Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1916-02-24
SEVENTH EPISODE
America Saved From War
BY Mrs. WILSON WOODROW
Author of 'The Black PEARL" "Sally
Salt and 1.-THE Silver Butterfly"
~ RUCE LARN1GAN, slowly re-
covering from the effects of
the adventure on the wheat
schooner that had so nearly

covering from the effects OF
the adventure on the wheat
schooner that had so nearly
cost him his life, began to take more
tactive interest in the war Of eXtermina
ton against 1.-THE Fifteen the Graft
Syndicate that had murdered his
father. During his illness his brother
Tom, who had been his rescuer, had
pursued the work Bruce had sworn to
finish, but Tom, willing as he was,
was limited in his power.
''As district attorney here, Tom" he
said as he lay in bed, 81 was hampered
by the limits of my authority My jul
risdiction didn't go beyond my own
county, you see. At the same time
hated to give up my official position,
and I would never have done it if
hadn't had something in mind that
would take it's place."
"What was that?' asked Tom.
can authority that has no limits
that gives me equally great powers in
New York and Seattle, Florida and Da-
kota! The authority Of a state, even,
is limited-the authority of the Federal
government is not!'
"Oh!" said Tom, startled. You'd
been fussing with Washington?'
Decidedly so. 1t was all arranged
and would have gone through long ago
il l hadn't been hurt. was to be
made a special Investigator or exam
liner, with the secret service fund and
the secret service itself at my disposal.
You see, had gone into the whole
business very fully with the President,
and he ag-Hed with me that the crimi-
nal operations of these great trusts
constituted terrible menace to the
country. So l have arranged for you
to receive the appointment that would
have gone to me. You will have the
official paper to-morrow-and your first
task is to see what is being done by
]. Brooks Carney
1"The head of the munitions trust"
Exactly AT Washington they are
convinced ths he is determined to drag
this country into the European war
You can imagine what that would mean
to his trust-orders of a tremendous
Importance"
"I'll do my best to scuttle him, Bruce!
Now that I've got you within reach
I want to hold conversation with you
when it's necessary to get your advice
Pm much less afraid of the rotten crew
than / was!
Bruce and Tom had hoped to keer
Toms appointment to the Federal serv
ice secret. but they had known, too
that the Graft Syndicate was SO wei
served by spies that there was littl,
chance of success in this. And so i
proved, for Carney himself, the MAJ
Immediately affected, knew of the fact
almost as soon as Tom himself. II,
went at once to Stanford Stone, tn
real head of the Fifteen-althougl
neither Bruce nor Tom was aware o
Stones connection with the enemy
Here's bad news!" said Carney
when he had told Stone. 1T seems t.
me it's more imperative than ever tina
we should get rid of this man Larnl
gan. He was bad enough before-yo1
can guess how dangerous he will b
with the whole power of the Fedora
government behind him!r
EYES," said Stone, frowning. IAN
he should be kept out of the way espe
cially just now-since it would be
frightful thing If our present pla
were revealed! THAI would be bloy
from which we'd f6d 1t almost impos