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Featuring
Miss Pearl White . . . . . Elaine Dodge
Mr. Lionel Barrympre Marcius Del Mar
WRITTEN BY ARTHUR B. REEVE
' The Well-Known Novelist and the
Creator of the "Craig Kenedy" Stories
Dramatized Into a Photo-Play by Chas. W. Goddard, umn
Author of "The Peril of Pauline," "The Exploit of Elaine." t h a water.
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Synopsis 'of Previous Chapters
After Kennedy's Disappearance Del Mar
intera 'America to locate and recover for
foreign government Kennedy's lost
torpedo. Hia plans to accomplish this
are repeatedly upset by Elaine and Jame
son. After Elaine discovers the entrance
Id his wireless station and the failure of
lieutenant Woodward and Prof. Arnold
to capture Del Mar, he goes to a deserted
hotel in the woods, and d. reels the mak
ing of a number of gaa bombs. Elaine
discovers Del Mar's man at work, is
captured, but escapes. When the hotel
Is later attacked the men retreat to the
woods, where they explode the gas bombs,
nearly causing the death of Lieutenant
Woodward and hia attacking party.
Del Mar directs Madame Earvni. one of
hia eecret agents, to visit the home of
Elaine. Under the pretense of having
fashionable ftowns to offer, she eamiy
persuades Elaine to visit her hotel apart
ments. Here Del Mar la in hiding. W hile
trying on one of the gowns Elaine Is
qu.ckly overpowered, placed In an auto
and driven to a hut In the woods, where
she is made a prisoner. The little old
man arrives and outwits her captors.
Kialne, now free, escapes In a conoe. Del
Mar splits the paddle with a chance
shot but Elaine Is saved from the falls
by Jameson ai.d the little old man.
The following morning Elaine discov
ers the plans of a fort In her purse. Un
able to account for the manner In which
they were placed there, aha instructs
Jameaon to lock them In a table drawer.
That night Del Mar breaks In and tries
to recover them. Jameson has arranged
a' camera and flashlight by which the
identity of the intruder Is firmly estab
lished. Prof. Arnold, recognising one of Del
Mar's secret agents, has him arrested
wh'le the latter Is trying to escape to a
fortgn country- . - In his pockets they
discover the Diana which fiel Mi, k.a
stolen from the Dodge home. Arnold at
onoe goes to Del Mar's, and Is surprised
10 find that Lieutenant Woodward haa
ina nousa surrounded with a detachment
of his men. Thev rntii. that knn.. .
find Jameson recovering from the electrio
ehock that held him a prisoner, while
mar, maue gooa nis escape with
Blaine.
. CHAPTER 3dt
Kennedy's Return
Half carrying, half forcing Elaine down
Into the water, Del Mar and his two
men, all four of the party clad -in the
outlandish submarine suits, bore the
poor girl literally along the bottom of the
oay until they reached a point which
they knew to be directly under the en
trance to the secret submarine harbor.
Del Mar's mind was working feverishly.
Though he now had in his power the
girl hd both loved and also feared as
the stumbling block In the execution of
his nefarious plans against America, he
realised that in getting her he had been
forced to betray the precious secret of
the harbor ilaeld.
At the point where he knew that the
harbor was above hint, hidden safely be
neah the promontory, he took from un
der his arm a .float which he released.
Upward it shot through the water.
Above, in the harbor, a number of his
men were either on guard or lounging
about
"X signal from the chief," cried a sen
try, pointing to the float as It bobbed up.
"Kick off the lead shoes." signalled Del
Mar to the others, under the water.
They did so and rose slowly to the sur-
face, carrying Elaine up with them. The : then with the rest we climbed Into the
men at the surface were waiting for them ( launch and slipped off down the shore,
and helped to pull Del Mar and his com-1 The launch which Woodward had com
panions out of the water. I mandeered moved along In the general
"Come Into the office, right away," direction which they had seen D1 Mar
beckoned Del Mar anxiously, removing 'and his men take with Elaine. With th
Ma helmet and leading the way. i telescope over the side, we cruised about
In the office, the other, removed their Arnold 'l'
helmets, while Del Mar took the head- loc T?Vk
gear off Elaine. She stared about her,a vln ,ulu which I had
bewildered. fron Dal Mar's, except that wo had not
"Where am I?" she demanded. et strapped on tha helmets.
"A woman!" exclaimed the men in the Suddenly Arnold raised his hand and
harbor In surprise. I signalled to stop the launch.
"Never mind where yon are." growled' "Look?" be rled. Indicating the eye
Del Mar. plainly worried. Then to the 1 piece of the submarine teleacope which
men. he added, "We can't stay any he had let down over the side,
lontftr. The harbor la discovered. Oet I Woodward gased Into tha eye-piece
ready to leave Immediately."
Murmurs of anger and anxiety rose
from the men as Del Mar related briefly
between orders what had Just happened.
Immediately there was a general scram
ble to make ready for the escape.
lit the corner of the office, Elaine,
again in her skirt and shirtwaist which
the diving suit had protected, sat open
eyed watching the preparations of the
men for the hasty departure. Borne had
been detailed to get the rifles, which
they handed around to those as yet un
nrmcd. Lvl Mar took one as well as a
cartridge belt
, "Guard her.' he shouted to one man
Indicating. Elaine, "and If she gets away
this time. I'll shoot you."
Then he led the others down the ledge
until he came to a submarine boat The
reef followed, still making preparations
for a hasty flight
as
'Woodward along with Prof. Arnold, in
his di'guite as a hermit, stood for a mo
ment surrounded by the soldiers, after
the disappearance of Elaine and Del Mar
In the water.
"I see It all, now." cried the hermit.
"the submarine, the strange disappear
ances, the messages In the water. They
have a secret harbor under those cliffs,
with an entrance beneath the water Una"
Hastily he wrote a note on a piee of
paper.
: "Send one of your men to my headquar
ters with that" he said, handing it to
Woodward to read:
. Rodgere Fend new submarine telescope
by bearer. You will find il iu c- vn 17.
cloeat tiO."$ ARNOLD.
"Klght away." nodded Woodward, com
prehending and calling a aoldler whom he
dispatched Immediately with hurried In
struction. Tha soldier aaluted and left
almost on a run.
- Than Woodward turned and with Arn
old led tha men up tha shore, stilt con
ferring on the bait means of attacking
tha harbor.
On tha wharf along tha shore Wood
ward. Arnold and tha aoldlera gathered,
waiting for tha telescope. Already Wood
ward had had a faat launch brought up,
ready for um.
a
Whan Woodward, Arnold and tha at
tacking party had discovered ma uncon
scious In Dal Mar's study, there had bean
no time to wait for ma to reagtn full
consciousness. They had placed ma on a
couch and run Into tha 'secret passage
way after Elaine.
Now, however, I slowly regained my
senses and, looking; about, vaguely be
gan to realise what had happened.
My first Impulse was to search' tha
study, looking In all the closets and table
drawers. In a corner was a large cheat.
I opened it. Inside were several of the
queer helmets and aults which I had
seen Del Mar use and one of which he
had placed on Elaine.
For soma momenta I examined them
curiously, wondering what their use could
be. Somehow It seemed to me. It Dot
Mar had used them in the escape, we
should need them In the pursuit
Then my eye fell on the broken panel.
1 entered it and groped cautiously down
the passageway. At the end I gaxed
about, trying to discover which way they
bad all gone.
At last, down on tha shore, before
wharf I could sea Woodward, the strange
old hermit and tha rest.
I ran to ward, them, calling.
By this time tha aoldler who had been
sent for tha submarine telescope arrived
at last, with tha telescope In sections
In several long cases.
"Good!" exclaimed tha old hermit, al
most seising tha package which tha sol
dier handed him.
Ho unwrapped it and jointed tha var
ious sections together. It was, as I have
said, a submarine telescope, but after a
design entirely new, differing from the or
dinary submarine telescope. It had an
arm bent at right angles, with prlsmatlo
mirrors so that It was not only possible
to see the bottom of the sea. but by an
adjustment also to see at right angles,
or, as It were, around a corner.
It was while he was joining this con
trivance together that I came up from
the end of the secret passage down to the
wharf.
"Why, here's Jameson." greeted Wood
ward. "I'm glad you're so much better."
"Where's Elaine X' I Interrupted breath
lessly. They began to tell me.
"Aren't yoo. going o follow?" I erled.
"Follow? How can we follow?"
Excitedly I told of my discovery of the
helmets.
"Just the thing!" exclaimed the hermit.
"Send aome one back to get them."
Woodward quickly detached several sol
diers to go with me and I hurried back
to the bungalow, while others carried
the submarine telescope to the boat
It was only a few minutes later that
in Del Mar's own car. I drove up to the
wharf again and we unloaded the curious
submarine helmets and suits.
Quickly Woodward posted several of
his men to act as sentries on tha beach,
and then I did, also. Thsre we could
see the side of a submerged submarine
a short distance away, through the cave
like entrance of what appeared to be
1 in t under-water harbor.
"What shall we dor' queried Wood
ward. "Attack It now before they are pre
pared." replied the hermit decisively
"Put on the helmets."
All cf us expect those who were run
nlng the launch buckled on the head-
pleoes, wrapping our guns In water
proof covers Which we had found with
th 1 aulta.
As sot n as we bad finished, one after
another, we let ourselves over the side
of the boat and sank to the bottom.
On the bottom we gathered and slowly,
In the heavy unaccustomed element and
cumbersome suits, we made our- way In
a body through the entrance of the
harbor.
Upward through the archway we went
clinging to rocks, anything, but always
upward.
As we emerged a shot rang out One
of our men threw up hta arms and fell
back Into tha water.
On we pressed.
Elaine sat In a comer of the office,
mute, while the man who was guarding
her. heavily armed, paced up and down.
Sudenly an overwhelming desire came
over her to attempt an escape. But no
sooner had she made a motion as though
to run through the door, than the man
selaed her and drove her back to ber
corner.
Read
"Take your
position
aero," r
dered D I
Mar to sev
eral of tha
man. "If
you see any-
mrM nana
grenades ought to set
tlo them."
Alone tha ledge the
men were stationed,
each with a pile of the
the grenades before
him.
"See!' cried one of
them from the ledge
as he caught sight of
one of our helmets
appearing.
The others crouched
and stared. Del Mar
himself hurried for
ward and gasVd In the
direction, the man In
dicated. There they
could aee Woodward,
Arnold and the rest
ct us Just beginning
to climb up cut of the
water.
Del Mar aimed and
fired. One of the
men had thrown up
his arms with a cry
and fallen back Into
the water.
Invaders seemed to
warm up now in ev
ery direction from the
water.
On the a ml -circular
ledge about one side
of the- harbor Del Mar's men were
now ranged In close order near a sub
marine, whoso hatch was open to re
ceive them, ready to repel the attack
and If necessary retreat Into the under
sea boat
They fired sharply at the figures that
rose from the water. Many of the men
fell back, hit, but In turn, a large num
ber managed to sain a foothold on tne
ledge, -
Led by Woodward and Arnold, they
formed quickly and stripped off the
waterproof coverings cf their weapons.
returning the fire sharply. Things were
more equal now. Several of Del Mar's
men had fallen. The smoke of battle
filled the narrow harbor.
In the office Elaine listened keenly to
the shots. What did it all mean Clearly
It could be nothing else than assistasoe
coming.
The man on guard heard also and his
uncontrollable curiosity took him to the
door. As he cased out Elaine saw her
chance. She ' made a rush at him and
seized him. wresting the rtfle from his
hands before he knew It Bhe sprang
back Just as he drew his revolver and
fired at her. The shot Just narrowly
missed her, but she did not lose her pres
ence cf mind. Bhe fired the rifle in turn
and the man felt
A little shudder ran over her. She had
killed a man! But the firing outside
grew fiercer. Bhe had no time to think.
She stepped ever the body, her face
averted, and ran out There she could
see Del Mar and his men. Many of them
by this time had been killed or wounded.
We can't beat them; they are too
many for us," muttered Del Mar. "We'll
have to get away If we can. Into the
submarine!" he ordered.
Hastily they began to pile Into the open
hatch.
Just as Del Mar started to follow them.
be caught sight of Elaine running out of
the office. Almost in one leap he was
at her side. Before she could raise her
rifle and fire he had seised it She man
aged, however, to push him off and get
away from him.
She looked about for some weapon.
There on the ledge lay one of the hand
grenades. Bhe picked It up and hurled It
at him, but he dodged and It missed htm.
On It flew, landing close to the sub
marine. As it exploded, another of Del
Mar's men toppled oyer Into the water.
Between volleys. Woodward. Arnold
and the rest pulled off their helmets. .
"Elaine!" cried Arnold, catching sight
of her In the hands cf Del Mar.
Quickly, at the head of such men as
he could muster, the hermit led a
charge.
In the submarine the last man was
watting for Del Mar. As the hermit ran
forward with several soldiers between
Del Mar and the submarine. It was evi
dent that Del Mar would be cut off.
The man at the hatch ellmbed down
Into the boat It was useless to wait
He bsnged shut and clamped the hatch.
Blowly the submarine began to sink.
Del Mar by this time had overcome
Elaine and started to run toward the
submarine with her. But then be
stepped short.
There was a queer flgw ef a hermit
leading some soldiers. He was cut off.
"Back Into the office!" he growled,
drafting Elaine.
Ha banged shut the door Just as the
hermit and the soldiers made a rush at
him. On the door they battered. But It
was In vain. The door was locked.
In . the office Del Mar hastily went
t a comar. after barring tha door, and
l'fted a tran door In tha floor, known
otW to himself.
Fla'ne dM not mve or mske anv at
tamt escape. fr TV' Mar In artflnn
to r.avlns: a vldoua loninn autowHt1
in Ma hand ket a wntchrnl on hr
OiitaMe the Africa the snld'era. lad hv
ta herHt en Woodward, continued t"
he at tha door.
"Vow go rlowi tt stairway ahead
Of t." nrrtarod TM Mar.
?lpTa ir4 tna1v, and ha foUowod
ntA h's tirncT exit, flaree? te tran
'Tt hwr. mn." red the harmlt.
t anMUra baMffl at the door.
Tt redmihied their efforts and tha
door hent M awaved.
At lat It fell In under the sheer weigh
of the blows.
"B nnr ' anna with Klslni
the hermit looking at the cnmtv
pf'ce.
Feverishly they hunted about for a
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means of escape, but could find none.
"Pound the floor and walls with the
butts of your guns," ordered Arnold.
"There must be some place that Is
hollow."
They did so, going over all Inch by
Inch.
Meanwhile, through the passage, along a
rocky atalrway, Del Mar continued to
drive Elaine before him, up and ever up
to the level of the land.
At last Elaine, followed by Del Mar,
emerged from the rocky passage In a
cleft In the cliffs, far above the promon
tory. "Go on!" he ordered, forcing her to go
ahead of him.
Then came finally to a small hut on a
cliff overlooking the rral harbor. t ;
"Entcrl" demanded Del Mar.
6U1I meekly, she obeyed.
Del Mar selaed her and before aha knew
It had her bound and gagged.
Down In the little office our men con
tinued to search for the secret exit
'Here's a Place that gives an echo.
shouted one of them.
As he found the secret trap and threw
It open, the hermit stripped off the
cumbersome diving suit and Jumped In,
followed by Woodward, myself and the
soldiers.
Upward we climbed, until at last we
came to the opening. There we paused
and looked about Where was Del Mar?
Where was Elaine? We could see no
trace of them.
Finally, however, Arnold discovered the
trail In the grass and we followed him.
Blowly picking up the tracks.
Knowing that the submarine would
cruise about and wait for him, Del Mar
decided to leave Elaine In the hut while
be went out and serached for a boat In
which to look for the submarine.
Coming out of the hut he gated about
and moved off cautiously. Stealthily he
went down to the shore and there looked
up and down Intently,
A short distance away from htm was a
pier in the process of construction. Men
were unloading piles from a cable car
that ran out on the pier on a little con
struction railway, as well as other ma
terial with which to fill In the pier. At
the end of the dock lay a power boat
moored, evidently belonging to some one
Interested In the work on the pier.
The workmen had Just finished unload
ing a car full and were climbing back on
the empty car. which looked as If It had
once been a trolley. As Del Mar looked
over the scene of activity, ha caught sight
of the power boat
"Just what I want," he muttered to
himself. "I must get Elaine. I can get
away In this." 1
The workmen signalled to the engineer
above and the car ran up to the wharf
and up an Incline at the shore end.
The moment the car disappeared Del
Mar hurried away In the direction he had
come.
At the top of the grade he noticed was
a donkey engine, which operated the cable
that drew the car up from the dock, and
at the top of the Incline was a hugs pile
of material.
The car had been drawn up to the top
of the grade by this time. There the
engineer who operated the engine stopped
It
Just than the whistle blew for the noon
hour. The mtn quit work and went to
get their dinner paila, while the engineer
started to draw the fire. Beside the en
gine, he began to chop soma wood, while
the car waa held at the top of the grade
by tha cable.
In our pursuit we came at last In sight
of a lonely hut. Evidently that must be a
rendeavoua of Del Mar. But waa he
there? Was Elaine there? We must seo
first
While we were looking about and debat
ing what was the best thing to do, who
should appear hurrying up the hill but
Del Mar himself, going toward the but
As we caught sight of him, Arnold
sprang forward. Woodward and I, fol
lowed by the so'dlers, allso Jumped out
Del Mar turned and ran down the hill
again with us after him. In full cry.
While we had been waiting some of the
soldiers had deployed down the hill and
now, hearing our shouts, turned and
came up again.
Berlde his engine, we could sea an en
gineer chopvlng wood, ila paused now In
his chopping and was rasing out over
the bay. Hudd. nly he had aeen aomcthing
out In the water that had attracted bis
attention and waa staring at it. There It
T
cried Elaine in eager sevpris
moved, nothing less than a half sub
merged submarine.
As the engineer gased off at It, Del
Mar came up, unseen, behind him and
stood there, also watching the submarine,
fascinated.
Just then behind him Del Mnr heard us
pursuing. He looked about as we ran
toward him and saw that we had formed
a wide circle, with the men down the hill,
that almost completely surrounded him.
There was no chance for escape. It was
hopeless.
But it was not Del Mar's nature to give
up. He gave one last glance about. There
was the trolley car that had been con
verted Into a cable way. It offered Just
one chance in a thousand. Suddenly his
face assumed an air of desperate de
termination. He sprang toward the engineer and
grappled with him, seeking to wrest the
nxe from his hand. Every second counted.
Our circle was now narrowing down and
closing in on him.
Del Mar managed to knock out the
engineer, taken by surprise, just as our
men fired a Volley. In the struggle Del
Mar was unharmed. Instead hs Just
managed to get the axe.
An instant later a leap landed him on
the cable car. With a blow of the axe
he cut the cable. The oar began to
move slowly down the hUl on the grsde.
Borne of the men were down below In
Its path. But the onrushlng cable car
was too much for them. They could
only leap aside to save themselves.
On down the Incline, gathering momen
tum every second, the car dashed, Del
Mar swaying craslly, but keeping his
footing. We followed as fast as we could,
but it was useless.
Out on the wharf It sped at a terrlflo
pace. At the end It literally catapulted
Itself Into the water, crashing from the
and of the pier. As It did so, Del Mar
a-ave a flying leap out Into the harbor,
struck the water with a clean dive and
disappeared.
On down the hill we hurried. There In
the water was Del Mar swimming rapidly.
Almost before he knew It, we saw him
raise hU hand and signal, shouting.
There, only a few yards away, was tha
periscope of a submarine. As we watched.
w coma mat 11 had seen him, had
turned In his
direction. Would they
get him?
We watched, fascinated.
Borne of our
I "1 . fld' " accurately as they could
?L . boM,ln 90 uncertainly on
Meanwhile the submarine approached
closer and rose a bit so that the natenwuy
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the foreign agents assisted Del Mar la.
He had escaped at last!
It waa most heartbreaking to hare
had Del Mar so nearly In our grasp and
then to have lost htm. We looked from
one to another. In deepalr.
Only Arnold, in his disguise as a her
mit, seemed undtscouraged. Suddenly he
turned to Woodward.
"What tlm Is It?" he asked eagerly.
"A little past noon."
"The Kennedy wlrelem torpedo!" hs
exclaimed. "It arrives today. Burnstde
la trying It out"
Suddenly there flashed over me the
recollection of the marvellous Invention
that Kennedy had made for the govern
ment just before his disappearance, as
well as the memory of the experiences
I had had once with the Intrepid Burn
side.
Woodward's face showed a ray of Inter
est and hope In the overwhelming gloom
that had aettled on us all.
"You and Jameson go to Fort Dale,
quick," directed Arnold eagerly. "I'm
not fit Oet Burnslde. Have him bring
the torpedo In the air boat"
We needed no further urging. It was a
slender chanoe. But I reflected that the
submarine .could not run through the bay
totally submerged. It must have Hs peris
cope In view. We hurried away, leaving
Arnold, who slowly mounted the hill
again.
How we did It, I don't know, but we
managed to get to the fort In record
time. There, near the aeroplane hangar,
sure enough, was Burnslde with some
other men adjusting the first real wire
less Kennedy torpedo, the last word In
sclentlflo warfare, making an aerial tor
pedo boat
We ran up to the hangar, calling to
Burnstde excitedly. It was only a mo
ment Ister that he began to Issue orders
In his sharp staccato. Ills men swarmed
forward and took the torpedo from the
spot where they bad been examining It
adjusting It now beneath the hydro-aeroplane.
"Jameson, you come with me?" he
asked. "You went before."
We rose quickly from the surface and
planed along over tha harbor. Far off
we could see the ripple from the periscope
of the submarine that was bearing Del
Mar away. Would Kennedy's Invention,
for which Del Mar had dared so much
In the first place, prove his final un
doing? Wo sped ahead.
Down below In the submersible Del Mar
was giving hasty orders to his men to
dip down as soon as all the shipping
and tha sand bars were cleared.
I strained my eyet through the glasses.
reporting feverishly in Burnslde what I
saw, so that he could steer his course.
There it Is," I urged. "Keep on Just
to the left "
I see It" returned Tturnslde a moment
later, catching with his naked eye the
thill line of (nam en the water laft by
the periscope. "Would you mind gutting
that torpdo ready?" he continued. "I'll
Ml you Just whr. to do. They'll try to
duok as soon aa they us, but It won't
be any use. They ran't get totally sub
merged faat enough."
Following Burnatde's directions I ad-
Justed the firing apparatus of the tor
pedo.
"Let It go!" ahouted Burnslde.
I did so, aa he volplaned down almost
to the water. The torpedo fell, sank,
bobbed up. then ran along Just under
tha surface. Already I was somewhat
familiar with the wireless device that
controlled It, so that while Burnaidn
steadied the slrcraift I could direct It as
he coached me.
The submarine saw It coming now. But
It was too lata. It could not turn. It eould
not submerge In time.
A terrlflo explosion followed aa the tor
pedo came In contact with the boat,
throwing a column of water high In the
air. A yawning hole was blown In the
very side of the submarine. One could
see the water rush In
Instds, Dal Mar and his men were now
panlo-etrlcken. Some of them desperately
tried to plug the hole. But It was hope
leas. Others fell, fainting, from the pois
onous gases that were developed.
Of them all, Del Mar's was the only
cool head.
He realised that all was ever. There
was nothing left to do but what other
submarine heroes had done In better
caueea He setied a piece of paper and
hastily wrote:
"Tell my emperor I failed only because
Craig Kennedy was against me.
"DEL MAR."
He had barely time to place the mes
sage In a metal float nearby. Down
the submarine, now full cf water, sank.
With hia last strength he flung tha
message clear of the wreckage as It sot
tied on the mud on the bottom of the bay.
Burnslde and I could but stare In grim
satisfaction at the end of the enemy ot
ourselves and our country.
Up the hillside plodded Prof. Arnold,
still In his wild disguise as the hermit
Now and then he turned and cast an
anxious glance out over the bay at tha
fast disappearing 'periscope of the sub
marine. Once he pauaed. That was when ha saw
the hydro-aeroplane with Burnslde and
myself carrying the wireless torpedo.
Again he paused as hs plodded up, this
time with a gasp of extreme satisfaction.
He had seen the water apout and heard
the explosion that marked the debacle
of Del Mar.
The torpedo had worked. The moat
dangerous foreign agent of the coalition
of America's enemies was dead and his :
arrets had gone with him to the bottom
of the sea. Perhaps no one would ever
know what the nation had been spared.
He did not pause long, now. More '
eagerly be plodded up the hill, until he
came to the hut
He pushed open the door. There lay
Elaine, still bound. Quickly he cut the
cords and tore the gag from her mouth.
As he did so hia own beard fell off.
He waa no longer the hermit. Nor waa
he what I myself had thought him, Ar
nold. "Craig!" cried Elaine la eager surprise
Kennedy said not a word aa he grasped
her two hands.
"And you were always around us, pro
tecting Walter and me," she half laughed,
half cried hysterically. "I knew It I
knew It!"
Kennedy said nothing. His heart waa
too happy.
"Yea," he said simply, ss he gased
deeply Into her great eyes, "my work en
the case Is done."
(THE END.)
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