The Secret Wireless

brief space-just long enough to reread the message once or twice-Henry stood like one dazed, as motionless as a statue, and as silent as a sign-post. The

heering for the Camp Brady Wireless Patrol, and making loud declaratio

of the Pennsylvania guards had promised nothing but the sending of uninteresting and wordy despatches, though to be sure it had turned out quite differently before it was ended. But the task now in view promised excitement from the start. It breathed adventure, romance. To hunt spies-to trace traitors-to turn the

about to embark upon. Forgotten were the dull, deadly dull and uninteresting days that his experience should have told him lay before him. In his enthusia

ents hung up on nails to be out of the way. Down came saws and pails and a sprinkling can, and the hoe, and a dozen other articles in a noisy crash. It sounded as though a cyclone had suddenly descended upon the little shop, or a 42-centimeter shell

y!" came her

himself from the wreckage, and thrusting h

manded Mrs. Harper. "I thoug

is enthusiasm bubbled over again. "Just think, mother," he cr

, for Henry had not told any one of his letter to his captain. Suddenly she feared

"Where? What are

Henry, beginning to dance about again in his excitement. "Isn't i

d sharply, "You stop right there, Henry Harper, and tell me what all this nonsense means about German sp

mself. "Yes, mother," he said. "Captain Hardy w

interrupted Mrs.

telegra

rper. "What would Captain Hardy be telegraphing

" began Henry, but again

t letter? I didn't know that

ans had found out about the sailing of Pershing's men, and had sent submarines to lay in wait for t

er had the impudence to sugge

ote to Dr. Hardy and asked if the wireless patrol couldn

rper. "What will you infants do next? Of

vely. "And we did it after the state police and the national guards had failed. I don'

tching real spies. You just happened to stumble on these dynamiters and now

useful in lots of ways. And just because th

of a lot of use and never be suspected," agreed Mrs.

," said Henry. "You asked me to te

ected Mrs. Harper. "You don't for one minute t

pts of the Germans to torpedo our transports, I wrote to Captain Hardy about it. I told him we could be just as useful catc

nse," interrup

ntion the matter to the Chief of the Radio Service and let me know if anything came of it.

ver did! But I don't know whether to let you go or not. Why, you'd be lost inside of ten minutes in New York, and instead of being a he

Chief of the Radio Service has asked for our help. That means the govern

said Mr

in his mother's face, "Dr. Hardy is to be in N

Harper. "With Dr. Hardy to look after yo

can go,

this war. But it gets me to know what you youngsters can do that will be of any use. Still, I guess the go

to tell the others." And he darted out