The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-05-13

loG motor car rs il had
corner. ana shouted 10 the
Faster. old man. They'd
ing Rcd Cross supplies in II
Yards.
Then. as III" machine ~
ward. he president Of the c
iCiuh leaned toward his me-
Burning Ambulance
SEQ tina. your rrTuiv"rs a
! ing order. Spies arr burnln
IF amhulancrs. We have
To shoot - kill"
The men nodded. Cavau
opened new box Of caI1ri
machine sped on through
darkness toward The railr
A. for Dixie Mason -
Ne"rinS into the StOckyal
Of New jersey. she raised
chine and waved nadly To
horse wrangierS. just con
from a pool hall.
Quick" she called. 18th
ger at thp horse barn+.
Then. driving harder than
sped forward in Il last val
10 reach the barns before
could light their bombs.
Before her doomed The 81
the barns, with their thou
animals within. And scran
a telephone pole toward a
showed the form Of Ger
hend!
Harder than ever pressed
of Dixie Mason against The
tor OF her car, while her so
within her. Nor content with
The ships that carried innocen|
| and cattle 10 France. not cont
filling their cats with steel
painted yellow and designed I'd
III BY the unfortunate anima
cont ent with poisoning the vi
these beasts who were a part
war only through the Will OF
! Imperial Germany now WAS res
20 worse measures 10 gain It's
tories" The horror and aconiZil
iure Of fire! DiXie'S lips p
| firm. Then. her anger drownir
thought of danger. Shr skidded
machine until II almost Overturn
she veered from the stockyards
! into the areaway Of The horseb
made her way through the great
i; WAYS. then Scnt her autOmobi
/ laundering up the runway 10 tho So
ond floor-there TO leap forth AZ
run toward the form thar had iu
entered the havmows. Bu' too la'rI
The Fire Started.
Already the tool Of Imperial. &c
many had touched a match 10 II
gasoline filled container. Already II
fuse was spluttering. while with
! great, sweeping motion. the spy tire
, the bomb far into the loose hay Al
! hurled his gigantic form toward Il
struggling Dixie. A moment more ar
! he had failed her, then scrambled in
| her machine. reversing II and sendiE
it at perilous speed down the rnnws
and out through the opposite door
bowling over two OF tho rustlers
they strove 20 make their way thTou'
the already heavy clouds OF smok
! and tearing on toward freedom. Al
in the loft OF the mammoth bar
Dixie Mason lay unconscious. the ii
! gaining greater and greater headwT
all about her, where the gasoline dj
! charge had fred the conflagration q
erywhere!
Imperial Germany had succeeded
a part of It's scheme az least. But
another
Out in the railroad yards came Il
rrackle Of a revolver shot as HarriSc
! Grant and his men surprised Two ms
in the interior Of box car. hard
tthcir task OF burning the aHies Of
auto with an acetylene torch. a 81
fell manned. while from seeming
everywhere. other spies broke fro
the cars and sought safety.
But safety that was far away. F.
.he members Of the uriminolOgy CT
had spread themselves in IN" lanes b
tween the great masses OF box car
10 leap fortli AS the spies ran aimIes
" about In their search for shelte
TO seize them. to fell them. To shack
them Atop a box car where he ia
climbed after the first onslaught. lila
rison Grant moved swiftly here al
there. shouting his orders TO n" ops
atives below. In ton places al ono
/ the battle was mounting to the pr
| portions OF life and death strugg
with the members of the CTlr
inology Club In the ascondancy. n
at the horSebarnS----
Fire Maddened Horses.
Cp in the loft. Dixie Mason s'ttfe
70 consciousness as the flames a
! closer. Down below. where the ma
! dened animals were screaming AT
stamping IN their fright. came II
sounds OF shouts, Of curses and vel
as the horse wranglers. summone
from every part OF the Yards. strl
gled to release The flane-fright enc
| animals. Through chlnk in II
frame will Of the building. Dixie cou
see annther red glare. starting In II
disrancc--,hen the forms Of lronsant
! of beasts As they sped forth ~ saf"t
| freed bv the men who had rushed
their assistance the minute tho alar
had been given by Dixie. f.verHwhHI
was the milling rush 10 save~-safe'
save. while men risked their lives IN
tho lives Of horses ami ratt!" mi'I
be spared. while men took risks ar
mon braved death--and while DEN
Mason struggled impoinnlly 20 tg'
her way through the ring Of FIR" III
seemed 70 have closed all about h'
The smoke ale i's singing way I'M
her bringing lungs. choking her, "a
g,ng her She sought TO scream-h'
| the screams wern lost in the wild "a
plomeratinn Of noises from below. II
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