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Show JUAB COUNTY TIMES. NEPHI. UTAH The Romance of SEtS Elaine A Detective Novel and a Motion Pic- - By ARTHUR. D. REEVE The cr. Novelist and ths rt ator of the " Craig Kennedy " Stories. tUre PrtMBttd ia ColUberatiea Wila ike Fats Players a J the Eclectic Fila Ceapasy Cogrdftt. 1914. by Ih tar Coapur. All Panic aifhu lomi Drama SYNOPSIS. Mar from carryin time prevent ing out Ma plana. Later Klalne Klvea a maaquerade ball. Del Mar attends. Neither he nor lila domino irlrl can locate the torpedo. A gray frlur warna Klithle and Jameson of t. lel Mur'a purpoae, and bla pinna are I '"1 Mur aucceed In getting thla K ir In Klnlnn'a borne aa a mnld. fclio flnda the In the attic, place It In a trunk, torpelo In aetit to which with othera Klalne' . A holdup on the truln country home-taken pliice. Del Mur'a men carry the runK away, only to nna on opening 11 that they have the wronif trunk. I'pon Klalne'a arrival In the country h aguln encounter the old man of lie warna her to do her own un racking. Fhe does, and mul Inthea Iong-loi- t dresser torpedo, which aha place drawer. lel Mttr'e m"n enter her room during her absence and encape with the by the old man, torpedo. They are eeen who follows them. A dcapcrate battle follow In wlilch the old man destroy the torpedo. That afternoon aa Klalne and Jameson are tiding through the country Del Mar plana to blow up bridge at a time when they are crossing, lie would bnve succeeded but the old tnan unexpectedly appears and delaya the explosion Just long enouah to permit Klalne'a car to croa safely. I my-ter- EPISODE H THE CAVE IN THE CLIFF. It was not Ion; aftpr the almost miraculous, escape, of Klalne and myself from the blowing up of the bridge on the shore road that Dcl Mar returned from hit myatprloua mission which bad. apparently, taken blm actually down to the bottyn of the eea. The pane! In the wall of bla library opened and In the at I n dripping submarine ault. holding, tinder hli arm the weird helmet, Dei Mar entered. No aooner had be be (run to remove his wet diving suit thaa the man who bad signaled with the heliograph that we bad found Del Mar's message from "below." whatever that might mean, entered the house and was announced y the valet "Let blm come In Immediately," ordered Del Mar, placing bis suit In a closet. Then to the man. as be entered the room, be said: "Well, wbat's newt" "Quite a bit" returned the man. frowning atlll over Elaine's accidental comdiscovery of the under-wale- r munication. "The Dodge girl happened 'jo pick up one of the tubes with a message Juet after you went down. I tried to get her by blowing up one of the bridges, but It didn't work, somehow." "Well tare to silence tier," remarked Del Mar angrily with a sinister frown. "Ton stay here and wall for orders." A moment later be made bis wsy 'down to a private dock on bis grounds and Jumped aboard a trim little speed boat moored there, lie started the motor and off the boat feathered In a cloud of spray. It was only a moment ty water before he reached the Dodge dock. There) be tied his boat and hurried up the dock- e Elaine and I arrived home without any further experiences after our hairbreadth escape from the explosion at the bridge. We were In doubt at first, however. Just what to do abotit the mysterious message which we bad picked op In the harbor. , "Really, Walter," remarked Flalne, after we had considered the matter for some time. "I think w ought to end that measage to the government at Washington. It may b of great Importance." Already She had seated herself at her desk and began to write, while I examined the metal tube ad the note again. "There." she said at length, handing me the note she had written, "how docs that sound?" I read It while she addressed the envelope. "Very good," I replied, hand Ing It back, Kb" folded It and shoved It Into the envelope on which she bad written: "Chief, "Kccret Service. "Ws ah I net on, D. C." t was studying the address, wondering whether this was Just the thing to do, when ITlafne decided the matter by energetically ringing the bell for Jennings. "Post that, Jennings, pleaee," she directed. The butler bowed Just as the door bell fan. He tamed to go. "Just a minute," I Interrupted. "I think perhaps Td better mail It myself, after all. He handed me the letter and went cut. "Tes, Walter," agreed Elaine, "that wouid be better. Please register It, loo" ep-- k J ctdent, be knocked the letter from my hand. "I beg your pardon," be apologized, quickly stooping and picking the missive up. Though he managed to read the address, be maintained his composure and handed the letter back to me. I started to go out, when Elaine called to me. "Excuse me Just a moment, Mr. Del Mar?" she queried, accompanying me out on the porch. Already a saddle horse had been brought around for me. "'Perhaps you'd better put a special delivery stamp on It, too, Walter," she e e e e added, walking along with me. "And be very careful." Del Mar had not gone long before "I will," I promised, as I rode quick- Elaine decided to take a ride herself. She ordered her horse around from ly off. Del Mar, alone, seized the opportun- the stables while she donned her neat ity to go over quietly to the telephone. little riding habit A few minutes It was the work of only a moment to later, aa the groom held the horse, she call up his bungalow where the emis- mounted and rode away, choosing the sary who had placed the submarine road by which I had gone, expecting bell was waiting for orders. Quick- to meet me on the return from town. Sift was 'galloping along at a good ly Del Mar whispered bis Instructions, which the man took, and hung up the clip w hen suddenly her horse shied at receiver. something. "I hope you'll pardon me," said "Whoa, Buster," pacified Elaine. But It waa of no use. Buster still Elaine, entering Just aa Del Mar loft the telephone. "Mr. Jameson was go- reared up. ing Into town and I had a number of "Why, what la the matter?" she little things I anted blm to do. Won't aBked. "What do you see?" 8b looked down at the ground. you ait down?" They chatted for a few moments, There was a spot of blood in the dust. but Del Mar did not stay very long, Hunter was one of those horses to lie excused himself shortly and Elaine whom the sight of blood is terrifying. bade blm good-bElaine pulled up beside the road. at the door as he walked off, apparently, down the road There was a revolver lying In the I had taken, grasa. She dismounted and picked it up. No sooner bad she looked at it Del Mar's emissary hurried from the than she discovered the initials "W. bungalow and almost ran down the J." csrved on the butt "Walter Jameson!" abe exclaimed, road until he came to a spot where two men were hiding. realizing suddenly that it was mine. "Jameeon Is coming with a letter "It's been fired, too!" , Her eye fell again on the blood which the Dodge girl baa written to the Secret Service," he cried, pointing spots. "Blood and footprints into excitedly up the road. "Tou've got the brush!" she gasped in horror, folto get it, see?" , lowing the trail. "What could have I waa cantering along nicely down happened to Walter?" With thr revolver, Elaine followed the road by the shore, when suddenly, from behind some rocks and bushes, where the buabea were trampled down three men leaped out at me. One of until she came to the place where I them seized the horse's bridle, while bad been bound. There abe spied the other two quickly dragged me out soma pieces of paper lying on the of the saddle. ground and picked tbem up. She put tbera together. They were It waa very unexpected, but I bad time enough to draw my gun and Ore pieces of the envelope of the letter one. I btt one of the men, too. In the which we had decided to send to Washarm, and he staggered back, the blood ington. "Which way did they Uke blm?" spurting all over the road. Hut before I could Are at the others, ahe asked, looking all about but die they knocked the gun from my band. covering no trail. She was plainly at a toss what Frightened, the horse turned and boltcourse to pursue. ed, riderless. "What would Craig dor ahe asked Together, they dragged me off the road and Into the thicket, where I was herself. tied and gagged and laid on the Finding no answer, ahe stood think ground, while one of them bound up lng a moment, slowly tearing the enthe wounded arm of the man I bad bit velope to plecea. If she were to do It waa not long before one of tbem be- anything at all. It must be done quickly. Suddenly an Idea aeemed to occur gan searching me. ' "Aha!" be growled, pulling the let-te- r to ber. She threw the pieces of paper from my pocket and looking at It Into the air and let them blow away. It was unscientific detection, perhapa, with satisfaction. "Here It Is." He tore the letter open, throwing but the wind actually took tbem and the envelope on the ground, and read carried them In the direction In which the men bad forced me to walk, after It. "There), confound you," be muttered. they bad robbed me of the letter. "That's It!" cried Elaine to herself. "The government'll never get that Come on. men. Prlng blm this wsy. "Ill follow that direction." e e Hurry up!" Meanwhile, the men bad hurried me He shoved the letter Into his pocket and ted the way through the under- off along a trail that led to the foot brush, while the others half dragged, of a cliff. Then the trail wound up the hslf pushed me along. We had not cliff. We climbed It until we reached gone very far before one of the three the top. There In the rock, was a rude stairmen, who appeared to be the leader, way. I drew back. But one man drew paused. he or- a gun and the other preceded me "Take him to the bang-outdered gruffly. "Ml have to report to down. Along the steep stone steps cut In the face of the rock they forced the chief." He disappeared down toward the roe. Below, In a rift In the very wall of shore) of the harbor while the others the cliff, was a cave In which already prodded me along. e e ' e e e were two more of Del Mar's meo, talknear the Iiodge dock, along ing In low tones, ia the dim light. Don As we made our way down the the shore, walked a man wearing a broad brimmed hat and a plain suit of breakneck stairway, the foremost of duck. His prim collar and tie com- my captors stepped on a large flat ported well with his smoked glasses rock. As be did so. it gave way slightInstinctively one would have called ly under his foot A light In the rave fashed up. t'n- him "professor," though whether naturalist, geologist, or plain "bugolo-gist,- " der the rock was a secret electric one would have bad difficulty In connection which operated a lamp. "Romeone coming." muttered the determining. He scorned, as a matter of fact, to two men, on guard Instantly. It was a somewhat precarious foot be a naturalist, for be was engrossed In firkins op specimens. Put be was ing aa we descended and for the monot so much engroesed as to fall to ment I was more concerned for my hear the arproach of footsteps down safety from a fall than anything else. the rravel walk from Inodge hall to Once my foot did slip and a shower of the dock. He looked op In time to e pebbles and small pieces of rock start!el Mar coming, and quietly con- ed down the face of the cliff. As we passed down, the tnan be cealed himself In the shrubbery up on the shore. hind me, still keeping me covered, On the dork. Del Mar stood for some raised the flat stone on the top step. minute, waiting, finally, along the Carefully he reset the connection of shore came another f gore. It waa the the alarm rock, a scries of metal points that bent tinder the weight of emissary to whom Del Mar had and who had searched me. a person and made a "contact which The naturalist drew bark Into his hid- signaled down in the ravern the aping place, peeping out keenly at the proach of anyone who did not know ' two men. the secret. As be did so, the light in the csvern "Well?" demanded Del Mar "What went out "It's all right" said one of lorkr "We've got him." returned the mn the men down there, with a look of "Here's the relief. with brief satisfaction. stairWe went down the peril-a- s letter she was sending to the Secret gervk-sj.way until we came to the cave. "I've got a prisoner ufdrs of the Del Mar relied the note which the fnaa handed to him and read It eager- chief." growled one of tny captors, "That thrusting me in roughly. ly. "Good." be exclaimed. would have put aa end to the whole They forced me Into a corner where ' " tele-fhone- d " "Mow do yon dot" greeted a suave voice. It wee Del Mar. As he taaaew to n J After the flnfllng of Wu Fang's body and Kennedy' disappearance, a submarine appears the following morning on the bay. A man pluuijes overboard from It and awlme ashore. It la the entrance of Marclua Del Mar Into America. Ilia mlaslon la to obtain Information cl Kennedy and recover. If possible,, the ot At the JJodge luime Iw aoon torpedo. win the confidence of Klalne. Later aha la warned bv a Utile old inun to be c refill of Del Mar. This warning came )ut Del to TWENTY-EIGHT- w.n-Know- to Elaroe, apparently by sc operation! about here. Come on. Get Into the boat." For some reason best known to himself, the naturalist seemed to have lost all Interest In his specimens and to have a sudden curiosity about Del Mar's affairs. As the motor boat sped off, he came elowly and curiously out of his hiding place and gazed fixedly at Del Mar. No sooner bad Del Mar's boat got a little distance out Into the harbor than the naturalUt hurried down the Dodge dock. There was tied Elaine's own fast little runabout. He jumped Into It and started the engine, following quickly In Del Mar's wake. "Look," called the emissary to Del Mar, spying the Dodge boat with the naturalist In It, skimming rapidly after tbem. Del Mar strained his eyes back through his glass at the pursuing boat. Cut the naturalist. In spite of his smoked glassea, seemed not to have Impaired bis eyesight by his studies. He caught the glint of the sun on the lens at Del Mar's eye and dropped down Into the bottom of bis own boat, where he was at least safe from scrutiny, if bis boat were not. Del Mar lowered his glass. "That's the Dodge boat." he said thoughtfully. .'I don't like the looks of that fellow. Give her more speed." put his coat and hat on It and set it on the aeat which be had occupied before. Just then Del Mar's boat ran around the promontory where Wu Fang had met the submarine that had brought Del Mar Into the country and landed blm so strangely. The boat slowed down under shelter of the rocks and Del Mar added a pair of heavy lead-soleshoes to his outfit in order to weigh himself down. Finally he put on the helmet, let himself over the side of the boat, and disappeared into the water. His aide started the fhotor and the boat shot ahead again, with the dummy still occupying Del Mar's seat As the boat swung out and made a wide sweeping curve away from the point Elaine passed along, bunting for the at which Del Mar had gone overboard, trail. Suddenly a shower of pebbles the naturalist in the Dodge boat came came falling down from a cliff above around the promontory and. saw It, her. Some of them bit ber and she changing bis course accordingly, and looked up quickly. gaining somewhat. e e e e There she could see me being led Del Mar sank upright and rapidly, along by my captors. She hid In the brush and watched. During all the down in the shallow water to the botoperations of the descent of the rock tom. Once having his feet on somestairway and the resetting of tho thing approaching firm ground, he alarm she continued to watch, strain- gazed about through the window-liking her eyes to see what they were eye of the helmet until be got his doing. bearings. Then he began to walk As we entered the cave, she stepped heavily along the bottom of the harout from her concealment and looked bor, over aand and rocks. It waa a strange walk that he took, sharply up at us, as we disappeared. Then she climbed the path up the half stumbling, slowly and cumber-somel- y cliff until she came to the flight of groping his way like a queer stone steps leading downward again. underwater animal. If anyone could have seen blm, be Already she had seen the man behind me doing something with the would have noted that Del Mar was stone that formed the top step. She going toward the base of a huge, rocky stooped down and examined the stone. cliff that Jutted far out Into the harCarefully she raised It and looked un- bor, where the water waa deep, a derneath before stepping on It. There dangerous point, avoided by craft of she could see the electric connection. all kinds. Far over his bead the She set the stone aside and looked waves beat on the rocks angrily. But down there, concealed beneath the again down the dangerous stairway. It made ber shudder. "I must get surface of the harbor, waa a sort of him." she murmured to herself. "Yes. huge arch of stone, through which a I must. Even now it may be too late." comparatively rapid current ran aa' They bad Just decided to make away the tide ebbed and flowed. Del Mar let himself be carried along with me Immediately and the leader had turned toward me with the threat with the current, which was now runstill on his lips. It was now or never. ning in and thus with comparative Resolutely she took a step forward ease made bis way, still groping, and Into the cave. through the arch. Once under It and "Hands up!" she demanded with a few feet beyond, he deliberately shoes and, kicked off the leaden-soleastonishing firmness. The thing waa so unexpected In the thus lightened, rose rapidly to the sursecurity of their secret hiding place face of the water. As be bobbed up, a strange sight protected by the rock alarm that, before they knew It. Elaine had tbem met his eyes not strange, however, all lined up against the wall. to Del Mar. Above, the rocks formed Keeping them carefully covered, ahe a huge dome over the water which the moved over toward me. She picked tides forced In and out through the up a knife that lay near by and start- - secret entrance through which be they tied me again, band and foot Then they began debating In low, sinister tones, what waa to be done with me next Once in a while I could catch a word. Fear made my aensea hypersensitive. ' They were arguing w hether they should make away with me now or later! Finally the leader rose. "It'a three to one," I heard him mutter. "He dies now." He turned and took a menacing step toward me. "Hands up!" It was a shrill. Arm voice that rang out at the mouth of the cave aa a figure cut off what little light there was. , e d 3 IV I .VS. Keeping Them Covered, We Made Our Way Up the Dangerous High Steps, ed to cut tho ropes with which I waa came. No other entrance, apparently, bound. except that from the waters of tbe As she did so, one of the men, with harbor led to thla peculiar den. an oath, leaped forward to rush ber. Lying quietly moored to the rocky But Elaine was not to be caught off piers lay three submarine boats. Furher guard. Instantly she fired. The ther back, on a ledge of rock, blasted man staggered back and fell. out, stood a little building, a sort or That cooled the ardor of the other office or headquarter. Near by was three considerably, especially now as a shed where were kept gas and oil, I waa free, too. While she held them supplies and ammunition; in fact, evup still, with their bands In the air. I erything that a subihjrlne could poswent through their pockets, taking sibly need, This was the reason for Del Mar's out their weapons. Then, still keeping them covered, presence in the neighborhood. It was we backed out of tbe cave. Backward the secret submarine harbor of the we made our way up the dangerous foreign agents who were operating In flight of steps again with guns leveled America! at the cave entrance, Elaine going up Already a sentry, pacing up and first. down, bad seen the bubble in the waOnce a head stuck Itself out of the ter that Indicated that someone) bad rave entrance. I fired Instantly and come through the archway and was It Jerked Itself back In again Just In down "below," as Del Mar and bis time. That was the only trouble we men called It. had. apparently. Gazing down, the sentry saw the Cautiously and slowly we mad", our queer helmeted figure float up from bottom of the pool. He reached way toward the top of the cliff, e e e e e Out and helped the figure clamber wp One look backward from his motor-boa- t Out of the water to the ledge on which was enough for Del Mar. He he stood. Del Mar saluted, and the must evade that Inquisitive naturalist. sentry returned the secret salute, helpHe turned to bis man. ing him remove the dripping helmet "Get out that apparatus," be or- and suit A moment later. In the dered. qieer little Tho man opened a locker and submarine office. 11 Mar had evidentbrought out the curious submarine ly planned to take op the nefarious rescue helmet and suit Del Msr took secret work on which he wss engaged. them up and began tc put the suit on, Several men of a naval and military stooping down In the shelter of the bearing were seated about a table alboat so that bis actions could riot be ready, studying mars and plans and seen by the naturalist In the pursuing documents of all descriptions. They boat. did not seem to belong to any nation The naturalist wss all this time peer- In particular. In fact their uniforms, ing ahead keenly at Del Mar's boat if such they might be called, were of trying to make It out He bent over a character to disguise their nationaland adjusted the engine to get up ity. But that were hostile to the more speed and tbe boat shot ahead conntry under they which tiejr literally bad faster, their hidden retreat, of that there Py this time, Del Msr had put on could be no doubt the submarine apparatus, all except How high Del Msr stood In their tbe helmet and was crouching low In counsels could bsve been seen at a the boat. Hastily be rolled a piece of glance from the Instant deference canvas Into the semblance of a body, J at the mere mention of bis te d name by the sentry who entered with the submarine suit while Del Mar got himself together after his remarkable trip. The men at the council table rose and saluted as Del Mar himself entered. He returned the salute and cl quietly made his way to the head the table where be took a seat, nati-rall- j "This la the area In which we must work first of all," he began, drawing toward blm a' book and opening It "And we must strike quickly, for If they heed the advice la this book, it may be too late for us to take advantage of their foolish unprecredness." It was a book entitled "Defenseless America," written by a great American inventor, Hudson Maxim. Del Mar turned the pages until be came to and pointed out a map. Tbe othera gather, about htm. leaning forward eagerly as be talked to them. There, on the map, with a radius of some one hundred and seventy miles, was drawn a big segment of a circle, with Peeksklll, New York,- marking the center. "That la the heart of America," said Del Mar, earnestly. "It embraces New But that York, Boston, Philadelphia. is not the point Here are the great majority of the gun and armor factories, the powder and cartridge works,. together with the principal coal fields of Pennsylvania." He brought bis fist down decisively on tbe table. "If we bold thla section," he declared, "we practically hold America!" Eagerly the other emissaries listened as Del Mar laid before them the detailed facts which he was collecting, the greater mission than the mere capture of Kennedy's wireless torpedo which had brought him Into the country. Detail after detail of their plans they discussed as they worked out the gigantic scheme. It was a war council of a secret advance guard of the enemies ol America! - ( Meanwhile, Del Mar's man In bit boat, cutting a wide circle and avoiding tbe Dodge boat carrying tbe naturalist, made bis way across the harbot until be came to the shore. There he landed and proceeded up the beach to tbe foot of a rocky cliff, where be turned and followed a trail up it to the top. It was tbe same path already traveled by my captors wlU me and later followed by Elaine. As he came ateallhily out from under cover, Del Mar's man gazed down tbe stairway. He drew back at whatbt saw. Slowly he pulled a gun from hli pocket, watching down the steps wltb . tense interest.. There he could set Elaine and myself wearily climbing to ward the top, our backs toward bin aa we covered the men in tbe cava. 80 surprised was be at what be saw that be forgot tbat bis boat below bad been followed by tbe mysterious nat urallst, who. the moment Del Mar's man had landed, put on the last burst of speed and ran tbe Dodge boat close to the spot where the aide had left Del Mar e. A glance Into the boat sufficed te tell the naturalist that the figure tn It was only a dummy. He did not pausa but followed the trail up the bill untD he was close after the emissary ahead, going more slowly.. Only a few feet further along thi cliff, tbe naturalist paused, too, keeping well under cover, for the man wu now Just ahead of blm. He looked fixedly at blm and saw blm gaze down the cliff. Then be saw blm slowly draw a gun. Who could be below? Quickly th naturalist's mind seemed to work. lis . crouched down, as If ready to spring The emissary slowly raised his revolver and took careful aim at. lbs backs of Elaine and myself, as w came up the steps. But before be could pull the trigger, the naturalist, more like one of ths wild animals which be studied than like a human being, sprang from bis In the buabea and concealment pounced on the man from behind, seising htm firmly. Over and over they rolled, struggling almost to the brink of the prc pice. Elaine and f had got almost to ths top of the flight of steps, when audi denly we heard a shout above us and W sounds of a terrific struggle. turned and saw two men. Nearer and nearer the edge of the cliff they rolled. We crouched closer to the rocky wall, gazing no at the death grarple of the two. Who they were we did not know' but that one was fighting for snd the other sgalnst us we could readily see. The more vicious of the two seemed to be forcing the naturalist slowly back, when, with a superhuman effort the naturalist braced hime)f. Hi foot was actually on a small ledge of rotk directly at the edge of the cliff. He swung around qilckly and struck the other man. The vicious looking man pitched headlong over the cliff. We shrank back closer to the rock as the man hurtled through the air only a few feet from us. Down below, we could hear him land with a skk"n lng thud, Far over the edge Elaine leanod In a sort of fascination at the awful sight For a moment I thought tho very Imp of the terverse had got posaeaion of her and that she herself would fall over. She brushed ber band unsteadI ily over ber eye and staggered. caught ber Just In time.. It was only an Instant before the brave girl recovered control of herself. We reached the top of the stairway and pared about for the victor In tha contest To our surprise be was gone. "Come." 1 urged, "we had better away quickly." CTO Da COXTIXVEDJ , t4 7 |