rewarded."

It was a declaration of war, war to the death against this "Master of
the World" who thought to threaten and defy an entire nation, the
American nation!

Before the day was over, various rewards of large amounts were
promised to anyone who revealed the hiding place of this dangerous
inventor, to anyone who could identify him, and to anyone who should
rid the country of him.

Such was the situation during the last fortnight of July. All was
left to the hazard of fortune. The moment the outlaw re-appeared he
would be seen and signaled, and when the chance came he would be
arrested. This could not be accomplished when he was in his
automobile on land or in his boat on the water. No; he must be seized
suddenly, before he had any opportunity to escape by means of that
speed which no other machine could equal.

I was therefore all alert, awaiting an order from Mr. Ward to start
out with my men. But the order did not arrive for the very good
reason that the man whom it concerned remained undiscovered. The end
of July approached. The newspapers continued the excitement. They
published repeated rumors. New clues were constantly being announced.
But all this was mere idle talk. Telegrams reached the police bureau
from every part of America, each contradicting and nullifying the
others. The enormous rewards offered could not help but lead to
accusations, errors, and blunders, made, many of them, in good faith.
One time it would be a cloud of dust, which must have contained the
automobile. At another time, almost any wave on any of America's