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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: AUM.'ST 1, 1913.
A Detective Novel and a
Motion Picture Drama
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Presented by This Newspaper in Collaboration With
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Featuring
Miss Pearl WJiite Elaine Dodge
Mr. Lionel Barrymore Marcius Del Mar
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WRITTEN BY ARTHUR B. REEVE
The Well-Known Novelist and the
Creator of the "Craig Kennedy" Stories
Oramatized Into a Photo-Play by Chas. W. Goddard,
' Author of "The Perils of Pauline," "The Exploits of Elaine.'
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SrnopsU of Previous Chapters
Ater the Ending of Wn Fang's body
and Kennedy's dlsaptwaranoe, a sub-
fiarlns appear the following morning on
no bey. A. man plunge, overboard from
It and swims ashore. It Is the entrance
f TMarwus Ied Mar Into AmnrW.
His mission Is to obtain Information of
Kennedy and recover, If possible, the
tost torpedo. At the Dodge home he soon
wins the confidence of F.lalne. loiter she
Is warned by a little old man to bn care-
?ul of Del Mar. This warning came Just
n time to prevent Del Mar from carry
ing out his pains.
The girl enters the Dodge home ss s
meld; finds the torpedo, places It In a
trunk, which with others Is sent to the
1oom country home. In a hold-up Del
Xar'a men fall to ret the trunk containing-
the torpedo. Elaine hides the tor
pedo, which later la stolen by Del Mar's
men, who In escaping; meet the old man
tl mystery. A desperate battle follows,
In which the old man destroys the tor
pedo. Jameson Is raptured by Del Mar's men
while on his way to mall a letter to the
1'nlted States secret servlo. Klalne
rescues him. Ueutsnsnt Woodward and
Ms friend attend a party given at the
lodge home, at which Del Mar Is pres
end. Unknowlnrly Del Mar drops a note
which rives Elaine a clue. In her attempt
to prevent his cutting; the Atlantic cable
shs Is discovered and made a prisoner
on the boat, which afterwards Is wrecked
by Woodward and the old man of
mystery. Jameson arrives In a hydro
aeroplane Just In time to save Klalne
from drowning;.
Elaine, disguised sa a man, discover
the entrance of Del Mar's wireless rave
at almost the same time Prof. Arnold by
a "radio detective" has discovered the
wireless station. Klslns's discovery nearly
proves fatal, she Is saved by Jameson;
both aid Prof, Arnold and l.leuteant
Woodward In destroying the wireless
station, but Del Msr escapes.
Battle of the Gas Bombs
CHAPTER VII.
Off a lonely wharf on a deserted part
of (he eosst some miles from the promon
tory which afforded Del Msr his secret
(Submarine harbor, a ship wss riding; st
anchor. v
On th wharf a group of men, husky
.Lascars, were straining their eyes at the
'mysterious craft.
"Here It comes," muttered on of the
men, "at last"
From the ship a large yawl had put out.
As It approached the wharf It could be
. seen that It was loaded to the run ale
with eases and boxes. It drew up close
ito tha wharf and the men felt to unloading-
It, lifting up the boxes a though
ifthey ware weighted with feathers In
stead of metal and explosives.
Down the shore, at the same time, be
hind a hut rock, crouched a rough
looking tramp. His Interest In the yawl
and Its cargo was even keener than that
of the las car.
"Supplies." he muttered, moving back
cautiously and up the bluff. "I wonder
where they are taking them?"
Marcus Del Mar had chosen an old and
ruined hotel not far from the shore as
bis storehouse and arsenal. Already he
i was there, pacing up and down the rotted i
.veranda which shook under his weight.
"Corns, hurry up," he called Impatiently
as the first of the men carrying a huge
I box on bis back made his appearance up
the hill.
One after another they trooped In and
Del Mar led them to the hotel, unlocking
! the door. '
Inside, the old hostelry was quite as
ramshackle as outside. What had once
ben tbe dining room now held nothing
but a long rickety table and several
.chairs.
"Put them there." ordered Del Mar,
.directing the disposal of the casea 'Then
'you can begin work. I shall be back
.soon."
He went out and as bs did so, two men
( salsed guns from a corner nearby and
followed him. On the varsnda he paused
i and turned to the men.
"If .anyone approaches the house any
I'm sure," he sgreed grace-
on, you understand maks him a prls
he ordered. "If
oner and send tor me.
be resists, shoot."
"Tea, sir,"' they replied, moving over
.and ststlonlng themselves ons at sach
angle of the narrow paths that ran be
fore the old house-
Del Mar turned and plunged deliberately
; into the buehea, a If for a cross-country
walx, unobserved.
MnwhU. by another path up th
bluf, th tramp had mad hi way
parallel to th tin taken by th men
. 11 paused at th top of th bluff, where
I some bushes overhung and parted them.
'Their heedquarters," he remarked to
. himself, under Ms breath.
XUalna, Aunt Josephine end I were on
i th lawn that forenoon when a groom In
i resplendent livery cam up to ua
"MUi Elain DodgsT" h bowed.
Elaine took the not be offered and
.be departed with another bow.
"Oh. Isn't that delightful" she erted
wUh pleasure, handing the note to me.
I lead It: 'The WUkeshlre Country
tl ut will be honored if Miss Dodge and
Ler friondg will loin the paper chase this
af' fmon. L. H. Brown, secretary."
"I sjj'pose a preparation for the fox or
irsf season?" I queried.
its," shs replies! ' -"'l!i you go?"
"1 don't ride very well," f gjsxtsrsred.
I t 1 11
"oh. and here's Mr. Del Msr." she
t. " I. turning. "You'll Join us at th
v:,eiitlra hunt In a paper chase this
a,", irtjoon. surely, Mr. Del Marf"
"C'hsrmed,
fully.
For several minutes we chatted, plan
ning;, then he withdrew. "I shall meet
you on the wsy to the club," he prom
Iced. It was not long before Elaine was
ready, and from the stable a groom led
three of the best trained cross-country
hor?es In the neighborhood, for old Tay
lor I'odpe, Elaine's fsthor, had been pas
sionately fond of hunting, ss had been
both Kialne and Aunt Josephine.
We met on the porch and a few min
utes later mounted and cantered away.
On the road Del Mar joined us and we
galloped along to the Hunt club, careful,
however, to sav the horses as much
ss possible for th dash over the fields.
For some time the uncouth, tramp con
tinued gazing fixedly out of the bushes
at the deserted hotel.
Suddenly he heard a noise and dropped
flat on the ground, looking keenly about.
Through the trees he could see one of
Del Mar's men stationed on sentry duty.
He wss leaning against a tree, on the
alert.
The tramp rose cautiously and moved
off In another direction to that In which
he had been making his way, endeavoring
to flsnk the sentry. Further along, how
ever, another of Del Mar'a men was
standing In the same attentive manner
near a path that led from the woods.
As the tramp approached, tha sentry
heard a crackle of the brush and stepped
forwsrd. Before the tramp knew It, he
wss) covered by a rifle from the sentry
In an unexpected quarter.
Anyone but the sentry, with half an
eye, might hsve seen that the fear he
showed was cleverly feigned. He threw
his hsnds above his head even before he
wss ordered and In general was the most
tractable captive Imaginable. The sentry
blew a whistle, whereat the other sentry
ran In.
"What shall w do with him?" asked
th captor.
"Master's orders to take anyone to the
rendezvous," responded the other firmly,
"and lock htm up."
Together they forced the tramp to
march double quick toward the old hotel
One gentry dropped back at the door and
the other drov the tramp before him
Into the hotel, avoiding the big room on
the side where the men were at work and
forcing hltn upstairs to the attic, which
had once been the servant's quarters.
There was no window In the room and
It was smpty. The only light came In
through a skylight In the roof.
The sentry thrust the tramp Into this
room. It wa locked. At the point of his
gun the sentry frisked the tramp for
weapons, but found none. As ha did so
the tramp trembled mightily. But no
sooner had the sentry gone than the
tramp smiled quietly to himself.' He tried
both doora They were locked. Then he
looked at the skylight and meditated.
Down below, although he did not know
It, In the bare dining room which had
been arranged Into a sort of chemical
laboratory, Del Mar S men were en
gaged In manufacturing gas bomb much
like those used In the war In Europe.
Before them was a formidable array of
bottles and retorts. The containers for
the bombg were large and very brittle
globes of hard rubber. As the men made
the gas and forced It under tremendous
pressure Into tubes, thsy protected them
selves by wearing gaglea for th eye
and large masks of cloth and saturated
cotton over their mouths and noses.
Satisfied with th safety of his captive.
the sentry made his way downstairs and
out again to report to Del Mar.
At the bungalow, Del Mar's valet was
setting hi library In order when ha heard
a signal In the secret passage. He
pressed the button on the desk and opened
the panel. From It the sentry entered.
Where Is Mr. Del Mar?" be asked
hurriedly, looking- around. "We've been
followed to the headquarters by a tramp
whonj I've capture!, and I don't know
what to do with him."
"He Is not here," answered the valet.
"He has gone to the Country club."
"Confound It," returned the sentry.
vexed at the enforced waste of time.
"Do you think you can reach him?"
"If I hurry. J may." nodded the valet.
'Then do so," directed the sentry.
He moved bark Into the panel and
disappeared, while the valet closed It. A
moment later he, too, picked up his hat
and hurried out
At tha WUkeshlre dub a large num
ber of hunters bad arrived for the Imita
tion meet Elaine. Aunt Josephine. Del
Mar and myself rod up and were
greeted by them as w came, mainly to
please the "younger set" The master of
fox hounds assembled ua. Off a bit a
splendid pack of hounds was held by
the huntsman, while they debated to hold
a paper chase or to try a drag out
'You start your cross-country riding
early." commented Del Mar.
"Tea." snswered Elaine. "Tou see we
ean hardly wnlt until autumn and the
weather la so fine and cool, we feel
that we ought to get Into trim during the
summer. So w have paper chases
and drag hunts as aoon aa possible.
Th ohase wa Just about to start
when the valet came up. Del Mar caught
his eyes and excused himself to ua What
he aald. w could not bear, but Del Mar
frowned, codded and dismissed him.
i.it.i me nc-m sounded and we
went off. dashing across ths road Into a
field In full chsse nftar the hounds, tak
ing the fences and settling down to a
good half hour'a running ever the moat
beautiful country I have ever seen.
The bounds had struck ths tralL which
of course, ss was finally decided, was
nothing; fcut that laid by an anise seed
iu area sea over ms ground. It Was
none th lss. In fact, perhaps more In-
tercsun that
The huntsman
winded his horn
and mirthful
shouts of "Gone
away!" sounded
In Imitation of
a real hunt.
The blast of the
horn, once
heard. Is never
forgotten, thrill-
Ing the blood
snd urging one on.
The M. F. H. seemed to
be everywhere st once, re
straining those who were
too eager snd saving the
hounds often from being
ridden down o ythose new
to the hunt, who pressed
them.
Klalne was one of the
foremost. Her hunter was
one carefully trained, and
she knew sll the tricks of
the game.
Somehow I got sepsrsted,
at first, but, aa I after
ward learned, by Intention,
for he deliberately rode out
of the course at tha first
opportunity he had and let
Elaine and the rest of us
pass without seeing him.
Elaine's blood wss up,
but somehow. In spite of
herself, she went astray,
for the hounds had dis
tanced the fleetest rlden
and she. In an sttempt al
a short cut over ths coun
try which she thought shn
knew so well, went a mile
or so out of the way.
Phe pulled up In a ravine
and looked about. In
tently she listened. There
was no sign of ths hunt,
ffhe was hot and tired and
thirsty and, at a loss Just
how to join the field again.
she took this chance to
dismount and drink from
a clear stream fed by
mountain springs.
As she did so, floating over the peace
ful woodlsnd air came the faint strains
of the huntsman's horn, far, far off.
Bhe looked about straining her eyes and
ears to catch the direction of sound.
Just then her horse caught the winding
of the horn. Hla ears went erect and
without waiting he Instantly galloped
off, leaving her. Elaine called and ran
after him, but It waa too late. Phe
stopped and looked dejectedly . as he
disappeared. Then she made her way
up the aide of the ravine, slowly.
On she climbed, until, to her. surprise.
she came to the ruins of an old hotel, she
remembered, aa a child, when It had
been famoua as a health resort, but It
was all changed now a wreck. She
looked at It a moment then, . ss she
hsd nothing better to do, approached It.
Shs advanced toward a window of the
dining room and looked In..
Del Mar waited only until the Inst
strsggler had passed. Then he dashed off
as fast as his horse would carry him
straight toward the deserted hotel which
served him as headquarters for the
supplies he wss accumulating. As he rode
up. one of his sentries appesred. as If
from nowhere, and, seeing who It wag,
saluted.
"Here, take care of this horse." ordered
Del Msr, dismounting and turning the
animal over to the man, who led htm to
the rear of the building, as Del Mar
entered the front door, after giving a
secret signal,
Thsra were hla men In goggles and
masks at the work, which his knock had
Interrupted.
"Olve me a mask before I enter the
room," he ordered of the man who had
answered his signal.
The man handed tha mask and goggles
to him, aa wall as a coat whloh hs put
on quickly. Then he entered the room
and looked at the rapid progress of the
work.
"Where's the prisoner?" asked Del Mar
a moment later, satisfied at the progress
of his men.
"In the attlo room," on of his lieu
tenants Indicated. , .
"I d like to take a look at him.", added
Del Mar. just about to turn and leave
the room.
As h did so, be happened to glance at
one of th wlndowa There, peering
through the broken shutters, wss a fsce
a girl's face Elaine I
"Just what I wanted guarded against"
he cried angrily, pointing at the window.
Now-get herl" ;.;.,
The men had sprung up at hla alarm'.
They could all see her and with one ac
cord dashed for the door. Elaine sprang
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back and they ran as they saw that shs
was warned. In genuine fear she too
ran from tha window. But It was too
lata
For Just then the sentry wh6 had
taken Del Mar'a horse came from be
hind the building, cutting off her re
treat. He seised her Just aa th other
men ran out. : Elaine stared. Bhe could
make nothing of them. Even Del Mar,
In his goggles and breathing mask', was
unrecognisable. - . .
Take her Inside," he ordered, disguis
ing his voice. Then to the sentry, he
added. "Get on guard again and don't
let anyone through.
ESalne was hustled I.Vo the big de
serted hallway of the hot. Just aa the
tramp bad been.
"Tou may go back to wo," Del Mar
signed te tha other men., who want on.
leaving one abort but athletlo looking
fellow with Del Mar and Elaine.: .
"Lock her up, fShorty." ordered, Del Mar,
"and bring the other prisoner to . me
down here.
None, too gently the men forced Maine
u petali ahead of him.
la the attic, the tramp, pacing up and
down, beard footsteps approach on the
stairs and enter the next room.
Quickly he ran to th doorway' and
peered through the keyhole. There he
could see Elaine and the small rosa en
ter. He locked the door to th hall, than
quickly took a step toward the door
Into the trass" e roots.
There waa Just time enough for the
I. - .o. ills approach. He ran
swiftly and softly over to the further
corner and dropped down as if sound
asleep. The key turned In the lock and
the small msn entered, careful to lock
the door to Elaine's room. - He moved
over to where the tramp was feigning
sleen.
"Get up."' he growled, kicking him.
The tramp sat up, yawning and rub
bing his eye "Come now, be reasonable,"
demanded the man. "Follow . me."
He started toward the door Into the
hall. He never renched It. Scarcely waa,
his hand on the knob when the tramp
seised him and dragged him to the floor.
One hand on the man's throat and his
knees on his chest, the tramp tore ptt
the breathing mask and gogglea Al
ready he had the man trussed up 'and
gagged.
Quickly the tramp undressed the man
end left htm In his underclothes, still
struggling to get loose, as he took
Shorty's clothes, including the strange
headgear,, and unlocked the' door Into
the next room with the key he also took
from him.
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Elaine was pacing anxiously up and
down the little room Into which she had
been thrown, greatly frightened.
Suddenly the door through whloh her
captor had left opened hurriedly again.
A most disreputable looking tramp en
tered and locked the door again. Elaine
started back In fear.
He motioned to her to be quiet . "Tonll
never get out alive," ha whispered,
speaking rapidly and thickly, as though
to disguise his voice. "Here take these
clothes. Do Just aa I say. ' Put them on.
Put on the mask and gogglea . Cover up
your hair. It Is your only chance."
He laid the clothes down and went out
Into the hallway. Outside he listened
carefully at the head of th stairs and
looked about, expecting momentarily to
be discovered. . j '
ET.aine understood only that, suddenly
a friend in need had appeared. Bhe
changed her clothes quickly, finding for
tunately thst they fitted her pretty -well.
By pulling the hat over her hair and the
gogglea over the eyes and tying on the
breathing mask, she made a very pre
sentable man.
' Cautiously she pushed open th' door
Into the hallway. There was the tramp.
"What shall I dor' she aaked.
"Don't talk," he whispered close ,te
her ear. - "Go out and If you meet any
one. Just salute and walk past"
"Yes yes, I understand," she nodded
beck, -"snd thank you."
He gave her no time to say more, even
If It had been safe, but turned and locked
the door of her room.
Trying to keep the old stairway from
creaking and betraying her, she went
down. he managed to reach 'the lower
hallway without seeing anybody or being
discovered. Quietly she went to th door
and out Bhe had not gone far when she
met an armed man. the sentry,- who had
been concealed In the shrubbery.
"Who goes there?" he challenged. '
Elaine did not betray herself by speak
Ing. but merely saluted and passed on as
fast aa she could without exciting fur
ther suspicion. Nonplussed, the man
turned snd watched her curiously as sht
moved away down ths path.
"Where's he going?" the sentry mut
tered, still staring.
: Elaine In her eagerneas waa not look
Ing aa carefully where she was going
as she was thinking about getting away
In safety. Suddenly an' overhanging
branch of a tree caught ber bat and be
fore she knew It pulled It oft her head.
There wee no concealing ber golden halt
now.- 1 ,
"8top!" shouted the sentry. .
. Elaine did not pause, but dived Into
the bushes on the aide of th path, Jun
as the man fired and ran forward, still
shouting for her to hslt She ran.
fast aa shs could, pulling off the goggles
and mask and looking back now and
than In terror at her pursuer, who was
rapidly gaining on her.
Befor ah could catch herself she
fused, bar footing- and altn4 over tbe
edge of a gorge. Down she went with a
rush. It was unfortunate, dangerous,
but after all, it was the only thing that
saved her, at least for the time. Half
falling, half sliding, scratching herself
and tearing her clothes, she descended.
The sentry checked himself Just In
time at th top of the gorge and leaned
as far over the edge as he dared. He
raised hla gun again and fired. But
Elaine's course was so hidden by the
trees and so xtgcag that he missed again.
A moment he hesitated, and then started
and climbed down after Her as fast as
he could.
At the bottom of the hill she nicked
herself up and dashed again Into the
woods, the sentry still after her and
gaining again.
At .the same time, we who were still
In the chase had circled about the coun
try until we were very near where we
started. Following the dogs over a rail
fence, I drew up suddenly, hearing - a
scream.
There was Elaine, on foot runnlna? aa
If her life depended on it I needed no
second glance. Behind her was a man
with a rifle, almost overtaking her.
as luck would have It the momentum
of the horse carried me right at them.
Careful to avoid Elaine. I rode sauare
at the man striking at him viciously
with my riding crop before be knew
what had atruck him.
The fellow dropped, atunned. I leaned
from my horse and ran to her, Just as the
rest or the hunt came up.
Eagerly questioning us. they gathered
about .
. Having waited until he was sura that
Elaine had got a wsy. safely, the old
tramp slowly and ' carefully followed
down ths stairs of the ruined hotel.
Aa he went down, he beard a shot from
the WOOdS. Could it be one nf th.
lrle,T He looked about keenlr. hesitat
ing Just what to do.
Ia an Instant ' down below, ha heard
the. acurry of footsteoa from n im
provised laboratory and shouts. He
turned and stealthily ran upstslrs. lust
ss the door opened.
The tramp had not been the only one
wno nad been alarmed by the shot of
ths sentry.
,Del Msr was .talking again to the men
when It rang out "Whafg that?" be ex
claimed. "Another intruder?"
The men etared at him blankly, while
Xel Mar dashed for the door, followed by
them all. In the hall he Issued bis orders
quickly.
"Here, you fellows," he called, dividing
the men, "get outside and see what Is
doing. Tou other men follow me. I want
to see If everything Is all right up above."
Meanwhile the tramp had gained the
upper hallway and dashed past the room
which he had occupied. Outside, In th
hall, Del Mar and his men rushed up to
the door of the room In whloh EJaJn
had been thrown. It was locked and
they broke In. She was gone!
On Into the next room they dashed,
bearing down this door also. There was
Shorty, trussed up In his underclothea
They hastened to release him.
"Where are they Where's the tramp?"
demanded Del Mar, angrily.
"I think I heard someone on the roof,"
replied Shorty, weakly.
He was right. The tramp had man
aged to get through a scuttle on the
roof. Then he climbed down to the edge
and began to let himself band over hand
down the lightning rod.
Reaching the ground safely, he scurried
about to the back of the building. There,
tied, wss the horse which Del Mar hsd
ridden to the hunt. He untied It,
mounted and dashed off down the path
through the woods, taking the shortest hurried forwi rd
cut In the direction of Fort Dale.
Dusty and flecked with foam, the
tramp and his mount, a strange com
blnatlon. were Instantly challenged by
the sentry at the fort
"I must see Lieutenant Woodward Im
mediately," urged the tramp.
A heated argument followed until fi
nally a corporal of the guards was called
and led oft ths tramp toward the head
quarters. It was only a few minutes before
Woodward was convinced of the Identity
of the tramp with his friend. Prof. Arn
old. At the head of a squad of cavalry,
Woodward and the tramp dashed off.
Already on the qui vice, Elaine heard
the sound of hoof beats long before the
rest of us crowded around her. For the
moment we all stood ready to repel as)
attack from any quarter.
Around the old hotel. In every direc
tion, Del Mar's men were searching for
the tramp and Elaine, while In th hotel
another search was In progress,
"Have you discovered anything?" asked
Del Mar, entering.
"No, sir," they reported.
'Confound It!" swore Del Mar, going
upstairs again.
Here were also men searching. "Find
anything?" he asked briefly.
"No luck," returned one.
Del Mar went on up to the top floor
and out through the open scuttle to
the roof. "That'a how he got away, all
right" he muttered to himself, then,
looking up, he exclaimed under his
breath ss his eye caught something far
off, 'The deuce what's that?"
Leaning down to the scuttle he called,
"Jenkins my field glasses quick!"
Ono of his men brought them to him
and he adjusted them, gazing off In
tently. There he could see what looked
like a squtd of calvary galloping alonn,
headed by an officer and a rough look
ing; Individual.
"Obme we must get ready for nn at
tack r
In the laboratory-dining room, his men,
recalled, hastily took his orders. Each
of them seized one of the huge black
rubber, newly completed gas bombs and
ran out making for a grove nearby.
Quickly as Del Mar hnd acted, it was
not done so fast but that the troop of
calvary as they pulled up on the top of
a hill and followed the directing finger
of the tramp, could sec men running to
the cover of the grove.
"Forward!" shouted Woodward.
As If all were one machine, the men
snd horses shot ahead, until they came
to the grove from the old hotel. There'
they dismounted and spread out In a
seml-clroular order, advancing on the
grove. Aa they did so, shots rang out
from behind the trees. Del Mar'a men,
from th shelter were firing at them.
But It seemed hopelesa for the fugitives.
"Ra dy!" ordered Del Mar as the cal
aryraon advanced, relentless.
Each of his men picked up one of the
big black gaa bombs and held it high up
over his head.
"Come on I" nrged 'Woodward.
Hl men broke Into a charge on the
grove.
Throw them!" ordered Del Mar.
Against Woodward's men as they
ehargJ ft seemed as If a tremendous,
slow-movtn; wall of vapor were advanc
ing from the trees, it was only a mo
ment before it completely wrapped them
In lta atifllng, choking, auffoeatlng em
brace. Some fell, overcome; others tried
to run, clutching frantically at their
throats an rubbing their eye
"Got back quick till It rolls over,"
choked Wood ward.
Those who were able to do so picked
up their st repined comrades) and re
treated as beet they could, stumbling
blindly back from the fearful death cloud
of chlorine.
Meantime, under cover of this weird
defense, Del Mar and his men, their own
facea covered and unrecognizable In their
breathing masks and gogglea dashed to
one side with a shout and disappeared.
walking and running behind and even
through the safety of their Impregnable
arae barrier.
More slowly we of the hunt had fol
lowed Woodward's cavalry until, some
distance off. we stood, witnessing and
wondering at tho attack. To ir utter
amazement we saw them cawng off
their wounaed and stuplfled men. We
and gathered about
offering whatever assistance we could to
resuscitate them.
As Elaine and I helped we saw the un
kempt figure of the tramp borne In and
laid down. He was not completely over
come, having had presence of mind to tie
a handkerchief over hie nose and mouth.
Elaine hurried toward horn with an ex
clamation of sympathy. Just recovering
full consciousness, he heard her.
With the greatest difficulty ho seemed
to summon some reserve force not yet
used. He strv-ggled to his feet and stag
gered off as though he would escape ue.
"What a strange old codger." mused
Elaine, looking from me at tha retreating
rlgure. "He saved my life yet he won't
even let me thank htm or help him!"
(Continued Next Sunday.)
With LIONEL BARRYMORE
i esse
Theatre
SOUTH OLV1AHA
Bonuses. of Ebins With Lionil Barrymore
Episode No. 7 Aug. 4
FAUOfflTE Theatre
17th and Vinton St.
Boaaaao of IHaia with XUoaal Barrymore.
Eplsodo flo. 6 Aug. 3
D I AH OH D THEATRE
. &410 Lake 8U
Vpisoee sTo. a. August .
LOTHROP Thoatro
32ia X. 24th Screet
Eplaods V. a. Asurnai
Mm Theatre
16th and Dinnoy
Episode No. 6 Aug. 5
Romance of Elaine with Lionel Barrymore
em Theatre
1528 So. 13th St.
Episode Ko. 5 Today Auj. 1
Nicholas Theatre
Council Bluffs, la.
NEW EXFIXMTS OF ELAINE '
Episode No. 24 Aug. 3
ALAMO THEATRE
tf Uh and t ort ela.
NEW EAI'laJITS OP ELAINE
Kpiatxle No. 18. Angust 0.
For Dookings:l7ri!e Pathc Exchange Ino. 1312 Farnim St., Omaha, Neb.
