Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-15

Slakberg's only answer was a desperate
rush for the door, the success of which
was speedily determined by Grant and
Marquis. His impotent curses faded into
silence again as Grant drew out pair
of handouts and danged them before
him
IT'S a bit cold out" Grant said
quietly. would you like handcuffs?"
Slakberg scowled. "Ill go peaceably."
So meekly did he submit to his en-
forced departure that although Grant
saw him draw a cigar from his pocket,
bite it off and then throw it away as
though it were distastefu to him, he
paid little attention to the action. The
cigar rolled along the graveled pathway
and stopped near the door of the power
house. In the doorway lounged the cleo
trician. AS Grant and Marquis and their
captive disappeared around the corner
the electrician picked up the discarded
cigar.
Dixie Mason had been working in the
factory since early afternoon as shell
loader. The table at which she worked
was near window overlooking the fac
tory yard. The events of the last after
noon had not escaped her. She had
watched the departure of Slakberg with
Harrison Grant and feeling of relief
that unconsciously she was being helped
had stolen over her But though Grant
attached no importance to the cigar
Slakberg had tossed aside. Dixie from,
her point of vantage soon was given the
opportunity to.
Scarcely had the men disappeared
around the corner of the building wnen
she saw the electrician emerge from the
doorway, and pick up the cigar The act
was natural and Dixie ordinarily would
have thought nothing of II. Now her
gaze hung on his curiously and then
frightened into interest as she saw him
break the cigar open. Something white
appeared as the carefully wrapped weed
was broken apart. She saw the cleo
trician unroll tiny slip of paper, read
1t hurriedly and then crumhe it up.
Dixie, to all appearances overcome by
sudden illness, left the loading room
slipped out of the door and across the
yard to the power house. The electri-
clan was gone. but where he had stood
was, was tiny slip of crumpled, paper
read as she hurried out of the build
ing. 1t contained the words:
Warn Won Papen."
Dixie Mason did
Dixie Mason Takes loading room; In
Up the Trail the traii 81 +bss
disappearing cleo
trician. She saw
him enter saloon. In nearby druf
store she induced the operator to pu
her on the same line just in time tt
hear the electrician receive orders t.
go to the hill on the edge of the tow
when darkness fell. Dixie waited fever
ishly for events to resume their prog
ress. She did not know that in tn
Criminology Club they had Sakberg sur
rounded with the evidences of his gull
and his cross-examination begun. Al
Dixie knew was that the electrician ha,
been told to warn Won Papen and ha'
been ordered to await further instruc
tions on the hill at the edge of tn
town.
The day faded into dusk and tn
dusk into darkness. The lights from
+ the munition factory bazed out int
the night as the new shift took up it
duties At last Dixie saw the electri
clan emerge from the saloon. She tool
up the trail, a trail that seemed never
ending as he walked on and on ava,
from the town. They came to freigh
yard, Out of the darkness above tn
: freight yard a hill loomed against tn
sky. The electrician stopped, and Dixi