Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-07-01

much about II at the time, but one or
two things have set me thinking since.
Listen to this, Miriam" He tapped
the solid sounding tiles. then the one
which rang hollow. Like u bally
melodrama." he commented. ITS Il
great game and all that. but II MAKES
you feel such an ass, crawling round
looking for secret springs and talking
about dispatches and things. ! can
never get over the curious feeling OF
! unreality about them, Just because
ones so used to them In books. That's
how every one in England feels about
that sort of thing, | imagine, and the
! Germans were clever enough to rake
that into account when they used all
the tricks of the trade. Englishmen
have always laughed at the idea OF
spies and called 1t melodramatic nom
! sense. And now it's been proved real
every ono has the same sore of feel
ing as though fairy story had come
true"
All the time this chatter was flow
Ing on Brent's fingers were eXPlor-
| ing, and now they found what they
/ sought. A slight pressure and the
whole OF the crate revolved slowly
around on n center pivot, disclosing
| on what had bean the inner slGe y,
curious and complicated rocking ar
| rangement of metal, wood and wires
! Quite uninteligible IT would have
looked TO the ignorant, but both Mi
riam Lee and ChrIstophe: Brent
/ seemed 10 understand 10y their s,u-cn
| exclamation ard quickene1 look what
/ hidden forces the cleaning, curiCusly
sinister looking machine actually
stood for
81 knew that flagpolo wasn't there
for nothing" was Brents first re-
mark.
"Flagpole?"
"Yes, right by the chimney stack.
| That's how they work their aerlais
/ Neat little wireless this, ism: IT.
say Miriam, IL l could only intercept
n messagel"
at may be worh.ng," sail Miriam
! eagerly, "try it. A secret installation
| like this isn't very likely to he il lune
| with moro than one other instrument,
so you ought to get something worth
| having.
Brent fixed the receiver to his ears
as he knelt down on the hearth rug.
! "Open that book you brought me-"
! he commanded. eve shall need It. BY
| George. it's working! Someb body keeps
| calling. Hunt through the book and
tell me how to signal him to 80 on"
whats he callng?"
Two dots, pause, AMI three dots
| very quickly Look anywhere. Try
| No. l."
Miriam whipped the pages over
hastily. NO, that's not it," she an
nounced. I'm try No. 9. That's go,
/ him. Kit. You said two dots, pause.
and then three dots quickly. didn't
| you"
yes"
The answer is two dashes. puse
! two dots"
Right o." said Brent, tapping it
out
Then. as the sibilant sound Of the
wireless began again. he hastily took
down the message in his notebook.
Dash, dot. four dots again, ann
DASH he read out. Does that make
sense"
Yes. that makes the German word
'Morgen.'"
The kissing sound went on and
Brent wrote in silence. When he had
left off he still remained listening for
| a minute.
ITS stopped he said at last, toss
/ ing the notebook to Miriam. There
what do you make OF that"
you had better signal him TO
/ hold" counseled Miriam. dot, pause.
! two dots"
Brent gave the signal while Miriam
I translated the message as quickly a.
she could and then read 1t aloud.
"Leith angelangt heute morgen-
Zug aufsteigen heute nacht-sofort
weiter-uzz wartet auf signal-wa,
/ fur Befehl?"
Brent listened with an expression
of comic bewildermcnt on his face
| THAT is literally double Dutch to
b me-" he remarked. what 10 1t III
! common or garden English"
We'll, nothing ineligible on the
face Of It,"
Give 1t to me-"
LANDED Leith this morning." Mi
riam read out" "Entrain tonight.
crossing Immediately. Uzz awaits
signal. What orders?"
aye gods and little fishes" said
| Brent, slowly and with emphasis.
| Then they are really coming after
all"
"Who are?"
The famous troops from the north
we have heard so much about. What
the dickens shall l reply? DO give
me an idea"
Miriam laughed. "a dot, q dash,
two dots" she told him.
what does that mean?"
| We'll, in low German-very low
! German - it means Run away and
play"
'Thatll do for tho present" said
! Brent, and tapped the message out
accordingly. Then, still sitting on his
heels. he looked at the wireless in
strument thotfully. 1T seems shame
| to hurt this nice little fellow" he said
"and after it's been so useful and
obiging, too. But then. it might
oblige the enemy as we'll. SO here
goes" And leaning forward. he
| quickly but firmly proceeded to put
the detector out OF action. There,
! I've spiked their gum" he announced
and pressed tho spring. In another
moment tho fireplace had resumed its
usual innocent aspect.
Brent stood up and brushed the
slight dust marks off tho knees OF his
white flannel trousers.
"UZz" he murmured. "Uzz. What
In the name of all that's wonderful
does Uzz stand for2 The rest OF it's
clear enough"
They're going to try to stop the
transports crossing. | suppose
Il think that's their little game
Czz"-ho rumpled his usually sleek
hair.-"Czz, Uzz. Uzz," he said vi
ciously. you're sure you got that
down right, MIriam?"
Sure" she replied confidently.
Look here's what you put down and
| here's the translation-Uzz"
Well. the only thing | can under,
stand at present" said Brent. us that