Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-03


Can you make it?" she deman nded Of
tns driver OF an electric baggage truck.
Secret Service"
i can. or burn out the motors" said
the baggage handler. recognizing the
shield. Hop on"
Then ensued as strange and as thrill
ing race as had ever been witnessed
ny tne rev persons who were in position
to see IT, Under the
guidance of the eX-
DtNie boards Train pert handler the
in Thrilling truck leaned into
Race speed far faster
than it had ever
been intended to go.
II jounced and bounced over the board
platform, threatening to overturn at
any moment. but always gaining upon
the train which was so heavy that it
vas slow in picking up momentum As
the truck finally drew UP to the door Of
the baggage car the speed of the train
about equaled the best that the truck
could do. and the train was gaining
every minute.
Secret Service. Bill" yelled Dixie's
driver to man inside the car
The name of Americas most cele-
hrated investigating Hureau again
brought action. Dixies upraiSnd hands
were grasped by a pair of brawny ones,
and the little Secret Service operative
was lifted upward and into the car She
turned to wave appreciation to her late
wild jump. as the truck. reaching the
end of the platform. careened off the
end plunged wildly and then was smash
ed to bits under the wheels of the train.
The driver rolled over and over as he
struck the plat form. and finally came to
q halt huddled up in the middle of the
roadbed of an adjoining track. Dixie
watched anNiously from out the door Of
the baggage car She sighed with relief
when she saw her late driver rise 70 his
feet. draw himself erect and then wave
to her that he was unhurt. A wild
1uttor of her handkerchief carried back
to him her expression of thankfulness
and gratitude
Then she turned TO the affair at hand
She decided to wat in the baggage car
until the conductor had completed his
trip through the train in order to learn
the car which held Boy.Ed, SO that she
could avoid him. When the conductor
aDDeared he told her Of nrecaution
Boy-Ed had taken which made her glad
she had remained in the baggage car.
u know the fellow YOU mean" said
the knight of the punch: "he just went
through the whole train with me Sa<l
he had learned that the friend he was
going to visit in Kansas City had started
East and thought he might he on board
Guess it must have been YOU he was
looking for"
He then questioned Dixie as to how
She got on board.
H..
conclusion Of the recital II guess YOU
are pretty safe in resting for a while.
. The German paid his way clear through
to Chicago in cash"
y few minutes later Dixie was com
Portable in a drawing-room section which
the conductor had procured for her. She
rested too for tho conductor had prom
ised to notify her If BoyEd left the train
at any Of the stops before Chicago was
reached.
1t was in this manner that Dixie
started on nearly three weeks OF close
trailing Of the former naval attachr'
Boy-Ed stayed in Chicago for three DAYS
apparently Just killing time. for he went
only TO places of amusement and met no
one From Chicago he went 10 'leNe-
land there to idle away more DAYS men
to Pittsburgh. Scranton and tiually Bal
timore, each Journey taking him closer
10 the Atlantic seaboard. In Baltimore
he received a telegram. the first message
of any kind he had received since Dixie
had been watching him. II seemed 10
contain news he had been waiting for. as
he went directly to his room. checked
out and made a train for Newport, Dixie
had no time, to get copy OF the tele-
gram, for she was on the same train
which carried the spy.
In Newport the former naval attache
walked from the ain to a small grocery
rtore located near the docks. He seemed
to be known to the proprietor and within
short time after his arrival Dixie saw
him reappear in front Of the store wear
ing overalls and blue shirt. garb
similar to that worn by all the store
keepers in the section.
Surmising that this meant prolonged
stay. Dixie succeeded in renting a fur
nShed room in house directly across
the street from the grocery store. where
she had ample opportunity for watching
Boy-Ed. TO prepare for any contingency,
she arranged for a high-powered touring
car and two chauffeurs from the Secret
Service and housed them in a ramshackle
barn in the rear of her lodgings.
Then through the window of her room
she began studying the building opposite
II was wooden frame structure with
signs of age and
neglect on every
Dixie Makes part Of it except
an Important the roof This had
Discovery evidently been new
ly timed over with
in very recent
time. and Dixie studied 1t curiousy TO
learn why so much attention had been
the structure was permitted to deterior-
ate. The roof was fiat, and the tin.
after being laid. had been coated with
n dun black paint. Then she noticed
that down the 'enlire center the tin plates
had been laid in alignment rather than
in the criss-cross manner which is the
approved manner of artisans to lessen
the length of direct seams. She studied
1t carefully. and then. as il she had
made an interesting discovery. she eX-
claimed
so that is why Boy-Ed is there. Well
II may be turned TO our advantage also. -
She hurried to the improvised garage
in the rear, and gave one of the chauf-