Part 23 (1/2)
”I--I--don't hitto hit you!” exclaioing to wire for one of !”
”You didn't; eh? Well, we'll see what the courts think of giving wrong information to Uncle Sam with the intent to aid criot in his pockets”
The spy did not have ht of one piece of paper Mr
Whitford uttered a cry of surprise
”Ha! This is worth so!” he exclai for the future, but it's worth trying I wonder I didn't think of that before”
”What is it?” asked Tom
For answer the custom officer held out a scrap of paper on which ritten one word
ST REGIS
”What does it mean,” asked Ned, ith Mr Da the scene
”Bless !” said the odd lers are stopping there?”
”Hardly,” replied Mr Whitford with a sis is the name of an Indian reservation in the upper part of New York state, right on the border, and in the corner where the St Lawrence and the iin to see things now The s over the Indian Reservation, and that's why they have escaped us so far We never thought of that spot Toht track at last! Shafton was probably given this to inforet us as far away as possible, or,at all”
An involuntary start on the part of the prisoner seemed to confirm this, but he kept silent
”Of course,” went on Mr Whitford, ”they is reservation, and thisup”
”Why don't you ask him?” Tom wanted to know, as he nodded toward Shafton
”He wouldn't tell the truth I'll put hiet away to warn his confederates, and then we'll go to the reservation And to think that my man trusted him!”
Mr Whitford was soon in communication with his headquarters by means of the wireless apparatus on Tom's airshi+p, and a little later two custom officers arrived, with an extra horse on which they were to take their prisoner back
”And noe'll try our luck once more,” said Mr Whitford as his men left with Shafton securely bound ”Can you ood time, Tom? It's quite a distance,” and he pointed it out on theinventor, as he sent his powerful craft aloft in the darkness Then, with her nose pointed in the right direction, the Falcon beat her way forward through the night, flying silently, with the great searchlight ready for instant use
In coht, they reached the St Lawrence, and then it was an easy rounds Though the redmen, whom the state thus quartered by themselves, had all retired, they swarht flashed back and forth
”We want to question some of the head men of the tribe,” said Mr
Whitford ”I know some of them, for on several occasions I've had to come here to look into ruoods dear to the Indian heart were sht any of therunts of surprise, the red airshi+p It was toothereeted the custoe left foot ”How!”
”How!” responded the Indian, with a grunt