The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-08-19

, robbed. Reports Of many Engltshmen
killed have come from the northwest
crn district, with many stores and mu-
nitions captured by tho mutinecrs. A
relief train is reported to have been
rcpulscd.
"FN-crywhere there is great unrest
In Bcnares bank has been stormeo-
] Chitrak reports serious rcrolts with
barracks and government buildings &c
! stroyed. The Huru Martin brigade. I'M
der General Sir L. Wood. has been or
dcred there. The deputy commissioner
| OF Lahore was wounded by a bomo
thrown when he was attending pa
zaar. Soldiers threw bombs at the car
riage Of tie Maharajah OF Aysore,
! killing a child, two servants and Sc
vcrely woundinG his wife. Cummunl-
/ cations with .Ceylon are Interrupted
| but reports received indicate that n
state Of war has bcen declared there.
English papers would make pretty
stringent inquiry as to the source OIL
| such stuff before printing it." said
! Dixie as she finished reading It.
Naturally said Grant. but they
would have been satisfied. The news
! agency which filed 1T believed 1t came
from their own correspondent in lnoia-
It came into tho San Francisco wlre
! over their leased line Ccnsors rccog-
nized it as being based upon report
! which was started for tho Wilhelm
strassc from agents in this country.
| They started an inquiry and apparently
the agency wires had been tapped. be-
cause the message mover originated IN
| India"
"But there is Just enough truth IN
! W. n ~ n
! mented Dixie. And also to cause dis
trust Of the native Indian troops which
are doing so much in France.
Further than that, Dixie said
| Grant. TT would give every weak
bneed cowardly traitor in India nerve
to join in If Germany succeeded IN
starting q uutiny OF any SLID"
1T seems to me as If the coincidence
! Of this sort Of stuff being sent through
the wireless and Won Bernstorff's sud
den interest in Hindu occultsn Will
bear looking into"
"Just what I was going to ash, you
to help on" said Grant. Mrs. Blank
can look after everything that Is OBJ
vious and it is up to us to find out
what is under the surface"
Dixie and Grant Start Investigations
| In Long Island
A discussion as to the ways ana
means followed with the result that
Dixie and Grant both started for Long
| Island that night. Grant went as presl-
dent Of tho Criminolosy club to check
up at express and freight offices upon
shipments to or from the Temple or
Occultism. Dixie carried with her
box Of grease paints, a gray wig and
some cheap clothing.
The purpose Of these became appar-
ent tho next morning when depreplt
! old woman, driving horse which
! seemed as old as herself, drove up 10
; the rear Of the door Of the converted
firm house which housed the temple.
Tho old woman alightcd. and taking "
/ basket of gigs from under the seat.
! started for the door in q quaTernG walk.
From the feeble. cautious steps she
| took. tho woman might be nearly pliho.
but under the shaggy gray ewenrowS
and the red granulatcd lids. the Keen
! eyes Of Dixie Mason were dartinE about
| taking in every detail of the premises.
| Before the Hindu servants started cX-
! poStulatins here that they required no
eggs Dixie had seen that the windows
tof moro than half the house had been
! shaden. with black screens. The SER
| wants. after trying to make an appar-
| emily deaf old woman understand that
! they wanted nothing. turned back into
! the house and left Dixie 10 her own do
vices. No sooner were Tho servants out
! OF sight inside than Dixie dartrd into Il
! passage way leading TO TIL" portion Of
! the house where the windows had been
| covered
| The passage was not long one hut 1t
! was intensely dark. Dixie. although
! wing cautiously. was startled at tn"
noise she made in coming up short
| against q closed door. After a wait. t"
satisfy herself that the noise had not
! caused an alarm. she tried the door and
! found it unlocked Sho opened it cau-
! tlously. just enough TO permit her to
, peer through.
| Under her eyes was shipping and
! packing room Of n size capable Of lEtnd-
| ling the output Of 81 large mercantile"
! concern. y score Or more 1T Hindus
were busy unpackinG crates and r"flck-
: ing tho contents into others under III"
! direction Of a man we'll known To Dixie.
Heinric Won Lcrtz. And the goods which
: were being SO busilY unpucked and re-
! hacked were rifles. munitions. explosives
| and bombs An elevator in TN" mid1l"
/ Of the floor which seemed 10 sink into
! the bowels OF the earth from tho length
| OF cable which wns urwnund. when 1t
was lowered. seemed 10 be the only
entrance OF exit to the room with the
| exception OF tho ono In which DiNI"
stood.
! Resolved TO learn NOR" Of this rlcva-
| tor. Dixie decided upon Il daring move.
! Waiting until The attention of everyone
| In tho room was occupied with some tnSk
| sh,. Lrrtcd into tn" shipping room. l"ar-
| Inc. the door open behind her. before
she was observed :ih" had assumed IN"
feeble. half blinded walk with which she
hal onurnnrh,d IL" house Sn" had
nearly gotten to the elevator when sh"
was obS"r.cd-
IIcInric Won Lcrtz leaned toward her
and sriz ID her arm roughly.
"IIcrc. you old bag. what ara YOU do
Ing here" n" dcuuul"d in Il frightened
! voice
Dixie turned her rcd-rmnrd wai"ry
eyes up toward his face. Then in n
thin quav"ry vnir" sh" SAID:
| 1t is L vounc gentleman I know