The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-08-17
THE VOICE IN THE DARK
BY KIT DEALTRY.

which was hidden from the sed, two or three small sailing ships and tug were anchored, Heller explained that he had chartered them Tor the pur- with fresh water, which had to be fetched from a port several miles down the coast.
 Nora had no suspicious. even though she and her father were the only white people in the camp. The remainder were all Japanese. She knew nothing of mining. and believed implicitly everything John Heller tebd her.
 She noticed, however, that her father spent most of his time with his submarine. and that the supposed miners seemed more occupied with their ships and the submarine than with the land.
 long spells. The girl grew lonely. shn yearned for the companionship of white woman, and soon tired of the merry little Jap girls who looked after the domestic arrangements of the camp.
 She begged Heller to let her go with him on his trips.
 A voyage in the submarine was something for which she longed night and day. Her heart leaped' at the thought of darting under the sea, and HeMer's submarine was capable of remaining beneath the surface for as long as he might choose.
 She begged continuously to be al- lowed to accompany him, if only once. to be met with refusal always.
 One day as she stood on the shore regarding the submarine with longing eyes an idea came to her.
 She went on board, examined the interior carefully, and noted that there were one or two places in which a person might be safely concealed.
 She knew that her father intended going out that days and her desire to taste the excitement of a submarine trip became too great to queH.
 Why should she not hide herself until the boat was out to sea?
 The worst that could happen to her would be a severe scolding from her father. and she did not doubt that she could soon earn his forgiveness for her prank.
 And while she was hesitarfng she heard him and his men approaching, and realized that if she wished to carry out her plan she would have ro act instantly.
 Quickly she slipped into a small dark closet wherein Heller kept his clothes. It adjoined the little saloon.
 Very soon afterward the submarine was put out 10 sea, and Nora tingled with expectation as she heard the swish of the water above.
 She waited half an hour. Then a feeling of sticness made her decide to show herself and brave her fath- CTS wrath.
 She was about to open the closet door when she heard voices In the saloon. At the same moment the sub- marine, which had been travelling as a terrific speed. came to a stop. John Heller was debating with the Japanese sailors, and every word fel distinctly on Morals mortified ears. It was then that she learned hel fathers secret.
 The Japanese government had pur chased HeHer's invention. They had also purchased the inventor. Ant John Heller was giving himself ant | his submarine to a terrible scheme against his own country. Japan was On the eve of declaring | war with the United States. and il | order to weaken Americas position and thereby strengthen their owr they had conceived the idea of de stroying as many as possible of thu
  | cific Coast.
 HeMer's submarine had come t' | them as an inspiration, and in his bit 1 terness against his own country h. | had been easy to win over. And 1 was with his invention and under hi | personal guidance that one afte another of the warships had peel sunk and their crews destroyed. | Nora was stupefeed with horror | and long after the voices ceased sh remained in the closet trembling ant wondering what she ought to do. | Her father found her. Instead o anger, she met with abJect terror ol his part, and swiftly she learned tha her presence in the submarine wa 1 fraught with the drrest peril to her | self. For the fact that she had learn ed the secret was sufficient to mak | the Japanese regard her as an opjec to be got rid of without any delay. l Heller marshaled his faculties to gether rapidly. He had but on tn ought-fto save his child. | That night, aware that one of tn | coasting steamers was due to pas that way, he contrived. unnoticed, t
 put Nora off the submarine in a can vas boat. There was short hurrie farewell between them, Nora entreat ed her father to abandon his fearfu ! work. His only answer was an in junction to keep watch for a steamer
 which was her one and only chanc l of life-for on the submarine she wa
 as good as dead.
 The instant the boat was anoa
 Heller sent his submarine fyini through the water. and Nora wa
 adrift on the high seas-aione.
 The night was warm and beautiful
 but to the unhappy girl 1t was tn
 most terrible that she had even spen or dreamed of!
 Her rescue by the City of Toky
 followed a few hours, later.
 For her fathers sake, she kept tn | secret, but she determined never t
 go back or to have any communica
 ton with him.
 Mrs. Sanderson's offer of a hom
 solved the problem of her tmmedfat
 needs, and she started on the ne,
 life, endeavoring to forget the pas
 Every fresh war-ship disaster. how lsevr, increased her belief that she wa