Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1926-05-14

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him more cautious.
"I'll have to be constantly on my
guard" he said to himself "If Blake
is up to some crime, he'd put me out
of the way If he caught me. That
sailors standing in with him."
He was wide awake long before
dawn, and, anxious to take his dip in
the ocean before anyone else on the
island was stirring, he scrambled down
the rocks to the beach. Choosing
| favorable spot for a swim, he threw
off his outer garments and stood ready
for the plunge.
Suddenly a distant, muffled hum like
the buZzing Of swarm Of bees
aroused his interest. He stood listen
ing, turning his head this way and
that He looked up and down the face
of the cliff, at loss to explain the
intermittent buzzing. After while
his attention was directed to thick
grove of tall trees standing off by
themselves on the highest point Of the
island, some distance away from the
house.
That's pretty big swarm of BEES"
he commented, ito make all that noise.
I'll take look in that grove"
Instead Of plunging into the surf, he
threw on his clothes and walked up
the hill. There was a peculiar me-
tallic quality in the intermittent buz-
zing that had more than awakened
Dicks curiosity; it had excited his
suspicion.
Therefore, instead Of making direct
for the grove, he made a circuitous
detour which enabled him to keep out
of sight of anyone on the summit of
the plateau. By scaling the rocks and
climbing along ledges he managed to
reach the grove from the opposite
side.
Once within their shadows he crept
from tree to tree, always following the
humming as a guide. 1t seemed much
nearer and clearer, but it was still
muffied as If coming from consider
able distance.
Dawn was just beginning to streak
the east with faint bars of light, but
In the grove 1t was still dark and
shadOwy. In the half light, Dick
stumbled along until he came to a
yawning hole that stretched directly
across his pathway.
He stood on the very brink of it be-
fore he realized it's presence. Catch
ing himself with start, he stepped
back and peered down. The hole was
natural fissure or break in the rocks,
four or five feet across and twice that
distance in length. It's depth was
problematical In the dim light.
1t was not, however, so much the
discovery of the hole that startled
Dick-for he had stumbled upon many
similar breaks in the plateau and
along the face of the cliff-as it was
the sudden realization that the buzzing
he had been following came directly
from beneath his feet Somewhere be-
low, in the dark space yawning before
him, the mystifying, but no longer muf-
fed, noises were rising in sharp STAG
cato wave vibrations.
They were wave vibrations all right.
Dick recognized their cause the instant
he peered over the brink They came
from a wireless plant concealed below,
and it had been only their muff1ed
character, due to the surrounding walls
of rocks, that had deceived him be-
fore.
1t was impossible to see more than
a foot or two below the brink, and
Dick was unwilling to risk exposure
by venturing too near. He sat down
on rock and listened. Familiar as
he was with various wireless plants, he
was unable to read the messages that
the unknown one below was sending
through the air.
7 Its in code," he mused after a
while. mot much chance of reading it
without the key"
Nevertheless, he waited and lis
tened. He had a pretty accurate in
tuition Of the identity Of the one be-
low. Blake had spoken Of sending in
structions to the yacht by wireless,
and by rising early for a dip in the
ocean Dick had stumbled upon the
hidden plant.
From that distance 1t was more than
likely the sounds of the buzzing could
not be heard up at the house The
plant was artfully concealed in the
cave-like hole, and no one would be
apt to stumble upon it accidentally.
He raised his eyes to find the mast
and aerials. They would at least have
to be outside and in clear view. 1t
was growing light rapidly, and the
tops of the trees were In sharp sill
hOuette against the sky. But there
was no sign Of wireless mast
A little puzzled, Dick continued to
search with hiS eyes until they sud-
denly came to focus on a point mid
way between two giant trees mo-
ment later a smile parted his lips. 1t
was all as plain as day. The aerials
were stretched from tree to tree, but
In such Way that thav 0anmnd t0