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A Detective Novel and a Motion Picture Drama Presented by This Nespaper in Collaboration With the Famous Pathe Players. I nib 1 sM X Featuring Miss Pearl White Elaine Dodge Mr. Lionel Barrymorc Marcius Del Mar WRITTEN BY ARTHUR B. REEVE The Well-Known Novelist and the Creator of the "Craig Kenedy" Storiei Dramatized Into a Photo-Play by Chas. W. Goddard, action of .i of .. ...... . . ....... the ring had been carried out. AUUlOr VI t DC rClUI VI rSUIIII iAfcivii vi a.iiiiv Read it Here IIOVMiieii See IT All in Moving Pictures. lie extended hla own left hand. On the rlnf finger waa another ring, but not similar. A a he did ao the widow took the rind from her own finger and placed It on tha little fin ger of Del Mar. Good I" ha exclaimed, Erer-rUilnc yon read her today In the usual wor tha following non-com- 1 n-ilM mi m ' yon can ace la the fascinating Pat.te , Motion Pictures at the Motion Plo , tare Theaters this week. Next Hun Iday another chapter of "Tho Kx j lolU of Klalue" and new rathe , reel. Copyright 1SU, by rha Star Co. I svreign vinis tsrvau. All ! fijnopua of Previous Chapters Altar lutaiug vv u saiigs uvay auu I lnimy a ut.twMirme. a iiuuwiwa j kyMil Iww.ii4 iuwluill. O.t 1. IMkjr, a,. iuiwi it la ua iuuuu u. muxiuI At r au Aiuarwa &a MiwMuH a u wKAi utlua oi Kuita.ujr uu eoover, n yuMiute, ttia utl ttlua Ui twuiMMlKt bt Juauuu. iutr la rued vy a uiue oiu uua iu be vare iWi VI MMT. A U.S MAI ii. . n UUIH JU.l lu tin to pievsnt Lnu Jaar uuui cut ii.a ixana. an wtiara tha Uodg horn aa a truuu; iinua uia luipvuu, fics n ui trunk, wuich wnn uuiu is sent to tha wug cuumrjr tiutue. la a hotu-up Usi ar a men lau to gel taa truna voulaun 1.4 tha torpedo, jualna htues tua tor )euo, which later ta a lota n ly 11 ir a .-.vu. xiio ui uhkimii meet ma old man ut mysiery. A ut.wraie Wnw louows. In anica tha old man destroys Cue tor pedo. Jameson la captured by Del Mara men wn.m on rua way to mail a letter to the V lilted 8 tii tee eecret aervica. Kluine Julups hlni. Lieutenant Mudwird and lila fnend attend a party given at ttia i'odgo home, at which Lel Mar la pre. nt. Unknowingly Lel Mar drops a note which a Wee l.lajii a clue. In her etin.niH l.i prevent hla cutting the Atlantic cable he a discovered and made a prisoner on the boat, wh.cn afterwards u wrerkail ty Woodward and the old man of l lystcry. Jameson arrives In a hydro aeroplane Just In time to save lUalne from drowning;. Klalne, dlasulaed a a man, discovers the entrance of Del Mar's wireless cava at almost the eame time Prof, Arnold by a ' radio detective has d.ecoverud the wireless atation. Elaine discovery nearly proves fatal, she la aaved by Jameson. Loth aid Prof. Arnold and Lieutenant Woodward In destroylna: tlm wireless sta tion, but Del Mar escapes. Maklna hla way to a rieeerted hotol In the woods, he dlrecta the making of a number of aaa homta. Klalne dlsoovera i"el Mar's man at work, la captured, but escapee. When the hotel la Inter at tacked the men retreat to the woods, 'where they explode the ea tiombn, n. ar.v causing- the death of Lieutenant Wooil 'ward and bla attacking mrty. After the affair In the woda with Del iXfar's men, EJaJne recelvti a package whirh contained a new acarciiilnlit gun from an unknown friend. FYt'nwed fcv Jameson and Aunt Josephine w ro to ' the cellar, where Elaine prov the ao , curacy of the new weapon. Ylmt nftcr Tioon. while motoring with Jntneeoti, K'alne discovers a bomb placed anion the rocks by one of Del Mnr'e men for rafe keeping. They decide to take It to Lieutenant woodward, who, after look ing It over, directs them to Prof. Arnold's yacht rtefore reaching the yacht they are attacked by tl Mar and Mi men. Th "rchl'ght gin aavea Kla'ne and Jameson who reach the vnc-t s'iv. 1 e'er Del Mar appears en the hey wth a r'inrh on' wn after detrftvg the acht with a torpedo, only to flrd ! J" Amo'- end ls artr have escaped. Del Vae direct. Madae '"era ew. -f Ma eecret agents, to vttt he herce 'f 'Ti'ne. l'n1r the pree.- ' .. i 'feshlorahle rowna to of e ..' per"ade. Fle'ne in vlH ' --'.. menta. Here Del Me n !n '' -vin trrle on nee of e trnxrnm hVn'n" I. ciii"lil overnowe-ed. nteced en aulo, r"d driven to a hit n the woods, where 1 re la resde a nrtaoner .The lnt'e n'H arrvs and ontwa hee eentofe ".lne ew free eacanea In a canoe '"! t 1'r en1ls the fddte IV a .b Hl Is e-el from te fulls hv Jgmeeon i1 the it'e id m-n The Stolen Plans Wattilngton. D. C Auguat 13, 1915. Mr, Del Mir, What you request la coming. Answer to iin o: the ring. SMITH. "Oocd," muttered Del Mar a he fin ished reading. "St range, what a UMle ftold will do when you know how to dis pose of It." lie smiled cynically to himself at tho sentiment At the little railroad station, they were quite proud of the fnct that at least two of the four hacks bad been replaced al ready by taxioaba. The woman raised her thick veil, disclosing the face of a man. It waa the same faoe, also, that had appeared In the photograph aent to the old fisherman by Woodward. Awkwardly, the man searched In the front of hla shirtwaist, and drew forth a paper which Del Mar almost gelled In his ragcrnesa. It waa a pen and Ink copy of a government mop, ahowlng a huge si-It of aand In the aea before a harbor. Bandy Hook and New York. On It were Indicated all the defenses, the positions of guns, everything. Together, Del Mar and Fmlth bent over It, while the renegade clerk explained each mark on tha traltroua map. They rhauffeur and we carried him Into the house. Del Mar waa talking with a person who looked like a widow, when they heard our approach up the walk carrying the Injured man. So engrwaed had they been In dis cerning whnt the stolen document con tain! d tliat, as we finally entered, the widow had only time to drop her veil and conceal her Identity aa the Renegade 8ml! h. Del Mar still held the plan In his hand. The valet and I entered with Elaine ami we placed the chauffeur on a couch near Del Mar's deek. I remember that there waa this strange woman all In Mix k, heavily veiled, In the room at the time. I think we ought to telephone for a doctor nald Elaine, placing; her handbag on the desk, and'excltedly telling Dei Mar how we had accidentally knocked tha man down. "Call up my doctor, Henry," said Del Mar, hastily thrusting the plan Into a book lying on the desk. I. "Here, let me powder your noee. Wai ter," she cried, undismayed at our trouble, gajiy opening her bag. "Well of all things what's this, and where did It come from?" I turned from the engine and looked. She waa holding some kind of plan or and drew a gun. Trends rd" ha shouted. . a chair, the chaurreur laid Bmiuu en "And tha first man that more Is a dead tangled In his unfamiliar garments, shook onei" I himself loose from the two others, and Before the secret agent knew It. both made a rush at the door, he and Bmltb were covered. The chauf-! Del Mar pauaed long enough to pick up four took a step toward Smith and un- the revolver from the floor. Instantly oeremonloualv lerked off the widow's he fired at the retreating form. But the weeds, aa well as the wig. ! chaurreur had passed out ana Pangea enui document In her bnd. In blank surprise At that very moment one of Del Mar's the door. Down the walk he sped and she examined It. It looked like a fort men came up to the eecret panel that out to tha gate. Into hla car, the engine or a series of forta But I waa sure at n opened from the underground passage- of whtch he bad lert running, way Into the library. Ho was about to Hard after biro came Del Mar and tha open It when he heard a aound on the rest. Joined now by Henry, trie valet, other side that startled him. He listened One shot waa left In the chauffeur's re a moment, then slid it Just short dls- volver and he blaxed away as he leaped into trie oar. He's got ma," groaned Bmltlt aa he tanoe and looked In, There ho saw a chauffeur holding up Del Mar and Smith. Having pulled the ' stumbled and fell forward. dlBgulce from Smith, he went next around On evt Dal Mar and the others. They Del Mar and took his gun from his cattght up with tha car Just as It was pocket, then paaewd his hand over the starting. But the chauffeur knocked the folds of Smith's dress, but found no gun from Del Mar's hand before he could weapon. He stepped bock away from them, ; ( At that point the man quietly slid the panel all tha way open and silently stepped Into the room, behind the chauf feur. Cautiously ha began sneaking up on him, get a good aim and fire, at the same time bowling over Che man who had come through tha panel. Off tha oar want, now rapidly gaining speed. Del Mar had Just time to swing on the rear of it. Around the rapidly driven ear ha climbed, hanging on for dear Ufa, ever tha mud guard and toward the running board. On sped tha ear, swaying oraaily bck and forth, Del Mar crouohed en the running board and working his way slowly and perilously to the front seat. The ohauffeur felt tha weight of some one on that side. Just as ha turned to see what It was, Del Mar leaped at him. Still holding the Wheel, the chauffeur fought him off with hla tree hand, Del Mar holding on to soma spare tires with ons hand, also. Handicapped by having the steering wheel to manage, neverthe less tha chauffeur seemed quite well able to glvej a good aooount of himself, Somehow, Flairs and Z most have been hoodooed that day. We had not been gone five minutes from Del Mar's after tha accident to the chauffeur, when wa heard a mys terious knock In tha engine. CHAPTETt X Alone tot the doorway before hla rods shark on the ehore of the promontory eat an bid fisherman gating out f.xedly at (ha harbor as though deeply concerned ever the weather, which, aa usual, was Unseasonable. Suddenly ha started and would have disappeared Into his hut but for the fitnt that, although he could not himself be seen, ha had already seen tha intruder, It waa a troofer from Fort Dale. lie arailoped up and. aa thought obeying to tha letter his Instructions, deliberately dropped an envelop at the feet of the fisherman. Trn. without a word, he galloped away again. The fisherman picked up tha envelope and opened It quickly. Inside was a pho tograph scd a note. Ha read: FORT DALQ. Prof. Arnold. J. BmlLh. clerk In tha War denartment rtas disappeared. We are not sure, but ' ..--'a. ... J , ':?:? ):, w -MmneiMlNSjrMMuaa I 11 . '"--ill I f. ftTT'tff WPtvTI ? a f j I sjai 'W "VnvTtiJge' m a.ejijsvteesejnrsrir lU'wayat.it tvj ' 'we ' " .-" '.. 1 i 'i erfiltaeigi aai I -f'V 'fIiJ.. J.f'A h"7Xi j M 52 m isUSSiU mm i glance thnt It was not Fort Dale. "What do you think It la, Walter?" she asked, handing It to me. I took It and examined It carefully. Incredible as It seemed, I figured out quickly that It muet be nothing short of a plan of the new defenses at Sandy Honk. "I don't know what It all means," I said. "But I do know that we won't get any dinner till I get this engine running again." I fell to work again, eager to get away with our dangerous prise, Elaine now and, then advising ma. Finally I turned tha engine over. For a wonder It ran smoothly. "Well, that s all right, at last," I sighed, wiping the grease off my hands, on a pleos of wast. "What's the matter nowT" exclaimed, Elaine, turning quickly and looking up the road along whioh we bad Just coma, There, lurching along at full speed waa a car. Tsro men were actually fighting on tha front of It, regardless of speed and safety. As It neared us, I saw that tt was, the taxlcaii that had been standing before. Del Mar I looked sloser at It To my utter amasement. who should be driving but tha vary chauffeur whom we had! left at Dei Mara only a few minutes be fore, apparently unconscious, Hs could, not have been hurt very badly, for he was not only able to drive, but waa fight ing off a man clinging on tha rutuibur board. On rushed the oar, directly at us. Juet as It passed us, the chauffeur seemed to' summon all his strength. He struck a, powerful blow at the man, recoiled and straightened out his car Juat In time. The man fell, literally at our feet It was Del Mar himself! On sped the taxloab. Braised though he must have been by the fall, Del Mar nevertheless raised himself by the elbow and fired every chamber of his revolver as fast as he could pump the bullets. I must say that I admired the man's ' pluck. Elaine and I hurried over to htm. t still had In my hand tha queer paper which she had found so strangely In her handbag. "Why, what's all this about?" I asked eagerly. - Before I could raise htm up, Del Mar had regained his feet "Just a plain crook, who attacked me," he muttered, brosh'i.g off his clothes to cover up the quick recognition of what (Continued on Page ? le-Column Four) It waa, then, with soma surprise aad not a little open Jealousy that they saw a new taxicab drive up and take Its stand by tha platform. It ins chauffeur, transformed from the lonely fisherman, had expected a cordial rnvcptlon, he might better have stayed before Ills hut, for the glanoes the other drivers gave him were as blact and lowering aa the olouda he had been look ing at llie new chauffeur got off his seat In stokd of trying to b rase a tt out he walked over to the othrra, who were atand.ng In ' a group waiting (or the approaching train whose wltlstle had already sounded. i "I'm not going to locate here per nuuiently," he said, pulling out a roll of bills as he spoke. ' Luavs any fare I claim to me," be ad ded, pausing a bill of a good denomination tt- each of the four Jehus. Thoy looked at him curiously. But what business of thelra waa ItT The money frit good. "All right bo." they agreed. Thundering down the platform came the afternoon train, a great event In the town life. As the baggage waa being tossed off, the pasaenget-s alighted and the fve backmea swarmed at them. "Keb, sir, kerrldge. Taxi, lady! From tha Pullman alighted a widow. In deep mourning. As she got oft and moved down tha platform ,lt was appar snt that alia walked with a pronounced limp. At the end of the platform, the chauf feurs were still calling, while the new comer looked over the crowd haauly Suddenly he caught eight of tha faoe of tii widow. He etepped forward, aa she approached. The others held baoa as they had agreed and paid no attention. It was like forcing a card. He held the door open and aha entered the cab, unsuspecting, "Mr. Del Mar's," she directed, simply. As the new uxucab driver cranked his engine and climbed Into tbe seat he was careful to let no action of bla however fear tnat ! has a eol'r of the new handy I email, betray tha Intense satisfaction he w look oeieuse ptajia it la believed he la headed y o r way. He walks with a siliit limy, uotis. oiji i'r mm. UhX'TUNANT WOODWARD. For a long time the fisherman appeared to study the face on the photograph until ha had It Indelibly Implanted In hla mem ory, as if by soma system such sa that of the Immortal BortlMon and his clever felt at the working of his scheme. H pulled away from tbe station. On through, the pretty country roads the chauffeur drove the heavily veiled widow until at last they came to Del Mar's bungalow. At the gat he stopped and ran around to open tbe door to assist hla far to were too occupied to see a face flat tened against tha pane of a window nearby. The ohaffeur had no Intention of re maining Inactive outside while he knew that something that Interested him was transpiring inside. He had crept up by the side of the house to the window. But he could see Uttle and hear nothing. A moment he strained every sense. It was no use. He must devise some other way. How could he get at that room? Slowly he returned to his car, thinking it over. There he stood for a moment revolving In hla mind what to do. He looked up the road. An Idea came to htm. There he saw a little run about approaching rapidly. Quickly he went around to the front of his ear and lifted up the hood. 'Then he bent over and pretended to be tin kering with his engine. As the car waa about to pass he de liberately stepped back, apparently not seeing tha runabout and waa struck and knocked down Tha runabout stopped, the emergency brake biting hard. e e e Udi U ska. la Urn hU, am. 'portrait perle," or apoken picture, foe i alight scleatiflo Identification and apprehension. "Walt for me." sh said, without pay It was not a pleasant face and there were hig lain yet "I shall uot be long and I features that were not easily forgotten. ; to b driven back to th station to Finally be turned end entered 'hla hut I utt the w to . tors- Hastily he took off Ma stained reefer. ! h Junped up the gravel walk, be (Trotn a wooden chest he drew another watched her closely. Bus went to the outfit of clothe. Tha trenaformetioa was door snd lang the belt and the Valet complete. Wben ha Issued forth from his admitted har. hut again. It was no longer the aged dls- . "1"ln- thinking. In ins u ora ry. . Mr. Del Mar?" shs Inquired. ' The vote waa not exactly soft and iDel Mar eyed her suspiciously. Was this tbe person hexpeoud. or a "planl?" "Tea," he answered, guardedly, "I am Del Mar. And you?" Tbe widow, too, evidently wished to make no mistake. As she spoke, shs raised her hand. By that simple action she displayed a curious an! con-lc'-i o'.i seal ring on her nnffr. It nai th algn of the ring for U li Del Mar had t-ca waiting; elpl of Isaae Walton. He was now a trim chauffeur, bearded and goggled. In tbe library of bis bunnatow, Ttel Mar was pacing up and down, now and then soo rt lux to himself, as though there flashed over his mind stray recollections ef how some of hi most clierished plans were miscarrying. H'JU, on th whole, hs hsd nothing to complain of. For. a moment later the valet entered alth a telegram for which 1. had evidently been waiting. Pel Mar -Ued It eagerly and tore oin tr yol brar eaeip. On Ue blank was ptlnled Elaine had asked me to go shopping In the village with ber that afternoon. While I watted for her In her little car, ahe cam down at last, carrying a little handbag. Wa drove off a moment later. It waa a delightful ride, not too arm. but sunny. Without realizing It, w found ourselv on the road that led past Del Mar's. As wa approac)d. I saw that there was a taxicab standing In front of the gale. The hood waa lifted and the driver was apparently tinkering with his en k'tne. I-et'e not stop." said Elaine, who had by this time a pecllar aversion to the man. As we passed the driver, apparently not seeing us, stepped out and, befur we could turn out. we had knocked him down. We stopped and ran bark. There he ley on tl.e road, seemingly unoonsrtoue. We lifted him up and looked toward Del Mar's house. "Kelp!" I shouted at the top of my voice. The valet came to the door Hearing me, th valet ran out down rh walk. -All right." h cried. "Ill b ther In a minute." Wit his help I picked up the taxicab We gathered about the man, trying to revive him. "Have you a little stimulant?" I asked, burning from hi in, Del Mar moved toward a oellarette built .nto the wail. We were all watching him, our backs to ths chauffeur, when sud denly he must hav regained conscious ness very much. Like a flash his hand shot out Hs seUed the plan from be tween the leaves of the book. He had not tlm to get away with It himself. Perhaps he might be searched. He opened Elaine's bag and thrust it In. The valet by this time had finished tele phoning and spoke to Del Mar. "The doctor will be" here shortly. Miss Dodge," said Del Mar. "You need not wait If you don t care to, I'll take car of him." "Oh, thank you ever so much," she murmured. "Of coura It wasn't our fault hut I feel sorry for th poor fel low. Tell th doctor to send m the bill." She and Del Mar shook handa. I thought he held her hand perhaps a Hill longer and a little tighter than uauaL At any rat Elaine seemed to think so. "Why, what a curious ring, Mr. Del Mar. she said, finally releasing har own hand from his grasp. Then ahe looked quickly at the woman, half Joking, as If the ring bad something to do with the strange woman. She looked back at the ring. Del Mar smiled, shook his head and laughed easily. , Then Elaine picked up her bag and w. went out A moment later we had ellmbe. back Into the car and were off again, see Having left ua at the door, Del Ma hurried back to the library. He wen atraight to the desk and picked up the book, eager now to make sure of the safety of the plan. It was gone. "Did you. Smith" he began hastily, then checked himself, knowing that the clerk had not taken the plan. Del Mar walked over to tha couch and stood a moment looking at the chauf feur. "I wonder who h Is." he aai J to himself. "I don't recall ever seeing hlni st the station or In th village." H leaned over closer. "The deuc!" he exi'lalmed, "that's a fake beard the fellow has on." Iel Mar mads a lunge for It As he did so, the chauffeur leaped to hla feet As he did so, Del Mar and Smith watched, fascinated. Somehow their faces must have betrayed that something! was wrong. For, as the newcomer leaped at him, the chauffeur turned suddenly and fired. Ths shot wounded the man. It was a signal for a free-for-all fight Del Mar and Smith leaped at the Intruder. Over and over they rolled, breaking fur niture, overturning and smashing brlo-a-braa Del Mar's revokver was knocked out of th chauffeur's hand. With a blow of "More engine trouble," I sighed. "Pull up along th road ana i u se it r can rix it." We stopped and both got out Tber waa no fak about this trouble o rabout th dirt and grease I acquired on my hand.-, and face, tinkering with that motor. For, regardless of my Immaculate flannel a. I had to set to work. A huge spot of grease spattered on me. Elaine laughed outright A bmUOk dkl Ukets tk. UeJJag lUtk. ff-ELAAKI With LIONEL BARRYMORE esse Theatre SOUTH OMAHA Romanes of Elaine With Lionel Barrymore g Episode No. 10 Aug. 25 BUORITE Theatre 17th and Vinton St. , Bomaaoe of Slain with Zdoael Barrymor. Episode No. 9 Aug. 24 R DIAMOND THEATRE 2110 Lak Bu Eplsoee It. T. August wa. LOTHROPThoatro 8213 X. frith Street Episode He. a. Aagnst IT. EmD Theatre 16th and Binncy Episode No. 9 Aug. 26 Romance of Elaine with Lionel Czrrymore Bern Theatre 1523 So. 13(hSt. Episitk R . 8 Today Aug. 22 Nicholas Theatre Council Dluffs, la. NEW EXPLOITS OF E1AIXB Eplsodo No. 3 Aug. 23 ALAMO THEATRE liiih and l ort e(. NEW EXPLOITS OF ELAINC Episode No. 21. August 27. 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