Evening star., 1923-02-17
BY J. AUBREY TYSON
Copyright. 1922. by the Macmillan Company)

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game. By keeping you in their custody
and setting watch on me they are
playing into our hands. 1t is fortunate
, for us that their designs make it neces-
my friends"
! As he stepped toward the telephone
on the wall Miriam laid a hand on
one OF his arms
DO not forget, captain. that all you
reported" she cautioned him.
Have no fear. Miss Warburton,'' he
assured ASS her; II will not fail to give
As he took the receiver from it's hoof,
he raised finger in a manner which
gave her to understand that she must
be silent.
! The operator at the hotels switch
board responded promptly. The number
FOR which Rennison asked was that Of
the Chelmford Hotel. The desired con-
nection was made without delay. He
/ asked for Towndrow and in a few mo-
| Ice mans the voice that came to him
| over the wire. Miriam, watching him
,, anxiously, saw him take a lead pencil
from pocket of his vest.
IAN right. Severn" came the reply
Il want to call up Winship. in Wash
ngton. but Eve lost his telephone num-
Der. Rennison went on. DO you re-
There was a pause, then the secret
service man replied:
mo, but l have memorandum of
| II somewhere. If you'll hold the wire
I'll look it up"
"Al1 right, old man. Sorry to bother
/ you"
Miriam, still watching him, saw him
place the point of the lead pencil in
contact with the rubber diaphragm
OF the transmitter. She fancied he
\ " n fr~u Nt,aer i
! the black surface.
AS the seconds passed Rennison
stood motionless. Twice, apparently
!rritated by the delay, he called
Hello" But he got no answer.
FINALLY he ratified the receiver hook.
Again the operator at the hotel
switchboard responded.
Fve been cut off from the man with
whom I've been talking" Rennison
exclaimed. Connect me again. please"
helmford. In few moments he had
+. Towndrow.
They cut us off. old man" Rennis son
said Did you find Winship's num-
No. Severn. I've mislaid IT."
We'll, no matter then. I'll be going
TO w ashlngton on the $3.50 train and
Will see him personally"
You're done here?"
yes. There's no use going further
y
beaten us out and probably is back
at mis- home by this time We've
succeeded in keeping the papers out
OF his hands. however. and 1t looks
as II we must be satisfied with that
for the time being, at least. Mean
, time, 1T will be best to say nothing TO
any one concerning our suspicious of
MIN. We have no direct evidence
against him, of course, and unless we
outaln TINS we may make trouble for
N
confidence. Anyhow, II looks as II
were about done with the case. for
! probably will be ordered to set off
Tor London tomorrow"
This trip here looked to me like
1oofs chase from the first" Towndrow
growled. DO you want me to take
the train back with you? rye heen
pressed pretty hard these last twenty
Tour hours, and since the game is
Get back to bed, if you like" said
Rennison When + get to washing
ton III report for you. Keep to the
nay until 10 or II o'clock. You can
sehon set IN to- touch with me through Mer-
All right, Severn"
All right, Towndrow. Goodbye"
Replacing the receiver on it's hook
Kennison turned to his companion
ing at him anxiously.
would 1t not have been better to
have seen your friend before YOU
leave Baltimore?" she asked
No That might have spoiled
I have taken. he is informed Of the
situation you and I are facing here
and In few minutes every necessary
resource of the government will be
utilized to afford protection to you"
but you only told your friend"
Laughing, Rennison took in one of
his the little hand the wondering ac-
tress had laid on his arm.
What you heard me tell him was
Tor ears other than his-the ears
which you warned me were alert for
anything I might say over the tele.
phone: All information Concerning
our situation here was conveyed by
means OF this pencil-during the pe-
rfod my voice was stil1-while Town
memorandum for which I asked"
Tn afraid I do not understand"
murmured the puzzled Miriam.
The explanation Is simple" Renni-
son assured her. Il asked him for the
telephone number Of 'winship.' The
name 'Winship' is what we know as q
cue word This not only gave him
TO understand that i was about to
communicate with him by means Of a
secret code, but that he must afford
me an opportunity to do SO. Though
the code consists Of series Of dots
and dashes, produced, in this case.
by tapping on the diaphragm of the
telephone transmitter, it differs ma
terially from the generally known
Morse code, and is a carefully guarded
secret Of certain federal agencies. Upon
receiving this cue. Towndrow told me
ne would search for the slip con-
tanning the missing telephone num-
Der. He remained at the instrument,
Of course. receiving the information
tapped out to him with the point Of
my pencil"
Then he Knows"
He knows you and I are here to-
gether, under close surveillance of
Seafalcon's spies. that you have seen
Seafalcon in Baltimore, and that you
will meet Kerfoot after I, followed by
Seafalcon's agents, leave this hotel
for Washington. He is now proceed
ing to put into action agencies which,
In their turn, will keep careful watch
who have you in their charge. AS
have said, we will remain here for
the next two hours At the expira-
ton OF that time we may be assured
Tn 5na., wherever we may go. we will
must caution you. however, against
any display of confidence or defiance
that might lead our enemies to sus.
pect that you no longer fear them"
smlilng sadly, the actress shook her
1t will be impossible for me to
display, even inadvertently, conf
dence that I cannot feel" she said.
Your success in thus communicating
with your friend encourages my be-
lief that sooner or later, you will get
within striking distance Of Seafaicon
But, so far as my own fate is con-
cerned. I have no illusions When
our enemies learn I have deceived
them. they will strike quickly. when
the blow falls upon me. howeyer
will be cherishing the belief that you
are attaining your object, and that