The Washington times., 1918-06-23
Arm German Reservists Canada Foed By The Eagles Eye

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telegraph Instrument The rough
voice OF the station agent sent a
chill OF fear through her. you don't
know nothing about them thrnsA
Get out OF hSrei"
He pushed her roughly aside and
seated himself Al the table to take
the message that In spite of nervous
ness and sudden fright seemed toI
burn itself into her brain. II was
for Heinrie Won Lertz,
Oroers Invasion Of Canada
Proceed at oncel F.v. p"
Won PSpSn. Dixie elutehed At the
station agents arm as he started for
the door with the message.
Don't deliver that" she begged.
"Please-doh't deliver It yet"
Don't deliver . telegram" The
agent gIArod At her uncomprshend-
ingiy. whats the matter with you?
Want me TO lose my jobr-
Il was just fooiing. ."ashe apologized
poor way 10 fooI,-- grumblsd the
station agent. and slammed the door.
Dixie watched him shuttle across
the dusty road and intercept Won
Lertz and Madame Stephan as they
left the hotel She saw hurried con-
ference over the yellow slip OF paper
follow. As she watched them the
telegraph Instrument began to elAtter
once more The station agant was
across the street ThIs time abe
would not be thwarted.
%. X Bx." abe signAlsd npidly,
A nUA ~ NhFnnRhs
Randolph Bruce,
Exeter. Delayed Arriving $50.
GRANT"
Dixie dragged herself weakly cut
Of the Office and sat down for . mo-
ment Grant was eoming At $50. II
was 6;10 now. she Jumped 70 her
feet
The town boasted one garage The
garage owner. industriOasiy cleaning
thick veneer OF dust from n ear,
started suddenly at q Hight touch on
his shouldar. The boyish ngure
standing In the doorway was very
busineaslIks-
Il want every ear you have got"
Ths garage owner stared. What
..rhafs's a special train coming in At
60 With . lot of men. and they Win
have to have cars. Dixie slipped q
hard into . pocket and brought out
ksr Secret Service commission
sHero's the reason" she said And
listen to me. because I want yo1 toi
ret this straight" For few NO
tmenka she convened with him IN low
tones
-Its all right I'll have them
there" he assured her nnAlly, and
Dixie hurried away on the road lead
ing to the camp.
Grant And His Men Arrive
The special train bearing Grant and
his men slid into the station and
came to . smooth standstilL and as
the FIRST men jumped to the platform
the garage owner stepped up to them
aI have q message for Harrison
Grant Grant was pointed out to
him. -lGr. Grant" he said, stepping
over to where the detective stood. "a
secret Service man gave me an order
little while ago; he wasn't any
more'n q boy. He says to be sure to
raid that undertaking shop across the
way, and then go on to the main
camp IN the gorge
Laaving cAvanAugh and Stewart
to oversee the raIding OF the under
taking shop. he selected his men and
loaded Ghom into the waiting ma
chinea
while the waiting automobiles
vhiried Grants men to the camp In
the gorge, the stationmaster was tel
ephonIng franticaIly to Won LertA
And q short half hour later their
IL .-rFaAfnO It's
southward carrying Nine. stephan
and her partner IN intrigue away
from the scene OF the fiaseo-
Up on the Canadian border mount
ed troops, summoned from twenty
barracks by the chief and Grant,
rushed to protect the passes, tunnels,
and bridges and throw a line Of SOL
diery along the frontier.
Out at the camp the HEADQUARTERS
were suddenly surrounded. and under
cover of guns In the hands OF Grants
men the reservists were herded to
gether and placed under arrest |
Leaving them in the hands Of his
men. Grant started out to look about
the camp. He found the powder
house and supply depots hidden deep
in the gorge. and as he stood and
wondered at the hugeness of this
plot, which had been foiled just m
time, his gaze wandered from one op-
ject to another. Suddenly It centered |
on little figure lying just below him
beside a boulder. II was boy deep |
in the sleep OF sheer exhaustion. He |
stepped down the hillside and stop
ped beside the boulder.
"Poor youngster," he muttered. I'd
better take him in: it's damp here.
As he stopped and lifted the sleep
ing form, the cap slipped from Ihe |
boyish head and q mop OF curly hair
waved loose. Grant gasped The
sleepy dark eyes opened and looked
into his Suddenly . hand sought
b pull the coat which had fallen open
together. But Il was too late Grant
had caught sight OF the Secret SeTv-
Ice star.
SDixie Mason Grant breathed. IN
the service? oh Dixie"-and his arms
closed about her q little tighter than