The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-12-16

mic basket, sat down 10 tea. "HlCh
Mrs. beverley po:r"I ont from
vacuum aa$ks.
From where the party sat tier"
spread a 'nagEifl'eni panorama OF
SEA ami ragged coast. Eetorc tN"!n
were The two granite islands around
which Thousand OF culls were
swaopirc. while eastward lay the
Yenton Hin and the uany rocks
around the I~.:2ard--ihe most south
cry po:ut il EnglauI-lruly a Won-
der.ul scene. 40 weird. rugged. and
remote.
Presently. after tea. sylvia, look
Ing very Swee; in her sumnlc gown,
: wandered away with the :uan she
loved. leaving Hamilton with the
four ladies to stroll and chatter. The
pair took q rocky path which az
cendcd higher up tho hill. and as
they won't along. Mrs. Ee'""!cy
shouted after them:
Remember. dear. we lave 1t six
o'clock."
The girl sm;lcd hack. waved her
hand, and thu went on with her
companion.
Perhaps Mrs. Beverley was no: al
,oys,her p.rascd with the situation.
for her secret intention had all along
bcca tn marry sylvia into the peer
age. Had she not come TO London
FOR That purpose" Yet. after all.
,;eoiirey t'alconer was a charming
and highly intelligent young fellow.
whose several discoveries in Wire
less were. she had been told lKeiE
TO brias him Il considerable fortune
in the future.
Az the pair hated or the top or
the hill. Sylvia suddenly paused "hG
said:
DO YOU know. Geonfrey, l can't
! help thinking about that range
man you Slw in the Polurrian last
night"
Yes" 10 said. "Somehow 7. too.
can't Iur.ut hi,n. | :i:$t met him
in The vIgon-restaurant II the en-
press from Paris - Calais about
three weeks ago. He sat at the next
table. and though he was readlnG
! the Ma,iu l.tw.cn tn. courses al
lunch, | uc;irci that he seemed TO
d. watching ine. He seems TO nave
followed l!e 30 pnrs!$tcntly. MY
cannot tell. Possibly he may have
learned my profession. and OF my
post in the Marc"ni service.
And if he has. then. what motive
has he for following you? One thing
= rcassuriuS. You secret diagrams
are now in q safe place. When do
YOU sec HIM again after meeting him
IN the tra!a?"
on the boat, crossing 20 Dover.
Then | lost sight OF him until ore
morning. when | arrived by train Ut
Chelmsford rs usual. | saw linn
lounging downstairs il the booking
hall. A, first ! did not recognize
him. bot after I had passed and was
walking along that path which IL tie
shor, cut 10 tho Works. | vecollect
the incident on the Calais express.
Then 1t all passed from nay mind
.saiu ur;il encountered him acct
L.utally in th" lounge OF tho Polar-
ran. Why Was he bore
perhaps 70 spend IL week by the
sea-" laughed Sylvia.
Hardy that" ~i'alroner said. lie
was down here Tor som" distinct
purpose. And that purpose ! mean
10 discover. | :u;em,I To establish
why he came down hrrn 50 near tho
Puldhu station and STAGED The" night
as Mr.. Martin. Rcm"rnhrr. only IN"
other day he was at Chelmsford. anu
now he had heen ~ p"ldhu. and left
hurr.cily after S'"lng me
"PcrharS he never expected yo.
wcrn here"
That's exactly my opinion. Pcoh-
ably my presence has frightened hiIa
OF. | on!: hope II has. Nevcrlhc-
less | don't Xix" the situation. Some
thiuS is aniss soinewherG-and. in
tend 20 fnti!um it"
The NAN ia not Eng,iS,'. yoa tnlI
me. Why should 10 go uH'lcr tn"
nam" III AIartin?'
Martin i - maine not: urh"nWU !"
France" E'alcnuer r"mark"l. 'l!o
may h" I'r"prih. Indeed. I re"ollac'
whom | first s"w him. in the train |
pa, him ,!"wn rs 81 tarls!ar."
10th Sy'vi" and h"r love" p"Tc
much puzzled. Ii certainly WAS an-
nuyirC TO ln ".rrhed as ~t'a!"oncr
had evidently io"r.
That evening they drc"" harl; u'''"
III" Cornish hills with the Sun ~
tin away a"ruSS TN" Atlantis. lut
already the bvsc"c Il I~nCreaS:lh;.
Tho storm prophecy Of earl" norm
ing ives bong fulfilled.
Together thev diued pleasantly in
that long roum at the pOlGhu il"tc!
which cverlonks the pretty cove. MIR.
and Mrs. Hamilton dining with ih'm.
Afterwards th.? al went arr"S4 III"
vide grounds ~ I'll" wireless station
to the lIartii,ons' pretty hu"%a!"".
where they spent the remainder Of
the evening.
Hamilton was q typical Ma"coui
man. bury. nasy-gOlrg. ard r"iuntd.
An expert wireless engineer. he had
worked stations in india. South
America. and other places. L ran II
secret statiun durtr" In" wa"-h sta
ton which hid 20 is credit th" de
strvvinG If niau" German suhlna-
r.nes. With his ~"narninS. dark
haired. cosmopolitan wife. VII" ''At
night WIS iost"ss Il the Wealthy
South American widow. le had .:""d