The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1920-02-26

THE BOTTINEAU COURANT, Bl
ship company not to allow the ship to
sail as per schedule.
Sharpe searching the den had also
come upon the papers telling Of the
plans to sink and rob the mail steam
er. Anne arrives at the den while as
she enters through a secret panel she
sees Sharpe is searching through Iron
Hands papers.
Switching on the light she levels
an automatic at the detective and
commands him to throw up his hands.
She recognizes him but he fails to re-
alize who she is and in the room Of
many panels and spies she realizes
that she dare not disclose the fact that
they are unconscious allies.
As she thinks Of this, Sharpe takes
advantage of her and switches out the
lights, leaps low to escape a bullet and
makes Anne a prisoner. Smiling to
herself she submits to the capture
without a struggle and then allows
him to get away. He ties her fast in a
chair before he flees from the den.
Sharpe, having read the plans also
sends word to the steamer not to sail
and prepares to checkmate the at
tempt of the gangsters and capture
them. He decides to let them go thru
with the attempt and then kill OF
make them prisoners.
He next gets into communication
with the headquarters of the horde,
patrol Of the U. S. Army and instructs
them to have a bombing airplane
ready at Kelly field to start at a mo.
ment's notice by signal from him. He
hides rockets and other articles on his
person and then starts for the nest OF
the outlaws near the bay. Anne, who
has made her escape, DISCUSSES herself
and takes the same train. Both man
age to leave the train unnoticed by
each other and the gangsters or
guard at the station. Sharpe makes
his way on foot into the country anc
Anne follows after him. He comes tc
a ranch and goes to the stable where
he takes a horse and gets away be.
fore Anne and the two gangsters car
stop him.
Sharpe on his way stops the tele.
phone communications with well aim.
ed shot at the wires along the roae
He rides hard and reaches the obser
vatory den of the gang on a higl
cliff above the bay out of Frisco. Here
he finds that he has to run the gaunt.
let of an armed guard. He quickly ov,
empowers the latter however, ane
places a bomb in the observatory 81
that a shot at the right time will ex,
plode it. Anne and the other two gang.
sters arrive at the nest neal the oh.
servatory, just as Iron Hand and Pots
dam are worried and suspicious be-
cause the telephone connections have
been cut off. Sharpe climbs the ROO
of the nest and listens and then zoe:
back to await the appearance of tn,
submarine.
In the main room of the den Pots
dam and Iron Hand are discussins
their plans for capturing the steamer
Sharpe makes his way down a ravin,
near the observatory from where h.
intends to fire his rocket as a sigma
to the airplane at Kelly Field. Anne
who has come outside of the den, sees
him make his escape but only smiles
to herself. The detective takes up his
position down in the ravine and watch
es out toward the sea for a sign OF
the hostile submarine. Suddenly he
hears a noise below him and discov-
ers three of the gangsters coming uu
the path that runs past his hiding
place.
He fears that he will be captured
He starts back along the path toward
the observatory but discovers Iron
Hand, Potsdam and several of the
gangsters com into the house. Sud
denly Iron Hand through the window
sees the submarine come to the sur.
face down in the bay. He shouts with
delight and calls to the others.
By means of a Photograph Iron
Hand communicates with the crew OF
the U-boat. While they are engaged
in signalling the submarine n of the
gangsters enters the observatory
house and comes out yelling a warn
ing. AS the gangsters and Iron Hand
turn their attention toward the obser-
vatory house, Sharpe appears at the
door, his automatic in his hand
Sharpe knocks down one of the gang
sters who tries to seize him at Iron
Hands orders and turning away from
the gangsters he aims his gun at a
rock some distance away where the
rocket of warning is standing. He
fires and the bullet hits the powder
chamber of the rocket and explodes it.
1t heads up away from the sea and
the submarine crew do not see it.
At Kelly Field some miles away the
sentry reports the rocket to the COM
wander of the flying field and an air
plane is ordered to make for the
coast. When Iron Hand sees that
Sharpe has sent a warning he orders