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34 100 BROADGASTING CHANGES ORDERED Many of Shifts Made in Week Designed to Clarify Dis- tance Reception. All in all, the Federal Radio Com-| on this week 1 ed about hifts, more than half | of which ed to clarify long distance reception for those listene who dial their sets within the newly | established *non-heterodyne band” of frequencies between 600 and 1,000 kilo- (199.7_to 299.8 meters). The | is not vet complete, for within | hand at least 11 channels remain | to be cleared while outside the band an effort is being made to improve re- ception on many more wave lengths. The commission has announced it-| self satistied that, when t 5 wave lengths are cleared under its orders, effective December 1, lonz-distance r ception will be vastly improved— much t suggests, that some of | the high-powered stations on favor- ble broadeasting nights will be heard continent. In mber 1 will he the nd remote listeners my of DX fans, while tener should be able to se- eveles 41 channels between the of the newly-created non- interfercnce avea. Five are used ex- | clusively by Canada. ‘Twenty- were cleared of all but the favored | stations, left to operate exclusively on their particular wave lengths, ordered | e time with each other where | on the same channel, or so| arated by distance and time i with such disparity in power that their simultaneous operation should not result in perceptible interference. Within the band, however, much trouble may be expected on the 11 uncleared channels. The ultimatum 1o the stations occupying these is that they must get together voluntarily | and determine upon time divisions, 1¢ this is not done before January 1.| public hearings will be held in Wash- | ington before the stations now on| these wave lengths are relicensed. At | the hearings the commission will con- | sider arguments on the relative merits | of the respective gations and then de- cide which shall remain on the chan- nels and which shall be transferred. The commission emphasi the point, however, that not all of the changes are being made in the “non- heterodyne band.” Other wave lengths are being cleared also, par- ticularly by more divisions of time be- tween local or meighboring stations. But by the very nature of the situa- tion, with only 90 channels available for the 685 stations still operating, ! there will be great crowding on the other frequenci Stations outside the “non-heterodyne band” may aptly e characterized as “local,” for their best services can only be to their local audiences. Those within the favored band | really become ‘“national” stations— And in adopting its present course, the commission in effect is following the original provosals offered last Spring committes and other experts who by the American Engineering Council urged the setting aside of certain *na- tional” channels. The third concert by the New York Symphony Orchestra, under the dirce- tion of Walter Damrosch, and a tab- loid version of Victor Herbert's musi- cal comedy, “It Happened in Nord- Jand.” will feature the broadcast to- night of WRC. The symphony concert will include the following acts of Wagner: Pre. lude, “Die Meistersinger”; “Sounds of the Forest,” from “Siegfried" Friday Spell” from “Parsifal trance of the Gods into Valhalla,” from “Das Rheingold.” and the pre- lude to the third act of “Lohengrin. Jessica Dragonette, soprano, and Colin O'Moore, tenor, will sing the Jeading roles in the abbreviated musi cal comedy, which will be broadcast as the weekly Philco hour. Others in the cast are Doris Doe, contralto; Mary Hoppel, soprano: Muriel Wilson, contralto: James Wilkinson, baritone: | Charles Robinson, bass, and Stelle | Jamison, tenor. | Dinner music by the Waldorf-As- toria and Mayflower Orchestras and dance music by the St. Mark’s Orches- tra are among WRC's other attrac- tions. Edward D. Shaw, secretary of the | Merchants and Manufacturers’ As- =ociation, will give a talk over WMAL tonight on “Buy Now—Mail Early for Christmas.” There also will be a talk by Lieut. Col. H. Edmund Bullis on “Singapore, the Crossroads of the East.” WMAL's musical attractions in- clude a dance program, guitar duets hy Hilda Allen and Dorothy Thoms, and a joint recital by Francis P. Heartsill, basso, and Fannie Shreve Heartsill, soprano. A program of popular music will form the hour’s dinner concert this evening of the Washinzton Radio Hospital Fund Station WRHF. The selections to be played have all been requested by the station's regular listeners, This policy of per- mitting the listeners to choose their program each Saturday evening will he followed indefinitely, according to Betty Brewster, program director. 24 T0 COMPETE TONIGHT IN CHICAGO SONG MEET Singers of 12 States to Seek Honor | of Representing Midwest in National Contest. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, November 19.—Twenty- four young man and young woman singers, the champions of 12 Midwest tates, will compete here tonight for e right to represent this section of try in the finals of the na nal radio audition in New York and Washington next month. A full program is planned with the men’s contest at 7 p.m. and the wom en’s at 8:45 p.m. Radio listeners will as judges, | mailing in their votes which will count | 60 per cent toward determining the | winners. RBallots of 22 official judg will t 40 per cent. One girl and one boy will be chosen to compete in the national contest which carries with it awards of $17.500 | n cash, musical scholarships and spon ship in_grand opera work by the | Atwater Kent Foundation, which is | conducting the contest | The contestants will be greeted hy | AMme. Louise Homer. Mrs. Bdith Rock- | ller McCormick, Mrs. Edzar Still man Kelley, Oxford, Ohio, president of the National Federation of Music | Clubs; Dr. Wilter Dill Scott. presi dent of Northwestern University, and others. Col. Stritzinger to Retire. Col. Frederick stritzinger, ir 1778, Infantry Philadelphia, ha heen ordered 1o his home 1o await re tirement the convenience of the Giovernment. He is from Pennsyl-| vania and was graduated from the! Military Academy in 1894. During the | World War he served as a colonel of Infantry in the National Army ax\d’ was cited for gallantry. | . Women of Austria are taking fo cor- s from America, but prefer only the whegjt siyleg - G | | | | edy. I | | First act of mu | | Patterson. RADIO’S BEST OFFERINGS TONIGHT. ‘ New York Symphony Or- chestra, WRC and 21 stations, 8to9. The High Jinkers, WEAF and 4 stations, 8:30. Philco Hour—Musical com- v, “It Happened in Nord- land." \WRC and 22 stations, 9 to 10. al adapta- Connecticut and 5 sta- the W tion of Yankee,” tions, 9. AF The Wandering Minstrels, WTAM, 10. Municipal Band of Baltimore, WBAL, 10. National barn dance, 12:30 a.m. WLS, LocalRadioEntertainment Saturday, November 19, 1927 NAA—Washington Navy Yard (43145 Meters). ither Bureau reports. rlington time signals. 3:45 p.m.—W zton Radio Hospital Meters). 5 7 hour of popular music. WMAL—Washington Radio Forum (241.8 Meters). 6:45 p.m—News flashes. 7 p.m.—“At Home” program. % p.m.—Les Colvin's Columbians. $:30 p.m. the East,” third of a sevies of travel talks by Lieut. Col. H. Edmund Bullis, F. R G. 8:50 p.m impersona 5:10 p Thoms. Haw due p.m.— Tsabel Pechin McArthur, ion readings. Hilda Allen and Dorothy ilan and Spanish guitar 20 p.m.—"Buy now, mail early for | Christmas,” by Edward D. Shaw, sec- | retary of the Merchants and Manu- facturers’ Association 9:30 p.m.—Fannie Shreve Heartsill, soprano, and Francis P. Heartsill, basso. 10 p.m.—Late news flashes, WRC—Radio Corporation of America | (168.5 Meters). | 1:45 p.m.—Play-by-play account of the Harvard-Yale football game from Cambridge, Mass. g p.m.—Greenwich Village Orches- tra. 6 p.m.—Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra. 7/ pm.—Bible talk by D. Stewart 7:15 p.m.—Mayflower Orcbestra. 8 p.m.—R. C. A. hour, featuring the New York Symphony Orchestra under direction of Walter Damrosch. 9 p.m.—Philco hour. 10 p.m.—Club St. Mark's Orchestra. 10:30 p.m.—Weather forecast. 10:30 to 11 p.m.—Club St. Mark’s Orchestra. CLUB MEETS AT DAIRY. The Round Table Club was enter- tained yesterday at luncheon at the Thompson Dairy plant, Francis E. Rodgers, the sales manager of the Thompson Dairy, being host. There was no_business meeting of | the club yesterday. Next week Dr. Cloyd Heck Marvin, the new president of George Washington University, will address the club. . Named to West Point. Karl Truesdell, jr., 1940 Biltmore street, has been appointed by Presi- dent Coolidge a cadet at large at the United States Military Academy, sub- ject to qualification at the entrance examination next March. Similar ap- pointments_were given to Edgar D. Holliday, Los Angeles, Calif., and Singapore, Crossroads of | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, THE POUR STRAGGLERS By Frank L. Packard Author of “The Miracle Man" “Doors of the Night” “Jimmie Dale" Ete. RETAIL FOOD PRICES CONTINUE INCREASE Gain of 1 Per Cent Reported in Capital in Month—Lower Than 13 Months Ago. | | Continuing the increase which has been in effect for three months, food | prices at retail in Washington ad- | vance 1 per cent from September 15 to { October 15, in common with advances | of greater or lesser percentage in 48 |other of 51 cities surveyed by the | Bureau of Labor Statistics. The in- crease here failed to bring prices up | to the level of 13 months ago, how | ever, the average price of food in Washington on October 15 still being |3 per cent below the level of October | 15, 1926. | As compared with the average cost |in 1913, food prices in Washington | were 63 per cent higher in Washing- | ton and New York, a mark only out- | stripped in Chicago, which registered of 66 per cent. sale prices of all commodities combined showed a continued upward trend, the burean's weighted index number for the Nation as a whole in dicating an advance of one-half of 1 per cent for October as compared with | September. Compared with October, 1926, a drop of nearly 21, per cent shown in the level of wholesale vodstuffs rose sharply in price, the | bureau said, with increases reported | for butter, cheese, fresh and cured | meats, coffee and rye flour. Virtually no change was shown for -textile ! products and housefurnishing goox while slight decreases were shown for { fuel and lighting, metals and metal | products, bullding materials and mis- cellaneous commodities. VISIT FRIENDSHIP HOUSE. 70 Members of Mount Pleasant Congregational Make Tour, Seventy members of the Mount Pleasant Congregational Church, with their pastor, Rev. Moses R. Lovell, visited the Friendship House, Virginia avenue between Third and Fourth streets southeast, last night to hear Miss Lydia Burklin, worker of the house, describe that institution’s work. The visit was the fourth similar tour made by members of the Mount Pleasant Church in place of their regular weekday prayer services. On Monday they will visit the Juvenile Court. O TODAY'S AMUSEMENTS. National—*'Show Boat,” musical play, at 2:20 and $:20 p.m. Poli’s—“My Maryland.” operetta, at 2:20 and 8:20 p.m. Belasco — “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes,” comedy, at 2:30 and 8:30 p.m. President—"The Black Hussar,” light opera, at 2:20 and 8:20 p.m. Keith's—Gu Edwards’ Revue, vaudeville, at 2:15 and 8:15 p.m. Earle—“Miss America of 1927, vaudeville, continuous, 1:30 to 11 p.m. Gayeiy—"A Perfect 36, burlesque, at 2:15 and 8:15 p.m. Strand—"Sugar Bable: at 2:15 and 8:15 p.m. Fox—"The Gay Retreat,” continu- 12 a.m. to 11 p.m. Metropolitan—"The Drop Kick,” at 11:50 am., 1:30, 3:35, 5:50, 7:30 and national burlesque, Palace—''The Fair Co-ed,” at 10:35. 2:05, 4:10, 5 745 and 12 “The Blood § 2 5, at 11 7:55 and ip, 5:55, Columbia—"The Garden of Allah,” at 10:30 a.m., 12:30, 2:45, 4:50, 7:05 and 9:20 p.m. ittle Theater— ‘Tartuffe. the Hypo- crite,” at 1:30, 3:30, 5:30, 7:30 and 9:30 pan. Tivoli~"The Gingham Girl,” at 2:10, 4, 5:45, 7:35 and 9: Ambassador—''The Lone 6:20, 8:05 and 9:55 p.m. Central—"The Prince of Tempters," at 12:30, 2, 3:30, 5, 6:30, 8 and 9:40 p. p.m. Eagle,” at Samuel C. Gurney, jr., Corozal, Pan- ama Canal Zone. Wardman Park—“Manon Lescaut,’ at 7 and 9 p.m. LONG RANGE RADIO ENTERTAINMENT SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1927. Programs prepared by the Associated Press. Scheduled for Eastern standard time. Wave lengths on the left of call letters, kilocycles on right, 6—WPG Atlantie City—1,100 7:00—Hotel Morton Orchestra. 10:00—Atlantic City Casino Orchestra. 10:30—Studio recital. 11:00—Folies Bergero Orchestra. 11:30—Dance Orchestra 285.5—WBAL Baltimore—1,050 8:30—Dinner orchestra. 7:30—Jubilee_Singers. 8:00—Damrosch and orchestra, #:00—Philco hour. 10:00—Municipal Band of Baltimore. 365.6—WEEI Boston—820 8:00—Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra, 6:30—Lido Venice Orchestra. #:45—Big Brother Club. 7:30—Parker House Orchestra. R:00—Musical. 9:00—01d Gold on Broadway. 10:00—Bill Harrison. ‘Weather. 288.3—WNAC Boston—1.040 Stevens' Orchestra. “Dok* Eisenboure’s Orchestra, (To_be announced.) Le Paradis Band Morey Pearl's Orchestra. 8—WGR Buffalo—090 ame as WEAF. 9:30—01d Gold on Broadway. 515.1—WMAK Buffalo—3550 Armbruster’s String Ensemble. 9.00—Program _of classics. 10:00—Popular vrogram. 11:00—Arcadia baliroom music. 535.1—WTIC Hartford—560 8:00—R. C. A. program. —WOR Newark—710 otel Shelton Ensemble. B0—WOR Players. “Monkey s Paw." 00—Bamberger Little Symphony. 10:15—Dance_music. 11:00—Villa Venice Orchestra. 491.5—WEAF New York—610 6:00—Waldorf-Astoria_Orchestra. 700 3 Ri30_The High-Jinkers #.00—0ld Gold on Broadway. 10:00—Palais d'Or Orchestra. 11:00—Park Central Orchestra. 451.3—WJZ New York—660 6:00—Young's Orchestra. 7.00_—Hotel Astor Orchestra. R:00_R.C. A. program (Damirosch). 9:00—Philco hour. 10:00—Dorothy Howe, soprano. 10:30—Keystone Duo. 11:00—Slumber music. 508.2—WO00 Philadelphia—590 7:30—W00 Trio. 5.6—KDKA Pittshurgh—050 £:00—Westinghouse Band. 730—Concert X00—Same ax WJZ. 9:00—Philco’ hour. —WHAM Rochester—1,080 R 00—Same ax WJZ, 9:00—Philco_ hour nectady—390 3.1—WBZ Springfield—000 aclc Morey's Orchestra, Male Quartet. aphony Orchestra. tier Orchestra. 356.9—CKCL Toronto—3810 00—Studio program 516.9—WTAG Worcester—>580 0—Stuciy program, ‘mphony Orchestra. %:00—Studio proeram 10:00—Bancroft Hotel Orchestra, SOUTHERN. .9—WSB Atlanta—630 Itmore Peerless Entertainers C. A, vrogram (Damrosch) ico hour. rt .8—WEZ0D Chattanooga—1,220 8:00—Sunday school lesson. 8:30—Hotel Patten Ensemble, 336.9—WJIAX Jacksonville—890 9.00—Philco hour. 340.3—WSM Nashville—880 7:15—Jackson Hotel Orchestra. Ri00—Same as WJZ. 9°00—Philco hour. 10:00—Barn dance program. CENTRAL. 526—KYW Chicago—570 8:00—N. B. C. program (2 houra 10:00—Congress musical program. 11:30—Kentucky Serenaders, 12:00—Congress Carnival. 363.6—WEBH-WJJD Chlcago—820 7:00—Palmer House Orchestra. 8:00—Claseical_hour. =S 1 almer Houee program (2 hour 12:00—Edgewater Beach Orchesf 305.9—WGN-WLIB Chlcago—080 8:00—Atwater Kent Audition (men), :00—Atwater Kent Audition (wi . 12:00—The Hoodlums. A 314.6—WLS Chieago—870 7:40—College Inn Orch estra. Mills & Sons' program. nicago Theater revue. evens' Hotel Orchestra. 128.3—WLW Cincinnati—300 Instrumental Trio, Philco hour. Studio feature. Henry Theis' Orchestra. 390.8—WTAM Cleveland—750 8:00—Blue Flash Indians. 9:00—Willard Cavaliers. Wandering Minstrels. Far East Restaurant Orchestra. $74.8—WOC Davenport—800 8:00—R. C. A program (D: 0 D A Dro (Damrosch)., 410.9—WCX-WJIR Detroit—a80 8:00—R. C. A program (Damrosch). 9:00—Bhilo hour, Foen) 10:30—McKinney's Cotton Pickers, 11:00—Pontiac Jesters. 499.7—WBAP Fort Worth—600 - anday school lesson. 0—Philco hour. —WDAF Kansas City—810 hilco hour. pular program. ighthawk frolic. 405.2—WCCO Minneapolis-St. Paul—710 7 Nicollet Hotel Orchestra, ileo hour . Paul A. C. Orchestra. WOW Omaha—590 “Brown's Orchestra. . €. A program (Damrosch). 00—Philco hour —KSD St. Louls—350 00—R. C. A program (Damrosch). 00—Philco hour 1is A'Or Orchestra. K Central Orchestra 18.6—KV00 Tulsa—860 00—Philco hour. 30_Gustay Brandborg, barifone, 0.00—Theodore Pittenger, violin, WESTERN. 468.5—KFI Los Angeles—040 —Saturday night revue. 0-—N. B. C. prokram (2 hours). 00a—Midnight frolic. 416.4—KHJ Los Angeles—720 :00—Frolic proram. 384.4—KGO Oakland—780 0—Saturday night revue. 2:00—Philco h :00a—Hotel O 7.7—KFWI San Franclsco—1,120 00—Athena Alexandroff. soprano; Gyp- v Trio. Tewis, pianiy e reception. 3—KPO San Francisco—710 30—States’ Restaurant Orchestra. 00— C. program. :00a—Dance orchestra. 516.9—WMC Mémphis—n80 9-00—Phileo_hour 19:00, urm Plectrum Orchestea: 447.5—KFOA Seattle—g70 1.00—N. B. €. program. 14090 —Thilco houn " Copyright Geo Cant. Francis Newcombe. ex-officer in the | Groat War, who breaks into society. but who i& really Shadow Varne. noted figure of un- derworld. and in charge of various big steals thag have set L Paul Cremar, | has ‘met Newcombe | war. along with sed French thief. who in the backwaters of the e some hig hears the | mistice Ne ce W mbine after the cks. a flower girl. whom as adonted and sert to Ameri hing school. with the idea of in: contacts of the best before he and. after exccuting some bik ng haule eccentric Dora Mailin, - daughter of big show millicnaire, and her guest on lace on the Florida Keys. w r. Marlin. the mad magnate. has buried more than half_a million dollars. the exist- ence of which pmbe learns inadvertent. Iy from his beantiful ward Howard Locke. soi of a big business man. wha takes Newcombe and Runnels to Florida on his steam launch, He falls in love with Poliy. an (Continued from Yesterday's Star) INSTALLMENT IX. OR an instant Capt. Francis combe held there, his bre knitted in a perplexed frown Howard Locke! It was prepos terous; it would not hold water it was childish—unless the young American were some one other than he pretended to be, and there wasn't a chance in a thousand of that! His | mind worked swittly now. Locke had been introduced to him at lunch in the club by a fellow member a few da before they had sailed. That certainly vouched for the man sufficiently, didn’t | it? Locke had volunteered the infor mation that he had booked passage on this ship, and they had not met again | until here on shipboard. If Locke was | what he passed for, if he was of one | of the best families of America, the con of a millionaire, a clever, hard- Working and ambitious young business man, it was untenable to assume for an instant that he was a potential murderer. 1t was even laughable. ‘There wasn't even that one chance in a thousand that he could be any other than he seemed, not a chance in a llion, and yet— R e nce.” said Capt. Francis Ne combe. “is the playground of fools. We will see . He turned and ran swiftly along the deck. A minute later he was standing | before one of the two duors of the ung American’s suite. A little metal instrument was in his hand, but it went instantly back into his pocket— the door was not locked. He stepped inside and closed the door behind him. Locke had one of the best and most expensive reservations on the ship, a <uite of two rooms and a private bath but there was a separate door from each of these rooms to the passageway without, since, naturally, they were not always booked en suite. And the room he 'stood in now was the one Locke used for his sitting room, and | always as the entrance to' the suite itself. 1 ol Capt. Francis Newcombe was quic! in every movement nbw, He ran through to the other room—the bed- room—closing the connecting door be- hind him. He switched on the light, and turned at once to the door that gave here on the passageway. The key was in the lock and the door was | locked. He unlocked it. The next instant he had a portman- teau open and was delving into its contents. 1t contained nothing but clothing—shirts, collars, ties, under- wear and the like. He opened an- other, and still another with the same | resull. Papers! It was the man's papers that interested him. ) He snarled a little savagely to him- self. There was nothing for it then but the steamer trunk under the couch—and Locke might be back at any moment. He dragged out the trunk, and snarled again savagel. 1t was locked. He began to work wit it now, swiftly, deftly, with the little steel picklock Tt vielded finally, and he flung back the lid. Yes, this was what he want- ed! On the top lay a leather dispatch case. But this also was locked. Again Capt. Francis Newcombe set to work, and presently was glancing through a mass of papers and documents that the dispatch case had contained—let- ters from the father’s firm to the son, signed by Locke senior; a letter of credit in substantial amount; an un- derwriting agreement with a London house for the floating of a huge issue of bonds, signed and sealed, the tan- gible evidence of young Locke's suc- Cessful trip, of which he had spoken. Incontrovertible evidence that Howard Locke was no other than he appeared to be, and— Capt. Francis Newcombe sprang for the electric light switch and turned off the light. There was Locke now! The pound of the ship, the noise of the storm had, of course, deadened any sound in the passageway, but he could hear the other at the sitting room door. There was no time to replace the dispatch case and push the trunk back under the couch, let alone at- tempt to lock either one. The man was coming now—across the other room. Capt. Francis Newcombe laid the dispatch case silently down on the floor, opened the door as silently, stepped out into the passageway and ran noiselessly along it. He reached the door of his own cabin. His excursion to Locke's cabin and the evidence of intrusion he had been forced to leave behind him had put an end to any more “prowling” on his part tonight. Locke would prob- ably kick up a fuss. There would be strict search for the ‘“prowl He snapped his jaws together viciously. ‘That did not at all please him. He would very much prefer that the would-be assassin should have an- other opportunity of showing his hand, that the man would be inspired to make a second attempt. He, Capt Francis Newcombe, would be a little better prepared this time! He pushed open the door of his cabin cautiously—and for an instant stood motionless, a little back from the threshold and at one side. There was always the possibility, remotc though it may be, that while he had been out searching for the other, the man had slipped inside and, waiting, had made of the cabin a death trap which he, Capt. Francis Newcombe, was now invited to enter. It was not likely. It would require a little more nerve than the firing of a shot through the window and then running away. But, for all that, having failed the first time, the other might be moved to take what might possibly be con- sidered more certain measures on the next attempt. And in that case— No: the cabin was empty! The light from the passageway, filtering in through the open door, showed that | quite plainly. Capt. Francis Newcombe stepped in- de and, before closing the door, looked curlously over the woodwork near the door and on a line with the window. Yes, there it was! The wi ing on the wall! The bullet had splin- tered a piece of the wall paneling and had embedded itself in the wall a lit- tle to the right of the door casing. He closed and locked the door now, shutting out the light and, with his revolver in his hand, sat down in the darkness, out of direct range him- self, but where he could command the window. It was a bit futile. He was conscious of that. But there was al- ways the possibility of the man's re- turn, and there was no other possibil- ity that promised any better, or, in- deed, promised anything at all. His mind began to weigh and sift and grope as through a maze, bat- ting with the problem again. Not L He was rather definitely pre- pared to set Locke apart from any- body else on board the ship and say that it was not Locke, Who, then? Who had any- He straightened up, suddenly even more alert. There was some one out in the passageway now—some one |and .|let through me<only it went into the | wall | window. H Doran Co Francis Newcombe sharply. Locke's voice answered “It's Locke. May I come in?" ,Capt. Francis Newcombe crossed fo ed it and flung It open. | " efaculated the young Amer can, as the light from the passage- way fell upon the other. “Not in bed, in the dark! What's the idea? Why no light?” “Because 1 fancy it's safer—in the | k. sald Capt. Francis Newcombe. | “Come in.” or Howard Locke stepped into the cabin and closed the door be- hind him. “How safer? Say, look here! Some one's been turning my stateroom inside out—been going | through my things.” | You're lucky!" said Capt. Newcombe tersely. v ed the young Amer- ican quickly. “What do you mean That it wasn't anything worse aid Capt. Francis Newcombe. coolly. “Some one's been trying to put a bul- Francis ver there instead. Here, take a look: He switched on the light. it—there by the door “Good j0d!” exclaimed TLocke. “Yes, I see it. When was this?” | “Shortiy after I left you. As 1| opened the door here and stepped into the cabin I was fired at through the | And the window had been | opened from the outside—there are marks on it—and whoever it was was ‘waiting for me.” “That's damned queer,” said How- ard Locke. “When I left you I went | Again Capt. Francis Newcombe set to | work—and presently was glancing | through a mass of papers and docu- ments that the dispatch case had contained. to my rooms and everything was all right. 1 went back to the smoking room because I left my cigarette case | there. I stayed a few minutes watch- ing several hands of bridge and when | 1 went buck to my rooms again I} found my steamer trunk open and a case of papers on the floor.” ‘Anything missing?” asked Capt. Francis Newcombe. No. Not so far as T know.” Locke | wered. “What do you think had | tar be done?” ! T think we had better switeh that | light oft and stand away from the line | of the window | The young American shook his head. “No.” he said. that the same game would be t twice in the same night. Say, what do | vou make of it? It seems mighty queer that you and I should have been picked out for some swine’s at- tentions. What should be done?” “What have you done?” “Notuing so far,” Locke replied. “I came here at once to tell you about it and ask your advice. I suppose the commander ought to be told.” Capt. Francis Newcombe sat down on the edge of his bunk. “I can't see the good of it,” he said slowly. “We're landing tomorrow. It would mean the shore police aboard, and no end of a fuss; and an almost certain delay, nobody allowed off the ship, and all that, you know. I can't see how it would get us anywhere. You haven't lost anything, and 1— well, I'm still alive.” “That's true,” said Locke. He was staring at the bullet hole in the wall. “And worst of all there'd be the re porters. Threedinch headlines. I'm not for that. I agree with you. We'll say nothing. g Capt. Francis Newcombe inspected Locke’s back. “How much of a crew do you car- | ry on this fifty-footer of yours?” he | inquired softly. “Why, not necessarily any one but the two of us and your man, if you'll come along.” Howard Locke turned around suddenly to face the other. Why? “Well,"” said Capt. Francis New- combe, quietly, “under those condi- tions as the two victims of tonight we'd form a sort of mutual protective society—and perhaps, if the offer is still open, it would be the safest way for me to reach my destination. There wouldn't be any windows for any one | to fire through.” | Howard Locke lighted a cigarette. “That's a go!” he said. “I'm very | keen to make the trip with you. And | if all this has decided it, I'm glad it's happened. That's fine! And now— what are you going to do for the rest of the night?” “Why, I'm going to bed,” said Capt. Francis Newcombe casually; “and at the risk of appearing inhospitable, I should advise you to do likewise.” “Right!” agreed Locke, “There's nothing else to do.” He stepped to- ward the door, but paused, staring at the bullet mark in the wall again. ‘That bullet hole seems to fascinate you,” smiled Capt. Francis New- combe. “Yes," said Locke, as he opened the door. “I was thinking what a rotten thing it was to be fired at cold-blood- edly in the dark. Good-night!” The door closed. Capt. Francis Newcombe did not go to bed. With the light out again he sat there on the bunk. Long minutes passed; they drifted into hov The man’s figure became crouched, Dbecame a shape that lost human sem- blance, that was like unto some crea- ture huddled in its lair; and the fa was no longer human, for upon it stamped the passions of hell; and the head became cocked curiously sidewise in a strained attitude of attention, as though listening, listening, listening, always listening And there came a time when he spoke aloud, and called out hoarsel. “Who's that? Who's whispering there? Who's calling Shadow Varne . . . Shadow Varne . . . Shad- ow Varne . . And in answer the ship's bell struck the hour of dawn. BOOK I1I—THE ISLE OF PREY. The Spell of the Moonbeams. Tt was a night of white moonlight; a languorous night. It was a night of impenetrable shadows, deep and black; and where light and shadow met and merged the treetops were fringed against the sky in tracery as delicate as a cameo. And there was fragrance in the air, exotic, exquisite, the fra- grance of growing things. of semi- tropical flowers and trees and shrubs. be! | with a mischievous little laugh. Hit | hardly start at all if they knew they | There ave the reefs and—-" | rendered D. C. SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 19, 1927. tenderness nature were breathing || lullaby over her sea-cradled isle. On a veranda of great length and spacious width, moon-streaked where | the light stole in through the row of | ornamental columns that supported | the roof and through the inter.| stices of vine-covered latticework, | checkering the flooring in fanciful de- | signs, a girl raised herself suddenly | on her elbow from a reclining chair | and, reaching out her hand, laid it im 1 pulsively on that of another girl who at in a chair beside her. Oh, Dora,” she breathed, “it's just | like fairyland. | Dora Marlin smiled quietly. | “What a_queer little creature you are, Polly!” she said. “You like it | here, don’t you?" “I'love itl” said Polly Wickes. 3 3 Dora Marlin repeated the wort ! there were a real fairyland just like the stories they used to read to us as | children?” | Polly Wickes nodded her head slow- | Iy. "I suppose so,” she said, “but I never had any fairy stories read to me when I was a child, and so my fairyland has ys been one of my own—one of dreams. And this is fairyland be- | cause it's so beautiful, and because | being here doesn’t seem as though one were living in the same world one was | born in at all.” | “You poor child,” said Dora Marlin softly. “A land of dreams, then, Yes, I know. These nights are like that | sometimes, aren’t they? They make | vou dream any dream you want to have | me true and, while you dream wide | awake, you almost actually experience | its fulfillment then and there. And so | it is nearly as good as a real fairyland, And anyway. Polly, you look | like a_really, truly fairy yourself to- | night.” | * said Polly Wic “You are | the fair Pairies aren’t supposed to | dark; they h golden hair, and | blue eyes, and— } A wand,” interrupted Dora Marlin, | ‘And 1! just make-believe, and | I'd wave my wand and | have him app instantly on the scene; but as it is I'm afraid he won't come tonight after all, and it's getting e and I think we'd better go to it it weren't T was the fa “And I'm sure he will come and | anyway I couldn’t go to bed,” said Polly Wickes earnestly. “And any- way T couldn't go to sleep.” ust think, Dora, I haven't seen him for nearly 4 vears and I'll have all the news and hear everything I want to know about mother. He said they'd leave the mainland today and it's only five hours across. I'm sure he'll still come. And, besides, I'm certain I heard a motorboat a few minutes ago."” “Very likely,” agreed Dora Marlin: “but that was probably one of our own men out somewhere around the island. 1t's very late now and in half an hour will ‘e low tide and they would wouldn't make Manwa by daylight. | he reefs are charted,” said Polly | kes decisively. “I know he'll come.” little ripple of laughter came from Marlin’s chai “How old is Capt. Newcombe, dear?” she_inquired naively. < old—at least he was when I saw him last,” “When you weren't much more than 14, observed Dora Marlin Judicially “Ana when you're 14 anybody over 30 is a regular Methuselah. I know I used to think when I was a child that father was terribly, terribly old much older than he scems today when he really is an old man; and I used to wonder then how he lived so long.” (Continued in tomorrow's Star.) IPa STANLE) 5 'd‘ROPOL TODAY. 11 A. M. to 11 P. M. First National Prezents RICHARD BARTHELMESS And Exceptional Cast in Thank: Week's Biggest Thrill, The DROP KICK STAN LAUREL IN HAL ROACH'S “HATS OFF” ure Finest Orchestra. Conductor iving Washingto: Daniel Breeskin, CRANDALL'S wytet, TODAY- THE PRINCE TOMORROW TODAY—1:30 To 11 P. M. MISS AMERICA of 1927 (L IN_PERSON 4—OTHER STAR ACTS—4 ON THE SCR. PHYLLIS HAVER THE WISE WIFE = NEXT WEEK—— X _7‘ AL!. VGIRESHOW" Q¢ NEW CRANDALL'S X+%, ., ED PON 3 e TOMORROW-—ADOLPHE _ MENIOU in_“A GENTLEMAN OF PARIS THE BUSH I CRANDALL'S TODAY—BUCK _J s, oUR GiANG CoM RGE THE ROUGH RIDERS 1 TOMORROW CROFT in ' CRANDALL’S. LOLONY AS GOLD. G Ave.&Farragnt N PAINT- TODAY—HOOT, GIBS ED PONIES L’S Savoy Theater Col. Rd. PAINT- 11th & TODAY—FHOOT GIBSON ED PON TOMORROW —PAT MAGIC E STARK “DANCE A ue Grand Ave. SF “RUN ROFT TODAY—W. € A ) NING WILD. TOMORROW —GEORG. RIDERS VoLl THE_ROUGH IORGE K. ARTHUR in HAM GIRL." LUPINO JNALD COLMAN 1 LOEW’S LAcE Continuous, A M _to 11 P. M. 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