The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-06-24

snG x,rawjad letter which two hours
later WAS d"liv"r"d 20 Harrison Grant
At tn" CriminulnEy ClTb by sp"cuIi de-
livery. II added another J"t (" Ill" mE*-
,if,"atior which had hcen lending 2"S;
~ his life tho last few days. The let
ter read:
i HAY" notified IN" chief Of German
concentration camps along the border
preparatory tn INVASION Of canada. Hold
! yourself IN readiness for Il big raid on
';-rrn7u headqlEl -trrS HI Exeter. VIII
keep you Informed under nam" Il Ran
dolph Bruce.
OPERATIVE SEA"
Gran, turned to his card index ~ Sc
=, crst Service operatives and hurriedly
SKINNED through the file
Cooperative S24." he slipped out the
card and stared al il in irritation. The
card here no nanr. no address. no pho
tograph no thunhprints. no Identified
! ton. simply thc legend:
Operative 294-name and ident,nca-
ton withheld for good Of service
Grant frnwned and then philosophical
lily slipped the card back into its place
and stepped toward the pushhutton TO
summon his operatives.
In momen, Stewart. CavanauEh ana
Sisson joined him.
Boys. there ~ chance Of heavy
work for tn. rrfminology club very
soon. W. will havr 70 summon every
member possible who can leave MS
bother duties. They must eat here. sleep
here. wait here. until certain word comes
To us" Graht glanced down at the
message which no still held. Stew
art
: "Ye< sir"
VIII You SOC what arrangements can
he made for special train to lax"
hundred mon tn Exeter. Va. il n:c"s-
sary: Keep II quiet. Of course. SIS
. SON Grant looked at tho tw" other
mon. land you. Carunaugh. round up the
other members. And II any kilograms
com" to the club signed Randolph
Rruce. find me at once
The Arrival at Exeter.
Hours after Grant had received the
message from Operative 1874, tram
which had left New York al promptly
! 1920 that morning. thundrcdrd into IN"
station al Exeter. \ dirty faced boy IN
rough clothes. jumped from III" steps
Of the day coach and stood At re-
spec;fui distance watching those NOR"
| fortunate on-s being assisted With
sefrile obseduiousncss from IN" parior
lear. When Erinric won I.rrtz hiighttd.
followed closely iby Madame stephan. an
| expression Of relief fitted across IN"
, face Of the boy. He watched them
| curiously 40 tall. cadaverous 'ndi-
ridual stepped up to greet them.
Across thr dusty road from tn" STA
! ton an undertaking shop held sway.
| Tina, Ats proprietor was J. r. DolllnEs
was signfled by the ornate gold lot
| tering across the window. and that Tho
/ rs
l.>rtz and Madame Stephan wax none
; other than J. r. Dolltngs. vas con-
rlusion not hard to arrive at az Tho
boy watched him conduct his visitors
across the road and into tho shop. From
! his vantage point on tn" platform the
bow awaited developments. In short
while Won I.ertz and Madame stephan
and their tall host emerged from me
shop and entered tho car that stood Al
, tho curb The boy watched tho car
vhrrl away amid clouds Of midsummrr
dus, down the long road that seemed 10
lead out OF tho city 10 the mountains
| that lowered in tn" distance.
| The dirty faced boy slipped down
| from the truck on which he had been
sitting and gazed after Thorn runina-
| lively.
4, SO they are undertakers now. Queer
business 70 BE- in" He stepped into the
! station and pcered through the bars
Of the ticket window at the stati"h
! gent who sat in tho inner office. chair
tilted back against the wall, nm odor'-
! ferrous corn cob pipe clutched between
toothless gums.
! Tho station agent brought his chair
| r. level and slowly rose and slourhHn
! to the window. Following which effort
was a long argument. during which the
dirty faced boy finally convinced tho
station agent that he n"ed"d an assist
ant. and always needed nr". and thar
| he was the assistant needed. After du"
attention had been called 10 RI" an
c;ent dirt covered floor. thu dust or
| station benches and litter OF bEKone
| lunches. the Job was landed and an hour
| later found the station undergoing
| lone-needed cleaning nj the hands OF
| the new assistant.
Tho dirty faced boy had found "r-
pfoyment. food. shclter-and the op-
| nortunity Of acquiring tho contents OF
every telegram entering or leaving IN"
| station And AZ the dirty fa"cd hoy
was Dixie Mason. the information was
priceless TO her-and the interests Sh"
| served.
| While members Of tho CrlminoloEy
! club passed days "f waiting. armed ana
| readv for any emergency that might
tariae Dixie pursued her purpos" WIN
relentless activity In and arounu
| Exeter.
sh. first Of all established the tact
| that tho undertaking business OF j. -.
Dol,inss was comparatively new o"
nsrtur, That while he had several
n assistants constantly in Attendance. MS
establishment, was little Patronz"d ana
no made no effort Ia gain patronage.
pixie found chat IIcinrt r"n 1."rf1 Ana
Madam. stephan made their daily
haadou,rc,. In q Now. roughly rom
! s-ruct.d building. among the, hills AT
~. M, skirts Of the VillaE" wh"r"
| snali city Of tents had sprung up
tremendously. housing laborerS strange
! " innctiv" for grading QUIET 9hH
| found tina: hundreds ~ man were gan
crinc daily At night. SnuEEied ''"Sf
! 70 a grea; boulder. Din" wat'he" '"'
! artivitir. of the camp and saw wagons
! loaded to their limit with supplies
vending thcir WAY along the GoTS"
! roads. And she saw n" n,"n Eh'n"''"S
=, m. board building for meetings
ono afternoon Dixie. attrac,rv" IN
sni,. 81 dirty face t"wSl"d mop ~ hair.
rough clothes. ran across 'hr ~
! f. +. DollinE< shop.
Rifles Shipped to German Reservists
| IN Caskets.
| -. carload Of cask"ts msi came IN
| for YOU. Mr. DullinEs Mr. Iolhucs !
long rlawlik. fingers "Iu'rh"h III" hr1> ,
! II obvious excitement.
! "Whare--whsra are :hnv" He r"noh-
! oil for his ha, md hurried around Nh"
| counter.
i TIL. ca~ke.S-' over "m thu first