Evening Star Newspaper, June 26, 1921, Page 58

T was really the triviat-fart of the ‘inspector’s cold ‘that involved Norg and Garth'in' the -troybles of Ad- dington Alsop. ~To begin with, the inspector's indisposition confined Kim to his flat. It held Nora there in the part of a nurse. It drew Garth, whe would have braved the most virulent contugion to be near her. Most im- portant of all,. it allowed the mighty Alsop to apply for police help without fear of detection by the reporters and agents constantly swarming at head- quarters. When Garth entered the flat that afternoon he was, unknowingly, already on the threshold of the strange case; for he had read in the noon editions the brief paragraph which recited an zecident to all appearances common enough. A man_ had been picked up unconscious in the ‘middle *of a quict street. Evidently he had been struck by an automobile. Two details, how- ever, arrested Garth's attention. The victim, Ralph Brown. he Knew as a successful private detective. Moreover, the outrage had occurred during the slack hours before the dawn. Appar- ently no clue as to its perpetrators remained. rth spoke of that casu- ally to the in: huge, suf- fering man intrigued. reely Wrapped in an ancient dressing gown. | Ius throat smothered beneath flannel, he M in an easy chair, facing the fire, whose coals he perpetually reproved with a frown. He groaned. There was utter despair in the rumbling. animal-} Mke note. ughed. “Laugh a the inspector roared, *but make Garth forget he's a dct tive if he can't do better than hound sick man with a cheap automobile <. “These unimportant things, father, are sometimes the most important of @ e Said, “Jim's right. 1ts odd | Do witn:sses can be foun: As if there had been something pro- phetic_in her words and her attitude, a muffled knock came from the outer deor. Two men entered the living room. The one in advance was youn with « frightened and apprehensive fa His companion was older and portlier, Wwith narrow eyes and full-blooded cheeks. And those eyes were uneasy. For Garth they did not quite veil a sense of sheer terror. “1Us Mr. Alsop, father.' “Mr. Addington Alsop.” The inspector had already struggled to rise. He conceded the importance of this unexpected call. He apologized for his failure. § “Nora's got me wound up like a mummy——* Alsop broke in rapidly. . o politeness, inspector. I must speak to you. I'm up against it. They're after me Nort said. * % % X Hi; sat down heavily. The youns man, whom he introduced as his secretary, Arthur Marvin, lighted a cigarette with trembling fingers.; Garth watched them both while the inspector explained that they might speak freely before him and Nora. Alsop. he knew, because o for organizing money and industry and hi with those whom necessity had thrown within his power, had made dangerous and active enemi detective could understand the finan- er's position. His death might be a cheap risk for outside fanat 1o destroy his leadership against the forces of radicalism, for there were few men strong enough to replace him. Alsop had a newspaperin his hand now. and was holding it out to the -inspector, while with his forefinger he tapped the paragraph which told of Brown's accident .r oy, . 0 accident."~he: murttéreda “That man worked-for mg—a: preczrution any | white, wound thick From time to tim with a pitiful futility. | the nurse cautioned him to silence, bent closer, so tha ldefine the pallid facé eyelids that trembled. eyes opened. brain sprang an fool would take. ‘Welk -h&must have found out what' he was after last night, and they got him. and thought they had killed him. * They tell me at the hospital he's still unconscious. Alsop handed Garth a crumpled. torn and soiled postcard. *“That came in the noon mail. Must have been picked up by somebody and | dropped In a post box. I figure Brown, window, of some such thing. Garth read the card—a single line, aimost undecipherable: y Dangér tomorrow night “Had you planned anything important for_tonight?" . *“The conference with capitalists and politicians at which we settle on certain legislation that will put some of these foreign anarchists on the skids, snatch American labor beyond should. See here. inspector. 1 expect some_important men from Wall street and Washington tonlght. I can't let them walk into a bomb. and I don’t want any high explosives myself. Nasty situation. I'm no politician. Fight crime We'll see what we can go. 1vs a good thing you found Garth ere. *“What is it. Mr. Alsop?” he asked. “You've something else to tell us.” “A ghost story,” he said, with an at- tempt at a laugh. “Fact is, Marvin and 1 and some ©of the servants are haunted by a veiled woman. I can only tell. you facts and let you judge. 1 daresay you know about my house on the river near the city line. It is Icnely for that neighborhood, and very old. I've always heard stories about a ghost, a veiled woman on the upper floor—some connection with the sui- cide of a beautiful ‘girl long ago. You know the sort of thinz. It's always told about old houses. The point is, 1 faw that veiled woman last night, and she gave me rather too much evidence of spirituality.” : “Why do you conmect a ghost with anarchists?" the inspector demanded. “Because,” Alsop answered, perfectly gsriously, “T believe the thing was after papers. “Then why suspect your visitor of Leing a ghost?” ~Because,” Alsop said patiently, “this \isitor had every appearance of walk- 1.5% tnrough a locked door. T've a safe in my room, and as an extra precau- tion, “when I've had important papers at the house, I've-docked my door. 1 went upstairs late last night. There was no light in the upper hail, but a glow came from the lamps downstairs. Jn this sort of radiance I saw the figure of a woman, clothed in white, hidden behind . a white veil, were _servants. in or out of the house without the collusion of one of these. And I've had them a long time. Jt's hard to suspect them. - Besides, Marvin has had much the same .experi- en Tell them, Arthur.” ~ 'As A - motive,” Marvin said slowly, might mention the fact that I often take my work upstairs—letters of Mr. Alsop’s to answer, statements to mak out. The first time the thing pened was Thursday night. It must have been after midnight. I was in bed. awakened with an uncomfortable feel- THE VEILED WOMEN One of the Series of “Gray Mask Stories” : By Wadsworth Camp. catch your ghost,” Garth said drily, ‘d like a shot at both." “What you want.” sald to Alsop and Marvin, “is protec- tion for yourselves and your distin- suished guests. What the police want S to catch these fellows red-handed. Ve'll try to fit the two things. 5se your nerve. Go ahead with your trust Garth out how your veiled woman gets in There may be no dan- locked doors. We've only ger for you Brown's posteard to go on. That lodks seriouse znd 1'll do my best to protect Nora had gone to the door with Alsop arid Mayvin fhe called a hurriedly whispered: ance, Garth, but d; These fellows Garth over, a gerous as dynamite. won't hesitate to blow that house up HE CRIED OUT AS BROWN HAD DONE: “THE VEILED WOMAN:" f-his genius ! 5 £ they can't block Alsop’s dirt utter ruthlessness in dealing | tics any fighting a woman who bel Take it from me, the one youve got to be afraid of. She has the brains.” uld get something out of arth mused. conscious now, Run up to the hospital. neighborhood Come back here like u ghost. The spector said. where he was found. by five, and we'll lay our plans, In Brown's room the blinds were The greenish found the upturned face. bandagf, Ehastly 1y; gbbdtithe head. rb¥A'# Nps moved Garth, while t:l@st he could and the closed Suddenly the From them into Garth's impression of im- measurable terror as if they still se- jcreted the outline of some monstrous before th ot him, threw it out of | 4 they 3 Garth started back as the injured man, apparently spurred by that recol- on, struggled to ride, sat bolt up- head - swaying drunkenly, ile from his wide throat vibrated an accusing and despairing cr “The veiled woman! The veiled woman 3 “Take hold of yourself! this woman. You've got to talk to met Oh, my God: You've seen incoherently Brown screamed their influence, and give the honest| Vi & Gmisl business man a chance to make a gpen doorway her voice tore anxiously, fair profit by driving his men as helgummoning a Through the house physician. God's sake. don’t the white veil! N That's madness ‘The doctor s the bedside. pped in and hurried to In response to his touch “Don’t dope him,” Garth begged. “That man knows things on which | many lives depend. He mus to me before night. able to talk straight? “You don't seem to understand. frightful_fracture at the base of the He seems -inclined to be quiet enough now." The doctor. turned away. lowed him to the door, urging him to use his skill to make Brown talk. nurse had remained by the bed. Garth heard her sharp cry through his own The sound puszled him be- cause it was a trifle strangled. e like a flash and hurried back to the bed. looked. The nurse bent over the ban- daged head. The doctor fumbled quick- ly beneath the bed clothes. glanced at Garth, and spread his hands. Garth picked at his hat, unwilling to he.whispered, “that he's | 'the repellent odor he.had noticed in The. nurse) Garth had not noticed i pole, t tell them, ‘Will he be | point which, according to his calcula- iti doctor _nodded, sobbed once. how youmg her face was. The block where the murdered man {pyt at first he could see very little— had been found was flanked by long rows of similar houses. stones, unfriendly to traffic. made-it an ideal place for the brutal deception which had been attempted. Opposite the spot where Brown, had been picked up Garth paused and looked ouriously across the street. The dreary house line was broken there by a number of basement and His eyes, alert for ment window displayed patterned rugs, lamps of the orient unfamiliar and barbaric jewelry. fact that he had not moticed the win- dow sooner testified to a significant discretian in its arrangement. he fancied, designed less to attract curiosity than to satisfy it once it Half-derisively he re- was aroused. oriental women went called that orl veiled—customarily faces behind whi He had intende and houses d entering all these in search of a wit- £ the attack on Brown. He 1|termined now to proceed rather more Suppose Brown, spying or Ope hand ¢lasped the sinuous stem of a ‘water pipe. 7 The round, flaccid. repulsive face de- fled classification. Garth could not be sure whether it was_Egyptian. Turk- ish, Arablan, or Semitic, He only knew that it was evil and accustomed to perfect control, for he suspected that his rapid entrance had made the concealment of the fez and ‘the al- teration of that ritual attitude impos- sible. In & matter-of-fact tone Garth spoke of exaumining-the rugs and an- tiques. The only motion in the room was a lasy curling from the water pipe of white smoke which faded in the dark- ened, perfumed air. Then the curtain moved stealthily at one end. disclos- ing a dark Iace of Levantine cast. ‘This man came through, carefully re- placing the cartain behind him. stroked 'his bony hands, and demanded Garth's desires. The immobllity of the cross-legged creature ceased. The stem of the water pipe us he raised it to nis mouth writhed in sinuous curves.. He commenced to puff. The water bubbled unevenly. Garth examined the rugs with growing excitement. He was Dre- pared to believe that he had stum- bled on a meeting place. He felt hir- self the object of suspicion. It was concelvable to him that he might suf- fer a fate similar to Brown's. Garth started. The unequal bub- y\poli- i bling of the pipe had accompanied all T thoughts: Constantly it wduld pause, then recommence. The idea she's | which had been struggling uncon- in' the detéctive's brain took The uneven bubbling pos- a significance beyond the | pléasures of nicotine. It suggested a means of communication, a code. The house was very old. It was one of a row built simultaneously before the fire laws had amounted to much. He was sure that the dividing walls between these basements were not fireproof.’ “As nearly as he could tell from the surface he examined, they would probably be lath-and-plaster, with perhaps, rubble in the space between. | His next ptep was to measure as accu: rately as he coul with his eye the dis- tance between the entrance and the curtain, which was like a ceremonial background for the man in the fez. Stooping to inspect one of the rugs. he struck the flooring with his fist, as if by accident. He was satisfied. There was no cellar beneath this basement. He dared hope that he would see what lay behind the curtain. ‘Approximately as nearly as he could the subtleties of a buyer. he promised, to make up his mind and return with his decision the next morning. He walked slowly to the corner studying the house on either side of the shop. The one to the right was a cheap boarding-house. The one on the other side was evidently a private dwelling. At the nearest hardware store he bought an auger and a screwdriver. Then he entered the alley that bisected the block, and, counting the houses, knocked at the kitchen door of the one on the right of the oriental shop. The servant who admitted him verified his hazard. At this hour the occupants were at work. She was, for the present, ‘alone in the house. Garth showed her his badge, warned her to make no noise, and to stay close to him. The girl, frightened and un- able to comprehend, followed him Into the basendent. He paced from the front of the house along the wall to a ons, was opposite the hidden portion of the shop.- He glanced up then with satisfaction. Against a thin and anti- quated partition was suspended one of those heavy and unwieldy gas meters which are found only in very old build- ! ings. Garth drew up a table, climbed upon it, and examined the thick screws which held the contrivance in place. With his screwdriver he com- menced noiselessly to remove one of these. He thought it likely that the screw hole would go all the way through. If it did not, his auger would complete the journey. He in- structed the girl to draw the blinds and close the door so that the room would be darker. He pulled the screw from the rotten wall. The aperture was sufficiently large. It admitted the shop: so he put. his eyes to the The drone of voices ‘reached him, shadowy outlines circling ~a dull. glowing thing close to the floor—a brazier, he decided. about which men sat. Then he started, for he thought he saw something long and white, Tike a woman. But the smoke in the aperture hurt his eyes. He had to close it. When he opened it again there was .nothing white, but out of the droning voices came words in English- with a foreign accent. and :u crouched against the wall, listen- e % = He marveled that he should hear just these werds at this particular ‘moment. “The police are suspicious” he heard, “so it’s been put ahead. At 9 o'clack tonight. - Two raps on the west door at Alsop’s. The veiled woman will open_the door and take the bomb, and then, by God, we'll show them!™ He replaced the screw. He got down from the table able to plan definitely. Against her protests, he took the:girl to headquarters and warned the ma- tron to let her communicate with no one before- 9:30. He hurried to-the flat then. and told the inspector and inf of no longer alone. [ saw this figure that Mr. Alsop describes. I did not seem to come from anywhere." B R = “THE thing—white veil and all— seemed to materialize out of nothing. It moved softly about the room as if searching—searching.’ I thought of the letters on my desk. I «called out instinctively. ‘Who's there? ‘There was no reply. by the amined the door. had left it, with the key on the in- de.” There was no way in or out of that room. Yet the vefled woman had ‘been there, and had gone, leaving no trace. 2 had been. assaulted in ments—for Instance. shop_ which had aroused his interest? d the street and darted the steps from one side, he was sure he had taken by sure-ise whoever was in the place. B ctive sense was im- mediately impressed m was ominous, in the shadowed room., The echoes of such an attack Brown had suffered could have been ‘easily smothered here. - about to spY. one of these basem: in the oriental straightway ‘The figure did not hurry. ' It stepped behind a screen fireplace. I sprang up and went there. I couldn’t believe the evidence of my eyes. There was no one—nothing\behind the screen. I ex- 1t was locked as I LONG, low divah sprawled in‘ the rear of the shop against a tapes: try hahging of a colorful \design. On this divan, seated cross-legged, was the figure ‘of & man. like an image in a-somber and guarded temple. He wore & feg: sut formally o\nm..‘.u.. ‘Catch your ehewmies and - you'll Nora of Brown's death and of s ex- | perience at the shod “That's where Brown was struck,” he ended, “and Brown _was right. | They are after Alsop ‘and his crowd tonight with dynamite, and the veiled woman's_the figure of chief danger: Do you know, chief, I'm going to let them hand her that bomb, then I'll try to-handle her.” 'them get a8 far as the house with the thini “It's the. veiled womsn T'm thinki 'Garth| answered. | “Grab . thess | & “her, share of’ o ‘peopl you'll probab! She'll 'bob up. hére and there, causing infinite trouble, because everything she does has the marks of a flendish’clever- | me take the risk and land Let m e 3 “It's taking too big chances to let i "HE inpspector thought for a lomg} Nora," e the-idel-temyted-- m. His own share in the night's work was simple. He had arranged to sur- round the Alsop pisce. quietly with his best ives. ey would themselves Hidden. They would permit this small army would close in and mal the arres Meantime the oriental sho; would be ed, The dictaphone whicl pipe would probably lead the police to another rendezvous. ‘With a grumbled oath the inapector | over tossed his blankets aside -and lum- don'zh:é:n'e.r:;}rw:;mk. Every- v dicated th . dicated the collar at the back of Mar. “Blood". Lfkd Brown.. The same place keep | as' Brown's wound.” Garth ran to the baths yroom and the conspirators to enter the grounds. |brought b ‘Garth, at the house, would use his own m%n‘l 7:;"!!)'6"::&”2‘!&"];6’2:‘1‘"’: judgment. Wheén he blew his whistle |after 2 moment with a sigh of relief. He had started, he ‘said, up’ the stalrs, thinking Garth at his heels.- He had been about to press the electric d undoubtedly carried the signaling of the | light switch. '."T knew she was there* he sobbed. T saw her—all white, and with & veil don’t know. 1 bered to his feet. He stood for a|thing went black. 74 moment swaying - against the -chair. is pudgy fingers tore at the bandage about his throat. Nora ran-to him and grasped his_arm. . . “What are vou doing, - father?"’ ‘Haver’t’ you any eyes?’ he roared. ‘Getting well. I'm tired betng sick: 1 want to get on this job."" He went into his room. : “You are both mad,” she said, both ,want to take too great risks— impoésible risks.” She laughed, - With- out shaking hands she turhed and walked to the door of the Inspector's ‘room. - “Good-bye, Jim." she called. I sup- pose I'll have to look after this reckless one first.” Garth went. Nora's wordy and man- ner had made him a trifle uneasy. Little time, however, remained for tinued in a taxicab. Alsop’s great wealth permitted him & rural loneliness even in this expen- sive neighborhood. Garth dismissed the cab at the edge of a wide property along the river, made sure he had not been tollowed, then climbed the fence, and entered a thick plece of woods. Immediately he knew there some one. He sprang aside, whipping out his-revolver, crouching against an expected attack; for a figure blacker than the night had glided in his path from behind a a tree trunk, and the “Put that thing down,” pered. hen up with your hands!” er ‘laugh barely reached him. thought it was you, Jim.” ‘What are you doing here, Nora? For a minute I looked for the veiled he ;‘What'l in that bundle you're carry- ng ‘A white gown,” she said simply. “and a white véil. so that 1 may take the bomb after I have trapped this queer creature; so that I may talk to these men and learn how wide the organization is." She argued logically enough that there was less risk this way than the other. Once she had-the bomb in her hn-gd! she great danger would be ver. hey -paused at the edge of the woods. The dark. vague mass of the | building frowned at them. The win- dows, Garth gathered were heavil; curtained, for no gleam of light e: with you, Jim, to Nora whispered. e disapproving. I only want elp. Nora,” he said hoarsely, “since ‘1 lost_ my temper. with Black, you've not been kind. You know I want you with all my heart—" |, “Hush! You were mot to speak of jthat. Don't you see? It's because I don’t know that I can't let you take such chances with death.. That's why T'm here, Jim.” R Inside the house the atmosphere of danger reached Garth more positively than it had dqffe even through Brown's unreasoning terror. Alsop and Marvin met them in the hall. Both were white-faced and nervous. Through the open door of a library Garth saw flve men fn evening clothes gathered about a table which was littered with papers. Alsop closed the door. . “The house is surrounded by d {ectives,\ Garth said. “We've ar. sanged to take care of the one with the bomb. For there is a bomb, Mr. Alsop. " There's no point lying about al Alsop pointed to the closed door of the library. “All my’ figures, all of my plans that I've ever put on paper I've brought out here for the first time tonight for this conference. Don’t you suppose those devils know? And that thing— tell you that thing white is after them. When I went upstairs just now to bring them from the safe I felt it. I saw something white, and I ran down. Ask Marvin, I'm afraid. I B 'm not sneering,” Garth said, grim- ly: ‘“We know your veiled woman is actually - to -be in ' this housc at 9 o'clock. It's_likely enough she's up- stairs now. T'll search every rat hole, ‘because her apparent jc_is ‘pure trickery, and if she isn’t to be found upstairs, we've a net down here for her a little later. ‘“‘Better find out what you-can now,’ Alsop advised. 3 Then. he went back to the library, and G;:r and ‘r‘ion cllmbeéll »:o the upper hall. Garth supposed that Mar- vin would have made a light for them, but of all the doors that opened from the stair landing one alone was wide, and no light gleamed through .that lyou can laugh at me if you like—I wvin! Marvin! Garth stepped forward. - Nora reached out and his arms. - The quality of her yoice startled him. - * “Don’t go in there without a light. f. - = the ‘hall, Nora! PSR wear tie Head df'the bed. { back part of the ho Mo the door from behind which he w; “Are you still anxious to try” that plan of yours; Nora? She nodded. She went uncertainly from the room. Marvin stumbled after ‘them. They helped him down the stairs and to a-sofa in the lower hall. Garth led Nora t6 the west door. - In silence and with determination she #lipped’ on the . white gown she “had i} brought and draped the white veil ‘over her face. Garth arranged a screen just | ing forward: within the doorway. He turned out the electric lamp, lighted a_single candle, and-placed it on a stand at some dis- tance. AR “Walt- behind - the screen,” he sald. “I'shall be at the other end of the'hail Just within the library door. Anybody coming from tife interior of the hause ibrary doorway—noth Ho ran through. It the warr candle, in (the ‘white gown- and.the flowing veil-milp from behind the screen and open“the door. . Then Nora would get the “bomb, but where was the.Teal velled woman? ...y . - Garth knew fram.ifie black patch; at:the ‘end - of the -corridor that the door. was wide. “In. that.dark’ patch he suddenly”spw thevstirou ?al A e e 2 "out | the hall. They knew they must stand man.. The hands. were stretches as-if to meet the hands which Nera| appeared to-offer for the bomb. But the.maun carried’ no bomb. Garth cried out, drawing ‘his/ own revolyer, dart- “Nora! Look outi” He had .eeen that-the manis fingers fondled an _automatic,. raised it simed it at the confident, expectant figure. g S “For police spies! ed. '™ the man cal light -he could see the slender fillr!l going to get away with It. ‘The veiled |and m¢d|w' pull him away [ e man— ; - -“She’s..in..the house,” Garth mur- mured. “Hush! T hear—" ~ He broke off. Through the appall-]afraid. Gi ing_quietness of ‘the "house he had; heard distinctly two sharp raps. Yet ho-had seengho—ene pass the - dim| frame of the® ing. white. = . Don’t look! Not you!" “What's that?" the Inspector whis- ! pered. and his- voice wus suddenly rth followed his glance. From ! iibriycy Then i couldn®™ mak the black shadows of the woods u white figure glided. e & Garth's shaking fingers reached out nd lifted the stained veil from the ilent form. He drew back. His cry was like: a sob. For a long time the nspector and Garth stared at the fea- tures, apprehensive even in death, of the secretary, Marvin: Nora, who ran up the steps crying 1out her fear for those in the house, gave Garth no opportunity for que: tions. or for the expression of that r Hef which . shook him ‘with a -poger | nearly physical. The four prisoners .were brought to trigl for Brown's death as well as for this attempt. The one who had shot Marvin and who had gone down befor 1Garth’s attack was still dazed, . Garth identified him as the man who had disguised himself as an oriental in the The sharp face of the Lévantine shop. twitched with hatred and fright. The | other two, although he knew the type, the detective had never seen before. ‘They boasted tnat the shop had becn only an outpost for this affair. Before Garth could reach the door ! Through a dictaphone and the teleg- the harsh, tearing report of the auto- must pass me. T'll grab the Woman.!matic came, and was répeated twice. and his crew out of the iibrary an tl;era their precious skins will be safe.” She shivered and slipped behind the screen. He went to the library, knocked, entered, and closed the door. The faces l‘)|mll greeted him were restless with mi: ving. please,” Garth said. *I've’delayed mo ing you long as 1 dared, so. if any thing goes wrong, those outside won't know you have left. the cellar, If you like. It's safest.” pected through. But he could hear nothing. nothink. He couldn't walt. 1t was necessary for him to g to ambysh the veiled woman in order| that Nora might take her place. felt his way to the telephone an lifted the receiver. “Hello!” he whispered. “Hello!" The inspector's hoarse voicé came to him. “You, Garth? I'm in the gardener's cottage. TeM me Alsop and his peo- ple are_safe.” speculation. It was 7 o'clock when he had completed his arrangements. He took the subway to Harlem and. con- l Transforming’ the earth is ‘only a n!" he called, and again: “Mar- 4B took his fashiight froni his =~ pocket;, -pressed. the comtrol, /and turned.“the .ray -on. the ‘features. his with a reluctint §ir, had come sout ‘her “Yes," Garth sald. “Hurry! Hurr What's up?’ = “For Heaven's sake, be careful.” the When you hear the two raps open the | Garth saw the form that he loved swa 4 Y, door and take the bomb. I'll get Al8op | cluteh - at- nothing, - without a cry, crumble and lie motionless across the threshold. Before the other<could turn his gun on him-the detective had grappled with the murderer. He bore him to the porch floor and struck him across “the temple with the butt of his revolver. "T"Want you all out of this room now, | SAT'h arose then, and. scarcely aware whistle at his lips and blew shrilly through the night. Garth shook. He covered his face Take them 1o the | oith his hands, for the dim, unreal Mr. Alsop. 1nto | jymination of the flicke) Garth turned eut the light, ‘went lu,:::;’l‘e:’e‘l’;‘ ihat the Oxu | the window, opened the casement, dnd | gtjliness exposed a sc: & candle had as no longer reason for its let testimony. * %k k% HAT which Garth had feared but had forgotten in the rush of his more personal terror rent the silence ! As he turned a thin, tinkling sound | with a chaoti¢ turmoil. A terrific de- stole from the silence of the room. He | tonation was followed by a shattering of glass. . Shouts and curse¥ arose from the house. Some one hurried across the drive and up the stepsg Garth was aware of a heavy hand on his shoulder. He glanced up/at the Inspector's startled ace. “What's the matter with you? You've let them use their infernal bomb. You're responsible for Alsop and his people.” “They're safe,” Garth answered. “The velled woman!" the inspector inspector answered, “because, Garth,|said. “Dead! You've done well here all your dope was right. -There are|anyway, Garth. Let's have a look.” four of them in the grounds now, and Frantically Garth snatched at his arm raphy of the pipe, instructions had been | sent to ‘and from their headquarters. Tonight, they declared, the shop had ceased to ba useful. No trail would lead from it to the central force that worked | in New York. As they drove home in a taxicab Garth said to Nora: “You haven't told us what happened when I left you by the west door."” “You remember we had got Marvin ©on a sofa in the hall,” Nora answered “He must have seen you close the door when you went in the library to warn Alsop and the others, because from my hiding place I saw him get up. and, with no appearance of an injured man, sneak along the wall to the stairs. 1 followed him up and, Jim, I found him on the floor in his room again, but this time he didn't hear me,-and he was talking. Then I saw his whole game. There was a. dictaphone hidden beneath the bed with which he had probably communi- cated with those outside the house for days. We had stopped him the first time when he had just learned of my intended masquerade. Don’t you xee? He had to téll them that. We caught him, and he scratched him- self to throw us off the track with the details of another case like Brown' Now I heard him tell every- thing—just what I was to do. and { caretu coming_dow brary door was open. and was no longer a light th: !but he knew he must.chanke structions and tell them not tu waste Lits of pieccs. just what he gol didn’t trust any cialistic movements in his concern and that's where the big hitch came. was always searching. He had a with the terrible experiences hr himself with the veiled woman Ought to have got on to him before Nora said. “But it's easily expl return 1o Wall strect with Mr. Alx et o you, Jin But | hnew “Of cour: too late to use the dictapho the bomb in the library. 8o he threw on his disguise and rushed to th. west door as he had originaily planned. in too much of & hurry 1. dream such a mistake could happer 1 suppose he got past while J wax at ! the window. P JON[ARVIN" the inspector mused. “was just the man for them Probably full-of wild-eyed ideas, and fecling a divine call to help smash Alsop. 1 hold no brief for that mil- lonaire. My part in life is to see that the law's kept. These rough boys had certainly fixed Marvin to help them break the laws into little maybe he deserves Alsop tells me he f his employes with his schemes for putting a stop to so- Marvin, whenever he knew there were private papers in the house. to Alsp's door. He used that old ghost story, and dressed himself up in case any of the servants should see him. Their fright would give him time to cover himself. When Aleop did catch him he came across 1 “It wasn't easy to suspect him n now. The time it took you. Jim. %0 to the hospital and to visit the shop was just the time he needed to make some excuse, and get into the shop by a back way 1o receive his new orders. It was simple enough.” The inspector grunted “If we saw il the simple things there’d be no need for detectives™ He commenced to cough with i persistent vehemence. “Take me home. Nora." he groancd ‘Back to_the fireplace and the flannel for the old man. You're always right Nora. Isn't she always right. Garth” But Garth recalling that’ moment that Alsop and the others were in the before Nora and he had entered the library. I ran downstairs, but when! Alsop house, shock his head. Nora 1 reached the lower hall 1 saw him coming after me. So I said 1 had changed my mind. that I was afraid, that I wanted only to leave the house. I went to the kitchery and slipped out, must have seen and understood, for she laughted lightly. aybe she is,” Garth said thought- but sometimes 1 wonder.” 1921, fully, | A DAY WITH THE MARINES AT QUANTICO Wonderful Schools Where "Devil Dogs” Receive All Sorts of Training— Building Houses for Officers. Quarrying Stone, Plumbing and Me-!. chanical Work -Fit| Men for Splendid Po- sitions After They ‘Leave the Marine, Corps. 9 2% _BY., WILLIAM J. WHEATLEY. bounded resourcefulness—is enough to drive the tired summer feeling in !its worst stages from any one. One steps from the train right into the moment when the visitor suddenly realizes that he is carrying om: with a snap which has made this or- ganization of “devil .dogs” famous, throughout the civilized worid. The visitor just gets the stride auto- camp is left. 3 The marines are ‘doing somethin all the time. They are soldiers and scholars, too, at the marine base. These fighters, who know no fear, are accomplishing things at the pos There is a system of schools down there where they are taught any subject which the individual wants to know. They ate ucing ex- pe! makin themselves _better soldiers and citizens, and, while they they are muintaining rd in drills, marksman- It is & full week, and makes them snappler in their move- ments on the drill the day after. Their work as soldiers can only be expressed in the superlative degree, and three-“year” hitch in this corps, it they decide to,go back into civil life, sends them there as the best soldier that the country turns out, and at the same time with an education equal to_that of a college or trade school. While they go.to school five days a week, . they still drill the best, their discipiine is the best, the morale the best, and they can hit the bull's-eye every time with their high-powered rifles. "And their service leaves them equipped to hit a good job and be able to - perfor: it well when -they get out: ~ = _ “Tel}.it to the msrines” is an.old saying. and ‘an_appropriate one ior this camp, the largest shore base of this historic and heroic organisation that has made its fame, but is not letting it go at that. It is contindln; Tel} ‘it to the marines of Quantic and presto! it is done. * k¥ WHY. down at the base on thé west shore of-the Potomac river those fighting boys are just remodelinig the ! face of the earth. They are doing it at a low cost—that is, comparatively speaking. They are giving the tax- payers something fof thelr training, and they are keeping 'the soldfer training course down to a low price. Llittle part of & day’s work down there. They are just completing the work of shaving tons of earth off the top of a couple of hills and putting it in between, thus making one of the finest and most. levei parade grounds of any military organization. They are doing it -with tractors and. road ma- chines . which they. have salvaged. Give these marines a piece of ma- chinery that some other branch of tl: government has cast off as a piece of UST a few minutes spent in the United States marine camp at Quantico, Va.—that service city of unchained energy and up- midst of the camp, and it is but a; matically, and it stays long after the |’ ——— 0 ILGEIN ing. “Such is the’case with a large officers’ club structure, which they are building of - stong- They are building a large retaining wall for the Italian gardens, which are to be between: the clubhouse and the river. This wall is of finest sandstone, of the kind used in. the Capitol. and White House. - They needed a lot of stone for the house, 80 the scouts went out and dis- covered ‘a stone quarry in which was some of the most beautiful gray and green stone that could be found. They have started to get it out, They have built the derrick and other necessary machinery, and have built a raliroad to cheapen the transportation of the stone from the quarry to the_club- house site. For the lumber they have erected & saw mill and are turning out the material from the extensiv forests on the lands. * x % % ‘A.S for the architecture, the marines - did most of that, too. There is a civiHa architect at the base,\and un- der his direction the marines drew the plans and outlined the specifica- tions under which the handsome clubhouse will be built. \ This_is" not soldiering, you might say. - Well, it is, and this -work helps to make them better soldiers.. Ask the officers- who have served with all kinds of marines in their time, and they will tell you that the educated soldier makes the best. asset to- the nation and.to himself and family, both.-in peace and.yar. ‘This 'vrkl teaches him to be re- t things done when others. fail, & ne essary matter in-every military ac- tion. " e B It is all done by the system of schools at Quantico. They. teach the marines ' everything, first .from the book and then by practical work, Just a glance at their accomplishments in the past year will indicate that the school plan-in force i School call sounds a day except- Saturday ‘and Sunday,| Promptly at that hour any ome may see these exemplifications of snap und energy In thelr natty summer uni- forms, sitting .eréct at -long tables studying their books. The courses are provided under col t'by one of the large correspondencé schools, and the same-certificates-and diplomas are is- sucd ‘except.that they are counter- gned by Marine Corps-officials. At and in & short time they have |first, efforts were made to have Junk. {:I)workln' tter than when it wasijgr first made. Dals s mot exaggeration, on, with the Ofi- cers as teachers, but this, after ex- ‘either, for any one visiting the camp | periment, was found to be impractical may see just-how it is done. A ttle bungalow is needed to house |” o Sommissioned oMiGer- ane group. fogether 1on “any seiected an.officer_or and' his family. All of the barrack baildings, pu owing ta the constantly changing per- ‘which: luded ki : 2 course- until- tI ject was com ] t up ‘to meet-the rush of | pleted. Under. the corréspondence sy: eds, are in the low part of the | tem & man may start at any time and river. Just a word ty, and alonk come | i ith the aid of a cater- @ line around tach it to the ep hill to. the. residential part of the camp it goes. re the camp- The tomether with k porch sdded, back ' po! S owW. mfit even taking out the B hen they haven't the - they" g0 out ‘scouting in the: 7,000 acres: & camp. covera and. it. m got ml:t the raw mite- carpenters are wait- the plumbers, and rt-time, with a front and I o it i8-8 beautiful ey accomplisn sii this Dreakage, sithet isn’'t any breal , . either térial m;:fr 88" depends upon himself epn- Of ‘Course, there is help for the men ‘whg .find * som. ./ reigns. o aa Pramiedett | T e of the most interesting schools is that where art, cartooning and mrchitectural -and - mechanical draw- ing are taught. Privates Stephens Matherne - preside” over these classes, and the men turn out some ‘which they cannet: fathom. Pr: all of this. work is v enlin handle the instruction-work directly. rgt.-F. C.-Frost. - n- & “particular sub. n-. of & building. re. pasembled . for e 3 y under enlisted many of thém college me) wlwk::& the fnuthnln subjects ot which-they charge. - L Lieut. J. B. Neill, attached to the o _.2{.0?:,& Sme,dloyhbl. B‘n‘tleri n rect charge of the school. system. Und him 1 & star of enlistod men who +- ONE _0":“8 CLASSROOMS OF THE MARINE SCHOOL A'I‘.QIIAI'I‘IC(I. study periods of three hours each afternoon of five days each week. The mornings are given over to field work, which every good soldier must know. And much of this field work involves practical application of studies which the men are taking up. * % % * I.\' many cases the marine is enabled to increase his pay through what he has learned in school. The Marine Corps provides extra pay for special- ists. For instance, a man who takes up plumbing. as soon as he learns the trade, gets a job in the maintenance department of the camp, where he re- ceives an addition to ‘his pay.as a soldier only. But 2 marine is some of the many subjects taught. Those who take the electrical courses are: given work wiring the camp buildings, and the surveyors get practical work in the camp mainte- nance department. Down &t the guzy in the Potomac river is a subchaser turned over to the Marine Corps by the Navy. The automobile pupils have taken her engines out and are thor- loughly overhauling them, and the Imen in the marine construction de- partment are remodeling the ship. Those in the navigation department will be able to take her out when she is completed. ‘The automobile school. presided over by Gunner Wilson, is one of the most interesting exhibits of thrift on the part of the Marine Corps. It is larg well ventilated building,- built origi-| nally. for storage purposes. Those in charge of the school have obtained a lot of castoft machinery, including a number of lathes, which they have salvaged and put in as good condition as new. Large charts are in place showing every part of almost every kind of | an automobile, and the function of that part with relation to the whole construction. The men take old cars ! and tear them completely apart, even down to the springs. Then it is a: sembled, and if a part needs renew- ing the marine is taught how .to make it. The result is . that the school turns’ out some of the flne‘:: automobile mechanics that can found. Those who show particular aptitude in the course are sent to the United States Army aufomobile school at Camp Holabird, Md., which the marines consider one of the finest schools in the country. There are also primary schools, where men, .especially men of for- eign birth, are taught to read, gpeak and-understand the English language. This school 'is in charge of Private Winter. Then, there is the grammar school, over which Private Bodal Languages are taught, too. excellent work. * k% not restricted to those courses, which will only be of help to him in the camp, but he is urged to take such courses. Sales- manship, navigation, shipbuilding, electrical engineering, surveying are take the time to attend the regular classes in the daytime, according Lo Gen. Butler. These schools have .proved their value and are an asset to the Ma- rine Corps. and thus to the nation, in Gen. Butler's opinion. They send the men back to civil life trained for some particular work besides sol- And, best of all. it keeps the morale of the force on a vers high plane. Gen. Butler is enthusi- astic over the school plan and is do- ing everything to encourage them and to urge more of the men to tuke advaotage of them. While the classes are not compulsory. those men. w! do mot take them must perform the regular, military duties of the camp during the schnol periods “These “schoots,” Gen. Butler says. “help to make the military estab- lishment cheaper to the taxpayer. All of our building in the camp now is done by our own men. We teach them how to do it. The industrial schools teach them to do things. We turn out carpenters, plumpers, stonemasons, painters. electriciane—in facl. ever kind of mechanic needed in building. The whole idea is to make the bage self-supporting and at the same time train_ the men to do some one trade well Gen. Butler does not hesitate o gec HERE are 4100 men now sta- tioned at the camp, and of this wiimber ‘1,500, go o the classes on every schoo! day. But many of the study, at_night_snd do_not lis smooth and tb out himself and show the men how to do things in tne anickest way. Th- other day he found ‘the men at the quarry pulling the little parrow-gauge railwav car the steep nd two “takes,” due to a turn. He showed them some things he learned in the mining regions, by putting a block in the turn back of the track and pass- ing the hauling lin through it. it is such things as thix that mak - the men of the Quantico camp do things for the commanding general. and it was such acts of consideration for the men under him - hich h» - made him the popular officer in the Marine Corps that he is. He has a distinguished record us a fighter and stanch uwnhoider of the dignity o the United States on foreign soil. and has the distinction of being the only officer in the United States service who has ever b awarded the con- gressional medal of honor twice. PICTURES OF THE MARINE,CORPS ‘WORK N THE AT QUANTICO ROTOGRAVURE SECTION OF TO- I DAY'S STAR. . Feeding the Family .. for Health " o | “Prot. Lucile Brewer. food specialist of the School of Home Economics, New 'York State College -of Agricul- Cornell). lays particular stress ::rfhé mecessity of using more milk. fruits, vegetables and cereals in the standard diet. She emphasizes the Value of milk, saying that every child Zhould have &t least a pint and a half a dav and every adult a pint. Below is one of the Cornell recipes which calls for the use of milk. * Whey Salnd Dressing. One cup whey. one-fourth cup.vin- egar, one teaspoon mustard, one-half teaspoon salt, one-eighth teaspoon turmeric. three tablespoons flour. one- fourth cup sugar, paprika, two table- ns butter. P eat the whey and vinegar to- gether.* Mix all ‘the dry ingrediénts and add: them to the whey. Add the butter and cook the mixture until" it