The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-03-01

| the boarding house. Down the stairs
he raced to the room of Dick Thomp
son on the first floor.
"Quick, get your carl" Ted cried to
Dick. dashing in on the latter. I'll
tell you why as we go along"
Dick was an eager young fellow. al.
ways ready for excitement or adven-
ture, so he needed no urging.
Soon they were scurrying down the
street In Dicks speedy little roadster.
"You know where the broadcasting
station is?" inquired Ted, following
his recital of just what had happened.
"It is In that tall building near the
far end of Calhoun street, isn't it?''
said Dick in response.
"Yes," said Ted. 1--WE ought to see
it in a minute nOw."
For a moment there was silence in
the car as they forged onward. Then
a little exclamation came from Ted as
| they turned a corner.
THAT'S iti" he exclaimed, inyolun-
tarily extending his hands toward
tall building visible ahead.
| For answer Dick put on more speed.
But another queer exclamation came
from Ted as he placed his hand com
pellingly on Dicks shoulder.
do you see that light-top of the
ouilding?" cried Ted. "There 1t is
now it's gone again!"
sure l see it," Dick replied.
"why?"
"Wait. Slow down." demanded Ted.
at can't be- Yes, by Jove, 1t is"
For few minutes Ted watched the
fickering light in apparent fascina-
ton, his hand resting heavily all the
time on Dicks shoulder and indicat-
ing by Its pressure the high tension of
| excitement under which he was labor
ing.
| Suddenly Ted turned to Dick, his
face drawn with excitement.
"Turn around-hurry back-quick !
Quick - Ted fairly yelled.
Ted saw Dick gaze at him in aston
ishment.
"Why turn back?" queried Dick.
There's no excitement there. |
thought you said the excitement was
at this broadcasting sIation"
"Quickl You'll find out why soon
enough. Hurry back-hurry cried
Ted in response.
There was something SO compelling
in Ted's voice and so certain in the
way he spoke that Dick obeyed. In a
moment more they were scurrying
back to their starting point at an even
| greater speed than they had left it.
"Keep quiet. Follow me. Be ready
for fight y admonished Ted as he
led the way into the house and started
creeping up the stairs to his room.
The door to Ted's room was shut,
but not locked. AS the two young
men stood outside the door listening
intently there came the sound of move
ment insif the room.
Suddenly, without warning, Ted
threw open the door, reached in and
switched on the lights.
| A man who was bending over a
drawer in the bureau, holding pocket
fiashlight in one hand and bunch of
Ted's Liberty bonds in the other,
looked up startled. Teds pulses raceu
as he saw that the man was Wilkens.
| For just a moment the tableau re-
NAMED static. Then, with leap, Ted
closed with Wilkens.
The fight was soon over. In a com.
paratively short time Wilkens was
beaten.
Dick telephoned for the patrol wa.
gon. While Dick did this Ted called
up the radiophone station. broad
smile spread over his face as he talked
over the phone.
| When Wilkens was taken away Ted
hung up the receiver and turned hap
PLY to Dick.
"It's us for the broadcasting build.
ing again." said Ted to Dick. Dick
| said nothing until they were once more
on their way.
"How did you know that guy was
trying to swipe those bonds?" Dick de
manded.
at was message from that broad
| casting building" explained Ted. 'That
light was a message from Mary John
son telling me Wilkens was going to
steal the bonds"
"How did she know about itY" de-
manded Dick.
"She partly guessed 1t, she told me
over the phone just now," said Ted.
"And her intuition was right, too. You
see, this evening Wilkens told her he'd
heard | had the bonds early in the
| day, but that now they were missing
and that | would be arrested in the
morning charged with taking them. AS
she had perfect faith in me, she
thought this was frame-up on viii
kens' part to hurt me. Then, while
she was giving her radiophone concert
he dragged her away and bound and
gagged her and threw her In a store
room. She figured that he did this for
the purpose of getting me to the sta.
tomas he knew I'd be listening in on
the concert and would naturally hurry