truct
 fuae me Rod Circle blazing and rasae aa her white hand had crept f.aarer and nearer ta the shack She aeeae Ia cautiously. through one Of the Nt1r cracks iu the boards.
 \ crate cad been turned upside 3aaa ta serea us table. and it stood g.e. ta n. ar.rtVre in the boards.
 g.a opposite ends of ths impro- 7#=ad I8aEa e8 couple of boat tres tss sal two men.
 On the er8tetahls just in front of brow. ra=t.I on 5bIong metal dispatch box, perhaps ten inches long. four ae5es wide and two inches high
 Jma drew back rom the shack and gIaaled guiitly around No one was in sight Near by lay fragment of Wracaaga. q thick board about five feet loag.
 She carried 1t to the shaek's only aaer hraced one end of the board asatnst powder in front of the door and ,ben put the other end just bs- ue4th the jutrag cross panel half way up the door.
 Yes sir" Todd Drew was vocifer- ating It's worth an easy two million dollars to your government--or to any other warning country-to get these plans They
 He broke off with yell. For as he looked down at the metal box .tsat had lain m front of him on the table it was uo longer there He was just in time to see a woman's small hand drawing the dispatch box cautiously out through a crack in the wall boards.
 Drew made a clutch at the vanishing hand and seized it by the wrist.
 I've got her, count" he cried. Say. she struggles like wildcat Run outside and grab her.
 The count leaped for the door. At the same instant Junes other hand ap- peared through the adjoining crack. It's fingers grasped long pin she had hastily snatched from her sailor hat.
 Into Todd's detaining fist she drove the pin, right mercilessly.
 W ltn hoWl or pam Drew relaxed his grip on her wrist Her hands van. ished-the dispatch box and the hat. pin along with them-iust as the count beloved:
 ''l cannot get this miserable door open! It is jammed!"
 June waited to hear no more. She tore open the end of the bundle. thrust the metal box into it, closed 1t again and, snatching it up, raced madly for the pier Nor did she pause until she had hurled the bulky parcel far out into the sea.
 Meantime, in the shack, pande- monium had broken loose. Both men threw their bodies frantically against the unyielding door.
 AS the door at last fell Todd and the count rushed forth, panting, disheveled. in pursuit of the thief.
 Tt was a Woman!" puffed Drew as he broke into a run. Our only clue is that 1 saw the sleeve of sailor suit and-and-there was a fiery Red Cir cle on the back of her hand!~
 LEND OF FIFTH INTALI.MENT