The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-06-10

places IN which they could put them 10
better use lie walked musInCly 10
| tho window. Far down the inlet tbs
crowds of skaters still held away and
! the late afternoon sun shonr brilliantly
wi the myriad coIor"d thrUnG. IL was
v"ry uuicl in the room. So quiet IN
! deed thai Grant started suddenly at
munrd but clearly audible click: The
sound was Il familiar ono. 1t vas the
, click IF thu: hammer Of A gun that had
! failed to lire. and it came from above.
! For one moment Grant hcsitatcd us a
! SucccsSiun mf thoughts rapidly passed
! through his brain. Leading In an upper
room At one corner WAS ladder. HIS
: ASSISTANT. who eyer be was, was in that
upper room. Grant made dash for
| the laddcr--but his unruSh WIS stopped
! midway as "A revolver. thrown with
heavy force caught him above tho eye
/ and hurled his body back TO the floor.
, unconscious.
! y moment later. with a SCurry o! foot
steps man rushed down the ladder.
/ He paused /" glance al the hoas and
! around the room An end of fusnC lay
near at hand. With quick movement
he jerkcd it out and whipping i match
) from his pocket lighted the end. The
other end lay across Il box OF dyna-
: mitc--and the unconscious body OF Grant
| lay on the floor.
| With Il Erunt Of satisfaction. as the
! rcd fam" caught at tho fuse and then
died down /" a glowing. glowing cmber
! that slowly hut "hs,inatcly alto its wa
| along the fuse. the spy opened the door
! and wHx gone.
An AUTOMOBILES WAS approaching, its
course marked by clouds Of snow. 1T
| the Inarhn" was tho man Ia whom
/ lliNiC M1SID had oicn11lI-n hrr
| OF distress. and with him two others.
The Spy at Bay
For nm apprrriahlr moment the spy
| considered his a"cnurs Of escape. They
were pitiahly few. Ono was. run for
The woods in case the rursu"rs had not
, yet caught sight of him The other way
! no less hazardous. Drawn up On the
! hank WIS AN icrbpat. left IN the shore
+ by somcon. evidently Intending 10 re-
turn shortly. for ii waS full rugged. a
; swift run nrroSS lhc inlet III the ic"hnat
might prove successful in throwing
them of his track. As the automobile
drew NEARER. the spy mad" his decision
and slipped around tho lighthouse To the
irrhoal. With Il running push II slid
h,rnr" his weight far out on the lrc.
He rlrIub"rrd aboard and whipped the
sails INT" sl.ap". TIL" wind caught them
with Il wild Believing and Tapping ami
lhr craft Eld"d rut on tn" smooth ice
"i he inlet lii" Il great whit" bird.
For a moment III" lIEhth"us" hid him.
and tIrrn it WAS impossible {" "srai'" "b-
Scrvatlnn. Nnw III" Aur" had reached
The lighthouse. Tn" driver l'ap"d out
"h'"Ilow him" Il" shouted. 'l'il sec
20 Grant
Thu, machn" plunged d"wn thc en-
In: km"nt of INr shore HrG out on tn" il"
in Il @rrav nf snow.
Ir>i,," tn" lighthouses Grant Ernprd in
returning consciousness. About hiiu
STiri"d clouds II smoke. The fuse.
along which tn" slowly creeping red
fro advanced. had igaiird bunch al
chemical soaked rN*rlSlur. Choking and
lighting COR breath Grant "saycd /" rise.
Ia lijful moments "f rI,n:cI"lISncss lie
realized his peril and tn" need for help.
Was this In hr tho "nd'avurs To help
his country ire" herself from III"
ircarh'ruuS CluIch that WIS fast chcG-
ing The breath &c freedom from her"
We're all his efforts IL he in vain. and
WAS h.. too, (" fall a victim 10 that
iron hand? In n moment more the
iIanrS would reach their objective. With
1 final StruGrl" hr rHlapScd onrr NOR"
into Oblivion. as III" flames cracked and
tho smuk" rose sm"lhrringly about him.
N.tl''1llt lIi'' il'"'I I'tIS''l I''t'h III liS'
hinges and in h. draft clouds Of smoke
rddrrL and whirlcd.
Dragged from Death
Grant" 1t was Stewards voice. The
anxious shout startled Grant into con-
seriousness. lie reached out hand and
caught 1T Stewards coat. Slipping an
arm under HIM. Steward staggered out
int" tn" cool. fresh air with Grant Il
dead wright. impeding every moment of
their rr"ci"u" progress. the progress
that must tak" them away from that
cr"''rlr" i"nEu" al fam" and Tho dyma-
mite.
II" dragged him on anil en- to H.
"dir # ia" woods. that horrl,rul tn"
lake. There H., stopped; he {, lid go
IL" farther As Grant slipped from his
grasp Ia ihr Sn"w covered ground. =
wild roar rch"cd across III" lake AMI
back again. and seemed IL split tn. very
h.av"us. Steward! saw a cloud ni smoke
:.ud fam shoot Up from IN" lighthouse.
Tie ground about hIln shook with IN
blast and %r'l' cracks ran rra5;ly ont
into tn" zoe "f iii" lake. Where I'LL had
l",rn solid H.. Il uinm"nt before 81 broad
"NiHm"" az liack water appeared. and
elIdIrg swiftly toward II with s7crA
thrI could no. h.. diminished. and Il di
rrrli"n that could no II" Nr"rch. Stew
ara saw tho irrhua'. with lis helpless
occupant. Steward SIw his mon in tho
uiituii,hlc Il short diSiHnr" behind III"
.hnat He SIw IN" driver jam nu Hia
brake; and saw 'hr mnrhInc Skid swift
Is about in n furry. Of ice and snow
iust rs IN" ic"hoa' disappeared over III"
brink az ice into the cold hlarkn"ss of
tn" waters 81 III" lake.
II" passed Il hand over his face AMI
Turned back 1" Grant. VIII" WIS staring
~, ut him in b"wiIr!rrlncnt.
"Wha: ar" YOU doing hcro?" Grants
voice WI; scarcely 4 rrurmur.
Steward smiled and bent over him.
y rirl gay" ~" the tip--DiXic Mason. !
tn" girl with Won l,"rtz. you know
Grant sat upright and stared ut him.
'TDxir Mason" He rubbed his aching
head. \ wild roIEl"mrratinn OF ideas
mad" his head whirl Why had Dixie
Mason hrnc this" Had she too been
working with tho Germans for u pur-
pos" tlr had she simply allowed kind !
hess (" iut"rvrn" IN i rlut which other |
Wise would have meant his death" His !
nrh!m;; brain refused /" solve the puzzlr. |
GrnspinS Stewards hand h" r"sc.
"W"'d Im.lt"r =" back" h. said SIM
ply. brushing tn" SHOW from his clothes, !
Ray mus; hc about ready To make i
tuil roui.%Sion.''
Thr% walked Ia the bank of the LAX !
and waited for 'hr r'iurn Of thc "p"r-
GiIy's in III" nutumnhilc
Fay's Confession.
At IN" .'Iuh Ih"y found Fay ready IN
make his confession ii" had s:suallcd /
his Willingness I" d" SO.
u wis given 20. ono ma rkS 10 come To-