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12 Mad Kogers come abroad' lie wondered. And the pilot of the mystery plane? He specu lated on the possibility of there being a dark horse in this race 1—some sportsman, as Lincoln had suggested, who, seeing his plight, had given him a chance and then rushed on ahead. It was, he acknowledged, a thing which he might do himself. He shook his head, baffled, and then jerked up with quick surprise- A lone taxicab had just dashed up to the pier, and from it there emerged a dishevelled, rather heavy indi vidual whose clothing and gen eral appearance gave every in dication of a long and arduous journey. After a quick, fear ful glance, around, lie tore wildly for the ship’s gang plank just as the dock hands laid hold of 1t. “Rogers!” gasped .Timmy aloud, and found himself laughing. The laugh turned into a grim smile as Rogers puffed Wearily up the gangplank and kt was thrown free of the ship Vith a resounding crash. He felt suddenly all the coolness and superiority of his hath tend shave. Turning, he bur tied from the promenade to the deck below. | Rogers looked extremely in need of grooming and consid erably out of countenance. He turned, his face red from exhaustion, blinking at the lights—and halted before his rival with a choking gasp of surprise. Jimmy flicked an ash from nis cigaret. He smiled again, and then, quite languidly, mur irnirpd • “My dear Rogers! What de tained you?-” ; The Andrienne was pushing but into the stream that led to the straits. Jimmy was faint ly aware of the clanging of bells from the bridge as they echoed in the engine room. But his smile was freezing be fore the look of intense, un utterable hatred deep in Rog er's dark eyes. "So . . •?” Jimmy mur mured. “You really didn’t ex pect me. It’s the very devil to disappoint you, my friend. For a moment, his rival seemed unable to speak: it was as though his very wrath and stupefaction strangled the words in his throat. “You’re a man of parts, my dear Brandon, ’ he murmured at last surrendering his bag to a man who eame up. “Sup pose, however, we reserve com ments until this little .iaunt is over. T should hate to have to have to repeat your own qnes tion in New York. There are lots of chances between here and there of being—detained. “It will he painful for me,” grinned Jimmy, an iev light in his grey eyes, “to have to de prive you of the pleasure. He took a step closer to his enemy. 1 Rogers, we’re getting into a territory where the man counts •much more than his pocket book. T almost lost this first jnmn—T don’t know hut what you’re well aware of it!—hut on the vest of ’em, T have a few friends—friends who d get Blighty soro* at anybody s crooked work.” | “Is that a-” “Threat?” No, but it’s dis tinctly a warning- Run on, old thing.” Jimmy had recovered his grin: “You haven’t had time for a shave and you need one. In fact,” he added grim ly, “you look disreputable enough to put moth balls into the gas tank of an airplane! Rogers stared for a long mo ment, his eyes wild. rl hen with a quick shrug, he recovered his reserve. Without another word, he turned on Jus heel and stalked off down the pas (Vhy Do We Get So Tired in a Museum? Prom the Pathfinder. Something privately known, felt and suffered from for a long time has just come to public attention— 1. e., the fact that a person visiting grest museums and picture galleries usually almost drops from fatigue. The same time spent walking rap id!;' jn a rural road or on city pave ments would not tire one tenth as much. Latle was said about this mysteri atis fatigue, probably because most | sagewav toward tne otrice oi the purser. Jimmy watched him go; and then, returning to the rail of the promenade, watched the waters, inky black and smooth, pushing away from the side of the Adrienne as the ship made its way out toward the sea. CHAPTER X A sort of quiet had settled over the vessel as she pulsed smoothly along, feeling her way out. The engines were turning smoothly; most of the passengers had sought out their berths at onee. Rack of the stern, yellow lights blinked good bye from the piers, and behind them, the city slept. Jimmy stood motionless. The real adventures, he knew, lay ahead. Here was where money no longer counted as it had in the States, but where bribery, on the other hand, flourished. He and Rogers were still on an even basis. He knew he would have to use every bit of his knowledge and every grain of influence for that part of the journey which was just ahead- His years of adventuring, of wanderings as a free-lance correspondent, of making friends in odd corners .—these would help now, and they were all he had. lie decided to try the bridge of the Adrienne first, to dis cover the present master of the ship. Just as lie reached it, walk ing forward of the compan ionwav by which he had as cended, the pilot turned a frosty eye. uon t you tuiuw, luwici, that passengers aren t allowed on-” He stopped short as Jimmy’s face fell into the light from the ehart house and a hollow of welcome came from within. “Jimmy—Brandon! By eve rv horned toad in Davy s loc ker ! Come here, you young tramp!’ With the latter epithet, Jim mv hounded forward. He knew it for the private and personal property of Captain Olson, and lie remembered, too, that Olson had been commander of the Adrienne on earlier passages. In the next instant, he was having his hand wrung by a powerful hairy paw, and for a moment, the air was redo lent with names and “remem bers?” to do with half a dozen ports where they had met. “Young tramp!” Olson re peated. only the faintest trace of a Danish slur in his clipped voice. “Why didn’t you tell me you were to make this ship?” “I didn t know whet nor you were still master, and also—T left in considerable burry,” Jimmy explained. “I've been reading about your intentions,” the captain offered. “You’re forgiven— it was sudden. Let me bear the story.” Briefly, the one time corres pondent related the details of bis flight across the continent, mentioning none of bis suspic ions as to the origin of the moth balls in bis gasoline. He told, however, of bis bet with Ungers and of the mystery flyer who bad rescued him from disaster. “I’ve got a strong idea lie’s on this ship. Skipper,” be declared. “If it was Billy Crane, lie’s probably going back* But anv one else . .” Olson shook liis hairy mop of vellow hair in perplexity. “Nobody T ean place.” be confessed. “It might be, as you saw some sportsman who entered the raee as a dark horse. That sounds nice, anyway. But tomorrow you ean go over the passenger list and see who looks suspicious. of us felt that it was peculiar to ourselves, and were even a little j ashamed of it. But it has been rec- ! ognized as quite common by no less an authority than the American Medical association. As discussed in the Journal of the association the fatigue is admittedly mysterious, though the symptoms are well de fined. The eyes, brains, spinal chord and even the stomach are Involved. The visitor gets "ail in" while gaz ing at tlie tilings calculated to give pleasure—and which do give pleas ure. Those who get no pleasure out of the display of paintings, statu ary, armor and ancient articles of I’ll introduce you to the pur ser.” For a moment they talked of the changes that had taken place in the Orient since Jim my Brandon had last seen it. “Japan,” mutt *ed the skip per, shaking hi. head. “A lovely little island, son, and— game.” He looked up. “You stand pretty well in that is land, too, eh? I been hearing the government presented you with a decoration for your services in the earthquake.” Jimmy nodded. “They hand ed it to me after I’d left. Got it in Washington. Ap preciative lot.” He looked away Olson studied his averted profile, his shrewd blue eyes narrowed. “Stand in pretty well,” he mused. “Yes—and standing in good on that is land is worth more than all of your friend Rogers’s mon ey 1” Jimmy looked up swiftly.” “Wlmt do you mean?” Sud denly his eyes lighted with a smile. “Say Skipper, are you thinking of what has just occurred to me.” “I think so,” grinned Ol son. “You land at Yokohama, heh? And from there, you’ll go across to Shimonoseki, on the other side. Then you’ll take a boat to Fusan, Korea, and connect there with a train that meets the Trans-Siberian at Harbin. Is that it?” “That’s as nearly as I’ve mapped my plans.” “And you’re thinking now of getting a plane from the government to cross Japan, eh?” “Exactly! It’s your idea, Skipper; I’d hardly thought of the rest of the trip, be yond a general idea. It was hard enough getting here. But if Japan will give me a plane and a pilot to cross the island, I’ll have the jump on Rogers.” “Possibly,” Olson debated. “I doubt if there’s a train out of Harbin before the one you planned on, anyway. But you’ll be away ahead for that distance, and the big thing is —it’ll hit his nerve. It’s good to give your enemies an idea of how much power you have, Jimmy—always, even if you gain nothing tangible by it ” “You sound like a prof,” Jimmy smiled. “I'll radio aehead and see how they feel. I’m almost certain they won’t refuse me. What time do we make Yokohama?” “You’re in a hurry, aren’t you?” mused Olson. “Well, I 11 see if we can lop off a few hours from the regular run. The engines ’ll stand it, and I don’t think the company’s li able to kick. Of course.” he friend, too—but you IISHRDIj smiled, “It will help vour friend, too—but you’ll win, and whatever time you make will be all any one will ever re member.” Jimmy expressed his tnaiiKs, and then, according a custom the yhad established on their second voyage together, four and a half years before, he repaired with the master of flip Adrienne to the latter s cabin for a nightcap of Jamai ca rum toddy. In the morning they went over the list of passengers with the purser. The result, however, was disappointing There was no one on the ship Who could ho suspected of be ing the unknown flyer; only three late reservations had been that of Rogers, and of these, made besides Jimmy’s and two were women. The third was a Chicago business man whom the purser crossed off as being known to him and quite removed from suspicion. Most of the names of' the other passengers were known to the purser, and most of them were business men or residents of Seattle or other cities on the eoast. Jimmy drew a line through the names of two newspapermen, three congressmen on their wav to investigate that vague thing called “conditions.” and a number of families. M hen Captain Olson appeared the great value and interest leave the museum before they get tired. The mysterious fatigue has been recognized and analyzed, but not solved. Some of the more progres sive museums have made new dis positions of their exhibits in an at tempt to spare the visitor; still oth ers have increased the number of chairs and benches available. It is very strange that looking at beautiful pictures should make us tired, but it is the case, and the best thing is to recognize the weak ness and make allowance for It. The visitor to a picture gallery should take his own time, and when he feels like resting he should ^sit t cnecK-off was complete. “The women are out,” he decided, “and this fellow from t'hieago—well, he _ couldn’t hardly have been in Pennsyl vania, but I’ll ask him- IIi> request for reservations, Mr Lardner tells me, came fron Illinois.” Jimmy nodded thoughtfully his eyes still on the whit sheets. “Which seems to indicate,’ he decided, “that my fain godfather has left me flat t< pursue my journey unaided Or rather,” he added, “ii practically clinches the fact that it was Ilardmuth. l’n ging to find out.” Ilardmuth, he discovered, oc copied half of a suite in the forward position of the ship in company with the second newspaper man, whom Jimnn knew slightly. They were both evidently, hound for Chi na via Japan, and thong] rivals, members of eompetitot syndicate, they naturally dropped their rivalry when no in action. Before noon, Jimmy had found :them on deck. Hard muth denied any knowledge ol the rescue at once, and his companion—Vail— announced that he had come direct tc Seattle from Hollywood ir response to a telegraph ordei from his office. Jimmy swung back upon the man he knev host. “It was you, Ilardmuth—it must have been!” he exclaimed and tried to plumb the perennially laughing light ii; the depths of his one time ri val’s brown eyes. “Come on— ’fess up. This thing is getting me dotty.” IFardinuth, a younger man thin Jimmy but trained in the same school, and possessed oi a delightful sense of humoi which never failed him, shook his head again. “It was’nt, I tell you, -Tim,’1 he repeated- “But. here’s a suggestion. If you don’t be lieve me when I’m sober, why not take me down to the bar and see if you can loosen my tongue with a drink.” “I’ve seen you drink,” re torted Jimmy disgustedly. “You shut up like a clam. 1 want the truth out of you, you young cub, or I’ll have to go into China and scoop you.” “I’d love it,” grinned the correspondent. “Fact is, Jim my, I wish you meant it, be cause I happen to have the inside track on this China thing, and I’m going to scoop everyone. That’s a warning for you, Vail.” Jimmy bit his lip. Under neath Hardmuth’s levity, he suspected the truth lay hid den. It would be like the man —entirely like him, he knew Hardmuth, like Billy f rane. would do the thing but never admit it. Only his reasons f«*r not, admitting it would he other than Crane’s. ITe would enjoy immensely his former rival’s perplexity. “You’re sure you didn’t enme across the country in a plane?” Jimmy demanded “Hold on—I didn’t say that!” Hardmuth put in. “1 did come across in a plane— this was a rush assignment But, Jimmy on the level, it 7VI seen you down there. 7Y have tossed you a merry good Jive, though 7’ve made a bet on yrou since. You’ve beat me to seoops so often when 7 was a youngster al the game, that if 7 ever got ahead of you on anything, I’d chuckle to mvself for a year' “And now,” he added, moi sterling his lips meaningly “you’ve made me talk Rf much T’m thirsty again. 71 you won’t buy a drink, you’re a piker.” Jimmv nodded dubious and shrugged. There remained nothing for it hut to suspect 77ardninth of having helped him and of choosing to re main incognito out of his curious sense of humor. Hr bought the drinks. _ (TO BE CONTINUED) down and rest. 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