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" 'wireless'!" the American exclaimed.

"The 'wireless'?" the women cried, puzzled.

"Quite!" the Englishman nodded, evidently pleased with the surprise which he had evoked. "For the Bahia carries a 'wireless' installation. Did you not know it, Mr. Preston?" he inquired.

"I did not. But if she does?"

"Then, well within an hour, sir, the Plymouth police, who are travelling in the coaches ahead in this same train, can be in complete communication with the Bahia and can take a statement and deposition from the last victim of the remarkable Mr. Manling as minutely and accurately as though Mr. Hareston were swearing the identification upon the Book against the prisoner in the dock. Very truly, 164