SERIAL STORY '
THE EDGE OF DARKNESS
COPVNiaHT, 184. ' ' ; i,,
BY WILLIAM WOODS-
TUB ITOnVt Mills KJrrlot,
whs had argued the paator'a aat,
aarprfaea ffca men who plot revolt
ralltat the Naafa hT offering to
tmllnrtake the tfangerona trip to
lead flrerra llnmnier to aafelj lit
lirulral Htreden The meeting
ondai and llr. aienegard trnlka
.wllh Card Biarneaen lo the hotel.
Jnit aa ther reach It ther find
IhemaalTea face to faeo with
. Major Rock.
HELP IS COMINQ
: CHAPTER XI
pOMtNO from behind the trees,
and teeing the tall, dark figure
of Major Ruck gazing down at
them, the doctor caught hold of
Gerd's arm - and turned to flee.
- They whirled in the darkness,
and for a moment could not find
the path. They heard the major
cry out in a low voice behind
them, "Stop. Stop." And then
he was across the clearing and
had his pistol in the doctor's back,
, - Stensgard struck his arm against
a tree, but did not feel the pain.
He twisted and lashed out in cor
' nered desperation. The major
caught him by the shoulder and
whispered, "Be quiet, you fool.
Do you want them to hear you in
the hotel?"
Oerd felt the breath catch In
her throat She looked up at the
giant towering over them, saw
him smile and thrust his shock of
fair hair back with a free hand.
"What do you want?" she whis
pered. "Who are you?" The doc
tor, pinned by the major's elbow
against a branch, was still trem
bling beside her.
"Where's the guard? Dont they
have one here at night?"
Gerd nodded quickly and point
ed. "At the back," she whispered.
"Hell be around in a minute."
Suck glanced sharply about and
up at the hotel windows. He let
the doctor go, and beckoned to
both of them with the pistol in
his hand. Then he vanished, and
they saw him a moment later,
skirting the trees along the side
of the . hotel. ' Breathless, and
stm not quite knowing what had
happened, they hurried after him.
When Ruck had gone far enough
to get out of range of the win
dows, he turned to face them
again.-
"Come, Sister Gerd," he said.
"Vow we can get down to busi
ness." And the innkeeper, In spite of
the fact that she had been watch
ing Ruck carefully, could think
only one thing: "I am undoubted
ly older than he, but he called me
sister.' " They called her "moth
er" -Gerd down in the village,
even the older men.
They had not gone more than
10 steps when the doctor caught
them and tapped Ruck on the
shoulder. "My dear sir," he said
j as importantly as he was able.
. "You must realize ..."
"Got over your fright, my dear
Stensgard?"
'"Eh?"- The doctor drew him
self up. "Eh?"
;. "Wait?- Ruck put a finger to
his lips and listened ahead down
the-path. -.Then, seeming satis
fied, he reached quickly into his
pocket and brought out a small
book which he pressed into Gerd's
hand. "A dictionary," he said.
"An Oslo edition, 1937. I give it
to you now in case we have no
opportunity later. ' Have you ever
iieard of the book code?"
' "The dictionary," said Gerd.
!"What about the dictionary?"
"You are an intelligent woman,"
Suck said slowly. "Yes, the dic
tionary. We chose this edition,
- 'English-Norwegian, because it is
printed in single column. For
every word we will flash two
numbers. The first designates
page number, the second, the
number of the word on that page.
So, 212-9 would mean the ninth
word on page 212. Is that clear?"
Gerd was listening intently.
"Beginning tomorrow night . . ."
The words came very fast and
low. "You will have a man sta
tioned every night between mid
night and 4 on the plateau half a
imile up from the hotel. He must
'have a good pair of glasses and
keep a watch out to sea lo a point
due west of the center- of the vil
lage. He will be signaled by a
British ship lying about 12 miles
off shore. He must answer the
signals with a light of at least 20
candlepower brilliance. One flash
for yes, two for no. These signals
must come at precise 30 second
intervals."-
Gerd nodded again; "Due west,"
she whispered. "Twenty candle
power. One . ' . . yes. Two . .
. no. Thirty seconds between an
swers. Page and word number
in the dictipnary."
"My good man," said the doctor,
"when may we expect . . ."
'Til be damned if I know," Ruck
answered laughingly. "I only
carry the news." He pressed both
their hands, then turned, and was
gone into the darkness. The doc
tor pulled out his handkerchief
land began mopping his face once
more.
I "My God," he said. "My God."
j Suddenly they heard Ruck's
; voice behind them again. "Don't
: go near the storehouse," it whis
pered. "He's got a guard there
' waiting for you."
A UTUMN had come in one leap
down from the hills. Back in
the valleys the trees had been
touched for days with a Septem
ber red. Farmers had finished
the apple-picking, and in the cider
mills, with men walking slowly
behind the long wheel spokes of
the presses, had been oozing the
sweet juice into barrels. - Hogs
had fed rich on crushed apple
meats. The cows, with the sum
mer gone, were almost dry.
About 10 o'clock there was a
little flurry on the square. One
of the boys ran out, and came
back in to report that the captain
had come down with two armed
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soldiers, and was going on an in
spection tour of the village.
When Konlg was in the canning
factory, with the foreman talking
to him obsequiously, the two ot
them walking between rows ot
men at the clattering machines, n
very unusual accident occurred.
The catch slipped on a huge
bucket ot mackerel being lifted on
a chain, and three bundl ed pounds
of cooked fish cliutcd down over
the machines, and onto a floor cov
ered with a greasy sawdust No
one was hurt, but the llsh were
irretrievably spoiled. The captain
thundered out that such careless
nes was inexcusable, and made
notes in a little red book he car
ried in his pocket
Once outside, he dispatched
the two soldiers who had accom
panied him to the house ot Sixtus
Andresen, the schoolmaster, to
give the old man official notifica
tion that his cottage, which was
the last in the village on the road
southward, was required for mili
tary purposes, and that he would
be permitted 48 hours to leave
the premises with all his personal
effects.
For weeks a great and secret
plan had taken all his thought
By day it was manifest in long
drills and marches for the men,
exercises in aiming and quick fir
ing, guns placed in awkward po
sitions where by all the rules ot
strategy they had no right to be.
By night he spent long, lonely
hours at his desk, working over
this at first seemingly impossible
scheme. Now, slowly, the secret
that had seemed always just out
of reach had broken wide open
in front of him. "It will work,"
swelled up in his throat "One
blockhouse where the schoolmas
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Half an hour later the men re
ported to him at the hotel that
they had found the old man in a
black suit and a black bow tie,
surrounded by books in his study.
He had taken the order very
calmly, said that he was thankful
for the 48 hours, and with a great
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