Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 29, 1915, Page 22

Miss Pearl White........... Elaine Dodge Mr. Lionel Barrymore .. ... Marcius Del Mar WRITTEN BY ARTHUR B. REEVE The Well-! Featuring Known Novelist and the Creator of the ‘‘Craig Kenedy” Stories Dramatized Into a Photo-Play by Chas. W. Goddard, Author of ““The Perils of Pauline,”” ‘“The Exploits of Elaine "’ Everything you read here today| you can sce in the fascinating Pathe Motion Pictures at the Motion Pic-| ture Theaters this week. Next Sun- day another chapter of “The Ex-| ploits of Elaine" and new Pathe reels. (Copyright, 1916, by the Star Co. Foreign Rights Reserved.) Synopsis of Previous Chapters disappeurnnce Dol to locate and re for a foreign governinent Kenne- torped Al i le the gas bombs, neary causing t! h of Lieutenant Wood. ward and his attacking party. After the affalr in the woods with Del Mar's men, o recelved a package which contalned a new searchlight guu from an unknown friend. Foilowed by Jameson and Aunt Josephine they go to " Where Blaine proves the ao- ouracy of the new weapon. That after- noon, while motoring with Jameson, Elaine discovers a bomb placed among ‘“nnl- L4 ?; dd 1d gw.nl e keeping. oy decide ® It to M 'ward, who, after looking it over, directs them to . Arnold's Before reach the yacht they ar o yacht wi 0, only to Prof. Amnold and his party have Larens, one of | asainst il s ith a_chanoce is saved from the fally he little old man. morning Elaine discovers of a fort In her purse. Un- it for the manner in which there, she instructs k them in a table drawer, Del Mar breaks in and tries them. . Jameson has arranged and flash-light by which the of the intruder is firmly es- CHAPTER FLBVEN. A Luncheon Party It was early the following morning that, very excited, Elaine and I showed Aunt Josephine the photograph which we had snepped and developed by using Kennedy's tricky method. “But who is it?" asked Aunt Josephine examining the print carefully and seeing nothing but a face masked and with a pair of hands before it, s seal ring on the &t i g g LG 3,,;;? s £ tablis! we knew him at once, In spite of every- by that seal ring—Mr. Del Mar! “Mr, Del Mar?" repeated Aunt Joseph- ine, looking from one to the other of us, incredulous. “I saw the ring at his own bungalow and on his own finger,” reiterated Elaine “But, what are you going to do now?" asked Aunt Josephine. “Have him arrested, of course,” Elaine Still taliking over the strange exper- jence of the night before, we went out on the veranda. “Well, of all the nervel” exclaimed Elaine, catching sight of a man coming up “If ghat isn't Henry, | Mr. Del Mar's valets” The valet advanced as though nothing had happened and indeed I suppose that far as ho knew nothing had happened us, He bowed and ik ] i £} s HIHA HiE BT head sagely In protest. But Elaine waved all her protestations aside and ran into the house to get ready for the visit Half an hour later two saddle horses were brought around to the front of Dodge hall and Elaine and 1 sallled forth was still protesting our going to Del Mars, but we had made up our minds to, carry the thing through. “You know,” she in- elsted, “that Mr. Kennedy is not around to protect you two children. Something will surely happen 1o you If you don't keep out of this affair” “Oh, Auntle,” laughed Elaine, & bit ner- vously, however, “don’'t be a kill-joy. Suppose Cralg Isn't about? Who's golng to do this, It Walter and I don't?” In spite of all, we mounted and rode away. , Aunt Josephene “ee Dei Mar, still contin'ing his nefarious work of mining American harbors and bridges, had arrived at a scheme s soon as ho returned from the attempt to got back from us the Sandy Hook plans. Smith, who had stolen the plans from the war department, was still at the bun- galow, Early In the morning Del Mar had seated himeelf at his desk and wrote a letter, “Here, Heniy," “take this to Miss Dodge." As the valet went out he wrote another note., “lead that” he sald, handling it over to Smith, a message 1 want you to take to headquarters right away.” It was worded cryptically: .N. 'z, Closely watched, Must act soon will be discovered. Smith read the mote, nodded, and put it into his pocket, as he started to the daor. . “No, no,” shouted Del Mar, calling him back. “This thing means that you'll have to be careful in your getaway. You'd better go out through my secret passage,’ he added, pointing to the panel in the li- brary wall. He pressed the button on the desk and Smith left through the hidden passage. Down it he groped, and at the other end emerged. Seelns no one around, he made his way to the road. There sesmed to be no one who looked at all suspicious on the road, either, and Smith congratulated himself on his easy escape. On a bridge, over a creek, however, as Smith approached, was one Inoffensive looking person who might have been a minister or a professor. ke was lean- Ing on the rall in deep thought, gasing at the creek that ran beneath him, and now and then flashing & sharp glance about. Suddenly he saw something approach- ing. Instantly he Jodged to the farther end of the bridge and took refuge be- bind & tree, Smith walked on over the bridge, oblivious to the fact that he was watched. No sooner had he disappeared than the Inquisitive stranger emerged ain from behind the tree. ® It was the mysterious Prof. Arnold who many times had shown a peculiar inter est in the welfare of Elaine and myself. Evidently he had recognized Del Mar's messenger, for after watching him a mo- ment, he turned and followed. At the raflroad station, just before the train for New York pulled in, the waiting crowd was Increased by one stranger. Smith had come In and taken his place unostentatiously among them. But If he thought he was to be lost In the little crowd, he was much mistaken. Arnold had followed, but not so quickly that he had not had time to pick up the two pollcemen that the town boasted, both of whom were down at the station at the time. ““There he is,' Indicated Arnold, ‘“the fellow with the slight limp. Bring him to nmy room in the St Germain hotel.’ “All right, sir," replied the officers, edging their way to the platform as Ar- nold retreated back of the station and disappeared up the street. Just then the train pulled into the sta- tion and the passcngers crowded forward to mount the steps. Smith was Just about to push his way on with them when the officers elbowed through the crowd. “You're wanted" hissed one of them, selzsing his shoulder. But Smith, in spite of his deformity, Was not cne to submit to arrest without Ho fought them off s all M. A8 he rushed in they followed. One of them was gulning on him and took a flying football tackle. The other almost fell over the twisted mass of arms and phernalia which indicated his sclentific Arnold entered and he Airected his valet, | “What's this? ‘A, A. L, N. Y. Close- ly watched; must act soon or all will be discovered M. Now, what's all that?” Arnold the text “You may take him away now, he concluded, glan- cing up from the note to the officers. “Thank you." “All right, sir/* they re- turned, prodding Smith along out Bull studying the note, Ar- nold sat down at the desk Thoughtfully he picked up a pencil. Under the letters A | A. L. he slowly wrote “Antl American League’ and under the inftial M the name ‘‘Mar- tin."” “Now is the time, it ever, to use that new telaphoto- graph instrument which I have installed for the War de- partment in Washington and carry around with me” he sald to himself, rising and go- ing to a closet. He took out a large Instru- ment composed of innumera- ble colls and a queer battery of selenlum cells. It was the | the recelver of the new in- strument by which & photo- graph oould be sent over a telegraph wire. Downatalrs, In the telegraph room of the hotel, Arnold se- cured the services of one of one of the operators. Bvi- dently by the way they obeyed him they had recelved orders from the company re- garding him, and knew him well there. “I wish you'd send this mes- | mage right away to Washing- | ton,” he sald, handing in a | blank he had aiready written. | The clerk checked it over: | U 8 Wwar Department, | Washington, D. C.—Wire me tmmediately photograph and personal history of Martin, ar- et Kontrtean "Fangne. o ° ARNOLD, As the message was ticked off Arnold attached his receiv- ing telaphotograph Iustru- ment to another wire, It was a matter scarcely of segonds before a message was flashed back to Arnold from Washington: Martin escaped from Fort Leavenworth iix months ago. ~Theught to be in s Y EDWARDS “Very well,” nodded Amold with satis- faction. I think I know what is going on here now. Let us wait for the photo- | graph.” He went over to the new selenfum telaphotograph and begun adjusting it. | Far away, In Washington, in & room in | | pondered deeply. the War department, where Arnold had already installed his system for the se- cret government service, a clerk was also working over the sending part of the apparatus. No sooner had the clerk finished his preparations and placed a photograph In | the transmitter than the bussing of the recelver which Arnold had Installed a nounced to him that the marvellous | transmission of & pioture over a wire, one of the very newest triumphs of | sclence, was in progress. In the little telegraph office of the St. Germaln, the | clerks and operators crowded about Arn- old, watohing breatblessly. “By jove, it works!" cried one, longer sceptical. Slowly a print was being evolved be- fore their eyes as If by a spirit hand, Arnold watcheq the synchronizer appara- aus carefully as, point after point, the ploture developed.. He bent over closely, his attention devoted to every part of the complicated apparatus. At last the transmission of the photo- graph was completed and the machine came to rest. Arnold almost tore the print from the receiver and held it up to exumine it A smile of intense satisfaction crossed his face, “At last!" he muttered. There was & photograph of the man who had been identified with the arch conspirator of two years before, Martin. Only, now he had changed his name and appeared in a new role, It was Marcus Del Mar! Already in the library of his bungalow, Del Mar had summoned one of his trusted men and wes talking to him, when Henry the valet, re-entered after his trip to see us. ‘“They're coming as soon as they can,” he reported. Dol Mar smiled a cynical smfle, “Good™ he exclaimed triumphantly, then, look- ing about at the electric {ixtures, added to the man, “Let us see where to install He walked over to the door and put no READITH |turning to his man egain and indicating his hand on the knob, then pointed back at the fixtures. “That's the idea,” he cried. “You can run the line from the brackets to this @doorknob and the mat. How's that? “Very clever,” flattered the man, put- ting on & very beavy pair of rubber sloves. Taking & palr of pliers and other tools from a closet in the library, he began removing the electric fixtures from the wall. As Del Mar directed, the man ran & wire from the fixture along the mould- ing, and down the side of a door, where he made a conection. ' In the meantime, Del Mar brought out & wire mat and JaMd it 'a front of the door where anyone who entered or left would be sure to step om ft. The various ocom- nections mude, the man placed a switch in the concealment of & heavily curtained window and replaced everything as he found it Thus it was that Elaine and I came at last to Del Mar's bungalow. I must admit with some misgivings. But 1 had gone too far to draw back now and Elaine was more eager even than I was We dis- ST 29, 1915. SA¥meld!™ gusned Licut. Woodward. startled. mounted, tethered our horses and went toward the house. where I rang the bell Preparations for our reception had Just been completed and Del Mar was issuing his final instructions to his man, | when the valet, Henry, ran in hastily. | “They’re here, sir, now,” he announced | excitedly. “All right, I'm ready,” nodded Del Mar, & place back of the folds of the heavy | curtains by the window. “You get back there by that switch. Don’t' move— don't even breathe. Now, Henry, let them in* As his valet withdrew, Del Mar gazed about his library to make sure that every- thing was all right. Just then the valet reappeared and ushered us in. | “Good morning,"” greeted Del Mar pleasantly. “I see that you got my note, and I'm glad you were so prompt. Won't you be seated?” Both Elaine and I were endeavoring! to appear at ease. But there was a de- ! cided tonsion in the atmosphere. We sat down, however. Del Mar did not seem | to notice anything wrong. | “T've something at last to report to you | about Kennedy," he sald a moment later, clearing his throat. Aunt Joeepbine turned from us as Fluine and I rode off on our horses\from Dodge hall considerably worrled. Then an idea seemed to occur to her and she walked determinedly into the house. ‘“Jennings,” she called to the butler, *“have the limousine brought around from | the garage immediately.” “Yes, ma'am,” acquiesced the faithful Jennings, hurrying out. It was only a few rfinutes later’ that the car pulled around before the door. Aunt Josephine bustled out and entered “Fort Dale," she directed the driver, | greatly agitsted. “Ask for Lieutenant Woodward." | Out at Fort Dale, Woodward was| much astonished when an orderly an-! nounced that Aunt Josephine was walt- Ing In her car to see him on very urgent business He ordered that she be admit ted at once, “I hope there's nothing wrong®” he'in-! quired anxlouely, as he noted the excite- ment and the worried look on her face. | ~I'm afraid there may be,’ she re- | plied, sitting down and >xplaining what | Elaine and I had just ‘lone, Ii | The leutenant listened gravely. “And," she comcluded, “they wouldn't listen to me, lleutenant. Can't you fol- low them and keep them out of trouble?” Woodward, who had been lstening to her attentively, jumped up as she con cluded, *Yes," he cried sympatheticall “I can. Tl go myselt with some of men from the post. If they get into any | scrpe, I'll rescue them." | Almost before she could thank him, | Woodward had hurried from his office. | followed by her. On the parade grounds ' were some men. Quickly he issued his| orders and & number of them sprang | up as he detalled them off for the duly,l It was only & moment before they re-| turned, armed. An instant later three | large touring cars from the fort swept up before the office of Woodward. Into them the armed men piled. “Hurry—to the Del Mar bungalow," | ordered the lieutenant, jumping up with the driver of the first car. “We must see that nothing happens to Miss Dodge and Mr. Jameson." They shot away in a ocloud of dust, | followed hard by the other two cars, | dashing at a breakneok speed over the good roads. | In the narrow, wooded roadway near | Del Mar's, Woodward halted his car| nd the soldlers all jumped out and gathered about him as hastily he lssued bis direction= 4 “Surround the house, dered. in or ou They scattered, forming a wide circle. As soon as word was passed that the circle was completed, they advanced cautiously at a signal from Woodward, taking advantage of every concealment. A Around in the kitchen back of Del Mar's, Henry, the valet, had retired to Vvisit one of the maids. He was about to leave when he happened to look out of the window. “What's that? self, He stepped back and peered cautionsly thro:;xh the window again. There he could see a soldler, behind a bush. kbt He drew back further and thought a minute. He must not alarm us. Then he wrote a few words on a plece of paper and tore It so that he could hold it in his palm. Next he hurried from the kitchen and entered the study. Del Mar had scarcely begun to outline to us a long and cireumstantial pseudo- investigation into what he was pleased to hint had been the death of Kennedy, when we were nterrupted again by the entrance of his valet. “Bxcuse me, sir," apologized Henry, as Del Mar frowned, then noted that some- thing was wrong. As the valet sald the words, he man- aged surreptitiously to hand to Del Mar the paper which he had written, now folded up Into a very small space. I had turned from Del Mar when the valet entered, apparently to speak to Elaine, but in reality to throw them off thelr guard, Under that cover I was able to watch the preclous palr from the tall of my eye. first” hg or- ““Then arrest anyone who goes he muttered to him- I saw Del Mar nod to the valet as| though he understood that soms warning was about to be conveyed. Although A Detective Novel and a Motion Picture Drama i (@@ X Presented by This Nespaper in Collaboration With the Famous Pathe Players. by dumb show orders of some kind. I had no idea what it was all about, but I stood ready to whip out my gun on | the slightest suspicious move from either. “I hope you'il pardon me, Miss Lodge, Del Mar deprecated, as the valet re- treated toward the door to the kitchen and pantry. “But, you see, 1 have to be housekeeper here, too, it seems.” Actually, though he was talking to us, it was In a way that enabled him, by palming something in his haad, I fan- cled, to look at it. It was, though 1 did rot know It, the hastily scrawled warn- ing of the valet. It must have been hard to read, for I managed by a quick shift at last to catch just a fleeting glimpse that it was a plece of paper he held in his hand What was it, 1 asked myself, that he should be #o secret about it? arly, 1 reasoned. it must be something that was of interest to KElaine and myself, If 1 must act ever, 1 concluded, now was the time to do so. Suddenly 3 reached out and snatched the note from his hand. But before I could read it Del Mar had sprung to his teet. At the same Instant a man leaped out from behind the curtains. But I was on my guard. drawn my revolver and had them all covered before they could make another move, “Back into that corner—by the window —all of you."” I ordered, thinking thus to get them together, more easily covered. Then, handing the note, with my other hand, to Xlaine, I #aid %o her, “See what it says—quick.” Eagerly she took it and read aloud, “house surounded by soldiers!” “Woodward,” I cried. Still keeping them covered, I quietly to myself and took one step after another slowly to the door. Elaine fol- | 1owea. I reached the door and I remember that | I had to step on a metal mat to do so I put my hand behind me and grasped the knob about to open the door. As 1 aid so, the man who had jumped from behind the curtain suddenly threw down his upraised hands. Before I could fire, instantaneously in fact, I felt |a thrill as though a million needles had been thrust into all parts of my body at once paralyzing every muscle and nerve. The gun fell from my nerveless hand, | clattering to the floor. | The man had thrown an electric switch which had completed a circuit from the metal mat to the door knob through my body and then to the light and power current of high power. There I was, held a prisoner by the electric current! “Henry!"” called Del Mar to the valet. “Yes, sir.” “Open the cabinet. and the suits.” The valet did so, bringing out a num- ber of queer looking headpleces with a single weird eye of glass in the front, as well as rubber suits of an outlandish de- sign. While he was doing so Del Mar stuffed & handkerchief into Elaine's mouth to keep her quiet. Del Mar moved toward Elaine, holding an extra helmet. He strapped it on her, then started to force her into a suit. 1 struggled still, but in vain, to free myself from the door knob and mat. It Give me the helmets down, half consclous. I revived only long enough to see that Del Mar had forced one of the suits on Elaine finally. Then he pressed a button cret panel In the wall opened. Picking up Elaine, he and the others hurried through into what looked like a dark passage and the panel closed. They were gone. I put forth all my re- maining strength in one last desperate struggle. Somehow, I managed to kick the wire mat from under my feet, break- ing the contact. to the floor, unconsciou Outside the iron ring, as Woodward had planned it, of soldiers were looking about alert for any nolse or mgvement. Sud- denly two of them who been watch- Ing the grounds attentively signalled to each other that they saw something. From the shrubbery emerged a most curfous and uncouth figure, all in rags, with long, unkempt halr and a beard— sallow complexion, and carrying a long staff. It might have been a tramp or a Already 1 h.-ulf smiled | was more than I could stand, and I sank | hidden on the side of his desk and a se-| I staggered toward the panel, but fell | ERE NOW-THEN SEE IT ALL IN MovING PICTURES. . nothing was sald, Del Mar was indicating hermit, perhaps, who was making his way toward the house. The two soldiers stols up nolselessly, close tc him. Almost before he knew it the hermit felt himself selzed from be- | hind by four powerful arms. Esecape was impossible “Let me go,” he pleaded. see I'm harming no one?" But the captors were obdurate. *Tell it to the lieutenant,” they rejoined, grimly forcing him to go before them by twist- ing his arms. “‘Our orders were to seize anyone entering or leaving.” Protests were in valn. The hermit was forced to go before Lieutenant Woodward, who was just in the rear directing the advance. ‘Well," demanded Woodward, “what's your business?" For an instant the hermit stood mute. What should he do? He had reason to know that the situation must be urgent. Slowly he raised his beard so that Wood- ward could see not only that it was false, but what his features looked like. i rnold!" gasped Woodward, startled. What brings you here? Elaine and Jameson are in the houss. We have it surrounded.” Half an hour befors, in the 8t. Ger- main, Arnold had no sooner received the telaphotograph than he hurried up to his room. From a closet he had produced an- other of his numerous disgulses and | quickly put it on. With scant white locks falling over his shoulders and long, | scraggly beard, he had made himselt into a veritable wild man. ‘Then he had put on the finishnig touches and had made his way toward Del Mars. A look of intense anxiety now flashed over Arnold's face as he heard Wood- ward's words. “But,” he cried, ‘“‘there s an under- ground passage from the house to the | shore,” | “The deuce!” muttered Woodward, more alarmed now than ever. ‘Come, men—to the house,” he shouted out his orders as they passed them around the line. “Arnold, lead the wa: Together the soldler and the strange figure rushed to the front door of the bungalow. All was still inside. Heavy as it was, they broke it down and burst in. | They hurried to me and, as quickly as | they could, started to bring me around. | “Where's Blaine?’ askel the stranga 1 figure of the hermit. . Weakly, I was able only to point to the | panel. But it was enough. The soldlers understood. They dashed for it, looking | for & button or an' opening. Finding | neither, they started to bang en it and batter it in with the butts of thelr guns. It was only seconds befors it was splintered to kindling. There was the passage. Instantly, Woodward, the her- | mit, and the rest plunged Into it utterly regardless of danger. On through the tunnel they went until at last they came, unmolested, to the end. There they | paused to look about. | The hermit pointed to the ground. Clearly there were footprints, leading to the shore. They followed them on down | to the beach. | *“Look!" pointed the hermit. | Off In the water they could now see the most curious of sights. Four strangely helmeted creatures were wad- Ing out, each like a huge octopus-head, without tentacles. Only a few seconds befors, Del Mar and his companions, carrying Elaine, had emerged from the secret entrance of the tunnel and had dashed for the shore of the promontory. Stopping only an instant to consider what was to be done, Del Mar had seen | Bomeone also emerge from the tunnel. “Come—we must get down thers | quickly,” he shouted, hurriedly issuing orders, as all thres, carrying Flaine, waded out into the water. At sight of the strange figures, the sol- dlers raised their guns and a volley of shot rang out. “Stop!"” shouted the hermit, his hair streaming wildly as he ran before the | #uns and threw up as many as he could | grasp with his outstretched arms. “Do | you want to kill her?” | “Her?" repeated Woodward | Al stood there, wonderingly, gasing at | the queer creatures. What did it mean? Slowly, they disappeared—Ifterally un- der the water. They were gone—with Flaine! (To be continued.) “Can’t you ROMANCE of ELAINE With LIONEL BARRYMORE Besse Theatre SOUTH OM Romance of Elaine With Lio Episode No. 11 Episode No. 10 'DIAMOND THEATRE 2410 Lake St. Episode No, 8. LOTHROP lnaatre 8212 N. 24th Street Episode Wo, 9. 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