The Washington times., 1918-07-28

Dixie walked on apparently without
noticing him. But the little Secret
Service operative had observed the
start and also had recognized the man.
1t was Capt Karl Boy-Ed. of the
| German navy, formerly naval attache
| of the German embassy at Washing
ton. but dismissed from the United
/ States because OF his violations of the
| espionage act. His hair was cut diff
| fcrenuy from the mode he had af-
fected in his official capacity. A
| blond mustache aided in changing
his appearance, and siouchy. baGgy
clothes had taken the lace of the i'm
maculate garb which had distin-
guished his appearance when he was
an embassy attache. But the change
| was not enough to deceive the Secret
Service operative as to his identity.
| Dixie had determined not to lose
sight of Boy-Ed. and. after having en-
cOuntered him. she stepped behind the
| first pillar she came to, and from this
| observation point had witnessed the
sudden resolve not TO stop in Kansas
| City. Then, as he showed his deter
| mination to watch the open side of
! the train until it started. she moved
! rapidly around to the blind side She
I had just succeeded in. reaching the
! opposite platform when the train
started in motion. Quickly she looked
! down the long train and saw that
her only chance to board it from that
side was offered by the open door Of
| a baggage car way down the platform
near the engine.
Can you make it," she demanded
of the driver of an electric baggage
truck. pointing to the open door of
I the car Secret Service
Il can. or burn out the motors"
| said the baggage handler. recogniz-
ing the shield; mop on"
Dixie Boards TcaIn.
Then ensued as strange and as
! thrilling a race as had ever been wit
messed by the few persons who were
in position to see it. Under the guild
ance of the expert handler the truck
! leaped into speed far faster than il
had ever been intended to go. II
| Jounced and bounced over the board
J platform, threatening TO overturn at
any moment. but always gaining upon
the train, which was so heavy that
II was slow in picking up momentum.
As the truck finally drew up to the
door of the baggage car the speed
OF the train about cqualed the best
! that the truck could do, and the train
was gaining every minute.
Secret Service. Bill" yelled Dixie's
driver TO a man inside the car
The name of Americas most ceIe-
brated investigating bureau again
brought action. Dixie's upraised
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
o., faN frr l. -.
time to see him make a wild lump.
as the truck. reaching the end OF the
platform, careened off the end,
plunged wildly. and then was smashed
TO bits under the wheels of the train.
Then she turned to the affair at
hand. She decided to wait in the
baggage car until the conductor had
completed his trip through the train
in order to learn the car which held
BoyEd. so that she could avoid him.
When the conductor appeared he told
her OF a precaution Boy-Ed had taken
which made her glad she had re-
mained in the baggage car.
Il know the fellow you mean" said
the knight OF the punch. "he Just
went through the whole train with |
me. Said he had learned that the |
friend he was going to visit in Kan |
sdS 'lAg hdh SldI Atu last. ana lnOuSnt
he might be on board. Guess il must |
have been YOU he was looking for"
II was in this manner that Dixie |
started on nearly three weeks of /
close trailing OF the former naval |
attache. Boy-Ed stayed in Chicago |
for three days apparently just kill /
ing time for he went only to |
places Of amusement and met no one.
From Chicago he went to Cleveland,
there to idle away more days, then
to Pittsburg, Scranton, and finally
each journey taking him
closer to the Atlantic seaboard In
he received a telegram. the
first message OF any kind he had re
reived since Dixie had been watching
him. II seemed to contain news he
had been waiting for as he went di-