The herald., 1922-06-22
True
Detective Stories
THE BOMB PLOT

tory, nor yet did it SAVIOR of STEALTH
ness. During the silence which fol-
lowed, the two men on the doorstep
looked at each other inquiringly.
Then
Tap-tap-tap, they knocked again.
Slowly, silently, the door swung
open and. from the inner recesses of
pitch-black hall, came voice which
inquired, In cultural German:
"WhO are you, and what do you
want?"
I'VE come from the Wolf" was the
reply. "He said that you would know
what we wanted"
From the Wolff echoed the voice
from within. "HOw do | know that
lou are not wolves yourselves? How
l."
"This'll prove who we are" inter
rupted the man who had previously
spoken, producing a card and slipping
1t past the stout chain which guarded
the door. "Read and act" he contin-
ued. still in German.
A moment later the chain had been
removed and the two men. their coat
collars turned high, their hats pulled
low, entered the darkened hall. Not
until the old man had refastened the
door and preceded them into a room
where the tightly closed shutters eff
fectually prevented any spying from
the outside, did he again address
them. When he did speak, II was
merely to inquire their names.
"Barnitz," replied one of the men
the one who had carried on the con-
versation from the outside.
"Barth," said the other.
"Barnitz," the old man repeated ru-
minatively. THAT Is a name Of the
Fatherland, a good name. But Barth l
I know it not. Is 1t not English?"
American" corrected the first OF
the strangers. "It would not do to use
too many of our citizens in this plan
1t would cause suspicion. We must
use all kinds Of people-that's how we
fool these Yankees! Besides, should
you doubt, there Is the card from the
Wolf. That bears both names"
THAT is So" agreed the German
"and Won Igel Is not one to take any
chances. He Is too close to Won Papen
For what were you sent hereT'
'The Wolf wishes to be assured tha
everything Is going smoothly.
: Then, after a moments hesitation
during which he studied Won Kleist'i
face very carefully: "Have you com
pleted the bombs?"
"a few only. It will be simple +
make the others. Come. 1 will SHOW
you"
Through the winding, labyrinthin
passages Of the old house the Germal
led them, and then out into the bacl
yard-a tiny plot of ground barely
few feet square. $500 -'--.-..
"As you will note" he said. I'VE can
not be overlooked from any Of the SUI
rounding houses.
The man called Barth. giancing w
saw that the German was right. Onl
the bare walls Of warehouses frowne
down upon them. AS he looked, how
ever, he seemed to catch a queer glin
from one Of the nearby rOofs-a gin
as of sunlight refracted from binocr
lar-glass.
After he had removed three tuli
bulbs, planted In a straight line, as IL
mark a certain spot, Won Kleist pre-
duced small oblong box, black an
ominous.
4 This" he said, motioning them bac
into the house, rs the only one I hav
ready for use. The ones / shall shO'
you in the cellar-in order that 20
!. may tell the Wolf just how his plan
are being carried out-are merely tn
cases. But this one Doctor Scheel
turned over to me as q sample. Car
full! Don't drop it!
s. There were several of these on tn
Lusitania, and when the news Of ht
destruction first arrived / thought thu
y my handiwork was responsible. B'
% the honor was not mine, unfortunatel
g There are also similar bombs plante
on the Friedrich Der Crosse, In cal
these Yankees ever attempt to sell
our property. The moment they sta
her engines, that moment they sta
the bombs! Yes" concluded the o.
=, man, you can tell the Wolf that h
plans are being well carried out. Ka
bode, Schmidt, Paradis and Praed
are attending to the ones on the shi
and Scheele and Becker on land"
splendid exclaimed Barnit
IL 'The chief will be delighted to he'
a this. Why not come with us now ar
tell him about itf'
Thinking, Of course, that his visit
referred to Wolf Won Igel, Kleist rea
:. fly agreed, and 1t was not until the
taxicab stopped in front Of police hea
quarters that he sensed anythiI
. wrong. Before he knew 1t he was bell
walked into the Office Of Inspect
Thomas ]. Tunney. with a gun in b
ribs.
a Chief" cried Barnitz, "that ca
turned the tricki You'll have to get
pardon for the scratcher. Anyone wi
can forge Won Igel's writing as cleve
ly as that doesn't deserve to be In ia
We not only nailed the old bird, b
he's implicated half dozen othel
Sometimes 1t pays to have a Germ
name and be able to speak the la
guage"
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