Evening Star Newspaper, August 29, 1927, Page 6

o000 By Ella W/ Covveight Sessrernsnne NE BEFORE Dahlgren. & younk news r. ie traveling on @ ste: Throush a coine WHAT HAS 6 anania Motris, his ex Anne and. in addition [ e Vistbi While a thousand: fe the ankle of her Mo goes in 1o i esti the ed b ollur bill on the floor at who wave 1L mist ! Ly de she e Iy n o wi anparatus 13 e him _wnnocent the stewarie: it note is_fou then Winstan o ¢ eabin with 3 me: effoct that be has additiop wive him rmation tu CHAPTER XIIL Tempest. HRISTOPHET grasped the banana peel tightly, squeez ing it to a pulp as the knob of his door turned, and Straine’'s unwelcome counte- nance peered m. “May I offer The captain <aid suavely. lowed me to call.” “This is 4 most di fng situation for you, Dahigren! I've done my best to get (he eaptain tol ook at the thing in & fair way, told T'd known you in o all that, I'm sure he'll release ng. s here anything YO hanks,” Chris answered, thoughts rushing to Winston, ) ctood without, ~promising signais! What did it all mean? There was no| time to re: ed out he the deck less taps with t and. B ello, Winston?” he called. trying | to keep his voice from showing eager | nes; st wanted to say not Lo worry about me, for Straine has just; come in, says that he has been plead-| iz my cause with the captain. Thanks | a. the same!” e Winston advanced and peered in the window. ; “Say!” he commented, “let’s toss up about our girll It's a sure thing we can't all marry her— 5 “Excuse me, sir the captal “C ain's rde: zuard interposed. “Captain’s o that nobody speak to Mr. Dahlgren. I'm very sorry, sir.” i r. Straine's in the room. key, is our aw Winsten move towurd he light eana in his Winston's voice struck a high “and all we want to talk about getting married, you know othing of any importance to anybody.” But he got no further, for the captain came striding toward him, laying a firm hand on his shoulder. “Mr. Winston,” he said sternly, “much to my regret lfi..m obliged to lace you under arrest.” " "Th: hell you are!” Winston's face flamed up angrily, and then almost {nstantaneously his rage was replaced by an inane smile, “Say!” he ex- ciaimed, “won't this make great front- page stuff for little Harold Lioyd! Oh, boy; g0 to it; only let me cable Holly- wood and add another billion to my next picture!” And grinning {rom ear to ear he allowed himself to be led ‘The captain seems to be showing a glimmer of intelligence at last, Straine remarked caustically. “That vyoung fool and his mother certainly are a suspicious pair! What do you think about the situation? Who dlf! away with the unfortunate woman? He seated himself, lighting a cigarette. Chris dropped the mangled banana peel into his waste basket, and, ac- cepting a cigarette from his compan- fon, lighted it before he answered. “Can’t say. I'm certainly in a devil of a fix, though.” “Oh, well, as soon as we get to land and you can cable your paper you'll be all right!” “But that won't find Lady de Vere! How far are you going, Straine? All the way to San Francisco?” Chris didn't know what prompted him to ask the question or why he was re. ceiving his open enemy in this way! Here sat the mam who had taken Anne from him, and he, Chris, the injured victim, was smoking his cig- arettes! “I sailed with that expectation,” Straine replied, “although 1 have friends who have been urging me to stop over on the Isthmus. Felt rot- tenly ill when I left New York and rather left the matter open, waiting 1o see how I'd feel after a few days’ rest. Ara you going all the way through?” “Yes; that is, T expected to. Maybe T'll be set off as an undesirable pas- “Hardly that, I'm sure!” Straine smiled. “I'll do everything in my power to help you. Sorry things have been a trifle difficult between us, Dahlgren. I want vou to feel that T'm dealing fair with you. We both love Miss Morris and are moving heaven and earth to win her. It's a case of the best man wins, R sl “Game of you to take it that way,’ Chris was obliged to concede. “Oh, I admit I was sore enough when you pulled that whopper about being married to her,” Straine shrug- ged his shoulders good naturedly, “but no one believed you! I naturally wanted to protect her from further difficulty and felt that I could exert more authority if she were my wife. However, I can afford to walit and let 000000000000000000000000000000000000000000, LADY SLIPPER Author of “MYTERIOUS SWEETHEART.” 108 Thompso 0000000000000 0000000000 ot *! the bell for Fri 2 word of condolence?; Philadelphia | thing on, for already as he 1ool 1 i il and give it & few care:| iy | pher 1 | Ding the sore spot, “I'd better put it ister Haines R Feuture Wervice. fne. 0000000000 0000000000000 me position, although | { Chris knew that the captain was only | | keeping her a prisoner to assure her | It Chris could only communi- | vith her, reassure her! If only in hnd allowed him to tell b oy of the slippers. the : in his room. | his own unworth spicions about | heeself, it would have helped so much i out the trouble between f in the | | to smooth them! Christopher steppe to the wall which the wirt he loved upon it X | Chris | this time, and wakin but no rexponse was fort making several effort back in despair, his hand rub. his brow as if to stir his mind | ater activity, What could have happened?” he d himself. “Why won't she an | Swer. She must be in_there, after | what the captain said. I'll have to get | out of here and find out!” And suit tion to his thoughts, he rang pacing his floor as he waited for the steward to appea How dark it was was his next Surely night had not come | it couldn’t be more than | to his window, he lool w that the sun was obseured by a thick black and waves were dashing hig { washing the d at that very moment. Christopher shut his window and | Jecame aware of the fact that the boat | tossing violently, pitching head- | into the waves s Is one of those tropical storms we read about,” he thought. * heard of the terrific lightning the have down here once in @ while.” An |at that moment a streak of lightning | appeared in the sky, followed by a ter- of thunder, Again Chris ran to the | yping now with all his force. nne! Answer me!” He knew that a storm was the one Anne dreaded, Thunder and itning terrified her, H$he must be agony, shut into her cabin alone! | answer. Where on earth was Fritz. Why didn’t he come! v ng and again and ag: nobody came, and now the storm was increasing in fury, the ship pitching | o violently that Chris could hardly | keep on his feet. Another frightful crash, and this | time the ship plunged forward so ter rifically that Chris was thrown head- long, sustaining a severe blow, which for the moment lald him out. “If I have any head left after this trip,” he mused disconsolately, rub- 0ss the room | d him from | d tapped more quickly ouder sound wcoming. and | s CI ing his rail into the bank vault for safeleeeping.” And then as the thought of Anne came rushing back he hurried to her wall, tapping repeatedly. “Anne!” he shouted at the top of his lungs! *‘Anne!” But only a thunder- ing roar came in response, and Chris took refuge in his berth, clinging to the sides. “How long do these blooming blows last down here?” he was asking him- self, when another thought presented itself. The captain had said he was no longer a prisoner, although he was to remain in his room in order to throw the real criminals off their guard. Straine had entered his room. Had he done so with a key from the captain or was the door unlocked? Chris was on his feet in a second, turning the doorknob, but alas for the hopes so newly awakened. The door was locked, after all. Intentionally or not, he remained a prisoner, while Anne must live through-the storm, alone and uncomforted. Why didn’t she answeér him? It was not possible that she believed him a murderer, or still cherished a doubt about that forged decoy note! Anne was too sensible a girl to allow her mind to be obscured by such trifles, and she had a keen sense of justice as well. No; something else must cause her silence. Perhaps she was not in her room at all? Another headlong lurch, followed by a sharp report of something cracking. The ship gave a tremendous quiver. “‘She shakes herself like a wet collie dog!" Chris exclaimed aloud, grabbing at the doorknob. *You surely are a temperamental little lady, my good ship Hope!” It occurred to him that it was fool- ish to remain in the inky blackness which now enveloped him, and he fumbled for the elevtric light switch, knowing where it was placed beside his door, and pressed the button. No response. The light was out! “That lightning struck us; that’s why she shook!” And the conviction added to his disturbance. Anne was not only alone, but in the dark! Chris swore aloud, but it did not relieve his mental agony. Never had he loved Anne more than at that moment, never had he longed more ardently to be at her side. Lying again on his berth, trying to plan some means of escape from his captivity, he ‘went over all that had occurred during the trip, and in the darkness the whole affair appeared more terrifying than ever before Anne’s unknown danger even greater. Somebody wanted to harm this girl. Who could it be? Why had Prof. Morris ever let his only child start out on such a wild journey alone? If he ever had a daughter—his daughter and Anne's—Chris felt the blood rush- ing into his face. He mopped his brow. This was no time to be indulg- ing in romantic dreams! Why couldn’t he think of some way to help her now! The storm raged more and more | fiercely. The noise. was deafening, the ship almost turning over in its frantic plunges. The wind shrieked along the deck, the waves broke in torrents against his window, and Chris clung to his berth, waiting. Hours passed. the long night drag- matters take their course. Nobody wants an unwiling bride. I made a mistake.” He arose as hs concluded these con- ciliatory remayls and shook Chris' hand. “'Ses you later, Dahigren, and send the steward after me if I can be of service. Chris was thankful when the door closed behind his rival, for the recent developments concerning young Win- ston pad proved so startling that he needed a clear head and undisturbed leisure for unraveling their meaning. All in a moment, with the entrance of the banana peel, young Winston had changed from a suspicious char- acter to a possible ally, some one not only willing, but eager. to help him out of his difficult “Wait for sig by raps®” the code had read. How clever the man had been to use that method! ging itselt out at last, and only with the coming of the dawn did the tur- bulence of sea and wind abate, an ugly gray dawn which stole in the window, and found Chris looking through it, eagerly, his eyes trying to p‘ene!rme 1\\'l|g! appeared to be a 1great gray cloud, not far fr deck rail. s (Continued in tomorrow's Star.) | i i Mongol Tribe Dwindling. 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His mother coaxed Anne to her room for the night, but who dropped that decoy note, the| forgery, over her transom? DId Mrs, | Winston write it herself and toss it | out there onto the floor when Anne ! wasn't looking? What object could #he and her son have had in coaxing Anne to venture into his room. espe. cially when Winston wasn't in it him- self!’ Anne! Chris' heart leaped at the thought of her. She was in the next eabin to him at this moment. shut in like himself! She thought that he was under arrest, probably thought as difficult to remem- W, A very .special selling of gar- For the “2 to 6" ments that have heen reduced from much higher prices for clearance! Dainty washable frocks, in trim at- tractive styles, smartly trimmed, prettily colored. Sizes 36 to 44. Just as smart as from. . value! | Quickretieffrom painful corns, terder toes and Second Floor—Lansburgh's—7th St.