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A Detective Novel and a
Motion Picture Drama
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Presented by This Newspaper in Collaboration With
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Featuring
Miss Pearl White Elaine Dodge
Mr. Lionel Barrymore Marcius Del Mar
Read it Here KOYHheh See IT All in Moving Pictures.
WRITTEN BY ARTHUR B. REEVE
The Well-Known Novelist and the
Creator of the "Craig Kennedy" Stories
Dramatized Into a Photo-Play by Chas. W. Goddard,
Author of "The Perils of Pauline," "The Exploits of Elaine.'
'iimp the aarden wall, with
Del Mar and one of the po
licemen after Mm. while the
other only inrhwl the mall to
be draKRd down by the other
policeman.
Rlslne and I had been, aa I
hav"1 mid, talking with the
man named Bailey aim pos-d
aa a nrret service man, when
lol Mar Uiked at her earnestly. ' I
ohould he rind to ecarch for Mm," he
turned qi'lcMy. "H u the greatest
man In our pmfeeinn. Hut flrat I mint
ejtecute the rmnmlxsion of the eerret
arvtc. We must find hla torpedo model
before It Tnlls Into forrlun hands."
We talkvl for a fowr moments, then
pel Afar with a lanr at hla watch ex
cised hiinsell. We acrompiuiled him to
did lie nnthe me at flrat aa I stood Juat
behind her FlnaJly I put my hand on
the rum!u hea-in. Aa the man the door, for he was Indeed a (harming
tame over the feme, warn- n,Bn. fPt that. If In fart he mere aa-
ina Pulley, It M evident F:KnP , 1n ,-ave, I ought to know him
that, neither of them had time to eacape. , hotter
With hls'club the policeman struck tl..; J ..... downtown.- I ven-
Krrytlilnn you tpimI here totlay
tau ran ae in the faclnHlliic Pnthe
Motion Picture nt the Motion I'lr- ;hr ahnuldcr J If I had been an elder , t.wenmr of the two flat while the tail. j .., )(lRht ,,Jimlnr yoll part of
lure Theater thta iH'k. NeU min
ds? another tliapler of "The Ex
ploits f Elaine)" ami new Talhe
reels.
Into
him
my fare. "Have
vet?" she aaUe'l
Cppvrtaht. 115. by the Star t o.
'ur"Un P.lKh'a Heaerved.)
All
CHAPTER I.
Elaine Betfins Her Task
Pnm the rocks of a promontory that
Jutted out not far from the wharf where
tYu Fans; a body waa found and Ken
nedy had disappeared, opened up a beau
tiful panorama of a bay on one aide and
the sound on the other.
It waa a deserted bit of roast But
anyone who hail been standing1 near the
promonotory the next day might have
aeon a thin line aa If the water, aparkllnc
in the sunlight, had been cut by a huge
knife. Gradually a thin steel rod aeemed
to rlee from the water Itaelf, atlll mov
ing ahead, though slowly now aa It
pushed ta way above the surface. After
U rame a round ryllnder of eteel, atudded
with bolt. It waa a hatch of a sub
marine and the rod was the periscope.
As the submarine lay there at real, the
waves almost breaking over It, the hatch
lowly opened and a hand appeared
groping for a hold. Then appeared a
' face with a tangle of curly blank hair
, and keen forceful eyes. After It the body
of a man rose out of the hatch, a tall,
lalender, striking person, lie reached
down Into the hold of the boat and drew
forth a life preserver.
"All right," he called down In an ac
cent slightly foreign, aa he buckled on
the belt. "I shall communicate with
you aa soon as I have something to re
, pert."
Then he deliberately lunged overboard
and struck out for the shore. Hand over
1 hand, he churned his way through the
water toward the beach until at last hla
feet touched bottom and he waded out,
shaking the water from himself like a
.' huge animal.
The coming of the stranger had not
been entirely unheralded. Along the
shore road by which Kennedy and I had
'.followed the crooks which we thought
had the torpedo, on that last chaee, waa
waiting now a powerful limousine with
,lta motor purring. A chauffeur was alt
'ling at the wheel, and Inside, at the
, door, sat a mm peering out along the
road to the beach. Suddenly the man
In the machine signaled to the driver,
"He oomee." he crlod eagerly. "Drive
down the road, closer, and meet him."
The chauffeur shot his rar ahead: As
the swimmer strode shivering up the
roadway, the car approached him. The
assistant swung open the door and ran
forward with a thick, warm n.:it and
hat.
Neither the master nor the servant
sioke as they met, but the man wrapped
ine coat about him. hurried Into the car.
the driver turned and quickly they aped
toward the city.
fiecrot though the entrance cf the
stranger had been planned, however, It
Wss not unobserved.
Along the beach, on boulder, gaxed
thoughtfully out to sea and smoking an
old brier pipe sat a bent fisherman clad
In an oilskin coat and hat and heavy, un
gainly boot a About hla r.eck waa a long
woolen muffler which concealed the
lower Prt of hla face quite as effectually
as his straggly grtwlej whiskers.
J Suddenly, be seemed to discover some
thing that Interested him. slowly rose,
then turned and almost rati up the shore.
Oulikty he dropped behind a large rock
. und waited, peering cut.
As the limousine bearing the stranger,
on whom the fisherman had kept his
eyee rlvlted. turned and drove away, the
old salt rose from behind the rock, gated
brother.
She looked lip
ou heard from
anxiously. i
I could only shake mv headSadly. ;lie
sluhed. Involuntarily she rose and to- j
gether we moved toward the gnrden, the
last place we had seen him about the
house.
We had been paring up and down the
garden talking earneetlv only a short
time when a man made his way in from
the Fifth avenue gate.
"Js this Miss Kodge?" ha asked.
"Tea," she replied eagerly.
Neither Kloine nor I knew hlin at the
time, though t think she thought he
might be the bearer of some message
from Craig. As a matter of fart he was
the emissary to whom the stenographer
had thrown the torpedo model from the
avy building In Washington.
Ills visit waa only a part of a deep-laid
scheme. Only a few minutes before,
three crooks among them our visitor-
had stopped just below the house on a
side street. To him the others had given
flnnl Instructions and a note, und he
had gone on, leaving the two standing
there.
"I have a note for you," he said, bow
ing and handing an envelope to Elaine,
which she tore open and read.
Washington. D. O.
Miss Klalne Podge, Fifth Avenue. New
York Mv I)ear Miss Doi'ge: The bearer.
Mr. Hallev of the Recrt Hervlce, would
.-.-,,.....,. ,.-,,-.. ''the war.'
and tcfrrr we ,.nc-.v It hnd him rii,. ..,,,,,,,.. p Mar.
armed. In a mort rean-rut anrt pro-, gnVK h(m ,ifr han(, an(J h tof)k
fesslonal way be snapped the l.rsceh ts , ,t , d,.fr,al way th.t 0M
on the man. .could not heh, liking him. Klalne Waa
Klalne waa astounded at the kaleido- . ,,,,...,,
e oplc turn of sf fairs, too astonished
even to make an outcry. Aa for me. It
was all so sudden that T liad no chance
to take part In it. Besides I should not
have known quite on which side to fight.
8o I did nothing.
But as It waa over so quickly, I took a
step forward to our latest arrival. '
"Beg pardon, old man," I began, "hut
don't you think this Is Juat a little raw?
What's It all aboutr
The newest comer eyed me for a mo
ment, then, with quiet dignity, drew from
his pocket and handed me hla card, which
read simply:
M. DEt MAR.
Private Investigator.
As I looked up. I saw Pel Mar's nther
policeman bringing In anothert manacled:
man.
"These are crooks foreign agents," re
plied Pel Mar, pointing to the prlaoner.
"The government has employed me to
run them down."
"What of this?" asked Elaine holding
up the note from Bertrand.
"A fake, a forgery." reiterated Pel Mar,
looking at It a moment critically. Then
to the men uniformed as police he or
dered, "you can take them to Jail.
They're the fellowa, all right"
As the prisoners were led off, Del Mar
turned to HIalne. "Would you mind an
swerlng a few questions about , theaw
like to question you regarding the disap
pearance of Mr. Kennedy and the modul
il hla torpedo.
MORI AN RERTRAND.
T'nlted Rtatea Secret pServlcr.
Even as we were talking the other twoim,n?
crooks had already moved up und had j "Why no," she hesitated. "But I
made their way around back of the ! think we'd belter go Into the houae, after
stone wall that cut off the Podge garden , auch a thing aa this. It makes me feel
As Pel lnr and I walked down the ave
nue, he ke t up s runtdng fire of con
versation until at Inat' we came near the
1m oate.
'VhArnied to have met you, Mr. Jame
son," he said, pnusir.e. "We shall see a
great deal of each other I hope."
I had not jet had time to say goodby
myslf when a slight exclamation at my
skU startled me. Turning suddenly. I
saw a very brisk, fussy old gentleman
who had evidently been hurrying through
the crowd. He had slipped on something
on the sldewulk snd loat his balanoa, fall
ing near us
We lent over and aiwtated him to his
feet. As I took hold of his hand, I felt a
peculiar pressure from him. He had
placed something In my hand. My mind
worked quickly. I checked my first Im
pulse to apeak and, more from ourloslty
than anything else, kept the tiling he
had passed to me surreptitiously.
"Thank you, gentlemen," he puffed.
straightening himself out. "On of the
Infirmities of age. . Thank you. thank
you."
In a moment he had bustled off quite
comically.
Again Pol Mar said goodby and t d3d
not urge him to stay. He had scarcely
gone when I Jooked at the thing the old
man had placed In my hand. It waa a
little folded piece of paper. I opened it
slowly. Inside waa printed In pencil, disguised:
back of the house. There they stood,
whispering eagerly and gating furtively
! over the wall as their man talked to
Elaine.
After a moment I stepped aalde, while
Elaine read the note, and aa he aaked
nervous.
With Del Mar I followed Elaine In
through the conservatory.
Pel Mar had scarcely registered at the
jk Costs when the smaller car, which
had been watting at the fisherman's hut
BE CAREFUU
I read It In amazement.
mean ?
WATCH HIM."
What did It
her a few questions, I could not help j drew up before the hotel entrahoe. From
It alighted the fussy old gentleman, who
tlie names down the list until he stopped
before one which head:
Marclua Del Mar and valet. Washing
ton, D. C. Room 530.
With a quick glance about, be made a
note of it, and turned away, leaving the
Iji Coste to take up quarters of hla own
In the Prince Henry down the street.
Not until Pel Mar had left with his 1
two policemen did the fussy old gentle
man reappear In the La Cost. Then he
feeling that the affair had a very Sua-
pl.-loua look. The more I thought of It.
the Ice I liked It. Finally I could stand
It no longer.
"I beg your pardon." I escused myaelf
to the alleged Mr. Ballcy, "but may T
r.rk to Mlsa Podge alone Just a
minute?"
He bowed. rather ungracefully I
thought, and Klalne followed me aalde
while I told her my fears.
"I don t like the looks of It myself."
she agreed. "Tee. I'll be very careful
what I say."
While wo were talking I could see out
of the corner of my eye that the fellow
was looking at us askance and frowning.
But If I had had an X-ray, I might have
seen hla two companions on the other
side of the wall, peering over aa they
had been before and showing every evi
dence of annoyance at my Interference.
The man resumed hla questioning of
Klalne regarding the torpedo and she re
plied guardedly, a. In fact, ahe could
not do otherwise.
Suddenly we heard shouts on "the other
side of the wall, aa though someone were
attacking someone else.
There seemed to be, several of them,
for a man quickly flung himself over the
wall and ran to ua.
"They're after tie." he shouted te
Bailey.
Instantly our vlaltor drew a gun and
followed the newcomer aa he ran to get
out of tie garden In the oppoelte direc
tion. Just then a tall, well dreased, atrlklng
man came over the wall, accompanied by
another dressed as a policeman, and
ruahed toward ua.
The car Iwarlng the mysterious
stranger. Pel Mar. Vent on until It
resrhed New York, then made Its way j rea(j n. then with an air of extreme ela-
At the l.a Coste, Del Mar was met by
two of his men in the lobby and they
rode up to his room.
Imagine their surprise when they opened
bore such a remarkable resemhlsnce to; the door and found the valet lying bound
the fisherman, hastily paid his driver and Ion the floor.
entered the hotel. "Who the deuce did this?" demanded
He went directly to the desk and with j Del Mar as they loosened him.
well manicured finger, acarcely reml- The valet rise weakly to his feet. "A
ntscent of a fisherman, began tracing . little old man with gray whiskers," he
managed to gsp
Pel Mar looked at him In surprise.
Instantly his active mind recalled the
little old man who had fallen before us
on the street.
Who what was be?
"Come," he auld quickly, beckoning hU
two companions who had come in with
hi m.
Senile time later. Pel Mar's car stopped
dropped the torpedo among these treas
ures. Pel Mar, meanwhile, had followed)
F.lalne through the hall and Into the con
servatory. As he entered he could see
her stooping down "to look through the
palms for Rusty. Phe straightened tip
and went on out.
Pel Mar followed. Beside the palm
pot, where Rusty had found the torpedo,
he happened to see the old handkerchief
soiled with dirt. Nearby lay the little
propellor. He picked thm up.
"She has found It!" he exclaimed in
wonder, following Elaine.
By this time Rusty had responded to
Elaine's calls and came tearing down
stairs again.
"Naughty Rusty.- i hided Klalne, tying
the ribbon on him.
"So you have found blm at last?" re
marked Pel Mar. looking quickly at
Elaine to see If she would get a double
meaning.
"Tee. He's had a fine time runnlng
away," ahe replied.
Pel Msr waai scarcely able to conceal
his suspicion of her. Was she a clever
actress, hiding her discovery, he won
dered. Outside, on the lawn. Pel Mar's men
had been looking about, but had dis
covered nothing. They paused a moment
to vpeak.
"lookout!" whispered one of them.
There's someone coming.' "
They dropped down In the shadow.
There In the light of the street lamps
waa the fnsry old gentleman coming
across the lawn. He stole up to the door
of the conservatory and looked through.
Del Mar's men crawled a few feet closer.
The little old man entered the conserva
tory and looked about agnln stealthily.
The two men followed him In nolaelessly
and watched as he bent over the palm
pot, from which the dog had dug the
torpedo. He looked at the hole curiously,
Juat then he heard sounds behind him
and sprang to hla feet.
"Hands opt" ordered one of the men
ervering him with a gun.
The little old man threw tip hla hands.
raising his cano still in his right band.
The man with the gun took a step closer.
Aa he did so, the little old man brought
jswn hla cane with a quick blow and
knocked the glint wit of hln hand. The
second man seised the cane. The old
man Jerked the cane back and was stand
ing there with a thin, tough, steel rapier.
It waa a sword cane. Del Mar's man
held the sheath.
As the man attacked with the sheath.
the IltUe old man parried, sent it flying
from his grasp, and wounded him. The
wounded man sank down, while the little
old man ran off through the palms, fol
lowed by the other of Del Mar's men.
Around the hall he ran, and back Into
the conservatory, where h picked up a
heavy chair and threw It through the
glairs, dropping himself behind a convent-
lent hiding place nearby. Del Mar's man,
close after him, mistaking the crash of
glass for the escape of the man he was
puraltig, went on through the broken
exit Then the little old man doubled on
hla tracks and made for the front of the
house.
making their way to the library also.
Id the library, the little old man bent
over Pel Mar and Elaine. BuJ It was
only a moment later that he heard the
whole house aroused. Quickly he shut
and locked the folding doors to the draw
ing room, aa. with Pel Mar's man, I was
beating at the rear library door.
'"I'll go around," I suggested, hutrying
off. while Pel Mar's man tried to bat In
the door.
Jennings, ran to his master and t.i- lit tie
old man. In his new disguise, slipped
quietly Into the hall and out the front
(ii or, where he had a taxlcab waiting Tor
him, down the street.
A moment later I burst open the other
library door and Aunt Josephine followed
im- In, Just as Jennings himself and Mnrle
entered from the drawing room.
It was only a moment before we had
li l Mar. who was most In need of care,
Inside the little old man who had been i n ,,. of, .-h Elaine, already :egaln-
listening, saw that there waa no meana fnR con,rousn0f s. lay back In i deep
of escape. He pulled off his coat and ! PSr rhalr.
veat and turned them inside out. tin the, Mar nloed 1 tnrnrd ncnn to
Inside he had prepared an exact copy of Klalne, who was now nearly rccowied
Jennings' livery. "How do you feel?'1 I asked anxlovslv.
it was only a matter of seconds before llor .lT, ,rched by the as;h: x-
i Just below the Podge house.
rode up to Del Mar's room and rapped at
the door.
"It Mr. Del Mar In?" he Inquired of
the valet.
'No, air," replied that functionary.
The little old man appeared to con
alder, standing a moment dandling hla
silk hat. Absent-mindedly he dropped
It. As the valet stooped to pick It up, the
ld gentleman exhibited an agility and
strength scarcely to be expects! of his
years. He seised the vnlrt, while with
one foot he kicked the door shut.
Eefora the surprised servant knew
what waa aolnr on. his assailant had
.hln from hla im, k. l a hin 1 kerchief i Pat 1 " him.
in which wasNronecaled a thin tube of
anaesthetic. Then leaving the valet prone
In a oomer. with the hndkrohlX over
hla face, he proceeded to make a system
atic search of the rooms, opening all
drawers, trunks und hags.
He turned pretty nearly everything up
side down, then started ou the desk. Sud
denly he paused. There was a paper. He
"Yon men go around back .of the house
and watih." ordered Pel Mar.
As they disappeared he turned and
went up the Podge steps.
he had completed his change. For a mo
ment he paused and looked at the two
prostrate figures before him. Then ho
tcck a rose from a vase on the tabic and
placed it In Elaine's hand.
Finally, with his whiskers and wig off.
he moved to the rear door, where Pel
Mar's man was beating, and opened It.
"Look" he cried, pointing In an agitated
way at Del Mar and Elaine. "Whar shall
we do?"
Pel Mar's man, who had never seen
latlng fumes, hut sie smiled brightly,
though weakly.
"Wh'whcrc did I get that?'' she man
nged to gasp finally. cRtching sight 1 the
rcse In her hand. "Pld you put II there?"
I shook my head and she ga.cd nt the
rose, wondering.
Whoever the little innn was. he was
gone.-
I longed for Craig.
(To be continued.)
T walked lack after my strange ex
perience with the fussy little old gentle
man, feeling more than ever, now that
Craig was gone, that both Elaine and
Aunt Josephine needed me.
As we ant talking In the library. Rusty,
released froir) the chain on which Jen
nings kept hi in, bounded with a rush
into the library.
Good old fellow," encouraged Elaine,
after the car as If to fig every line of i through the city until It ame to the(ll,n .hoved It into his Kcket.
It In hla memory and than lie, too,
iiulckly disappeared up the road.
The stranger's rar had scarcely diaap
J eared when the fisherman turned from
tlio shore road into a clump of stunted
trees and made his way to a hut. Not
far away stood a small, unpretentious
. closed car, also with a driver.
"I shall le ready n a minute." the
fisherman nodded, almost running Into
ibe hut, as the driver moved bis tar up
l'-r to the door.
Ths larger motor had disappeared far
down the bend of the rd when the
fisherman reapeared. In an alnuat In-
redlble lime he had (.ranged hla oil
skins snd mufiler for a large rout and
Ilk hat. He was no longer a fisherman.
. but rather fussy looking old fntlo
inan, bewhiikered still, erith eyes looking
out keenly from a I air of gold rimmed
I asses. j
"Follow that car at any rust." he
i-rdered simply, as he let himself into the
little motor, and the driver shot ahead
dost a bit of side road and out Into the
ins in shore road nguin, urging lite car
forward to overtake the one ahead.
Such was the entrance of the lranger
Marcius Irl, Mar into America.
How I managed to pass the lime dur
ing the first days after the strange dis
appearance of Kennedy, I don't know.
It waa all l.ke a dream the apartment
tmpty, the lalxiratoiy empty. t.iy own
work on the ritar uninteresting, Elaine
k-roken-heartcd, life Its -If a b nden.
Hoping against hope, the next day t
decided to diop around at the lodKe
Hotel Ij Coste.
Pel Mar lumped out ef the car.
Aa he was going out lie stooped l-eside
hlsllhA Valt. rinovd the handkerchief from
Jvi-t then Jonnings entered and a mo
ment later war followed by Del Mar, who
bowed as we wel-omed him.
"Po you know," he began, "I believe)
that the lost torpedo model Is somewhere
In this house snd I have reason to anA
tlcipate another attempt of foreign
agents to find It. If you'll pardon me,
I've taken the liberty of surrounding the
place with some men we can trust"
While Pel M.ir was speaking, Elaine
picked up a ribbon from the table and
started to tie it about Rusty's neck. As
wet clothes covered completely by the I fHC., an, lKllnJ ,llm wlth a cord f rom ' '7. . " "... Pa. ' ..1
..ill i.......i..- "V
long coat He registered and rode up tn portiPrM. Then, atlll Immaculate in I
In the elevator to rooms which had l epHei of his encounter, he descended In
ready been engaged for him. In his suite , ,ne eiestor. re-entered a waiting car
a valet waa already unlocking lat)j drove off.
trunks iirnl Isylng out cMhes when Pel J Qult ,ideiitly, huwevs-r, he wanted to
Mar and hla asslelant entered. cover his tracks for h bad not gone a
With an exclamation of satisfaction l i hal( doIen blocks before he stopped, paid
his 'unostentatious entry Into the t-tty. i -nd 1)pWHi tha driver generously, and
1HI Star tnrew on Ills neavy coa. in"
With Aunt Josephine I had remained
In the library.
'.'What's that?" I exclaimed at the first
sounds. "A fight r
Together we rushed for the conserva
tory. ,
The fight, followed so quickly by the
crash of glass, also alarmed Blaine and
Del Mar In the hallway, and they hurried
toward the library, which we had Just
left by another door.
As they entered, they aaw a little old
gentleman ruahing In from the conserva
tory and locking the door behind him.
He whirled about, and lie and Pel Mar
recognised each other at once. They
drew guns together, but the little old
man fired first. .
His bullet struck the wall back of Pel
Mar and a cloud of vapor was Instantly
formed, enveloping Del Mar and even
Elaine. Pol Mar fell, overcome, while
Elaine sank more slowly. The little old
man ran forward.
In the conservatory. Aunt Josephine
and I heard the shooting. Just as one of
Del Mar's men ran in again, with him
we ran back toward the library.
By this time the whole house was
aroueed. Jennings and Marie were hur
rying downstairs, crying for help and
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valet h'lM.e'ied to s.tniet him in removing
dirappeered Into the theater crowo.
i ii...b ...in In the Prince Henrv.
the clothes .till wet and wrlnklod fl'" whUnor t)l. fu.,y Mi old man made his
his plunge Ir.to the a. a. . way g quickly aa ho could through a
Scarcely had Pel Mar changed ,,,, ,treet. ho went quietly up to his
clothe than he received two visitors. room
Strangely enough they were men di eased i Hl." door m, now jTcKed. He did not
In the uniform of policemen. Jhave to deny himself to visitors, for he
"First of all we mu.t convince them of I ,u f om w clult4P.(i
our noueeiy, n" mm, iiwnui n j
at the two men.
"Orders hsve been
by
!ho
vast amount of luaraphernalia and
was seated before a table dep In
.a V. Ir ii .mnlriv.(l tiv Wll Va t) If i
i . . u-. itork.
aooui in n.n ... ........ ..wiuorcniet over
pretend to arrest them on eight. You : k
. . .... 'his nose and mouth, th.-n he took up a
und.ratandT i ... ....... . ,,.,m..
"Yea lr" trey nodded tannage irjni -
"Very we... c m. ! on " Pel Mar ordered extracted the bullet h to the sp.c oc
... .... .... .... k.. ... 'enpied by the bullet ho poured 4 white
....... y.v .... .... ..... ,,t - ... .,...,... ...
Piiwoer, i.a. i. is ...-
the
WIV !'" '- . . ..
Out.lde the La Coate. Pel Mar and hla ' chnmher of a revoner urn. r,,-... ...
two i.lir,me entered th. car which lOPtiaUoii until he n.J .t fully load. d. U
had driven Pel Mar from the sea coast 'aa his own Invention of m aapnyalatlng
and were qul.kly whisked away, uptown,
until they "Time near the Podge houae.
Itcl Mar Sealed from the oar followed
by the two policemen. "There they are.
already," lie whispered, pointing up the
avenue.
All tpre hastened up the avenue now
house. As I entered the Ulnar v unau- I where, lieaidc a wall, they could see two
tiouoced. I aw thai Kla ue. with a fullli
for which 1 railed her, waa HUiit at a
tabla, her back toward the looi. Hlie
ess gaslng sadly at a plioturapli.
riiough I could out sec- It, I needed not
e be told wboM It was
fcne did not bear me come In, so en-
men looklr.g through Intently a though
very a'lmy at something going on In
side. "Arie.t thrm:" shouted Del Mar at hla
owa men ran forward.
The fight was short and sharp,
every evidence of oeing genuine.
bulltt
Perhaps half an hour lV old
gentleman, his room rtesned up. and hla
immaculate appearance restored, ssun
teied forth from the hotel down the
.....t ilk. a writable TurveVdrop, to
show himself.
Klalne seemed quite Impressed with
ou new friend. Pel Mar. as we made
our way to the library, - though I am
not sure but thai It was a pose on her
part. At amjate tie seemea quite rage.
with I to help us.
One I "What do you suppose haa become of
iiA-d was she U lisf thought. Jyf "of the men managed to kgeak away and; Mr. Kennedy f aaked Klatna
Jtlbbons, saw hla chance and quietly
sidled out, seeking refuge In the coww
serv.tory.
Alone In the conservatory. Rusty
quickly forgot about the ribbon and be
gan noatng about the palms. At last he
came to the pot In which the torpedo
nio.ltl had been buried In the soft earth
'by the thief the night it had been stolen
from the fountsln.
Quickly, f-lstne recalled herself and.
seeing the ribbon In her hand and Rusty
gone, celled him. There waa no answer,
and she excused herself, for It was
against the rules for Rusty to wander
about. .
In his haute the thief had left just a
corns' of the handkerchief sticking out
of tho dirt. What none of us had noticed.
P.uaty s keen eyes and nose discovered
and hla Instinct told him to dig for It.
In a moment .lie uncovered the torpedo
and handkerchief and sniffed.
Just then he heard his mistress calling
him. Runty had been whipped for dig
ging in the conservatory and now. with
his 111 between his lega, he seised the
torpedo In hia mouth and bolted for the
door of the drawing room. for. he had
heard voices in the llbiary. As he did so
he dropped the hsndkerchlef and the lit
tle propeller, loosend by bis teeth,
felt off.
Klalie entered the eoneervatory, still
calling- Ruaty was not there. lie had
reached the -stalls, scurrying up to the
at'lr. atlll holding the torpedo model In
I i- mouth. lie pushed open the attic
door and ran In, ltuaty's last refuge In
(line of trouble as back of a number of
trunks, smong which were two of almost
the same sise and appearance. Behind
one of them he had hidden a mis-ells
eoua collections of bones, pieces of bl
cult and things dear to his heart. He
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