, 1918-01-31

and be of value and assistance to the
government. I lodged behind a cur
tain that screened a cot where Brosul
evidently slept. From there I watched
him.
Brosul did some puzzling and inter
esting things. He picked from q table
a tiny bow made of thin whalebone and
strung with a strand of fine wire. I
saw him put himself in range of the
little window. He lifted out Its sash.
About fifteen feet across a narrow
court was a high warehouse. One of
the windows on the top fioor was open
for ventilation. Beyond it some bales
showed. Abruptly the truth flashed
upon my mind. The building opposite,
1 recalled distinctly, was a storage
house for government hospital sup
plies.
Brosul fitted a headless piece of
metal to the bow. He aimed 1t across
the court. It went through the open
sash. 1t was only a test. He picked
up another arrow This M had a
great mass of black sulphur attached
to the head. I saw the scheme in
process. The second arrow, striking
the bales, would ignite, and millions
of dollars worth of government stores
would be destroyed.
drop It'll" I ordered, but the arrow
had left the bow. However, my inter-
ference had disturbed the delivery.
The inflammable arrowhead struck the
window sill, spluttered and fell to the
court below. There was a struggle.
1t was well that Brosul was smaller
than /. He made a desperate resist
ance, discerned that I would finally
overpower him in the melee, kicked
shut the iron door, seized the key,
threw it out through the window, and,
as I bound him hand and foot, viewed
me ~savagely, but with a sort Of spe-
cious triumph.
I saw then I would find 1t absolutely
aided, for the iron door raj set solid
and he counted on my being unable to
escape until some of his expected con-
freres arrived. That might be at any
moment. In going about the room I
discovered a written sheet holding four
addresses. They were the warehouse
next door and three plants making mu-
nitions. These were evidently doomed
structures. I saw the Importance Of
getting this information and my man
to headquarters speedily.
Finally an idea of calling aid struck
me. Just outside the little window
al a giant electric feed cable. I
reached out with the keen-edged hatch
ct and gave 1t a mighty cut. 1t sput-
tered, shocked me but half parted.
Within fifteen minutes, as I calculat-
ed a repair crew located the break.
One Of them was suspended from the
roof.
"Call the police. Reach this
at once" I ordered.
"Did you cut that cablef" demanded
the repairer.
"Yes."
pretty risky business, fooling with
the public SERVICE" he growled.
"Worse for you, If you don't act as
1 tell you for the government service"
In an hour my prisoner was at head
quarters. He never spoke or WINGED
until confronted by Durkea.
"Well, Brosul, shall we try some Of
the old hypnotic stuffT queried Dur
kea.
The man paled. He was a desperate
man, but true blue to his group.
I noticed him tumble in his coat and
then quickly pass his hand across his
month. The incident had no signif-
cance to me at the time, but we soon
knew that to evade giving away his
secrets he had taken an instantaneous
ly fatal dose of poison.
"All ready?" spoke Durkea, making
a pass at Brosul, and then paused.
"He's beat us!"
He had. The man sat facing us with
staring eyes was stone dead, the en-
quilting shadow of a defiant smile on
his face.
One of the four places to be blown
up was my uncle's munition plant.
We arrested the others In time to pre-
vent the plot. My uncle learned Of my
| share in the case, and there was a rec
onciliation.
Edna, my fiancee, became my wife,
and the restored indulgence of my
uncle enabled us to begin married life
with both income and a home of III
own.
Making Tapestry Brussels.