Evening Star Newspaper, September 2, 1927, Page 23

L ss000000 + Yoo ces AT HAS GONE BEFORE. Christopher Dahlgren. a vounk newspaper porter. is traveling on a steamer bound Broiinan, "oty "y toliiiens Ane s board and in 2 50 Victor Straine the man who caused | ible between them which led to the | breakine 0f their engagement. One nisbt Christopher sees a woman in his eabi, Only and she is wearing glass thousand-dollar _note 15 | de the amkle of her transparent | When he mitempts to investizate | nocked unconscious by a blow on the ter he has been revived he finds and-dollar_bill on the floor. The identifies it as helonging to a certain ious Lads do Vere. However, this | has suddenly disappeared and various piications ensie. One of the glass shp- < ‘found in Anne's cabin_and one in stopher's and ‘these slippers fit Anne s | . The thousand-dollar note turns out to | A counterfeit. Christopher discovers four bicgons in @ life hoat where the. »"hecn concealed by Aubrey Winston, & witted Younx man. ' The wireless op: | Teports thai his apparatus _is n. " Suspicion in also directed toward | ewardess, Fraulein Sonia. Christopher d of being connected with Lady de ppearance and is locked ‘in” his ligh the captain believes him in- le storm comes up in the hge ‘and the ship is aground at Anno ‘and Str th ‘olon with & native gnide Christopher hac | attempied to swim after Anne’s lifeboat and Bas not been seen since he dived overboard. | CHAPTER XVIIL Derelicts. _ HE sun sank lower, dusk was falling, and the canoe shot through the waters, close to the shore, the only sounds be- ing the call of birds and the faint swish of the paddle as the na- tive drew it in and out of the water. “Comfortable, dear?” Straine asked now and gain. “Yes, thank vou,” and Anne would attempt a smile, She began to feel eramped, and as the sun disappeared the air was chill. “We'll be there before long, my brave little Anne,” Straine sought to comfort her. “You're a regular mind reader, Anne remarked. “How do you man- it | 1y profession.” he replied | Victor, Ive never quite understood | rou happened to be with father. ou come to America on purpose to be with him. What made you leave England?” “Mr. Edison is enough reason for any scientist to come to America,"” Straine explained, “and next to him your father! He is a great man, Anne, internationally known for his discoveries. I felt that a few months with him would not only be an educa- tion but an inspiration, as indeed has proved to be the case. And it was in. deed an inspiration. It led me to your e Anne hastily changed the subject. “What part of England do you live in, Victor? I mean, where were you born?” “I was born at sea, my dear! Funny. wasn't it? My people lived for a time at Surrey, but I've been in London for years.” “I think you said your parents were not living?"” “No. They died during the war,” and his manner did not encourage the girl to pursue that line of conversa- tion. Victor never had been willing to discuss his own history.. He was so reticent that even absent-minded Prof. Morris, 8o wrapped up in his work as to be generally oblivious to every- thing around him, had commented upon the mystery which enveloped his new assistant. “‘He's a brilliant fellow, Anne, most gifted! He'll go far, but I can’t quite make out why he's hidden his light | under a bushel! The man must be forty-five, he admits to forty! Why don’t we know more about him?"” “Yet he brought excellent creden- tials, dad,” Anne had- insisted. “Yes, and from unquestioned sources. The man is an enigma, Anne, that’s all!. Wait until we know him better, then we'll fathom the mystery!” Her father's words re-echoed in Anne's memory as the canoe slid along through the water. It was strange indeed that a man who had used every plea to win her as his wife should be unwilling to take her into his confidence. What caused his ret- fcence? Why had he come to study ‘with her father? Darkness descended rapidly, the stars came out, and still the canoe traveled forward without a pause, the. lent native bending to the task with all his might. After an interminable age, the moon rose slowly, and brought a great sense of relief. The darkness had been full of unexplained terror to Anne. Each moment had brought added suspense and fear. “Are we almost there, Victor?” she asked when she could endure her thoughts no longer. “We should be,” Straine replied, “I've been wondering about that my- #elf,” and, turning cautiously in the canoe, he began a hurried conversation with the native, and Anne knew that End Your Gear Troubles ‘Transmission and “Rear Axle” Troubles Are Due to Faulty Lubrication. Ask for Ebonite-T for transmis- sions and EBONITE-R for “rear axles” and you will have scientific gear lubrication. ADY SLIPPER By Ella Wister Haines Author of “MYTERIOUS, SWEETHEART.” Covvright. 1926 Thomuson Feature Service. Ine. 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He says that they are just as they were abandoned, and one or two of them are still far enough out of water to shelter us, and are easily boarded, it will be better than sitting in the canoe and I would not dare to venture on the shore. Come, don't be frightened, I won't leave you for 2 moment'” Terror clutched Anne’s heart, and |for several minutes she was unable |to utter a sound, while shadows loomed u) in the moonlight, shadows |of ships long abandoned, deserted, fearsome. “Oh, Victor,” she implored, take me ontd one of thy things! I'm afraid, afraid “Anne, darling, please, please got hold of yourself. It's not like my brave girl to go to pieces this way No harm can possibly come to you while I'm at your side! Morning will | be here before you know it, and we'll {be in Colon for breakfast! Anne made a heroic effo.. to “get elf togother.” ashamed of her yet unable to conquer them. all her -heart she longed for R he was speaking some dialect of Span- ish, though the words were untintel- libible. The conversation developed into an argument, and Anne's fears became acute. “Victor,” she matter? 'Are we lost “Anne darling, sit still, it's all right! This wretched fellow seems to have got off the track, or else he didn't un- derstand me!” “Where are we? How can we get off the track? Oh Victor, I'm So— she bit her lip, ashamed of her fears. “Just a minute, darling, let me talk to him!" Another long conversation between |h Straine and his guide, then a pause, |[¢ATS. while Anne waited breathlessl With Anne T Straine e ehing | Chris. His presence would have made forward and taking her hand tenderly |the situation so different; she was in his, “We are off our track, and I'm |MeYSr airald of 4 afraid we can't go farther until day-| Afraid? Yes! That was her feeling, light. The man stems to be utterly [and 1t was Dot %o much ‘of the place incompetent, and I'm afraid to trust |2nd the Sulde as It was of the man him to travel through the night. We | Who had placed her tn such a danger. ADDone o e R ehgent” eatered |08 position! Incompetence or clever the old canal the French built here In | INtHEUINE design=no matter how it the early eightias, You ireriember | APrciisd: (Victar Straine was ‘to blame. hearing of De Lesseps and the partly Yet Anne knew that she must not completed canal which swallowed Up lunder any_circumstances reveal her 0 many millions of French caplital|feelings. Victor must think that she and was then abandoned? We're in trusted him implicitly, any other at- that old canal now, and I'm afraid |titude on her part would be suicidal. we'll have to stay until morning. The “don't ghostly Victor, cried, “what's the 'm The Hub, Seventh and D managed to find her during the long hours which nhad passed since their landing? And again Anne’s emotions almost overcame her. Suppose that he had never reached the lifeboat, sup- pose—she repressed- the so" that rose to her lips at the memory of the huge shark which had played about their owp lifeboat, and she wondered if this hideous experience might not all be a dream, a -nightmare, from which she must soon awake? No, it was real enough! The canoe had pulled up beiore a huge dark shadow, a ship, and Victor, ralsing her to her feet, lifted her onto an in clined plank. Anne closed her eyes s she felt herself belng carried up hat narrow bridge and onto the ship, and when she opened them again she was on a deck, above tl water line, but dr a roof. “This i: a safe place, dea | guide will go for water,” Victor w saying, “I'm_afraid you are haif starved, but he says he can bring some bananas. Evidently he where we ar> now, and we can exist nicely until daylight ane, I'm so terribly sorry to have led you into such a scrape. I wouldn't have it happen for the world. I was over- sanguine in my eagér s to get you to Colon. Say you understand and forgive me, my beloved! I'm the most humiliated and miserable being on earth!” His tone was so sincere, his manner S0 humbl> and appealing that Anne felt herself relenting. Probably he was not to blame, after all. Don’t blame yourself, Victor,” she id consolingly. “It's true that I'm frightened half to death, and miser- ably unhappy, but I'm trying hard to be brave! T know you want to do everything you can to help me. Tl T a and the ‘Why had he not try to be game until morning.” W. IStore Hours, 8 to 6 PMI The Hub, Seventh and D Sts. N.W: Sts. N knows | had | Silently, reverently he kissed her hands. His lips were flery, and Anne quickly withdrew from his clasp. A long pause ensued, broken at last by | the return of the man with a gourd filled with water, cool and refreshing, and a handful of bananas, A wierd, midnight feast it was, Anne thought as they ate in silence. What would her father thin' if he | could sce her now! After a time Victor coaxed her to \lie down upon the dec | with his coat, and promising her not {to leave her side. Anne was too ex- | hausted to battle further, and, worn | out with the fatigue and strain of the {1ong day, she slept at last, forgetting her sorrows for the few hours which elapsed before dawn stole upon them and she awoke, stiff and tired, to the of her position. | “Feel better, dearest?” Vi | bending over’ her. Ter some " He held out the gourd and | Anne drank thankfully and felt some- | w restored bring_you some from the canal and you can freshen lup a bit,” he told her. “Think I'll |take a dip myself from the other side of the boat. Yow're quite safe here. Don’t be frightened.” Anne wanted to beg dela “Let's start at once” was on the tip of her tongue, but when he re- turned with the filled gourd some ‘thing restrained her impatienc tor was water him not to was best to let this peculiar individual have his way Anne was learning many 1 from him! 5o long that Anne almost nerve again. The canal was a weird phce, nothing but a tropical creek, an overgrown jun- | gle reaching down to the very water’s edge. Birds wand fish, d a soft breeze were the only stirring things, covering her | need to keep calm and clear headed. Straine acquiesced at once, with a deferential gesture. “Thank you for reminding me,” he said gently, “I keep forgetting! Per- haps you can't quite understand dear, but when a man of my age falls in love, after a life of loneliness and 3 suffering, it goes pretty hard with “Presently,” he assured her smil-[him. I'm trying to remember, truly I “just as soon as our guide re- fam!” He went to see what he could| “I didn’t mean to hurt you!" Anne way of breakfast. 1 was|hastened to say, “I'm terribly sorry |afraid_that you would be ill if you|about it all, and I'm ashamed of my went further without food.” . miserable, vacillating character, but “But Victor.” Anne protested, |{ think it's only fair to tell you once ! sn't it best to travel now before the sun gets higher? You know how hot it is by noon! Let’s not wait an- other moment!” “Sorry dear, but we'll have to wait till he gets back, unless you want to swim to Colon! He promised that he | wouldn't be gone long.” Anne tried to hide her disappoint- ment. One delay after another, more and more time lost, and in spite of | herself she drew a quivering sigh, regretting it immediately, as Straine and for all, Victor, that I can’t marry you, 1 love Christopher Dahlgren.” “I understand,” he bowed his head. “Please do not let my grief make you unhappy. It is not your fault, my beautiful one! It is fate agal All my life it has followed me, r lentless, crushing. It will be so, I know, until death releases me!” His tragic words sent a chill of horror through the girl at his side. “Victor!” she cried, “please don't talk so, and do let's call and make that guide come back to us! 1 want to leave here, Victor, please! (Continued in tomorrow's Star) while overhead the blue sky was cloudless, and the sun mounted higher. “What is keeping Victor so long?" | Anne could not crub her questioning fears, and it was a reliet to see him ing up the gangw again. she asked all ready. Better Looking—Longer Wearing Plates th our auality and workmanship on plates. 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