Evening Star Newspaper, September 19, 1926, Page 70

Mysterious Sweetheart BY ELLA WISTER HAINES : WHAT HAS GONE BEFORE. ' Carolita Menendes, youns Spanish girl. brought up in a convent in South America. is_traveling 1 Los Angeles. TiEht and sees, clutching the berth opposite. a waite hand. Tn_the morning she learns been_fos [urreous -ruby. morning she learus red. P at a man has uca admits acquaintance with Brown. who left tne train late n_in conves r. an in the tion that r. alter -ynolds, _brother hough they have not met rotect Carolita. to whom he fe: 3 fonged. ~ However. Carolita explains ~that this ring is not hers, but a companion rink dutended to be worn by her guardian to _Jdentify_him at their meetink in Los An- vles. She believes the murdered man was ver guardian. but at this point he is unex- poctedly revived and sopears Lo, know noth: ine of the matter. ML {ifien in Tove it Carofita. i relieved o Gnd she is being g by Ganes. a de- x n the train. But in svite of this the rovived man. Mario Milana. secretly wiips Carolita a note and they dissbpear to- &tiier s soon as the train reaches Los An- weles (Continued from Yesterday's Star.) _ CHAPTER XIV. ) Pursuit. Paul took a flying leap over the le of bags upon the car platform «d dashed into the adjoining pull- an. No Carolita! When he had auited 10 successive piles of baggage, imping inte irate passengers as he dashed through the cars in his wild spurt after the girl he loved, he reach- t ed the front of the train without find- ing a trace of her. Down the car steps and along the atform, out the gate, through the ion at high speed, darting from e exlt to another, he pursued his fate, always in vain. The ished completely; it was th had opened and swal- to the train, where the officials were still in conference. “They left their baggage, Mr. Rey- nolds,” the conductor said. “Mr. Ciaines left his also.” “Gaines!” Paul remembered him for the first time. “Is he missing, too?” Hope, a tiny flame, but still aliv rlimmered feebly within him. “Gaines! T might have thought of that! “Which way did the Salvationists " Frank questioned eagerly; “they Let's go right after £0 can help us. them!" “The Salvation Army officers?” the conductor repeated, “why—they were still here a minute ago!” But a swift glance brought disappointment. The Salvationists had likewise disap- peared. “But they left you an address? You were to keep in touch with them!” Paul Insisted. The conductor’s registered chagrin. ‘That's so0,” he said, in a tone of keen disappointment; ‘“‘they promised to give it to me when they took charge of the girl. I suppose it never occurred to them they could be of further service now t Miss Menen- dez has flown. However, you're sure face to locate them in the morning at one of their institutions. I'm sorry that I should have overlooked that detail. The disappearance of that foreign cou- ple drove everything else out of my mind.” “What are you going to do with their baggage?” Paul asked, his tiny ray of comfort growing dimmer at the loss of the Salvationists. “The station master will take care of it for the present, and if we can do anything further to assist you, gentle- men, don't hesitate to_ call upon us. I'm exceedingly sorry, Mr. Reynold: he paused, fixing his keen eyes upon Paul, “but may 1 suggest that you try to put this unfortunate affair out of your mind? A raliroad man sees a good deal of the back waters of life, if you'll excuse the expression. I be- lieve I'd steer clear of these tragedy actors.” “Actors! You think they are that? Then why——"" “I am sure they are actors, and, in addition, they have the secret service upon their trall. I might add that the girl could easily have gone with you instead of with the Italian had she really wanted to be free of him. No, there is something we don’t un- derstand, but are powerless to pre- vent. Let it go at that, Mr. Reynolds, you'll be glad in the end.” There was nothing further to be gained in the depot, so the two young men gathered up their belongings and found a taxi, directing the driver to Frank’s club. “I wish we had the nerve to go around to the different Salvation Army headquarters tonight,” Paul said, half hesitatingly; “do you think we could stretch a point, Frank? i “Their hotel is the only place that would be open,” Frank replied, firmly. These officers had several minutes’ start of us and have probably already gone to bed. We should only embar- rass them by intruding at this hour, even if we knew where they went. I think our best bet is to get to the club and telephone Mrs. Reynolds at Santa Barbara, for that will settle the tele- gram business, at least. She won't mind our calling her at night and there is no time to be lost in running Walter down.” “Gaines was confident Walter would be back in town in a few days,” said Paul, glad to talk of anything that would serve to divert the growing ache in his heart, while to himself he repeated again and again: “I've los! Carolita! I've lost her, 1"ve lost he: The words were being tattooed into his heart with drops of blood, and Frank, quick to understand his mis- ery, tried to divert his thoughts. “Yes, but what’s Walter up to?” “Frank, I feel it in my bones that Carolita is mixed up in this intrigue against father's estate. I can't help it.”” His voice trailed off, lost in thought. “Let’s get in touch with your step- mother,” Frank counseled. “We might make a round of the movie studios to see if we can get any trace of her,” Paul continued. He was alluding to Carolita, and Frank understood. “We can try that after we've found the Salvationists. Plenty of time to- morrow. Try to get hold of yourself. Sorry it's gone so deep.” His hand closed over Paul's in a warm eclasp, which was returned with equal feel- ing “Deep?” he said, slowly. * deephu anything can ever go. ‘She R the first time, a custom-built motor car combining European elegance of body design and equipment with Ameri- can mechanical excellence is now avail- able at a fair American price. It is the new Gardner custom-built 4-door Brougham—an exquisite closed car cre- - ated by Gardner in collaboration with the celebrated Lubitz, master designer of custom-built bodies. The new, graceful body is a veritable symphony of color. While the choice of color is optional, one favorite combina- tion is Delaware maroon above and below the belt line contrasting happily with the panel in sparkling Sioux red and mould- ings in deep Raven black. Smart disc wheels are done in beautiful Sioux red with colorful stripings. agreed, “and very sweet. Too bad.” “Frank, you're 40, why haven't you led? Some one you wanted and Hopel “Yes—that is, it was hopeless—at the time.” perhaps later you | “You mean that still may win her “I—I don’t know, but I'm human. I know how it burns m.” Their hands gripped in mutual un- derstanding, and presently they were back at the club and long distance was calling Santa Barbara. “Tell that operator to wake Mrs. Reynolds, if it takes till daylight,” Frank .irected, crisply. “This is urgent.” They were not kept long in sus- pense, for the operator reported: “Mrs. Reynolds’ home reports that she is away.” ‘Away!” Frank repeated to Paul, “then Gaines was wrong.” perator, connect me with Mrs. Reynolds’ house again. I must speak to chem personally. It was Uchita, Mr. Reynolds’ Jap- anese valet, who answered. “Yes, yes. The madam she come home in the morning.” "“'h.'" is she, Uchita? In Los An- ‘Is she at a hotel or visiting friends? Tell me where to find her. It's im- portant.” ‘“Not find her now, sir. Madam on train now. Yes, coming home, yes,” the man rejoined. ‘“Well,” Frank said, as he hung up the receiver in disappointment, “this is beginning to seem like ‘The Comedy of Errors’ isn't it? We can't find anybody anywhere ‘Comedy is the wrong word,” Paul answered, gloomily. “Frank, let's go down to police headquarters and send detectives after Carolif On whose author- Paul was pacing the floor, lips set. His hat was still upon his head, tilted back; he wore his overcoat, his hands thrust into the pockets of his trousers. Under the glaring overhead light he looked worn and i1l “‘See here, Paul, if it's as bad as that perhaps wé might trump up some charge against that Itallan. Come, get your wits to work. “I've thought myself dippy,” Paul replied, “and all I can fasten upon is the ring—our one clue. Why didn't you show it to Gaines, alter all?" “‘Yes, the ruby is our only hope,” Frank replied. Don’t know why I didn’t show it to Gaines—something held me back. Queer, because I know he's absolutely dependable. I was stalling for time and then it was too late. Here's the jewel, better keep it yourselt.” Paul slipped the treasure into his vest pocket. “We'll put this in a bank vault,” he said. “I wish you had shown it to Gaines, Frank. It might have helped Why is he after Carolita? Who sent him? Why is she wanted?" “Let _me order something to eat, Paul. Then, if you insist, we'll go to the police station, though I confess I'm walking in my sleep! Let's get a bath and a meal before we go any further, or you'll drop in your tracks. I don’t want a corpse on my hands! Take pity!” Paul agreed, automatically. He was dead tired, but his mind could not rest. An hour later, refreshed by bath and food, he declared that he was ready, and drove with Frank to police headquarters, where an officer listened to their story. “Yeh,” he said, when he had heard full detalls. *“We already got that yarn from the railroad. How do you size it up? Violation of the Mann act? Kidnaping? Publicity stunt?” “We don’'t know!” “;’uu fellows personally interested?"” “Yes.” “Girl's a queen, eh?” “She is very lovely,” Paul's hand clenched. ‘““We're sure that she didn’t ‘want to go with the Italian; we want to see her taken away from him. ‘The officer nodded. “Yeh,” he agreed, ‘“but we got to have some kind of a warrant.” ut the rallroad has already re- ported the case. What more do you want?” “The railroad! That's different. They got a couple of passengers gone off without their baggage under peculiar circumstances. Want to know where they went. You fellows have fallen for a clever skirt and want to get her away from the chap that has first mortgage on the property!” “‘See here, captain, you know who I am?” Frank inte: . “Sure, and I've heard ‘of Old Man Reynolds. Know Gaines, of course, too. Say, he’s the cleverest man in the profession! If he's after the girl, she can’t come to much . “Captain, you sure that your department isn’t working already on this case? The same people who hired Gaines must have applied to head- quarters as well. “Maybe. We got a lot of lines out. More girls lost in Hollywood than you'd think possible. But this is a big department. I'm night chief and I don’t happen to have heard a thing; but that doesn't mean that others haven't. Wait till morning and the thing can be thoroughly in- vestigated. How did the couple make their getaway? Automobile “There was not any train that time,” Frank sald. “They have had a car waliting. 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For God's sake, Frank, don't stalll What are you im- plying’ “Paul, I'm more and more convinced that she must have besn the woman with Walter—ocleverly disguised!” (Continued in Tomorrow’s Star.) TOMATO ONCE LUXURY. Native of South America Grew Into Public Favor Rapidly. Only in recent times, says the New York Times, has the tomato come into universal favor. In the days of Sir ‘Walter Raleigh and Sir Humphrey Gil- bert, when the peopling of North America was just beginning, the to- mato was almost unknown in North America and in Europe. It was originally indigenous to Sduth America and may have origl- nated in Peru or some other part of the Andean range favored with an ex- cess of humidity. Years passed before the early colonists realized the plant could, be successfully cultivated in am comparatively cold and dry lati- \ In England as late as the Victorian [ G270 ora tomatoes were grown only in hot- houses. It took half a century for English botanfts to ascertain that, in favorable Summer weather, the to- mato would thrive out of doors. Today some of the best tomatoes in England are grown under glass, near Worth- ing, on the south coast, where thou- sands of dollars are paid every year to insure the miles of glass necessary. e of the choicest tomatoes are now grown on the Island of Madeira, and for years the Canary Islands, par- ticularly Teneriffe, with its volcanic soll, sent tons of tomatoes to the Brit- ish market. The Channel Islands are especially adapted to the growth of tomatoes, not only providing supplies for England, but sending their early tomatoes to the United States. The plant belongs to the same fam- ily as beladonna and was at one time thought poisonous. It is a greedy con- sumer of water, as becomes a vege- table originally grown in tropical hu- midity. Italy cultivates the tomato both for table use and for ofl obtained from its seed. < SPANISH WAR VETERANS A meeting of Gen. Nelson A Miles Camp was held Thursday in G. A. R. Hall, and mustered in the following members: Walter W. Bross, Hospital Corps; Charles B. Jewell, Battery I, Coast Artillery; James H. Craig, Com- pany A, 4th United States Infant: Julius Moeller, United States Infan- try, and Edgar K. Braselton, band, 161st Indiana Infantry. Harry A. Maus, Company C, 2nd_Tennessee Volunteer Infantry, and John Gooch, Hospital Corps, were elected to me! bership and will be mustered as soon as they present themselves at the camp meeting. Department Comdr. Edward . Nolan discussed the recent nationai encampment held in Des Moines. Sen- for ‘Vice Department Comdr. Albert Michaud and Daniel Foley of Harden Camp also spoke. Comdr. Shomette announced that at the next meeting of the camp a radio will be installed and the re- turns of the Dempsey-Tunney match will be received. All members of the organization of the department are invited to be present. Col. James S. Pettit Camp met Tuesday at 921 Pennsylvania avenue southeast. Comdr. Frederick A. Deck nt on account of Department Comdr. spoke of the recent national encamp- ment which was held in Des Moines. ‘Wood, who was a delegate to the encampment from Pettit Camp, rendered his report. partment Comdr. Nolan, Comdr. and Jacob Orken of Richard J. Har- den Camp also addressed the camp. The camp decided to give a birth- day party October 14, in honor of Samuel G. Mawson, who is a past commander of Pettit Camp and a past department commander of the De- partment of the District of Columbia of both the United Spanish War Vet- erans and the Grand Army of the Re- public, and who recently celebrated his eightieth birthday. A committee was appointed to arrange the enter- tainment and the women of Pettit Anxiliary have been invited to assist the camp in the celebration. The following meetirgs are to be held this week: Monday. Col. John Jacob Astor Camp, No. 6; Admiral George Dewey Naval Auxiliary, No. 3; Thursday, Gen. Nelson A. Miles Camp, No. 1; Col. James S. Pettit Aux- iliary, No. 6. Following a year announce another Clouds Balk Scientists Again. Grief’s privacy should be respected. This is undoubtedly the attitude adopted by the universe, for ever since “St. Lawrence’'s Tears” began to fall a screen of clouds has been thrown across the Heavens, says The Boston Globe. Recently watchers at the Harvard Observatory were balked! again in theéir efforts to see the show- ers of meteors which have charac- terized the Heavens annually in August since the martyrdom of St. Lawrence. Of course, the unpoetic scientists don’t give the universe credit for veil- ing its grief. last night that it was pretty cloudy and probably nothing would be seen of the meteor shower. 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