The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-11-24

"It's in this parcel. What is it, Kit?"
Its a complete key" replied Brent.
speaking quite casually, but In very
low voice, ito all the codes used by
German spies and their various meth
DDS Of communication. Some book. eh?"
Kit, again | repeat that You are a
genius. Where did you get hold of
it?"
20, that's long yarn" answered
Brent, spinning on his heel and stroll
ing toward the mantelpiece once more.
"Hut l don't mind telling you the kais-
er's intelligence department didn't ae-
tually make me n present Of it, And
now, Watson-though it's very rude t.
class you as Watson-to pursue my
Investigations"
He knelt and again began tapping
the fireplace.
keep an eye on the window and an
ear on the door. Miriam. by the way,
didn't it strike You last night that Mrs
Sanderson refused the Myrtle's request
for a fire In a very emphatic manner?
Il didn't notice it at the time, but
now YOU mention it"
".ust so. Well, didn't think 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 a bally
melodrama," he commented. ITS Il
great game and all that, but it makes
you feel such an ASS, crawling round
looking for secret springs and talking
ah licna fah nd I
never get over the curious feeling OF
unreality about them, just because
ones so used 10 them in books. That 5
how every one in England feels abou,
that sort Of thing, ! imagine. and the
Germans were clever enough to take
that into account when they used al
the tricks of the trade. Englishinci
have always laughed at the idea OF
spies and called il melodramatic non
sense. And now its been proved rea
every one has the same sort of feel
ing as though a fairy story had come
true"
All the time this chatter was flowing
on Brent's fingers were exploring. am
now they found what they sought, A
slight pressure and the whole of tht
CRATE revolved slowly around on a cen.
tier pivot disclosing on what had bee,
the inner side curious and compli
Gated looking arrangement of metal
wood, and wires. Quite unntelleibl.
it would have looked to the ignorant
but both Miriam Lee and christopher
Brent seemed to understood by theil
sudden exclamation and qu,ckeu.c
look what hidden forces the cleaning
curiously sinister looking machine ac-
tually stood for.
~ knew that flagpole wasn't Their,
for nothing" was Brents first re,
mark.
Miriam was puzzled by this.
"Flagpole?"
Yes. right by the chimney stack
That's how they work their aerials
Neat little wireless this, isn't il?
say. Miriam. If could only intercep
a message"
"AIt may be- working said Miriam
eagerly, "try it. a secret installation
like this isn't likely to be in tune witt
more than one other instrument, so 20,
ought to get something worth having
Brent fixed the receiver to his ear
as he knelt down on the hearth rug
open that book you brought me-" H.
commanded, I'VE shall need it. B,
George. it's working. somebody keep
calling. Hunt through the book an,
tell me how to signal him to go on
Two dots, pause, and three dot
very quickly. Look anywhere. Tr.
No. T."
Miriam whipped the pages over hast
. lily. mo. that's not it," she announced
, "Tll try No. 8. That's got him, Hi,
, You said two dots. pause. and the!
three dots quickly, didn't you?'
Yes
The answer is two dashes, paus.
two dots"
Right o." said Brent, tapping it ou
: Then as the sihilant sound of til
, wireless began again, he hastily too
, down the message in his notebook.
r dash. dot. four dots again, an
: DASH" he read out. Does that max
! sense?'
Yes, that makes the German wor
'Morgen'"
The Kissing sound went on an
/ | Brent wrote in silence. When he ha