The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-04-06
True
Detective Stories
THE BOMB PLOT

Noe'iAsn' NY Inc "heeier syndicate, Inc
TAP-Tap-Tap!
The knocking at the door of thu
house occupied by Charles Vol
kleist, in Brooklyn, was not peremp
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
Tap-tap-tap, they knocked again
Slowly, silently, the door swung
open and, from the inner recesses of a
pitch-black hall, came d 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 Wolf?' echoed the voice
from within. How do I know that
you are not wolves yourselves? How
"This1l 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 mar had r~efastened the
IGOR and preceded them into a room
where the tightly closed shutters ef-
fectually prevented any spying from
the outside, did he again address
them. When he did speak. it was
merely to inquire their
"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
| know it not. Is it not English?"
"American," corrected the first of
the strangers. sit 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 SEM here?"
1.-THE Wolf wishes to be assured that
everything is going smoothly. r.
Then, after a moments hesitation.
during which he studied Won Kleist's
face very carefully: "Have you com.
pleted the bombsy"
"A few only. 1t will be simple to
make the others. Come, 1 will show
YOU" .
Through the winding, l%abyrinthine
passages of the old house the German
led them, and then out into, the back
yard-a tiny plot Of ground barely a
few feet square.
las you will note" he said, tive can.
no be overlooked from any of the sur
rounding houses. " 49,
~ la IAItCu LOl lhy SIhIlCluG uD,
saw that the German "a right. Only
the bare walls of warehouses frowned
down upon them. As he looked, how
ever, he seemed to catch a queer CLINT
from one Of the nearby roofs-a CLINT
as Of sunlight refracted from a binocu-
1ar-glass.
After he had removed three tulip
bulbs, planted In a straight line, as If to
mark a certain spot, Won Kleist pro-
duced a small oblong box, black and
ominous. -,
This" he said, motioning them back
into the house, rs the only n I have
ready for use. The ones I shall show;
you in the cellar-in order that you
may tell the Wolf just how his plans
are being carried out-are merely the
cases. But this one Doctor Seheele
turned over to me as a sample. Care
full Don't drop 1t! (
There were several Of these on the
Lusitania, and when the news Of her
destruction first arrived I thought that
my handiWork was responsible. But
the honor was not mine, unfortunately.
There are also similar bombs planted
On the Friedrich Der Crosse, iii case
these Yankees yer attempt tt seize
our property. The moment they start
her engines, that moment they start
the bo1sbsi Yes concluded the old
man, you can tell the Wolf that his
plans are being well carried our Ear
bode, Schmidt, saradis and praedas
are attending M the ones oa the ship
and Sclaeegge and Becker on lands
Sn1endias - exclaimed Ray1itz.