Espionage, German -- United States -- Fiction; Germans -- United States -- Fiction; Spy stories
"Someone has released the brakes from a dump train," he announced, "It
crashed back into the shaft of the mine. Miners have been injured. The
trouble's on. Keep that man in front in view--don't lose him!"
They hurried on, still watching the form of the hurrying spy before
them. They saw him rush to a corner where he might watch the mine
dump, then stand there, his eyes roving in every direction. A fight
had started at the dump, between legitimate laborers and the I.W.W.
agitators who seemed to have sprung from nowhere. Men fought, while
women screamed. Agitators were running here, there, everywhere,
blaming the dumping of the cars upon the mine owners and demanding
that everyone join the I.W.W. that these men might be paid back for
the damage they had caused. Again a troop of constabulary passed--then
another and finally, Dixie and Grant saw the spy on the corner,
suddenly turn and run.
"After him--quick!" ordered the president of the Criminology
Club--"he's the one who will point out the real danger!"
Down the street the spy ran, Dixie and Grant following him closely.
Into tortuous alleys, across lots--finally to approach a great,
warehouse-like building, where one or two other men could be seen
entering. The two detectives skirted the building, approached it
cautiously and examined it for some loophole, through which they might
enter. But there seemed to be none. Here and there were great doors,
from which shipping had emanated in other days--but each was carefully
locked and bolted now. Grant pressed his ear against one of these--and
heard the jabbering and shouting of great numbers of men. He turned,
and seeking a foothold, raised himself that he might peer through a
corner of a window imperfectly covered from within.
"Dixie," he whispered.
"Yes," the girl was close beside him. "Do you see anything in there?"
"Yes. Practically every I.W.W. in town is here. Someone is on the
platform, talking to them. I----"
"Can you make out who's there?"
"Dembriki's one. Faggi's another. And Heinric von Lertz!"
"Von Lertz! Then it means----"
"They're bringing out parcels of something. Laying them on the platform
so that they can easily be reached. Hurry----" Grant turned, his face
white. "Get the constabulary--quick! It's dynamite!"
In a flash Dixie Mason was pressing every muscle to the utmost as she
ran through the lots and back toward the mines that she might summon
the members of the mounted police. Grant remained a minute longer at
the window, then suddenly dropped to the ground and again began to
skirt the building.
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