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THE SPY SUMMONED HIS GERMAN AG

ENT WITH A CRYPTIC note left at his Ca house They e tied to the west bank of the Delaware directly across the busy river frohters, ships, ferries, and coal s her propellers out the back of the shed that covered her ways The river was only a half mile wide, and they could hear the steady drues

The ship workers had built a gigantic wooden cradle big enough to carry the 16,000-ton ship down greased rails fro place on land to her ho the cradle up to her by driving wedges under it When the wedges pressed the cradle tightly against the hull, they would continue ha blocks

The Gerlum

The spy said, “Listen What do you hear?”

“They’re haes”

The spy had earlier passed close by in a steam launch to observe the scene under the hull, which was painted with a dull red undercoat The “ha poles tipped with heavy heads

“The wedges are thin,” he said “How much does each blow raise the cradle?”

“You’d need a micrometer to measure”

“How es?”

“Gott in Himmel, who knows Hundreds”

“A thousand?”

“Could be”

“Could any one wedge raise the cradle under the ship?”