Gunnison news-champion. [volume] (Gunnison, Colo.) 1905-1932, 1923-08-24
True
Detective Stories
THE BOMB PLOT

hnus~ occupied by Charles Won
hi-lst. Ia Brooklyn. Vas not perrmp-
tory. n"F yet did ir SAVIOR % steAlfhl-
hes During the silence which fol-
loWef. tie tao men on the doorstep
looked a. each other inguiringiy
Then
Iup-tnT'-tap. they knocked again.
slowly. silently the door swung
open and. from the inner reoess-- OF a
pf'h-hiaeE hall, came voice which
Inquired. In cultural German:
Who are you, and what do you
~Antf
We 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
you are not wolves y0urselyesi How
This1l prove who Ee are" Inter
rup'"d the man who had previously
spoken. producing a card and slipping
u past the stout chain which guarded
the door. Read and act" he contin-
urd. sim In German.
A mom-nt later the chain had been
removed and the two men. their coat
collars turned hi.h. their hats pulled
I"w. entered the darkened hall. No,
until the old man had rrfsstcned tn.
door and preceded them into a room
where III" lightly closed shutters ef-
i"rtEal!y prevented any spying from
the outside. did b" again address
Them When he did sp-AE. Il was
merely {" inquire their names
bHFhIiN replied one Of the men
ID" enc VII" had carried 90 the con
''FsA'i"" from tho outside.
barth. said the other.
hHrni'A the old man repeated RI
tL'lhAu'eiy. mat i Il name of the
atheriahd, good name. But Barth7
kn"" II not. Is 1t no, Engllshr"
American. corrected the first Of
tn" strangers 1T would not DO to use
i'" many ~ "uT citizens In this plan.
II would caus" suSu'ri0u. We must
us' all kinds Of NeHiie-ihat's how we
l""t ines" Yankees Besides should
you DOUBT. Their" i N" card from the
""if That bears both names
That i SO, agreed the German,
and Won lg"l i not one To tax. any
chances lie i 10" clos" To Won Papen-
or what N"rr you sent herer'
The Wolf wishes to be assured that
everything i going smoothly
Then after mnmeut's hesitation,
during which he studied Won klsIst's
fuF4a vary "a rHfwf1ya 500, ...,s,
pi"ied the bOuhsT'
"A few only. I; Will be simple Ia
make the others. Come. viii show
YOU"
Through the winding. Iabyrlnthlna
passages Of the old hous. the German
led them, and then out into the back
yard-a tiny plot OF ground barely a
few feet SQUARE
As you will note he said. 1--WE can
not be overlooked from any OF the EUR
rounding houses
The man called Barth. glancins W.
saw that the German was right. Only
the bare walls OF warehouses frown.d
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 hinocu.
lsrglass.
After he had removed three tulip
bulbs, planted in a straight line. as II TO
mark a certain spot. Won Klelst pro
duced small oblong box. black and
ominous.
This he said, mo;ioning them back
into the house. is the only one | hav.
ready for use. The ones I shall show
you in the celIar-in order that you
may tell the Wolf Just how his plans
are being carried ou,-are merely the
cases. But this one Doctor Scheele
turned over to me as q sample. Care.
full Don't drop II,
There were several OF these on the
iusitanla. and when the news o, her
destruction frs, arrived I thought tina,
my hand.work was responsible. Be-:
the honor was no, mine. unfortunately.