The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-05-06

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: FOR l"n l."rlx had s;ri,"u Ia take her
: ~ his arms aud WaH pressing ms lips
! toward hers " .h" half struggled
! with hIm IA. ';,rr'rn smiled IN apology
! and 'lr"rr",! Ms nru's.
: / Just Wart',i On" r""uN -w""ny li,ti.
Kt~-. - auuruu'"d Il -n"ughl--wrll,
! .n-! lh"mEltt---"
! "i'n ~! N u hnh!, o! being kissed"
| answered prs!" Mason. r"Ullug. Won
! i.";':: Strengthened.
! '',i""d day" echo" nixr Mason. glanr-
: irg n tn" l.I;ir. of drwn without. Then
= Henri" y"u I.cr;H >;r"dr fnrth she
: 'r!ru"d uuirhIy - one sd. ilurr:"dly
! -" "i"ucd u liltlc memorandum hook
! ihal >h" had "vtractcd from The pocket
: Of IN German p!Ottcr while she had
| s'rugEird with him to prevent IN" kiss
! that ii" had sought 80 imrlant on her
! l"pS. 4Uirnly Sh" svannr,l the pages
j finally - start Forward. nm involuntary
/ cry hrcak!pc from her lips She glanced
! hastily down N" street toward where
! N"n l.rr:'s machine WAS fading In tho
! distance, then Fan toward 4 Taxi at the
| corner.
"Fnll"w tha;\ machrn that just left
| hr"," she "r!er.-7-U.- he hurried into
| IN" car. ;'h"Ii, iAh!uS "Iil h"i secret
| SrvIc cmmuiSSI"I". and passing IL TO
| fore IN eyes of The chauffeur she nd
| monished:
Safety Of the Flet.
The safety nf the Atlantic fleet de-
ponds "mn us. Don't ims' sight nr tha;
'uHrirlne for nm instant Where it goes
! w"'r" going and IN" man who is in II
| mast mni know were following
'pont worry. lady" rame The quot
J answer Of Tho chauffeur. III KEEP him
| in sight"
! ntXi" Mason leamcl hack in The ma
| chime again Once mere Sh" bruugh,
| forth III" no." book Again she luuk-d
at IN line which had harmed itself into
! her brain: Il lin" Ina rad;
't:Hh!min" torpedo he:or" FLEET sails"
a half hour later Won Lcrt's machine
| was Oh The ferry. crossing 10 Staten
, Island. while Won I.,r,z himself d"z"d
! in IN iinn"aW. ht'lr knowing that just
, h"hiud h.u "u M -arri. ferry WAS an
"'h"r na'uiuc containing Il person v"r:'
! much awake. Dixie Mason. determined
20 learn just exactly where he was going
, AMI VIII" hc intended Ia see there
s" mulch f"r the nlly who WAS work
! Ing for TN" said Harrison Grant. And
: u Iii" meantime ihc person upon whom
; II" mad really counted was having his
| ri;HSult'cs
! Far over Staten Island he spy whom
| Dick Stewart had tra!lcd from the Grim
/ ;nnlogy club had turned into thick I'M
! d"rhrush. rirclrd. soon the man behind
! ii:n. Ian in wait and then with on"
/ powerful blow i"lled him. hurryiRS "n
! toward The shack and workers on tho
! torpedo.
But that delay. whit" it Ind placed
! nlrk Stewart in Il position whore he
! could no longer follow the spy from tho
! T"htnzoil"rn r,Wh had saved pixie
! Mason from an embarrassing position.
For that delay had hcon Just long
, enough for Dixie Mason 10 see Ilenr;c
! Won Lertz enter the shack. to watch h m
! leave again. then 10 allow tho l!t:le
/ daredevil Of the secret service 10 crcep
: 20 the shack. ascend an old ladder
which she found lrHninG against the
! building. and peep through the old trap
IN tho roof. And there she saw
TWO Men Making a Torpedo.
Twkn mon husily engaged upon thu
| torpedo. which they were making ready
/ 20 lower through the manhdlc into the
sewer. One - ihc,n was talking:
"E"n L"rtz looked lIk" h"'d been out
all night"
| yes. That's ne way ho is m,s' Of
! The Zinc. Ru; that's ;he way with The
ones higher up. They can K" on: and
u!ay---whi!r do the wok. But whom
Tho Iron Crosses aro distributed. they
get Them. not us"
y cr"wl from Tho third.
shut IN. Yoii'r" better off hcr" than
: ;."u would l." III Tho trenches. This ~
easy w"rn r. YOU get tired hearing
you r"S"rvists kicking on lIt,lc easy
.rnmraiEn work IN this country when
you might hc handling the minnrw"rfrrs
owe" in Flanders. But. lets stop this
talking The tl""t will sal ~ u few
hours now. W"'v" g.: 70 have this tor.
ped" rcndv {" launch - III" flagship
That 's"ut"nc" waa enough. rlX,,
hurried from her position IN tn" lad
dor started down--lhrn WINGED ls sht
struck the ground. one foo had s'rurl
IN n chuch-hnlc. twisting the ankle So,
vrrcly. and SLOWLY AMI painfully She
I limr"d L" her Ear. where Il was con
ccnlrd III tn" shadow az u great. dig
mautlod boiler. The driver hurried
forward |" her aid. assisting her within
a: the door of tho taxi. Dixie. hal
turning with the pain Of h"r ankle
failed To- motto" thar her rctlcul" si.n
ped fr"rn her wrisr and fell Ia tn
ground Va" did tn" driver. H. I"apc,
IL his place. n tn" vince! and turned ~
p"clantlv
'Whcrr /" now 49, he asked.
"a t"lcrh"no--JusI as quick ms 20,
rnn max" t." Dixie rnsw"rah No,
srdaiurd nnhl,.
How about d"ru"r f"~ 'ha; foot -
tn" driver Mas staring ~ III" expression
Of mg"n% on the =iri'S features.
'NcN"r mind than. Where's Il tell"
phone"