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E x j 1 SY SYNOPSIS Jarvis Hope reports findings finding on the invention of or Dr Ralph Burke Burko On the trial trip of ot the Inventors Inventor's s 's boat n 0 Japa- Japa n neer Er helper lupar Is 13 surprised In the act or ot examining examining ex ex- the mechanism Attempt to burglarize falls fails later hi his daughter Cleo finds him murdered In his bedroom Cloo CIao sells her fathers father's books sho ho finds ands a note from which she learns they contain secret formula Olga Ianoff Ivanoff Ivan Ivan- off oft and Gerald Morton spies in search of or formula attempt to capture Cleo nope Hope rushes to her aid ald Hope and Cleo den tI escape and attend ball at Mrs Delmars Delmar's whose whoso nephew has two missing missing- books book MahUn a 0 spy py attempts to steal books Hope and Cleo Cloo take boat for tor an Island Aft Att After sr r a a. violent storm torm Hope and Cleo arrive ar ar- rive Jive on strange Island and discover cr manthey manthey man they hunt is there and Japanese also reach the island Hope and Cle den Cleo manage e to reach where Doctor Doctor Doctor Doc Doc- tor Ow Owen n has hl one of the tho books Cleo Is captured rc and taken to cabin a In i the moun- moun 11 Site She 1 finds ands there I book for which they search Hope with Hook starts to rescue As ho he crosses chasm In swing swing- In log basket steals up and chops at cable with an ax He lie Tear Teaches the other other other oth oth- er side and Is greeted by Cleo den she swears her r love to him They are followed by and Jap who attempt to kidnap Clan Clen Olga and Morton are dashed to earth In in an nn aeroplane Hope and Cleo den denare are pulled from by Hook and ana anda a n. grapevine and Satsuma are ara called before fore the Black Dlack Council Hope Hopa receives a letter demanding his marriage to a girl who claims s he compromised her He lie is forced to comply by Cleo Acci- Acci dently he learns that It Is a plot t to rope idIOt him f In He is later summoned I 1 O to Wash Wash- ington Inton Morton and Olga are arc cared for forby forby forby by a 8 rancher who warns them against Carrillo the bandit They venture too far from the ranch ranh and are captured by the outlaws Carrillo offers Morton his freedom free free- dom om for ransom Olca Olga finds one of or the in In the cabin Sho She kills Carillo and andt escapes a but Morton t takes the h book from t her and and flees s roH Hope e et learns learna n nh that h r Cleo l is the daughter and heir hell of Calvin Mont Mont- gomery omery Gerald Mortons Morton's undid He finds her In Sacramento Olga traces Morton to his room where she confronts him An attempt to kill him ends endi In her death at his hla hands Cleo Is la from the hotel while Hope is n away way FIFTEENTH INSTALLMENT I am nm Miss Burke said Cleo addressing addressing ad ad- dressing the driver of the closed tax tax- lent Icah wl which Ich she found st standing at the curb hi in front of her hotel Is this the car Lieutenant Hope sent for me Yesra replied the man a short thickset et fellow whose features were y effectually concealed by the upturned collar of his coat a pair of goggles and a cap which was pulled down over his face He lIe said I IVas was Vas Vasto to drive you to the Cliff ClIt house and lu hed he'd d meet you there The most direct route to the Cliff house hou leads through Golden Gate park Instead dot of keeping to the main thoroughfare thoroughfare thor thor- howe however er the driver when well Into the park turned down one of the innumerable branch brandl drives which owing to the greater intervals between its lamps was comparatively dark and brought his vehicle to an abrupt halt In the dense shadow shallow of an on Immense liveoak The car had barely stopped before the door was waa flung onen open ollen a mun man sprang inside a revolver was revolver r was pushed Into Cl Cleos Cleo's os o's face and a a h hoarse voice warned her Not Nota a ft sound Mund Miss Burke if It you value y your ur life Ilfe J a Almost simultaneously the driver threw open the tho other door and andla andIn la to an Instant the tile terrified girl W was se- se lt bound an and gagged Th The man maa with the revolver took fook the seat beside 11 brand C ana and drew down the curtains and so d deftly and methodically had the conspirators done their work within scarcely more time than It ft has has' taken tp to ten It the car was speeding in the direction whence It IL came When When th the car finally stopped stopped th theman the man beside J sIde her threw open the door Rn Had aided by the driver removed the tuo gag and untied d the cords with which she was bound but the l- l ia v vs s f r Gathered Her Into His Arms had been clucked chocked so long that h gar r limbs refused to support her and her heC captors hud had to as assist her to the mound ground There was as no moon but by bythe the faint light of f th the thu stars she made mad out oat that they had hud stopped slopped in the of a fl low win i building evidently a a. sto storehouse sto t o ot of some sort nl at the end of a long lung and dL disused used ll pier t r This much she hud had time to see before before be be- fore 1010 her captors unlocking the door P U hed her Inside lu Th rh f fi Ii light ht of the th j lantern rt tr HI f 4 t cruel faces o of cud it was 1 who broke the Ule silence We have brought you here In order order order or or- der to ask you so some c questions Miss Burke What what hat what is it that you want to know leno she asked her voice trembling In spite of ot her effort to control itI ItI it I 1 want to know he said suld advancing advancing ing until his face fuce was within a few tew inches of her and md fixing her with his steel steely eyes ces what you have done done with the book boots on on metallurgy rn l I 1 1 dont don't know what you mean mean She he stammered Yes you ou do lo snarled You know the book 1 I mean the mean the one that doctor handed you In the restaurant at before the earthquake Oh that book book said nid Cleo obvious obvious- obviously there nothing ly Iy surprised But was US In It no It-no no formula I mean No matter about the formula said suid roughly Where is the book now Who l has as It IU I suppose Lieutenant Hope I has as it she answered At least he brought it back buck with him from ro though I 1 haven't seen It since Are Arc you telling me the truth 1 demanded demanded de- de de de- mended seizing her by the shoulder and staring at her so closely that she quailed Of or course rm Tin Im telling you ou the tho truth she asserted with Ith spirit I am going to find nd out If you are he answered moving toward the door God help you if you have ha lied to me young oung woman l If you have t you'll wish that you had never been born Come along Satsuma he called to the tile Japanese We must be getting getting getting get get- ting back to town When Hope returning to the hotel with Johnstone learned from the clerk that Cleo had left an hour before so frantic was the young officer with anxiety and nOli grief that for a time the lawyer feared fo fog foj his sanity Bitterly Hope reproached himself But despite hIs Ids grief he neglected nothing which might lead to Cleos Cleo's rescue He promptly communicated with the police and within an hour a score o bf plain-clothes plain men were scouring scourIng scour scour- ing lug the city 1 Were doing everything In our power pow pow- er Mr Hope the chief of police assured assured assured as as- him I h have ve fifty men working workIng working work work- ing on the case now but It looks to tome tome tome me like a clean getaway get As Hope was leaving police pollee headquarters a fl patrol wagon backed up to the curb urb and out of It scrambled two policemen policemen policemen po po- escorting a tall tull and fashionably fashionably fash fash- dressed young man en fin whose wrists glittered handcuffs As AB the glare o of the arc light In front of ot the station struck the prisoners prisoner's face Hope stopped dead In amazement Great h heavens avens he exclaimed its Gerald Morton Following Morton and his guards Into Into into In In- to th the station Hope beckoned to the Inspector who was on duty What Is he ha charged with he asked indicating Morton orton Murder the Inspector an answered laconically a St Stabbed bb d u u. woman know v Do you she vas asked Hope lope She claimed to-be to a n Russian count- count ss was the answer Her name was Olga Ivanoff Is Is there any objection to my havIng having hav law ing lug a word with him asked Hope Not In the least least east said the Inspector tor and ordered oi-deVed a a patrolman to bring the prisoner Into his office II Hello ell 0 lieutenant remarked Morton Morton Morton Mor Mor- ton nonchalantly as still handcuffed he tie was led Ir Into to the room I didn't expect to meet you here Morton said Hope looking the theother theother other In the eye Miss Burke was this evening I 1 understand from the police that you could not have hove been concerned In n It but buto do o you know who Is I wont won't pretend that Im I'm sorry for you Morton for tor forIm forIm torIm Im I'm Im I'm not but Jut if it you can give gln me any information that will help me find her Ill I'll do what 1 can to help you I 1 dont don't know anything about It It Hope said Morton Morion not this time I 1 give gi you my word 1 dont I If 1 could help you find her 1 I would Not for your sake mind he ad added ed bitterly but for hers She's a mighty game little girl Im I'm sorry 1 cant can't can t help you Hope HOlle turned away disconsolately but the other called him back Are you still sUll looking for the secret of the submarine he asked lowering his voice so that the police could not hear Yes said Hope listlessly I 11 am amor amor amor am- am or was until Cleo disappeared Did you keep that book on metallurgy metal metal- the the one that Olga and I 1 tried to get gt away from rom Doctor Owen In the restaurant In Yes its it's among my things some some- where Morton leaned forward until his lips were close to Hopes Hope's ear Turn Tura to page sixty-one sixty and read every ery seventh word he whispered If U you find Cleo he be continued In Ina a louder tone tell her that I 1 told you this thi so as to make up as us much touch as ns I Ican Ican Ican can for the way I treated her The secret t wont won't be of much use to me In Inthe Inthe inthe the place Illace Im I'm going and he laughed hoarsely as us he Joined the waiting officer officer of of- and was wag led back to his cell t L' L fL fJ That was the last Hope nope saw of or Gerald lerald 1 Three months later ho lw paid for his Ills crime on the gallows nt at San r t I It was long after diet midnight when Hope returned to his hotel but notwithstanding nut not withstanding the lateness of 0 the hour and Iii his ul utter ter weariness weariness' he his trunks trunks until he unearthed the w work wort rl ou on metallurgy which had given him him- as ns a memento of the dra dra- in the Sr ro r res S- S Drawing his chair up to the light be he opened Jho the tho worn well-worn volume at page page sixty one which h ctt contained he found a portion of ot the chapter entitled entitled entitled en en- titled Carboniferous Deposits I IThe The seventh word on oh the page was wain Hope found which seemed promising Again b he cou counted letI seven nud was rewarded with the word co cover cor r which apparently failed to hake sense but the next word In order or or- der was of Clot which again raised his leis hopes and In wild excitement h he completed the hidden sentence which reat read rent Examine cover of this book Ins Inserting the blade of his pocket pocketknife pocketknife pocketknife knife Into the edge of the lining he carefully worked It back and forth until It curled back bade As It did dill so Hope gave a little exclamation of satisfaction satisfaction sat sat- between for sandwiched between the lining and the coyer COfer itself was a small square of ot tissue paper Drawing it out he read In Doctor Burkes Burke's handwriting hand hand- handwriting writing The formula of l my submarine sub suu- marine invention will be found in a secret drawer under the glass tank tang of or ormy my working R. R. R B. B Hope nope felt Celt that the m mystery now v was wasas was wasas as good as solved The key was In his hands Mentally and physically exhausted he threw himself upon the bed and despite the fears and anxieties anxieties ties that a sailed assailed him was almost Instantly Instantly In In- as asleep So soundly did he sleep leep Indeed that it was nearl nearly noon when he lie was awakened by someone pounding at at his door It proved to be ue bea uen a n bellboy with n a special delivery let let- l letter t- t ter ler f i If U u wish to see Miss MIs Burke alive it t ran run come to 1121 Panuco street ut t nine o'clock this evening e bringing with you the work on on metallurgy metallurgy metal metal- lurl which j formerly formed belonged to Doctor Doctor Doctor Doc Doc- tor Burke The door will be unlocked Ent Enter l' l without ringing ascend three flights of stairs and give four short raps on the door at nt the left If you communicate with the police or bring anyone with you It t will result In Miss lIss Burkes Burke's death The only way you yon can cnn save her Is to follow these directions to the letter S 4 No neighborhood In n San Francisco has a more evil reputation than Panuco co street No 1121 Hope found was wasa wasn a n narrow story four building which In days long passed had eYl evidently been a residence of ot considerable pretension pretension pre pre- tension but which had now fallen into a sad state of neglect and disrepair As Hope ascended the steps there came from an areaway across the the- street a shrill whistle twice repeated repeat repeat- ed cd The kidnapers were on the watch and the two whistles were a signal to those within the house that he was unaccompanied Swinging open the thedoor thedoor door floor Hope found himself In such inky blackness that he had to strike i i match In order to find the stairway Lighting his Ws way with matches HopI Hope cautiously ascended three flights of ol stairs and gu gave gue e four brisk brik raps on the thedoor thedoor thedoor door on the left which instantly swung open In the doorway his face fac lighted by the lamp lump that he held above his head was Ha Ha said Hope HOlle recognizing his hla former antagonist I 1 rather suspected suspect suspect- ed it was you I had hall to to todeal deal with Wheres Where's your Jup Jap side partner Just behind you replied Mahlin l and Hope listening heard on the stairs the footfalls of or a person stealthily stealthily stealth stealth- ily ascending A moment later Satsuma Satsu Satsu- ma Joined them Now said MahUn Mahlin brusquely when Satsuma had closed the door Weve no time to waste so lets let's get down to bu business Did you bring the book Yes replied Hope Good lets Good lets let's see It ft it Not quite so fast my friend replied replied re re- plied piled the o officer r. r You dont don't get et the book until Miss Burke has been reI re re- I leased eased Miss 2 Burke will be released ased as aa soon as us yo you hand over the book declared declared de de- honor Mahlin On my You hn haven't cut any sneered Hope f 0 01 I 1 Intend to keep the hook book until you release Miss Burke I dont don't have hll to o trust you and Im I'm not going to If It you dont don't hand over the book Ill I'll take It it snarled and raised his hand as though giving n a signal Hope who had conic come prepared for tor treachery whirled about with the tho quickness of ot thought Nor was he an Instant too soon for tor not a pace away uway was Satsuma |