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A Detective Novel and a
jl!iffp.itipjniPicture Drama
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Featuring
Miss Pearl White . . . Elaine Dodge
Mr. Lionel Barrymore . . Marcius Del Mar
WRITTEN BY ARTHUR a REEVE
The Well-Enown Novelist end the
Creator of the "Craig Kennedy" Stories
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, After tbe finding of Wu Fang's body
Cnd Kennedy's dlsacpearanc. a subma
Ina appears tha following mornlrur on
the bay." A man plunges overboard from
tt and swim eehor. It U tha entrance
.f Marciue Dal Mar Into America,
Hla mustlon 1 to obtain information of
Kennedy and recover, If possible, tha lost
torpedo. At tha Dodge home he aoon
(wins tha confidence of E3elne. Iter
ha la warned by a llttla old man to ba
raraful of Dal Mar. Tht warping came
net In tima to prevent Dei liar from
carrying out Ma plan,
i Later Elaine gives a masquerade ball.
(Del Mar attends. Neither lie nor bla
idomlno girl can locate the torpedo, A
krey frtar warna Elaine and Jameson of
ImI Mar's purpose, and hla plana era up
pet Del Mar succeeds In getting thla
flrl In Elaln' home aa a maid. Bhe
fflnda the torpedo In the attic, piece H
in a trunk, which with other la aent to
I.lelne' rountry home. A holdup on tha
Rnaln Ultra plana. 11 Mar'a men carry
the trunk aw&y, only to find on opening
It that thy have the wrona; one.
Upon Klalne' arrival In tbe country
the araln encounter the old man of
rnrtery. He warna her to do her own
tinpacklne;. ghe dore, and find the long
l't torpedo, which aha i)aoa In a
drer drawer. tel Mar'a men enter her
loom during- her abeenoe and escape with 1
the torpedo. They are aeen by the old
tntn, who follows them. A deeperate
.battla follow. In whlrh tha old man de
troya tha toruedo. That afternoon aa
JfZ.n and Jameeon are rid In thronirh
the oonntry Del Msr plena to blow up a
fridge at a time when they are oroeln.
He would hare auoceeded bat the old
man unexpectedly appeere and delay the
evoloelon Jut Ions cnouih to permit
ISaJne'a car to croaa aafely.
In the Submarine Port
V
CHAPTER TV.
It wu not lona; after tha almoet tnlraea
tona aaoapa of Elaloe and myaelf from
tha blowtna; up of tha bridara on tha ihore
road that Del Mar returned from hla mya
iterlou mission which bad. apparently,
taken him aotually down to tha bottom of
tha aaa
Tha panel ht tha wall of hla library
opened and In tha atlll drlpplna; aubmarlna
suit, holding under hla arm tha weird
Ihelmet, Del Mar entered. Mo sooner had
ba iKfun to remove hla wet divine suit
jthan the man who had signalled with
the heliograph that wa.had found Del
Mar's mees&ge from "below," whatever
that might mean, entered tha house and
was announced by tha valet.
"Let h'm com ra Immediately ," ordered
Del Mar, placlnr Ma ault In a closet.
Then to the man, aa he entered, he said;
"Well, what'a rtewT"
"Quite a bit." returned tha man, frown
ing still over ESalne'a accidental dl-
covery of the under-water communica
tion. 'The Dodge girl happened to pick
tip one of tha tubes with a mesaaga Just
after yeu went down. I tried to get her
by blowing up tha bridge, but It didn't
work, somehow."
"Wa'H. have to alienee her,", remarked
Del Mar angrily with a sinister frc-vn.
"Yeu stay heregand wait for orders."
A moment later ha made hi way down
to a private dock on hla grounds and
jumped aboard a trim llttla speed boat
moored "there. He started tha motor and
off tha boat feathered In a cloud of
Pray. ,
It as only a moment by water before
he reached tha Dodge dock. There ha
tied hla boat and hurried up tha dock,
Elaine and I arrived home without any
further experience after our hairbreadth
escapa front tha explosion at the bridge.
We were In doubt at first, however, just
what to do about tha mysterious message
which we had picked up In the harbor.
"Reuy, Wallet'," leinaj VJ Zllaina,
alter had considered the matter for
soma time. "1 think w ought to send that
message to tbe government at Washing
ton." Already she had seated herself at her
desk and began to write, while I ex.
anil ne d the metal tuba atd tha note
again.
"There, ehe said at length, handing
ma the note the had written, "bow does
that aoundT'
I read It while aha addressed tha en
velop. "Very good," I replied, handing
It back.
tha folded It e4 shoved It Into tha en
velope on which aha had written:
"Chief.
"Secret Service. ,
-Washington. T. C." '
I was studying the addreea, wondering
-hetbr this was Just tha thing to do.
whea Elaine decided tha tnttt by ener
getically ringing the bell for Jetinlnga
"Poet that, Jennings, pleas," aha di
rected.
The butler boed Just aa the door bell
rang, tie turned to go.
"Just a minute,", I Interrupted. "I
think perhaps I'd better mall it myaelf.
ater el! "
He huidud me the letter and went out.
"Tes, Walter." agreed Elaine, "that
would be better. Kef later It, too."
nlow do you dor greeted a suave
voioe.
It wa Del Mar. Aa ha passed ma to
to ritlns. apparently by aorldeet.
1 knocked th letter from my hand.
"I beg your p-r-ion." he apologised.
q M Mr stooi-ing and ptcWIrg It up.
Thcu.gh he managed to read tha ad
diffc", )e maintained )l composure and
' I.end-1 the letter back to me. I alerted
l'i go t i.t, when KUined called to me.
"hiOuce n. just a moment, Mr. Del
I'm?" she n l'rid, accompanying ma
i.( en u. e foi .u
Already a saddle nerse had been
brought around for ma.
"Perhaps you'd better put a special
delivery stamp on It, too, Walter," aha
added, wajklng along with ma. "And be
very careful."
"I wiil," I promised, as I roda off.
Del Mar, alone, seised tha opportunity
to go over quietly to tha telephone. It
waa tha work of only a moment to call
up his bungalow where tha emissary who
hsd placed tha submarine bell waa wait
ing for orders. Quickly Del Mar whls
pered Instructions which tha man took,
and hung up tha receiver.
"I hop you'll pardon ma," said Elaine
entering just as Del Mar left the tele
phone. "Mr. Jameson waa going Into
town and I had a number of llttla thing
I wanted him to do. Won't yon alt
downT"
They chatted for a few momenta but
Del Mar did not stay very long. Ha x
mnwd himself shortly and Elalna bade
him goodbye at tha door as ha walked
off. apparently, down the road I had
taken.
Del Mar's emissary hurried from th
bungalow and almost ran down th road
until h came to a spot where two men
were hiding.
"Jameeon Is coming with a letter
which the Dodge gtri has written to the
Secret Servte," he cried pointing excited
ly up th road. "You'v tot to get It,
sT"
.1 was eanterlnt along nicely down th
road by th shore, when suddenly, from
behind some rocks and bushes, three men
leaped out at me. On of them seised
the horse's bridle, whlls tha other two
quickly dragged ma out of th aaddla. -
It waa very unexpected, but I had time
enough to draw my gun and fir one. Z
hit on of th man, too, In th arm, and
ha stacretad back, th blood spurting all
over th road.
But before X eould fir at th others,
they knocked th gun frorn my hand.
Frightened, tha horse turned and bolted,
riderless.
Together, they dragged me off th road
and Into th thicket, where I waa tied
and ragged and" laid on th ground while
on of them bound up th wounded arm
of th man X had hit. It was not Ion
before on of them began searching me.
"Aha!" he growled, pulling th letter,
from my pocket and looking at It with
satisfaction. "Her It ia."
H tor th letter open, throwing th
envelop on th ground, and read It
There, confound you," he muttered.
"The government'!! never get that Com
on, men. Bring him this way."
in shoved th latter Into his pocket and
led tha way through tha underbrush,
while tha others half dragged, half
puahed ma along. We had not gone very
far before on of th thra men, who
appeared to be th leader, pauied.
"Tak him to th hang-out" he or
dered, gruffly. I'll have to report to th
chief."
H disappeared down toward tha ahor
of th harbor while th others prodded
m along.
eee
Down near th Dodge dock, along- tha
shor walked a man wearing- a broad
brimmed hat and a plain suit of duck.
His prim collar and tie comported well
with his smoked glasses. Instinctively
one would bav called him "professor,"
though whether naturalist geologist or
Tlaln "bugologlst," on would hav had
difficulty In determining.
H seemed, aa a matter of fact to b
a naturallat for he was engrossed In
picking up speclmena But he was not
so much engrossed as to fall to hear
tha approach of footsteps down th
travel waik from Dodge ball to tbe
dock. Ha looked up in tlm to Dal
Mar coming, and quietly slipped Into
the shrubbery up on tne ahor.
On tha dock, Del Mar stood for soma
minute, waiting. Finally, 'along tha
hor cam another figure. It waa tha
emissary to whom Del Mar had tele
phoned and who had aearched me. Th
naturalist draw back Into hla biding
place, peering out keenly.
"Well?" demanded Del Mar. ."What
luck?"
"W'v got him," returned th man
with brief eatUfactlon, "Here's tha let
ter h was sending to th seoret
rvlce."
Del Mar aelsed th not which tha man
handed ta him and read It eamrlv.
"Good." ha exclaimed. . "That ' would
hav put an end to th whole oner.
tlona about here. Com on. Get Into th
boat"
For soma reason best known to him
self, the naturalist seemed to hav loat
all Interest In hla specimens and to hav
a euddon curiosity about Del Mar' af
fairs. As th motor boat aped off, he
cam slowly and curiously ou et hla
tiding place and gased fixedly at Del
Mar.
No sooner had Del Mar's boat got a
little distance out into tha harbor than
the naturalist hurried down th Dodge
dock. There was tied Elalne'a own fast
llttla runabout He jumped Into it and
started th engine, following quickly In
Del Mar wake.
"Look." called tha emistary to Del
Mar, spying ta Dodge boat with the
naturalist In It skimming rapidly after
them.
Del Mar strained his eyes back through
l is glsss at tha pursuing boat But the
naturallat in spite of hla smoked
slat, eeemed.not to hav impaired hi
OeaSght by his studies. He caught the
glint of the sun on tbe lens at Del Mar s
ye and dropped doe a Into the bottom
cf hi wn boat where he aa at least
aafa from scrutiny, U bis boat war not
Read
Del Mar low
ered his glees.
'Tblt'i th
Dod boat'
Dolge boat. he
Mid thought
fully. "I .lon't
Ilk th look
not been sons long before
E1ln decided to tak a .
rid herself. She ordered
her horse around ' from
th stables, while she
donned her neat llttla rid
ing habit A few min
utes later, aa th groom '
held th horse, she
mounted and rod away,
choosing th road by '
which I had gone, ex- .
peeling to . meet m on
the return from town.
Bh was galloping along
at a good clip, when sud
denly her horse shied at
something.
"Whoa, Buster." pad- '
fled Elaine.
But It was of no use.
Buster atlll reared up.
"Why, what la the mat
ter!" she asked. "What
do ytu seer
the looked down st the
ground. There waa a
spot of blood In the dust '
Buster waa on of those
horaea to whom th sight
of blood is terrifying.
Elaine pulled up besldtf
th road. There was a
revolver lying In the
giaea Ghe dismounted
and picked It up. No
sooner had ah looked at
It than ah discovered
th lnltlala "W. J."
carved on th butt
"Walter Jameson!" she exclaimed, rea
lising suddenly that It waa mine. - "It's
been fired, tool"
Her eye fell again on th blood spots.
"Blood and-footprtnts into the bruehl"
she gasped In horror, following; th trail.
"What oould hav happened to Walter?"
With the revolver, Elaine followed
where tha, bushes were trampled down
until ah cam to th place where X had
been bound. There aha spied some pieces
of paper lying on the ground and picked
them up. 1
8h put them together. . They were
Piece of the envelop of the Utter which
we had decided to send to Washington.
-Which way did they take him?" shs
asked, looking all about but discovering
no trait
Shs was plainly at a loss what course
to pursue.
"What Would Oralg do?" ah asked hr
self.
Finding no answer, ah stood thinking
a moment, slowly tearing the envelope to
'plecea It aha were to do anything at all.
It must be done quickly. Suddenly an
Idea seemed to occur to her. Bh threw
th piece of paper Into th air and let
them blow away. It was unsclenttfla.de
tectlon, perhaps, but tha wind actually
took them and carried them in tha direc
tion in which tha men had forced m to
walk.
"That's It!" cried Elaln to herself. "Til
followvthet direction."
Meanwhile, tha men had hurried m oft
along a trail that led to tha foot of a
cliff. Then th trail wound up th cltft
We climbed It until w reached th top.
There in th rock was a rude stairway.
I drsw back. But on man drew a tun
and th ether preceded m down. Along
th steep stone steps cut In th face of
th rock they forced me.
Below, in a rift la th very wall of ths
cliff, was a cave in which already were
two more of Del Mar's men, talking In
low tones. In the dim light.
As We made our way down th break
neck stairway, tha foremost of my cap
tors stepped on a Urge flat rock. As he
did sp. It gave way slightly - under his
foot
A light In th cave flashed up. Under
the rock was a secret electrio connection
which operated a lamp. '
Someone coming." muttered th two
men, ort gruard Instantly.
It was a someehai precarious footing
aa wa descended and for the moment-1
waa mora concerned for my aafety from
a fall than anything else. One my foot
ddl slip and a shower of pebbles and
small pieces of rock started down tha
face of th cliff. .
Aa we passed down, th man behind
me, atlll keeping roe covered, raised tha
flat stons on the top ate p. Carefully ha
reset ths connection of the alarm rock,
a series of metal polnta that bent under
tha weight of a peraon and made a con
taet which signaled down In tha cavern
tha approach of anyone who did not know
th aecret
As he did so, tha light In tha cavern
went out "It's all right," said one of
th men down there, with a look of re
lief.
W now want down th perilous stair
way until w earns to the oav.
"I've got a prisoner order - of th
chief," growled on of my captors,
thrusting me In roughly.
They forced me Into a earner where
they tied in again, hand and foot Tbea
they began debating In low,, alnlater
tones, what was to be done with me
next Once In a while I could catch a
word. Eear mad my sense hypemen
sltlve. They were arguing whether they
should make away with me now or Uteri
Finally the leader rose. "It's three to
one," I heard htm Sautter. "He die
now."
Ha turned and took a taeoactnt step
toward ma
"Hands up!"
It waa a ahrilt firm voice that rang
out at the mouth at the eav aa a figure
cut off l.at little light there waa
4
Elaine paased along, hunting for the
trail, Suddenly a ahover cf pebble
came failing down tram a cliff above
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KESUrlMO THEM COVERED, WS
her. Borne , or them hit her and shs
looked up quickly.
There aha could see m being led along
by my captora. She hid In the brush
and watched. During all the operations
of tha descent of the rock stairway and
th resetting of tha alarm aha continued
to watch, straining her eyes to ses what
they were doing.
As ws entered the cave, shs stepped
out from her concealment and looked
sharply up at us, as we disappeared
Then shs climbed the patch up the cliff
until she came to th flight of stone
steps leading downward again..
Already she had aeen tha man behind
m doing something with the stone that
formed ths top sUp. Bhe stooped down
and examined th atone. Carefully shs
raised It and looked underneath before
stepping on It ' There shs could ses ths
electrio connection. Shs set ths ston
sslde and looked again down th dan
gerous stairway.
It made her ahudder. "I must get
him," aha murmured to herself. "Tea,
I must Even now it may be too late."
They had just decided to make away
with me Immediately and th leader had
turned toward ma with th threat still
on his lips. It was now or never, Reso
lutely sh took a atep forward and Into
tha cave.
"Hands up!" sh den-anded firmly.
Th thing waa ao unexpected In th
security of their secret hiding place pro
tected by th rock alarm that before
they knew it Elaine had thara all lined
up against" the wait
Keeping them carefully covered, - sh
moved over toward me. Sh picked up a
knit that lay near by and smarted to
out th ropes which iheld me. , ; ,
As shs did so, one of th men, with an
oath, leaped forward to ruah her. But
Elaln wa not to ba caught - off her
guard. Instantly ah fired. t Th man
staggered back and fell. ,
That cooled th ardor of the other
three considerably, especially now as I
waa free, too. While she held them up
atlll, with their handa in the air. I went
through their, pockets, taking' out their
weapons. ( . ' ' - ' 1 ' I '
Then, still keeping them covered, we
backed out of the cava. Backward we
made our way up tha dangerous flight
of steps again with tuna levelled at the
cava entrance, Elalna going .up first
X)nce a head atuck Itself out of ths eav
entrance. I fired Instantly and It Jerked
Itself back In again juat In time. That :
waa the only trouble w hea, epper-1
ently. ' i
Cautiously and slowly we' made our i
way toward' th top of the cliff. j
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One look backward from his moturboet
waa enough for Del Mar. Ha must evade
that Inquisitive naturalist He turned to
his man. ' '
"Get out that apparatus," he ordered. I
Tha man opened a locker an3rirought 1
out the eurlous submarine rescus helmet i
and suit , Del Mar took them up and
bean to put the ault on, stooping down I
In tha shelter of the boat so that hla
actions could not be aeen by th natur
alist In the pursuing boat
Tha naturalist , waa all this time peer
ing ahead keenly at Del Mar's boat try
ing to make it out He bent ever and
adjusted tha engine to get up more
speed end the boat shot ahead faster.
By thl tlm Del Mar had put cn the
submarine apparatus, all except the bl-
met and waa crouching low In the boat
Hastily hs rolled a ple of eanvaa Into
the semblance of a body, put his coat
and hat on' It and aet.it. on ths seat
which hs bad occupied before
Just them Del Mar'a boat ran around
the prorooBtory . where Wu Fang had
met . tha submarine that had ' brought
Del Mir Into tha country and landed
him so strangely. ,
The boat'-slowed down under . shelter
of tha rocka and Del Mar added a pair
of heavy lead -eoled shoes to his outfit
in order to weigh hlmsoif down. Finally
he. put oo the helmet, let himself over
lb side of the boat, and dlsepptared
Into the eater.
His aide atarted tha motor and the
boat ehot thtad again, with th dummy
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kfADB OtB WAT tTP THH DANOEROTTJt
still occupying Del Mar's aeat As the
I boat awung out and made! a wide sweep-
Ing curve away from the point at which
Del Mar had . gone rv rboard, the nat
uralist In th Dodge boat cam around
th promontory and . It changing
his course, accordingly, "and gaining
somewhat ,',,'."
' see .
Del fsr sank, ' upright and rapidly,
down In th .shallow water, to the bot
tom. Ones having his feet: on something
approaching firm ground, he gased about
through th 'wlndowwltke eye of the hel
met until he got hla bearings. Then he
began to walk heavily along the bottom
Of the harbor, over sand and rocka
It was a atrange walk' that ha took,
half stumbling, slowly and cumbersomely
groping hla way , Ilk ; a queer under
water anlmaL . , ' . ,
If anyone -could have seen ' him, he
would have noted that Del Mar was go
ing towsrd the base of , a hug .rocky
cliff that Jutted far out into ths .harbor,
where the water was deep,' a dangerous
point, avoided ' by craft of all, kinds.
Far over his head the waves, beat on ths
rocks ..angrily. Bur' down there, con
cealed beneath th surface of vth har
bor, was a sort of -huge arch, of stone,
thnough which a comparatively, rapid cur
rent ran as the tide ebbed and ' flowed.- '
Del Mar let himeelf be carried along
with .the current, which . was . now run
ning in, and thus with; comparative eae
mad hla way, stilt groping,' through tha
aroh. One undsr It and a ,few feet be
yond; . he . deliberately, .kicked 1 off th
leaden-soled shoes and,' thus lightened,
rose rapidly to' the 'surface of the water.
As he bobbed up, .a strange sight met
his eyes not strange,' however, , to Del
Mar. . Above, th. rocks formed a huge'
dom 'over 'the', water 'which' th tides
forced In" and "out 'through th secret
entrance through which' he came. No'
olher entrant, 'apparently. . except that
from tha waters of the- harbor, led to
$hlg peculiar den. ..; . T ' .
Lying quietly . moored to the rocky
piera lay three, submarine boats..' Fur
ther back, on1 . a ' ledge of rock,' bleated
out. stood ' a -little ' building, a sort of
of firs or i headquarters. Nearby r weal a
shed, wljere were '.keptr gaa and oil. sup
plies and ammunition; .,ln,- fact,;, every-,
thing' tfiat a submarine might need. .
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.Thl was the reason ' for " Del ! Mar's
presence - In the neighborhood.' -It. was
the secret submarine harbor- of the for
elgn, agents who were . operating In
America I . ' '
Already a sentry, pacing up and down,
had. aeen the bubbles in the water that
Indicated that meone had come through
ths archway and, was down "below," as
Del Mar and his men. called tt
Qaxlng down the sentry sew the 'queer
helmeted figure float up from the bottom
of the pool. He reached out and helped
th figure clamber up out of th .water
to th ledge .on which he atood.. Del Mar
aaluted, and the sentry returned the secret
salute, helping him remove the dripping
helmet and suit l
A moment later. In th queer Utile sub
marine pf rice, ,Del rMar; had evidently
planned to take up the nefarious' aecret
work on which rhe was engaged. Several
men of 'a naval 'snd military bearing
were seated about a table already,-atudy-Ing
maps and plans and documents of all
descriptions.. They , did not seem ,to be
long to any nation in particular. ' In f aot,
their uniform. ,lf . such they might be
oalled. were of a character to disguise
their nationality. ' But that they were
hostile to' ths' country' under' Which 'they
literally hadlthels hidden, retreat of that
there could i be no doubt
- How high Del Mar stood In their eoun-A
couiu.nava, Deen seen at a glance
from ths 'Instant deference exhibited at
the mere- mention of. his name by the
entry who-entered with the submarine
ault while Del Mar 'got himself together
after his rrmarkable trip. , . ,
The men at the council table rose arid
saluted as Del Mar himself entered. . He
returned ths salute and quietly made his
way .to .the head -of the table,-where he
took, a aeat .naturally. ,
'This is an area In which we must work
first of all." he began, drawing towsrd
him-a-book 'and opening' It- "And we
must strike quietly, for if they heed tha
advice of thl; book, ,lt may be too late
for us jto take advantage of their foolish
unpreparedness."
It' was 'a 'book entitled "Defenseless
America," written' by a great American
Inventor, Hudson Maxim. . : .
.Del Marr turned the Pagea until he came
to i and pointed out a map. ..The others
gathered about him; leaning forwsrd eag
erly ' ' he talked-to them. '
J There,' on' the 'map. , with a radius of
some HO miles, was drawn a big segment
of a circle, with reek k 111, New York, as
a center.
"That Is th heart of America," said
Del Mar, earnestly. "It embraces Nsw
Tork, Boston. Philadelphia. But that U
not the point. Hera are the great ma
jority of the gun an.1 armor .factories,
the powder and cartridge work, to-
fether wath the principal coal fields of
Pennsylvania."
He brought his fist down declslvsly
on the table. "If we hold this section,"
he declared, "we practically hold
America!"
Eagerly the other emissaries listened
aa Del Mar laid before them the de
tailed facts which he was collecting, the
greater mission than the mere capture
of Kennedy'a wireless torpedo which had
brought him into the country. Detail
after detail of their plana they discussed
as they worked out the gigantic scheme.
It waa a war council of a aecret ad
vance guard of the enemies of America!
Meanwhile, Del Mar's man In his boat
cutting a wide clrcls end avoiding the
Dodge boat carrying the naturalist made
his way across the harbor until he came
to the shore. "
There he landed and proceeded up tbe
beach to the foot of a rocky cliff, where
he turned and followed a trail up It to
the top. It was ths same path already
traveled by my capture with me- and
later followed by Elaine.
Aa he came ateathlly out from under
cover, Del Mar's man gased down the
stairwaylTle drew back at what h saw.
Slowly he pulled a gun from his pocket
watching down th steps with tens In
terest. There he could see Elaine and
myself wearily climbing toward ths top,
tur backs toward him, aa ws covered
the men in the cave.
So surprised was he at j What he saw
that he forgot his boat below had been
followed by the mystetloue naturalist
who, th moment Del Mar's man had
landed, put on th last burst of speed
snd ran the Dodge boat close to tne spot
where the aide had left Pel Mar'a
A glance Into the boat sufficed to-tell
the naturalist that ths figure In It was
only a dummy. He did not pause, btik
follbwed th trail up th hill until ha
was clos after the emissary ahead,
going mors slowly.
Only a few feet further", along the
cliff the naturalist paused, too, keeping!
well under cover, for the man wss now
just ahead of him. H looked fixedly
at him and saw him gase down th
cliff. Then he saw him slowly draw s,
gun.
- Who oould be below? Quickly the nat
uralist's mind seemed to . work. " He
crouched down, as If ready to spring.
The emissary slowly raised bis re
volver and took careful atm at the backs
of Elaine and myself, as we came up
the steps.
But before he could pull the trigger, the
natural!, more like one of the wild ani
mals which he studied than Ilk a human
being, sprang from his concealment In th
bushes and pounced on the man from be
hind, seising him firmly.
Over and over they rolled, struggllnsj
almost to ths brink of th precipice.
Elaine and X had. got almost to the top
of the flight of atepa, whan suddenly we
heard a Shout above us and sounds of sj :
terrlflo struggle. We turned and saw
two men..
Nearer and nearer the edge of the cliff '
they rolled. We crouched closer to the
rocky wall, gaxlng up at ths death
grapple of the two. Who they were we !
did not know hut that one was fighting ,
for and the other against us we could
readily see. i
The more vicious of ths two seemed ta
be forcing ths naturalist slowly beak.
when, with a superhuman effort, tha '
naturalist braced himself. Hie foot aaj
actually on a small ledge of rook dlreotly
at the edge of th cliff.,
.He swung around quickly and struoai
the other man. The vicious looking man) !
pitched headlong over the cllft
We shrank back closer to the reck aa
the man hurtled through the air only-
few feet from us. Down below, we could
hear him land with a sickening thud.
Far over the edge Elaine leaned In si
sort of faaclnatlon at the awful sight.
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