The Secret Wireless

s a message from a German spy. It is fortunate you caught this particular message, for it proves that, whether there is a leak in

direction on the blott

der, and the little band entered the wi

ow-head. Captain Hardy got a map of the city, and spreading it on the table true to the

the Hudson where there are such great railroad freight yards and such huge piers. Many Atlantic liners sail from Hoboken. Evidently the Germans are watching there. Of course they would be.

he reply from fou

," said Captain Hardy. "Get your ha

inth Avenue elevated train, then walked to the ferry, and in less than an hour of the

ion. Trolley-cars, steam trains, motor trucks, horse-drawn vehicles, and other conveyances were moving this way and that. Whistles were tooting, motors honking, bells ringing, drivers swearing, policemen shouting orders. Pedestrians were dodging in and out, messenger boys were da

ide what was going on behind them. Covered ways led from railway terminals to pier sheds so that none could see what h

w when our transports sail, even if they don't know what's in them. Any one with a good glass can look out from any

ke most other American municipalities-dirty, dingy, and unattractive, a hotchpotch of buildings with no a

tles in a giant loom, following the movements of steamers, and tugs and tow-boats, and tracing the circling flig

e to get to w

red wireless outfits might be flashing messages among the clothes-lines on the roofs and only a roof to roof survey would reveal the fact. But it was not necessary to run even so slender a risk of discovery. As the wireless patrol knew only too well, an aerial would work with great efficiency even though it were

. We have limited our field of observation to one place. Now we shall have to do as we did at Elk City. We shall have to get two portable sets with compact detectors and begin a watch in Hoboken. We'll h

way back to their headquarters. Lew had

lone watcher. But when his trick was ended, he made the sa

t is likely the reason it was such a long time before we caught the first message. And it may be just as long before we hear another. But when it comes, we must be

eled that cipher. I could never have done it. I was looking

y are like the one you caught at Camp Brady. Apparently they are innocent messages but they have a hidden meaning. The most difficult cipher messages, I

they sent this message about the transports?" asked Willie.

s message were known. But when they send out an order for a spy to do something, I have no doubt they use the most difficult code they can devise, or a

s of books. "Here is a volume," he said presently, "t

he wireless room. "I've got another message," he said, h

said Captain Hardy in surprise. Slowly he re

VNRLEEYLIOTEIHUAOSEIEGGEVNC

we can unravel this message without bothering the secret service. At

Captain Hardy spread it on the

nes, you notice," said the leader. "Let

ghty," he announced. "That would make four

ne of the next twenty letters. Then the third set of twenty was written do

Captain Hardy wrote down the first l

out his line. The letters he

EIAFTD

VNRLEE

EGGEVN

NLEEIT

and slowly spelled ou

ening-Large-fleet-evidently-col

enry spoke. "They can see everything in Hoboken

ersation with one ear while he kept his receiver at the other. "It was for 5ZM all righ

able, and again applied the yardstick, extending it in the direction indicated by the

," said Captain Hardy with conviction