Evening Star Newspaper, September 13, 1927, Page 22

R aad LADY SLIPPER By Ella Wister Haines Author of “MYSTERIOUS SWEETHEART.” Copyright, 1026, Thompson Feature Service, Ine. (Continued from Yesterday's Star.) CHAPTER XXVIIL Almost Discouraged. 3 again Christopher made he canoe trip through the Chagres River, the spillway frogn the satun Locks, Wa¥ehing every inch of the dense tropical jungle which lined its shores, and his gulde, who knew each step of the way, made comments as they went along, seeking to encourage the young fellow. he lake is rough at times and the young lady and her escorts may have taken shelter’ on one of the fslands. The gentleman more than likely got an incompetent guide: those natives up there at Chagres will attempt anything for a few cen"" “How about that lake, won't it take us hours to zo around it in the canoe? Awfully big place! Mavbhe T'd better go s ht to the locks and telephone headquarters to send us some kind of a tug?” “Well,” the guide agreed, “wouldn't be a bad idea. It is a big latte, at that! Probably take us seversi days to search it thoroushly, but I'm thinking that your friends will be on the lookout for rescue; mayb# they’ve already been picked up by sofne pass ing boat and carried through to Balboa.” =N Chris replied, “unless that appened early this morning. Cristo- ,nl headquarters hadn't any news of them last night, and the whole Zone is on the lookout by this time!” The whole Zone, ves! But Chris- topher couldn’'t know that Anne at ¢ moment was hidden on the t in the abandoned de Lesseps 1, longing for him as earnestly as he longed for her! Much as he loved Anne, a love which would have driven him to an:thing ghort of murder, his honest American nature could not have conceived that any rival, no matter how desperate, would go to such lencth &8 to steal his girl from him in that way! Christopher was entirely modern, and such methods, had hg even dreamed of them, would havé been set aside as eighteenth century stuff! There was nothing stupid about Christopher. He was merely handicapped by one thing—he did not know why this man wanted to marry Anne! Marriage to him was the fulfill- ment of a great love, the supreme event of his life, so far. It meant a partnership between himself and Anne, a companionship, sympathy and understanding which would help them both to weather the storms and achieve the highest ranks of success and happiness. Such a degrading thing as a marriage of convenience, had it ever entered his mind, would have promptly and scornfully been dismissed. Straine had been the perfect lover. Christopher never for an instant doubted the sincerity of his _passion. Nor had it ever occurred to this honest young mind that a man might love a girl in all sincerity and in addition desire to win her love for ulterior motives. To Chris, Anne was just a girl, the most adorable of all women, but to Straine—how could he know what she represented to this reserved stranger, the man who told nothing of himself? Fatigue was getting the better of Christopher. This was his third night without sleep, and the short naps which had relieved him for the time had not been nearly sufficient. His lids were heavy, drooping again and again, his limbs ached, the heat was intense, yet he had never needed to_be more alert. The guide saw his distress, and once within the waters of the lake beached the canoe on the shore, making Christopher rest. “Better get yourself together be- fore we go on,” he suggested, and Christopher, feeling the wisdom of his words, lay down for a brief nap, bidding the man to wake him in half an _hour. “Watch the shores!” he instructed his guide, “and if you see any signs of life wake me immediately.” Then for nearly an hour he was lost to the world, wrapped in a sleep of com- pletc volivion, “There’s a small tug coming around the bend,” was the next thinx he heard as his guide roused him, 11 I hail 1t?” 'Yes!” Chi was on his feet in a moment. “What is it, a pleasure launch?" “No, a_Government boat, looking for us, I guess! I'll signal! And, wading out from the shore, the guide hailed the boat and got response, for the tug changed its course and ap- proached, tooting its whistle franti- cally, and when it presently came up with them Chris was intensely re- lieved to see Winston upon the deck, a megaphone in his hand. “Hello, hello!” that youth shouted. Dahlgren, come aboard,” but did not need to be invited! Already he was pushing off his canoe, and when the guide had climbed in made for the tug. nne?” Chris called to Winston. Come aboard, we're after you! “I'm after Anne!” the canoe was close to the tug now, “but it will take us forever to explore these shores in this craft, will you help ure” Winston agreed, “get in and we'll take the canoe, too. Not a bad idea, she may come in handy! What possessed you to go off at half cock like that, and where in —— have vou been all night? How'd you ex- pect to get anywhere wandering around a strange land at night, any- way!” Winston's face registered dis- gust, “I thought you had brains, and you pull one fool stunt after another! Got_out of Colon last night before we could get you! I could have told you the girl wasn't hidden in the river! Why didn't vou give me a chance!” Couldn’t wait.” Chris was undis- turbed by Winston's sarcasm, “you professional detectives, or whatever ou are, are too slow for me. Didn't you spend the whole of yesterday doing nothing, letting Anne get away- 4 “See her: Winston broke in angrily, “vou're the one that let Anne get away! I'm not twins, you know; had to get into Colon myself, and thought at least you could watch your own girl! Never mind that now though. Let's get down to business. Hear anything at Chagres?” “No,” " Chris reported gloomily. “What have you dug up since, I left vou chewing the rag last evening? Who forged my signature and got the slipper? Get any word from the Hope?” “Yes, she was towed into the har- bor this morning and they are pump- ing out her hold and repairing her machinery. She'll be able to sail again by tomorrow night, I guess. The captain and the crew are to be examined at headquarters this eve- ning, and Carey sent me out here to find you and bring you in after we've seached the lake shores. Keep as close to the shore as you can,” Win- ston turned to direct the engineer of the tug, which was hardly more than a launch, “and watch closely.” He took up a spyglass and handed it to Chris, using one himself. “Now then,” he said, “we'll do this thoroughly though I don’t think they're here. Chief’s orders, however, and we'll hope for the best.” Steering in and out of myriad emerald islands along the shores of the lake, using the canoe to enter small inlets and creeks, the long day wore away without result, and at dusk, disheartened and weary, the searching party turned back. ‘We'll have to return to Cristobal now,” Winston finally gave up the search for that day, “we'll be wanted for the investigation and we can't do anything more tonight.” “Isn’t there any opening in this jungle where they might refuge from the ?”* Chr though he presented the question a dozen times before, “Doubtless, but I don't know where! Y can't do anything in these waters at night, Dahlgren. Now we'll go back and see what Carey and Helmer and Marie have uncover- ed. You'd better sleep a while, ¥ look as if you were ready to cash in!" “I am, but I want to know some- thing more. You are a Government employe, intelligence department? What were you doing aboard the Hope “Marie and T were ordered to sail on her to watch the woman Sonia,” Winton explained. “She is badly wanted in Washington and on the Zone a dangerous alien 'enemy, but one we haven't been able to deport because we need her in order to catch her confederate. We succeed- ed in getting her aboard that ship knowing that she probably was eager to get out of New York and down to the Zone, where we have a pretty good line on her gang—all but the one we want most, one we supposed to be a man. We cooked up this Harold Lloyd stunt because we'd never tried that before—in fact, it's our first deal together, although we've both been on the Zone before under one name or another, but not lately. There was nothing new about our stunt, but these people have only been in the country a few months and we hoped to lead them off our trail by means of such a_disguise. And of course you know, Dahlgren, that I wasn't trying to make trouble between vou and Miss Morris! 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