Evening star., 1917-10-28

way. I'll let You know the moment !
have arrived at any conclusion"
On the train we happened to run
across a former classmate Morehead.
who had gone into the brokerage
business.
Queer about that Barnes case. isn't
it?" suggested Kennedy, after the
usual greetings We're over. Then, with
out suggesting that we were more than
casually Interested What does the
Street think Of it?''
We'll, you know the state of the
market just nova little push one
way or the other means a lot" an
swered Morehead. And I suppose you
know that the insiders on the street
have boosted Continental Express up
until 1t is practically one of the war
stocks too. Well, good-oye-here's
my station"
We scarcely returned to the labora-
tory when car drove up furiously and
a young man hustled in to see us.
You do not know me" he introduced.
but ! am Rodman Lane. general man
ager of the Continental Express. You
know our company has had charge of
the big shipments of gold and securities
to New York. I suppose you've read
about what happened to Barnes. our
treasurer. l don't know anything about
it-haven't even had time to find out
All ! know is that 1t puts more work on
me and I'm nearly crazy already
I watched him narrowly
We've had little trouble Of any kind
so far he hurried on. until Just now
| learned that all the roads over which
likely to send the shipments
have been finding many more broken
rails than usual
Kennedy had been following him
keenly.
Il should like to see some samples of
them.' he observed
You would?" said Lane. eagerly.
I've couple Of sections sawed from
rails down at my office, where l asked
the officials to send them"
We made a hurried trip down to the
express company's office. Kennedy ex-
amined the sections of rails minutely
with strong pocket lens.
NO ordinary break" he commented
you can see that it was an explosive
that was used
Done by wreckers, them" Lane
asked.
Certainly not defective rails" replied
Kennedy. still, don't think you need
worry 50 much about them for the next
train. You know what to guard
against Having been discovered, who
ever they are. they'll probably not try
il again. lt's some new wrinkle that
must be guarded against
1t was small comfort but Craig was
accustomed to being brutally frank.
Have you taken any g. .er precau-
tons now that you didn't take be-
fore"
Yes" replied Lane. slowly: the rail-
road has been experimenting with wire
less on it's trains We have placed wire
less on ours. too. They can't cut us off
by cutting wires. Then, of course. as
before. we shall use pilot train to run
ahead and a strong guard on the train
itself But now | feel that there may
be something else that we can do. SO
/ have come to you"
When does the next shipment
start?" asked Kennedy
Tomorrow. from Halifax"
lhe trouble Kennedy said at
length. "is likely to be at this end.
Perhaps before the train starts some
thing may happen that Will tell US
just what additional measures to take
as II approaches New York"
While Kennedy was at work with
the blood-soaked gauze that he had
taken from Barnes, l could do nothing
but try to place the relative positions
OF the various actors in the little drama
that was unfolding. Lane himself pug
zled me- Sometimes l felt almost sure