"Yes," said the officer, "and that is why I thought Frank might know something of the origin of the inquiry. The reporter was not slow in getting at the point he was in my rooms to discuss. Almost the first question he asked me was this: 'Is it true that the government has ordered you to the Canal Zone to investigate an alleged plot to blow up the Gatun dam?' Coming from a reporter, as it did, the question knocked me all in a heap."