Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-03


The German submarine U.53, on be
feurs some hurried instructions. She
then returned to the street and. after
looking up and down. walked rapidly to
little store which made a specially of
objects attractive to children. There she
long. hollow tube of tin. with this pur-
chase over. she went to a drug store
across the street and bought box of
gelatne capsules. selecting size which
slipped easily through the pea shooter
She also bought quantity Of phos-
phOrus and returned to her room.
There she hastily mixed the phosphorus
with water making a thin paste. then
taking one of the capsules she h,led
it and M fsr becesnE EbrouFs shs fer tea open
window she pointed the pea-shooter at
the roof opposite and then with a quick
blow through her lips sent the capsule
fully when she saw It resting on the
aligned tin near the back end of the
roof. She prepared several other CAP
sules and shot them onto the Tin roof OF
in the task when her two chauffeurs
entered carrying heavy trunk.
81 have an idea that the center OF that
be raised upright to. support wireless
aerials" she explained to the men who
had gazed wonderingly at the spectacle
Of a young woman using q pea-shoorselr,
with that paint It would be invisible
after dark when it was raised, The
water mixed with this phosphorus will
dissolve the gelatine caps. leaving
splotches of phosphorus wherever they
strike which will be luminous enough to
let me know when il is raised to receive
a message. If my idea is correct"
Then she turned to the trunk and
with one of the keys on a ring she car
Raising the lid she exposed that the
entire receptacle was filled with a Cylin-
drical object made of aluminium. 1t was
about as large in diameter as an or
shorter. Also there was a mass of brack-
cts and wires and headpiece for a
wireless outfit.
Working under the directions of Dixie,
the chauffeurs fixed the brackets to the
floor. attached other parts to them. and
within a short time the tank was sus-
pended on an arm Of rigid steel directly
back of the window overlooking the
level with the sill After inspecting the
apparatus Dixie dismissed the two men
and then settled herself for long wait
with her gaze directed at the roof OPP
posite
As darkness fell the results Of Dixie's
craftsmanship with tho pea-shooter of
the afternoon became apparent. From
the front to the
rear the middle
Dixie's portion of the roof
Surnise Proves Of the grocery store
Correct was splashed with
the dull luminous
glow of phosphorus
which became more and more visible
Of the night became deeper 1t was
nearly midnight before Dixie received
The proof that her theory in regard to
the roof concealing wireless was cor
rect. Shortly, before the hour which
separates the bast from future days the
luminous spots or the roof began slowly
10 raise forward and upward There
was not a sound that Dixie could dis
tnguish, yet within a few seconds the
posi,ion Of the phosphorus glows indi
Gated that the whole center section of
the roof was standing upright, and the
little Secret Service operative knew that
there could be but one purpose for it
the support Of wireless aerials TO receive
messages from the sea.
Dixie turned quickly to the aluminium
tank. A turn of a wheel and the aru,
carried the tank out through the open
window. The turn of another wheel ano
the top Of the tank opened and a slim
collapsihle steel rod rose quickly into the
air. Upward il Went as section aftef
section slid into place. until the top
was above the raised roof section across
and from the top of the mast came a
slight click as aerial arms swung into
nlace Tfsa turn of a key on. 1.-The arm
started the ear receivers OF the heah :
piece to clicking with the reception OF
wireless impulses.
Dixie clamped the receivers over her
ears and Immediately began to pick up
numerous reports OF positions, of ships
at sea. The calls OF some of them were
familiar to her, while the signal codes
of others size jotted down for future
reference After half an hour OF al
most unceasing calls the aeria support
on the roof across the street began 70
lower itself and Dixie knew that the
ceved. Quickly lowering her own ap-
paratus she fell to studying the var
ious calls which she had recorded
BY means of a maritime register she
checked off all the calls except one
which had been sent several times Just
before the spies had cut off their aerials
This signal call was RS" and there
was no such call in the register. The
about four days run out in the Atlantic
for boat of average speed.
so it is an unregistered boat OF some
description which engages the lnteresl
of Boy-Ed." commented Dixie. Possibly
a raider which has so far escaped the
British cruisers. or an undersea boat OF
the Deutschland type"
The following night the report from
the unregistered craft which was re-
Ceived about midnight showed that u
was not coming as rapidly as Dixie had
estimated so she revised her schedule
and set down the arrival of the craft
IL it headed straight into Newport, as
Ave days away. Reports on succeeding
nights showed that her corrected sur
mise as to the speed was nearly right
Finally came the dawn of the day which
Dixie had marked for the arrival of the
craft, and she was not surprised TO see
Boy-E1 in front of the store once more
garbed in the slouchy business suit he
had worn on his journey across the
country
The morning wore away without In
cident but about three o'clock in tn,
afternoon the Newport harbor was sud
denly turned into ;
bedlam by the nois!
shrieking of th'
Arrival of the u whistle or siren o
SO In Newport. every boat at tn,
docks. Dixie did no
have to wait lonl
for an explanation of the reason. A small
boy, proudly taking the position of &
news carrier. ran down the street
shouting at the top of his voice:
"A German submarine, the U-6S. ha
just come in"
Boy-Ed stopped the boy and sfte
questioning him. gave him a piece o
money. He was evidently well pleased
with the information he had received
and Immediately began peering expec
family up the street toward the docks
Fifteen minutes passed and then a taxi
cab came rapidly down the street an,
from 1t alighted a man in the uniform
of a commander in the undersea di
vision Of the German navy. He salute,
ROv- Ed and then shOol< handa witt, hin