Evening Star Newspaper, June 26, 1926, Page 23

REAL ESTATE. LOVE AND LONGITUDE The Romance of a Race Around the World BY LINTON WELLS Special Correspondent of The St Alliance, who iz now engaged ar and North American Newspaper an effort to break the record time for circling the globe. CHAPTER X\IIL SYNoP: 1g Jimmy Brandon a youns newspaper man, a plane is pered with . instructed to in Harbin. atta Jimmy. and th Elips away before Jimmy finds a s oor. (Continued from Vesterday's § Puzzled, he read “They took me for the “American™ but it was all meant for you. Thank you." That was all. There was no signa- ture to the mysterious epistle; no in dloation of how it had gotten into his compartment. Only the brief mes- sage--that, and— Jimmy bent down over the paper. \ strange elusive scent met his nos- trils. He found himself smiling gently. Tt was delightful—something oddly like nar us, and vet not cissus alone. Something hauntingly wistful and yvet full of character. He drew down the sheet and looked at it. Thank you,” he murmured, and grinned again Suddenly his'eyes lighted and he gave a sharp exclamation. It was a woman—the same one, possibly, who had helped him before—who had left the note under his door on the Adrienne. Perhaps even the myster- fous flyer who had saved his trip from destruction at its very outset, with the powerful plane which came from nowwhere. Could it be—? He hardly dared phrase the thought. Could it be Frances? Frances, following to see that the deal was square? Frances, who knowing that Rogers planned “crooked work, was helping the man who played fair? His heart was pounding. Idly he compared the handwriting on the present note with the warning he had ived on shipboard. The two were ERSn e or v et a Ny in Frances’ handwriting, so there was no way of checking up. Somehow, he dared not try to convince himself that his first wild hope was true. He could not tell himself that Frances would care—this much, enought to follow the man she loved in a_dangerous venture around the world. His eyelids closed and he leaned back in his seat with a little sigh. The note was still in his hand. His eves roved the speeding countryside, but at intervals he held the elusively scented paper to his nostrils. , it wasn't Frances; he couldn't believe it. He seemed to remember a volce back there at Harbin—a tiny voice, yet full of courage, too brave to cry out except as he went down. The memory sent an unwonted thrill through him. The perfume dizzied him. “A woman,” he murmured, and re- called the slim figure he had seen leaving the train at Fusan—slim and straight and modish, yet in spite of its utter femininity, there had been comething of steclly confidence about it, too. “Whoever she may be,” he mut- tered drowsily, “I hope this trail leads to her.” And sclence, with that to ease his con- so that whether the myste- rious woman were Frances or an- other, he had been fair to both— Jimmy dropped off into a pleasant slumber. Viatk: Jimmy's sigh of relief as the long train neared the far-flung outskirts of the city, was heartfelt. It held in it all his gratification at thought that the tiresome journey across do\nldu Russia wa. One g an end. s more night and the dawn would find | od to fly in the | him at Moscow, prepar passenger alrplane that there across Poland, Prussia, to Konigsberg. more than boarding another train for the over- night ride to Berlin. Exactly one week had passed since that night on the station platform at Harbin, when he had gone to the rescue of the elusive feminine crea- ture whom he was beginning to ac- cept as the mystery element of his venture. He had tried often to for- ket her—to destroy that gentle scent on her notepaper—to put out of mind the memory of her slim, determined figure as he last remembered it—and her voice. Either that, or to_discover her identity. But the latter he had found to be impossible; private coaches on Russian trains are rather inviolable, and the ride had been long. before the Chinese-Eastern had become the ‘Trans. Siberian, when the Manchurian- Siberian” border had been passed. Chita, capital,of the Far Eastern Re- public, had come and gone. The train: skirted Lake Baikal and pounded through Irkutsk; then paused briefly at Omsk before dragging its Joad across the forbidding Ural moun. tains toward Viatka, soon to appear. Scarcely an incident had marred the lonely monotony of the long journey. After failing dismally to bribe porters and guards in an at- tempt to discover the identity of the mysterious lady In black kept strictly to his compartment until the train reached Omsk, there to puff waiting for a time There, with cramped ened 1imbs, he ran from In a little legs and had emerged for a constitutional on the station He returned to his c nt as the enginer blew a w: vistle; and in the first hurry, scarcely noted that the door which 3714 Reno Road CHEVY CHASE Just Completed English Type Brick Zight large rooms, sive of finished attic. Beauti- ful trim and fixtures; 2 baths (one shower). A lovely home in an exclusive community. Price Right Terms Reasonable Open Sunday 1:30 to 7 P.M. exclu- | Thos. J. Fisher & Co., Inc. 738 15th St. N.W. Main 6830 around Li the { | Siberia and eastern | Lithuania and | 24 hours he would be | Jimmy had | | he had closed had been open for his | entrance. | A moment later. however. | frowned with suspicion It W sense, rather than any tangible thing, | which made him feel that the com | partment had been entered. He ooked about him, but there was no ign to confirm the. disturbing hought His bag was H(‘ bent over it here was certainly nothing he reflected, and hrough the contents. There was nothing somehow they seemed disarranged. His shirts were rumpled and he re- membered having placed them care- ully, reflecting that it would be some | time before he had the opportunity [to get them laundred. The snap o | his camera was open; but he could | not be certain that he had mnot done 1t himself. Certainly, however, | there was nothing gone and appar | ently no damage done; he proceeded to forget the incident The train drag its uninteresting back and dozed, elusive scent of na something subtly indefinable like |musk in his mostrils. But it was only, as he found out upon awaken- ing, a dream. The outskirts of V. definite. They were proaching the railwz my sat forward with est. It was now he a where he had left it to missing: but 1|n\m~ the noir 4 with Sus grew more actually ap- station. Jim- renewed inter- 20 days since he and Rogers had shaken hands on_the of their club in fa Man- hattan. Despite the fact that the present leg of the journey had been irksome even to him, he was im- d with a sense of deep satis- Thus far, he was a great distance ahead of the schedule which had enabled the present holder of the world-girdling record to maintain | fame. ~ With reasonable luck, he | would arrive in Bagdad- on-the-Sub- |w in another eight days. “Around the world in 28 days Jimmy muttered, his eves on the un- folding life of the city through which they were slowing down. “That makes a piker out of old Phileas Fogg." The long train chugged to a stop before a drab-looking station and Jimmy peered out with an expectant look. Possibly he'd have the oppor- to step off and stretch himself. He searched for one of the ever- present guards as the train drew to its final stop and the engine puffed laboredly. He caught sight of a file of soldiers and an officer on the platform; they seemed interested. A guard hurried up to them at the officer’s signal just as Jimmy hailed the man. The lat- ter turned, nodded, and then hurried into the train and to the American’s compartment. Jimmy scarcely noted the soldiers followed. They paused near him. Jimmy was lighting a cigarette when he heard the cool, clipped voice speaking in French: “Mille pardon! James Brandon?"” Turning, Jimmy found that the guard had drawn back and he was looking at the leader—a young, rather good-looking and serious eyed chap in neat uniform. He nodded. “Yes, I'm James Bran- don. What about {t?" With a brief command the file of soldlers gathered closer. The leader fluttered an official-looking paper. “It s my painful duty to inform you that you are under arrest, Mon- sieur Brando Jimmy gasped, Say that again!” Obligingly, the soldier repeated his statement; the guard stared and then watched interestedly as Jimmy This is M'sieu stunned. “What? URELY, there are 100,000 Washingtonians who will gladly send- one dollar or more to honor the living and the dead of the 26,000 from the District of Columbia who served their country in the armed forces i the Great War. Send to John Poole, Treasurer, District of Colum- bia Memorial Commission, Federal-American National Bank. COLORED For Sale New 6 Room Brick Homes All Modern Improvements 1700 Block Montello Ave. N.E. Come Out and Inspect Open Until 9 P.M. Salesmen on Premises Price, $7,750 Low Cash Payment Worden & Cascio 242 15th St. S.E. Tel. Line. 6884 MOUNT PLEASANT Charming Seven-Room Home —JUST ABOVE 14th & PARK ROAD; OWN.- ER LEAVING; HOT- WATER HEAT AND AM.I; EXCELLENT CONDITION; PRICED TO SELL IMMEDI- ATELY AS A HOME OR INVESTMENT AT $12,500 H. LATANE LEWIS Exclusive Agent 1422 F St. N.W. Main 8945 Main 8091 Member Washington Keul Estate Board 7222227, Z 72, ) glanced | THE EVE T iscanned the document handed him. It was true enough. He was not well acquainted with Russian, but he could read enough to grasp the pur- port of the sealed statement. He was under arrest, charged with being a spy. Also, he discovered, he was sus- pected of having written material de- rogatory to the Soviet government. here's some mistake here, I'm certain,” he declared. “Im the man, all right, but you're all wrong. Why, 1 have friends in_every embassy in 1l over Russia, in fact, ex You'll have to give me a chance to explain.” The man shook his head. “It is an order, m'sien. 1 am desolate terNot half as desolate as I am:" er which was " in- ipted Jimmy; and then he groaned as the train gave a warning whistle, the guard stirred and he was advised to leave the train “You will p! | partment, m'ste mined at once. The young fellow was courteous enough. But he was firm, too. The soldiers drew nearer, tentatively. Jimmy looked about him helplessly. The guard laughed. The train whistled again. There was no one— no one—and to stop here meant disas er. He would miss his plane at Mos | cow—the trip was lost! | Suddenly he brightencd | Rogers. Rogers would at least iden- | tity him: he couldn’t refuse. Break ing from the car, he ran forward to- ward his rival's compartment, scarcely noticing that the soldiers followed with rifles atrail and that one of en his bag. smiling out of his window. ~ Jimmy halted and explained his predicament. ou'll identify me; of course!” he demanded. “They're taking me for a ou see; you can tell ‘em who I se step from the com You are to be ex There was -mul The train gave a ferk. The engine puffed. Rogers shook his head and a little smile played about his lips, “Damned inconvenient, isn't it he drawled. “But I don't see what I can do, Brandon. How the deuce do I know if you're a spy or not?” Jimmy stepped = back, aghast. erything whirled dizzily before his s as the train got under way wly—agonizingly slow. He turned ;nlpl 1y to the leader of the sol- “Can’t yvou send a man with me to Moscow? I can be identifled there.” The latter was sorry—extremely sorry. “It would be impossible, m’sieu. But if they can identify vou at Moscow it will merely mean a slight delay. Your bag must be searched, comprenez? The commandant's or- ders were definite. You must be brought at once to him." Jimmy groaned aloud. delay!" He saw the coaches hurrying past “A slight him as the train pu ing speed. There was Rogers' face—a slow, Jimmy's eyes flashed. been he——? But what matter? He had lost He stood there helpless watching the coaches click past. He jerked up his head suddenly. The last of the coaches were slipping by. But just for an instant—the most fleeting instant—he had caught sight of a white, troubled face at a com- partment window—a glimpse as fleet ing and as elusive as that haunting perfume and the slim figure on the Harbin platform. Then the train was gone, and he stood alone on the platform with the waliting file of soldiers. (Copyright. 1028, North \menvmn News- h:mpr Alliance. (Continued tomorrow.) {THREE MORE ARRESTS OF PROMOTERS MADE | Warrants Out for Others in Con- nection With Arcadia Gar- dens Scheme. o glimpse of feoule e Could it have By the Associated Press. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., June 26.—Three arrests were made yvester- day on charges of use of the mails in furtherance of a scheme to defraud, by officials investigating transactions of the Stanley Realty and Develop- Those arrested are: L. E. Eigle, sec- retary of the Arcadia, Fla., Chamber of Commerce; C. F. Sauter, Florida manager of the Stanley Realty and Development Co., developers of Ar- ja Gardens; and Miss L. E. Dejons, t. Petersburg manager for the same company. The arrests followed those of four men here Thursday on similar charges. 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