The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-06-22

i drove through the yards 20 the car
One OF the meYR broke the seal while
DoIlings BUSTED about, excttedly is
suing orders Dixie found a. place
she could watch them, without being
seen. ar =, e., ~ :
Carefully the gTewBo1ae boxes were
unloaded and carried out to the ex-
press wagons, She saw two wagons
| loaded and driven across the street
to the shop. Her nominations over
their disposal were cut short by q
crash and sound Of splintering wood
which quickly brought her attention
back to the unloading process.
Dollings' voice was raised In angry
"Donnerwetteri Why didn't you
hold on to that end! Hers you
Bloedt cover up that end. Quickl
Mahlen, you too"
Dixie slipped down behind. the
freight car and peeped under 1t. She
could see plainly the splintered box
And though the men were Yainly
trying to conceal it's contents she
could see them. It was no caslket that
the box contained. Slipping out from
its broken boards were riflesl Mill
tary rifles!
And the car had been filled with
scores Of boxes similar to this. This
was the cause of Dollings' excite
mentI Here were rifles enough to
fit out hundreds Of men who were
gathering at the borders Of Canada
waiting the hour to strike. The men
at the grading camp were there
awaiting these arms. AS soon as they
were fitted out the time would be
ripe for the invasion which the pow
ers above them had planned.
IL. An
gram that Dollings had FASTENED to
! send as soon as the car had been
reported.
She hurried back TO the station
The station agent had left. There
were no trains due until late in the
evening. She let herself into the of
flee and reached for the kilograms
which had been filed for the day
Near the top was Dollings' addressed
to Captain Franz Won Papen, so Wall
ST., New York City: ..'
Everything Q. K.
y DoIlings.T
That was all. But it meant that
the rifles had arrived-the rifles for
which Won Lertz and Madame Steph-
an had been waiting, the rifles which
were to equip the waiting German
reservists! An armed invasion Oh
Canada from American soil. Her
mind whirled at the thought Of the
complications involved-perhaps war
between Great Britain and the Unit
ed States on the charge Of having
fostered this invasion by German
sympathizers!
No! Dixie knew that the moment
for action had come. Her fingers
sought the telegraph key.
Dixie TeIegraphs For Harrison Grant
Harrison Grant, .Criminology club
New York City," she tapped. "Dan-
gerl Come quick! Wire arrival. Ran
dolph Bruce" ~.
l. Then, womanlike, she gave herself
up for a moment to wild surrnisings
Had she waited too long? Would
this message reach him in time to
get his men to Exeter to stop the in
vasion? After all, had she followed
the right course. Would it not have
been better to have stopped the whole
thing at its inception, rather than let
it attain this amazing growth that
| threatened to be overwhelming. But
time was short. Already Won Papen
had received the telegram and she
must wire the chief Of developments.
Her fingers tapped the keys once
more. She. had the consolation of
knowing that the chiefs men had
covered all other camps along the
border. This one camp had depended
on her, and Harrison Grant and his
men in turn were dependent on her,