The herald., 1918-02-14

space Ol nan Il minute ! -i.'t.'l TO VIZ
half-opcn door oC his room. TIL" one
| entered was where he ate and slept
Hcyond II, guarded by heavy St"c,
door. just now aiar, was "a small d"n
Of a place. with no ventilation except
- small - by l. window from which
The sash was missing. There was some
soft coal. Latchct and some kindIing-
wood i'm "a corner.
The room parto0k Of the cou>truc-
tion Of a vault. in measure. BE-
Hcvcd thar upon his person or Secrcted
In his den this man had documents
plans some evidence that would in
criminate him and his fellow plotterS,
and be of value and assistance 10 the
government. | lodged behind a cur
tain that screened Il cot whore Brosui
evidently slept. From there | watched
him.
BroSul did some puz2linG and Inter
"sting things. He picked from table
n tiny bow made of thin wha!"bour and
strung with Il strand of fine wire. l
saw him put himself in range OF the
little window. He lifted out lis sash.
About fifteen fccI across narrow
court was 81 high warehouse. one of
tn" windows on the top floor was open
for ventilation. Beyond ii some bales
showed Abruptly the truth flashed
upon my mind. The building opposite.
recalled distinctly. was Il storage
house for government hospital sup
plies.
HroSul fitted hcadlcSs piece OF
metal to the bow. He aimed il across
the court. II went through the open
sash. II was only test. He picked
up another arrow. This one had
great mass of black sulphur attached
10 the head. saw the scheme in
process. The second arrow, striking
the bales, would ignite, and millions
of dollars worth Of government stores
would he destroyed.
Drop il :" ordered. but the arrow
had left the bow. However, my inter
ference had disturbed the delivery.
The infammahlc arrowhead struck the
window sill. Spluttcred and fell to the
court below. There was struggle.
II was well that Brosul was smaller
than |. He made Il desperate resist
ancc, discerncd that | would finally
overpowcr him in the melee, kicked
shut the iron door. seized the key,
threw il out through the window, and,
as | bound him hand and foot, viewed
me savagely, but with n sort of spe-
ciouS triumph.
saw then would find it absolutely
impossible to get out of that room un-
aided, for the iron door was set solid
and he counted on my being unable to
escape until some of his expected con-
freres arrived. That might be at any
moment. In going about the room /
discovered Il written sheet holding four
addresses. They were the warehouse
next door and three plants making mu-
nitiOns. These were evidently doomed
structures. ! saw the Importance OF
getting this Information and my man
to headquarters speedily.
Finally an idea of calling aid struck
me. Just outside the little window
was giant electric feed cable. L
reached out with the keen-cdgcd hatch
ct and gave II mighty cut. II sput-
tered. shocked me hut half parted.
Within fifteen minutes, as | calculat-
ed a repair crew located the break.
One of them was suspended from the
roof.
Call the police Reach this room
AT once" ] ordered.
did you cut that cable?" demanded
the rcpairer.
"Yes."
Pretty risky business, foOling with
the public service" he crOwled.
"Worsc for you. If you don't act as,
I tell you for the government service"
In nm hour my prisoner was mt head
quarters. He never spoke or WINGED
until confronted by Durkea.
"Wcll. BrOsul. shall we try some of
the old hypnotic STUFF" queried Dur
kea.
The man paled. He was desperate
man. but true blue to his group.
I noticed him tumble in his coat and
lnen quickly paSS MS manu- acTOSS his
month. The incident had no slgnif-
canoe to me ut the time, but we soon
knew that to evade giving away his
secrets he had taken an instantaneous
ly fatal dose of poison.
"All ready?" spoke Durkea, making
pass at BrOsul, and then paused.
He's beat us!
He had. The man sat facing us with
staring eyes was stone dead, the en-
quilting shadow of defiant smile on
his face.
One Of the four places to he blown
mp was my uncle's munition plant.
We arrested the others in time TO pre-
vent the plot. My uncle learned Of my
share in the case, and there was II rec
OncliatiOn.
Edna. my fiancee. became my wife,
and the restored indulgence Of my
uncle enabled us 10 begin married life
with both income and home of our
own.