The Washington times., 1918-07-28

rectly to his room. checked out, and
made a train for Newport. Dixie had
no time to get a copy of the tele-
gram for she was on the same train
which carried the spy.
In Newport the former naval at
tache walked from the train to a
small grocery store located near the
the proprietor and within a short
time after his arrival. Dixie saw him
reappear in front of the store wear
ing overalls and a blue shirt, a garb
similar to that worn by all the store |
keepers in the section.
Surmising that this meant a pro-
longed stay Dixie succeeded in rent
ing a furnished room in a house di-
rectly across the street from the
grocery store. where she had ample
opportunity for watching Boy-Ed. To
prepare for any contingency she ar
ranged for a high powered touring
car and two chauffeurs from the
Secret Service and housed them in
ramshackle barn in the rear Of her
lodgings.
Dixie Makes Discovery.
Then through the window OF her
room she began studying the building
opposite. II was a wooden frame
structure with signs OF age and neg
lect on every part OF it except the
roof. This had evidently been newly
timed over within a very recent time,
ana Dixie studied it curiously to
learn why so much attention had
been given the roof when the re-
mainder Of the structure was per-
mitted to deterioratc The roof was
fiat and the tin. after being laid, had
been coated with a dull black paint.
Then she noticed that down the en-
TIRE center the tin plates had been
Iaid IN alignment rather than in the
crlss-cross manner which is the an
proved manner of artisans TO lessen
the length OF direct seams. She
studied it carefully. and then. as IL
she had made an interesting discov-
cry, she exclaimed:
80 that Is why Boy Ed is there.
Nei| IL may be turned to our ad-
vantage also"
She hurried to the imnrovisad
garage in the rear and gave one of
the cnauheurs some hurried instruc-
tlons. She then returned to The
street and after looking up and down
"alked rapidly to a little store which
made specially of objects attrac- |
tive to children. There she selected |
an ordinary tin pea-shooter, a long
hoIio" tube OF tin. With this pur-
chase over she went to drug store |
across lhe street and bought a box |
gelatine capsules, selecting n
size which slipped easily thronpb the |
pea-shooter. She also bought a ouan-
tity OF Phosphorus and returned to I
her room. ~
lheh she hastily mixed the phos-
phorus with water, making a thin
paste, then taking one OF the can
Suies She hIled IT and after reclosing
II. she ftted il into the pea-shootoT
through her open window she point-
eu the pea-shooter at the roof oppo-
site and then with quick blow sent
te capsule speeding on its way. She
"a'Sneu carefully to see where Il
struck. and gave little cry of graft
hcation when she saw il resting ON
the aligned tin near the back end Of
the roof. She prepared several other
capsules and shot them onto the Tin
iOoI OF the grocery store, and was
still engaged in the task when her
two chauffeurS entered carving a
heavy trunk.
nave an idea that the center OF
that roof has been arranged so that
II can be raised upright to support
wireless ariels.' she explained to the
men who had gazed wonderingIy at
'"S Spectacle OF young woman
using pea-shooter. with that
paint II would be invisible after dark
when II was raised The water mixed
with this phosphorus will dissolve
the Eelatine caps. leaving spIotches
OF phosphorus wherever they strike
which Will be luminous enough to let
me know when it is raised to re
ceive a message, II my idea is cor
rect"
Then she turned to the trunk and
with one OF the keys on a ring she
iarried IN her hand bag. she un-
locked H. Raising the lid she ex-
1oSen that the entire receptacle was
1Iled with cylindrical object made
u aluminium. 1t was about as large
n diameter as an ordinary gaIyan-l