The evening world. Newspaper, June 5, 1916, Page 10

‘THE EVENING WORLD, MONDAY, JUNE 5, 1916. DD OO OO DDO 0OOD0DD0 0000000) THE OOOO DOD OOOUs ET rsea boat designed surface for weeks, OOOO COO COTO OOOO COD OOOO COO OO GO DO 00000000000 E SUBMARINE « Novelized From a Thrilling Hetoplay Series Released by the Mutual Film Co. CR Romanticstoryofanu to remain beneath th with the beautiful daughter of the inventor figuring as the heroine in thrilling situa- by E. Alexander Powe INSTALMENTS. SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING Hope te detailed —_—oa them at the Dawson auction rooms. Who had preceded him, that he failed dignitie century ma office in the rear of the salesroom. And, it being closing time, Dawson “Pam a friend of Miss Cleo Burk explained Olga. “You will remember the doo that she telephoned you this afternoon himself homeward without noticing regarding THIRD EPISODE. pean conflict « boi vere put hurried their cleve These books were put in anxious to regain possession of them. Ward was not a large one, it made As Miss Burke was prevented, at the Up for its lack of size by the ex- Francisco to-day, she asked me to ob- On the theory revenge, a fresh search f when tt was reported with much circum with his description had shipped two days before bound for South America, ft only served to deepen the mystery. As the days passed and no solution was forthcon began to turn their attention to other events Olga Ivanoff, who b tion, prepared to return to b though Sextus was to remain behind in order to keep in touch with any nd Morton still remained, the purchasers." the open country; past truck farms “Tam very glad to be of service to 1 detail that a man tallying tion of manner, “This, ponderous loose-leaf ledger which great ra Jay upon his desk, “cont But, though this apparently eliminated Satsuma, uing his finger down the page, d hurried to Valdavia in order to be r luxurious apartment in on the scene 1 Francisco, which you are seeking. You will no- the bighway parulicis the shore, tice that the twelve books comprising | AS the empty road opened out be- farmer because potential developmen ad received instructions from Washington to s afraid that it will require considerable throttle and the car le time and tr all of them. "I see that the leaves of this ledger Weedle showed that they were trav- det are gr nder if you could not let ime take Valdavia as long as there was ty of recover- r instructions from all daddy's letters and ! lvin Montgomery, who wrote that If the formula could be found he could sell it on his own terms to one of the European bell! the illusory hope of recovering the formula, however, that kept Hope apd Morton at Valdavia; magnet was Cleo. Her father’s tragic death welghed heavily on Cleo, and it was often far into the night before she fell upon her tear-soaked pillow; but her days were seldom lonely, for Jarvis Hope and Gerald Morton were con- But though she frank~ ly welcomed the visits of the suave- mannered young listened with rapt gossip of Fifth Avenue and Broad- ver gave him her entire always did n of her father, for her grief was still very strong. return the page to you in the morn- “Lam very sorry, madari, 2 he asked one Dawson respectfully, “but the city or. th sig father’s library, Cl evening when they were sitting on the discussing her nt to reallze a con- nough, cer- you will not matters for so I'm going over to w, and, if you care to haye me, 1 will make some In- tips quiries as to the best way to dispose w Wednesday. GERALD THINKS OF A CLUE TO THE MURDER. vine-covere those to whom we have always in ou Very strict about this, as it often WAPing as th assists them in tracing articles that DOWN the sm: fo." she cried. was given to daddy the phone—over in Ask the operator to giv ng distance.” after he had amined the iet- “There's a train leaving for Sa Francisco at siderable sum gram and the worry about money © asked me hever part with it” sale, which included the Burke sheng 184 accustomed to deal with thieve: added, smilin, 28 to come. elected a cigar, lig! car and we'll just about be able ng with you of will copy th Within @ could refer only to the dozen treasured volumes which, from recollection, 1d kept in his workroom that might be near him, ition as she sat be- the ensuing conversatio stant callers rooms with the list in their possess- Precipice, thirty feet bel allied again, “When T was in town to-day,” he sald, “1 looked up a friend who | ed in books, and he put me in touch 4n named Dawson, the pro- New York “L wish to speak to Mr. Dawson of fore Dawson's do Gerald Morton “8* while house-cleaning. Wednesday take me a minute to dress, Hope's advice : “Lam a friend of Mise Cleo Bencles. Now she recailed was prepa hurry, central." sido him in the to remember, Clec unusual solemnity, “that is a fortune for my in those old volume minutes she confidence. mitted it, even to herself, xhe did not There was no p's mind as to minutes elapsed, task of sorting the mass of papers— rop in here and get the names of the ple who bought some books about 1 went to see Dawson, who seems lo be a very dec impatiently face under the black ve pathetically “But Burke's ha sume Lest, ned that you wished to disp heartedly, desperately, madly in love their intrinsic “Other And those wer reciprocated, if you wish the ast week L sent you my rary to be sold? His fears wers whirled up from telling her of his love at unwittingly 1, for as they were ty Burke had left daddy's library,” satd thing that he possessed to Cleo somely don’t feed the books and Ido need the annoyance; ars in the bar blotting sheets when through these had you to days !f | had not White and pen secret of the submarine. Cleo was u auction salto in 8: following morning Valdavia. Um afraid Ive ar tion fo: of her finances, must £0 to ) whom she sleeves hard at work | hundreds of dusty . could I, Jarvis?” that [ ean ul, no matter what you And there is another train at Hope was in the 4 much-worn Bit on the phone Refore Hook, w Pwhich had belonged Sextus quietly Gerald Morton was a much-puzzled jr T have will » Perhaps 1 can get a position as tehed it from ninutes later, “L almost Leaught a glimpse was flying down t snorting motoreycle. Entered Sat. ton of the distant Who was it?” inquired Hope edueated On Hope carelessiy been runuing up to s quite fequentiy Cleo observed thought- if his guing to San l'rancisco that train could have any connec- on with the secret of the submarine, must hase decided very suddenly, When I saw him balf an hour ago he said nothing about going to the city f getting the where tm it?” "Lbaven't time to stop and explain ." sho panted The secret one of those old books which daddy always kept they are being sold uction room tn San Franc & to telephone and stop thelr sal Suppose you've como to tell me that Miss Burke has been unavoidably de- tore tained and that she has asked you to hooting a obtain the name: of the books, eh? story twice this hpter poral but you can’t come in here and put it over on was cont tpt me &# third time. # Dyas coming, Every one was run “What do you mean?” asked Sat- on of the list quite right, doew the noxt saw Morton this afternoon ?* Hope asked sharp! 5 ran into bim way to the drug store train leave? “There's a train in thirty minute. “but they'll be "1 do’ not understand.” any further in your car.” he ordered, “L mean exactly what I say, ed the exasperated auctioneer. an hour ago in come @ girl and a man to teephont But you didn't tell h ing the letter, did you? quired Hope. I'm afraid’l did,” admitted Cleo, a u see, that I told set there as soon as we woull laa im about find anxiously in If we can catch Burke and that she's sent them to get the names of the people who. bought her father's books, I give th ng over the | names, Ten minutes later a@ young {hee made their way forwar down the street the direction of the railway so excited, y silowing Olga's Instruct! ryboat, pad lance shorewards, tearing hurry and tells me the same I hope not, 4 the answer, “but me the same song and dance. It'e too little suspicious of He's a young watehing.” Mister Gerald Morton man that will be isitel 1 don’t like the looks of It, Cleo ud Was caused by a reck y the least, that, as soon as Mor- earns from you that the formula is hidden in the book the first train motoreyele handlebars, for the city trouble be quite unfounded, of course, but there is too mu Weil, money talk: * The car leaped forward. Then, as un- expectedly as a slap in the face, there yawned before them a chasm three-score feet across! The bridge was gone. The road ended in a sheer precipice, and at the bottom, forty feet below, swirled the river. Hope caught a glimpse of Cleo, with blanched face and tight-clenched hands. Dawson, the head of the firm, a to put out his c man well past the half- absent mind arette-stub which he lly tossed into the waste. was at his desk in an basket standing beside Dawson's deak. followed the Japanese out, and closet » and locked it, and betook ertain books belonging to that from the wastebasket rose a thia, father's library which L under- faint wisp of smoke. Was sold only this morning ee the sale Though the car in which Cleo, mistake and she {s extremely Hops und Hook were racing city: moment, from coming to San tiaordiaary speed which Hope man- ged to coax froin it. Leaving Val- from you the names of the uavia behind them, they sped Into 1 Vineyards and blossoming or- aid the auctioneer, chards Uley shot; past neat white impressed by Olga’s distinc: farmhouses, peeping coyly out from throwing open amid their blazing gardens; past ches whose roiling’ ai ins the names Were dotted with live vuks and car- addresses of all with whom we peted with wild flowers; past more had dealings, and here," run- gardens, more farmaouses, more or- "are the Chards, until they reached .a long 3 of those who bought the books Gowngrade where, for a dozen miles, 32 were sold separately, so Tin fore him, tops stepped on the dd forward uble for you to run down like a thoroughbred which feels the Jockey’s spur The speedometer- chable,” ren rked Olga, “As Cling at fitty miles an bour. The atly pressed for time 1 & fying hase: of »b poles sped by y looked like the fa picket fence, Ahead of there suddenly appeared, ex- SS a portion of the road, said Mr, 4 Tude barricade with a red flag and “Danger!” hey’re repairing the road ahead but l guess that We can get throug! Hope shouted in response to Cleo's y Shot by the barrier. -paved grade they and then, as unexpectedly he @9 4 slap in the tace, there yawned “It you will wait but before them a chasm, threescore feet . madam, my secretary 26TOSs! The bridge was xone—evi- amen ter ead dently swept away by the spring rer of an hour atter foods # road ended in a sheer xtus left the auction Precipice, and at the bottom of the swirled a second taxicab drew up be. ‘8 iver which had done the dam- page Which has the names we 1 will have them copied and 2ces require us to keep a list of ales police posession. ‘The been stolen, Not that we are thunde minut and Hope, his mind trimmed for emer- ntly realized that it was Be explained torts Cite impossible to stop, The brakes weant ‘As she has been detained "Ot work in time to prevent the car she asked mo if 1 wou : RSC Re Cver ate to the stream below. To turn to one side was equally im- for the roud was bordered by Hs in Valday 1 she telephoned you.” Some other friends of Mias Sep banks, ty go down which meant Vo just been here after the Cerin death for ail of them. ‘Their said Dawson. “They left UMly cha ae e ina lion— with it not fifteen minutes ago. Was to “p str t atiend in the friends of Miss Burke’? ex. ‘1! slim hope that the car, now med Morton plainly startled raveling at te fic speed, would have ere they?) What were their Sufficient: momentuin to clear the chasin Ver occurred to me to ask Tignten his eg upon the whe 0 el, 1 Dawson, There Hove jammed his foot against the ac- them; @ slender, foreign. Celeratur. The light car was. go looking inan and @ tall, dark, hand- 80 fast that it scemed ie dressed woman. T imagine Wheels no longer touched the ade Was a foreigner, t Hope could ir Hook screaming in "A tall, dark woman and a foreign. [18 car; out of the corner of Meese oking man.” repeated Morton, mak- he caught a glimpse of Cleo, with ho effort to bide his perplexity, blanc ta ia artery haven't the vaguest idea who thes lands, beside. hinge yfikht;clenche pry to whom moving, Now or Sahota y died Burke telephoned after 1 left: separated them f of feet ym the brink. , ‘ + and the ear er sce as though fas. ita. ten feet t being very careless, and she sailed out int » ybably afraid that [would tened to the cages t iW about the list. Stil, you lum. Though the. fgnelty pendu better let iv a moment shen have a copy of ite gulf occupied only prove to her t "m to the three in the ear it a4 forgetful as she imagines.” terminable. ‘Thoust Twhont theane jen he departed a few minutes reached the opposite bank it bite fon With the list in his pocket, fect above the ievel of the hishwen landed as smoothly as a leaping s thoment of time Who could they be, these for- Breyhound, Like tennis: bi t egners who had so suddenly ob- bounded once, twice, thelr mid they truded themselves quite uninjured, but with three whites, At five minutes to six there stopped faced and. xt the Dawson establisnment a tearing d dust-covered and spiring The clock hand en the campanile have come to inquire abuut some of the ferry busing in S he began, in & precise syeech of an when He pe, now traveiline with or tal, when Vawason ins respect for the speed laws. awune terrupted him the car into Murket street. He otene “You're another friend of Miss ed to turn into Kearney Btreee nt Burke's, | suppose?” he shouted. “L stopped at. the i Titan Ae sisnal of a traffic of- Neer to let a fire engine pass, It up Kearney Street, its siren hoarse warning, of the purchasers followed it. Ahead enise ‘cloude tt I've stood for that smoke poured from the windows of a corner building. More fire apparatus ning. A policeman halted them with eremptory gee in undisguised astonishment, Any further Meese Lok, Can't come “We'll have to walk the rest of the said Hope, “but it isn't very Dawson's place is somewhere in the neat block liv Jove, it must be close to where the fire is!” Pushing their Way through the crowd, stum- Pavent bling over the lines of fire hose, the until burning the smoke, building was to idenly a gust of curtain of smoke mo- hout’ w,; Halt fat say that they are friends of Miss they were opposite the building. So dense was however, that tt tally obscured, 8 wind blew the . mentarily aside arrives in @ taxi and in @ So l give the names to hun, you come along and try to give my friend, i's too thin, A m not a friend of Miss Burke,” | A8 it did so Cleo, Hope and Hook Satsuma quietly, “and I know F@ve @ groan of despair, For across of these other people, I wish [he face of the doomed structure in in the books for private rea- letters four feet high th read: If you will give me the names “Pawson's Auction Rooms.” Even as of the people who bought them Lam hey looked there ca a rending willing e pay you for your erash, and uid awir f smoke and % “and he displayed a twenty. @ Sudden burst of flame, the walls bill toppled an 1 fell in. Somewhere amid said Dawson, that mass of smoking debris, charred abruptly, altering his tone, “and beyond recognition now, was the led- Cleo burst out of the hanged if L can see what harm there er conta is in giving you a minute while I copy them, When Satsuma left he was ao ab- OW no longer traceable, sorbed in his speculations as to the the secret of the submarine. identity of th wait for the next train—it may be loo must go up to town in my and excitement you will trust yourself to my driving soon, or nearly in. his curtosit n, as the train, lootenant!” " said Hope, "you had better you are so fat, in the tonneau ride easier.” minutes after the make the car A MILE A MINUTE IN THE CHASE. Miso Burke, the Perry building, @ tasicab dropped ning the names of those the names. Sitdown Who had purchased the precious vol umes. And tn one of those volumes. Was hidder mysterious strangers (To Be Continued.) The Fourth Instalment of THE SECRET OF THE SUBMARINE Will Be Published Monday, June 12