Show o fUM iri x SECRET OF GF Vy Vy THE J. J VIs I mE SUBMARINE M I fY a T Author o of f The uThe End o of f the to Trail TM l Fighting in Flanders The uThe Road to fo Glory y ro I II Vive la ft France fir etc Y i YI iI I I I 0 Novelized from rom tJ the Motion Picture P Play PUy of t the Same Name 6 the fl L l- d American pp Firm Film m Manufacturing lJ E. E during Company SYNOPSIS J I Jarvis llo Hope IK it detailed tl d b by th the Unite States naval Daval board to Investigator Investigate and report his Ms findings on the invention PC Ar Dr Ralph Burke which serves e to the fhe he submarine to a L stalo stal of ot p perfection Tho lI lieutenant arrives In lu Valdavia and Is la welcomed d by the Inventor and his daugh- daugh ter Cleo On tho trial trip of or the lover ors or's boat a a. Japanese helper Is surprise Si T the act of or examining tin the mechanism pf t C the v ventilating device Hope reports favorably on the ne new device but lt thorn them ur art rs Interested In It An attempt tv t Burglarize Doctor laboratory aIlS falls but bul later CI Cleo o finds him murdered In inIs bis Is 18 bedroom CIo Cleo sells her fathers father's Bracy li- li racy rury to gel pel l money honey later she finds rinds a note nol from Irom w which she 1 learns earn a that they contain the secret formula With Hope she races r to the at auctioneer store only to 10 find It II In tn mimes Olga Ivanof and Gerald Morton l two Iwo In to search of or the formula attempt attempt at at- tempt empl to capture Cleo Clen when she calls ut at atthe the ll house of or the tho trope ru rushes to tu her aid Morton shoots shoo fit t 1 him tint but the bullet hits a bomb In the collar lIr which explodes dies In Inthe the he wreck of or his hla house tho the others escape Hope elope Opt and Cleo attend a ball at Mrs Irs Delmars Del- Del mars whose e nephew v has two of the tug lug books Mahlin a 51 spy Y attempts to teat teal the tho books but Is discovered by by- Hope in the tile e excitement that thai follows the I looks tt disappear SIXTH INSTALLMENT Fear clutching at her heart Cleo followed by Mrs Delmar and a throng Of bt terrified guests burst into the con- con through whoso whose roof Hope and his masked assailant had plunged In lu their mad struggle The young of- of begrimed and dishevelled was waa supporting supporting- himself against a 3 column life His clothes were in tatters and from froman froman an Ul ugly gash In his head trickled a scarlet cadet rivulet His Ills adversary had dis dis- appeared lie appeared He got away he croaked I couldn't hold bold him He Ho broke loose and ran through that door into the garden Oh Ob my dear my dear I 1 thought that hot you had bad been killed cried Cleo almost hysterical with mingled anxiety anxiety anxiety and relief reller Are Aro you hurt badly Jarvis Janis Its only a scratch said Hope weakly dropping Into a chair which someone hastily brought Im going to send you home In my limousine said eald Mrs Delmar It willbe willbe will willbe be more comfortable comfortable- than a taxicab And I can never thank you enough Mr Ur Hope for tor your our bravery in grappling grap grap- pling Ung with that burglar If It it fl hadn't been for tor you he would have havo robbed the house There is nothing to thank me for tor Mrs rs Delmar said Hope Any Kny man with a drop of at red blood In him would have bave dono done the same Im I'm only sorry that the fellow tellow got away By tho the way he added turning to Cleo we mustn't forget about the books book Ill run up and get them said Cleo I MJ know Just where they are She was back a moment later Why Jarvis she exclaimed breathlessly breath breath- lessly the books are gone Good Lord groaned Hope someone someone some one has got ahead of ot us again It was after atter midnight when Hope and Cleo reached their hotel so that It t. t was with some surprise that they r A AA ra r Ol i E Ew I w S I 4 t. t LN p y g r k A Terrific Blow Descended on His Skull and He Knew No More found Hook awaiting them Under his arm arm was a package wrapped In a a. newspaper Come over o here hero he whispered mysteriously Ive got a surprise for you Leading the way into ono one of or the reception re- re rooms which was deserted at that hour of ot the night he closed thedoor tho the door behind them and bolted it Then while Hope and Cleo watched him curiously he laid on the table the parcel which he carried broke the string and unwrapped the paper Before Before Be Be- fore fore fOr them lay the missing books reat reat Heavens man man where where- did you you yet girt ti u a VVe We thought that they v y ue Jl t. t for Dr g Jod- Jod Hope almost shouted In his hla excitement while Cleo leO throwing both arms about the old seamans seaman's seamans sea mans man's neck implanted a 3 kiss on each of ot his leathery cheeks U tI reckon I am something of or a de de- oven even ef of I do say so so ad Hook with evident pride l But nut tell us about it It Hook pleaded plead plead- ed ed Cleo bubbling with curiosity How did Ud you get the books on onearth onearth onearth earth did you find them f Waal Miss Cleo said the tho old seaman seaman sea sea- man producing a slab of or villainous colored tobacco and alid slicing off ort a piece with great deliberation this here hero the way it happened After Atter you and tho the started for tor the party I thought Id I'd hunt up some friends o 0 omine omine mine and have a 3 glass or two with em cm Waal Id I'd dropped Into that cigar store at the corner o 0 Third and Market Market Market Mar Mar- ket to get a plug o 0 when Incomes Incomes in incomes comes a feller teller in to a n dress suit with a overcoat over it ft and asked the clerk which was the car he hc should take for Ocean View boulevard Said Sold ho wanted wanted wanted want want- ed to go to the British consuls consul's That made me me kindo prick up my ears and when he turned around I got a good look at him By the living Jh Jingo go cf of It Il that feller called Mahlin MahUn- the same that I seen over to Valdavia ono one day a a. while back a talkie to Sat Sat- suma Oh ho I to myself theres some Borne panky hanky-panky on What might you be going to the British consuls consul's consuls consul's con con- sul's suI's for tor So when he boarded a street car I stepped aboard too and stood on tho the rear platform sos so's ho he wouldn't see me mo When he got off orr at atthe tho the consuls consul's house I got off too and loitered tollered him until he went Into the back gate I hun hung round n a while and then bolds bold's brass I i walked into the kitchen figurin that ef of anyone asked me what I 1 doin there thero Id I'd Id tell toll em cm that I had a message for the But everyone was busy with waiters walters hustling in and out and no one paid no to me mo so 80 I 1 Jest slipped up tho the back stairs Id I'd have havea a look round upstairs for friend Mah Mah- tin lin I 1 hadn't no more than got Into the upstairs hall haU though before 1 heard beard somewhere in the front o 0 the house the hullabaloo I 1 ever listened to It sounded like an anchor chain through a hawse hole and men a a- and thunder tove tovo loose generally I 1 run Just Justin in time to see the a rollin down the tho companionway all nil tangled up with a 1 feller reller with a black mask on You a toll erin em cm down Miss Cleo to beat the band Next thing I the two of at em rolled through the front winder Its time to get out o 0 here I to myself Id I'd slip out the way I come In and see what's happened to the Jest then I happened to look Into a room at the top o 0 the stairs and by the Holy Moses ef et there two o your fathers father's books Miss Cleo a on the table I J em by red They may be bo the very books what whal has the secret o 0 the submarine submarino hidden In em Who knows I and as everyone everyone had run rUIl below to see the tho fight I slipped into the room and grabbed em and skipped down the after companIonway companIonway compan compan- em under my Jacket By that time everyone in the kitchen had run to the tho front o the house Louse to see the tho fight so no one seen me go out I hurried round to the front the might've been hurt in the scrap and peeked into that glass place where the flowers are There was a crowd round him and nd as ashe ashe ashe he up I mado made up my mind he couldn't be hurt very bad so 80 I lighted out with the books knowIng knowing know know- ing that you'd be bo glad to see em During this amazing recital Hope and Cleo had been anxiously poring through the volumes thus miraculously miraculous miraculous- ly recovered Now Hope looked up Youre a wonder as a sleuth Hook he said wearily tossing the books on tho the table Burns and Pinkerton and Sherlock Holmes have nothing on you But luck is still sun against us Weve We've got gotto gotto gotto to look further Theres There's no sign of ot the formula in either cither of ot these books C 1 C f i It was late Inte tho the next morning when Hope looking a trifle pale and with his head still sUll bandaged Joined Cleo in the breakfast room Who Vho is the next person for us to seo see said CleoTho CleoTho Cleo Tho The next name on the list is Arthur Arthur Arthur Ar Ar- thur Fitzmaurice and his hla address Is given as the Commercial hotel hero here heroin herein in the city I have Just telephoned the hotel however and learn that ho lie left a few days ago for tor the tho It seems that hat ho he is connected with the government coast survey so BO I suppose hes he's out there thero charting the islands What are the asked Cleo and where aro are thoy they I never heard of at them Ulem before They are islands answered Hope or rocks rather for tor nothing grows upon them in the Pacific about 30 miles duo west wesl of ot the Golden Gate Gite There are aro several islands in the group the tho North tho the Middle Mid die dle and the Southeast Faral Ion lon Theres There's a lighthouse on the southern south south- ern era Island and a government radio elation on tho the Middle l Fa rallon I Imagine therefore that I is mak making n his headquarters on the middle mid mid- tile cUe island How do you rou reach rench the islands inquired Cleo Wo Wu will have havo to Lo t take a launch was the answer There are no boats running re regularly to the islands Island and andI I find feud that thal the government tender wont won't go out again until next week So Ive I've sent Hook down to the tho waterfront waterfront water water- front to see if It he be can hire a power boat boal Here he Is now he hc added as the one armed sailor appeared in tho the doorway Well Hook ho bo Inquired were you able to get et a boat hoal Yes Yea sir said sahl Hook touching to his forelock war man fashion Ive found a good stout little mUe power boat boat boat- not very big she aint but sho's well built and seaworthy and Id I'd cross to China in hor bor Morrissey the feller what owns her used to be bo an old shipmate shipmate shipmate ship ship- mate o 0 mine minot Ho lie says hell he'll take talta us out to the for twenty dol dol- lars Jars you find anything any larger thing larger asked Hope There was a fine fino big boat boal sir a sixty footer tied up at the same wharf but but her skipper wanted fifty doU dollars rs for tor tho the trip r too much said Hope decisively de de- Well tako take the launch It will wUl do quite as well Tell your man manto manto manto to be bo ready to start starl at two Little did Hope foresee the perils which awaited them off olf the rock bound shores of or the tho The launch which Hook had hat engaged engaged engaged en en- lay at alone one of or the tho piers which jut jul out Into the harbor from San Francisco's Francisco's Fran Iran cisco's waterfront like the teeth of a gigantic comb Thou Though h the owner captain had been told to be ready to start by two to o'clock owing to some engine it fl was considerably considerably considerably con con- past three before he was ready to cast casl off orr Then came another hitch Hook had disappeared Now where tho the devil has he gono gone to demanded Hope impatiently striding up and down the pier I guess hes he's gone to get gel a drink sir said touching his capI capI cap I J saw him about twenty minutes ago heading for one of or those saloons over on East Easl street Ill I'll send a boy after him If It you wish sir No replied Hope well go without without with with- without out him was waa quite rl right ht In hl his hla surmise surmise sur sur- mise miss Hook Hoo who was the possessor of a chronic thirst confident that he would have time lime for a glass of beer before tho the repairs to the engine could be effected had slipped away on a brief visit to the nearest saloon But leaning over the polished bar were some seafaring acquaintances and in fu their congenial company the single drink that thal he had promised himself became two and the two grew into half a 3 dozen so that thal nearly an hour had bad elapsed before breaking away from tram his noisily protesting companions ho he made his way a trifle unsteadily back to the I pier ier But the launch Instead Instead Instead In In- stead of being tied up alongside where he be had left leCt her was now a small black speck on the tho waters of San Francisco bay Tho The unceremonious fashion Cashion In which he had been left lert behind sobered Hook Hoole completely and it was a dejected and very Tory sheepish old seaman who turned his steps In the direction of ot the tho city But Bul it was destined that he should go to the after all aU though in a fashion which he had not nol anticipated anticipated anticipated antici antici- for tor Just as he ho was leaving the pier a taxicab drew up and deposited three passengers One of or them Hook instantly recognized as Gerald Morton Morton Morton Mor Mor- ton but tho the man and woman who a companied him he did not recall havIng having hav hay ing lag seen before At sight of ot them the theold theold theold old sailor stepped behind a pile of ot lum lum- ber They approached th the dockman We Wo wish to tako take a run out to the said Morton I understand understand understand under under- stand that launches for tho the trip can be bo hired here has The only small launch we have Just started for tor tho the Islands was the tho answer A feller and a girl hired It for the trip trip only only about half baIr an hour ago But Coleman might take tako you over in his big boat if It youre you're willing will ing to pay his price That's Thal's him with the blue cap down to tho the end of the wharf Morton and tho the woman approached the man designated as Captain Coleman Coleman Coleman Cole- Cole man whilo while Hook from tho the shelter of ot othis his lumber pile pUe watched from afar their conversation It evidently re ro- resul resulted sul ed satisfactorily to all aU concerned A for tor Cole Coleman man came camo hurrying up the pier Iller Just run mn over to Jerrys Jerry's place will you Bill Bill he called to the watchman and see seo it if you can find flud my two firemen firemen fire fire- men Hennessy Hennesay and Dillon So Mister Blister Morton and his friends Is coin roin to the islands too eh said Hook to himself I think Ill I'll Jest slip aboard unbeknownst to em and go o along Morton and ind his companions had strolled to to- the far end of ot the pier where they thoy stood deep in conversa- conversa Captain Coleman was busy getting getting getting get get- ting supplies from rom the storehouse the watchman had gone across the thu street to get the crew so that no ono one saW the one armed sailor when he climbed aboard the Sea Hawk and disappeared down the companionway C S R RNo No one had been more astonished than Morton and Olga at al the mysterious ous disappearance of ot the books from tho the Dolmar study and their astonishment astonishment astonish astonish- ment was increased when they thoy saw tho mystification of Hope and Cleo But Olga did not Dol believe In taking anything for granted anted No |