American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-08-10

alQ Rarr.
"We can feel sure Of only one thing
that he'll strike and strike swiftly
and Unexpectedly. It's open war be-
tween you Ow-wa to the knife.
You've publicly denounced him. He
must either disappear or find some
way to silence you permanently. l
wish I knew I wish l knew"
Anxiously, pacing the confines Of the
sitting room, Parr kneaded his hands
together. The telephone brought him
to an abrupt pause.
"Hello?" he called, receiver to ear.
A look Of p%erplexity clouded his face.
"whO?' he demanded. whats
that2"
He called impatiently. "Hello7
Hello?" then juggling the hook, said,
"Oh, he hasT ungraciously, and hung
up.
what is it," the girl demanded.
1.-THE answer to my riddle-perhaps,"
he informed Patria. 81 don't know.
It's a queer business. Whoever called
up said all in q breath "l'm a friend
never mind my name. Tell Miss Chan
ming to be on her guard against trouble
tonight at the Claiming docks near
Bayonne. Huroki means mischief-l"
Then he stopped short, with a sort Of
gurgle, as if somebody had clapped a
hand across his mouth. I heard a
bang, as If a receiver at the other end
had fallen on something hard. And
then Central reported, The party has
hung up What the deucel"
Patria was on her feet. "The Bay
/ onne docksg she repeated thought
fully.
: "Where your output. is stored pend
ing shipment to Europe" Donald ex-
planned. "Bertram told me this after
, noon that there must be seven billions
of dollars worth Of arms, ammunition
and other explosives accumulated
l there. If Huroki could manage to
touch a spark to that"
Donald! You don't think-T
, IT think he'd have a hard Job doing
1t, but I know he'd try If he thought
Of tout Of sheer, cussed hankering
to get even with you, If for no more
weighty reason"
l. Donald picked up his hat and threw
a light topcoat over his arm.
d you're not going"
r 81 surely am. l mean to have a look
over the ground down there and have
8 extra guards posted before midnight
the traditional ounce of prevention.
You needn't worry it's no great trip {:
I'll be back a little after twelve, and
d I'll call you up as soon as I can get
to a telephone"
But 1t was some time before he was
able to unlock her arms and find the
door.
In the course Of the next two hours
the girl fretted herself almost beyond
endurance. Her disappointment on
answering the door, at the end Of that
period, In response to a ring. was
acutely painful the man on the thresh'
old was not her Donald come back IL
safety, but his lieutenant. Ryley, seek.
ing Captain Parr on a matter Of press
ing business.
Informed as to the errand which
had called Donald abroad, the detec'
tive manifested profound u%neasiness
"He oughtn't to have gone alone" he
protested. "He ought to have gotten in
III touch with me first, anyhow. That tel
ephone message sounds like a plant &c
Z get him out. You hadn't ought to
have let him got"
II did my best to dissuade him-he
81 wouldn't listenl What can we der
I'm going after him.
I I'm going with you, then"
"Please, miss-nov -
DvIovfe p~o+a-tc urora vaf 1Fnu
Hastily s%natching up a hat and wrap
81 Patria insisted on accompanying the
. man.
How long will It take usT' sh,
asked as they hurried up the street, fl
search Of a taxicab.
II don't know. It depends N tn.
train s~ervice-and 1 don't know hOy
that runs this late at night"
"Wouldn't it be quicker for US to g
by water? I've got a fast power boa
in commission at the Sorth Rive
Yacht club. If it would ave time"
Ryley was emphatically of the opir
ion that it might saw a great deal O
time to go by power boat.
Before midnight. then, they wer
2 ahOat; the boat speeding down tn
-te quiet Hudson, Patria at the whee
US Ryley standing on lookout in the bowl
lg- At about half after twelve the
AT rounded Paulus hook. and hearing
heavy defamation roll across the WI
Is tiers, looked up to see the southwes
ern sky aglow with fame.
ng Up forward Ryley saluted this pheI
IN nomenon with a smothered impress
lg. ton denoting confirmation OF his dires
On apprehensiOns.
eW In the stern Patria made no sOun'
le' But for a full minute she was quit
at sure that her heart had ceased to fun
ng ton. When she breathed again, sh
10 bent over the engine and advanced tn