The evening world. Newspaper, September 16, 1916, Page 9

1 @est You Beat It? THE SCIENTIFIC GUNMAN By ARTHUR B. REEVE Craig Kennedy, the “Scientific Detective,” wins @ remarkable duel of wits with » master criminal whose methods are os scientific as his own. emis. NEXT WEEK‘'R COMPLETE NOVEL MIRABEL’S ISLAND By LOUIS TRACY binet sharply, bar down the read came ' on snewerng “They're taugi® to obey @ police! whietie, ond nothing else,” res O'Connor, with tection. “L won der which one of the dour that war My the Wey, font keep owt of sigh much a yoy Cam—eet Up in car They # y Me whe beaut ® wniform fil tane ie dog to charge. T hope it ¢ Cherry the bioodvound The others a heen on the ascont freab, but Cherry ab the v lap of lores eliver, egvered with ae one it ecbution, ene pr ——, rote wires ren eorane \erent hee i] ‘a @ bad ii Q eeeballes wont & realeed met siete eet? ads geroun Soscay meno oe. De Srese, i ix n rs ie fenigned the letter AYA, ‘ofrend eee evuay ot 1b to have the letter ip out fearet o heart in cases of ie aley may be used sudy emotions ae hate, fear, joy, anger, bomoree, all ar Au reveaied by Lite ui 1a Fa ae +) | sat” ; LWAYS BATH TUB 15 To Please =m SMALL Quesrs ould, rut doge scouting around here to eaoh of you, and will It nee led wleotronar dle y alow inexorably . pases from each Of wi these wires carrying the record ot the peore your bearta jo ene of the feeviant no: te ecie! yet can be if they would ntod ¢ witled over here to the right ad in the direction of New York." none The low baying of the dow whieh Hy baring a tone, , hud answered O'Connor's call was j val 6 ft Rrowiilg wearer every nunute, At leet merely the could hear It quite close, at the He walked slowly to t eummen Now, Cherry, nies dow!” we heard brietty e Bey’ tea he ing. "Here, Up of the inventions of the w tures, T ha 4 "ile was give mw the dog th t at Oran he seen n the. sar,” we ole t ia the latent tion Le aloo from the deserted car, Mis votce a “ pk, rf ‘ whic aed ik ae . ‘ rang out in the night air: “Come on, phone, the machi combines ing of the pacheasing a J -y i vene” Uo tm o wedy and Jameson, She's got itt movin talking waa eurprise aah Bape, Uae © ree Os tee eee ate tot teen been. Pollow along gambling den, rage et the eld, waster thst * oot behind.” machi howe wil wun at the arson soene, and ic t ee Z Che y wan on the tral, and it atl Opneee Ie arte sage wie rat r at the hat ¢ ve ld just wae ea nt closer ai closer to between e huge, ° oaueed ‘ad The ‘Man Hunt. core, She wae a Temular aleuthhound, # curtain Which he pulled down be ty it. working slowly, pioking up the trail wae & phonograph with @ SPORES was still rambling fore us rh p 1 scarcely : that from big booth be» brent nor did | move my Along, but Kennedy was not 4M followin if, baying an) w © went WHOgAP Re perated the Mbture Hime, which were wit on hie face, Wha Paying much attention to jult or falter. “Nose tothe ground, and that the two were absolutely 4s he going to reveal next? Was he him. He began rummaging she had leaped from the bandit's car the room for possible evi and made atraight across a flold in . the direction that Kennedy had sus- deace while we were waiting anxious 1, only a little to the. west. ly for something to happel, is is a regular, old-f An exclamation from Craig brought’ man-hunt!" evied Kennedy, a ie one in the room? synchronised wolng to aocuse Then @ picture began to move on min ue he resumed, with the sureen, and aounds and voices tt glad to may, seamed to emorge as If from the very 1, duite normal and innocent of all Screen iteslt. ‘There, Uefore un we Sronedonein this inatancs, Deputy bet an bine ihe i ful blast, enor Is leo normal.” Mr, War. ty, ton Tahal come back to | n> to bis side. Tucked « vay in a lowed the dog and O'Connor as bea was not the ighth Street t, Forbes,” he continued, “total bureau drawer under some solled we could, It was pitch dark, but we Teer Mut ty Peale ing rapidly, “incriminated hice? Hinen that plainly belonged to Forbes, plunged ahead over flelds and’ throurh event of It ing MA" quite sufficiently in connection with he drew out what looked like a single little clumps of trees, around hedges chine proceeded ail the nolses famll- the jotter, no that I should advise him Diue steel tube about three inches and over fences, a to auch a scone, when the cage comes to trial to tell ong. At its base a hard rubber = There was no stopping, nor ceasa- which fitted snus’ into te tion of the deep baying of the of the hand as he held it. Mia Cherry was one of the beat that ti bad ovsoved behind thescreen the whole truth, and nothing but the wnat of the 0 enn Ove truth, about hin use of a gunman tn after ane! otud: Brat and middle herp Ny Nebr web tt polly had ever wequired. emotions bo I %a pier ite> Ad ad ane hoes little vest over a steel ring. ull to the next or Buddenly the shane. & ir ket gun that was found under gownward and the thing gave « eh ae tb was buret ig and eanaling uch cirgumatances an to connect bi “Good that it wasn't loaded,” here- A little farther down, the fugitives | tnd hiaden, men rushed to seca ah hg ye Cg ede J t marked, “I knew what she thing Was tad evidently left the road after get. and the sounds we beard w: T amaeecnth sonavecee, Satenen all riot, outs didn’t think the enring ting their bearings. ike thee on the night ot ‘ihe ry ‘ba erru; Cr fas 00 delicate as that. It isa new.and hey must here heard the dogs.” Kennedy waa atill engrossed in the «y int pted Cri | {etrible weapon for the destruction of commented “Keniiedy..-”. “Phey ate: — study of what the gaivanometor was bs interested, however to add this t uMAN lite, Ohe that c cal bl . py thug or the burglar and no one making. forthe ‘Ramapo Rivera ihe “They kept ue off and ordered something from the walt- crowd made for a cduple of taxicab: ‘That is a collection of microphe- bag ia tm n A that has been y De the wiser unless he has occasion one of throwing the dogs off the exclaimed Cra! er, @ fat and olly Kiuecowits ia @ standing on the opposite side of (he tographs which | fave gathered, as jenly atopped. YY po m sulphide from y to use it, It is a gun that can be scent, It's an old trick.” lights of the bio Tuxedo coat. street near another reatauran: well a# some that 1 have just made, operator started another, [t was a the powder in the barrel. Later It concealed tn the hand. A pull down- Wo came in @ few minutes to the Toad. “They must be desperate, all It med that in the room where Another cab swung up to the stand | hope to use them tn a little atereop- group of men and women, playing oxidise: ward on that spring discharges & yiver, That indeed been their "ight. Why, they must have jumped we re had gathered nearly every just . tron oxide ts found, This Ly Mi the two pulled away, It's sign ticon entertainment which | am ar- cards, A man entered and left the weapon i , "Vi is ith one of the players. They .82 calibre centre-fire cartridge. The objective point. Cherry. wa. a freight as {t slowed down for the vanety of the populous underworld. I was Vacan ranging to-night for those who have room. w: da moet dangerous thing about It ie that We ctu siccs to Crceene aire curraeot perhape one of them MngEen scudles tae toon and eee on the Quick as a fe Kennedy was in been intereated in the cage, 1 think entered anetbér room- there was the a it can be carried in an upper vest previous experience, as we talked !t and held it up. See? The r ig- tables curiou Without seeming to it, dragging me. The driver must you'll find It aufficiently novel to i 8, revolver, § ee woma) the pistol found on pocket as @ fountain pen, or 19 & hartily rr what to do: nal shows that a train bas far fone do so. But there could be he com- have thought that we too were escap- warrant your coming. Tf have already fo! ple a ed in. orythin, wured tn thin cane, Ax trousers pocket as @ penknife.” The river was shallow at this point, through toward New York. There'a cealment here. hatever we might ing, for he needed only one order invited O'Connor and his man, Her- was done to hide the orime, and t hat aspect of the case moos, it I looked with ed suspicion, tf put full of rocks which made it ex. BO chance to wire ahead pa th: they knew we were not one of from Kennedy to leap ahead in the man, over the telephone just before girl was carried out into a waitti Forbes wae kil Not respeot, on the young man Who tremely hard. Ducktown siding, either. Here's where . J . Wake of the other two. ,, you came in, MoBirney will be here, automobile, propped in as if over- waa now tossing, haif-couscious, on walk eve aallothe bane dont they stood--look soowlens y Mo fed us with fur Wave Uement later and Kennedy's and Fornen, of course. I wish you come by alconol and whisked away. the bed. think they'd stand for much of this | Kennedy had picked up a handful It was not long, however, before it head was out of the window, Ho had would get in touch with Werrtagcs Then her body was heal age with a Kennedy, keen though he had been sort of thing.” remarked Kennedy, Of expladed cartridge shells while he became evident that In some way CO eT eee ee i eee toe etd fice to tae chan aed imprecation, by the road- the letter for him thought ultimately over the discovery, was much more “A little of it would satisfy them, and Was speaking, They told a mute story word h paesed that away at tho tires of the cab ahead. thinks it all right, i, ee hiss wide, ae i the last picture ¢! An to shift all the guilt on Forbes and 1 ted In the result of his radio- strike out again.” of the last desperate stand of the not mere sight-mer. Perhaps i ve An &nawering shot came ee at us him come down ten ent ¥ ple] bf) e soning the exploded gun. One himeelf go scot ° phone message, Almost instantly af- Perhaps five minutes &UnMen, & sort of wireless electric tension tbat A policeman at & corner leaped on & Winslow. We'll take goo re Of alngte ef ture followed, whom he thought Id at the house uy in the ey, The man who wrote i ty was continued Craig, “your ae > ed to cold water, | “I'll Keep these.” he said, shoving seemed to pervade the alr, At any Passing trolley and urged the motor- him. In the mean time I'm going @ huge, enlarged cartrid emotions, moatly astonishment, show Soe ST eth een PoPaCee Me ing in the cold water, them into Ms pooket. “They may ee Fate, it was noticeable, Y man to put on the full power In pur- to find out how that sarage keeper Another moving and talking ploture Ean yoo tars ques te bae e e low baying of dogs. to a sort of rapids, Of US® later on in connecting to- suit of us as we swept in getting on, He has to under way, ‘This time it seemed business of detection desidee the re- “Whi all that?" 1 asked Ken- been urged on by Dght’s doings with what has gone Even the east side wie roused by here, at any coat, and ['ve put & to be a race between two automobiles. before.” such an outburst. The crack of re- off until quite lato to make sure ‘They were tearing along, and. the Dae hoe ibaa’ a‘ Rogin Bk a0 ‘pallee: Gre Ai tate” eth 8# There wae nothing more to do that + Volver shots, the honking of horns, that he'll In ft condition, To; sound of the raph ly wor dogs shipped up here quietly,” an- "She has it!" eried Craig, springing Pight but to return to the now de- Ay Of the trolley bell-and the night at ninc—remember," he added dere was most Teak “The awered Craig, looking out eagerly. up the ba “He start “In the meantime, not a word was rapidly overhauling that ia \ attor O'Connor Lerole, serted house, said 1t with euch termina. shouts of along the atroet gayly. Tien out eden In charge Kiwed, and-we three mon aid thres Tite ws it was, Kennedy inatsted tion to-go himmelt tut {did wot res brought hundreds to. tho windows as to anybody shout what you have seen front. Imagine my own surprise as " man was lytag face 5 581 soon as they arrived, dogs rted 0 0 earnest OD making a thorough examination fuse, * the cars lurched and swayed up the hore this afternoon.” Mt crept Up on the other to see ite gown on t ir, Refore Senay ME IMaCGTRRE ound Sor a ee or the captured house, It was a varita. “Keanedy’ roe,” stretched Miquselt, uvenuer The cats ahead aworved. (0 , SrAvee Tish wale a 8 pletol and are gould She Minn, Graig eongided? in that other ditecon, “That was We had struck a long stretch of ble arsenal. Here it seemed that all yawned as thoug! and to: dodge a knot of pedeatrians, but thelr CHAPTER XV. pela eae fe ¢ Mary A “Thie tx the man who framed What he gent the chaufteur back to woods, and the brambles and thick the new and deadly weapons of the gether wo lounged into the ball just pace Never slackened, ‘Then the rear. The Scientific Gunman. jer Bn boy ‘opped. oune against who atole about to make sure that they grow aude the golng exceedingly scientific gunman had been made. ay some one trom the outside clam- moat of the two begun to buck and i x ed the heels of the } rington'a car to use to get rid ef tha w la Timoun. Still, tf it was hard for us The barn, turned into half garage and ored tur admission through the strong &! noo leap off the roadway. There UR little audience arriv ie ieee oF Ss 0 dat, 7 body of ow Fat kind are they? now, it must have been equally hard half workshop, was a mine of in- door. The door had already book le and rear from the rear oné by one, and, as master 20 a, Camo another, a), interfered with his own gam- ARS there for them in the first place, torest. ‘There, on the first floor, near upened, when Kenn doftly in- t the tires had of ceremonies, it fell to aeeee. 8) Ue 00, & ft, who wrote the letter, com- (Cherry, in the "Wer ha! ‘come to the ‘cnd of the the door, stood Warrington's atolen sérted i's ,dboulder, " Traroura the OM to great. them and placo ingot .. Bane the a wr ateuts of te the argon to cover Nimeaif Mi woods, The trail was now tresher " erack in 1 could see the coun! whore we forre! lan I objected, “what good will than ever, and O'Connor had difficulty They won't plot anything pines slartied roomful of playera in tho them as much at ease ae the natural pat ie the clang ot the ee “Ky and Brevented the kid ing of Our men are in an automo- tn holding Cherry back so that the Violet Winslow for some tt thick, curling tobacco smoke. tension of the occasion would permit, Navi ts vi, men ae they Wise Winslow, after the i he "ate rest of us could follow, As least not up hore,” commented Ken: ‘ing aati ea obe door shouted, peated down a muse of Craig spoke & word or two to each fined and put cut the bless. The ech’ on Mn Warrington, who ales Wad “We thought of that,” replied Ken- emerged from the shadow of the trees nedy, raised his arm. Kennedy caugh' the second ran squarely into {he but was etill buay putting the @nlah- fail to +28 wean he aren ees interfered with his gambling profits.” nedy confidently, “Here they are," into the open fleld, it seemed as it AaPTER XY fist, and slowly with oi xe truck, “ reparations for gone to the uttermost extent of we. ‘The paralysia had struck Inspector ’ he cried as @ car swung up the lane guns were blazing on all sides of us. CHAPTER XIV. grip dent it Wack until une man automobile t# the most dan- {hf entertainment” which Ne Bad al- fn and had actually see Bie tena Merman sooner than even. Rennedy fro the road and stopped with # We were almost up with them: They The Frame-Up. writhed, Aw his wrist went back by gerousg weapon ever used by crimi- ed. house to get the true effect. * nad expected. When wo had rush under our window, "O'Connor were not half 4 mile away, and sepa- fractions of an inch, bis fingers were nals,” muttered Craig, ae the firet fore I put to the test a rather — Tho last of tho series, which I knew him as Cpt as we could Ci up here—quick.” rated, firing at random in our direc- LTHOUGH I felt discouraged forced to relax. 1 knew the trick, It oar ‘shot down through @ mags of val combination which TI have ar- was to be a climax, Was not an Amer. added to O'Connér: “The greatest qe was O'Connor and Jim, A mo- tlon, us they heard the dors, O'Con- on our return to the city the Was the scientific wi w open a trucking which had backed up, ma beh ed,” began Craig, When they bad joan ploture at ‘all Tt was quite ‘evi. agrafter and sclealife gunman that [ ment later there was a tremendous nor drew back, Cherry tugging ahend, morning following our ex. clenched ‘As tue {endous refused ine puratit: momentarily i shifting and pulling of hoavy pieces He turned to the Airedales. They to atretoh C all been seated, “I will aay fow dently made in Parte, and yet | was ever knew, Hut J have the goode on fiagere agree far a ‘These people know ody about aome of the diacoveries atartiod myadlt when the ‘tithe wea hie at leat.” farther, of furniture in the hall, and us the had already taken In the situation and citing adventure at the mys- straighten aot rn, ot, Jookt t rhe ounce 7 door spung open tho honest face of were now darting ahead at what they terlous house in the RAM&- blackjack clattered to the floor, All some one fe eried, leaping out 1 nave already, cide 18, (Ne Temerk, Bancunced BY the vole ad Om ibe Herman had gained for himself the the deputy Appeared inquiring anx- could see, if not scent. po Valley, Kennedy, who never let wae confusion, Money which was on and Pushing aside the crowd that had Crime that ie ever Without a clue. The Motor Bandite by the Paria cat of men In the donartnene fore: ously if We were all right, U felt a “ping” on my chest. t anything ruffle bim, seemed quite the various tables di €8 if collected about the wrecked cai eat of men in the depart ut ho even «a drop of blood Bi had begun to mix with doubtful ehar all right,” assured Craig, Scurcely reallaed what it was until L by magic. Cards were waisked away — jn the bottom of it we found a ra, ami had been one of the worst a There isu't a minute heard something drop the next mo- cheerful, 48 if w ghost had taken them, Inu oF ulead hte tetae thi i nheg oPisend ey up here to take Ment in the stubble at my feet, and ‘Cheer up, Walter,” he encouraged. moment there was no more evidence %Uaned and crumpled Hea. floe to convict a mui terrifio, It began with the shouts of ¢ crowd urging on the geen and gunmen hinaelt a Blood flowed from his arm where one hair found on the cloth: polloe, the orick of revolvera and of Vorbes, I'l drive the car [elt the sinarting sensation ae Tf A We ure on the home stretch Row. of gambling than Is affoniod by & or the bullets had struck hin. It pect, In thie cage it ie the impression gune trom a little house or garage in |e FO myaelt.”’ sharp blow had struc ke me. if peat While you were snatehing a eee roomful of men, so easy ts It to hide way the garage keeper, Several made by the hammer of @ platol on the suburba, the advance and ra retreat men, he had enjoyed a fine hel Kennedy accomplished in seconds down and from the stubble picked UP snooae, “1 rummaged around end the paraphernalia, or, rativer, lack Of jig had atruck the back of the taxi: the ahell of @ cartridge which leads of the gendurimes oo the hold ‘ \elsure bern what it takes minutes to tell. ‘Tho @ distorted bullet, ome (lund & number OF lotsere Te lots Uareuesrasun Of Um. ca were cut by thera unoscapably to one conclusion, Back and forth the battle ragede One chauffeur had already turned the car — “These bullet-proof coats are a drawer, One waa & note, ev! eaey f°, There was 4 rush of fect im the “LT have made & collection from time hear the sharp omers to the round and it Was ready to start, 890d, Anyhow, at a distunce.” re- the garage keoper, just signed ‘Chief’ room, I expected we would be over. lu a few minutes the ambulance to time of the various exploded car- the ehril) taun rom the We jumped in, leaving him to go up Marked Kennedy, close beside me 48 Ji, wager that the bandwriting 8 whelmed, Instud, ‘unta fro! ¥ together We i igied up to ow and we stood tridges, the bullets, and the we: Bandite h to keep Forbes ately, he took the bullet from iny, Angers, thw samo as that in the blackwalliog Pshed of phe now Ralf-open duorthe SAHA rte OME FTOMR bud We Raed. te Hehind by. the (perpetrator ol Then at a paint where the bandits tnilat maperte thet rountat someine. ds ’ ‘ i, o ae i ‘ y aries rimes, from . ue mee tee eee AA ‘ved we get our hearings. “What of it?" Lasked, “We baven't it might’ be who. had taken refuge Worked to bring around the captured dastardly series of © seemed to havo beaten off the attack ing but netted nothing. At the edge we stopped again. We got him,” there hi appared, probably anons Ther duststaden at what was ahead, oouig go no further without coming Fy" iu: ene note wan ust a line the'trats wapeareds B ¥ is rae ee een ie tomned, inte’ the Out Into the open, and the moon, Jus to tell the boss, Who Was Up in the sa collar,” had sounded through I wondered how Tsing above the trees, made us 4X country at the time, to meet the chief the room, and it was empty, dened NOW excellent mark under such conditions, gr'the joint’ on Segond Avenue, It — “Where have they ene? 1 panted after they hud such a atart at night Cris peered out to determine just diuh't say any more, but [ know the the door opened at last and we r coding Shooting of the stool pigeon of the gucceasfully there came an automo- we “ Hae ane hind Ue ms binealng polics ena Taylor, and the ateallng pile From tt I could sce them take » es renner Py perhapa the moat “Vil see you this afternoon at the of Mr, Warrington’s car down to the an object which I knew muat be ao Series £ AY laboratory, Walter,” aald Kennedy, aa peculiar evente of lant Mathiot gun, It was sot up and Smilin tink | the ambulance bore the boss away, running feht through the streets of aimed, With w dull roar it wae fired, fis oi sea BR oe “Meanwhile, I wish you'd Just xo over York this morning We could 900) tbe DOD Ue ee ite et ee Nae wonder to headquarters and give ‘Oe iH 18 FO RASH He wend laimed, in die. a own case tn rte-blanohe in r ‘onnor "I have studied this evidence with through the air, soe It strike with a " ty . bly familiar to What they were fring from, place, It is the old World Cafe 4 found only one man left In the place, our version of this aftait, sCell him to the microscope and the microphoto- cloud ot snioke and dust, Nur the re. ver produced a cle Well, Ui | over roads presumably f I taki chance?” urged ks, w! be sak renal We fOKe & ! Fowular hangout for crooks, roady to be arrested, courting it If we hold to-night open, too. I have a graphic apparatus... 1 have secured port of the explosion, tho shouts of ‘ efully,” shouted O'Con- O'Connor. nea they come to gamble Away the pro- could show the authority, wince he jj:1¢ work to do this Afternoon, and, exoellant microphotographs of the the bandite—thon allen A-ory went 6 glared at the man tn atlence, | ri 4 aust be nah cout einoe ee The barking of the, Alvedaies had 4s of their crimes on stuss. We'll that It was only # question of 11) call him wp afterward,” marks made by various pone On up from the crowd as the police now — Cralg released himaelf from the pene sudden y. | hNy whe eh the fas Crop tite eet he mould be out and the i: was not unill the middle of the the cartridges and bullets, ‘Taxing preaged forward ie a masa und rushol hoariv’ grasp of congratulation of i ‘rmarent Mare maha tea al: dog remaruad Nonieiy'Von iy Mine aad at Seek Seer pasty So" et ecenzeen ee Lica ekinray at atten eat Rtmrten {aed feet ae, Caead gt WAIN ams on mn iene foows iterally oaring the te We aust try It now at any oust some on “There plo time to complete G3 the marke are the same appar: } car ahead. Craig slowed down as “We bake from the cover, separet- We approached a bend in the road. ing as much as we could and push- There almost right In our path stood ing ahead rapidly, O'Connor under it be « trapdoor,” cried t Me (eno ‘une to tind it, 4 ,tHOvgnt looking over the dive They are al) ea the street by thin ‘The flim suddenly atopped, and the de earnestly and admiringly in the room, which had been ringing with fa We had taken @ crosstown car, with Kennedy, . “it muy interost you to know the intent what he was doing. | found him at ently, whet ie intenttor ork at table, with & microscope let of wax or ° x dy believed the crooks time, ‘Quick, eae frearms and shouts, was again stlont, £° nditonly whet ve already ew i where Kennedy belle e 1, Quick, e Any ono catcbe® and an arrangement which | knew liquid, whether it disoha > an improssive atlence, ‘Tho lights by something that ts Kreator than & gar, turned half across the road hiy breath keeping Cherry fgoim buy> mignt drop Im. us in the ie ae the apperniue for making mi> fying gas, or whether the deadly an+ flashed up Inatantly, and before We science, a woman's intuitlon,” and jammed up into the fence. It ing a» much as possible, ver on the east aide we found the “We ‘had‘beea not a moment too erophotographa. Several cartridges, aesthetic bullet was fired. I have Ob- re@dised that the thing Was over, She blusl as he added: “Mr was the bandit’s car—dosorted. T had expected @ sharp fusitiade to World Cafe, and slouched Into the soon in gaining the street, ‘Though garefully’ labelled, were lying. & apee, tained a mun” ho threw it Kennedy was standing before wi wine a & good, — strong, "Good!" exclaimed O'Connor, as greet us as advanced. Instead, back room. It was Bot the room de- we had done nothing but attempt to him, ae well as the peculiar pistol we table with @ clang="the mi holding in his hand a long sheet of healthy heart, He wouldn't be alive ‘ Craig came to # full stop with @ tho firing had ceased altogether, voted to atuss, but the entrance to it, the atuss room, ostensibly 4 Req found with For! , the guns we the hammer of which oorrea paper, Tho lov n hin face told to-day if he hadn' But, more than was re “I thought tt must be about A quick dash, and we had cvossed which Kennedy informed m the crowd in the ca re. We had the men place an ob- tho stretch of open field that sepa- through a heavy door concealed in had captured in the garage, and the the marks mi Wy that his periment had auc- that, I have observed throughout the » reasing forwawl, Cn the street We one we found on the roof. T have mentioned evening that he has hardly taken his * struction in the road. They didn't rated us from a dark object which jittle hallway, so that {te very ext women filtng quickly from @ cellar “On the end of the table wag a large that aun and u it “L may say.” he began, atill atudy> eyes of you, Even the ‘movies and dun into ft, but they had to turn out now loomed up, and from behind ence would Bot be suspected. We ww doors down, We mini number of photographs of A Most por TE remaine only to that wun ing tho paper, although TF knew he ‘talkies failed to atir him, Here en go sharply that they ran into the which it seemed had come the fir- made no immediate .. fence.” tempt to ges the excited crowd to cover our oullar 1 ing. Ag We approached 1 saw it Was into the hang-out proper, which was “They have taken to the open a shed beside the railroad, which was @ room perhaps thirt: I ponitively and) definit raph of ink, with thal person aa ® last must have arrived at his conclusion this strip of paper hie heart remtatvee That was where the trap door jooked faar Oady, "that some tine ago @ letter the current only that eo if feet wide and led,” whispered Kennedy. an oran me of the ploturen concluded © had begun was wont to Mids Winslow purporting mate electrician, Iittle Dan bupl cried Craig, leaping up on depressed at this point some twelve geventy feet deep. Ine A familiar figure ducked out of the that astronomers make of the nearer aiting & curloys little devicw to each to reveal some of Mr. Warrington’s explain,” and looking about to catch or fifteen feet, ‘i down at one of the dirty, collae eurrounded by othere and the planets. @f our forearms. It locked to me like alleged escapades. 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