The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-08-05
From Facts Fun Finished by William }. Flynn

letters he had jottcd in his not" book in
the darkness:
Beau Brummel is here. I am SO
nervous"
Grant lau ghed ard then murmuren
sympathcticullE. ''L;amr little woman
for he had recognized in the jocutari'S
OF the message the effort OF pure anu
noble woman TO keep from. hr"akinS
down in the playing of Il part that was
,bhorreur to her. H.. returned TO his
place Of vantage in the shadow or the
wall Of the RitZ-Carlton. ana settieu
himself for q long wait. but the dcElcc
again BEGAN to bob almost I'nmeula'rlH:
"B. greatly pleased oyer SAFE hrriNit!
Of some one Frisco. thru stupidity Oh
patrol also arrival Of another IN MA'ne'
Helm for Eohb 90 and then n. e.
The message was stopped in IT'S send
ms. three times by the agreed signal lor
IN interruutfou and ended with tiaSn
which meant that Mrs. Blank was i+aE-
ms. th,, apartment ;Lnd would not return
until very late Grant lost no Time IN
calling a taXicah and speeding l" the
trimnoloEy Club with the Intention "I
analyzing the import Of the message he
had received. it,, ,,
finishing the reading of contlucntltl
consular reports containing III" lntoflhH
ton they had asked from Germany an"
Mexico Grants interest IN ines" i'''tuo
him forget. for the time being the mes
sag. he had received from Mrs Hlank.
There, is no doubt about Won laiSh
and Bowed having engineered the cam
n,irn ara,ns. cotton from Mexico. SAID
Diyir There is sufficient proof oi
that here. but they have already lei [
N,xico and their trail was lost almost
as soon as thr* left LacatscaS'
Then here is a great deal OF helr lor
us responded Grant as he lalo .tI =
Blanks nrsSlg" on the table. That
'aatror evidently is iii" guard mann
rai:1ed on the Mexican border. anu p"tn
~ then; hav. gotten through safely ana
are in H. United States. one IN Ban
Francisco and III: other IN Maine:
..rhiS i news" broke ~ Dixie. ! mai
.Eo,,l. that Mrs. Blank was not sure "t
,,.,,,. ,nr Pom. and whichever on" of
III. :wo is in san Francisco Is there i"F
the purpose or aiding the FORMER con-
sui general IN preparing Tor ms tr'at oi.
.h.. charges growing out Oh inc lNtS" ",
terror. After that matter Is c"he'uue"
he will go /" IL. {.
Kansas CITY" commented Grant
And there is whore I will find which
eyer one 1T is" said Dixie. III: Will nc
easy TO find for only the Dinslcrmah
case could take him there.
"A good plan. think. commen'fu
Grant. when will you start:
some time tomorrow. rfSlo' ~, -.
Dixir There is M hurry. Kansas 'itH
i as far from San Francisco as II -
from here. and whichever ono nt t"' ~
c,,s II is he is evidently Sull III C"l-
fnruia.' 49,, car
ricd news which cnrruborht"d III" nit"'
irc of Mrs. Blanks message as 'tl''l
nrrtcl by Grant and Dixie. an I'M
,..rt,,j friend had appeared TO AID frai'n q
from tho cllltCIFS Ol
,b, ,merican law and the opening guns
in u legal hat..e in which he was rrPrN-
s.rtnd hr cXprnSiv" c"unSci nau
rtr.d Dixie took the first fast tram .nn
Kansas City after she h't' ''"u
story. va1 rov-Ed.
&C. u.,s walking through the train
.,,'J In tho western city In the trai! ot
IN. ,nr,nr she passed within a rev 1ecI
-. rossenrcr who had just allEnleo
=. 80. .,m East hound train. The man
.,nr,.5 ar the sight of hrr. but reSaineo
bin,sclP quickly when DlNl" WalKcI vi
aonarcntly without rrc"Enl"'nE "..
But the little Secret SrrI 'Cr "t ,.,c-
had observed the start and also nao IT,
Nnyn;z.d tho ynan II was Captain Roy
IA of IN, German navy. formerly naval
ar,achn Of tho German Embassy al
washington, hut dismissed from IN.
1:njtcd states because of his VOCATION u.
,hs espionag" act. ms ha'r w. It ~
J;s,.r.ntly from TIT. mode hH affected IN
nfficial capacity. \ hlnn--- NOUS
,.cha aided in changing his appearance
nnd siouchv. baCgy clothes had taken
,bc mace Of the immaculate" Caro winch
lad distinguished his apncarancr Will
he was an embassy attachr t'uI m
change was not enough L" desrlE:
Secret service operative as I" MS 'o'''
tity.
;,~l. N Tho aluminium
,,nl. turn If a wheel and the arm
c,rrjed the tank out through the open
window The turn nf another %hecl
and m, top Of the tank opened ana d
eI,n, collapsiblc steel rod 1850 Quickly
into The air. Upward it went as section
otter section slid into place upl IL me
I'm WAS above the raised roof section
across tho street. Another lc'er was
n,sbed and from the top OF the mast
came n slight click as aerial arms :" +
;r,o Mace The turn. Of Il key on tho
arm started the ear receivers OF 'h' he"'.
ri.ce n clicking with the reception OF
wireless impulses.
Dixie .cla,nped tho receivers over her
or. and Immediately b"E:Ln 70 PICK un
n,,merous reports of positions or snip at
sca The calls of some Of than were
familiar 10 her. while the signal codes
OF others she jottcd down for rutura re!-
; cr.pc, After half on hour Of almost
uncens,nc calls the aerial support on tho
roof across the street began 10 lover It
self and Dixie knew that the mcsSaG"
which was awaited had been received.
Quickly lowering her own apparatus she
fell to studying the various calls which
she had recorded.
Nv means OF n marattnre register shc
checked off all the calls except ono
which had been sent several times Just
before tn. spies had cut off their a"r-
ials. This signal call was RS and
there was no such call in the register.
. The call had been followed by position
al bout four days run out in the Atlantic
for a boat of average speed.
$50 i, is an unregistered boat Of somc
description which engages tn" interest
If Eov-Ed.' commented Dixie. Possibly
n raider which has SO far "srapcd tn"
British cruisers or an undcrS"a boat ~
the Deutschland type