Evening star., 1922-08-19
The Treasure Train
BY Arthur B. Reeve.
The Stars Week End Fiction
The Last Insta7n.ent
By Arthur B. Reeve.
The Last Insta71ment

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now it was cold and hard, with that
heartless expression of the adventures.
The men seemed to take their plight
hard. But, as she looked into the clear.
gray eyes of the other woman. the ad-
venturess seemed to gain rather than
lose in defiance
Robbery" she repeated. bitterly.
This is only a beginning"
"a beginning. What do you mean?"
1t was Lane who spoke. Slowly she
turned toward him.
You know well enough what
The implication that she intended was
clear. She had addressed the remark
to him. but it was a stab at Maude
Euston
to do-and 1 refused. Is there more
still?"
wondered whether Lane could really
have been involved.
''Quick-what do you mean?" de-
manded Kennedy. authoritatively.
The woman turned to him:
Suppose this news Of the robbery
is out? What will happen? Do You
want me to tell you, young lady?" she
added. turning again to Maude Euston.
iii tell you. The stock of the Con-
tlnental Express Company will fall like
a house of cards And then? Those
who have sold it at the top price will
buy it back again at the bottom. The
company is sound. The depression will
not last-perhaps will be over in a day.
week. a month Then the operators
can send it up again. Don't you see?
1t Is the old method of manipulation In
new form. 1t is a war-stock gamble.
Other stocks will be affected the same
way. This is our reward-what we can
get out Of il by playing this game fur
which the materials are furnished free.
We have played it-and lost. The
manipulators will get their reward on
the stock market this morning. But
they must reokcn with us-even II we
: have lost"
She said it with a sort Of grim hui
NOR.
Barnes out of the way. first?"
,, asked, remembering the chlorin.
She laughed shrilly.
That was an accident-his own
carelessness He was carrying a
feur's presence of mind in throwing
| it into the shrubbery by the road
| saved his life and reputation. No.
! young man: he was one of the ma
! nipulators. 100. But the chief Of them
vas She paused as II to enjoy
least. The president of the COM
pany." she added.
No. no, no" cried Maude Euston.
Yes. yes, yes! He does not dare
| Oeny II. 1ney were all IN I.
Mrs. Labret-you lie!'' lowered
Lane in a surging passion as he
stepped forward and shook his finger
at her. You lie and you know it.
| There is an old saying about the
! fury of woman scorned." She paid
no attention to him whatever.
! "Maude Euston," she hissed. as II
Lane had been as inarticulate as
the boxes of gold about. you have
| saved your lovers reputation-per-
[ haps. At least the shipment is safe.
But you have ruined your father.
/ that has been arranged. You may
| as well tell Kennedy to let us go
and let the thing go through. 1t
| involves more than US"
Kennedy had been standing back
! bit. carefully keeping them all
covered He glanced moment out
I of the corner of his eye at Maude
| Euston, but said nothingA
| 1t was terrible situation. Had
| Lane really been in it? That ques-
ton was overshadowed by the men
tion of her father. Impulsively she
| "Oh save him" she cried. Cant
anything be done to save my father
in spite of himself?"
| "It Is too late" Knocked Mrs. La
| bret. people will read the account
of the robbery in the papers. even II
it didn't take place. They will see 1t
! before they see denial. Orders
will flood in to sell the stock. No;
it can't be stopped"
Kennedy glanced momentartly at
me.
'Is there still time to catch the last
morning edition, Walter?" he asked,
quietly. glanced at my watch.
1--WE. may try-it's possible"
Write a. dispatch--an accident to
the engine-train delayed-now pro-
inc O.
you keep them covered. Shoot to
kill If there's a move"
Kennedy had been feverishly set
ting up the part of the apparatus
l, which he had brought after whiting
had set up his.
Labret. You can't get word through.
ORDERS have been issued that the tele-
graph operators are under no circum-
stances to give out news about this
train. The wireless Is out Of commits
+, sion. too-the operator overcome. The
robbery story has been prepared and
given out by this time. Already re-
porters are being assigned to follow
it up
1 looked over at Kennedy. If orders
had been given for such secrecy by
| Barry Euston. how could my dispatch
! do any good? 1t would be held back
by the operators.
Craig quickly swung a wire over those
by the side Of the track and seized
what I had written. sending furiously.
What are you doing?" I asked You
heard what she said"
"One thing you can be certain Of"
he answered, that dispatch can never
be stolen or tapped by spies"
"Why-what is this?" I asked. point
ing to the instrument
1.-THE invention of Maj. Squier Of the
Army,phe replied. "by which any num-
ber Of messages may be sent at the
same time over the same wire without
the slightest conflict Really 1t con-
sists in making wireless electric waves
travel along, instead OF inside. the wire.
In other words, he had discovered the
means of concentrating the energy of
wireless wave on a given point in
, stead Of letting it riot all over the face
of the earth.
in ordinary wireless less than one-mil-
lionth part of the original sending force
reaches the point for which it Is in
tended The rest Is scattered through
space in all directions. II the vibra-
tions Of a. current are Of certain
number per second. the current will
follow a wire to which 1t is, as 1t were,
attached, instead of passing of into
space.
"All the energy in wireless formerly
wasted in radiation In every direction
now devotes itself solely TO driving the
current through the ether about the
wire Thus 1t goes until it reaches the
point where Whiting is-where the VI
brations correspond to its own and are
In tune. There 1t reproduceS the eend-
ing impulse. It is wired wireless"
Craig had long since finished sending
his wired wireless message. We waited
impatiently. The seconds seemed 70
drag like hours.
Far of. now, we could hear a whistle
as a train finally approached slowly
into our block. creeping up to see what