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10 R - . ME OMAHA SUNDAY 3! AY HM.r All in Moving Pictures A DETECTIVE NOVEL i AND A MOTION PICTURE DRAMA Presented by This Newspaper in Collaboration With the Famous Pathe Players. HEAD It Here Now-Thai SEE It THETn' Tl . . r?TPTl Featuring Miss Pearl White. Elaine Dodge Mr. Arnold Daly "Craig Kennedy" Tha rimoui Solantlfle Detective of Fiction. Mr. Edwin Arden Wu-Fang The Chinas Master Criminal WRITTEN BY ARTHUR B. REEVE Tht Well-Known Novelist and the Creator of the "Craig Kenned j" Stories Dramatiied Into a Photo-Play by Chas. W. Ooddard, Author of "The Perils of Pauline." , Kvrrrthlng you read here today voa cn see in tlx? fascinating Paths Mutton Picture at tho Motion Pict ure Theaters this week. Next Hun lay another chapter of "The KxplolU vt KlnLne" and new Pal he reels. (Copyright, Wi. by the Mar company. Ali foreign rlghta reserved.) a sepals ml Prevlnaia theaters.- The New York police are mystified by a eerlca of murders ana other crime. 'I he pr!niial cine to the criminals In a warning letter, which ta sent the vic tim, aliened with a "clutching hand" 'the latest victim of the mysterious aa Miiiln is Taylor lodtfe, the wealthy In surance president. Ilia daughter, Elaine, employs Craig Kennedy, the famous aclenllfio detertlve, to try to unravel the mystery. What Kennedy accomplishes Is te"l hy hla friend, Jameaun, a mi parser man. fcseh chapter deals with a new plot against the lives of Kennedy and Klalne, but each time the master criminal is de feated hy the marvelous skill of Ken nedy. At last Kennedy ulscovers tun Clutching Hand to he Klnlne'a trusted lawyer, Heniictt. Ills Identity known, he ll-es to the den l a Chinese criminal, who had arslHled lilm In many of hl criminal operations. After tho Chlnemnn forces ISennett to tell the secret hiding place of hl. stolen wealth, he iflves him a potion which will suiend animation for months. In this unconscious state Kennedy eees'Henriett and eiipposos him dead. It Is the cun ning displayed by these Chinese crimi nals In preventing Kennedy from IncatinK Mnnett s fortune that brings new per ils to Klalne, Wu r'anK had first decided to kill Klalne, as his revenue for the act of Kennedy, who had prevented him from taking Bennett's wealth. Instead ha re ceives from a Chinese coolie vial con taining the African ticks which carries the deadly recurrent twver. Ho sends Klalne home mu-h to her surprise. While Kenntdy and Janxtaon rush from the laboratory to greet Klalne Wu Fan and Long Hin enter and infeot the tele phone. Kater Kennedy and Jamoson are near death front the fever, being saved only by Kennedy's discovery and tho help of Elaine and a socialist. CHAPTKR XIX. The Delude of Death In an opium den down tn a' cellar In the heart of Chinatown. Long 8ln lay in a bunk contemplating what form of revenge ha might suggest to lilt mas ter, Wu Fang. About him were many Chinese, and even white men, ail dreaming dreams of the great things they would do, dreamt uhlrh wnM HltfMlnntrvl Intn hr. un - " - I as the drug In tho pipes which gave 1 them their shadowy forms. Hop Ling, the proprietor, was Just about to hand Long Sin a pipe with a half-cooked pill when a well dressed while man entered and atood (axing about. The other occupants of tho room eyed him with suspicion and Long Bin, catching sight of ,hlm as Hop handed him the lpc, Joined In the general scru tiny. "Hee, a white devil," ho muttered to ilop tinder hla breath, calling hla atten tion to the stranger. ' Ilop Ling moved forward and accosted the newcomer. "Why does the white nan visit ua?" he asked suavely, though coldly. "I am Jack bprague, the aviator," re plied the visitor, still looking about. "I smoke the stuff for my , nerves. Come across with a Pipe. Bona" Hop considered a moment, then at a nod from long Bin whoso -opinion ha valued highly, led Bprague over to an empty bunk iivaiby. . long Hin continued to eye the stranger critically. Finally as Pprugue settled hlinm If, the fhiniiinau pulled himself out of hla bunk and moved to the airman, "How are you," greeted Iong kiln In Kngllch. It was fprague's turn now to be sus picious of lxing Hin with hla sinister face. "You are an aviator?" pursued the I'hlnanian. , Hprague nodded. "You said It," he re plied In laconic alang. "You fly for money?" Insinuated Long in. . "You bet enough of It, returned Hprague now Interested. i Iong Kin aquaMaJ down and they talked and smoked. Half an hour later. Jack Hprague, hla nerve restored and hit cupidity aroused by the promises of Long Hin. accompanied his new friend out of the hop Joint. They passed Jhrough the narrow streets of the Chlnvae quarter and finally en tered what looked like a squalid tene ment. There Lung Bin nodded and whispered to a servant, and a moment later were admitted to an ante-room of Wu Pang, the aerpent. "Master. bowed Long Sin a Wu re- telved him. "I have here a man whom 'e luay use."' Wu nodded graciously to Hprague, whil hit slave bent down and whispered la hli ear tn deep gutturals, moving hla hanJ In expressive circlet through the air Wu' brow clouded, but at last ha seemed t catch the Idea. "You mean, then, that ha flies?" I asked. lxmg Hin nodded. "Not only does hr i fly, master." ha amid, "but from his aeroplane be can drop anything and hit a mark." H made a motion with spread fingers as though a botnb bad been thrown out Into the air and bad burst. "Coma w 1th roa," beckoned Wu to bprague. as ha put oa hit street clothes to go out. Somewhat earlier In tha day, Lieutea- nt Wttert of the army, who had al rtady interested Kennedy In a new eg plosive of hit own Invention, trodlte, bad rvued t'ralg to visit the fort on fcuten Maud at which be wat stationed, and '! had taken Klalne down on a v'slt. Tii'-y nw about everything that was to be seen, hut the thing that Interested Kennedy mott was, of rourae, the ex plosive and the handling of It. In a storeroom of the fort, not the regular magazine hut a large building that wat being used temporarily, the party paused i moment to watch a number of Soldiers wheeling In packages from a railroad aiding near tho fort, handling the ttuff vtry carefully. Klalne picked tip from a pile on a table a peculiar pointed Instrument wl'h a weighted head. "That Is one of the new aeroplane ar rows that are being used In the i.uro--ean war," explained the lieutenant. "How Interesting," remarked -Klalne. How are they used?" I.leuteaant Waters picked up one and threw It on the floor, it stuck In the wood, quivering. They stood for a moment chatting, then passed on until at lust "they came again tr. tho entrance to the grounds of the fort, where a eentry, pacing back and forth, saluted. "Thnnk you so much," said Elaine as she gave lieutenant Waters her hand. "Tea, Indeed," agreed Craig. "We have had a most Interesting visit. l( the Way, lieutenant, come to my laboratory tomorrow morning. I would like to show you one or two very novel effects that I have been able to get from your In vention." "I shall be delighted," returned Lieu tenant Waters, as they parted. . Just below the gste, on the slope, wat pile of pipe. None of the party noticed. hut In one of the pipes, lying flat on hit stomach, waa a short, undertlsed China man, ona of the emissaries of Wu Vang, Hlng Loe by name. With keen ear he was listening eagerly to all that Ken nedy aald. No sooner had Craig and Hlalne disap peared than King Lee, watching hla chance while the sentry's back wat turned, crept out of hit hiding placa and darted behind another shelter further along. Ha kept It up ur.tll at Ui he was out of sight of the sentry, shadowing Klalne and Craig. I waa busy pounding out a atory for the Rtar when Uralg, having left Klalne at the Dodge house after their vslt to the fort, returned to the laboratory. "Hard at It. I see. Walter," he greeted at he entered, ruffling up his hair play fully. . 1 "Well, I'm glad to see somebody happy," returned; for I had been wrestling hard with the Kngllsh language and waa tired. He threw off his coat and drew on his arld-etalned smock, then went over to the window to take up a test which hit trip with Klalne had Interrupted. lie went back to the laboratory table where he waa holding a steaming tube In the flame of a bunsen burner, whllo 1 continued to hammer the keys. At the liquid In the tube boiled up It exhaled i cloud of vapor and Instead of withdraw ing Jt he let it boil. "What'a the matter?" I snked. watch ing him. "Nothing." he replied absently. Hot I know that ha waa day dreaming of Klalne. I roeo and lighted a cigarette. ( At I struck the match, 1 happened to glance out of the open window. There In the sunlight. I could so what looked like the reflection of a mirror across the street In an empty loft. Ouch!" I cried, at the match burned down to my flngera. Well?" demanded Cratg Impatiently at the breaking up of hla reverie. "What's the matter with your' ' I,ook out of the window. Crala." cried, excitedly, moving oer i'!um. him and taking hla arm. "I believe so one it watching ua from that empty 1 acros the ttreot." Walt a minute." ha cautioned, now thoroughly alive to the situation. "Htoop down. We'd better not bo seen looklns over. At we dodged out of the Una of vision, Kennedy seised the periscope which we had used often before and put its Jointed cctlons together. On hands and kneea we started acroaa tho floor until we had come directly under the window. Craig raised the periscope slowly and gated through It. There, sura enough, as I had guessed, in the loft of the old warehouse down tho street could be aeea the reflection of the lenses of a pair of Klasaea In the sunlight. In surprUe wa rept back and stood up. "What to It, do you think?" I asked. "What ehall we dor' Kennedy did not answer, but contin ued to revolve the strange thing la hit nlnd. The fact wat 'that no anoner had Craig ntered tho laboratory than the same living Blng Lea who had fallowed hla very movement at the fort, came cau lously down the street Ha stopped be fore the laboratory, paused a moment. then went on. A moment later tho young Chinaman bad entered the empty loft diagonally acroaa tho street from ia. Locking the door carefully, ha went to the window and cautiously peered out. Then ba went to a cupboard nearby and opened it. From a ahelf he took a pair of opera glaaaea and returned to the window, leveling thera at our labora tory and searching Intently. . Thera ha could aee Kennedy at work by the win dow, starting his experiment. Ping Leo waa atlll gating through tho glaaaea out of the window whea ho heard soma ona approaching Ida ontaide door. A abort, a long and a thort tap. the se cret code, told him that It waa his mat ter, the Rerpent. himself. Let Jumped to the door and rung It open. Wu Fang, fallowed by Ixng Pin and Hprague, entered. "Where It Kennedy; It he there?" de manded Wu. "Yes aee master." returned the young Chlntmn, turning toward the window. They all moved over and took up the field glasses In turn. "Where has he been today?" queried Wu. i "At the fort on Staten Island with the white girl and a man, Lieutenant Wa j tert. They are coming to the workshop across me sxrrri tomorrow w e-w umn western maglo with a thing named trodlte that explodes " At the word "explodes," Wu glanced quickly at Bprague. "I have a plan," he remarked at.Mly, catheiing them all about Him and as signing separate partt to each at he out lined It. That night at the fort all wat quiet. In the railroad yards nearby stood a freight train on a tiding where it had Imii drilled late, loaded with a fresh consignment of the new explosive, tro dlto, from the mills. A sentry was pacing up and down the clndera beside the train when a very tretty girl made "her way along the tracks. "ffan you tell me the way to tht trol ley?" the aaked. It waa a perfectly ilmple question But tere waa no mistaking the look she gave him. Xt was Kllrty Florrle. Bhe did not want the trolley. Hhe. wanted to flirt, and she used her eyea effectively. "Two blocks to the left, madam," tho sentry returned, setting hit face sternly, for he had a aweetheart quite the equal of Flirty. "Are you . a man?" Flirty taunted, piqued at her failure. He heaitated, not knowing just what to do, then taking discretion to be the better part of valor, shouldered hit mus ket and resumed 'his measured tread back and forth, while Flirty with a grimace at him disappeared toward the trolley. But while Flirty had engaged hla at tention, 8lng I had come out of, a hiding placa near the yard and man aged to tneak back of the ahadow of the can. ' Between two of tht' cart aat a detect ive of the aecret tervloa, smoking and hating hit Job. The Chinaman had paased the first line of detente. He now managed to tneak up behind tho tecond. Ha raited a Chinese club and brought it down on the head of the unsuspecting detective, knocking him. out. The sentry paced by on tho other tide of the train. Quickly, after he paaaed, the Chlnainna went through the detec tive's pockets until finally ha found a bunch of keys, lie detached ona from the ring and, still keeping tn tho thadow at the sentry, paced up arid down, looked stealthy about until he saw a chance, then unlocked -the door of the car, and entered, closing It aafely. . A few mlnutea later, laden with at much of the trodlte aa he could well carry and a bundle of heavy aero arrows. he stole awty as silently aa. he had conic. It waa well after midnight when Ken nedy and I were preparing to leave the laboratory. I waa Jutt about to twitch off the llghti when Kennedy raised hit hand to stop me. The Xaraway look on hla face told ma thnt he had heard a peculiar noise. Ho looked quickly at the celling. "Listen, Walter," he cautioned. I did. There was a nolae above ua on the roof, apparently aa though tome ona had slid off. Craig ' twitched out the light himself and went quickly over to the table where he had left the periscope. Carefully put ting it together again, ho tiptoed over to the window, put the periscope out and slowly raised It to the roof. W gated through the eye-piece. A isige wnue circle naa been painted on our roof. "What doea It meanr' I queried. Kennedy waa In a brown aiudy. Sjd denly he clapped hla hand. "1 think I have It." he exclaimed. "auar. lane this turpentine. Oo up d scrub the circle out. if you need re, get It. Only, remove every trace the circle." ! took the turpentine and a ttlff brush hat wat lying on a table and went to work. hlle 1 waa scrubbing away for dear life at the freah point on our roof. Ken nedy secured a large can of white paint and a brush and stealthily made his wa to the rear of the old warehouse acroat the street it waa two stories high, and the loft In which wa had seen the ellnt r th sun on the glasses wre on a level with the laboratory. A moment's reconnolter. Ing wat all that waa neceaaary. Kon in-ujr iuunu anea rrom which It waa easy to get to the roof. There he set to wora, too. immediately, painting a larae circle on the warehouse exactly like that on our own roof which I waa erasing. w a went homo and I. at least, thought utile mora about the matter. Quite early the next morning, however, we gov arouna to the laboratory aaaln. to prepare for tha visit oe l.int. .,.. Watera In reaponse to Kennedy's cordis invitation to witnesa the experiments with trodlte. Our speaking tuba sounded finally, and I answered It It waa Klalne. Aunt Jose phine and Lieutenant Watera, who had all arrived at tha tamo time. Most peculiar thing, Kennedy," re marked tha lieutenant, after the greet ingt wera over. "Wa bad a robbery the fort last night op rather, not exactly at the fort, for that would be impossible. out rrom a freight car In tha yards.' "What did they getr asked Craig. "Some trodlte enough to blow up bouse and soma of those aeroplane ar row a." "If m." oonaiderod Kennedy, gating ta voluatarfly at tha celling. an thinking doubtless of the white circle that had been on the roof. "I think I snail bare to come out and look It over. 'You hav no Idea who did It?" "Not a clue. I wished you would over te tho fort" "listen.." cautioned Craig- Outside we could hear the buzz, as though a plgantlc chadu were predict ing warm weather. It waa a peculiar sound and Kennedy seemed to recognize It Instantly. He sprang to the window nnd strained his eyes up at the sky. "l.nok!" he exclaimed, pointing. We crowded about the window. There was an aeroplane pawing over the city. Instantly I knew what It all meant the robbery at the fort, the white circle on our roof, the aeroplane. "Craig," I whispered In alarm, "can't we get out In time yet? They're going to blow ua all up with an air torpedo." Kennedy merely rhook his head. "Walt!" ho returned por.fldently, "JuBt watch that warehouse ever ther'?." We rlvlted our eyes ou It. It was an anxloua moment. Already, had wc known It, Sing Lec had quietly let himself Into tho loft, taken tho glaasea from the cupboard, and lovellcd them again at ut In the laboratory. Meanwhile, Sprag'ie, of whom we learned later, had started his aeroplane flying from his hanar In. tho suburbs, and wat now speeding over the city. Aa he pasted, he peered down, looking eagerly for the target the white circle. With one hand he graaped the levers firmly, while In the other he held an avlator'a bomb full of the deadly trodlte. At hurt he taw the target a huge whit circle on a two-story building far below. With expert precision ho let go the bomb and the deadly engine of de struction swooped down. Straight to Its mark It went. The old warehouse across from us rocked with tho detonation. It seemed as If the whole top of It were blown to pieces. ' Tho bomb that had been meaift to tle ttroy the laboratory, by quick change of the white circlet, destroyed tho hang out and the emissary of the Serpent. Hair an hour later, lxing Bin was ncr vout'.y reporting to Wu Fang In the secret den In Chinatown. "That white dovil, Kennedy, haa de feated ua again. Master," he raid de precatlngly. "Again?" demanded Wu, hit facotlvtd with anger. "Yea, Master. He taw tho circle wiped It out and painted a . new one on the warehouse. The bomb fell, on that and Sing wat j killed." . "Soma ona shall pay for that," hissed Wu. A servant entered. ' V "Ah that whlta bird-man It here now," cried Wu. "Show him in." ' Hprague had teen the e&plotlon and the rending of the roof below him and, mounting high in the aky, had circled about and flown off. Unaware of tho mistake that had been made, ba had Coma to receive hla pay. I la entered; smiling confidently. But they did not congratulate him aa he had expected and ha stopped surprised. In stead the two Chinamen glared at him furiously. 'Wh-what't tha matter?" he managed to blurt out "Enough!'' thundered Long Sin.' "Why you blew up the wrong house-and kjlled one of tha trusted few." "Wrong house?" repeated Sprague. "No, no, J taw tho bomb strike within the whlto (circle." Wu Fang, in hit anger, had uncon sciously been fingering the murderous dirk on tbe table, now and then shooting a ausptcloua look at Bprague, aa though considering whether he had better kill him. or not. Hprague wat now fully alarmed. Kennedy mutt have changed the cir clet," he cried stoutly In detperation. "Only that could have saved him," he went on, pleading; "It waa a mistak. Listen I will make It good." - How?" demanded Wu, replacing the knife to the evident relief of Hprague. "If you will come with me, I will show you absolutely." A hatty conference of tha two celet- tlala ended in their putting on their street clothes, and they went out. Far uptown, on the Eaat Side. Hprague led them, until they came to a little ma chine shop kept by a foreigner, Anton Schmidt. At Hprague led In Wu and Long Sin. tho elderly and bespectacled inventor wat at work at a bench. "Good morning," Introduced Bprague. "What can I do for you, gentlemen?" aaked Shcmldt "I wish you'd show us your gyroscope ttablllxer," asked Hprague. Schmidt proudly led them to a corner. In an aluminum rate was a peculiar little flying .wheel aet on gimbals to that it could rotate in any plane. Tha Inventor started It going. "Preaa down on It," tuggetted Schmidt. "Wu did to. Tbe uncanny little wheel seemed actually to resent being forced to move out of the plane in which It had been started rotating. Try at they would, they could not budge it. though It moved readily anywhere, when not revolving. It was a moat weird mechanical con trivance. They watched It eagerly. "You know," explained Schmidt to Wu, "that when the gyroscope is started routing in one plane, it tends always to keep In thut plane." "With that steadying my airship," put in Hprague. "there will be no chance for a mistake the next time. We can aim perfectly." "Of course," went on Schmidt, with all the prlda of an Inventor. "It is enclosed In this case in a vacuum when in use, and there Is to little friction that It will run a long time alone when tha power it off.". "Can It be placed on any aeroplane on Spraguc'tr asked Wu. "With very little trouble, air." "I'll buy It. thaW agreed Wu. quickly producing the money. "Have it packed up. Hprague will give you directions where to tend It" Schmidt called aa assistant and the gyroacope ttablllxer waa packed neatly Into a box. After the explosion lns tha warehouse, 1 Kennedy, thoroughly alarmed for tha I safety of Klalne, had ordered me to ac- i company her on another vitt to her: couxln, alary Brown, at their estate. Rockledge, near Lake wood, while he stayed In the city to help Llemenant Waters trace down the robbery at the fort. If pnaalblc. Thus it happened that that afternoon, early, we were leaving the Dodge house Klalne, Mary Brown, who waa In the 1 city, and myself In the Dodgo car. Klalne waa easily reconciled to the banishment now that the weather wat fine, and decided to do a little sketching In the country. Hhe had loaded nie down with the pleasant burden of her painting kit, sketch box, folding easel, camp chair, and a large and gaudy sun umbrella. Jenninva followed us to 'the car with the luggage. As we entered me car, we were all too hnppy at the Idea of a holiday to notice that " down the street waa another young Chinaman, of the same tong as Hlng I.ce, who had been killed by the trodlte bomb. Ham Lee waa watching ua Intentlv, moving up closer, but always keeping In hiding. We had all seated ourselves, and Jen nings had gone back to the house, when Ham skulked around bark of the car and, serpent-like, as was- hit master, Wu, wriggled over, crouching down In the rcar of the top which waa down and overhung the back of the car. There he llstenod eagerly to our animated conver sation. "Oo over tho Forty-second Street ferry, Francois," directed Elaine to the chauffeur. "Then we'll tell you Just how to strike the best roads In Lakewood." The apylng Sam waited to hear no more, but glided quietly up the ttreot, aa we shot down along tho avenue to the ferry. . It waa a delightful ride through the fresh green country and we arrived at Rockledge In good time, not very late In tho afternoon. s' Mary'a father, Wellington Brown, a fine middle-aged man of the country gen tleman type, welcomed ua heartily as we drove uj. Rockledgo Has a handsome estate and the house was one of the show plaoea of LLakowood. Accordingly Elaine loat no time In taking advantage of tho recrea tion In the country which aha bad prom ised herself. I had scarcely set down the art para phernalia when she announced that she waa going to use It right away. For sev eral mlnutea I stood on the veranda overlooking tho bright green terraces, holding the sketching kit and tho, um brella and admiring the view. "You're starting early," a merry voice called to me. It was Mary Brown:. "Yet," I explained. "Elaine wants to get out Into the flelda- and woods, and I'm waiting for her. "You haven't teen her oh hero she la now." Elaine came trippllng gaily out on tha porch In the neatest of little aketchlng i-oaiumes. , "Won't you join utr the aaked Mary. "Thank you. I'm afraid I can't yet Father haa got all tangled up In his ao counta and I mutt help him straighten them out. He alwaya doea that when I'm not here to run the house." M paraooi, I bantered, opening tha guy green and white atrir .h. I ehouldered It and paraded off with It, """ Elaine followed laughing. Wo wamea along tlowly, waving back now men 10 juary. It was the flrat real holiday I had had ror some time, and I waa both happy and proud to apend it with Elaine. Onlv th abaence of Kennedy prevented ut from naving tlfn gayest of times. Here." the cried at last, "I'm going to no a landscape, isn't that bit of hill beautiful? I want you over thera like that" "Am I a landacaper I laughed, set ting up the easel and atlcklng the um brella in the toft earth. "Not exactly," -ahe laughed, '"but I want you to emphaslxe tho beauties of nature byf contrast. Now will you ba gOodr I took a pose where the started to aketch. the directed, and Outside lilt hangar a rough ahed with a runway before It Sprague waa standing talking to Wu and Long Bin. l"See how they atlckr ho Bald, taking one of the aeroplane arrows which tha unfortunate Sing Lee had stolen from the fort and throwing it down on tho run way, where It burled Itaelf in the wood and stuck there, quivering. "You can Imagine what a force gravity 3B !esse Theatre em Theatre SOUTH OMAHA 1528 So. 13th St. Every Wednesday . Episode Ro. 17 Today May 9 Episode No, 19 May 12 Bast Projesttaa n Ths City iGRAftD Theatre Nicholas Theatre 16th and Dinncy Council Bluffs, la. Ep.sodo0 T18UrSd fLy 13 EP'" May 1 1 d i a p.i o nd theatre FAVORITE Theatre Every Tuesday. Bptsode Wo. IT. afayll , A. . LOTHROP Theatre " Y S. 3212 m. 24th street Episode No. 18 May 11 Splsods sTo. IT, Kay la ALAMO THEATRE ' gpi. J." Fort stMay14 - ii . i - t 'i n . tl. . If. 1414 F ri a t ti elves them when they fall from a height," lie went on. "Those grooves keep them always point down, and they are weighted, too. Take a can of them, empty It out. They spread like bird shot You can t miss. And the one that strikes, well good night!" "Mater!" interrupted a low voice def erentially. It wat Ham, who haa hurried to the hangar after watching Elaine and the rest of ua ride off. "Well?" demanded Wu. "The girl, with anbther, her cousin, has gone with that alave of Kennedy to a fiace they call Lakewood, acroaa the river." Wu, Ixng Sin and Sprague looked at each other significantly a moment Then they moved over to the aeroplane before the hangar. Though they did not know it, Ken nedy had not been Idle. With the aid of an agency of private detectives which he often employed for routine Jobs, as well aa the police and tome secret service men, he had locatod and let a watch, with hit characteristic thoroughness, on every aeroplane hangar In and about New York. . Even aa the two plotters moved over to tho aeroplane, one of Craig' a detective! lay hidden directly under the runway Into which Sprague had been dropping arrows. Out on the aviation field. In front of the hangar, Sprague had dragged the aero plane down the runway and there he stopped to explain to Wu and Long Sin the worklngt of the gyroscope stabilizer. now encased in its aluminum vacuum case, which Schmidt had delivered and Sprague himself had attached to the ma chine. . "I'll make the flight to Lakewood easily," he remarked, then, tapping tha bundle of arrowt, confidently, added, "and it won't be long before Elaine and that fellow Jameson are settled, you bet" Wu had been much interested in tha ttablllxer, considering how much it added not only to the safety of the machine, but the accuracy in dropping things from it "I shall go with you," he said at length laconically. Sprarue heaitated. He had not counted on having a passenger. But he did not dare to aay to, or oven suggest it "Very well," he agreed, quickly. "Two of ut will make it twice aa certain." He climbed Into the machine and Wu followed. "Just twist Jt rapidly," he gave orders to Long Sin and Sam, indicating how to ttart the propeller. "Then get out of line with the bladea. They throw grease and stuff back with terrible force, close up." They did as he directed and tba rapid staccato of the engine whose cylinders stuck out like the spokes of a wheel told of the starting. The two ' Chinamen Jumped back. ' , Quickly and gracefully tbe aeroplane ran a few feet along the ground, then. like the great mechanical bird that It was, rote lightjy In the air and few away a little speck in the sky. Kennedy's detective, from his hiding place, had not missed a motion. As tha aeroplane disappeared and the two China men left the field, he crawled out and quickly made his way down the road. Meanwhlte, high over the country, bprague and Wu were flytng, easily picking out the general direction of Lake wood. That waa easy enough. But to find two particular persons In the country Is not an easy job, even for an aviator with a bird's-eye view. People at Lakewood may still recall the aeroplane that circled again and again over the town and the beautiful estatea. Sprague finally located Welling ton Brown's, but Elaine wat not there and there was no use wasting the pre cious arrows on a.ny one else. Wu peered about eagerly through a field glass. "There they are over on that hillside." he muttered with a low, gutteral ex clamation. fcfure enough, they could see Elaine under the umbrella quite conspicuously, with myself nosed tome feet away. , "Hurry speed It up." urged Wu of Sprague, Indicating the exact spot. Kennedy had hastened out to the fort eVen before our departure, and there he had met Lieutenant Watera With soma other officers and several soldiers, be npIoi4 With Kdwln Arden as s if m went over the scene of the robbery ot the car In the freight yards. As they were examining the freight car, an orderly came running to thenv. "It there a Protestor Kennedy Bere? he aaked. "Yes," spoke up Craig. "I am Mr. Kennedy." "Some one on the telephone, air. Tou can take It at the guard house. Ho says It't urgent." Craig hastened across with the orderly. "i'v located our man," shouted his de tective over the wire, "an aviator named Sprague a crook and a dope fiend. Some how they havo found out that Miss '' Podge has gone to Lakewood with Mr. Jameson. Sprague hat 11181 gone In tho aeroplane, carrytng a bundle of aero arrows, with that Chinamon, Wu Fang." "The douce!" muttered Craig. "Well, you get the local pollfe In force and tur round the hangar. Arre.Bt them if they return. I must get to Lakewood mysolf." ' He hung up the receiver and was about to dash out, when another Idea occurred to him. "Lakewood, 616," he almost shouted at long distance. "Hello oh, Is that Mr. Brown? Is Elaine there? This Is Ken nedy. Oono sketching with Jameson? Well, for heaven's sake, find Jameson at once and tell him to keep Elaine under cover until I get there. Good bye." "Waters," he called, as he hung up the receiver, "have you got car here a fast oner "Yes, I'll get you onoln a minute," returned the lieutenant hurrying out, followed nervously by Kennedy. Standing by the entrance was aa army automobile in which Waters had mounted an aeroplane run for scouting about th 1 country after aero spies. Ho leaped intol the car and Cratg followed. Take the Tottenville ferry. "We're go ing to Lakewood." cried Kennedy. "And let It out" see - Down at Lakewood, Mr. Brown, whose placid life was not accustomed to the high pressure undor which we had been livlnar. re nested the message to Wary. "I'm not quite sure what he is talking about" he said doubtfully, still looking at the telephone and rubbing his head. "Where do you think Elaine and Mr. Jameson are?" I "I don't know, but they started that way," pointed out Mary anxiously. "Father, we must find them. Mr. Ken nedy would never have telephoned It It hadn't been Important" Wellington Brown, at last spurred into action by hla daughter, hastily ran out of the house. Elaine had been sketching only a few mlnutea when we heard a shout behind ua There was Mr. Brown, hatless, his hair flying, running toward us, waving his arms wildly. . "Mr. Kennedy has Just called up," he panted breathlessly, "and asked me to tell you, Mr. Jameson, to get Elaine under cover and keep her there till he comes." I looked at him amazed. What dlt It mean? Just then a heard a peculiar noise. It seemed to come from the sky. It waa a nolae, which, onco heard, was never forgotten. I looked up, but could tee nothing. 'There's an aeroplane somewhere about," I exclaimed, now genuinely wor ried over Kennedy's strange message. "Elaine-please " I cried, taking her hand and almost dragging her acrost the field as fast as. I could, followed by Brown. The nearest shelter I could see was a bridge over a email creek and t made for It as rapidly as I could. Ws were not a moment too soon. There ' was the aeroplane, with two men In it- I miiM not distliuruiBh the races, mix i knew they boded no good. Vnm-hiirrr " Wu Wag Urgtl Sprague as ho saw us moving across theV hillside. "Fly lower so X can drop theeeJ arrows better." On toward us swept the maCrUne, as Wu urged the driver. , But we had been warned In time. With Elaine and Brown, I reached the place of safety and we crouched dowa under the stons arch, while far above us. al though we could not see.Wu Fang gated furious. "Make the turn and get away behind those trees," he shouted angrily abov K the deafening noise of the propeller. X "Perhaps If they don't see us, they'll come out again." (Continued on Page Eleven-Col. Three.) flaoime (
