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Show JUAB COUNTY TIMES, NEPHI. UTAH The Romance of Elaine SEQUEL TO THE EXPLOITS OF ELAINE A Detective Novel and a Motion Pc-tu- By ARTHUR D. REEVE Tbs n Novaliat and the Creator of the "Craig re Drama Wall-Know- Kennedy" Storlea Presented ia Collaboration With the Paths Players and the Eclectic Film Co. Cupyhctrt. 19j4. br tat ftur Coaipaav SYNOPSIS. The morning after the finding of Wu V&iik's body unit Kennedy'a diaaupear-Mnra submarine npiwurit on the bay. Marcua lel Mar ptunat-overboard from It and awlma Mahore. J f la mtaalnn la to 4btalu Information of Kennedy and tha Iohi dnpedo. At the JxxlgA rioma lta soon wins tha conndenca of Klalno. Later aim la warned by a little Id man to be careful of Ui l Mar Jual In el Mur from carrying time to prevent 'Out In plan. lel Mar ut last succeed In fretting the tornmto, only to havo It destroyed by the little old man. Jameson la ("idured by Mara men while on lila way to mail a ieuer to the II. H. Klaiue rescues htm, Lieunervlce, tenant Woodward and Ills friend, Profea-o- r Arnold, tuicud it party Kivi-at the 1 Kide luiine, where unknuwIiiKly, lel a K!aln Mar drim a rime which a give clue. In hi r niuinpt to prevent Ida the Atlantic ruble aha ia discovered wnd made a prisoner on the boat, which .afterwarda ta wrecked by Woodward and Arnold. JanieHim. In a eaves Elnlua from drowning;. Klalne, h a nian, discovers the entrance Mar'a wireless cuva at almoat the of Kama time Arnold, by a "raillo detective," lina discovered the wireleaa atallon. KUlni'a discovery nearly provea fatal: the u mivt-- by Junn aon, bolli uld Arnold nd Woodward In destroying the wtreleas fttntloii, but liel Mar em a pea. In a hotel In the wood, he directs the unking of a number or gaa bomha. KJalna discovers lel Mar a man at work, la but eacapca. When the hotel la later attacked (he men retreat to the wooala, where they explode the gaa bomha, causing the death of Woodward and hla attacking party. Kl.tme recelwa a pu. kni.-- which cnntalna a new searchlight Kun from an unknown friend. Jameaon and Klalne prove the accuracy of the new weapon. While motor-I- n with Jameaon. Klalne diecovera a liomb placed there by one of lel Mar'a men for They take It to Lieutenant Woodward who sends them to a yacht. I'rotisaor Arnold They are nt- t lied liv Mar and hla men. Tha W'archllKlaT (run savea Klalne and Jntne-fo- n h the who r lei Mar safely. on the bay yacht with a auhmarlne and eiipcar fleet rova the ym-h- t with a toredo, only to llnd that Froreaaor Arnold and lila parly have escaped. e, 1 ld ae-cr- ot n cut-tln- ic hydro-aeroplati- i1 Id cap-lure- d, ne-irl- 1 1 thirty-third- " episode THE LURE OF THE MODISTE. Early one morning a very handsome (iran of the adventuress type arrived with several trunks at the big summer hotel Just outside the town, thn St. Germain. All Foreign Sight Raaerved. was doHtinnd never to be finished. More weighty matters were under discussion. I wondornd what they were talking about and, suppressing a yawn, I walked toward them. As I approached I hoard scattered remarks about stylos and dress fabrics. Klulne had completely forgotten tennis and me. She took a couple of steps away from the court with the woman an I came up. "Aren't you going to play?" I asked. "I know you'll excuse me, Walter," smiled Klalne. "My frocks are all so frightrully out of date. And here's a chance to got new ones, very reasonably, too." Tuey walked off, and I could not help scowling at the visitor. On toward the house Elaine and Madame Earenx proceeded, and around It to the front porch, where Aunt Josephine was standing. "Jukt think, auntie," cried Elaine, "real Tarls gowns down here without the trouble of going to the city and cheaply, too." Aunt Josephine was only mildly Interested, but that did not seem to worry Madame Larenx. "I shall be glad to see you at three, Miss Dodge." she said, as she got into her car again and drove off. When I came down I found Aunt Josephine still on the veranda. In addition to my horse, which I had telephoned for, Elaine's little runabout bad been driven to the door. While I was talking to Aunt Josephine, Elaine came downstairs and walked over to the car. "May t go with you?" I pleaded. "No, Walter." she replied, laughing merrily. "You cant go. I want to try them on." Properly squelched. I retreated. Elaine drove away, and a moment later I mounted and cantered off leisurely. Near Pel Mar's bungalow might Among the many fashionable people at the watering place, however, she have been seen again the mysterious ettrncted no great attention, and In the naturalist, walking along the road with forenoon she quietly went In her mo- a butterfly net In his band, and what appeared to be a leather specimen tor for a ride. It was Madame one of Del cane, perhaps six Inches long, under Mar's secret agents, who, up to this his othor arm. As Madame Larenz whizzed past In time, had been engaged In spying on wealthy and Impressionable American her car, he looked up keenly, in spite of his seeming and manufacturers. Her airing brought her finally to huge smoked glasses. He watched the bungalow of Del Mar. and there hor cl(sely. noting the number of the fine was admitted In a manner that car. then turned and followed It Madam Lsreni drew up, a second that Del Mar trusted her time, before Del Mar's. As she got out lilghly. "Now,"' he Instructed, after a few and entered, the naturalist, having minutes' chat, "I want you to got ac- quickened his pace, came up and quainted with Miss Dodge. She's quite watched her go In. Then, after taking human. Pretty gowns appeal to her. In the situation for a moment, he made her to the St. Germain. Then his way around the side of the bungalow. 111 tell you what to do." "Is Mr Del Mar at home?" Inquired A few minutes later the woman left In her car, so rapidly driven that no Madam Larenz, as the valet ushered hrr Into the library. one would recognize her. "No. madam." he returned. "Mr. Del It was early in the afternoon that Aunt Josephine was sitting on the Mar Is out. Hut he left word thst 1 veranda when an automobile drove up you came before he got beck yon were nd a very alyllahly gowned and bo- to leave word." The woman sat down at the desk nneted woman stepped out. "flood afternoon," she greeted Aunt and wrote hastily. When she had finJoeephine Ingratiatingly, as she ap- ished the short note she read It over proached the house. "1 am Madame and folded It up. "Tell Mr Del Mar Tve left a note Lareni of New York and Tarts. Perhaps you have heard of my shops on here on his desk." she said to tha Fifth avenue and the Rue de la Palx." valet. A moment later she left the library, Aunt Josephine had heard the name, though she did not know that this followed by the valet, who accom-psnlo- d her to her car, and assisted her woman had assumed It without being In any way connected with the places In. "The hotel." h directed to her r he mentioned. "I'm establishing a new sort of sum- driver, as he started off, while the mer service at the better resorts," the val-- returned to the bungalow. woman explained. "Yon see. my peof;'.H the naturalist had come ple find It annoying to go Into the city through the shrubbery and hsd Wn for gowns. Bo I am bringing the lat-f- looking In at the library window, Paris models out to them. Is alias watching every move of Madame as she wrote. As she went out Ixtdge at home?" lie paused Just a second to look about. "1 think she Is playing tennis," Then he drew a long knife from his Aunt Josephine. "Oh. yes, I see her, thank yon." the pocket, forcel the window catch, and woman murmured, moving toward the quickly climbed Into the room. DirH-ilto the desk he went and tennis court bark of the house. Klalne and I had agreed to play a hurriedly ran over the paper to It, eouple of g;aes, and were tossing Thre was the note. He picked It Bp and read It eagerly. racks for position. "My apartment St. Germain 3 p. "Very well," laughed Elaine, as she wn the tons, "take the other court." rn Uareftz." For a moment he aemd to conIt was a cool day, and I felt In pood spirits. Just to see whether I sider what to do. Then he replaced rould do it still, I Jumped over the the note. Suddenly he heard the sound of footsteps. It wss the valet net. Our gams hsd scarce If started whn returning. Quickly the nsturalist ran we were Interrupted by the approach to the window and Jumped out A moment later the valet entered of a stunning looking woman. "Miss Dodge?" she greeted. "Will the library again. "That's Strang," he reclaimed, under his breath; "I you excuse tne a moment?"' Klalne. paused In serving the ball don't recall opening that window ver and the vomin handed her a card there today." He looked puzzled. Put as no one from her delicate gold mesh bag. It was about he went over and shut It read simply: MME. LARENZ Some distance down the road the PARIS ria'raltat quietly emerged la safety Gowns. from the bushes. With scarcely a Klalne looked at the card a moment moment's hesitation, his mind thorwhile the woman repeated what she oughly ma d up to his course, he hurried along the road. bad already told Aunt Josephine. "Yon have ibem here, thea?" Meanwhile, at the St Germain, Larnt entered and passed queried Klalne, Interested. "Yes, 1 have some very exclusive thmurh the rotunda of the hotel, folmodels which I am showing at my lowed by many admiring glances of the men. nJte In the Bt. Germain." room stood several large Vp In "Oh, how lovely!" exclaimed Elaine. From them she bad "I roust see tham." trunks, op?n. . They talked a few minutes, while I taken a number of gowns which were waited patiently f'lf Elaine to start ecatfered about or bung up for &e game mJb. The game, bowevar, As she entered, quickly she selected They looked about carefully. There one of the trunks whose contents were was no one on that side of the hotel more smart than the rest, and laid the just at the moment gowns out most fetchlngly about the "Ready," responded one. "Quick! room. Together Del Mar and Madame In the office of the hotel a few mo- Larenz passed Elaine, ineffectually ments later the naturalist entered. He struggling, out of the window. The looked about curiously, then went over men seized her and placed her in the 'to the desk and glanced over the reg- bottom of the car, which was covered. ister. At the name "Madame Larenz, Then they shot away, taking a hack road up the hill. Paris, Room 22," be pauued. For some seconds he stood thinking. Then he deliberately walked over to a Hurriedly the naturalist went leather chair and took a prominent through the lobby in the direction seat near by in the lobby. He bad dis- Elaine had gone, and a moment later carded his net, but still had the case, reached the corridor above. which now he had shoved into his Down it, he could hear someone pocket From a table be picked up a coming out of room 22. He slid into an angle and hid. newspaper. It was not long before Del Mar It was Del Mar and the woman he pulled up before the hotel and entered had seen at the bungalow. They In his usuul awagger manner. He passed by without discovering him, had returned to the bungalow, read nor could he make out anything that the note, and hurried over to the St they said. What mischief was afoot? Where was Elaine? Germain. He crossed the lobby, back to the He ran to the door and tried it. It office. As he did so the naturalist bad was locked. Quickly he took from his his face hidden deeply in the open pocket a skeleton key and unlocked newspaper. Hut no sooner had Del It. There was Elaine's hat and dress Mar passed than the newspaper fell lying in a heap on the bed. $ut she unappreciated, and he gazed after him, was not there. He was now thoras he left the. lobby by the back way. oughly alarmed. It was only a few minutes after she She could not have passed him in had completed arranging her small the hall. Therefore she must have stock so that It looked quite impres- gone or been taken out through the sive, that Madame Larenz beard a window. That would never have been knock at the door and recognized Del voluntary, especially leaving her Mar's secret code. She opened the things there. door and he strode In. The, window was Btlll open. He "I got your note," he said, briefly, ran to it. One glance out was enough. Sure coming directly to business and tell- He' leaped to the ground. ing her just what he wanted done. enough there were automobile tracks "Let me see," he concluded, glancing in the dust at his watch. "It Is after three now. "'Del Mar's car!" he muttered to She ought to be here any minute." himself, studying them. He fairly ran around the side of the Outside, Elaine drove up to the rather garish entrance of the St. Ger- hotel. There he came suddenly upon main, and one of the boys In uni- Elaine's car standing alone, and recform ran forward to open the door ognized it and take charge of the car. She, too, There was no time for delay. He crossed the lobby without seeing the jumped Into it and lit the swift little old naturalist, though nothing escaped racer out as he turned and gathered him. momentum to shoot up the bill on As she psssed he started to rise and high speed. cross toward her, then appeared to Meanwhile, I had been jogging along change his mind. through the couutry, lonely and disElaine went on out through the back consolate. I don't know how it hapof the lobby, directed by a boy, and pened, but I suppose it was by some mounted a flight of stairs In prefer- subconscious desire. At any rate, I ence to takiug the lift to the second, found myself at the road that came or sort of mezzanine floor. Down out across one loading to the St along the corridor she went, hunting Germain, and it occurred to me that r " V. !e-"N ,e. . .;. "'1 p Wa i- y hr rain-pipe- g. s t key was unavailing to slide the bolt. Seconds were precious. Quickly he went to the corner ot the bouse. There was a water pipe. He began to climb it risking ita precarious support On the roof at last, the naturalist crawled along, looking for some way of getting into the house. But he could not seem to find any. Carefully he crawled to the edge of the roof and looked over. Ilelow he could hear sounds, but could make nothing of them. From his pocket be took the leather case and opened it. There was a peculiar arrangement, like some of the collapsible arms on which telephone instruments are often fastened to a desk or wall, capable of being collapsed into small space or of being extended for some distance. On the thing was arranged a system of mirrors, which the naturalist adjusted. It was a pocket periscope. He thrust the thing over the edge of the roof and down, and looked through it. Below, he could see into the room from which came the peculiar sounds. He looked anxiously. There he could see Elaine endeavoring still to loosen the cords and unable to do ao. Only for a moment he looked. Then he folded up the pocket periscope in the case and shoved it back into his pocket. Quickly he crossed the roof again . and slid down the At the door stood three of Del Mar's men waiting for Del Mar who had told them be would follow immediately. The naturalist had by this time reached the ground and was going along carefully back to the house. He drew bis revolver and, pointing it down, fired. Then be dodged back of an extension and disappeared for the moment Instantly the three men sprang up and ran toward the spot where it seemed the shot bad been fired. There was no one about the side of the house. But the wind had carried the smoke into some bushes beside the grove, and they crashed Into the bushes, busting about At the same time, the naturalist having first waited until he saw which way the men were going, dashed about the house In the opposite direction. Then be slipped, unopposed and unobserved, in through the open front door, up the stairs and along to the room Into which he bad just been look-leHe unlocked the door and entered. Elaine was still struggling with the cords when she caught sight of the stranger. "Not a word!" he cautioned under his breath. She was Indeed too frightened to cry out Quickly he loosened her, still holding his finger to bis lips to enjoin silence. "Follow me!" he whispered. She obeyed mechanically, and then went out Into the hall. On downstairs went the naturalist Elaine still keeping close after him. He looked out through the front door, then drew back. Quickly he went through the lower hall until be came to the back door in the kitchen, Elaine He unbolted the door and following. opened it "Run," be said, simply, pointing out of the door. "They're coming back the other way. I'll hold them." She needed no further urging, but darted from the house as be closed the door after her. i-W ; - f I Hi . Uv'ia 1 Elaine Jumped In and Seized the Paddle. for number twenty-two- . At last she found It at the end and knocked. Del Mar and Madame La rent were still talking In low tones when they heard a light tap on the door. "There she Is now," whispered Larenz. "All right: let her In." answered Del Mar, leaping quietly to a closet "111 hide here nntll I get the signal. Do just as I told you." Outside, at the same time, according to his carefully concocted plans, Del Mar's car had driven up and stopped close to the side of the hotel, which wss on a slight hill thst brought the street level here not so far below the second story windows. Three of his most trusted men were In thn rar. Madame Larenc opened the door. "Oh, I'm so glad yon came," she rattled on to Klalne. "Yon see. I've got to get started. Not a customer yet flut If you'll only take a few gowns, other people will come to me. Ill let you have them hespty, too. Just look at this one." She held up one filmy, creamy creation that looked like a delicate flower. "I'd like to try It on," cried Elaine, fingering it rapturously. "liy ,all means!" agreed madatne. "We are stone. Do no." W ith deft fingers, Larenz helped her take off her own very pretty dress. As Klalne slipped the soft gown over her head, with h?r head and arms engaged in Its multitudinous folds, Madame Larenz. a powerful woman, seized her. Klalne was effetually gagged and bound In the gown Itself. Instantly Iet Mar flung himself from the closet diaguinlng bis voice. Together they wrapped the dress shout Elaine even more tightly to prevent her screaming. Madame Larenz seized a blanket and threw that over Klatne's bead also, while Del Mar ran to th window. There were his men in the car. waiting below. "Are you ready?" he called so'tly to them. Elaine might by this time have purchased enough frocks to clothe her for a year. At any rate I quickened of aeelng her. my pace In the Suddenly my horse shied, and a familiar little car flashed past me. Rut the driver was not familiar. It was Elaine's roadster. In It was a stranger a nan who looked like a "bugol-oglst- " ee nearly as I can describe him. Was he running off with her car while she was waiting tnslde the ho- bie tel? I galloped after biro. Del Mar's automobile, with Elaine bound and gagged In It. drove rapidly by back and unfrequented ways Into the country until at last It pulled up before an empty two-storhouse In a sort of grove of trees. The men leaped out, lifted Elaine, and carried her bodily Into the bouse, taking her upstairs and Into an upper room. She had fainted when they laid her down and loosened the dress from about her face so that she could breathe. There they left her, on the floor, her hands and feet bound, and went ut How long she lay there she never krew; but at last the air revived her and she regained consciousness and sat up. Her muscles were sore and head ached. Hut she set her teeth and began struggling with the cords that bound her, managing at last to pull the dress over herself at least In Elaine's car the naturalist drove slowly at times, following the track of the automobile ahead. At last however, he came to a place where he saw that the tracks went up a lonely road. To approach In a ear to warn whoever was there. He ran the car up alongside the road In the huabes and jumped out leaving It and following the tracks up the side roadway. y hr u Ptealthily the naturalist rrept around, still hiding, until he was closer to the house on the other side. At last he worked his way around to the rear door. He tried It It was bolted, and even the ake.leton It was Ju.it at this point that Del Mar came riding along the main road on horseback. He pulled up suddenly as he saw a car run In alongside the road. "That's Elaine's runabout' he muttered, as he dismounted and tied his horse. "How came It here?" He approached the car. much worried by Its unaccountable presence there Instead of before the St. Germain. Then he drew his gun and hurried up the side road. He heard a shot and quickened bis psce. In the woods unexpectedly he came upon his three men still beating about searching with drawn revolvers for the person who bad fired tha shot "Well?" he demanded, sharply, "what's all this?" "Someone fired a shot" they explained, somewhat crestfallen. "It was a trick, yon fools," he answered testily. "Get back to your prisoner." Without a word they turned and hurried toward the bouse, Del Mar "You two go In," he orfollowing. dered the foremost "I'll go around the house with Patrick." As Del Mar and the other man ran around the corner tbey could just catch a fleeting glimpse of someone disappearing into the trec-s- . It was Elaine. The man hurried forward, Blazing away with his gun. tunning, breathless, Elaine the shot behind her which Del Mafe man hsd fired In his eagerness. The bullet struck a tree near her with a "ping!" She glanced back and saw d the man. Rut she did not stop. she redoubled her efforts, running slgzag In among the trees where they were thickest Del Mar, a little bit behind his man where she could not recognize him, urged the man on, following carefully. On fled Elaine, her heart besting fast Suddenly she stopped, and al most cried out In vexation- - A stream blocked her retreat a stream swift and deep. She looked bark, terrified. Her pursuers were coming ahead fast now in her direction. Wildly she gazed around. There was a canoe on the bank. In an Instant she jumped In, untied It and seized the raddle. Off she went, striking for the opp- site hore. Rut the current was rag- Ing swiftly, and she was alresdy tired nrd and exhausted. She oouid aeaicely make any headway at all in the fierce eddies. But at least, she thought hurriedly, she was getting farther and farther away from them down stream. Vp above, Del Mar and bis man came to the edge of the water. There they stood for a moment looking dowa. "There she is," pointed the man , Del Mar raised bis revolver a ad fired. Suddenly a bullet struck Elaiv. s paddle and broke it Clutching ne useless splintered shaft, she was uow at the mercy of the current, gerept along like a piece of drift woo She looked about frantically. vVbat was that roaring noise? ' It was the waterfalls ahearjt In the meantime Del Mars other two men had entered the huose and had run upstairs, knowing well his wrath if anything had happened. As they did so, the naturalist poked his head cautiously out of the kitchen where he had been hiding, and saw them. Then he followed noiselessly, his revolver ready. Headlong they ran Iv.to the room where they had left Elajne. She was gone! Before they could turn the naturalist locked the door, turned, and took the steps down, two t a time. Then he ran out of the front door and into the woods at an angle to the direction taken by Elaine, turning and going down bill, where a rapid, swollen stream curved about through a gorge. As he reached the stream he heard a shot above. He looked up. There was Elaine, swept down toward him. Below he knew the stream tumbled over a tall cataract into the gorge below. What could be do? A sudden crackling of the twigs caused him to turn and catch sight of met Just coming up. For, as best I could on horseback. I had followed Elaine's car until at last I saw that it had been abandoned. Thoroughly alarmed, I rode on. past a deserted house, until suddenly I beard a shot and a scream. It seemed to come from below me. and I leaped oil my horse, making for it as faat as I could, racing toward a stream whose roar I could hear. There on the bank I came upon a queer old codger, looking about wildly. Was he the automobile thief? I ran forward, ready to seize him. Rut as I did so he whirled about, and with a strength remarkable In one so old, seized my wrist before I could get his. "Look!" he cried simply, pointing up the stream. I did. A girl In a canoe was coming down toward the falls, screaming, her paddle broken and useless. My heart leaped into my mouth. It was Elaine! "Come!" he panted eagerly to me, "I can save her. You must do just as I say." He pointed to an overhanging rock near by and we ran to it By this time Elaine was almost upon us, each second getting nearer the veritable maelstrom above the falls. From the rock overhung also a tree at the very edge of the water. There was nothing to do but obey him. Above, though we did not see them, Del Mar and bis man w ere gloating over the result of their work. But they were gloating too soon.. We came to the rock and the tree. friend, "Here," cried the "I'll get hold of the tree and then hold new-foun- you." Instantly he threw himself on his stomach, hooking his leg about the tree trunk- - I crawled out over the ledge of slippery rock to the very edge and looked over. It was the nly chance. The old naturalist seized my lets In his handa. I slid down the rock, letting myself go. Literally, his presence of miad had Invented what was really a life Chain, a human rope. On came the canoe, Elaine la It as white as death, crying out and Iry'" to srnp or guide It as. nearer and nearer though the smooth, worn walls of the chasm. It whirled to the falls. With a grip of steel the naturalist held to the tree, which swayed and bent, while also he held me, as If la a viae, head down. On csme Elaine directly at us. She stood up and balanced herself a dangerous feat In a canoe at any time, hut doubly so In those dark, swirling, treacherous waters. "Steady!" I encouraged. "Crab my arms!" As the canoe reached us she gave little Jump and seized my forearms. Her hands slipped, but I grasped her own arms, and we held each other. The momentum of her body was great For an Instant I thought we were all going over Rut the nsturalist held his grip and slowly betas to pull himself and us up the slippery rock, A second later the canoe crashed over the falls In a cloud of spray and pounding wafer. As we reached the hank above the rock I almost lifted Elaine end set her down, trembling and gasping for breath. Before either of us knew It the queer old fellow had plunged lnt the bush and was gone without soother word. "Walter." she cried, "call hire back. I must tell him how much I owe bim my life!" Hut he had disappeared, absolutely. We shouted after hlrn. It was ot Bo use. "Well, what do you think of cried Elaine. "He saved my life that?" the didn't wait even to be thanked." Who was he? We looked at each ether a wteveeat. Rut neither of s spoke what was ta our hearts. TO ttU CO.NTLM t.OJ |