Show I The Secret of the Submarine By Ry y E. E Alexander Powell I The IThe Road to In Flanders Author of The Ena Eho of oT me the Trail rail Fighting Glory Vive la la Franco Etc SYNOPSIS Jarvis Hope reports findings on the invention n of i Dr inventors inventor's Ralph Burke r boat t On a the trial trip of IP the gin Japanese Japanese helper is s surp surprised in the ac act of examining the a mechanism c 1 Att Attempt l to burglarize Burkes Burke's J I laboratory fails him m murdered murdered mur- mur Cleo finds later his Ills daughter dered in his bedroom Cleo e sells s her fathers father's books she finds a note from secret for for- f they contain which she learns mula Olga Ivanoff an and Gerald l Morton spies pes in search of formula attempt t t to spies aldo ca capture ture Cleo Hope rushes to 0 her aid fid Hope and Cleo escape and attend ball at whose nephew has two Mrs oIls Delmars Delmar's Missing books Mahlin 1 a spy attempts to steal books After a violent storm Hope and Cleo arrive on strange I island and and discover man they hunt is t there ere Mahlin and Japanese also teach reach i the Island is Is- Is I land They escape from Hope but re return return return re- re turn turn and dynamite the shack Hope and Cleo manage to reach where Dr Owen has one of the books He arranges arranges arranges ar ar- ar- ar ranges ranges to meet Hope at the hotel with book bool Morton poses as Hope and but budt for foran foran I an earthquake would have possesse possessed the e volume Cleo is captured by Morton and taken to cabin in the mountains She finds there book for which they search Fortunately she gets note to Hope who wi with Hook starts to rescue As he ho cross crosses s chasm in swinging basket Mahlin steals s sup up and chops at cable with an ax Hook appears in time to save Hope He reaches the other side and is greeted by Cleo she swears her love to him They are followed followed followed fol fol- lowed by Mahlin l and Jap who attempt to kidnap Cleo She swings herself over the canyon Olga and Morton are dashed to earth in an aeroplane Hope and Cleo are pulled from by Hook and anda a a. grapevine Mahlin and Satsuma are arc called before the Black Council On the track of another book they find the I owner has lost it Hops Hopa receives a letter demanding his marriage to a girl who I claims he compromised her He is forced I I to comply by Cleo Accidentally he lie learns It is a plot to rope him in He is later summoned to Washington Morton and Olga are cared for by a rancher who warns them against Carillo Carmo the bandit They venture too far from the ranch and andare andare andare are captured by the outlaws Carillo offers Morton his freedom for ransom Olga finds one of the books in the cabin I She kills C Carillo and escapes but Morton takes the book from her and flees I 1 shall give up everything else in ord order r to find her said Hope You Tou Toucan Youcan Youcan can be sure of that By the way Mr Johnstone who would in inherit erit Mr 1 Montgomery's fortune if ir-f ir if am and his voice trembled if anything should h have ve happened to his daughter The estate would go to his nephew Gerald Morton said the lawyer and Hope fancied that in his tone there was wasa a note of dislike Gerald Morton 1 Hope exclaimed That explains a good many things that have puzzled d me and he related to the deeply interested interest d lawyers how Morton 1 had Cleo and imprisoned imprisoned her nl ni the cabin on the ledge and I of his attempt to intimidate her into marrying him Hes a dangerous fellow fellow fellow fel fel- low he concluded I Yes agreed Johnstone He had a ahad ahad ahad had reputation when he lived Jived in New York He was concerned in several unsavory affairs Do you think that he heis heis is II responsible for Miss Montgomery's disappearance If he has harmed her said Hope savagely he will never live Jive to enjoy his uncles uncle's millions During the next three days Hope searched the city as with a fine tooth comb He inserted insert d advertisements Inthe Inthe in inthe the papers h he appealed to the police he scrutinized the registers of hotels he interviewed the keepers of boarding houses he even visited the saloons along the waterfront which Hook had hadeen been een accustomed to frequent but without without with with- out nut getting a trace of the two of whom h ho he was in search On the morning of the fourth day glancing from the window window window win win- dow of his hotel he noticed that the streets were pack packed d with people whom the police were energetically pushing pushing- back so o as t to td form a broad lane of asphalt going on today he be listlessly list list- l lessly lessly inquired of the waiter walter who was serving servine his breakfast Circus in town Preparedness parade sir the man answered you heard about it it sir Ir They say theres there's going to be thirty thousand in line When an hour later the blare of music signaled the approach of the marchers Hope interested in anything anything- that concerned national defense defens took up a position on the sidewalk his I height enabling him to see over the heads of the crowd First came a 1 platoon of mounted police on sleek and shining horses then the retired retiree general who was acting as grand marshal followed fol- fol lowed lowd b bv by a glittering staff after the staff a brigade ade of regulars from the presidio presidio Infantry infantry cavalry and guns Auns after them a national guard Allard division the men men smart and soldierly in their neat fitting khaki uniforms Followed then fraternal organizations and uniformed uni uni- form formed eel societies of every name and nature na na- ture turl and after these had swung by rank after rank company after company company company com com- pany division after division of civilians who after all aU com Dose the real fighting fight ht Ing strength th of the republic Each group rOUD was preceded by a flag or banner banner banner ban ban- ner bearing the name of the Industry to which they were employed A thou- thou san telephone and telegraph each wearing a small American flag swept past behind them tramped fifteen teen hundred cl clerks from the dry goods stores of the city then preceded by a banner b bearing the le legend end Naval Kaval Re Re- The The Men Who Would Man Our Ships In Time of War Hope saw approaching a col column of sun sun tanned weather beaten men marching with the trained precision of veterans but with the unmistakable roll of the sea in their r gait These were the old s sailors th the man ex-man of wars war's wars men the men wh who in their day had fought under Sampson at t Santiago and under Dewe Dewey at t Manila 1 bay hay an and who In time of need stood ready to again take their places behind I the naval naval- guns As they tramped by amid a hurricane of cheers Hope peering above the heads beads of the spectators in front of him caught a glimpse of a familiar face In the first rank of the passing seamen He looked again Yes There was no mistaking that seamed and su sun e tanned fa fare e with its ever present smile It It was Hook Diving through th the e crowd regardless of 1 the indignant pros protests pro pro- s tests of those whom he unceremonious unceremonious- lv Iv pushed pushed aside Hope selz seized d Hook Hoot b by y the arm and before the astonished BeaMan seaman sea sea- man realized what had happened h he had dragged him out of tt the e ranks through the wall of spectators and into the lobby of the hotel Wall Wan Ill I'll be ant gasp gasped Hook staring at the of officer of- of with bulging eyes and open mouth I thought you ou married an ann in Noo York Where is Miss Cleo demanded Hope Where has she gone gone Miss Cleo repeated Hook Hool with a poor poor simulation of surprise Why Vhf aint she over to Valdavia You know perfectly well that she isn't Hook said the officer er brusquely She left there re tw two weeks ago with you Where is she I cant can't tell ten you said Hook nervously Honest to God I cant Miss Cleo made me promise that I Youve got to tell me man cried Hope seizing the seaman by the should shoulder r and shaking him until his teeth rattled Ive come three thousand thousand thousand thou thou- sand miles to find her and marry herTo her To marry her cri cried d Hook Hool in in- in credulously But nut I 1 thought as how you already married to that Machin l gal Well Im I'm not Hope answered impatiently impatiently im im- Im- Im patiently and Im I'm not going to be either cither That's all an off oft Im I'm going to marry Miss if Cleo if she will have me And Ive I've great news for her Hook Hool She has been left a fortune She is arich a arich arich rich woman Seem ez youve you've come to marry her said Hook Hool I reckon shell she'll forgive forI forgive for for- I give me if I tell you where she is She's got a job as a nurse with a in inI I Sacramento Sacramento Fletcher Fletcher the name is She seen an advertisement in the paper paper paper pa pa- per for a gal what could take tale care o 0 children an she she she- But nut Hope without waiting to hear more had hustled him into a taxicab To the ferry he called caned to the driver and drive like the devil Ive I've just time to catch the train to Sacramento Sacra Sacra- I mento Cleos Cleo's anxious perusal of the Help Wanted columns had finally been re rewarded rewarded rewarded re- re warded by an advertisement for a ayoung ayoung I young woman of refinement and good family as a childrens children's governess governess with witha a prominent family of Sacramento Here at last was an opening which she felt that she was confident to fill A telephone conversation with her ber prospective employer and she was tentatively engaged But when she in informed informed in- in formed Hook of her determination he protested violently Now looky here Miss l Cleo he said persuasively there aint no call fer you ou to do anything foolish Ill I'll get geta a job in a day or two an then every- every be all right Dont Don't you worry no more bout the money money well well we'll get along some way Youre a perfect old dear Hook Hool she had answered but we cant can't go on this way any longer My l money is almost gone Besides I want to do this I 1 simply must have something to occupy my mind If I 1 dont don't I think I shall go mad And I want you to give me your word of honor Hook that you wont won't let anyone know where I have gone If It you wont won't give me your word I 1 wont won't give you my address Do you promise I reckon I got to the old sailor grumbled And I dont don't want any man mall forwarded forwarded forwarded for for- warded to me continued Cleo There is no one that is likely to write me anyway but if any letters should come I dont don't want to get them I dont don't want anything that will remind me I of my old life Im I'm Im I'm going to try to forget But nut aint I goin to see you no nomore nomore more Miss 1 Cleo Of course she answered Sacramento Sacramento Sacramento Sacra mento is only a few hours bours away and Ican I 1 Ican can easily run down and see you now and then or you can come and see me When I said that I wanted to forget everything connected with my old life Ilfe r T didn't include you Hook t tIn In the train on the way to Sacramento Sacramento Sacra Sacra- mento Hope briefly outlined to the astonished Hook the story which the lawyer had t told ld him of Cleos Cleo's p par par- i Gee exclaimed the sailor So Miss 1 Cleo aint Dr Burkes Burke's daughter at all Waal you come to speak of it it Ive I've often said to myself that she didn't resemble her ber paw And you say she's rich too loo Yes said Hope very rich indeed I II i I I understand Then remarked the seaman it I wont won't make no difference to her whether they ev ever r find the secret o othe othe othe the submarine or not It wont won't make any great difference to her said Hope but It will to the government As soon as we are married married mar mar mar- ried I am going on with the search until I either find the formula or am convinced that it is irretrievably lo lost st t. t The Fletcher residence where Cleo was employed as governess proved provE to be a handsome place in the colonial style set well back from the street in beautifully kept grounds which swept down to the banks of the river Is Miss 1 Burke at home inquired Hope of a kindly faced lady who was seated on the veranda sewing sewing- I think Miss Burke Is In the garden somewhere said the woman pleas pleas- antly It is her afternoon to go out but she rarely I leaves aves the grounds If It you will be seated I will send a servant servant servant ser ser- vant for her Please dont don't trouble said sale Hope I 1 will find her Passing around the house to the garden in the rear he be stroda through a long pergola fragrant with roses pushed his way through a screen of shrubbery and emerged upon a stretch of lawn so smooth and beautifully tended that It looked like a piece of green velvet which swept unbrokenly to the low stone wall which boarded the river Standing beside the wall her back toward him staring intently into the swirling water was Cleo a Cleo-a a slender and nd pathetic figure in her black gown His footfalls deadened by bythe bythe bythe the turf Hope stole forward softly Just before he reached her she ap apparently apparently ap- ap came to a decision for she stepped onto the low parapet and her figure stiffened as does that of a swimmer who is about to dive And at that instant Hopes Hope's arms closed about her Taken completely by surprise surprise surprise sur sur- prise she gave a startled scream I then glancing over her shoulder she found herself looking Into the face of I Ithe the man she loved With a great sob I of relief and happiness ss she snuggled like Uke a lost child into his protecting ar arms Hook Book k remembering that there are occasions when two are company but a crowd whiled three are away an hour before he ho joined them As his smiling face appeared above the bushes Cleo transformed by love and joy rushed forward and threw her arms about his neck 1 To be continued tomorrow I |