Craig tore it open. There, unrolled before us, at last lay the plans of the deadly telautomaton.
Of a sudden I realized that the model had destroyed itself in sinking the Sybarite. With the plans in our possession the secret was safe.
Slowly Sanchez raised an accusing finger, but before he could utter a word Craig had backed against the door and stood holding it.
“Some one has been keeping under cover here,” Craig shot out suddenly, “hiding behind others who were his tools—first Mito, then Paquita, who has been driven to her death, now Sanchez.
“Graphology first betrayed his fine hand of crime to me. The stock-market attack confirmed my suspicion. Sanchez has completed— Don’t shoot! Burke has you covered already. Walter—will you be so kind as to disarm Johnson Walcott?”
THE END
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