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__THE EVENING WORLD, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1923. e Secret Toll By, Paul and Mabel Thorne, “—~wA=2_ «—T]]ustrdated by Will B. Johnstone. coepwRigrit BY Sei1t SYNDICATE, e— W.,. a ave endeavored to remain Invisible."")ing a prize fighter in the chair of) high social position. Marten then drew a chair near the| higher mathematics at some untver-| ‘My next step, therefore, wan to bed and sat down. sity make a list of the victims and all their “Do either of you mind my smok- “Forgive me, Mr. Forrester, 1 I|business and social acquaintances. 1! inet! He ak taking a clear from| bore you with these extraneous com-|then compared these Ista to ascertain ORRESTER awoke to find him- self in the same bedroom tn Me which he had recovered con- sciousness after the attack made upon him in Jasper lane. The of business. which the city detectives brought to let all who wished to do so enter y unsound,’t] “Prentice’s father also willed him] about that night. The package mys-|the cottage, but none would be al- successfull the piece of property upon which the] teriously disappeared, and as I learned |lowed to leave. You were the first. excited his|oak t stands, A few weeks before/later through Miss Sturtevant that] Later, Lucy appeared and it is as became an|the affair started, Prentice ostensibly] Prentice left the dance for approxi-] sumed that she discovered you in the ' ocket ‘obacco y principal] ments, but {t is a subject thi s|the ay © 18 sold roper man named y e-¢ : r re : ition of his surroundings was a| Nis PO ats B Scene ay gl Toll Rese wines = = the men known In common to all, of he had} sold this property to a man named} mately three-quarters of an hour, he| cave. When Prentice arrived Lucy Se eieing AHMGIRKE. tke a aon | MUR ones Ho , which 1 ar 5 ope. |the majority of the victims. In this of re-| Hans Eckmoler, who in turn quickly | undoubtedly secured it. We were ab-| warned him and between them they . . I share In common with all who must | by educating Influential men Ike you,| way I discovered a certain num-|cuperating his broken fortunes, I be-|sold it to a colored woman who lived| solutely sure then that Prentice was| hastily prepared the hood with which the whole scene in the underground wed iy " force in| that the system will be changed; that } . puaenge Was recalled w deeply upon nervous force in| tha ; nged; that} her of men known to all the victim. ntinued his threats and]in a small cott on the propert the chief conspirator, probably being|he disguised himself. ‘‘Yes,"" added their work eventually we will have a great cen- Ives and habits of these men rt eer Insane joy offa w without vis-| assisted by the chemist and the] Marten, noting Forrester's astounded man, by the w vietim and then kill-]ible means of support and without] Negress, Lucy. But we had no actual] expression, ‘that was Prentice with the attendant mys-/any financial resources which could| eviden whom you fought. We entered the appealed to] be located, This unquestionably in-| “Our next opportunity was fur-| passage just as you conquered him. ature.” |dicated preliminary preparation de-|nished by the Melville incident.”* “And you have captured them alll said For-| Signed to eliminate any connection of] “Tell me one thing,” interrupted | exolaimed Forrester. Prentice with the r There| Forrester. “What was Mary's con-| ‘On the contrary That he should again have been} Moth urged him to smoke, and while | tral department Ike Scotland Yard, or} were invest rescued by the girl poss da signi-| Marten lighted his cigar, Mary Sturte. at detective bureaus of sarge ficance which permitted of vi-] vant explained his connection with the] cities will be separate from the regu- ating doubt. Mary Sturtevant was] case to Forrester lar police depagtments. unquestionably hand and glove with Mr. Marten was In the Govern-| ‘You do not bore me, Mr. Marten,” the “Friends of the Poor.’ For-| ment Secret Service for many years,| returned Forrester. "On the con- ted In search of a pos-| playing with No definite results, Finally, |ing him. pondering over the case one day, ‘he initials of one man impressed them selves upon me. His initials were F. P.—the same tmitials that would |r sible clue. on with your stor ’ replied Marten, Rr weed tere ped bees i Dieher rll bans ag investigative ser bid i sien fll ohn Raped in stand for ‘Friends of the Poor.’ Such These were the facts which I dis-| were rumors, too, that this woman] nection with that affair?” e all dead—but the case ts ould hav eemed| vice fo : ned h ered her husband rs] ‘I can explain that, Robert,” repl her from their clutches—but she had| ‘You probably noticed that the] the present case.”* ns fasdlp. 10 be. ech mared asl ayia | the: girh mT knew that Mtr" Melville * repeated Forrester. not Iistened to him. Now the whole| majority of the men victimized by this] ‘Well, enough of that," sala Mar- dunes, yet this story ed a possi-| was in danger when I saw Prentice said Marten, "You SAiel terrible secret was within his grasp| supposed band of extortioners were|ten. ‘Now for the story I came here and yet that love for her must hold] prominent in banking circles. That} to tell Aim back! constituted a direct assault upon the] styniiKe police detectives, I do not How could he expose the “Friends| banking fraternity. While people out-|\ nediately ascribe a erime to the of the Poor’ and drag her down in] side of banking circles did not know lower criminal classes. I know that the crash? Bolsheviki they might bel of it, this persecution was sradually| cininal tendencies extend upward —murderers they surely were. Public Laake tte SO ee actiat pageeone through every stratum of society. My opinion, aroused now to fever heat.) Wix : first effort, th to place the ble basis for Prentice having a hold| there. After gotng to the conserva-| Prentice with his own gas. Lucy over the Negress. tory with his son, it suddenly oo-|caped and went to warn the chemist. gation revealed the| curred to me that I might find some} He, probably realizing that escape + had received | evidence in Prentice’s car—particu-| was impossible, killed both Lucy amd considerable financial assistance at|atly as I now knew about the gas| himself with the s We found their different ds from Prentice and] ®2d the mask through your advens | bodies when we went to his place. The was ur tion to him, More-|ture. Knowing that my next dances} most Intricate case of my career, over, this vho was a chemist,]| Were with you, I felt that no spe therefore, has, been satisfactortly, Further invest fact that H i refore, or e @8 ed the d given up a large sum to this sup would hae that not one escaped’ the} coeed society, or his murder was re-| Possible eocial standing of the crim- had invent poison gas, the} attention would be drawn to my ab-| solved and a terrible menace , re- full penalty. : : ‘Ais Ited at the bank 1, and thus learn approximately jomeitia ot Pies He | cance) eb f exduued wiyellt ai slipned| moved. Uniess the girl were part and par-| ported, a mild run resulted at the bar , cel with the organization and knew | with which he was associated. If there where to look for him. man Gove f ‘ 1s to the} Out. In the compartment under the “And Prentice's. family,” mur- their inmost secrets-—their every| Had been only one or two cases this “In the nt instance I took all war. Here, Mr. I rb, were a re-| front seat of Prentice's car I found] mured Forrester. ‘What about e! m b data and analyzed the abl ave one of the gas cylinders with the |them?” m n| would have had little effect, but as|the availa e wi id ever have bi Bree ats gine Hee tcom that] numerous banks were brought into the} situation. Two points impressed m it wa iat : a Ge gets attac he Hoping to avert an “Mrs. Prentice turned everytht hidden passage where no one knew] matter there was at Jency to spread | at one One, that for approximately pieces of a : nee, our ease) Other murder T tried to stuff my} over to the M. B. A. She hada small that he had gone this fear and the germs of a panic] a year not a single clue had been dis wan closed 1 the probieni handkere hiet into the tube The ivate income, however, which the Suddenly he felt a cool, soft hand were insidiously gripping financial cir covered Second, the enormous how to get t ‘ 1 dared not handkerchief was too . sol tore ssociation refused to touch, She and upon his forehead, He opened his| cles. ‘The matter was finally taken up | amount of money which had been ex- args ‘ 4 f, nor have 3t in half and then succeeded. her daughter, Diana, left this morm- eyes and turned his head at a special conference of the Midland | torted, This had reached the sum of dinary ex come into contact} “And,” completed Marten, “the gas|ing to go to Europe, where they will Sturtevant sat by the beds'de, gazing | Bankers’ Association nearly a quarter of a million dollars.’ danger cf} being forced into the cylinder under] remain indefinitely down at him with bright eyes as she “Shortly after you were selected as} “I. ¢ red those points," ng his susj s; yet it was| Pressure, it naturally qlew out the] Now," terminated Marten, rising, a victim, the M. B. A. engaged Mr. | Forrest “but they gave no clue. mperative essing ndkerchief when released; a me-| "I am sure that I have cleared Migs reproach-| Martén to solve the r of the Ah, because nu lacked — tw ivesti ; hould come] Chanical condition which did not oc-| Sturtevant of any suspicion in your r to Miss Sturtevant. Your chile L was en] OUS Suspicions of Miss Sturtevant, the y ade it very hb k in New ee et es. We dared not because a hot-headed| yy eyes, and I will leave you two to- gether to solve any further prob- rd for her/iems you may have in your owm t you into | way Friends of the Poor,’ and the secret | things,” returned Marten. Gan with evita win “Oh, Robert,"’ she exclaimed, “are] tol! which they were imposing upon]ence and the outside viewpoint , you feeling all right again’ I have] bankers. Mr. Marten has been the |in analyzing the first point, I seriously been so worried. It \s two days since ble detective, working behind bted the existence of a group of like many we brought you he Each time|the scenes in this case, Just how|men as implied by the name ‘Frier Hon i the sec ten shook hands with Forrester you awoke you were delirious and we] he accemplished his great work 1] of the Py When a gang is ope to the Gov n like you might have upset/and Mary Sturtevant and left the had to give you sleeping powder® to} ehal) leave to Mr. Marten to tell you.” | ating it is diMcult to hold the men illy-laid plans. room, A minute later they heard the uld be unnecessary now for| thrummin: keep you quiet. “Your story will certainly interest’ together. Something slips sooner or her to take “It s of the engine as he drove ‘Then she seized his hands in her| me," declared Forrester, smiling at later, just as in, the case of the il set without | US to explain in detail the various lit- away in his car own and held them close to her.| Marten, and elated at the though:| West Side Italians who were caus 1s to her pur-| tle incidents which aroused your sus- THE END. “Robert,” she murmured, ‘now that] that Mary Sturtevant had been work-|by the police. I became convince i th h the|picions of her. With your present it 1s all over, I can answer you.}ing in a good cause. “I had about|that we had to deal with one man rent the Brad. | Knowledie of the case you can ensily | ¢ f love you!’” lost th in the supposed abilities] only $s even more convinced of summer, This| Understand the underlying cause in S ' He drew her hands back to him|of detectives.” this when I considered the amount of iciently near A Sea Story, a Mystery » watch it, and also Mr. Forreste h of Prentice’s home rten, soothingly, “IT nt to com- A vrranged for Miss] pliment you upon some of your ama All in One. ve letters of intro-|teur detective work. You frequently ple who would] showed fine detective instincts, end it ) her. The stage| Was entirely due to you that pre dis t for our work just| covered how the money was obtained 1 received your 0-|from the tree. Without your visit te and pressed them to his lips. “‘All] “There are many able detectives.” | money involved. To have attempted over?” he queried, at last. “What do] replied Marten. “You made your first} to split so v an amount tn an you mean?” mistake in not going to a high-class [equitable way among a number of “T know it 1s agaipst the doctor's | detective agency, You cannot jy ordinary criminals would eventually orders to excite you,? she answered,|the ability of all detectives by ex-| have led to dissensions and exposurc “put I cannot stand this dreadful sus- | policemen like C n, or by the aver- “Then, in considering this second pense any longer. There is a man|age city men. To become a city de-| point by itself, I saw that we had to aided! § Story, a Love Story— waiting downstairs who can explain|tective a man must put in long }deal with no ordinary criminal. It was ibout the time all, I have made him stay closé at] service as a policeman; and even then /a vast sum, and the ordinary criminal 1 we hoped, through Prentice's| the cottage, that point at least might GEC OT hand every day so that when your] he has no guarantee that he will ever|type does not think in such large fig- uttack upon you, to get the defini'e} have remained a mystery cane vpa ae mind became clear you could knew] be promoted to the detective section. Jures. The result of this analysis gave evidence we desired. That explains, “But you have not told me how the the whole story immediately. I will |The peculiar type of brain, the scien- | two clues: first, that we probably had for example, the telephone calls you} case finally worked out, Mr. Marten,’" Al bring him up now," and Mary Sturte-| tific turn of mind, and the education }to deal with not more than one man; | “ROBERT, NOW THAT IT 1S ALL recelved: 7 attempted to find) out! reminded: Forrester: time you would place the] 1 was coming to that," returned the tree so gs to make| Marten. ‘We had d ely derided vant withdrew her hands from rester's, p and ran out of the room. | naturally render long prelimina ‘or-| which make an efficient detect! and second, that this man was a much OVER | CAN ANSWER YOU. y ser-|higher type than the common mule. 1 LOVE YOU.” In a few minutes she returned, fol-] vice as a policeman abhorrent to the] ‘Another point to consider was the that the money was obtained from the By Norman Springer lowed by a tall, broad-shouldered man, | men who the best detectives. |manner of death of those victims who t seem fantastte. In} ¢¢ 1 about Prent informa- | tree in some way through the avency with kindly brown eyes and streaks of | Moreover, physical requirements] failed to make their payments, These however, clues] y on sined it for] of Lucy. It was arranged with Mel —_— gray in his thick, dark hair. Helo¢ the police department shut ovt}men were all asphyxiated. I did not 1 tion, in a priv tog ville to make a pretense of pusting smiled down reassuringly at Forrester| many brilliant thinkers. Conse- | know the exact method at the time, ; ie melon ane money: in’ the trea, Miss Bturtevant Just the Sort of Tale as the girl introduced him. quently, the best detective matertal]I know it now, but the principle re ur n lay Pre ‘ \ 1 managed to convey th ‘ormation to You Can’t Resist. “This,"’ she announced, happily, “Is] seldom, if ever, reaches city police] mained the sam To accomplish th to the t 1 ac nd in v t night by t 3 p that M oi or Mr. Keith Marten, whom I call the | qepartments, asphyxiation, I reasoned that the vic erick , ie trend t Da A dan a certain night—the your = invisible detective. “The whole principle is wrong, and|tim must be lured to some place f «1 tice asped For 1 1 t ne; hi cours: visit, to be exact . : Marten took Forrester's hand and| until some other system is established| the purpose. If only one man wer 1 Serio ly of 1 Hei ne Mi ikCead Se waron lie thacthee The First Chapters in held it fur a moment with a warm, | we will continue to see fine specimens]engaged in the work, it was obvious re iM the | and t r x 1 n her on Pren- [as a ad done before, we d the friendly clasp, as he sald, “1 am very | of physical development, whose very|that he was not only acquainted with victim. aat F LW tex voullett anal womenisobitaga “At ina tine yeurene The EVENING WORLD glad to meet you face to face, Mr.} appearance advertises their calling,] the victims’ habits, but probably suf hace t r here dl hurried Th sina litaped ie then Cal ead ao G RET Forrester. I have known you well|/trying to solve intricate eriminal] ficiently well acq ted with the vi r dF His] tor t 1 ad a 1 of t my men and Miss Sturtevant and I for weeks, but chiefly from some dis-|cases by muscle-power inste of|tims themselves to possess their ecn- Dia Ayselt ¥ x were close at hand. You may t Monday, Nov. 13th tance. As Miss Sturtevant says, | It is analogous to plac-|{ fidence. All this pointed to a man of {childhood comp: How could bh " t th 2 4 uw with the fia you gave us a shock, but w e THE EVENING WORLDS, | ZRADIO-_PHONE——~ SERVICE COLUMN. Two | - 1 = s| |Brooklyn Two-Family Sacred musle by the Wesley M Houses Offer an At-} WRG AB A : : 4 : ¢ TREeT = a Church, No. 44 Avenue, of : ,| 340 P.M "Children's Book Week tractive Solution of the NEAR NEPTUNE ave vening World conduct: boys who ha rrived here by Fre i. Meleher . 5 LOOKING SoUTK. recent for Bey Beaute every T]fyom Italy, none 1 can speak | DP, ME and records f Home Problem to the La jaturday. Items for publication |) tnelish. They were sent to the ble Books That from the Manhattan and Bronx hurch by Miss Louls Ker, |” Ralph 3uver. districts should be sent to district || uincipal of Purlic school No 280 to 4 P.M. Prine I f + for ota Buyer. pee Rain alan jeadere {| maeructions were f ven in ENk- J dintance lines direct trom ( ge] of Dr. and Mis.| HOME BUILDING IN BROOKLYN @hould mail their notes to the Boy |]! by Senior Patro! Leader ena ile aot : ON TIME PAYMENTS. Reeit Sditor, The avening World, || oe oot ore, ee Sransletes - ahi = fae gh cone CPE Maw Veork Cit "Tl into Italian. On the very first night ! 1 Charles H a number ¢ c ns of I oe mee each boy learned to recite in English : oh the prevailing tyr BIG ROUND-UP WEEK AN Ao ye Ofallpmiance tothe Amer Lew on, » ‘ AOCKSES, an flag, This group ta tn charge of Hear a TTT" maria lag Ua ous TREAT + Mills, }t ¥ Assistant Deputy Commissioner UK0 | oornell | Univer D: ‘ i A membership of 500,000 will be the |i. 4. d'Allesandro peie ainest from. Polo ch > oe ; ch an ution objective of the great Anniv 5.30 P, M.—Closing prices on stock as PM cters of| The rent? from the extra at Round-up Week, Feb, 8-15, 1 WERE YOU PICKED? ie Qua a suse ceendons Ny Me ma nt Ise a possibll eee be ine orgenigation during the) 4 fifty Boy Scouts attended the] 7p, M.—"Unele Wixxtly § by | He ; Pioaram ty nd 1 Se ta ae edit We ca (s Hixposition each day last week | Howard H. Garis, auth 1 As \ 6 It," by| would Ry fa Deke te taactia meniore, y, and whenever they saw a] eye ty an 1PM 1 t iheipros LP ; at 100,000 boys to become memt Me eee eee te ia iva MENGRL ERED tee 0.01 PM. —Contln ep The houses under _¢« r, to giv an applica- | tngtitute for Public 8 4 + — 5 k MOVIES. cn r 100 § roached| 6.68 to. 10 MArington time | MEDPOND HILLSIDE, ; me doar Bxgout ve John I, Beaudy sent ca in ie sixunla. Official won { O00 abs ae. | i ‘ ‘ eo division annuonces th Reet cee ece 4 ef 10.01 P.M. Contr . V j there will be a moving picture ; aroaran q for all scouts of the division at t : SUNDAY P at f | Wadleigh h School on Mond f ‘ 10,30 A. M.-Musical 4 \ ! : er. 30, at 7 Your 1 , edith Ae M—Standara us} , i tamfly house buitd-| 7 LY HOUSES IN BROOKLYN, OCCUPYING'PLOTS 20x55 FEET AND COSTING $13,500 EACH. eard will adi u y r m ing << ; : one, get it without delay, | ! ; ' Me Bsr ali gat 1 aM \ § t F below: n be credited t ome from they me amounting to $900 a year, m4 t : ducted by Washbaugh, Pate 1.46 P. & f urth t th A the sec n First Mort tpartment which the owne creates a profit of $313 . ieee vere new over 6.000 Soouts 5TH DIVISION RALLY GREAT |tion, for the seven boys present t 6.00 I \ 7 Fae eee cit Mat Pana P ( 60%) 270.00 | $900. wn plans, @ frat class investment, Manhattan,” said Capt. Jar SUCCESS. part in every event. They w n-| 8.80 P.M é ae s aA : und over $300 to the Beard, Scout Executive of t eee my ae TIUAY cute cq unaalae | u t , Subtracting the $900 from $1.85 p hate Cannell, “but we cx . ; mit : “ : Se hala ean ‘ A ‘ate ! ! : * 5 4 leaves @ net carrying charge of $957 Isr planning an@ scrapt $0,000 if we had enough Ic ‘ tt 1 ind a leader among t ef ur a . = for’the year, and demonstrates the|and working and saving to put your. = : i t a I A $857 3 eelic School No. 62, Hester \ creditable} under whom they made : y ae 1 1 profit of such an in n such a position of indepen: Bossex Streeis, we jaroed ou p f y 1 “and s}ient showing " r A |} TWO THOUSAND CASH NEEDEO . x eee jenc Geout applications this week 105 | we ae iat ie : ‘ ; | of $500] vestmon “sere alled out by the boys t 4 nee OFFICIALS ALSO CELEBRATE ‘ | w ne Sen mee Ape (The small tax itena in Brook leult to get enough of ¢ ent) : Apes : sell seep etieaean iin ine i DS] ne only these items of outgo| | snail tae type of men for leaders. Mar : 4 As rere | | * | romain ‘ ed with the figure foi mot realize that just one night r : ; er, held on Wednesday ev . | | v A ed st on First Mortg 00 |Westchester County, shown previous. grill be of inestimable beneft to a Peggle aoe vlgo a howling success. Thos | 1 | | r t on Second M i ¢ exemption allowed cal group of boys.” ‘ were not present 1 be a 1” ¢ Q uf pO ) . in cities of the frst class tal 7 T p N for the next b This exemption 4 REAL SCOUT AMERICANIZATION. |», " about it. Just ¢ | Coal MW ih rian Pye the A mew troop of the 2d Division was ¢, 8 Y Wat your 1 we tus 7s oan | : re a 7,00 ie fear Bi yal they fammed last week at the Nativity|No. 638 nouncoment, Byeniog wusicale. arrying charges can be safely tig-| Now, agal he carrying charge And the rent from the extra apart- ten years beginning in January, 908