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Featuring .
Miss Pearl White Elaine Dodge
Mr. Lionel Barrymore Marcius Del Mar
WRITTEN BY ARTHUR B. REEVE
The Well-Known Novelist and the
Creator of the "CraigtKennedy" Storiea
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Author of "The Perils of
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Srnopala of Previous Chapters
After tha finding of Wu Feng's body
and Kennedy's disappearance, a sub
martna appears tha following morning
on Ua bay. A maa plungoe overboard
from It and ewinls ashore. Jt la tha en
trance of Marctua Dal Mar into America.
Mis mlaalon la to obtain Information
of Kennedy, and raoovar, If possible, tha
'lost tarpado. At tha L? honti ha aoon
twlna tha oonfldence or Elaine, Lat.r aha
ta warned br a llttla old man to bo onre
M of Ded Mar. Thla warning cams Juat
In time to prevent Del Mar from carry
ing out his plana.
Elaine gives a mestiuarode hall. Del Mar
attend Neither he nor his domino girl
ran locate tha torpedo. A gray friar
warns KJaln and Jameson or Iel Mar's
purpose, and hla plans are upiet.
Tha girl enters tha Podsa h-rnie as a
maid; find, the torpedo place. It In a
trunk, which with others, Is aent to the
3odge country home, in a hold-up I.l
Mar's men fall to set tha trunk contain
in tha torpedo. Elaine hi In. the torpedo,
which later la atolen by Del Mar', men.
who in escsplng meet the old man. of
mystery. A desperate battle follow.. In
which tha old man destroys the torpedo.
Jameaon la raptured by Del Mar a men
while on his way to mall a letter to the
t'nlted Matea secret vrvlce. Klalne
reaeuea him. Lieutenant Woodward and
hla friend attend a party given at the
Dodge home, at which Dei Mar la pres
ent, rnknowtnaly Del Mar drops a note
which gives Klalne a duo. Jn her attempt
to prevent his cutting the Atlai.tin cable
aha is discovered and made a pr'.nner on
the boat, which afterwards Is wrecked by
Woodward ami the old innn of mystery.
Jameaon arrives In a hydro-aeroplane
Just In tlma to save Elaine from drown
ing;. A L'ttle Hunting Party
CHAPTER, VI.
Del Mar made his way cautlotuly along
the bank of a little river at tha mouth of
which ha left tha boat, after escaping
from tha llttla steamer.
Quite evidently ha was worried by tha
failure to cut tha great Atlantlo cable,
-..A k - mamm til Wh.t1lr tnV
leak had occurred In tha organisation
which, as secret foreign agent, ha had
so earefully built up In Amerloa.
Aa tha skirted tha ahora of tha river, ha
cams to a falls. Hera ha moved even
mora cautiously than before, looking
about to make certain that no ona had
followed him.
It was a beautiful sheet of water that
tumbled with a roar over tha ledge of
rock, than raced away swiftly to tha see.
In a cloud of spray.
Assured that ha was alone, ha ap
proached a crevice In tha rocks, near tha
fulls. With nnothar hasty look about, ha
reached In and pulled a lover.
Instantly a most marvelous changa
took place. Incredible beypnd belief. Tha
volume of water that cama over tha
falls actually and rapidly decreased until
it almost stopped, dripping slowly in a
thin veil. There was tha entrance of a
cava literally hidden behind tha falls.
Del Mar walked In. Inside was tha
entrance to another Inner cava, higher
up in tha sheer stona of tha wall that tha
waters had eroded. From tha floor to
thla entrance lej a ladder. Del Man
.climbed It. then stopped just Insida tha
entrance to tha Inner cava. ' For a mo
ment ha paused. Then ha pressed an
other lever. Almost Immediately tha thin
trickle of water grew until at last tha
roaring falls completely covered tha cava
entrance. It was a clever concealment,
contrived by damming tha river above
and arranging a new outlet controlled
hr flood gates.
There Del Mar stood. In tha Inner eave.
A man sat at a table, a curious gear
fastened over his heed and covering his
ears. Before him was a huge apparatus
from which flared a big blulah-green
.pray, snapping and crackling above tha
t'nund.r of the waters. From tha appara
tus ran wires apparently up through ca
bles that penetrated tha rocky roof of
tha cavern and tha river above.
tt was Del Mar's secret wireless sta
tion, rloee to tha hidden submarine har
bor which had been estahtt.hed beneath
tha Innocent rocks of tha promonotory
up the coast. Far overhead, on the cliff
over tha falls, were tha anter.nsa of tha
wireless.
'I tow Is It working" asked Del Mar.
'Pretty well. answered tha man.
"No Interferencer queried Del Mar,
aDiiatrag tha apparatus.
Tha man shook his head In tha ne
gative. "We must get a quenched spark ap
paratus." went on Del Mar, pleased that
nothing was wrong here, "Thla rotary
gap affair la out of data. By tha way. I
want yuu to be ready to aend a mes
sage, to be relayed across to our people.
I've got to consult the board below in
tha harbor first, however. Ill send a
messenger to you."
"Very well, sir." returned tha man.
taUrtlrg as Del sr went out
...
Oit at Tfcrt Dale. Ueutnant Wood
ward was -Mill entcrialru g hi iw
frUnd. 1'iof. ttrnold. and 1 10 Intromi ted
officer at the fort.
They were discussing tha strange events
cf the early morning, when an orderly
entered, saluted Cotortel Swift and handed
him a telegram. The eolone tore It ipen
end read It. hla faoo growing grave.
Then ha landed It ti Wrodworl. who
tread:
'WAMUN'ITO.V. TX d-Radlo elation
Irlug Illegal wa.'S Irngth In your vicin
ity. In lijfale and report Urandon.
aijidio Ilurea I."
Iiof. Aini4d shook his heal slowly, ss
hnilj the iclryrsm taci. 'Thi-ra'g
Pauline," "The Exploits of Blaine.'
a wlrnlnns apparatus of my own on my
yacht," he neroarksd slowly. ' I have an
Instrument there which I think can hlp
)ou greatly. Iet'fi see what w cn do. '
"All right" nodded Colonel Bwlft to
Woodward. "Try.'
Tha two went out, end a few minutes
later, on tha shore. Jumped Into Arnold's
fast llttla motor boat and sped out across
tha water until they swung around along
side the trim yaoht which Arnold was
using.
It wss a compact and comfortnble little
craft, with lines that Indicated both
gracefulness and speed. On ona of tha
masts, aa they approached. Woodward
noticed tha wireless serial Thes climbed
up tha ladder over tha side and made
their way dlreotly to tha wireless room,
where Arnold sat down and at once
began to adjust tha apparatus.
Woodward seemed keenly interested In
Inspecting tha plant which wss of a
curious type, and not exactly Ilka any j
that ha had seen before.
' "Wireless apparatus," explained Arn
old, still at work, "aa you know, is di
vided Into three parts, tha source of
power, the making and sending of wire
less wayea, Including the key, gpark,
condenser, and tuning coil, and tha re
ceiving apparatus head telephone., an
tennae, ground and detector. Thla Is a
very compact system with facilities for
a quick changa from ona spark lensth
to another. It ha a spark gap, quenched
type, break system rally operator can
hear any Interference while transmitting
tranaformatton by a single throw of a
six-point switch which tunea the oacllat
Ing and open circuits to reeonarnr.."
Woodward watched him keenly, fol
lowing his explanation carefully, as Arn
old concluded.
"You might call It a radio detective."
ha added.
Hven tha startling ewertence of the
morning when she was carried off and
finally Jumped from the little tramp
steamer that had attempted to cut tha
cable did not dampen Blaine's ardor.
She missed the guiding hand of Kennedy,
yet felt Impelled to follow up and Inves
tigate th strange things that had been
happening In tha neighborhood of her
summer home since his disappearance.
I succeeded In getting her sa?lv home
after Bumside and I rescued hr In tha
hydoaeroplane, but no sooner 1 sd shs
changed her clothes for dry ones than
sna disappeared herself. At lot I could
not find her, though, later, I fo aid that
she had stolen away' to town anl there
had purchased a complete outfit of men's
clothes from a second-hand dtalcr.'
Cautiously, with the large bund under
hsr arm, she returned to Dodge Hall and
almost sneaked Into her own I ome and
upstairs to her room. She locked tho door
and hastily unwrapped the bundle, tak
ing out a tattered suit and other things,
holding thsm up and laughing gleefully
aa she took off her own pretty clothes
and denned th.se hideous garments.
Quickly she oorrpletid ier change of
costume and outward character. As she
surveyed herself In the dainty mirror
of her dressing table she laughed again
at the incongruity of her prutty toudolr
and the rough men's .lotheu he was
wealing. Deftly she arranged her hair
so that hsr hat would cover It bhe picked
a black mustache from the table and
stuck It on hsr soft upper Up. it tickled
and she made a wry feM over it. Then
aha hutited up a cigarette from th bundle
which she had brought in, llghte-1 it and
stuck It In the corner of her mouth,
letting It droop Jauntily. It trade her
cough and she threw It away.
Finally she went to the door and down
stairs. No one was about. Eh opened
ths door and gased around. All was quiet.
It was a new role for bar, but, with a
bold front she want out end paawl down
to the gate of the grounds, puling tier hat
down over her ayes and assuming a tough
swagger.
Only a few tnlnutee before, down In the
submarine harbor, ' the offioere of the
board of foreign agents had been grouped
about Del Mar, who had entered and
taken his place at their bead, very eiurry
over tha failure to cut the cable. Aa they
concluded their hasty conference, he
wrote a meaaage on a slip of paper.
"Take thla to our wireless station," ha
ordered, handing It to una of the men.
The man took It, rose, and vent to a
wardrobe from which ho extracted one
of tha aubmarine suits. With the mas
sage la his hand, he went out of the
room, buckling on the suit
A few ndnutes later the messenger In
the submarine suit bobbed up . n of the
wster, near the promontory, anl climbed
slowly over Uia rocks toward a ctavica,
where ha began to take off the diving
outfit.
Having finished, he hid the suit among
the rocks snd then want along the little
liver, cavefuly skirting its banks Into the
ravine la which ware tha fall snd the
wireless cave. '
In her disguise, Elaine had mads her
way by a sort of lnstln."t slong tha shore
to the rocky protnont-wy where she had
discovered the message in tho t'n tuba
In the. water. .
Rontething, she know not whst. was
going on about there, and .be I'ssoned
that it was not all over yet. Cha was
right As shs looked about keenly she
did see something, and she hid among
the rook a It wee a man. all dripping.
In an outlandish helmet and suit
Khs saw him slink nto a crloe end
take off the suit then, ss he moved
toward the river ravine, she stole up
sfter til m.
Suddenly shs stopped tvrk .t il, sur
prised, snd stared.
The man had actually cone '.p to the
vt ry waterfall. He had pre.wd what
lioktd like a letr
the eat
sr wer
Read
tha fall wmul to stop.
Than Ha walked directly
through. Into a cava.
In tha greatest wonder
KlaJne rr.pt along to
ward tha fall. Inalds
tha oare Dal Mar's am la
nary started to climb a
ladder to an Innar cava.
he glanced out and saw
Klalne by the entrance.
With an oath he Jumped
Into the Inner entrance. Ills hand
reached eagerly for a lever In tha
rocks and as ha found snd held
it, .he peered out carefully.
Klalne cautiously came from be
hind a rock where she had hidden
herself snd seeing no one appar
ently watching, now, advanced un
til she stood directly under the
trickle of water which had once
been the falls. Bhe gazed Into the
oave, curiously uncertain whether
she dared to go In alone or not.
The emissary Jerked fiercely at
the lever as ha saw Elaine.
Above the falls o. dam had been
built and by a system of levers the
gates could be operated so that the
water could be thrown over the
falls or diverted away at will. Aa
the man pressed the lever the flood
gates worked quickly.
Elaine stood gaslng eagerly Into the
blackness of the cave. Just then a great
volume of water from above crush. d
down on her with almost crushing weight
How she lived through It she never
knew. But fortunately, she had not
gone quite far enough to get the full
force or the water. Still, the terrlflo
flood easily overcame hsr.
Bhe was swept, screaming, down the
stream.
e e e
Rather alarmed at the strange disap
pearance of Blaine after I brought her
home, I had started out along the road
to the shore to look for her, thinking
that shs might perhaps have returned
there.
As I walked along a young tough at
least st the time I thought It was a
young tough, so good was the disguise
she had asainned, and so well did she
carry it off slouched past me.
What such a character could be doing
in the neighborhood I could not see. But
ha was so noticeably tough that I turned
and looked. He kept hla eyes averted as
If afraid of being recognised.
Great Caesar!" I muttered to myself,
"that's a roughneck. This place Is sure
geUIng to be a hangout for gunmen."
I shrugged my shoulders and continued
my walk. It was no business of mine.
Finding no trace of Elaine, I returned to
the house. Aunt Josephine wag In the
library alone.
"Where's Elaine?" I asked, anxiously.
"I don't know," she replied. "I don't
think she's at horns.'
"Well, I csn't find hsr anywhere," X
frowned, wandering out at a loss what
to do and thrusting my hands deep la
my pockets as an aid to thought
Somehow, I felt I didn't seem to get
on well as a detective without Kennedy,
Yet so fsr, a kind providence seemed to
have watched over us. Was It because
we were children or I rejected that
alternative.
W alklng along leisurely I made my
way down to the shore. At a bridge that
crossed tha rather turbulent stream aa
It tumbled Its way toward the sea, I
paused and looked at the water reflec
tively. Suddenly my vagrant Interest was
aroused. I'p the stream I saw someone
struggling In the wster and shouting for
help ss the current carried her along,
screaming.
It was Elaine, The hat and mustache,
of her dlFgutae were gone and ruer beau
tiful Titian hair was spread out on (he
water as it carried her now this way, now
that, while she struck out with all her
strength to keep afloat I did not stop to
think how or why she was there. I
swung over the rail, stripping off my
coat, ready to dive. On she came with
the swift current to the bridge. As she
approached I dived. It was not a minute
too aoon. In her struggles she had be
come thoroughly exhausted. She was a
good swimmer, but the fight with nature
was unequal.
I reached her In a second or two and
took her hand. Half pulling, half shoving
her, I struck out for tha shore. We
managed to make it together where the
current waa not quite so strong, and
climbed safely up a rock.
Klalne sank down, choking and gasping,
not unconscious, but pretty much all In
and exhausted. 1 looked at her in amase
nttmt Hue was tlie tough ohmracter I
had Just seen,
"Wh)', where In the wvrtd did you gat
thove togsT" I queried.
"Never mind my clothes, Walter," she
geiped. "Take me home for some dry
onra I have a clue."
Bhe rose, determined to shake off the
effects of her recent plunge and went
toward ths house. As I helped ber she
related breathlessly what she had Just
seen.
Meanwhile, back of that wall of water,
the wireless operator In the rave was
sending messages which Del Mar's amis
aary dictated to him, one after another.
With the high resistance receiving ap
paratus over his heed. Arnold was listen
ing to ths wireless signals that came
over his "radio detective" on the yacht
moving the slider baiok and forth on a
sort of tuning coll. as he listened. Wood
ward stood dose beeids cdm.
"As you know," Arnold remarked, "by
the use of an asilal, messages may be
easily received from any number of sta
tions. Laws, rules, and regulations may
be adopted by the government to shut
out Interlopers and to plug busybody
eara, but the greater part of whatever la
transmitted by the liertstan waves can
be snatched down by this wireless de
tective of mine. Here I can sit In my
w Irelcss room with this earphone clamped
over my head drinking Id news, plucking
the i secrets of others from ths sky in
lethrr wunls. this U i,nniuiii l,v -
it Here IW-Tiiem See fT All in
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Jasseae falls te trseegalee Elalae. dlagwUed.M
"Are you
Woodward.
getting anything?" asked
Anold nodded, as he seized a pencil and
started to write. The lieutenant bent for
ward In tense IntereHt. Finally Arnold
read what hs had written and with a
peculiar, quiet smile handed it over.
Woodward read. It was a senseless
Jumble of dots and dashes of the Morse
code, but, although he was familiar with
the codo, ha could msks nothing out of it
"It's the Morse codo sll right," he said,
handing it back with a puzzled look, "but
It doesn't make any sense."
Arnold smiled again, took ths paper,
and without a word wrote on it some
more. Then he handed It back to Wood
ward. "An old trick," he said. "Reverse
the dote and dashes and see what you
gat"
Woodward looked at It as Arnold had
reversed It and his face lighted up.
"Harbor successfully mined," he quoted
In surprise.
"I'll show you another thing about this
radio detective of mine," went on Arnold
energetically "It's not only a wave
length measurer, but by a process of my
own I can determine approximately the
distance between the sending and the
receiving points of a messsge."
He attached another, smaller machine
to the wireless detector. In the fsce was
a moving finger which swung over a dial
marked off in miles from one upward.
Aa Arnold adjusted the new detector, the
hand began to move slowly. Woodward
looksd eagerly. It did not move far, but
came to rest above the figure "2."
"Not so very far away, you see, lieuten
ant," remarked Arnold, pointing to the
dlalface.
He seised hla glass and hurried to the
deck, levelling it at the shore, leaning
far over the rail In his eagerness; As hs
swept the shore, he stopped suddenly.
There was a house roof among the trees
wun a wireless aerial fastened to the
chimney, but not quite concealed by the
dense foliage.
"Look," he cried to Woodward, with
an exclamation of satisfaction, handing
over the glass.
Woodward looked. "A secret wireless
station, all right." hs agreed, lowering
the glass after a long look.
"We'd better get over there right
away," planned Arnold, leading the way
to the ladder over the side of the yacht
and calling to the ssllor who had man
aged the little motor boat to follow him.
Quickly they skimmed across to the
shore. "I think-we'd better send to ths
port for some men," considered Arnold as
they landed. "We may need reinforce
ments before we get through."
Woodward noded and Arnold hastily
wrote a note on a rather large scrap of
paper which he happened to have in his
pocket
"Take this to Colonel Swift at Fort
Dale," he directed the sailor. "And
hurry!"
The sailor loped off, half on a run, as
Arnold and Woodward left down ths
shore, proceeding carefully.
At top speed. Arnold's) sailor made his
way te Fort Dale and waa directed by the
sentry to Colonel Swift, who was stand
ing before the. headquarters with several
of floe ra
"A mssssga from Lieutenant Woodward
and Prof. Arnold," he announced, ap
proaching the commanding officer and
handing him the note. Colonel Swift tore
It open and read:
Have located radio aerial in the woods
along shore, riease send squad of men
with bearer. ARNOLD.
"You Just left them?" queried the col
onel. "Yes, sir." replied the sailor. "We
came ashore In his boat. I don't know
exactly where they went, but I know
the direction and we ran catch up with
them eaally If we hurry, sir."
The colonel hsnded the note quickly to
a cavalry officer beside him who read
It, saluted at the orders that followed,
turned and strode off, hastily stuffing
the paper In his belt as the sailor went
too.
Meanwhile, Del Mar's valet waa leaving
the bungalow and walking down the road
on an errand for hla master, lp ths
road he heard the clatter of hoof. He
stepped back off the road and from bis i
covert he could see a squad of cavalry,
headed by the captain and a sailor, can- j
taring past.
The captain turned in the saddle to
speak to ths sailor, who rode like a horse'
marine, and as he did so the turning of
Ms body loosened a paper which he haJ
stuffed quickly Into his belt. It fell to
the ground. In their hurry the troop,
e'ose betilnd. ' rods over It. Rut It did
not eecape the quick eye of Del Mar's
valet. j
They had sesreely dlaappcsred around
a bend In the road when hs stepped out;
snd poun-'.d on tha paper, reading tt ;
taf.eriy. Every Una of hla face ahowed
fear as he turned and ran back to the
bungalow,
"See what I found," he cried, breath
lessly, bursting in on Del Mar who wag
seated at hla desk, having returned from
the harbor.
Del Mar read It with scowl of fury.
Then he seized his hat and a short
hunter's axe- and disappeared through
the panel Into the subterranean passage
which took him by the shortest cut
through the very hill to the shore.
.
Slowly Arnold and Woodward made
their way along the shore, carefully
searching for the spot where they had
eeen ine nouse with the aerial. At last
they come to a place where they could
see tha ri..,-t,wt , ., .
see the deserted house, far upon the sld
of a ravine above a river and a water
fall. They dived into the thick under
brush for cover and went up the hill.
Some distance off from the house, they
parted the bushes and gased off across
an open space at the ramshackle build
ing. As they looked they could see a man
hurry across from the opposite direction
and Into the house.
"As I live. I think that's Del Mar,"
muttered Arnold.
Woodward nodded, doubtfully, though.
In the house. Del Mar hurried to a well
where he found and pressed a concealed
spring. A small cabinet In the plaster
opened and he took out a little telephone
which he rang and through which he
spoke hastily. "Pull In the wires," he
shouted. "We're discovered. I think."
Down In the wireless station In the
cave, the operator at his Instrument heard
the signal of the telephone and quickly
answered it. "All right Mr," he returned
with a look of great excitement and
anxiety. "Cut the wlreo and I'll Dull
them In."
Putting back the telephone, Del Mar ran
U the window and looked out between
Mie slats of the closed blinds. "Confound
them!" he muttered angrily.
He could see Arnold and Woodward
cautiously approaching. A moment later
he stepped back and pulled a silk mask
over his upper face, leaving only hla eyes
vismie. men he seised his hunter's ax
and dashed up the stairs. Through the
scuttle of the roof he came, making his
way over to the chimney, to which the
wireless antennae were fastened.
Hastily he cut the wires which ran
through the roof from the aerial. As he
did so he saw them disappear through
the roof. Below, In the cave, down In
the ravine back of the falls, the operator
was hastily hauling in the wire Del Mar
had out
Viciously next Del Mar tell upon the
wooden aerial Itself, chopping It right and
left with powerful blows. Ho broke tt off
and threw It over the roof.
nelow, Arnold and Woodward, taking
advantage of every tree and shrub for
concealment had almost reached the
house when the broken aerial fell with a
bang almost on them. In surprise they
dropped back of a tree and looked up.
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j But from their position they could sea
nothing. Together they drew their guns
j and advanced more cautiously at the
I house.
Del Msr made his way back quickly
i over the roof, back through the scuttle
and down the stairs sgaln. Should he
go out? He looked out of the window.
Thon he went to the d xr. An instant he
paused, thinking and listening, his it
raised, rendy for a blow.
Arnold and Woodward, by this time, had
reached tho door, which swung open on
Its hinges. Woodwsrd was about to go
in when he felt a hand on his arm.
"Wslt," cautioned Arnold. He took off
his hat and Jammed it on the end of a
stick. Slowly he shoved the door open,
then thrust the hat and stick Just a
fraction of a foot forward.
Del Mar. walt-Ing, alert saw the door
open and a hat. He struck at It hard
with the ax and merely the hat and
stick fell to the floor.
"Now, come on," shouted Arnold to
Woodward.
In the other hand. Del Mar bald a
chair. As Woodward dashed In with
Arnold beside him, Del Mar shied the
chair at their feet Woodward fell over
it in a heap, and as he did so the delay
was all that Del Mar had hoped to gain.
Without a second's hesitation he dived
through an open window. Just aa Arnold
ran forward, avoiding Woodward and the
chair. It was s)ectacular, but It worked.
Arnold fired, but even that was not
quick enough. He turned and with
Woodward, who had picked himself up In
spite of his barked shins, they ran
back through the door by which they
had entered.
Recovering himself, Del Mar dashed for
the woods Just as Arnold and Woodward
ran around the side of the house, still
blazing away after Mm, as they followed,
rapidly gaining.
Elaine changed her clothes quickly.
Meanwhile she had ordered horses for
both of us, and a groom brought them
around from the stables. It took me
' ?"ly "ho,rt, tlme to ,ump mt0 omo dry
i things and I waited Impatiently.
Impatiently,
She was ready very soon, Ihowever. and
wo mounted and cantered off, again In
the direction of the shore where she
had seen the remarkable waterfall, .,of
which she hsd told me.
We had not gone far when we beard
sounds, as If an army were bearing down
on us. "What's that?" I asked.
Elaine turned and looked. It was a
squsd vt cavalry.
"Why, It Is Lieutenant Woodward's
friend. Captain Price," she exclaimed,
waving to the captain at the head of tha
squad.
A moment later Captain Price pulled
up and bowed. Quickly we told him of
what Elaine had Just discovered.
"That's strange," he sold. This man"
Indicating the sailor, ' has Just told me
that Lieutenant Woodward and Prof.
Arnold are Investigating a wireless out
fit over near there. Perhaps there's some
connection."
"May we Join you?" she asked.
i'y an means," he returned. "I
about to suggest it myself." .
wag
We fell in behind with the rest and
were off again.
Under the direction of the sailor we
came at last to the ravine, where we
looked about searchlngly for some trace
of Arnold and Woodward.
"What's that noise?" exclaimed one of
the cavalrymen.
We could hear shots above ua.
"They may need us," cried Elaine. Im
patiently! It waa Impossible to ride up the sheer
heights above.
"Dismount" ordered Captain Price.
His men Jumped down and we followed!
mm. Klalne struggled up now, helped
by me, now helping me.
Further down the hill from the de
serted house, which we could see above
us at the top, was an underground pas
sage which had been built to divert part
of the water above the falls for power.
Through It the water surged and ovei
this boiling stream ran a board walk tha
length of the tunnel.
Into this tunnel we could see that a
masked man had made his way. As ht
did so hs turned for Just a moment and
fired a volley of shots.
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I Elaine screamed. There were Arnold
snd Woodward, his targets, coming on
boldly, as yet unhlt. They rushed In
after him, In spite of his running flr..
returning his shots and darting toward
the tunnel entrance through which he
still blazed back at them.
From our end of the ravine we could
see precisely what was going on. "Coma
the other end of the tunnel." shouted
Price, who had evidently been over the
ground and knew it.
'We made our way quickly to It and It
scented as If we had cur man trapped
like a rat in a hole.
In the tunnel the man was firing back
at his puistiers as he ran along the board
walk for our end. He looked up Just In
time as ho approached us. There he
could see Price and his cavalrymen
waiting, cutting off retreat We wtfre
too. many Cur him. lie turned and took
a step back. There were Arnold and
Wm.dwarJ with leveled guns peering In
a. I hough they could not see very clearly,
a moment their eyes would become
uttnmfd as Ills to the darkness. What
houid he do? There was not a second
to waste. He looked down at the planks
beneath him and the black water slipping
past on its way to the power station.
It wss a desperate chance. But it waa
all that was left He dropped down and
let himself without a splash Into the
water. ,
'
Arnold and Woodward took a step Into
the darkness, scarcely knowing what to
expect, their eyes a bit better accustomed
to the dusk. But If they had been there
an hour. In all probability they oould not
have seen what was at their very feet.
Del Mar had sunk and waa swimming
under water In the swift blaok currant
sweeping under them. As they entered,
he passed out nerved up to desperation.
Down the stream, Just before It took Its
final plunge to the power wheel, Del Mar
managed by superhuman effort to reach
out and grasp a woodsn support of the
flooring again and pull himself out of the
stream. Smiling grimly t himself, he
hurried up the bank.
"Some one's coming," whispered Price.
"Get ready."
We leveled our guns. I was about to
fire.
'Look outl Don't ehootr warned a
voice sharply. It was Elaine. Her keen
eye and quick p reception had recognised
Arnold, leading Woodward. We lowered
our runs.
"Did you see a man, masked, come out
here?" oried Woodward.
'No he must have gone your way," we
called. 1 ,
"No, he y- dn't"-
Arnold was eagerly questioning the cap
tain as Elaine . and I approached.
Dropped Into the water risked almost
certain death," he muttered, half turning
and seeing us.
"I want to congratulate you on your
nerve for going in there' began Elaine,
advancing toward the professor.
Apparently he neither heard nor saw
us, or he turned aa soon as he bad fin
ished with Price and went Into the cave
as though he were too busy to pay any
attention to anything else.
Elaine looked up at me, In blank as
tonishment
"What an Impolite man," she mur
mured, gazing at the figure all stooped
over aa It disappeared In the darkness o
ths tunnel.
(To be continued.)
LARGE SUMS PAID TO '
SUFFERERS FROM RAIDS
(Correspondence of The Associated Press.)
LONDON, July lfi.-The Parliamentary
committee which waa appointed after the
first German navsl raid on the- British
coast to Investigate and compensate rail
sufferers, has thus far distributed $460,000
in Indemnities to those who suffered
property damages In coast and air raids.
Up to June 38 there had been altogether
fourteen attacks on Great Britain by
hostile aircraft with total casualties al
follows:
Killed, flfty-slx, of whom twsnty-four
were men, twenty-one women, and eleven
children. All the men killed were civil
ians. Woundd, so fsr ss ascertained. 19, of
whom eighty-six were men, thirty-five
women, and seventeen children.
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