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 "I mean I can't get them! Their wires must be gone!"

His use of the word "dead" still terrified the woman at his side. He had no time to explain. He simply thrust his inscribed pad sheets into her hand as he turned to his key again, for time now was precious, terribly precious.

She read:

Her hungry eyes rushed back and forth along the second sheet which McKinnon had thrust into her hand:

Can get Princeton.… Some one from God's country.… Must hurry. Yes, president and cabinet safe. Seven hundred crowded in Palace yards and water shut off. Tell Princeton not to wait to land guns. Remember Boracao switch bridge is mined.… Bullet against