Arthur B. Reeve

Name: The Stolen War Secret — XII. The Triple Mirror
Author: Arthur B. Reeve

The Stolen War Secret — XII. The Triple Mirror (1914)

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“The Stolen War Secret — XII. The Triple Mirror”, published in 1914, is a work by Arthur B. Reeve. It explores elements such as Sinclair, Kennedy and Streamline.

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Arthur B. Reeve, The Stolen War Secret — XII. The Triple Mirror (1914)

“ The spray from the Streamline rose in a cloud, and the wind taking it drenched us. But Sinclair did not care. He had fallen into the spirit of the chase and, as now and then a wild shout was wafted to us from the shore, he knew that all eyes were on him and that Westport wanted to know what the famous little craft could do.
Kennedy had not reckoned without a knowledge of psychology. It was only an instant that the people in the power-boat might have doubted that they were our object. ”

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Arthur B. Reeve, The Stolen War Secret — XII. The Triple Mirror (1914)

“ The power-boat had turned as short as its pilot dared and was now retracing its course in the direction of the Seaville House. We had evidently caught them in the nick of time, for a few minutes longer and they would have been down the bay and perhaps out of reach of the phosphid glare that betrayed them.
Apparently their idea was to gain the pier of the hotel, where at least they would be on an equality with us, for their boat, whatever might be its cruising radius, was simply no match in speed for ours.
“Can Burke intercept them?” I asked anxiously as I reasoned out their plan. ”

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Arthur B. Reeve, The Stolen War Secret — XII. The Triple Mirror (1914)

“ Kennedy was peering through a little telescope which was attached to the case beside the triple mirror.
“Burke is signaling back to us!” he cried. “Good—he gets me perfectly—is going over to Seaville House—we can meet him there unless there is something for us to do elsewhere.”
He was hastily packing up the apparatus which had served us so well in a tight pinch.
“Now, Sinclair,” he added briskly, “this is the time when you can show us what your boat can do. If it isn’t too late, we may be able to catch these people before they can slip out of our hands.” ”

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Arthur B. Reeve, The Stolen War Secret — XII. The Triple Mirror (1914)

“ The returning beam is invisible to any one not immediately in the path of the ray, and you can see what a slight chance there can be of some one being so situated. The ray always goes to the observer. It is simply a matter of pure mathematics, practically applied. The angle of incidence equals the angle of reflection. You recall how no matter how you looked into the prism you saw your reflection accurately?”
“Yes, but when you are dealing in miles it must be a very different matter,” persisted Sinclair.
“There isn’t a variation of a foot in two miles,” asserted Kennedy confidently. ”

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Arthur B. Reeve, The Stolen War Secret — XII. The Triple Mirror (1914)

“ Every craft in the harbor was shown as distinctly as if the glare of the sun shone on it, and the excitement on the boats was even greater than on the shore, for the people on them were closer and more amazed at what they saw. ”

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Arthur B. Reeve, The Stolen War Secret — XII. The Triple Mirror (1914)

“ What the people about the shore must have thought I could only guess. Here and there we could see them crowding out on the porches and pointing in consternation at what appeared to be impossible bonfires in the very water itself. ”

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Arthur B. Reeve, The Stolen War Secret — XII. The Triple Mirror (1914)

“ I don’t dare to let her out.”
⁠WE CROWDED into the Streamline as quickly as we could, Sinclair taking his place at the wheel, and cast off.
“Start slowly then,” urged Craig. “It won’t hurt. We shall have to take in just how things are at first, anyhow. You can cut loose in a moment.”
Neither Sinclair nor I said anything, but I am sure both of us wondered how it was going to be safer to speed the boat up a few minutes later than now. Kennedy was eagerly looking up the harbor in the direction of the Yacht Club with an expectant air as if something might happen at any moment. ”

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Arthur B. Reeve, The Stolen War Secret — XII. The Triple Mirror (1914)

“ From it Burke has shot half a dozen of these bombs.”
Sinclair had recovered from his surprise and started his engine again.
“What are they made of?” he asked.
“Phosphid of calcium,” returned Kennedy briefly. “The mortar hurls them out far in every direction into the darkness. They are so constructed that they float after a short plunge into the water. The action of the salt water automatically ignites them merely by contact, and the chemical action of the phosphid and the water keeps them phosphorescing for several minutes.” ”

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