Evening star., 1924-12-17

-Pinkerton & Co.," said Dick. 'I'm
pleased to meet you. I often won
dered who you were. Well, welt--so
you're only you, after all"
Don't you think it's feasible?" I
demanded.
'Ah, If you come to feasible-it's
Just feasible, Mr.. Pinkerton-or are
you the Co.?'
II wish you'd quit kidding. DiclSie, -
I said. DO you consider the notion
reasonable?"
Reasonable? Mr.. Pinkerton, -"
Then Danny and both set on him
I'll be good-Tll be very good!"
he yelled presently. "Shurrup, Jim
my! Stop it! I'll be good.
We let him go, and after telling
us that we were a couple of thugs.
he became very sound on weights and
gases and hot air Of that sort. He
had the latest statistics about dirigi-
bles at his flnger-tips.
Il think you may discount the
Firms bluewall idea 1t would be
very dangerous for a dirigible of any
size worth talking about to come
down so near the buildings. On a
night like last night. with the wind
there was. there would always be
a good deal of drift. and a dirigible
is not the sort of thing you can push
away from a wall, you do a ships
boat from a quayside.
I'm inclined TO agree with you"
Dick went on, that the Wall street
robberies are linked with the gaso-
line and store affairs in Newark. The
dope links them up. But why drag
in an airship to explain the possi-
n nv
to- explain the need for the gasoline ?
I can't see an airship dropping down
on Newark and not being spotted.
You've worked out that one four
thousand truck could handle the
goId?"
That's right" said
How far is the gasoline station
from the bay slider"
Not far, but 1t stands on a canal
running into Newark Bay"
THAT will do my business" Dick
said triumphantly. Suppose we just
put a jolly old motor -ship-not big
say about twenty tons-alongside our
nice little gasoline station. On land,
we have our four-thousand-ki 10
truck. The motor-ship drifts down
to the gasoline station, and whangs
in the dope-gas, or whatever it is,
then proceeds to run a pipe up TO the
meantime the gang with the truck is
operating on Schomberg's Stores.
When that is done. the truck moves
off across the Hudson by the Cort-
landt Street. Ferry. which runs all
night. 1t drops its dope in Broadway
and down Wall street. The gang
bursts the banks and collects the
goods. and off out of the district to
private wharf, say, on the Jersey
~ arlr 20
the jolly little motor-ship has swum
over The little lugger is loaded with
the booty, and drops down either side
Of Richmond-and there you areW
Now, do you know" said Dan La
mont, that's a very pretty story,
Dickie-and very we'll told, tool
But how do you get over the fact
i, that all the automobile engines stop
ped in the doped district"'
ours is special automobile. ours
it! Maybe it's an electrically driven
truck
1T now appears" my father inter
posed, that the street cars down
Broadway were stopped below Post
Office Square, nobody knows how"
We all turned to stare at him, for
we had almost forgotten his presence,
he was SO silent. Dan was the first
to recover.
That washes out your electric
truck, Dickie," he said.
You can have your airship." Dick
said. When you get crooks that can
dope q whole district, stop automobiles
and electric cars, spread stickfast, so to
speak. on all movement two hours
over an area of square kilometer-
what's to prevent them having an air.
ship that can nestle down on Broad
way? Have your airship-but do think