The Washington times., 1918-06-23


ed for his hat and hurried around chs
counter.
The caskstsf Over on the Arst
track IN show you- E
mo. never mind. never mind. The
number OF the cars o. the I'm q ladlnE.
IN ind it As Dixie fingered outside
she heard him calling hoarsely. 'sBloedt
Rudolph! Mahlen. he caskets have
come. Get teams at once We must I'm
load them at onca Hurry! Must send
a telegram
Dixie listened speculatively.
Her specuiations were cut short By
the rumble of express wagons They
drove through the yards To the car.
Dolnngs voice vas raised in angry
fexpostuiation. 80 :
-DonDerWetter Why didn't you hoId
on 70 that end Here you. BloeSlt covor
up that end Quicki MahIen: you. too.-
Dixie slipped down behind The freiEht
car and peeped under it She could see
plainly the splintered box. And though
the men were vainly trying to conceal
its contents sbe could see them. Il was
90 easket that The box contained Slip
ping out from tes broken beards WGe
6nesi Military rides
And the car had been dIlsd win scores
Of boxes similar to thlA This was ths
cause Of Donings' excitement. Here
were rides enough 10 ft out hundreds of
men who were gathering At the borders
OF Canada waiting the hour 10 strife
Then Dixie remembered the tels-
gram that DOIlinEs had FASTENED 10
send as soon as the car had been re-
ported
She hurTied back into the station
The station agent had left There
ware no trains due until late in the
evening. She let herself into the Of
flee and reached for the telezra7ns
Near the top was Dolllng's, addressed
to Capt FRANZ Won PAPEN,
60 Wall street. New York City.
Everything o. k
-DoIL.nSGs.-
That was ALL But II meant that
the rifles had arriVed-the rifles for
which Won Lertz and Madame Ste
phan had been waiting. the ri1es
which were to equip the waiting Ger
man reservtsts! An armed invasion OF
Canada from American soil.
No! Dixie knew that the moment
for action had come. Her fingers
sought the telegraph key.
Dixie TeIeEr1phs fer Grant.
Harrison Grant, Criminology Club,
New York City, she tapped. ''Dangeri
Come quick! Wire arrival Randolph
Bruce
Then womanIne, she gave herself
up for moment 20 vivid surmisings.
Had she waited too long?
The afternoon light was fading in
the dim station as Dixie crept out
She took the road TO the gorge, step
ping into shadows as heEzy wagons
numbered past with carEoes that she
dreaded to guess at
Mako Grant get here tn timsF- she
prayed he must get here in timer
She ro0e quickly and leaving the
lights OF the camp hurried back over
the dark road to the little station.
She Iet herself into the little offfce
and seated herself before the tele-
graph instrument. signaling for the
relay station at Buffalo. She waited
impatiently for a moment and then
heard the answering call
She tapped her message
Anything for Ext" The hong ST.
lence that followed was finally broken
by the clatter OF the instrument
Nothing"
Dixie sank back in the chair. Her
message bad gone through hours be-
fore, certainly by this time Grant
should have received it and answered
her.
But the Instrument was clicking
agsin-cAlIIng for Exeter.
Eek - ex - exexexexeIexex-ex
exppeexexeX-ex-ex
20. k. Ex-go ahead" Dixie tapped
in an agony OF impatience. The
sounding key snapped back:
Hello Ex-thought I'd tell you
wire trouble between here and New
York. Ought to clear up soon"
The instrument ceased its clAtter.
Dixie frightened a bit as she
caught at the cheerful thought that
Won Papen's message could not come
until the wires were opened
still when the wires were opened.
Won Papen's wire might come through
and Grant would not be there to stop
the resultant activity.
wire not clear yet Working on
IT."
AS the dawn ightened the dingy
interIor Of the station II showed Dixie
Mason with troubled, tousled head
fallen sieepiIy on one shoulder.
The stAccato clicking of the telegraph
sounder broke into the quiet Of the
room.
for the answer.
suddenly a shadow fell across the
doorway and Dixie started violently.
Here youi WhAter you doing 1T that