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AGLE'S EYE" BALKS PLOT OF VON HERNSTORFF TOOLS
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TO STOP AID TO ALLIES BY BLOWING UP WELLAND CANAL
B&ssir.
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rirA: of Brave Girl Leads to Arrest of Dynamiters by
iSecrei Service Men Just in Time to Prevent Dis-
.ii-. z?,,- ir,M ejj. rr c.wV -a, J7Vro
mwutiivi , jljul iTJLvn xiiyiivi up, IU &UIL HIV JLVH0 Ml
Government, Are Permitted to Escape
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Novcllrcil bv COURTNEY RYLEY COOPER Krom Facts Furnished
By WILLIAM J. FLYNN
bkcf.nti.y ki:tihi:i cur.ii ok tii i; imtkii status skcrkt skrvici:
Erie, and DalhGiislc. less than twcn-
lv-seven miles distant, on the shore o(
'.'('Lake Huron, Is a straight, narrow stretch
i'?fc!l water wnicn occupies a piace in me
i ut
twinning ot the world war t-econd only to
i.thafof. the English Channel. This water-
?"iway I the greatest part or me expiana
M tlon1 ot Canada'9 ability to keep the
jfj? stream and volume of troops and sup
"7 piles pouring steadily across the ocean
M to England and France. By means of It
,Vthe troops of the provinces bordering on
K& the-Great Lakes, as well as the supplies
B-tttiv Of .those of the United States which are
sV 4Vi . .....(1,1. t. U . Intndrl .!" tnMt'H Va n H
ftiguben carried rapidly and cheaply to the
niioceamrtoi .Montreal wunuui uwnu
II .Mnf thecarrying capacity of the railroads
'?, Canal, constructed and maintained by
7 Canada, to overcome me oosirucuun:. u
.. i".,(ivfitirkri hatu-ppn t.akps Huron and
ffc 'Erie afforded by the rapids and the fa
lLl "mniii f.Ua nr Xlneam lliver.
KS" ' Som the early days ot the ar. from
3U Ihe lime when Its Importance to the nm
.WE .blllnaOcn of Canada- resources became
W Doarent. the Welland Canal as an ob-
?' Jectlve of an underhanded attacK was
oSi nVntiv In thp minds of the arm of
st rued Into a dlrert order to attack the the Kaiser In their haste to turn and
Welland Canal So It was that ut the naze ut the little object at which KoenlK
second time when the Welland Canal was pointing, a little Instrument fastened
was dlscused it ai Von Hernstorff who to the blank wall which had been covered
first meiitlom d It. hut In Von I'apen he b the picture, which thoy all knew had
found a ready listener and one eager for made audible to any one listening at tly)
the permission which was Riven. other end of wires any conversation
"It Is with reluctance that I give you which had been held In the room.
permission to proceed," said Von Hern- KoenlK was the first to recover from
storff '.Success will mean uKt eat set- thp ,iunifoundment which the discovery
hack to the Allies-. occ.lSonei pcsplte the clumslness.be
but I fear the con- ha(1 8now but a few minutes before, he
sequences. Supplies sprung up the ladder with aslllty and
(le the Order are necessary to bu.sllv traced the course of the wire.
to Proceed K n tr 1 a n d u n d which had been concealed to cunningly
France, but with behind the molding by operatives of the
all the nMilluhle scent service Then he quickly descend-
supplies uhlch America could send to eil and. cinvlng th l.jrlder with him. ran
mem, iiernmny woum sun oe me ic- to tne aajnining wau or me room, wnere
trr It In tliH niaii-poner of America
we must fear "
"Hah' the American t In soldier'"
sneered the military attache. "Hut ou
met not fear that the explosion will
ever 'he traced to yr.u Neither Uoy-lSd
nor myself will take an acthe part. The
necessary i)nainite Is already In our
posfossiiin. Tiustworthy men who have
nevtr been active in the Interest of Uer-
hls keen eyes had shown him the wires
ran Into the plnster. Am In he mounted
the ladder and ripped angrily at the
wire pulling plaster away recklessly,
finally tearing a hole large enough to
expose the wires running upward by
means of a water pipe
"The plumbers, when they were here
for the leak In th.it wall, must hae
been Secret Sen Ice." Jerked out Von
Hapen betwen savage fervid oaths as
ii i
Uncle Sam Was Watching Arch '
Conspirators and Aimed to Give
TKem' Rope Enough to Hang
Themselves Which They Did
message had not been understood and no
watch had been placed on the alley.
Hut no. A' figure suddenly launched
Itself from the kitchen loading 'platform
on to the tunning board of the car: A
second appeared from
came
struggle occurred In the tonneau. The
struggle wur short-lived, however. A
revolver shot, the flash of which showed
It to be In the air, and Jacobson was a
prisoner.
'Look, look ! Tsn t that Harrison
witnesses. He is willing to drive us
clear to Xew York."
Intent only upon getting away from
the Secret Service, Von I.ertz forgot for
the time being that Count von Bern-
Btorff. Doctor Albert with Cintnln vnn
the garbage cans ami t-apen nnu captain Hoy-Kd were await
riot Fulled the glint of a revol- Ing word from him that tho canal, had
Through ver could be seen In been dynamited successfully. More than
Dixie's Work ' his hand as he valuted an hour had elapsed since the arrest of i
to the acant seat by .lacobson before Von I,ertz remembered,,
th driver. The car this matter, and he ordered all speed to
to a sudden halt and n terrific me nearest leiegrapn aiauon. inere It
iwiit (in,, puiur nine lu iiruic inn men"
sage, and It was nearly midnight before
It was delivered at the Imperial German
embassy In Washington.
The quartet of the Kaiser's arch con
spirators had been waiting Imnatlontlv.
fJrant?" gasped Von I.eitz. clutching All of Von Bernstorff'B fears in regard
Dixie's arm as another figure appeared
in tne alley running toward tne car.
"Any one hurt here. 7"
It was a call from the running figure,
which made his Identification as tho
president of the Criminology Club a cer
tainty. Von Lertz. who had been cursing fer
vidly as he gazed Into the alleyway, sud
denly, nffrlghtedly became aware of his
own precarious position.
"rttllb 1UA mllel (rut
to the plot had been aroused when the
time passed and no message was re
ceived. When tho telegram did arrive
he was at his private telephone answer
ing a call which had been received a few
minutes before.
"Why, It's from Ithaca," exclaimed Von
Papen. who had torn open the yellow
envelope. "Sly God, It says 'failed.'
What can It mean?"
"It means this, gentlemen." came the
we must get out of here." he cold voice of Von Bernstorff from the
iv'ples ahd plotters maintained in Amer
4,iv lea by tho Imperial German Govern
& ,ment. Its locks, constructed to raise
$
many will place It and explode It
And Von l'apcn. scarcely waiting for the explanation "f how tho dictograph
the final words of warning from Von had been Installed came to him.
Hernstorff. hurried i.u to catch the train -Quirk. Cpstalrs. and If vou find any
-tY intent. us iocks. L-uiiauuticu t ...... 1Ui .,.- i.J(i. im.h- nc .-uuBi(l ., om, Ht iri0 oiner piiu kui mm nerore ue
iTjJ1 thft largest of lake vessels to the 32.-foot Koenip. chief of deleotlvcs of thp Ham- j1Us H ohanre to utter 11 word of what he
-3 4 .t.Vl tn ViA lavolQ nt the two lakes, hurtr-Ameilcan Steamsliin Line, the man u., uun niht " nwtAri nnit tlum
i 'offered a tempting mark for a charge of who had procured the exiloslennd the jc'(i tMe wnv to the stairs leading to the
V dynamite. The destruction of one of the men for flif Welland plot. After listen- upiu.r noon, a drawn automatic revolver
ment that permission had been Brjnted r
U.v the attack on the canal. Koenlg 0)k,(1 rom (jf n unMant0,i ioft n
brolc ln building adlolnlng the Hohenzollern
"It Is good I can no longer keep Club The door of the room ivw locked,
the dynamite In my offices. It must but gale way easily to the burly shnul-
be taken some place else tonight. The dels of Koenlg Matches quickly showed
boxes have been objects of suspicion conditions which caused a general sigh
since the night mv men sti.Ie them fmin of relief Three chaim in the room, the
ihe barge In the rher and 1 dare not table, the flmr a -id every niece of furnl-
lcuve them there longer." ture was covered with undisturbed dust
"There Is no reason why we lunimt thick enough to be the accumulation of
take It to the Ilohenzollern Club,' an- weeks
pwered Von Papen. "Four men cm ";(, one ,as been In here In months."
lasily carry it In suitcases, and from .-ild Bov-Fd running hl hand o'er he
yi-ur office I will summon Bo -Bd and table nrid holding It up besmirched.
Helnnrh von Iertz." "Mere are newspapers five minths
No untoward Incident Interfered with orj nnounced Von l.crtz, picking ' up
the transfer of the dynamite. After It SPVeral from a rorner and shaking the
had been locked in the club safe the ,iusl from them that he might read the
four men sat ln the favorite corner of ,i.n lines
The evidence that the r plotting or
.n'.ioii in i lie Welland Canal which German agents at.ciupied to wlow up
uttered hoarsely and led the wav through doorway, "that at the present moment a
the door to the corridor. There was no demand Is being made upon Imperial
one but r bellbov tn be seen, bearing a Germany for your recall from the United
frSr
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jriiii!.v-Y ------- --"-I -".I .nrlr
gates would crippiu me i-m;." " -:"
ft' useless for months, thus Impeding
irreatly' the extension of the help which
Canada was giving Great Britain. The
placing of a charge of explosive In one
of the gates would be u matter ol but
little rlBkTas It could be easily done from
toe American side, where the Canadian
iruards respecters of the rights of neu--tral
nations, could not interrupt the con
spirators. were erlous 0i,jectunH i
carrying out a plot to destroy the canal
ki.h rwmirreil to jonanu von i-iii-
Von IlernstortT
TJrirt Caution
von
storff, the shrewd
and cautious am
bassador of the Im
perial German Gov
ernment at Wash
ington, ana director
of the Kaiser's sps
I'M '. army in America. When captain r ran.
$$: 'von Papen first mentioned a scheme for
fV'iuIng dynamite on one of the locks of
:.n y.. S.ii (-mint vnn Hernstorff voiced
for the round of pleasure he had plan
ned. Arriving in Buffalo, the party was
driven to the Algonquin lintel As they
pnused at the desk for Von l.ertz to
ieglter, a bollbov burled up tn Dixie.
"Vou dropped th's, Mls." he as
serted. "Oh. 1 thank vou." responded Dixie,
accepting a dainty lace handkerchief she
had never seen before, when she caught
a significant gleam In Ihe young man's
eves.
Th bellboy turned away quickly to
accept, nonchalantly, n tip which on
l.ertz has extended. Without attracting
the attention of the rest of her party.
Dixie found an opportunity to stretch
the handkerchief out. On the small p cce
of linen In the center ai written In
pencil-
"Bearer of this will be constantly in
tntich with me. and will keep careful
watch for any messages from you.
"A trip to the Welland Canal is really
nice In an auto "
It won the voice of on l.ertz wmen
plly "I will commend Vethccht and
Strphan In my report."
Dixie Jinson smiled quietly nne iihu
tlnued to enlarge upon the efficacy of the
piccautions which hail been taken, ana
how Impossible It was for the secret
tray with a pitcher of water. Had Von States. I have Just received mrorma-I-ertz
been less occupied he might have tlon that Jacobson was arrested as he
recognized him as the snme one who had was leaving the hotel, that Koenlg s
been to tho room a short t me before, omer men were arresieu i m u '
I'lAiu iUHBUII ginned quu'll.v nne ii-in .,.. ....rw.,.". . ..-.. ., ; - ,. ., "ecu m I-"" ivuiii it nuui i nine ueiun. "- ........... .-- --- - -"-,,' t.
seen the method In which Secret Service service to have learned anything of the nna had he stopped a little he would the act of placing the dynamite. Jt
operators acquired "business lags" She
had watched operatives recklessly order
ing drinks of every descrlpt on and dow n
Ing them in gulps, knowing that harm
less substitutes had been servid by an
other operative at the bar.
"Vou will have to excuse me." said
Von l.ertz as they entered the hotel.
"I have to supervise arrangements. I
will meet you In Verbccht's room at
8 o'clock."
Dixie kept him well In sight as he
turned away, and as a result was able to
send Harrison Grant the Information
that Von Uertz and three of Koenlg's
men had spent the afternoon attaching
detonators to sticks of dynamite by
means of the operative In the guise nf
a bellboy. When she went to the loom
of Bareness Vcrbecht at the appointed
hour y'.ie found .Madam Stephan and
the Baroness altendy there. Von l.eitz
entered a few moments later
"Vou two here?" he demanded nn-
fe kl. Ahlanllnng anil t.lld llOWn the COU-
'i-tMa ,mn whiph bo wou.d consent to
uch a Plot ln these words.
WW', You have Impetuously losieree, a
Mlmenace to which our country m-Bht be
elled upon tc,fcf, captain, it ; the
SJ-poBtmiity oinne iinieu o11"".;""7'!
tt. ,.- ,. eh. Mn nf the Alles. Til
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'S .destruction ol the canai,tmgiu wcnuau
Ho serious complletitlons between the
m '.United States and theDomlnlpp. of Can
t3& ada In which! the national honor of ui
Slftt- -v--i . lkt K Krmir-ht tntn- ClUeStion.
. aW.ll,C,B Illl.l,b V -WD.. .---,. -, ... . n .v.
hl 'Xet such a question be raisid and the per-ai German war uiiice.
- 'entry ot tne upitea aim biiy ........ w "-- :';. '., ". .7.7
i many In the- war. would oe ineviiuuie. raiira, imimurouj. i k mc
vriamaeo within its own Dora?rs mc Plans ' ....
IS TTntteiY StateB'.-wlli assimilate, but a ."These men nave selected tnree points
III nif v,iiiii iiii.i miuuiu ur iruv-iicu,
continued Koenl. unabashed. "Men.
,25,
the military and naval aides listening
to n report of the plan for dynamiting
one of the locks of the canal from
Koenlg.
"Two of the men made a minute ex
amination of the locks six years ago."
Koenlg suid "The examination was
made with the full consent of the Cana
dian Government at the time." and Koe
nlg smirked over the thought, "the Hamburg-American
Line contemplated the
establishment of a line of lake boats to
be.operated In connection witn the trans
atlantic I'ne. 1 had the honor of for
warding the rtpr.rt which contained",
niuch valuable Information, to the Im-
Viiii I'apen tilve
vlnat Instrur-
tlnns
to -Damagt
t h. TTnt..l
'if threatened stain on the nanonal honor
,.,-i imrvuu i.j ... "".?,.':; t,;; '-, r".'.-r". . '',,:.' ;.""..:" .... -V
1 .lean t0.3-piicn Ol'iury wmujL nutinub v.-,, t.jtyi"ii in iiiiuuiiiiH u. iiiiiiiiLi-. ,ii- ,ii
3"e v.-wlthstand. L ready in Buffalo awaiting instructions.
PSS'lff "The dlscoi-ery of the perpetrators It is necessary only for some one author
Mt! Sunder? such conditions would be a fqre- lzed to go to them and give the orders
fateTva-tjnrconclusion. With you or any one m biii. mej wi m uu.
Bmmvt the others.you have-mentioned active "In case any of them are captured?
KsSi'Mfn the Dlot.'Tinr.tralI wmlfd lead'cUAtftyisa-'-ked Iloy-Ud
frJft- to this JCmbaasy and the resuirwsufoia T-hey wl'l keep their moutlis shut
I Tf be the making of the one roe impend fa,j Von I'apen "Kach o
uejnianyi cannot cuihiuci .tu ifuw.
.-. America. Coma- to me .when you have
explosives acquired through sources
vl 'i '-which cannot be traced, and when you
2',ihave men wno have never been asso-
L4
-
ciaieu who
those who are connected
I lJ?.r.iini imperial uermiiny iiimi, .ui'iureii
hU "only, will you receive the required pcr-
Sl-.inlsslon.t'o proceed,"
Ji&i That was earlyin the fall' nf 1911.
T'Captaln:-vori .pajiea JA& hot Inform his
it chlef that h;altadyliad"roen at Mag
v jra Falls, prepared 'With exploslvw and
indirections, awaiting ,thevwurd from him
aS . to eo on their message, of destruction.
E J' I WH tpi , i,w v" lw. ."..- -
I ' A ,-without the falwst .suspjeion that the
' tw;--scheme' would-be refused the sanction of
I lithe Ambassador InstfadThe had ex
l ffiWpected congratUlatlot.a for having con
:'f?!WSaselved.'auch a mighty bow as the flrct
4' Wvfiaet' of the secret warfare which had.
' iS?Deen decreed .for .America by the KaK
I' i?ffier"s command. So-tho plan was aban-
.SVdoned,-but Captain von I'apen kept It In
fc-nwi'mlnd as being,' a achemo which would
fi f3some day be avaHauIe for hls Peculiar
Vliita. .
Vi''hat time liad now arrived. Caustic
?acommeTii.s reBivxuing me xaiture oi me
BiSKftlser's forces in America to loosen ex
JKlnorts to the Allies had become freauent
fftv In communications received from the
SJ Berlin offices. Particular references had
'.been made to tne large amount of sup-
splles which were being shipped from
Canada, references so particular, in
vfact. that they might have been con-
fie is working
for an exemption from military service,
for they are all reservists No punish
ment which can be Inflicted will make
them forget the punishment which Ger
many will mete out to all her slacker
..qns when the war is over"
"To success, for his Majesty." said
Von l.ertz, arising to his feet and reach
ing for one of the four seldels of beer
which a waiter had placed on the table,
while Von Papen had been talking He
turned to face th large oil painting of
the Kaiser whlcn hung but a .few feet
from where he ..tood. while Von Papen
and Boy-IOd rose to their feet. Koenlg,
slower and clumsier, stumbled as he
attempted to rise, staggered a few feel,
ijnd then, regaining his equilibrium,
smashed heavily into ihe frame of the
portrait, knocking the picture askew
A ladder was quickly brought which
Von I.er.z mounted, attempting to
straighten the portrait.
"His clumsiness has loosened one of
the vnres." he announced, then to Von
Papen and Boy-Kd. "Franz, Karl, catch
hold ; we will take it
4 down and have It
Ill-emery fixed in n minute."
nf the Struggling under
Dletiiernpli the weight of the
heavy frame, they
heard the choked ex
clamation from Koenlg In his native
tongue:
"Donnerwetter eines dictograph'"
Tho trio all but dropped the picture of
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the evening could not hive been over
heard by the use of the dictograph
was vo conclusive
that they stayed in
the musty smelling
loom but a few tec
onds and then re
turned to the more
comfortabl" quar
ters of the clubroom they had left so
hurrlediy. With the portra't of the
Kaitier once more restored to its ac
custom' d plie... Von Fallen delivered the
final Instructions.
"Boy-Fd, you will accompany me to
Washington so that wo can be with
Count von E'irnstorft as surety to him
that we are tak ng no active pait.
Koenlg, you stick closely to your ac
customed business. Von l.ertz, you w II
go to Buffalo and assume charge For
the sake of precautions take Baroness
Verbecht, Madam Stephan and M'ss
Mason with you. I have suggected M ss
Mason because of the lmpr salon she
has made upon that lnckv whelp Har
rison Grant, president of the Crimi
nology Club, if lie should happen tn ap
pear anywhere on the scene, a thing
which Is not unlikely, due to h'n In
fernal luck In being wherever he can
harm us most. Miss Mason must do
anything to keep him away from the
canal the night of the day after to
morrow. The Baroness and Madam can
care for any other men who are too In
trusive. Ten o'clock of th" s-ennd nigh'
frnm tonight Is the hour nf the destruc
tion of the canal. We will be awaiting
word of your success at the Imperial
German Fmbassy In ashlugton. Good
night" Koenlg and Von l.ertz accepted their
dismissal and left the club together, but
parted at the door, Koeiflg to go on
the Sixth avenue elevated station for a
train to take him to less refined but
more familiar resorts In lower Man
hattan, and Vnn l.ertz to hurry to the
telephone booth-r In the Hotel Plaza.
From a telephone there he pleaded In
vain w'th Dixie Mason for permle.lon
to see her but a few minutes at orce
He finally accepted her dictum that
luncheon the following day would be
the earliest possible moment nt which
she could meet him. He could not know
that his voice had betrayed the fact
to her that another Imperial German
plot was pending and that she wanted
her meeting with the spy to be In some
public place where it wouid be possible
to get word to the Secret Service at
once of any Information she might ac
quire. So It was i.ot by accident that Harri
son Grant, president of the Criminology
Club, was seated In an automobile Just
outside an entrance
to one of Broad
, , .. way's biggest ho-
IIHIe Mnmin Meets tels when Dixie
IlitrrUmi (irunt Mason emergeiliiia.
following day. ,, Ju..
the passerhy'AAi
would have seemed a chance meeting,
extremely pleasurable to both.
"When did you take the dictograph
out of the Ilohenzollern Club?" she
asked us he leaned out of the car to
grnsp lur hand.
"Last night." was his answer.
"Last night? Why, Helnrlch just as
sured me that he knew for a fact that
a dictograph that was discovered had
not been used In montlps."
"The impression we want him and
the other worthies to get," responded
Grant, and then to appease her curios
ity, "since the day we installed It I
knew that It might be discovered at
any time and prepared for It. It might
have nullified a great deal of informa
tion If they susected any one knew of
conversations held in the club. I wab
listening last night when Koenlg fell
against the picture and exposed the re
ceiver. Newspapers, six months old, were
In the corners of the room prepared for
this emergency, and we carefully scat
tered bags of dust which we had there
over everything. We were descending
the fire-escape when they broke into the
loom."
"Then you have all ihe information 1
have gathered from Von I-ertz," said
Dixie, well concealing the disappoint
ment he felt. "Vou know that another
attempt is to be made to dynamite the
Welland Canal, and there Is nothing
I can da to helji."
"We still need plenty of help, just of
the peculiar kind you can give us," said
broke In upon the pleasant musings grlly of the female spies, "Intl left
which the message hail aroused. the two Secret Service men to their
"If that In Intended for an invitation, own devices."
there is nothing I would like better," "Not exactly," drawled Madam Stepli-
responded Dixie qukkl. "Will the an. "We left them, yes, but only af-
Baroness and Madam accompany us?" ter they had been tucked In bed In a
present plot. As he was talking a knock
came on the door and a netinoy, tne
same one who had taken Dixie's piece of
string from the floor ot the corridor, put
his head in:
"Did you ring, sir?" he asked. "No,
sir? 1 am sorry."
The door was closed but a message
had been delivered. To Dixie Mason the
appearance of the bellboy at the door
meant that her bit of string hud reached
Giant and had been understood. On the
stilng she had tied knots spaced to the
dots and dashes of the Morse code
speling out the following message:
"Lock fourteen. Ten o'clock. Watch
alley "
"in a moment Jacobson will he start
ing." said Von l.ertz, moving toward the
window.
Dixie accepted his unspoken Invitation
and moved to his side at the window and
gazed down Into the rapidly darkening
alley. A moment after she had taken
her position a figure emerged on to the
fire escape, and It did not take the whis
pered words of the spy standing next tn
her to Identify It ns Jacobson. The.
dynamiter gathered up two large pack
ages which were already on the pint
form outside his window and then made
It's way gingerly to the ground by way
of the frail steel stairway. An auto
inobllo crept up- to lilm out of the shad
ows of the building. Jacobson got In.
The car began to move forward out of
the alleyway, and Dixie Maon became
filled with a fearful dread. Suppose her
have seen that the tray concealed from means that the secret &erv ice ran i iii. ii
view n wiekeii uiitnmati,. revolver, whieti Information of the p ot, that you nave
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of the hotel tervant The bellboy gazed "They couldnt have known, lnt er-
blankly past the German spies dlFectly Posed -on PP"- "J j''9. "9. "n,re 0t
at Dixie Mason, who was In the rear. th?J0rn.ai'i,Ui
A 'slight shake cf her head caused the They d Id kno .aid the lmPlal
permit free passage for the pary
Von l.ertz led the women out nf the
fi-rence has been called at tne aiaie
Department. That can mean but one
thing thatayour part and that ot uoy-
hotel by devious routes which finally j.;(i H known. It is certain tha,t your
emerged Into the open through a side recalls as attaches of the embassy will
door onto a darkened street. , mnde. You had been warned. There
"Hemaln here," he whispered, "while s nothing I can do. Oh, how coUld jou
I get a car." iiavo made such blunders?"
The three women stood In the shadow Von I'apen did not nnswer for a mo-
nf the building. Madam Stephan and ment. Nor Boy-Ed. Nor Albert. Then
Baroness Verbecht whispering together Von Papen, with a growl, turned to his
In frightened voices. Dixie Mason was superior.
startled a trifle by a subdued (voice "We did the best we could. That Is
from the shadows directly In .back of all any one can do. And we have not
her failed yet. We may be recalled, but
"Operative 5'.'3. Miss Mason," raid the when we go, 1 promise you that we wMl
vc.ice. "Shall I arrest the party?" leave a reign of terror behind such as
"No," unswered Dixie Mason without no country has ever experienced."
turning her head, "Von l.ertz Is of more
value to us nt large as a means of
keeping tabs on tile Imperial German
spies'."
So it was that Von l.ertz was not
molested when he returned with a high
powered touring car driven by a competent-looking
chauffeur.
"1 told him, Mls Mason and I were
eloping," he whispered, "and that you
two were friends of hers going along as
-Vcj Saturday the jtorv will bb
told of the legacy of hatr. xchich Von
I'apen and Boy-Ed left behind them
when recalled to Germany. The
Fran: Bopp conspiracy, by which U
was hoped to bum and destroy u
lrrat part of the factories a)id Indus'
tries of the United States, will be
revealed.
Paul Koenig, chief tlctctlivc of the Hamburg-American Line
"They must remain here, for their drunken stupor Both of them arc so
work may begin anytime," returned the dead to the world they would not awak-
npy and then escorted D'xie to a little en if they were sleeping on the lop of
me gates to lock fourteen tonignt,
liood. good, once more in good liu-
roadster which he had procured.
There was but little conversation on
the drive out. At the canal Von l.ertz
drove to three of the locks and care
fully surveyed -the
mor. "I'.vervthlnc lias cone splendidly
I watched while Arth and Gerson left
. the hotel through
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tempt Is to be made, and that the dyna- peering Intently at the side of the car
nine una iieen nrocurea. ine canal is on which Dixie was seated. Plainly writ
a Innc-F ntr-.tf4 Apt Ua.. aa-x.v 4l..inn i.Midana
nearly twenty-seven miles long, and
to learn the place wnere the attempt Is
; i be made would help us. Also an
ilea as to when the attempt Is to be
made "
"Then I have some information for
you," smiled Dixie, "Helnrlch has just
Invited me to go to Buffalo with Bar
oness1 Verbecht, Madam Stephan and
ten there were theBe words
"Will send message by boy tonight.
Watch hotel alley."
As the machine disappeared In the dis
tance the motorcycle policeman raised
his goggles and laughed. It was Harri
son Grant.
But Helnrlch Von l.ertz did not know.
Defying the rules of the road, he was
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Madam are to entice any curious men
away from their duties, and I am to see
that you discover nothing In case your
luck should guide you to the spot "
'With such an Inducement nothing can
prevent me from reaching Buffalo to
morrow," said Grant
"By-by, then, until we meet there,"
answered Dixie, and she turntd to re
enter the hotel,
A few momen'a later she had rejoln-d
Helnrlch von Lertz In the dining room,
and wak assuring him that the massage
which he had suggested had all but curb
vanistied ner headache, l-.rgeriy ne ex
tended an Invitation to a matinee, din
ner, and then an auto ride to the rail
road station In Jersey for the. train to
Buffalo, and was boyishly pleased when
she acctpt'ed, Excusing himself, he. tele-
humor of a few minutes before dissi
pated by the dispute with Grant. Sud
denly the speed of the car slackened by.t
a few doors from the hotel.
"Do you know those two men?" de
manded Vop I-ertz,
Dixie Mason turned In the direction
he pointed. Baroness Verbecht and
Madam, Stephan were aiding -Cava-naugh
and Stewart, of the Secret Scr
vice, both of them apparently Intoxi
cated, Into a taxicab standing at the
aiewan noiiceu vou l-enz point
the front entrance
with bell boys car- i
lying their suit i
cases loaded with i
dynamite. To j
guard against any j
suspicion they ordered a car for tho f
la'lroad station. There another is !
awaiting them and they will make the
canal In good time. Jacobson Is still
ere. He will tnke out tne htuff whlcT
Is
illey He will go
down the fire escape just In time to
reach the canal at 10 o'clock. The dy
namite will have been placed a;id the
wires run. A few seconds later a muf
fled report and England will receive but
little aid from Canada for many months
to come. Is It not well planned?"
Ha paused for a moment to hear the
words of praise ftom the three women,
then continued.
"Come. Vou can see from here.
Jacobson's things are already on the flro
escape."
Baroness Verbecht and Madam Ste
phan crowded close to the window at
which Von Lertz was standing, but Dixie
Mason remained seated In her chair
nervously knotting a bit of string she
had found some place. Von Lertz
quickly missed her and turned to look at
her.
"Why you poor child," he said, com
ing to her, "you appear all unstrung.
There is not a thing to worry about."
"I know there Isn't," responded Dlxlo
with a twisted smile, "but It Is almost
unbelievable to me that at last we have
done something without Harrison Grant
knowing of It. I feel apprehensive for
some reason. Are you sure there Is no
one in the hallway?"
"Why this Is most unlike you, Miss
Mason," responded Von Lertz. "But
come see for yourself and relieve your
worry."
He threw the door open and gave
Dixie's arm a little reassuring squeeze
and she gazed up and down the long
empty corridors.
"I believe I am making myself nervous
with this old string," site said ruefully
catting it from her onto the floor.
"At least you know there Is no one
spying," said the German as he turned
back Into the room,
.His voice would have lost the con.
fldence It expressed as lie continued to
pour assuring words Into her ears. If he
could have known
of a happening in
the corridor,
Dixie Send-, Scarcely had he
Mcnnace to (irmit drawn the door
shut, when the door
of the room across
the corridor opened and a bellboy, who a
moment before' had been crouching In-
1i1h with his eve at the kevtinl.
retprtjd Dixie, emerged. Htooplng quickly to pick ua
surrounding- land.
Von l.ertz unit As the Inspection
Dixie Vilt progressed hi splr-
Canal ito rose rapidly.
"Good, good." he
, , J , .. chuckled, half to
Dixie and half to himself. "Kocn'g cer
tainly knew what he was doing In se
lecting the men for ths job."
On the return trip he chatted pnviv
hart tn fl, hnt.l l,..i u' ' " .,rv. i too Wg for sut c.aBeB A c..
the V.r win Ho J-n ,,'" S '" "r TT.1 awaiting hint In the
Despite this, just as they entered the
boundaries of Buffalo, a heavily goggled
motorcycle pollciman blocked the road.
"Ten miles an hour's the limit on this
road," he announced gruffly, and Von
Lertz brought the car to a surprised
stop. '
"Ten miles an hour?" demanded the
angered spy. "Why, there Isn't a car
built that can stand that sort of a
snail's dace."
"Ten miles an hour." reiterated the
officer, and Dixie recognized a ring on
the finger of the hand extended towaid
Von Lertz. Quickly her hand dropped
over the side of the car and for a mo
ment her finger was busy writing in the
dust which had collected there, while the
now thoroughly Incensed German vol
leyed a heated tirade at the policeman,
who contented himself with repetitions
of "ten miles an hour's the limit."
The attitude of the officer suddenly
changed as Dixie's hand was withdrawn
into tne car and lay idle in her lap,
The Letter Berlin Wanted
lug at them, and waved a maudl n sa
lute as he ordered the chauffeur to
drive to a roadhouse on tha outskirts
of Buffalo In a thick loud voice.
"Do I know them?'
"Do VOU know Harrison Qrant?" tha atrlntr which Dixie had thrown awnu
Through the half -opened door of an Italian
hotel she saw the man she had watched for
weeks place the document in his bag. Berlin
wanted that letter. Operations along the Piave
would be helpless without it. As the officer
turned away for a moment . . .
"Women Spies in Italy"
in the Magazine Section of Tomorrow's
PUBLIC PLEDGER
bares the plots by which the Wilhelmstrasse
attempted to gain advance information of the
Allies' plans. The long and careful prepara
tion the months of patient waiting and the
final results of the Teuton efforts are disclosed
for the first time in this article based upon evi
dence secured by the Secret Service.
Seven Pages of Other Features
SUNDAY, JULY 7
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