The Secret Wireless

ere the Camp Brady Wireless Club made their headquarters. He was reading the morning

le!" he exclai

paper on the bench and began to read aloud

NAVY D

f Departure of

rshing's Men Attacked,

e everywhere. They stop at nothing. Who could have been vi

r more deeply by the story than most boys of his age would have been. For when the Camp Brady Wireless Club, of which Henry was president, had been practising the previous summer, Henry had been called

own the shop. Suddenly he stopped

d the mails are censored-and besides the mails would be too slow. It must h

ied suddenly. "Uncle Sam's radio men are true blue. It's a secret wirel

. "That means a job for us!" he cried. "The wireless patrol can help f

oy Mercer had picked an innocent-looking message out of the air one night and by accident had found a code message in it revealing a German plot to dynamite a great dam and destroy

ct. "I'll write Captain Hardy

his country, and was now Captain Hardy of the Medical Officers' Reserve Corps. It was his standing and his friendship with the Chief of the Radio Service that had made it possible to secure permission for the Camp Brady boys to act as radio men for the state troops the preceding

bted for a moment that if Captain Hardy favored the proposal, he could effect its accomplishment. With a shout of joy, Henry seized the letter from the hand of the postma

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h the same ardent desire to hunt them down and bring them to justice. You may be very sure that our secret service men are hard on the trail of many of them. Yet the very story of treachery that has so stirred your indignation shows that the secret service men cannot cope with them. But the fault is not with the

ance in detecting German agents in our ports. Of course I know how skilful the boys are with their wireless, especially you and Willie Brown, and I know what close observers Roy Mercer and Lew Heinsling are. And I realize, too, that in running down the dynamiters at the Elk City reservoir after both the Pennsylvania troops and the state police ha

can and making yourselves more and more efficient as wireless operators. In a very short time, I suspect, Uncle Sam will be in pressing need of good radio men. Then, alt

ief. But do not build any hopes on that statement. I have no idea anything will come of it. But it may help the Chief to bear you in mind later on. I am sorry to dash yo

erely

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ad. When he had finished the letter there was

e the Chief understand that we can help. We could be just as useful to the radio men as the Baker Street Ir

dy said he was going to Washington to-morrow. That's to-day. Maybe he's with him this afternoon. Maybe he went this mornin

aught sight of Henry in the workshop door. "Hey!" he cal

to answer. He had never receive

messenger again.

nswer, "and I'm

didn't y

ed the yellow envelope. "W

," said the

ed Henry. "Washingto

messenger, "I'll go. I can't sta

the following telegram: "Want you, Roy, Lew, and Willie to meet me Pennsylva