A Detective Novel and a
Motion Picture Drama
Presented by This Nespaper in Collaboration With
the Famous Pathe Players.
I nib 1 sM X
Featuring
Miss Pearl White Elaine Dodge
Mr. Lionel Barrymorc Marcius Del Mar
WRITTEN BY ARTHUR B. REEVE
The Well-Known Novelist and the
Creator of the "Craig Kenedy" Storiei
Dramatized Into a Photo-Play by Chas. W. Goddard, action of .i of
.. ...... . . ....... the ring had been carried out.
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lie extended hla own left
hand. On the rlnf finger waa
another ring, but not similar.
A a he did ao the widow took
the rind from her own finger
and placed It on tha little fin
ger of Del Mar.
Good I" ha exclaimed,
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.-.vu. xiio ui uhkimii meet ma old man
ut mysiery. A ut.wraie Wnw louows.
In anica tha old man destroys Cue tor
pedo. Jameson la captured by Del Mara men
wn.m on rua way to mail a letter to the
V lilted 8 tii tee eecret aervica. Kluine
Julups hlni. Lieutenant Mudwird and
lila fnend attend a party given at ttia
i'odgo home, at which Lel Mar la pre.
nt. Unknowingly Lel Mar drops a note
which a Wee l.lajii a clue. In her etin.niH
l.i prevent hla cutting the Atlantic cable
he a discovered and made a prisoner
on the boat, wh.cn afterwards u wrerkail
ty Woodward and the old man of
l lystcry. Jameson arrives In a hydro
aeroplane Just In time to save lUalne
from drowning;.
Klalne, dlasulaed a a man, discovers
the entrance of Del Mar's wireless cava
at almost the eame time Prof, Arnold by
a ' radio detective has d.ecoverud the
wireless atation. Elaine discovery nearly
proves fatal, she la aaved by Jameson.
Loth aid Prof. Arnold and Lieutenant
Woodward In destroylna: tlm wireless sta
tion, but Del Mar escapes.
Maklna hla way to a rieeerted hotol In
the woods, he dlrecta the making of a
number of aaa homta. Klalne dlsoovera
i"el Mar's man at work, la captured, but
escapee. When the hotel la Inter at
tacked the men retreat to the woods,
'where they explode the ea tiombn, n. ar.v
causing- the death of Lieutenant Wooil
'ward and bla attacking mrty.
After the affair In the woda with Del
iXfar's men, EJaJne recelvti a package
whirh contained a new acarciiilnlit gun
from an unknown friend. FYt'nwed fcv
Jameson and Aunt Josephine w ro to
' the cellar, where Elaine prov the ao
, curacy of the new weapon. Ylmt nftcr
Tioon. while motoring with Jntneeoti,
K'alne discovers a bomb placed anion
the rocks by one of Del Mnr'e men for
rafe keeping. They decide to take It to
Lieutenant woodward, who, after look
ing It over, directs them to Prof. Arnold's
yacht rtefore reaching the yacht they
are attacked by tl Mar and Mi men. Th
"rchl'ght gin aavea Kla'ne and
Jameson who reach the vnc-t s'iv.
1 e'er Del Mar appears en the hey wth a
r'inrh on' wn after detrftvg the
acht with a torpedo, only to flrd !
J" Amo'- end ls artr have escaped.
Del Vae direct. Madae '"era ew. -f
Ma eecret agents, to vttt he herce 'f
'Ti'ne. l'n1r the pree.- ' .. i
'feshlorahle rowna to of e ..'
per"ade. Fle'ne in vlH ' --'..
menta. Here Del Me n !n '' -vin
trrle on nee of e trnxrnm hVn'n" I.
ciii"lil overnowe-ed. nteced en aulo,
r"d driven to a hit n the woods, where
1 re la resde a nrtaoner .The lnt'e n'H
arrvs and ontwa hee eentofe
".lne ew free eacanea In a canoe '"!
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Jgmeeon i1 the it'e id m-n
The Stolen Plans
Wattilngton. D. C
Auguat 13, 1915.
Mr, Del Mir,
What you request la coming. Answer
to iin o: the ring. SMITH.
"Oocd," muttered Del Mar a he fin
ished reading. "St range, what a UMle
ftold will do when you know how to dis
pose of It."
lie smiled cynically to himself at tho
sentiment
At the little railroad station, they were
quite proud of the fnct that at least two
of the four hacks bad been replaced al
ready by taxioaba.
The woman raised her thick
veil, disclosing the face of a man.
It waa the same faoe, also, that had
appeared In the photograph aent to the
old fisherman by Woodward.
Awkwardly, the man searched In the
front of hla shirtwaist, and drew forth a
paper which Del Mar almost gelled In
his ragcrnesa. It waa a pen and Ink
copy of a government mop, ahowlng a
huge si-It of aand In the aea before a
harbor. Bandy Hook and New York. On
It were Indicated all the defenses, the
positions of guns, everything.
Together, Del Mar and Fmlth bent over
It, while the renegade clerk explained
each mark on tha traltroua map. They
rhauffeur and we carried him Into the
house.
Del Mar waa talking with a person
who looked like a widow, when they
heard our approach up the walk carrying
the Injured man.
So engrwaed had they been In dis
cerning whnt the stolen document con
tain! d tliat, as we finally entered, the
widow had only time to drop her veil
and conceal her Identity aa the Renegade
8ml! h. Del Mar still held the plan In his
hand.
The valet and I entered with Elaine
ami we placed the chauffeur on a couch
near Del Mar's deek. I remember that
there waa this strange woman all In
Mix k, heavily veiled, In the room at the
time.
I think we ought to telephone for a
doctor nald Elaine, placing; her handbag
on the desk, and'excltedly telling Dei Mar
how we had accidentally knocked tha
man down.
"Call up my doctor, Henry," said Del
Mar, hastily thrusting the plan Into a
book lying on the desk.
I.
"Here, let me powder your noee. Wai
ter," she cried, undismayed at our
trouble, gajiy opening her bag. "Well
of all things what's this, and where did
It come from?"
I turned from the engine and looked.
She waa holding some kind of plan or
and drew a gun. Trends rd" ha shouted. . a chair, the chaurreur laid Bmiuu en
"And tha first man that more Is a dead tangled In his unfamiliar garments, shook
onei" I himself loose from the two others, and
Before the secret agent knew It. both made a rush at the door,
he and Bmltb were covered. The chauf-! Del Mar pauaed long enough to pick up
four took a step toward Smith and un- the revolver from the floor. Instantly
oeremonloualv lerked off the widow's he fired at the retreating form. But the
weeds, aa well as the wig. ! chaurreur had passed out ana Pangea enui document In her bnd. In blank surprise
At that very moment one of Del Mar's the door. Down the walk he sped and she examined It. It looked like a fort
men came up to the eecret panel that out to tha gate. Into hla car, the engine or a series of forta But I waa sure at n
opened from the underground passage- of whtch he bad lert running,
way Into the library. Ho was about to Hard after biro came Del Mar and tha
open It when he heard a aound on the rest. Joined now by Henry, trie valet,
other side that startled him. He listened One shot waa left In the chauffeur's re
a moment, then slid it Just short dls- volver and he blaxed away as he leaped
into trie oar.
He's got ma," groaned Bmltlt aa he
tanoe and looked In,
There ho saw a chauffeur holding up
Del Mar and Smith. Having pulled the ' stumbled and fell forward.
dlBgulce from Smith, he went next around On evt Dal Mar and the others. They
Del Mar and took his gun from his cattght up with tha car Just as It was
pocket, then paaewd his hand over the starting. But the chauffeur knocked the
folds of Smith's dress, but found no gun from Del Mar's hand before he could
weapon. He stepped bock away from
them, ; (
At that point the man quietly slid the
panel all tha way open and silently
stepped Into the room, behind the chauf
feur. Cautiously ha began sneaking up
on him,
get a good aim and fire, at the same time
bowling over Che man who had come
through tha panel.
Off tha oar want, now rapidly gaining
speed. Del Mar had Just time to swing
on the rear of it.
Around the rapidly driven ear ha
climbed, hanging on for dear Ufa, ever
tha mud guard and toward the running
board. On sped tha ear, swaying oraaily
bck and forth, Del Mar crouohed en
the running board and working his way
slowly and perilously to the front seat.
The ohauffeur felt tha weight of some
one on that side. Just as ha turned to
see what It was, Del Mar leaped at him.
Still holding the Wheel, the chauffeur
fought him off with hla tree hand, Del
Mar holding on to soma spare tires with
ons hand, also. Handicapped by having
the steering wheel to manage, neverthe
less tha chauffeur seemed quite well
able to glvej a good aooount of himself,
Somehow, Flairs and Z most have been
hoodooed that day.
We had not been gone five minutes
from Del Mar's after tha accident to
the chauffeur, when wa heard a mys
terious knock In tha engine.
CHAPTETt X
Alone tot the doorway before hla rods
shark on the ehore of the promontory eat
an bid fisherman gating out f.xedly at
(ha harbor as though deeply concerned
ever the weather, which, aa usual, was
Unseasonable.
Suddenly ha started and would have
disappeared Into his hut but for the fitnt
that, although he could not himself be
seen, ha had already seen tha intruder,
It waa a troofer from Fort Dale. lie
arailoped up and. aa thought obeying to
tha letter his Instructions, deliberately
dropped an envelop at the feet of the
fisherman. Trn. without a word, he
galloped away again.
The fisherman picked up tha envelope
and opened It quickly. Inside was a pho
tograph scd a note. Ha read:
FORT DALQ.
Prof. Arnold.
J. BmlLh. clerk In tha War denartment
rtas disappeared. We are not sure, but
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glance thnt It was not Fort Dale.
"What do you think It la, Walter?"
she asked, handing It to me.
I took It and examined It carefully.
Incredible as It seemed, I figured out
quickly that It muet be nothing short of
a plan of the new defenses at Sandy
Honk.
"I don't know what It all means," I
said. "But I do know that we won't get
any dinner till I get this engine running
again."
I fell to work again, eager to get away
with our dangerous prise, Elaine now and,
then advising ma. Finally I turned tha
engine over. For a wonder It ran
smoothly. "Well, that s all right, at last,"
I sighed, wiping the grease off my hands,
on a pleos of wast.
"What's the matter nowT" exclaimed,
Elaine, turning quickly and looking up
the road along whioh we bad Just coma,
There, lurching along at full speed waa
a car. Tsro men were actually fighting
on tha front of It, regardless of speed and
safety. As It neared us, I saw that tt was,
the taxlcaii that had been standing before.
Del Mar I looked sloser at It To my
utter amasement. who should be driving
but tha vary chauffeur whom we had!
left at Dei Mara only a few minutes be
fore, apparently unconscious, Hs could,
not have been hurt very badly, for he
was not only able to drive, but waa fight
ing off a man clinging on tha rutuibur
board.
On rushed the oar, directly at us. Juet
as It passed us, the chauffeur seemed to'
summon all his strength. He struck a,
powerful blow at the man, recoiled and
straightened out his car Juat In time. The
man fell, literally at our feet
It was Del Mar himself!
On sped the taxloab. Braised though
he must have been by the fall, Del Mar
nevertheless raised himself by the elbow
and fired every chamber of his revolver
as fast as he could pump the bullets.
I must say that I admired the man's '
pluck. Elaine and I hurried over to htm.
t still had In my hand tha queer paper
which she had found so strangely In her
handbag.
"Why, what's all this about?" I asked
eagerly. -
Before I could raise htm up, Del Mar
had regained his feet
"Just a plain crook, who attacked me,"
he muttered, brosh'i.g off his clothes to
cover up the quick recognition of what
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It waa, then, with soma surprise aad
not a little open Jealousy that they saw a
new taxicab drive up and take Its stand
by tha platform.
It ins chauffeur, transformed from the
lonely fisherman, had expected a cordial
rnvcptlon, he might better have stayed
before Ills hut, for the glanoes the other
drivers gave him were as blact and
lowering aa the olouda he had been look
ing at
llie new chauffeur got off his seat In
stokd of trying to b rase a tt out he walked
over to the othrra, who were atand.ng In
' a group waiting (or the approaching train
whose wltlstle had already sounded.
i "I'm not going to locate here per
nuuiently," he said, pulling out a roll of
bills as he spoke.
' Luavs any fare I claim to me," be ad
ded, pausing a bill of a good denomination
tt- each of the four Jehus.
Thoy looked at him curiously. But
what business of thelra waa ItT The
money frit good.
"All right bo." they agreed.
Thundering down the platform came
the afternoon train, a great event In the
town life.
As the baggage waa being tossed off,
the pasaenget-s alighted and the fve
backmea swarmed at them.
"Keb, sir, kerrldge. Taxi, lady!
From tha Pullman alighted a widow.
In deep mourning. As she got oft and
moved down tha platform ,lt was appar
snt that alia walked with a pronounced
limp.
At the end of the platform, the chauf
feurs were still calling, while the new
comer looked over the crowd haauly
Suddenly he caught eight of tha faoe of
tii widow. He etepped forward, aa she
approached. The others held baoa as
they had agreed and paid no attention.
It was like forcing a card.
He held the door open and aha entered
the cab, unsuspecting, "Mr. Del Mar's,"
she directed, simply.
As the new uxucab driver cranked his
engine and climbed Into tbe seat he was
careful to let no action of bla however
fear tnat ! has a eol'r of the new handy I email, betray tha Intense satisfaction he
w look oeieuse ptajia it la believed he la
headed y o r way. He walks with a siliit
limy, uotis. oiji i'r mm.
UhX'TUNANT WOODWARD.
For a long time the fisherman appeared
to study the face on the photograph until
ha had It Indelibly Implanted In hla mem
ory, as if by soma system such sa that
of the Immortal BortlMon and his clever
felt at the working of his scheme.
H pulled away from tbe station. On
through, the pretty country roads the
chauffeur drove the heavily veiled widow
until at last they came to Del Mar's
bungalow.
At the gat he stopped and ran around
to open tbe door to assist hla far to
were too occupied to see a face flat
tened against tha pane of a window
nearby.
The ohaffeur had no Intention of re
maining Inactive outside while he knew
that something that Interested him was
transpiring inside. He had crept up
by the side of the house to the window.
But he could see Uttle and hear nothing.
A moment he strained every sense.
It was no use. He must devise some
other way. How could he get at that
room? Slowly he returned to his car,
thinking it over. There he stood for a
moment revolving In hla mind what to
do. He looked up the road. An Idea
came to htm. There he saw a little run
about approaching rapidly.
Quickly he went around to the front of
his ear and lifted up the hood. 'Then
he bent over and pretended to be tin
kering with his engine.
As the car waa about to pass he de
liberately stepped back, apparently not
seeing tha runabout and waa struck and
knocked down
Tha runabout stopped, the emergency
brake biting hard.
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Udi U ska. la Urn hU, am.
'portrait perle," or apoken picture, foe i alight
scleatiflo Identification and apprehension. "Walt for me." sh said, without pay
It was not a pleasant face and there were hig lain yet "I shall uot be long and I
features that were not easily forgotten. ; to b driven back to th station to
Finally be turned end entered 'hla hut I utt the w to . tors-
Hastily he took off Ma stained reefer. ! h Junped up the gravel walk, be
(Trotn a wooden chest he drew another watched her closely. Bus went to the
outfit of clothe. Tha trenaformetioa was door snd lang the belt and the Valet
complete. Wben ha Issued forth from his admitted har.
hut again. It was no longer the aged dls- . "1"ln- thinking. In
ins u ora ry.
. Mr. Del Mar?" shs Inquired. '
The vote waa not exactly soft and
iDel Mar eyed her suspiciously. Was
this tbe person hexpeoud. or a "planl?"
"Tea," he answered, guardedly, "I am
Del Mar. And you?"
Tbe widow, too, evidently wished to
make no mistake. As she spoke, shs
raised her hand. By that simple action
she displayed a curious an! con-lc'-i
o'.i seal ring on her nnffr. It nai th
algn of the ring for U li Del Mar had
t-ca waiting;
elpl of Isaae Walton. He was now a
trim chauffeur, bearded and goggled.
In tbe library of bis bunnatow, Ttel Mar
was pacing up and down, now and then
soo rt lux to himself, as though there
flashed over his mind stray recollections
ef how some of hi most clierished plans
were miscarrying.
H'JU, on th whole, hs hsd nothing to
complain of. For. a moment later the
valet entered alth a telegram for which
1. had evidently been waiting. Pel Mar
-Ued It eagerly and tore oin tr yol
brar eaeip. On Ue blank was ptlnled
Elaine had asked me to go shopping In
the village with ber that afternoon. While
I watted for her In her little car, ahe
cam down at last, carrying a little
handbag. Wa drove off a moment later.
It waa a delightful ride, not too arm.
but sunny. Without realizing It, w
found ourselv on the road that led past
Del Mar's.
As wa approac)d. I saw that there
was a taxicab standing In front of the
gale. The hood waa lifted and the driver
was apparently tinkering with his en
k'tne.
I-et'e not stop." said Elaine, who had
by this time a pecllar aversion to the
man.
As we passed the driver, apparently not
seeing us, stepped out and, befur we
could turn out. we had knocked him
down. We stopped and ran bark.
There he ley on tl.e road, seemingly
unoonsrtoue. We lifted him up and
looked toward Del Mar's house.
"Kelp!" I shouted at the top of my
voice.
The valet came to the door
Hearing me, th valet ran out down rh
walk. -All right." h cried. "Ill b
ther In a minute."
Wit his help I picked up the taxicab
We gathered about the man, trying to
revive him.
"Have you a little stimulant?" I asked,
burning from hi in,
Del Mar moved toward a oellarette built
.nto the wail. We were all watching him,
our backs to ths chauffeur, when sud
denly he must hav regained conscious
ness very much. Like a flash his hand
shot out Hs seUed the plan from be
tween the leaves of the book. He had
not tlm to get away with It himself.
Perhaps he might be searched. He opened
Elaine's bag and thrust it In.
The valet by this time had finished tele
phoning and spoke to Del Mar.
"The doctor will be" here shortly. Miss
Dodge," said Del Mar. "You need not
wait If you don t care to, I'll take car
of him."
"Oh, thank you ever so much," she
murmured. "Of coura It wasn't our
fault hut I feel sorry for th poor fel
low. Tell th doctor to send m the bill."
She and Del Mar shook handa. I thought
he held her hand perhaps a Hill longer
and a little tighter than uauaL At any
rat Elaine seemed to think so.
"Why, what a curious ring, Mr. Del
Mar. she said, finally releasing har own
hand from his grasp.
Then ahe looked quickly at the woman,
half Joking, as If the ring bad something
to do with the strange woman. She
looked back at the ring. Del Mar smiled,
shook his head and laughed easily. ,
Then Elaine picked up her bag and w.
went out A moment later we had ellmbe.
back Into the car and were off again,
see
Having left ua at the door, Del Ma
hurried back to the library. He wen
atraight to the desk and picked up the
book, eager now to make sure of the
safety of the plan.
It was gone.
"Did you. Smith" he began hastily,
then checked himself, knowing that the
clerk had not taken the plan.
Del Mar walked over to tha couch and
stood a moment looking at the chauf
feur. "I wonder who h Is." he aai J
to himself. "I don't recall ever seeing
hlni st the station or In th village."
H leaned over closer. "The deuc!"
he exi'lalmed, "that's a fake beard the
fellow has on."
Iel Mar mads a lunge for It As he
did so, the chauffeur leaped to hla feet
As he did so, Del Mar and Smith
watched, fascinated. Somehow their
faces must have betrayed that something!
was wrong. For, as the newcomer leaped
at him, the chauffeur turned suddenly
and fired. Ths shot wounded the man.
It was a signal for a free-for-all fight
Del Mar and Smith leaped at the Intruder.
Over and over they rolled, breaking fur
niture, overturning and smashing brlo-a-braa
Del Mar's revokver was knocked out of
th chauffeur's hand. With a blow of
"More engine trouble," I
sighed. "Pull up along th road
ana i u se it r can rix it."
We stopped and both got out
Tber waa no fak about this
trouble o rabout th dirt and
grease I acquired on my hand.-,
and face, tinkering with that
motor. For, regardless of my
Immaculate flannel a. I had to
set to work. A huge spot of
grease spattered on me. Elaine
laughed outright
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NEW EXPLOITS OF E1AIXB
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