The evening world. Newspaper, November 15, 1922, Page 20

THE EVENING WORLD, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1922. _ FIRE MOUNTAIN | NORMAN SPRIN GER B TLUSTRATeD BY WILL B. JOHNSTONE Tale of Mystery, Treasure, Love and the Jea - A deep voice rumbled neath Martin's nose. They were orders within, chairs seraped, a door sheets of blank, white paper, and they slanimed, and the door before which had been creased by folding they stood was opened. “This is what that precious en- Martin lurched forward velope contained,” continued Carew guide rapped. WHO’S WHO AND WHAT HAS HAPPENED: #2? MARTIN BLAKE, law clerk with a longing for adventure, gets @ taste o° it when his employer, JOSIAH SMATT, who handles some mysterious cases, directs him him freedom once before that night he lifted his foot and drove his boot against the door. And, as before, the response was immediate. A peremptory voice was raised im Past the) man who opened the door into a room* ‘Tell me, what—fooler is thi the other room to carry « sealed envelope to much larger than the one he hag just Where is that code translation “Stop! Santa Maria, eef you not CAPT. WILD BOB CAREW, who is to be found in the Black} quitted, the full width of the flouse, Where are my instructions? Where] stop, I shoot!" Cruiser saloon at Green Street and the Embarcadero, San Francisco,}#nd, it seemed, part of a suite, for are my Clearance papers? Hey—you] Martin kicked away, two doors, besides the one he entered While Blak ol!" re wa ear-splittin, is getting his instructions as to delivering the envelope staring fool There was an ear-splitting crash, @ > F ;|through, let upon ft, from the rear “Stop that!" flared Martin. ‘You| splintering of wood, a hot streak pass- DR. ICI! a dandified Japanese, sits at Smatt’s table. While Ichi} wai. 't the instant of his tempertu- moderate, your’ totie, Wien you speak| (ie 0. cide 6 Mactn'h’, Nebmane viously kas been closeted with Smatt, a supposed book agent who] ous entrance he had eyes only for tie to me! If you have any cumplaint tc| scorched, a tinkle of broken glass Aartin later learns is dominant figure that stood behind a make, make it to Smatt, and Ich. | from the window behind him, a smell paper-littered table. To this man Martin addressed himself without pre- liminary “That with the|he cried LITTLE BILLY, a hunchback, steward of the brig Cohasset, ap- | ; } arently tries to sell a “Compendium of Knowledge.” The book agent, owever, lets his eyes rove all over the place as he talks. His attempt 1 i The envelope was given to me sealed | of burnt gunpowder. The man ha@ and I delivered it to you sealed.” shot through the door at him! It has been tampered with!" de ‘ef you not stop the keek, I sheot ed Carew. " lower!" came the voice. It has no’ Martin sat down quickly upon the hear?” Japs have a woman woman—didn't you “These at a sale is interrupted by Smatt’s summons. When Blake, asserted Martin. ‘It 4 fs , 5 The! rawled into the neat " inf st. te-enters the Ae prisoner in this house—a white you found those blank sheets with-| floor. Then he crawled in envelope in his pocket, re-enters the main part of Smatt’s office he has| Woman: * se This is her cap. I Tee ay. WEN DILBEA tists Waters i|'buc CORRME ane Ohedetied /NERISATIaE a-sense of some one’s having just left. That night, on his errand, Blake | saw" veckived the Gnvelone wail, No panto gripped him, but ee encounters “Are you the messenger who was Martin's bearing, and his positive] instinct of self-preservation. ; THE BOSU OF THE JHASSET, alcoholically mournful over to come to Hh to-nigh interrupted statements, evidently impressed the} Chiefly, he eee ee He, i $ birthday ‘present for the brig’s ‘blessed little mate,’ W hen Blake Gh om: Caprein: Catews” with the men who sent me here," said siranes thing abouf that envelope. i refers to Ich! and-Carew, the Bosun, a gigantic, h-less Englishman, be-} _.. , idanio teen Rata Mariid had been aA much #urpHeea ie i a 1 was suddenly borne in upon Mar- “y 7 ht, I take mat 4 kind of j comes suddenly belligerent 4 4 " tin’s consciousness that he was in You are right, | take the mat-Tcarew at the contents. What te i As he nears the “Black Cruiser” Martin runs into Little Billy, the presence of a personality. LN paar at ait Lory arew-|p game were eli and HL ABA | whom he tells of the bosun’s anxiety. Though Martin detects no odor ais Bibel feats Rata gargoyles, TTIUNEL Ibis traci cryeus Unt s nding Paves trees mre H 5 e two Japs who 3 8 or 0 } of liquor on the hunchback, Little Billy appears unsteady and, in} farther valli they ala net count. ce to the bottom of this affair.”’ piper? Did Smatt and Ichi know j seeking to maintain his balance, seizes the law clerk's overcoat, in} Martin stood still and played his He barked an order in a sorely avout the abduction—the Imprison- | which he carries the envelope Smatt was sending to Carew, Near the] eyes upon the other in appraisal. tongue. The two gargoyles 7 a ment of that girl who masqueraded a ; y overci ; “Blac! And he was a picture to fill the eye. other end of the room sprang to life <= y overcoat? i ¢2lvcon Mart!n passes a figure in a grav overcoat. He enters the “Black ye, BGh pas n thi y I Gn ener pic g m of the lodging house upstairs {tis man who bore himsett so aisdain- and started awittly toward Martin. “tie 4 ruiser” anJ is put in an empty room o} e lodg sta fully, this Capt. Wild Bob Carew. Martin wheeled about and darted} AY® ¢ | while Carew ‘s to be told of his-arrival. As he waits in the dark room| Went glimmering the graceless, blas. -{for the door to the hallwa As he aa Arta taken? If he could only, f he hears a noise that makes him look out in time to see a group of nh mous sea renegade of Martin's ue parean . (lil ao ete acini ep eat a P; i | e oj 5 g , © a ‘ancy i * ids : ied Ss ef veca } Japanese dragging a beautiful white girl, clad in a gray coat, along Gat, Carew wad wills the bana Bie a maNaeTle tiole Marti ars became suddenly, the pass: As he opens the door, a fist shoots through, hits him in} omest man Martin had ever seen ‘Then a heavy blow smote his jaw- Ware of a faint, strange sound. i Somebody as tapping on the the pit of his stomach and knocks him back into the room He stood at lea Somebody was tapping on the wall st six feet, and was bone and he went a-dancing through The full, leanly and finely built. He was per- a world of bright, shooting stars into|}} the next room. Another esos ARTIN crouched on the bed's}little man, bowing courteously haps, thirty-five years old, but the darkness. 1 was the girl—of course it was the edge and panted to recover his ev aconn all hee yt i th springiness of youth was still in his eee aE ae tap-t: There it vee - geet manded Martin angrily. ‘*Who struck | carriage. Fie chroupn the lao -tapete ap-tap hn Peete noe) Sontag) wittoutl ris through’ the door? Who was that| But Martin divined @ flaw in that HEADLONG fiigh POL Peedehanla tilda ada rept rs §rew faint, a door slammed, and the] white woman? What was that gang] fine mask darkness, falling, falling, into], curved lips were » wall with his own knuckles, In- ee Bouse was again quiet. doing with her?’ shaded by a short, blond mustache,]| THEN A HEAVY BLOW SMOTE the bottomless pit. A crash.|, intly came the response from the In the back of his excited mind No understand," the Jap said.| but that hirsute covering did not con-| HIS JAWBONE AND HE WENT A- And Martin's mind and Martin’sjoiner side, the same number of raps. Ganced grim shaduws of the tales} “NO woman—no gang. No savvy. be the cruel quirk. DANCING THROUGH A WORLD body became one again as he struck |4 plain answer, ; Ree, RN hen tcinean Viendwa, ‘ownlts No iavyyocblesllé)) cred) Mar lartin thrust his hand into his in-]OF BRIGHT SHOOTING STARS ata But Martin’s elation was short live | . tin, and he pounced down upon the| Side overcoat pocket and felt of the] INTO DARKNESS, a ae The unseen tapper immediately com- amen lost forever in some under-| pray cap which was lying on the|@?velope. Smatt's formula came to He was lying face downward upon] enced again, tap-tap, tap-tap-taps round cave of Chinatown. Sickening] hallway floor. He held it up for| "iS Ips. tone made Martin jump. ‘‘Young)threatening glare. solent sailor. a bare floor. He moved his head]tap, tap. thoughts! the other's inspection. “You savvy|, “'! Wish to see you on the Hakodate|™man, you were sent here to deliver! ‘you—you—that coat!" stammered| “If you value your skin and your labout and took stock, as well us he| Surely there was method in that BIAS’ deove hie. t st the| thie?" he demanded business," he suid certain papers to me. Do so.” Martin, employment!" So that was it—a eee rregular tapping, A signal, a talk rove his boot against the tae : mivatieeare tert “It is time that business was set-| Silently, Martin handed over the jough!"’ exclaimed Carew. ‘‘You] threat! He would show this high- could, of his new surroundings n code! But he could “ot read it. door, It shivered and splintered. came Sas one cea ‘eae cho ee tled Did the Chief send you?"|envelope. He was baffled. He was| hi finished your business with me, nded Captain that Martin Blake pcpebratate of his fe remetal a ‘The best he could do was repeat the | Before he could kick a second time ‘ ci) de ~~ | Carew responded promptly. angry. young man. Your guide will con-| would risk his skin us readily as the| Matches. he room was bare, not a . ve . ye y & i. 8 aps. is, evidently, did not Gianale ary trom ihe alli Oe ee “That is correct,"” said Martin. “Now—get out!" ~~ commanded] duct you to the street. And a word|next man. The police stick of furniture in it. To his sur i s Bue ats Eee el re oa pet Rs aco: cee aa ny hat—no understand,’* he said] He half withdrew the envelope from| Carew, waving him toward the hall.|of advice, my good fellow: If you] ‘God, what treachery is this!" prise, the window lifted eaally. But{satisty the sender. | fp was unlocked. Martin jérkedligriaply. ‘You come for he Captain! | is pocket and then hesitated, Martin took @ step toward the door] value your siin and your employ-| Carew, his face convulsed with pas-|the hand he shoved without met athe other sid : t open. Confronting him was the} —you catch business he Captain!''| “But, Captain Carew, you could not} and then stopped short. ment, you will promptly forget every-| sion, was regarding him. heavy wooden shutter and a padloc Ihe Bell Syndicate, Ine. t. No hope | (Copyright, 1922, by ¢ mY ‘@panese who had been his guide, Martin saw he could get nothing| have understood me aright!" he ap-| He saw a man's gray overcoat lying] thing you may have seen in this What does this mean?” cried | that locked the shutter fast. No hope Desper and deeper the Once Who had gone to ‘make prepare''| from this fellow and without further] pealed. ‘‘I tell you, these Japanese|on the floor in the corner. house!" Carew. ‘Come back here, you! Ex-| of getting away through the window | Deeper ane happens to Mart | @aptain Carew. words followed the Japanese. They] have a young white woman : He whecled upon Carew again and| Martin choked upon his rage. With-| plain this beastly trick!’? OI tHac En OlGOOE: yooh ed eran ate ee “You come now," announced the! paused before the last door. The} ‘Enough!" b rked Ca His| found the latter's eyes upon him in ain him surged a hot hatred of this in- He thrust the sheaf of papers be- | sorted to the method that had brought Blake to-morrow. : } : wholesale, at 49% cents, and State dairy tubs, 42 to 48% cents; the former retail at 59 to 65 cents per pound and the latter 55 cents, or an Inere cents over Saturday's holiday der an increased demand from buyers] tras, late the etter reasonable on will probably trade and the nuts while stimu- ewite and pears arrived the last of the week from the Pacific Coast, This con- signment was said to be in excellent condition and selling at ood prices Florida tangerines to the number of 580 half boxes sold at $2.50 to $4.50 on the streets 8 is likely day of last eipts for pounds Id fro retailer char downward tendency of pri to become a fact. Wedn week perhaps the large: 2 day, 9,000 baskets of three each, were received and to $1.65. The with their charcoal braziers. Receipts on the wholesale market have been comparatively ligat and much of the Southern stock, poor. Fancy State and Pe nut buy her who had run out of stock. The bulk of the delayed shipments arrived Mon- day and with that held over from the made a Guide 'f Housewives’ feat preceding week considerable e of 2 Mushrooms are usually considered of Market Prices - from 45 8 per ,pound; 1s = nee Oni aale eamery ex- quotation at the chain stores. { and Alabama Satsuma oranges | chestnuts sell at $12 per bushel of|juxury, owing to the high quotations| fo toh OL exe air oad store to place on sale. Creamery ex- quotation ai i grapetrult and oranges, from Florida | 8° Pounds and retail 18 cents pe] for hothouse products. This year the i * Shipments of Thanksgiving turkeys| sale price is 35 to 58 cents for West-| 87)" ees “| pound or 2 for 35 cents. Hickory closed the week lower and retail mar- kets dropped the price for oranges to 10 for 26 cents and grapefrult to for 29 cents. yield is so large that the predicted pele bra The butter market has steadied un- Reports are that the turkeys in cold storage are mainly foreign stock of low grade, and that, if the experience of last year is any criterion, storage birds will have no appreciable effect upon the market. | \Jwill begin from distant points this ‘week, but turkey operators still only guess at the probable supply and prices. Birds have not been able to fatten properly owing to the warm weather, and many will not be in con- dition for even so late a holiday as Thanksgiving, Nov. 30. Because of the unusually large consumption of poultry this fall, delears believe there will be a big demand for turkeys if industrial conditions are good. At present turkeys are retailing at 68 to 70 cents for spring, and 65 cents for storage ones, but it is expected that the price will go up to 75 cents un- nuts are meeting only a small demand except for fancy quality, which whole sales $3.75 to $4.50 per bushel of 50 pounds. The consumer pays 35 to 45 cents per pound, Brazil nuts are 17 to 25 cents per pound retail; almonds, 35 to 40 cents; walnuts, 35 to 45 cents; and hazelnuts, 25 cents. 7 ‘The up-state cows vie with each other to supply the rich milk which makes LIEDERKRANZ The market for basket grapes has lately been in very poor shape, cording to the Produce Price Current, with a dull demand and most of the Concord arrivals out of condition Heavy losses recently in the Penn Yan district have resulted from frost dam- ages and almost the whole Cataw! crop has been ruined except for wine making purposes. Only a small quan- tity, relatively, had been picked vefore the freeze. The Concords which were A large variety of fish is displayed in the fish markets this week and the first king mackerel steaks are selling at 40 cents per pound; bess, 40 cents; kingfish, small, sweet-meated and dark, 25 cents per pound. Hali- but is 45 cents; salmon but 380 cents: striped bass, 45 cents; fine blue- fish, 30 cents; butterfish and Boston tmackerel, 35 cents; cod, 30 cents; filet, 40 cents; smelts, 40 conts per pound. Among the cheaper fish are|on the vines suffered less on account : : Jess the quantities of birds shipped in] white perch at 28 cents, weakfish | of the protection afforded by the heavy Children Like greatly exceed expectations, and flounders, 28 cents; haddock, 12] follage on the vines. 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