Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-10-05
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Trents keys and his desk, and
found out the whole thing-or all
the main essentials, anyway"
did you, though" She looked at
him with some admiration. THAT
was pretty clever of you. How did
you do it?"
That's keep answered Gun
THE main point is that know
their little game now. 1t means
that we've got % get away from
here, and very soon, if we're to
prevent such destruction and loss
of life, it gives one cold shivers to
think about it. We mustn't worry
about anything else at the mo-
ment, but just how to get away"
"And that won't be easy" COM
mented the girl. Have you got
any sort of plan?"
"Yes, a rough one. But we can
discuss it later. I want to tell you
what this scheme of your friends
over there really amounts to. Have
you any idea?"
"Only the vaguest. I gather
there's going to be a b. holdup,
and someone's likely to get hurt
in the process. They've a regular
arsenal over there, with enough
stock in it to blow up a village"
Its more than a village they
intend to blow up" Gun inter-
rupted, grimly. "Listen-here's the
scheme in a nutshell. There seem
to be three parties concerned.
Firstly, some immensely wealthy
men who are financing the scheme.
Secondly, a group of financiers
who can work the stock market"
"Ah," she interrupted. That's
where Watson comes in"
mo doubt" Guns voice was
grimmer than ever. And the third
group are the practical men-the
men who are to do the dirty work.
Your friend Otto seems to be in
charge of that section. And the
idea is, in a sense, a very simple
one. On a certain day-or, more
likely, night-an airplane will fly
over London. Simultaneously-or
as nearly so as possible-another
one will appear over Berlin. Each
of these machines will drop three
or four bombs on the busiest part
of the alphabetically wrecking
buildings and killing and manning
heavens knows how many people"
Good heavens!" Coral had gone
pale, and stared at Gun with STAR
tied eyes. "But WHY-what's the
object?"
"Only this. Immediately after
the bombing, in both London and
Berlin, an intensive propaganda
scheme will be put into operation.
1t will be rumored that the ma
chine that bombed Berlin was a
British one, and that the one that
bombed London was an Italian one.
Thus the temper of the population
of both countries will be reused to
fever pitch. There will be instant
danger of war-a danger that may
we'll become fact-ant in conse-
quence there will be panic on the
stock exchanges of three countries
England, Germany and Italy.
And to men who can control the
markets, and who know before
hand what is going to happen, it
will be easy to make an enormous
fortune"
Good heavens" Coral gasped
again. Even she wa overcome
with the enormity of the scheme.
"It's due to come off on the 25th
at the latest" Gun went on. "And
we are the only ones outside the
gang who know it-and, somehow,
we've got to stop it. That means
we've got to move at once, and
move quickly. And now we'd bet
ter join Tommy Hazeldeane, and
put our heads together before you
stage your show in the bungalow.
But remember, not word to him
about the real game our friends
are playing, or he may easily ruin
US completely"
Chatting lightly, as though nei-
Their Of them had q care in the
world, they strolled around the
bungalow and on to the lawn.
1--WE must hurry up" Coral said
anxiously. IF I don't get to work
vamping Mr.. Hazeldeane here soon,
they'll be suspecting something."
Gall rigE.:" said Gun. Nov look
here. You've had a chance to look
around The place a bit, I take it.
Where do you think we are?"
ION some obscure island Of the
Greek archipelago"
II thought as much. You've 10.
Gated their arsenal, haven't you?
Got any idea where the keys are
kept?"
eyes, I've found that out. Trent