Show r. r eoe E c L. L J Powell r r Author of The uThe End of the lie Tra Trail l I Fighting ng in Flanders The Roa Road to Glory e eKar Kar Vive Vwe T T. T l la a France France e etc t c. c Ka Novelized t from the he Motion Picture Play of the Same Name by hy the American Rim Film Manufacturing Company r I W. W I Hit ty 11 E. E AI n SYNOPSIS Lieutenant nant Jarvis Jarvis' Hope is II detailed d b by bythe bythe the tho United States naval board to InTes flies te l and report his findings on the In Indention In in- dention of Dr Ralph Burke Burkt which served 10 O bring brine tho the submarino submarine to a state of per per- arrives In Valdavia Valda- Valda faction ec tI on The lieutenant the Inventor an and by via la and nd Is welcomed hl his daughter Cleo On the trial trip of tho Inventors Inventor's boat a 11 Japanese helper Is h surprised In the a act ast t of examining examining- the mechanism of or the ventilating device Hope yI l ports favorably tn on the new device device de de- vice but there are others interested in ItAn It An attempt to burglarize Doctor Burkes Burke's laboratory falls talis but later Cleo finds him murdered In his bedroom THIRD INSTALLMENT The murder of f Ralph Burke Durke provid provided ed the public with a 10 days' days mystery Newspaper readers satiated with the European conflict and the crisis In Mexico eagerly devoured Its details The The great newspapers of the co country hurried their cleverest correspondents to Valdavia At Hopes Hope's suggestion vitally vi 1 the navy department which was tally Interested in recovering the lost formula detailed a secret service operative on the case but he met with no better success than the po lice JIce On the theory that Burke Durke had been murdered by Satsuma out of revenge revenge re reo re- re enge a fresh search for the Japanese was started only to be abandoned when hen it was reported with much clr- clr detail that a man tallying his description had shipped two to lays before the murder on a vessel sound pound for South America But though this apparently eliminated Satsuma It only served to deepen the mystery As the days das passed and no solution was forthcoming newspaper readers b began gan to turn their attention to other events Olga who had bad hurried to Valdavia in order to b be on the scene of action prepared to t return to-return return to her ber luxurious apartment in San Francisco though Sextus was to remain behind in order to keep in touch with any potential developments Hope Hepe and Morton still remained the former because because be be- cause he had received instructions from Was Washington to stay In Val lavia Id n a ther B s possibility of of- recovering coverIng r the l lost st formula the latter because of similar instructions from his uncle Calvin Montgomery who wrote that If It tho the formula could be found he be could sell dell It or his terms to one of the European It t was not the tho Illusory hope hove of or the formula however that ept Hope and Morton In In Valdavia he be real magnet was Cleo Her fathers father's tragic death weighed heavily upon Cleo and It was often far tar Into night before she fell feU asleep upon her ber tear tear pillow but her days days' were seldom lonely for Jarvis Hope nope and nd Gerald Morton were constant constant constant con con- stant callers But Dut though she franay welcomed the visits of the suave man young New Yorker and listened with attention to his gossIp or of Fifth Firth avenue a and Broadway she never gave him her entire confidence Th Though ugh she never admitted It even even to herself she did not entirely trust him There was no no question in Hopes Hope's mind as to his feelings Cleo He was whole heartedly desperately madly Inlove in inlove inlove love with her ber but though he be felt Intuitively In In- that Cleo reciprocated his hla Innate delicacy led him to refrain from telling her of his love at this time In n his will Burke bad had left every every- thing that he possessed to Cleo Yet everything consisted of barely 1000 In the tho bank the tho furniture of the ouse his extensive scientific library and imd the vanished secret of the sub sub- lirine Cleo was under no illusions the state of at her finances I must go to work Jarvis she told Hope with whom she discussed her ber mancial difficulties and her future as she would with an old family friend I must find something to do fer at this rate what little money I have will soon be gone Perhaps I can get a position as a secretary or In a library I used to write all aU daddys daddy's letters and his accounts Her voice olce trem trem- id d d as It always alwa's did at mention of at r father for her ber grief was still very dW JW Why dont don't you dispose of your fathers father's library Cleo he be asked o one one evening when they were sitting on on the vine-covered vine verandah discussing her ber affairs You ought to realize reaUze a considerable sum from It enough It-enough enough certainly so that you will not need to worry worn about money matters for some Bome time to come Im I'm going over overto overto overto to San Francisco tomorrow and If it you care to have me I will make some inquiries as to the best way to dispose of it it The TLe next evening he be called again When I was in town today he be said I looked up a friend who is interested In books beaks and he put me mo In touch with witha a man named Dawson the proprietor of the Dawson Auction rooms I went to see Dawson who seems to be a avery avery avery very decent fellow and explained that you wished to dispose of your fathers father's library Ho tells me that he be Is la holding hold bold ing an Important sale next week and that If you wish the books tJ go into it ft must must st be shipped to him him at once It breaks my heart to part with daddys daddy's library said Cleo but of at course Its It's the wisest thing to do I dont don't need the books and I do need the money Oh Jarvis I dont don't know how I would have got through these terrible days If I had not had you to tolean tolean tolean lean on and advise Ise with The Thc following morning found round Cleo in a gingham apron and Hope in his shirt sleeves bard hard at work listing and packing l the hundreds of dusty volumes volumes vol vol- umes the ubiquitous and good natured good natured Hook nailing up the tho cases Hope was In the act of or placing the worn much Bible which had bad belonged belong d to Burke when Cleo snatched It from him That mustn't go she cried It was given ghen to daddy by his mother and the very night he ho he-ho ho died ho he asked me to keep it always I shall never part with it it The sale which included the Burke Durke library so Mr Dawson rate Cleo would take place on the tho following Wednesday As it had been widely Idely advertised he anticipated a large attendance at and good prices On Wednesday Wednesday Wednes Wednes- day afternoon Cleo who on Hopes Hope's advice was preparing to give up the tho house began the formidable task of at sorting the mass of papers papers letters letters scientific date dati and memoranda memoranda which which had belonge to her father The Tho receipted receipted re re- d bills she placed in one pile the unpaid bills there bills there were but few of these thank goodness she goodness she placed in another the papers relating to his his patents in a a third As As' she lifted the leather covered blotting pad which had laid on her fathers father's desk almost as long as she could remember there slipped from between its folds and fluttered to tho the floor a letter PickIng Picking Picking Pick Pick- ing it up she glanced at it carelessly to see on which of f the piles it be be- longed To her surprise it was addressed addressed ad lid- dressed to herself hersel Tearing It open she drew out the single sheet of note paver that it contained No No wonder that the tie message scrawled scrawl cd th thereon reon in inh h helve fathers t cramped handwriting hal brought to her lips Ups a 3 cry of astonishment astonishment astonish astonish- ment meat and consternation This is what she read M Mv My l Dear ear ar Daughter Daughter- In the P event lIt of my death you will find tl n. n pr t r of t the submarine In the boo s sn sv n or v r my desk One book contains the ii and the other the k key y DADDY F Pr Fr r a l long ng moment she stood speech speech- IP'S IN staring at this message from the dead The books beaks over my desk l sk That could auld refer only to the dozen treasured volumes which from her ber earliest reflection her father had kept in his workroom that they might be near him Now she recalled their theirl l last t conT ti t rn T r s she tat fat at beside him in the laboratory I want you to remember Cleo he had said with unusual solemnity that when I am gone there is a fortune for my little girl In those old volumes She had supposed that he referred to their Intrinsic In value And those were among the books which she lle had bad sent to San Francisco to be sold at auction She had unwittingly unwitting let a fortune slip sUp through her fingers But Dut perhaps it was not too late Hook she cried excitedly waving way ing lag the letter see what Ive I've Just found round It fell out from between the blotting sheets when I was cleaning daddys daddy's desk The formula is hidden In one of those books which we sent to the auction sale salo in iii San Francisco They are being sold today there Isn't a minute to lose You run down to the hotel and get Lieutenant Hope and Ill I'll go over to the drug store and try to get the auction auction tion rooms en cn the phone D Before tore Hook whose faculties were none too alert at any time had recovered recovered recovered ered from his astonishment Cleo was wag flying down the garden path As she dashed through through the gate she almost ran Into the arms of Gerald Morton Oh Mr r. r Morton she gasped Ive found the formula That Is she added added added ad ad- ded Ive found where It is hidden Great heavens he exclaimed and with wIlh avarice in his voice where is it I haven't time time- timeto to stop and explain new she panted I must get to a telephone The secret is hidden In is isone one of those old books bools which daddy always always al al- al ways kept In hi his laboratory laboratory and and the they are being sold today at Dawsons Dawson's Auction Auction Auction tion room in San Francisco Im I'm goIng goIng going go- go Ing to telephone to try to stop their sale The last words she flung over her shoulder as she sho hastened onward For or a moment Morton Murton stood ponder ponder- ing Then Then lie lio also dashed madly down the tho street street street-In in the tho direction of ot the railway station i C M 4 r Following Olga's Instructions Sextus had bad made It his business ever since the night of ot the murder to keep tho the Burke Durke home bome under surveillance and to watch those who entered or left It As AB he was unknown to Cleo or her bel friends he was enabled to observe their comings and goings wIth without ut arousing their suspicions When therefore as he be was sauntering along the opposite side of at the street amok amok- I ing a cigarette he be saw Cleo burst out of the gate hatless and obviously dl di disc hold an excited colloquy with Morton and then go racing down the sidewalk it watt was the tho most natural thing In the world that his curiosity aroused arousell he should turn and antI follow her The rho chase did not lead him far tar for a block below she burst into a 0 drug drugstore store May I uso use your telephone Mr Smith she sho asked the druggist I must get word instantly to San Fran ran 1 dodo ChiCO Certainly Miss Burke Burke was u tho an an- Theres the phone phone over over inthe Inthe in the tho corner comer Ask tho the operator to give gho I you long distance Sextus following Cleo into tho the store selected a cigar elgar lighted it and leaning lenning negligently against the counter counter counter coun coun- ter had bad no difficulty In overhearing the ensuing conversation or rather Cleos Cleo's end of itI it Jl I 1 wish to speak to Mr Dawson atthe of at the Dawson Auction room In San Francisco Fran Francisco cisco o she said anti and please hurry central For ten minutes she waited Is this Mr Dawson This is Miss 1 Burke of at Valdavia speaking You remember that last week I sent you my fathers father's library to be besold besold besold sold Yes the library of or Dr Ralph Burke Durke the Inventor The books be ue sold ItIs It ItIs Itis Is very very important What You have just sold them t But the twelve big volumes volumes vol vol- umes umea with the tho tho leather bindings They havo have been sold too Can you get them back hack again I will pay you anything if iC youcan you rou youcan can recover them Its It's s toolate too toolate toolate late Do you know who bought them They went to different parties But you have a list of the purchasers Thank God for that Ill I'll start for San Francisco at once on once on tho the first train As Cleo very discouraged hung up the tho receiver er Sextus quietly left the store The Tho moment ho bo was out of or sight however he broke Into a run run Ten minutes later he was knocking at the door of Olga Ivanoff's room Briefly ho he told her his story We Ve mustn't lose a moment he heco co concluded That Burke girl and her ber friends wont won't let an any grass grow under under un un- der their feet in getting to San Fran Fran- cisco Our only chance of getting the tho secret Js is to reach reah D Dawsons Dawson's place ahead of them and obtain possession of ot the list Youre quite right light Sextus said Olga who Oga-who who was already pinning on her hit hat We must get there get there before beCore they do When does the next train leave Theres a train in thirty minutes he replied but they'll bo be on it They would get there thereas as so soon n as we would But lher theres there's s 's a ferry leaving in five minutes min min- utes It If wp w we can catch it we will et to San before t Je trains train A If Olga and Sextus standing on the upper deck of the ferr ferryboat boat had The Car Shot Out Into Space chanced to glance their attention might have bave been attracted by a cloud of yellow dust moving rapidly rap idly along tho the highway which links Valdavia with San Francisco The Tho dust cloud was caused by a recklessly driven motorcycle which was careening careen ing lug along at sixty miles an hour Bent Dent over tho the handlebars like a rider riller Ina ina In iu iua a race was the Japanese Satsuma So incoherent was Hook Barnacle from loss of breath and excitement that even after aCter he found Hope it was waa some somo moments before he lie could de do- doliver deliver deliver liver Cleos Cleo's message message No sooner however how how- however ever did the naval officer grasp Its Im irn Import port than with the tho seaman panting athis athis at athis his heels he be dashed downstairs to where the light car which he had hired during his hia stay in Valda Valdavia via was standing They Thoy overtook Cleo Just as aa she was entering the tho gate We mustn't waste a minute in getting getting get get- ting on the track o of those books bocks said Hope llope after he ho had bad listened to her story and had examined the letter Theres a train leaving ing for San Fran Pran Francisco cisco af at three Jump into my car and well we'll Just about be bo able tomake to tomake tomako make mako It It Im I'm going with you of course But I cant can't go as I am exclaimed Cleo looking down at the gingham dress which she had be been n wearing while house bouse It will only take a minute to dress though Ill I'll hurry hurr- Ten minutes elapsed however before before before be be- fore she rejoined Hope and Hook who were waiting Impatiently but the lovely lovely lovely love love- ly face under the tho black veil was waa so 80 pathetically childish that neither of them had bad the heart to scold her Hope only remarked as aa |