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we really were" Mrs. Thayer then
seemed to yield.
Y 2. z. 8,


Lieutenant Kimbal found his time
fully occupied between the demands
OF his official duty and the unofficial
dictates Of his heart which called him
constantly to the protection Of Madel-
inc. He could not remain with her
and though he knew that Knowles
and Henderson would protect her to
the last drop of their blood and that
the house was reasonably well guard
ed. his anxiety was so great that he
could not for a moment dismiss 1t
from his mind. Among his duties in
the aviation service was participation
IN the testing of the wireless telephone
for communicating between airplaneS
in flight and land stations. He had
made some improvements in the in
struments which the Government had
been testing and the thought occurred
to him that he might be able by this
means to keep constantly informed
Of the events at the house in Virginia
and thus relieve his anxiety.
reau OF Standards with enc Of
these wireless Instruments In his
machine on the Tuesday night
while the consPlratOFs were plot
ting under the arch. He mp
preached the Connecticut nvenue
bridge and paused when about
midway over the bridge under the
light TO look at his watch. Il
was 1880. With the silence OF
the automobile and the silent
night hanging over the brook at
Rock creek you could hear the
sound of insects md the rippIins
OF the water. As he paused to
listen the thought occurred to him
that here was n good place 70
test his telephone under the most
sensitive responses. Taking the In
stFument from his machine he
lowered the antennae deep into
the gorge and listened to the mu-
sic of the running water, which
sounded clearly through the In
StFument.
'YOu must lead Ms to Madeline"
This sentence sounded with q
crash In his car. IL came from
somewhere out of the sky or the
rumbIIng Of the waters he could
not tell. Clearly the sound was
again heard, the fntefuI sentences
"YOu must lead US TO Madeline
For a moment he remembered the
strange illusion and how his over
worked nerves had deceived him a
few nights before. Again he heard
voices. The sentence was repeated
Then he caught fragments of other
sentences and recognized the voices OF
the two men as those OF Fuller and
Snyder. Then he heard the voice OF
a woman as If protesting or appeal
ing and thought he knew the voice.
Could It be that of Mrs. Thayer?
Through it all the one sentence,
You must lead US to Madeline" was
ringing in his soul. The voices were
mOnstrOus and impatient and de-
manded that this be done at once"
Then came out Of the indistinct NUT
terings that occasional sentence with
a deep tone demanding that this
must be done at once" and then he
knew that voice, but he was unable
to locate the speakers.
Mrs. Thayer was about to lead her
co-conspirators to Madeline; to the
house in Virginia. 1t might be that
she was doing this willingly or 1t
might be that she was doing 1t I'M
willingly. but that she would be COM
PEELED to do SO was evident The
helplessness Of the situation was
maddening to Lieutenant Kimball. He
was miles away from tho Virginia
house and alone. He might reach
the house as soon as the conspIra-
tors, but he did not know their NUM-
Der, and was sure that they would
be armed and prepared for desperate