The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-08-26

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hundred feet from where he had rakcn
! his original simple Of The soil II" knclt
! down and with his pocket knife dug us
| another generous rlod and put mat IN
the farmers handkerchief. Then pick
| ins UP h, IN handkcrchicfs he turned
| TO tn" farmer.
Can you drive me right into town:
I have some work 10 H..
| SUR" answered the farmer Impress
! cd 10y Grants manner. and then h!s
curiosity pr"inp:vd tn" question. Have
! you found geld or oil:
Maybe something moro valuable than
! either Ia til" wheat furnrr.' answered
Grant. Il think have f"umd the cause
at the fires IN the wheat fields but Will
know for certainty Tonight,
: The farmer asked no more questions
! hut hurried away. soon to rC-a2p"ar on
/ Ia" road near Ia" field At In" wheel "i
| Il speedy Ntllc roadster. On the way
| INTO town several more fields which Iah
I hc shurn of their yield by fire w"rr
! passed and Grant stopped at zach OF
| Them. II" walked over their llGckrncd
! lengths carefully until evidently tho
! thing fIr which h" searched WAS dig
! covered. Then as hci"r" hc took a
] i"mrl' "f thu soil and = second s"ml'l"
! many yards distant from tn. first posi-
; ton. i!y the time the little roadster
| drnv., up N front Of the onr hotel in H..
| nearest city III" pockets Of both mvL.
wrrr filled with Minnesota soil.
! They had already mad a STOP at a
; drug store wh"r" Grant la ,rd TIA" Stock
| Of the proprietor with the demands n"
! made. lie succeeded in getting every
| thing that he wanted. acids. salts ana
/ ether things "r which thu farmer had
| never heard. once in Grants room 1T
! TN" hotel tn" president Of tho CrImlnnl-
"sy club spread "ul lar=" pi"c" NJ
whit" paper on the floor. ON - he
! marked snvrral circles IN parallel rows
! EMPTY your right hHEd packets nt
| this side. md put tn. soil from your left
hand pockets on thiS side. he ordered
. briefly. and thon IN rcSponS" IL tn" nHt"
. request "a IN" fnr" "f the farmer h" ad-
! d"'i' "lcH. "'nN II y"u want IT,. and h'-
! gan cplptylHE his own pockets.
With tn. soil samples from various
, fields arranged III neat piles ON tn" Whi'"
: pul"'r Grant get Ia wOrk "n matters
. which Were. for the most IaT;. mys'"r-
+ i"us tn tn. farmer. Bunscn burner
! WA. connected with III" chandelier in tho
, room. small portions OF III" S"il from
! each pill" wcr" placed in n scparIl" Test
| tube. Then each WAS heated, mixed with
, small portions al tho matter from the
! various h"'tl"$ Hmi :'a"hsSrS which had
hctn gotten al tho drug store. Each test
4: lul.. was treated in ii"ntI"ally tn" sam"
/ way and rs 10 finished with CHrh ON"
! Grant entered figures ~ his not" book.
/ He was working on the last tube when
( 4 knock came "n The door. and in re-
! spoons" to Grants Come" tho dunr "prn-
! cat and Dixie Mason entered. The Ht'l"
: secret service operative remained Sil"ut
! while Grant finished tn" t"st tube. II"
! Jourd some figures in his not" book.
+ then snapped II shut. and turned to-
! ward her smiling:
"r"u have discovered S"mclhinS"
4. plNi, aSk"t..
! Il think 80" answered Grant. 'ISnt
FIRST let us hear what r"u hay" dis
covered To see # II fits in with my
q lInd.
, II iSni an awful lot answered DIN
-. In the first riaC" ever fir" has
started in tn" portion nE thu h"la n"HrrS:
/ I" tn" road or L railroad. ard almost in
/ Nlrlhbiy lh"rc has been water near thu.
! place wh"r" 'hr fire started. Th" only
strangers winch hav" been observed IN
; thu Vicinity were c"url" q! travelling
! G'"l"GISi$. who dad mos Of their tray
cling on foot and "nrr!'d III" samples
( they had rnll'ci"d IN nitl" cloth bags.
/ Thu Is about all"
! 1T IS "rnugh." said Grant. "rh" point,
OF origin If the iir" III IN" firSI field
: "Xumintd attracted my attention DO
! r:tuS- il i: i h."u burned with n nur" in
. tens" heat ihan hurnIa" gram would
make. took IL Snmpl" larr" AMI then
Tor purposes IT comparison took rn"tlH
81 SA'npl" If til" soil som" distance"
away. 1t was 'a"y I" u"I"rmln" IN"
tihcr n,,L. ,.,r - r.,,'h .'l.,,rI f,rI,J =,
.r,, :, L,-a tLrr, h.I h.', ,r,,.,.. L,.,,
~, ~ "','t w." " Wv '.,''
! h:,,, ,r.,IyycL y,,;,v :. In,s ,,,r,rn,ur,
of rhrsni,rus n,,d,. v.hiIt. lh,. rthrr
samples arc free from IT I'h"sprtru$
: uXlCt" - formed hy ia" burning II rh"S-
ph"rUa"
Nhi'h makes ~ very clear A. !" h"w
: W.. nr"' S'hF'""' "'i'''r'hi'i i''NW'
! ., ,., my i !" ,'
! nho.rh,r,,. h,rr,,,,. ,,r = ,,,,, 49,.
nl,c. Il ~ I'm. r,.IJ
'I'En.rhnr,l.. hn. - PECULIAR rrorn.riv.'
Explain. Il Grant "Whcn II l.. III = cor
IAN irGr"'. 81 solution IL unlf"~ r"Hh''"
Win TN \hE"n IN ~. an WhI'h -
n'r'''N ~, Wy ~ ny
H.
" u nr,.r,,,trL l., t,,,t,,. RAJ ,;.r,r,u,' u
desire T., ln.r ,u,,,.i,... -, ,.m,L ,,nn
reaching tn, Nl".,. Th's m'I.u" ,r:''"l-
nEIS!S had smrli lrr" fll'i WIN day
phosphorus. t. h''"nII'''"h ih'''r de
Si%n ~ 80" ii"rl h'''"'hr% - CAV 'A,
nh'' L f""' '"hhin| YIN "h'"I az"
,.m,M - ~" " - w. I..,.i .tr."''; 49,,