The evening world. Newspaper, June 21, 1921, Page 17

with a leiter signed CHAPTER I. “The fifth ace doesn't happen to be when we punted it." A number of exclamations, began to play. Nobody some “ARKO, * SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING INSTALMENT. Hugh Motine, a deiecuve called “thee Ferret,’ found, 10 sccordaince gore to Ivy Towers, on the Counmticut shore of the miake an investigation of conditions oer an advertisement, pretending to | “L say—are you really interested in jvhat?” came the unexpected Inquiry Mociue had taken a seat at a con: {venient table to study the volume more carefully, and now looked up to | Englishman's cast of countenance, | tired and the tiger skin made a very comfortable pillow. She might not ing that click-click on the tiling ‘be: low. Iinally there arose in the dis tance the step of an honest pair of garding him with it -}quaintance through a! labyrinth of passages to a cubicle on the ground ft floor of a distant wing. 1t was a wil- an expression of) | - angie of light from the cardroom, and the listening figure of Clara Hope on a second-story balcony, When he passed that way the light had alre: been extinguahed. From the hall above he could distinetly hear a man and a woman conversing in low tones, He even caught the words "I thought so, too, but we've looked everywhere now, We must have been mistaken.” But when he went toward them,| treading as softly as a cat, the talk ers became silent and slipped away. Further exploration did nothing but} It was as if the delayed discharge of all the electricity in the atmosphere| had been gathered together into one) devastating bolt, and MoClue raced crash came. CHAPTER IY. remember what had happened. But something could be heard approach- ing along the corridor. man figure, and it It was a hu- passed swiftly ‘THE EVENING WORLD, TUSDAY, JUNE 21, 1921, Towers and {ta grounds in a steady, greenish-blue radiance, Shouts and excited volces were be- ginning to be heard. Men and women n various stages of dress and n+ dress streamed into the corridors, asking each other what was the trou. ble and receiving no satisfactory an- swers, When Clara got down to the floor below there was quite a tumult. Groups were forming, thelr faces ap- pearing death-like in that unnatural glare. She caught sieht of MoClue in front of the cardroom and hurried toward He stopped. A sharp cry had sud- denly changed everything, bringing all this scattered bewilderment to a point, It came from the top of the like creature that Ch 0} ara recalled as e of her acquaintances of the af- “Horrible! Horrible!" she kept re- Clara became at once conspicuous s an obstruction, forcing back every and crying: SLACKER LIST MAN DIED BY TORPEDO Joseph Winter Was Aboard Muni- | tion Ship Which Went Down With All Hands. Two apparent errors in the slacker list, in one of which the man Iisted had died In the service of his coun- try, were found when the list made Mrs, Katherine Imre, at whose house the young man boarded, he enlinted in the merchant marine about three years ago as a member of the crew of American armies, A brother-in-law of the young man, a Mr. Wright, who given at Luna Park to-morrow under the joint auspices of the park manage- ment and the Knights of Columbus, The VAROTTA SUSPECTS CAN’T SEE MINUTES | anes Judge Refuses to Allow Accused Kidnappers to Scan Grand Jury Records. After reading the minutes of the Grand Jury, at the request of Aa- sistant District Attorney Sullivan, ee a passi Judge Molntyre in General Sessions : J \Gther thiMy WMinules, expacine@nal dre u te . cation to-day was checked up in | counsel for the five men indicted for| Sunday morning shot at his wife im | im ir a P Ls The tight!" he responded, show- m indicted for EY CKHAM yen wip The chuncer and igntning dd hee | rah tecree, lenpproval nor sutpriae, | Brooklyn, the kidnapping of Giuseppe Varotta| {he Presence of thelr. thr ‘ston Wea ' IMO V I ES By HARV WI BY EDWARD J.CLODE | Why the thunder and lightning did not) and laying a reassuring hand upon| Joseph Winter, No. 9 Clinton Street, | for permission to inspect these min-| ‘2 ¥ “ wh Bose ran: , begin, ‘There was finally a sudden| he hi. j wll es . : Roseville Pince, Tompkinsvilte, dah of rain and then a binding glare, | hat there ree eune: that part of | was listed as a slacker, According to| utes. ‘The Varotta boy, who lived at] Vor outed this a No. 864 East 13th Street, was stolen three weeks ago, his body being found jater In the Hudson off Piermant. Argument for the aforesaid per- i r , it mission was made by Joseph Ro- soaualied with ding woman, Pailippa, who uel | find a inan of about thirty, with a| Himself instinctively against the crash | (light of stairs leading to the ground . le John Piling, ts, dressed eta, 3 * . i f a ship carrying’ munitions for the| a h .|. Mra, Kane hae forgiven her husband a thurs Dek GUatrling ia, ae MnO Pomme ed TOUR oho Tate tars, oa closely trimmed mustache and an/of the anticipated thunder, But no| floor, where siood a little, mouse > s PEL ate esc’ Corea ntatee ana | Yor tie ntvemoe’ Gn hee tle een dicted men, Santo Consumano, and spokesman for counsel to the other four, John Melchione, Antonio Marino, Continued.) { almost comic seriousness. ternoon—an extra player named Min- | lived at Staten Island, later called for + ; dismissed. He has been on the force Bess as looked as though her pursuer had ‘unny I never ran across you be- sa tie Deyo. Minnie had bee scen to { viata Jamer Ruggieri and Roberto Raffaele. | eleven years and has a good record, the 73 UV must be doped as) come upstairs after all—perhaps i0| tore" Phe inglishman sav down HEIN Clara Hope recovered ficet to go down, ald suddenly to re, | 2/8 clothes, saying Winter's ship had| Assistant District Attorney Dineen: well as crooked to try|her stocking-feet, But as nothing|rather stitny at the other side of the from her experience with | coil, and now she was clutching her| been torpedoed and all hands lost. any trick as clumsy as ie epee Sy pedis table. “My name is Lounsbury, as the tiger skin she could) hands together in a desperate effort] Mrs, Mary Risley, at whose house that.” gan to flag. She was desperately | perhaps you know. Or haven't you not for several seconds|», regain self-control John Shriver boarded, at No, 162 No Underwear is im charge of the Homicide said to-day that arrangements being made to sumbit a c! murder against the five men others In the Vaerotta case and \detectives were working along line. The new matter would go fore the Grand Jury in « few days, he sald. FIRED AT} FORGIV! Policeman Kane, However, Stand Trial Defore Commissioner, was served this morning with @ ¢ mons by Police Captain Krusher of Sta~ pleton to appear for trial Defore the Police Commissioner for discharging his revolver without cats, thought that when he comes up for ar- ralgnment to-morrow the case will be f ” pew 3 Schermerhorn Street, Brooklyn, sa mine,” came the reply. "You pre-|have known that sho dozed at all, .q sen wytiend af the management.| the more sho recalled of the conver-|Remvee is Aonciratey merrwhece | he enlisted in the navy during the tend to find it in the discard, My /only when she opened her eyes there)1 hope you'll excuse ine for asking|sation she had overheard the more|' There has been an accident.” ee ee en opinion is that you found it up your ete mace i alia Merani, such a rum lot of questions. But with| certain She hecame that something; Clue and Clara Hope reached | fers Bded 3 sleeve,” eeeihe int tatlest ‘gna. {ll these artists and actor chaps| serious was afoot. {the spot at the same instant, and pert e nating in the daintiest slippers imag-|croung there's seldom a chance to; Creaping out from her undignified | before the crowd A Good Time at for Disatled ‘Gentlemen!” It was a third voice, | inable. Some one was sitting on the) meet anybody of a different sort—| position, Clara hurried into the circu-| “Hold them back for a Sallors Sot ] and like oil trying to pour divan, ah 7 9 that excepting Philippa, of course. Shejlar room. The wind, unburdening it- | said the detective in her ear. The first of a series of outings for itself upon troubled waters, “Gentie- Ge aise were fornauite of the| Understands photography, but only self of a sudden gust. went whining | believe you have a fit—anything. I/aisabted sallors and solilers from the nen, don't let us have any trouble. | Sor Sue had visualized on first hear-| 9 an art through the tower like a wounded | must get a close look before this mob} service hospitals in this vicinity will be The: pack must have neon, impertect se McCue accompanied his new ac-|#nimal. A door slammed. Then| runs over everything A Dracte Mart Reg US Pat Of and Poreign Countries Itis your Guarantee s. ‘The walker was a man i K. of C. will provide buses to carry the erin; frankly profane and inoredulous, | Sees sate weaignk to the ivan, derness of bottles, tanks, carboys,| Within three feet of her, making for Wait!"—as if|non to and. from the park and the| of Value and Satisfaction. | others doubtful but conciliatory, fol-| “Gn my dear? At last!” ‘he mur-|tubes, retorts, electrical apparatus | the stairs to the floor below. Just as d lost her reason. League of Catholic Women will give THE B.V.D, COMPANY, NEW YoRK lowed, and Clara turned just in time io See a door open, throwing a bright glare into the great, bare, circular artment through which she had lately groped her way. Out of the door strode a man she had never seen ‘before. He was dressed in one of the Shakespearian . costumes so prevalent that afternoon liken doublet and hose, a plumed hat thrust on the back of his bead, F ber on the second floor hi Ai he liying under the noonday sun, And “ "tk tit is, dear, 1) Sleeping cham or | atmosphere, but the impending threat papain and a jeweled sword-hilt sparkling| »,"1 don’t know whe ; ¢ the wing and next to Lounsbury's if his head was a mere mass from which oe bi feel depressed and have _horrible}ot the of the familiar jagged flashes with | issued an ever-spreading stain, Three others followed—or at least emerged—from the card-room. But they were in less of a hurry, and used to exchange a few words be-| When I—oh, J oughtn't to talk to you] name.” “Stop crowding, please!” he or- fare alepenaing. ‘One of them wore| this way! I am ashamed, It's only| “«Mociue.” empty corridor at my back than of| dered, in a voice which compelled # lung black coat, somehow familiar, | nerves, I suppose.” ‘The Ferret retired early, but with-|the storm itself, I even stepped out | obedience. “Some one has been killed, and they all appeared to be regretting the incident of the five aces, used to be nervous. Can't we end the| fore midnight, as he had promised | sainst the rdiling of the correspond- |If it is any onc you know." When they had gone, Clara thought| present situation somehow? It's get-| himself to do. Going to a window, he| ing balcony on the floor below, was| Then hoe began speaking sooth- for a minute that she was alone, and| ting dangerous.” noticed that a storm was brewing. A|the top of a ladder, I looked away | ingly to Clara, as if he wanted every- was considering the advisability of} “I know. But don’t ask me to do| still in theatrical tume, was | Over the gardens, fascinated in spite | body to see that he was merely giv- looking for some better place to sleep. What held her back was the light which still strramed from the open doorway. And then from the card- ‘Possibly. But we mustn't sit here.| found an oustide door, and stepped | jecting horizontally, and some one she “managed to whisper. room itself stepped another figure. | Same one will see us." cautiously into the grounds, was drawing it in through the win. |,, "No sccident at all—it's the coldest Like he of the plumed hat, this fel-|" The man laughed, not altogether!” 4 long circuit of the building|dow- At the same time the clock in| Dooded murder I ever ee Jow was tall and musoular. But there | mirthfully. brought something tangible. It was|the tower began to strike two, and|_ Jt 18 Jean Kstamps,” interrupted was no mistaking that buff leather jerkin. It was the monkey-man whom She had seen doing tricks at the gate. His eyes followed the route taken iy his recent companions, but he made no move to go in their wake— just took a step or two toward an ascending flight of stairs which be- gan in a further segment of the tower-room, peered for an instant down its gescending counterpart that had its head near the balcony, gave # hurried glance about as if looking for some enemy lurking in the sha- dows, and retreated as he had come, closing the door after him. The balcony hecame unendurable. Clara Hope stole up another fitght of stairs on her belated search for a couch. As she did s0 she became aware of the rhythmic click of a pur- mured softly, sitting down, looking for you everywhere. When found you Weren't in the room"—- “I was restless,” responded it required no eyesight to detect th exchange of kisses. “What is wrong the man. “You haven't been quit yourself for weeks.” dreams. It's almost as if 1 were afraid of something—I don't “Yes, 1 suppose so. But you neve anything yet. myself,” ‘You're overworked.” “See us—this time of night?” “Yes; around. that we are being watched—all th time.” you can never tell who | That's nonsense.” “I hope so, But thing. Leave Jean Estamps to do hi own work—promise me!" “Haven't I already promised a suf- ficient number of times?" “What is that?" said the woman, suddenly. “It smells like something burning. I've noticed it in this corridor before. “Perhaps Yen Hui is offering cense to his ancestors,” responded th man, “Or maybe it is candle grease.” ‘As for Clara, she could emell noth ‘I've been the woman, after an interval during which ”" anxiously asked know what. And then it goes away so suddeniy I'm so distrustful of 1 can't get it out of my head there's another with an attempt at lightness. and such other contrivances as a man with a passion for chemical research would be apt to collect. Here they spent the remainder of the afternoon, The Ferret became so interested in Lounsbury that he gladly accepted an invitation to dine in the laboratory And later, by complaining that he had not been lodged to his taste, he suc- ceeded in being offered a comfortable I e wn. "It will be jolly to have you,” ex- claimed the now openly enthusiastic host, “But [ say—I didn’t catch your Tl out undressing, and woke shortly be- pacing backward and forward along a path only a fow yards away. McClue descended to the laboratory, |nothing of seeming importance—just open window into one of the But McClue regarded it iS) an kitchens. e thoughtfully before climbing in over {ts sill. He had just missed seeing that rect- it reached the stairhead Clara heard a sharp, metallic tinkle. From ‘her infancy Clara had never been able to shake off a constitu- tional fear of lightning, and always if caught alone during a thunder | storm she felt like hiding her head under a heap of bedclothes. As yet no electrical disturbance was mani- fest save in a peculiar tension in the their answering reports was sufficient, “Iwas so startled,” she subsequent- ly confessed to McClue, “that I fancy | I must have been more afraid of that | on the balcony. And there, leaning of myself by the weirdness of it all, | and when I looked back again—the ladder had moved! It was now pro-| almost exactly on the second stroke— but you know what it was that hap- pened then.” McClue did know, and so did Clara} when she told her story. It was that | seeming miracle th: enveloped Ivy | formane ‘or she, too, looked down the stairway, and had seen, halfway between the top and bottom steps—the man in the new buff jerkin lying on his back, his head lower than his heels, Head? In the rays of that unex- plained light, every detail of his figure was as plain as if he had boen MoClue hurried back to his assist- ant just in time to prevent her from being overpowered. Come forward one at a time and see ing aid and comfort nerves, “Is it oO a case of really an accident, then?" one of those who had stepped up to view the body. Clara turned away. “I wonder if you feel as guilty as 1 do,” said a voice in her ear. Do Not Miss To-Morrow’s Interesting instalment. them supper, all at one price— | 50 Ing except the odor of the tanned skin beneath her head, and while she was trying to, a cataclysm shook the little world there ‘beneath the div+a. | What had happened was this: The couple, rising to go, had seen the projecting end of the skin, Un-) willing that even this litttle bit of un- tidiness should be left behind as evidence that the divan had been oc- cupied, one of them had laid hold of | it. 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Black velvet, in deflance of the August night! The idea was not so chimerical, after all. And then, to her consternation, High Heels, instead of passing on below, turned and took the stair. The room where Clara found her- self was like the one beneath—huge, circular, and nearly empty; and it . qwas lighted by a candle left burning in one of the sconces, There was He Owes his life to his Coat STEEPLE-JACK was painting the flag-pole of Palm Beach Suits| | White Flannel Trousers , es iderable danger | against the bottom of the seat. The : RP eing scone wg out (0 dash a skyscraper. Suddenly, Made of genuine Palm Beach Sosy es om bdegi f the next stair- « P . rf a entinere her aninity to eam CHAPTER II. without warning, the swing- Cith ib all tie cewett Fale the finest flannels 1 5 d ith stealth, when she ‘CLUE i. 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