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Show THE SAUNA SUN, SAUNA, UTAH lie doesnt remember what happened to him. Curious, Isn't it? The detective still seemed puzzled. How did he get into the house? He came through the terrace door some time ago," answered Miss Cornelia. Just before we were locked THE BAT ,2; EC in." Iler answer seemed ........ By MARY ROBERTS RINEHART arid AVERY HOPWOOD to solve the problem to Anderson's satisfaction. Doesnt remember anything, eh? he said dryly. He crossed over to the mysterious stranger and put his hand WNU Barrie Th Bat. eoryrlght, US, by Karr BobarU , under the Unknown's chin, jerking his Rinehart and Arery Hop wood. head up roughly. Look up here ! he commanded. The Unknown stared at him for an Somewhat." Ills wordsTtfir-camfrom the living room this man had not CHAPTER X Continued Instant with blank, vacuous eyes. been seen or thought of, but that he very slowly. 16 Then his head dropped hack upon his was a art of ihe mystery there could Bailey watched Billy, suspicion In breast again. What about Richard Fleming? be no doubt. It flashed over Miss Corhis eyes. He could not account for Look up, you muttered the depersisted the detective, scornfully. nelia that, although he could not posthe butlers Inexplicable terror of beThe doctor drew himself up. his head again. This tective, Jerking '"T"hever killed him!" he said, so Im- sibly have locked them In, In the dark- ing left alone. losing your memory stuff doesn't go ness that followed he could easily have Anderson Intimated that the docdown with me!" His eyes bored into pressively that even Baileys faith In 1 bis guilt was shaken. dont even fastened the bat to the door. For the tor had an accomplice In this house, the Unknowns. first time It occurred to her that the ' he said, now, crossing to Billy and it doesn't go down very well two a revolver . . might not be working-alone- taking him by the arm. Why isnt with me either, said the Unknown The detective alone maintained his and that the entrance of tin. this the man?" Billy cringed away. attitude unchanged. weakly, making no movement of proUnknown might have been a carefully orPlease, no, he begged pitifully. You come with me, Wells," he test against Andersons rough handling. devised ruse to draw them all together "Did you ever see me before? deBailey remained unconvinced. dered, with a Jerk of his thumb toward hold them there. and Who did you see at the head of manded tiie latter. lockBeresford held the door. This time Ill do the Nor was Beresford's arrival with the the small staircase?" he queried. Imtiie candle closer so that he might ing up. Now were through with statement that the Unknowq' was peratively. watch the Unknown's face for any The doctor, head bowed, prepared nonsense 1 want the truth! moving through the house below parto obey. The detective took up a canInvoluntary movement of betrayal. ticularly comforting. Billy shivered. But the Unknown made no such dle to light their path. Then lie turned' He rimy be dazed, or he may not," See face thats all," he brought movement, lie gazed at Anderson, to the others for a moment. he said. Personally, this is not a out at last. Better get the young lady to bed, apparently with the greatest bewilderWhose face? ment then Ids be said, with a gruff kindliness of time to trust anybody. , closed he eyes 'ReresTor.d knew nothing of what had Again it was evident that Billy knew seemed to he about to remember who manner. "I think that I can promise Just occurred, and now seeing Bailey or thought lie knew.juore than he was the detective was. you a quiet night from now on.' he favored him' with an ugly glance. Mr. Anderwilling to tell. Youre the doctor I saw Im gjad you think so, "In t he absence of Anderson, Bujley, Don't know, he said, wllh obvious downstairs arent you? he said inson Miss Cornelia Insisted on' the last word. The detective Ignored the lie added, I dont propose to trust you untruth, looking down at the floor. nocently. Never mind, Billy," cS in Miss u Miss Cornelia gave a little shiver. satiric twist of her sjs'ech, motioned too far. I'm making It my husines-- i from now on to see that you don't try Cornelia. To her mind questioning The third degree, In reality, was less the doctor out ahead of him, and folto get nwaj. Get that?, lowed. The faint glow of his candle Billy was wasting time. She looked at pleasant io watch than It had been But Bailey heard him without parto read about in the pages of her fathe Unknown. dickered a moment and vanisht-ticular resentment. Solve the mystery of this D'an and vorite detective stories. toward the stairs. "All rigid," he said. But Ill tell we may get at the facts, she said In "Hes evidently been attacked, sh.e It was Bailey who broke the siyou tlds. Anderson Is here and .has lence. uccents of conviction. "He said, turning to Anderson. Beresford raised the candle so that claims to have recovered conscious"I can believe a good hit about arrested the doctor. Keep your eye on me, i you think Its your duty, hid It cast its light full In the Unknowns ness in the garage, where he was tied, Wells, he said, but riot that he stood dont talk to me ns If I were a critu-Iniihand and foot!" on that staircase and killed I tick face. you .dont knpw thnt yet. This chap claims to have lost his "He does, eh? said the detective Fleming. The doctor!" P.eresford gasped. I supMiss Cornelia roused from deep memory, he said dubiously. heavily. He glared at the Unknown. But Miss Cornelias keen ears had pose a blow on the head might do that If youll give me five minutes alone thought with him. I'll get the truth out of I dont know." Of course not, she said briskly." hoard n sound outside, and her eyes were focused on the door. him!" he promised. Go down and fix Miss Dales hod, Don't you even know your name? " ATodk of swift alarm Is moving," she That door-knoUn- of Miss Cornelia LUszIe. And then bring up some of the swept over the queried tttaas said, In n hushed voice. Unknown's face at the words unper-ceive- d known. that elderberry wine. P.eresford moved to the door and Down there, where the Bat Is? The Unknown shook his head with a by any except Miss Cornelia. Jerked It violently open. The others started' obediently to yield slow, laborious gesture. .Lizzie demunded. to the detectives behest and leave h!m Not yet." The butler, Billy, almost pitched The But has gone. . alone with his prisoner. Miss Cornelia Or where you came from? into the room. Dont you believe it. lies Just got was the first to move toward the door. Once more the battered head made bis hand In! On her way, she turned. movement of Its XI negation. CHAPTER But at last Lizzie went, arid, closing Do you believe that money Is Irre"Do you remember how you got In the door behind her, Miss Cornelia house?" this think vocably out more or less to gone?" she asked of Anderson. proceeded The Bat Still Flies. The Unknown made an effort The detective smiled. loud. Tie stepped back In the doorway, Yes I remember all that "There's no such word ns irrevocSuppose, she said, "that the Bat, looked out, then turned to them again. able in my vocabulary, lie answered. he said, apparently undergoright or whoever It was shut In there with I come In, please?" he said pathetBut I believe it's out of the house, if ing an enormous strain In order to you, killed Richard Fleming. Say that ically, Ids hands quivering. I not like make himself speak at all. He put thats wlmt you mean. be Is the one Lizzie saw coming In by to stay in dark.. his hand to his head. Miss Cornelia still IiesitaTTed, on the the terrnce door. Then he knew where Miss Cornelia took pity on him. Miss Cornelia was at a loss, if this verge of departure. the money was, for he went directly Come In, Billy, of course. What Is were acting, it was Ait least tine actSuppose I tell you thnt there are up the stairs. But that Is two hours it? Anything the matter? certain facts that you have overing. the he more. or didnt get go Why Billy glanced about nervously. she said slowly. How did you happen to come to looked? money, If It was here, and get away?" Man with sore head." Still on the trail ! mattered the house?" she persisted, her voice this He may have had trouble with the What about him? t He did not Itself to the detective sardonically. combination. Act very strange." Again Billy's unconsciously tuning even. Unseemed only at laborious her. lie of on the was the he slow, speech glance Perhaps. Anyhow, slim hands trembled. anxious that the other members ef known. mall staircase when Dick Fleming Beresford broke In. The man who the party would get out of his way for Saw the lights. tarted up, and of course he shot him. fell Into the room downstairs?" once and leave him a clear Held for broke In with a question. Bailey That's clear enough. Then he finally lillly nodded. Where were you when you saw the his work. got the safe open, after locking us In . .Xes. On second floor, walking IBs brusque rejection of her offer lights? below, and my coming up Interrupted . around. to nettle Miss Cornelia. seemed wet on out his TheUnknnwn on his with did he How earth him. Bps get Beresford smiled, a hit smngly. "I was right about the doctor, tongue,' painfully. the roof? I told you!" he said to Miss CorI broke out of the garage," wasn't 1? she insisted. Bailey glanced out the window. I didn't think he was as dazed nelia. Just fifty per cent right, said Anhe said at length. i It would be possible from here. as he pretended to he." And the doctor derson A was This not but frushingly. easy." Possible, unexpected. general Miss Cornelia, too, had been ponderturn thnt trick alone. Now " didnt movement of Interest ran ofer the But, If he could do that," she ing the problem of the Unknown. She if he went on, with weary patience, . stated, "he could have got away, too. reached a swift decision. If he were party. cut all door and close that How Beres-vorgo did youll There are trellises and porches. Inthere? you get wlmt he pretended to be a dazed Miss Cornelia, defeated, took a Took his turn as stead of that he came back here, to wanderer he could do them no harm. questioner." . The Unknown shook his head, so candle from Bailey and stepped into tbls room. She stared at the window. If he were not a little strategy propthe corridor. Her figure stiffened. Could a man have done that with one erly employed might unravel the whole slowly and deliberately that Miss CorShe gave an audible gasp of dismayed shake-him- , nelia's band? Itched to in fingers mystery. surprise. Never In the world." Bring him up here, Billy, she said, spite of his Injuries. Quick ! she cried, turning back to "I don't know. Saying nothing, but deeply thoughtturning to the butler. the others and gesturing toward the a Did made fresh InMiss Cornelia progful, you ring the house phone? Billy started. to obey. But the darkA man Just went through corridor. sisted Miss ress around the room. Cornelia. ness of the corridor seemed to appall that I know very little about bank curskylight and out onto the roof!" .The Unknown nodded. hi ni anew, the moment he took a step "Out on tiie roof! Could such "Yes. rency," she said, finally. toward It. 1Come on, Beresford ! Miss Cornelia and Bailey gave each You give candle, please?" he asked, Hustle you men ! lie may be a look of wonderment. other with a pleading expression. Dont ! armed I leaned against the button in like dark. Righto coming ! he went on. Then Miss Cornelia handed him one of the garagt And, I think I following Miss Cornelia's lead. fainted. That's maybe the two precious candles. Then his not clear. present terror reminded her of that Dale'Tifke, aihTcame over to him. one other occasion when she had' seen with a sympathetic movement of her lilm lose completely his stoic oriental hand. calm. Spicier You don't remember how you were Billy,", she queried, what did you hurt? she asked gently. . irs see when you came running down1 One of the strangest creatures of The Unknown stared ahead of him, before we were locked In, down tiie sea Is a certain species of sea Ids if as lie were trying eyes filming, below? It spider named Njinphon gracile. It out. to puzzle But Billy only backed toward the a hit of size a lias the about of, body No, lie said at . last. The first door, smiling apologetically. thread, a quarter of an inch long ami I remember I was in the garage "Thought I saw ghost," he said, and thing tied Into .four knots. Tiie head looks tied. lie moved tils lips. I was went out and down the stairs, the like the end qf a thread split Into two too matthe what's thats candle-ligh- t flickering, growing fainter gagged horns; from each of tiie four knots Then and finally disappearing. Silence and ter with my tongue now start two legs, one ou each side, makI got myself free and got out of eerie darkness enveloped them all os ing eight in all. a window they waited. And suddenly out of the Tiie legs are three or four times a Miss Cornelia to movement made blackness came a sound. than the body, but tiie odd longer him Beresford further. question Something was flapping and thumpabout them Is that tiie alimenthing her his with hand stopped uplifted. ing around the room. tiie food goes, tube. tary Just a moment, Miss Van Border. .Thats d d odd! muttered Beres- Anderson runs down into every one of the legs, know to this." of ought ford uneasily. "There Is something so that whatever tiie spider eats cirHe started for the door without permoving around the room." culates through his legs and, in fact, flash keen of tiie ceiving intelligence The next instant Bailey gave a trithe legs are like the body in internal and alertness that had lit the -umphant cry. , structure. countenance for an Instant, as Ive got It! Its a bat!" of Another this form curious feature once before, at the mention of the Lizzie sank to her knees, still moanof life is that tiie baby sea spider is name. But Just ns he detectives How on Earth Did He Get Out on ing. and Bailey carried the cause of reached the door the detective enthe Roof?" tiie trouble over to the window and tered. threw it out. lie halted for a moment, staring at Long List of Disasters sum as was looted from the Union, InciBut the of result absurd the the of the Tiie Unknown. in a he figure carried away mans strange bank greatest disasters from I IKK) dent was u further destruction of their A new element In our mystery. Mr. to the present time arising from natpocket? morale. Beresford, so far calm ural cause include: St. Iicre and Anderson, Said Miss Cornelia, reBailey considered the question. with the quiet of the virtuous onlookmembering that tiie detective might Even In bil! of large denomination Martinique, volcanic eruption, lay 8. er, was now pallid In the light of the uot have heard of the mysterious 11102: San Francisco, Calif, earthIt would make a pretty sizable bunmatches they successively lighted. stranger before as he had been quake, April 18, RWMJ; Sicily and Caladle," he said. And onto this strained situation came locked In the billiard room when the bria earthquake, December 28, IfiOS; But that Miss Cornelias deductions last Billy and the Unknown. at latter had made his queer entrance. China earthquake, December 10, 1020; were correct whatever they were, was The Unknown still wore his air of The detective and the Unknown In question when Lizzie returned with Japanese 'earthquake. September 1, the elderberry wine. Apparently Miss dazed bewilderment, true or feigned, gazed at each other for a moment the 1023; Santa Barbara earthquake, June Unknown with his old expression of 20, 102!; Shenandoah wreck, SeptemCornelia was to he like the man who but at least he was now able to walk without support. vacant stupidity. ber 3, 1025; Lake Denmark. N. J.. exrepaired the clock : she still had cerCome In," began Miss Cornelia. Quite dazed, poor fellow," Miss tain tilings left over. plosion, July 10. 1020; mine disaster "Sit down. Cornelia went on. lie obeyed both comFor Lizzie announced that the Un at Ishp ruling, Mich, November 3. mands docilely enougn. Beresford added other words of ex known was ranging the second floor 1020; snowsllde near Biugham, Utah. Are you better now7" ball. From the time they had escaped plgnatloa. February 17, 132d, e 1 Jack Bailey, Anderson, Beresford and the corridor, Billy dashed out lnt leaving Dale and the frightened Lizzie alone with the Unknown. And Id run, If my lega would!" Lizzie despaired. Hush !" said Dale, her ears strained for sounds of conflict Miss Cornelia cautiously, with her candle, closing the door gently behind. her as she came. What did you see? gasped Dale. Miss Cornelia smiled broadly. I didnt see anything, she admitI had to ted with the greatest calm. get that dratted detective out of the room before I assassinated him. Nobody went through the skylight?" said Dale Incredulously. They have now," answered Alisa Cornelia with obvious satisfaction. The wlmle outfit of them." She stole a glance at the veiled eyes of the Unknown. He was lying limply back In his chair, as If the ex- - "arch-crimin- . By Taking Lydia E. Pinkhami Vegetable Compound to try Lydia Vegetable Compound, which she said had helped her so much. So 1 bought a few bottles and tried It out It sure helped me wonderfully. I felt much better. My work was no -longer a dread to me. 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Overcrowded Moscow His Eyes Bored Into the Unknown's. citement had been too much for him and yet she could have sworn she had seen him leap to his feet, like a man in full possession , of his faculties, when she had given her false cry of alarm. Then why did you began Dale, dazedly, unable to fathom her aunt's reasons for her trick. ; . Because," Interrupted Miss Cornelia decidedly, thnt moneys in this room. If the man who took it out of the safe got away with It, why did he come back and hide there? Her forefinger jabbed at the hidden chamber wherein the masked intruder had terrified Dale with threats of instant death. He got It out of the safe and thats as far as he did get with It," she persisted Inexorably, Theres a hat behind thnt safe a mans soft felt . More than 70,000 residents of Moscow, Russia, live in houses unequipped with running water and even without sewerage, as a result! of the great recent growth of the city population.. Last year homes for 100,000 persons were built, but the city increased by 480,000 in that period. The BABY hat !" So this was the discovery she had hinted of to Anderson before he rebuffed her proffer of assistance! Miss Cornelia crossed behind the and picked up' wicker clothes-hampe- r something from the floor. A candle, she mused. Another thinthe. .detective overlooked." She stepped back to the center of the room, looking knowingly from the candle to the hidden room and back again. Oh, my God another one !" shrieked Lizzie, ns the dark shape of a man appeared suddenly outside the window, as if materialized from the air. Miss Cornelia snatched up her revolver from the top of the hamper. Dont shoot It's Jack! came a warning cry from Dale, as the latter recognized the figure of her lover. Miss Cornelia laid her revolver down on the hamper again. The vacant eyes of the Unknown caught the movement. half-burne- . d . (.TO BE CONTINUED.) . 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