Show 1 fA r P J l f r T 01 i Li It t r t f 4 j A. l t L l li a l t r. r r f 4 r fl r r l t if r I ff M l j f r i m I 1 f t l i l I I A k 1 fl ft 1 1 JL at A J i 1 4 A l rt h 1 p tjI gA t f Ii A w il Jf Jl ID I 1 r k 4 J 1 i A. A 0 W r I 4 I l I f I Sa rr l mr d fc i Dramatized and Produced by the tho 1 j J 1 f 1 0 TIrl APH COMPANY Ol IP ANY From the Popular Novel of the same name by C. C N. N and A A. M. M Williamson I Everything You Read Here Today You Can See at the Liberty Theatre Tomorrow Tuesday and Wednesday Wednes j lay day in Vivid Motion l Pictures with Mr 11 I Earle arle Williams as C Christopher Race Miss liss Bett Betty T HO HOWe TC as Mrs Mis Fortescue I L' L Next Week Another Story and New Pictures Copyright 1916 by tIe the Star Company All All' Foreign Rights reserved Q CHAPTER VI I TIlE MYSTERIOUS MOTOR CAR CAlL I The stretch of ot beach Yas as hard and andI I glistening Christopher r could bard hardly I have chosen choen a better place for Cor or n. n trial to test the success of oC a new In Invention In- In nor a I. I better time than th the earliest hint ot of dawn Thero There had been beena a storm yesterday and the thc gr preen green cn rollers rollers roll roll- ers upon the sand and as the they over oer and lung flung their white foam t toward the wheels whee's of ot Scarlet Runner hut with th the birth of day the wind l had id idI I I di died The Thc car purred rhythmically and 1 Christopher hummed happily as he drove lie was excited for fOl an 11 experiment which lIi h had list absorbed two weeks of oC his I time and man many coins of ot lila his hard p earned money was proving a. a success He lie had h felt teU certain that not only need he he- not fear police traps If It he ho exceeded the legal limit in driving and had he ho not mad made the Journey journe expressly to exceed exceed ex ex- ex- ex the legal limit but that there them would not Ot be he a single soul to see ste and J Scarlet Runners Runner's In lawbreaking ng f feats at 1 Yet ct t here a at half past Past f four ur In n I t tn the h morning upon tm ims OC he lie was upon the point of oC coming coining plump upon half halt a dozen men who might al almost almost almost al- al most have ha c been waiting to catch him Fo For JOl once his imagination failed For Fora Forn a n moment he saw sau nothing nothing- suggestive e In the grouping of oC half haI a dozen eager men men round sanle some object half hal engulfed In in water which the they were striving to drag drat out alit out But nut In fact Christopher had some excuse for his temporary selfa self self- a absorption p t I on His latest client had finished a R wedding Wedding Wed wed- ding cling trip en automobile whereupon Race nace ace had returned to and been i b thrown into the thc society of or a fellow en enthusiast I el-I th t for motors motors motors-a motor n a. a young youn cn engineer who had J 1 designed a new Invention It I was wf as a n ner er very cry clever Invention In for at a stroke o it t revolutionized all al existing ems of or transmission and did tIld clr awa away with wih sear gear pear box hox pinions and clutch The Tho engine engine- worked a a. pump whoso whose husin business sH sHwas was to compress compre 3 oil 01 and force It under hi high h pressure sure to two turbines turbine on the back hak axle Those turbines turned the thc wheels and anI there you ou are ale as the In Inventor Inventor in- in explained exU over o his model model The system was capable of or Iri- Iri infinite finite finie gradations of ot speed by guiding this stream of or oil oi toward the center or toward the periphery of ot the turbines Owing to the beneficent nature of ot tIre tITe tle transmitting force tho the mechanism wa was smooth and silent as the tho motor of ot a adream dream and a great reat proportion of oC the engine engin power was aide able to act directly on the wheels wheels Scarlet Runner thus re had come out of a I. I London work workshop hop only two nays days ago her owner prowl proud that thal she should be the first car cal In hi I England to inaugurate a new era fra ra in automo- automo Such Such te tests teits ts a as could be be h had d In streets nad trIumpHant and now h hero here re was Christopher with wih His hile liR scarlet carlet darling heart and engine both beating beating- In tho the hope of a long tOI tory trial with wih the sea Aea and nd the tho rising risingsun sun un as sole pole witnesses Within thirty yards of the group In Inthe Inthe inthe the water Race slackened speed and would have hao turned sacrificing the lost last ml mile of o the tho five had not ono one of or the themen men seen him and begun to shout and beckon At the same moment several others broke away aay from the tho group to hurry hurn across the tho sand and toward tho approaching ap Rp- ap- ap preaching motor an and Christopher saw to 10 his extreme surprise that the thing the they had surrounded was a half haIr su submerged submerged sub sub- merged automobile In A second all al to depart was burnt up by a l tire fire fre of or curiosity Instead In Instead Instead In- In stead of retreating he drove near ncr so near that faint taint as wa was still the light he be could see sec and make mate out the color of or the drowning car cal Hero Here was a m mystery which made a special appeal to tho heart of oC a mate motor motor- 1st What's happened here here ex exclaimed exclaimed ex- ex claimed Christopher to the man who met Scarlet Runner 0 This looks a IU I I That It does doe sir answered frer ans a brown brownold old fisherman And Ann as to what's happened hap hap- we don't dont kno know dons dont no more than you or the babe unborn for the tho matter malter of or that But something something's happened and as you OU sa say something queer Perhaps the gentleman genteman himself can I give sive us Information romanced remarked a young I fellow also a fisherman I We Ye have havo sent Ctt for the police from I Sea on lon on sir ir said the elder eider man My y boy and I were the first to catch flight Ight of 01 thIs thih ere ore and Id we wo got together some lome mat mates i to help drag her out of or theater the ater water before the tide gets feta up But she's stood where she is so long IonS her wheels have havo sunk into the sand and we cant can't move her Ill Il help with that work it if some of or you will wil hitch a L rope round her front axle Christopher volunteered My Iy car can tow her But here comes a policeman police police- man now A clad blue-clad man hastily dressed at a was approaching guided guider b by L DOV DOr HO stared sarea gravely gravel at t the tile automobile auto- auto I mobile murmured that It looked like murder pr r suicide and scribbling notes in a book produced from h Ila is 18 pocket while the derelict wa was v being rescued A young oun fisherman volun- volun to get a a rope round the car and soon coon succeeded though it i was a battle batt wih with the tho waves The Tho rope Wn was fixed to Scarlet Runner the fisherman hauled on it i and Race driving his motor up tho beach the drowned automobile crawled dripping dripping out of the tea sea Christopher made a careful examina examina- tion ton of 01 the derelict and announced with certainty that it was a Hansard of a 1 date about four years carl old but dab elah- altered red al-red and modernized Ho He peered Into Int the gear Koar box saw aw that the pinions were vere clean and new and said that the motor had apparently not run many miles mies since Ince being repaired Another Another An An- other point to which ho drew rew attention of ot the was that tho number otho o ot tho the motor had been carefully off oto and that the tho plate number chiseled of ot the car Itself was Wll missing This showed that its Is abandonment had beon an act of or deliberation and and rl the tho plate must have hAve been latel lately removed cd AS IS an automobile lacking luch such a mark could hardly have passed through the streets of the small small- est 1st village without attracting attention I Christopher had made a night run as Scarlet Runner Runnel was now ow fitted with a fine searchlight which could wih turn darkness into da day therefore he had no abiding place In the neighborhood Nevertheless ho he had the tho curiosity to re ye- ye main for an hour or two at Tilton-on- Tilton on S Iea a after atter towing the Hansard there In the tho hope hoph of or some eom elucidation of ot the m mystery But no unknown motorist had stayed at the hotel there or at an any other near by to which inquiries were sent No such oar ar a as the tho rescued Hansard had been noticed by anyone and at last little HUla wiser than when he had S first tha seen tho the squat equal shape rising I II I I L- L J Lj j from a welter of oC surf sure Race drove dro off to London n. n Leaving Scarlet Runner Runnel In her ncr garage garage ga ga- ga rage rase he went vent to his ls club and picked up tho the last edition of his favorite r paper His e eves cs ran down clown cown column after column col col- of ot the thc pages on which such uch news might be displayed d and final finally c. caught ht at a paragraph headed Mystery ster of ot a R Motor Car Car Here we arc arc nrc Christopher muttered beginning to read with wih Interest nut But Butto to hid hil disappointment th tho Jara paragraph I had hod nothing to do with the thc affair atTI at ut TI on Titon on 1 ton 0 fl Se a. a Yesterday morning he read rend an all I empty motorcar wn va was dl discovered ered co on th the tho Oxford road A party part of or laborers go going go- go o- o Jug ing to work saw a new looking hooking blue painted car ar a l of or moderate size stan standing by h the roadside with wih no one in It I They Thoy lingered for lor some ome time expecting the owner to arrive e. but when lien no on one came the they ransacked the thc woods in th thu thi neighborhood suspecting foul play The search proving vain aln however the tho la laborers laborers la- la borers gave Information to the time police at the nearest town and anda a hOr horse wa was sent out to tow to the automobile auto auto- mobile to the police station There It mobie o I. I polee 1 I i no uru LIC n V h 0 the property of or a gentleman who had arrived at a hotel tile the evening before unaccompanied b bv b a chauffeur This gentleman had already left lel town but butas butas as ns he ho hail had hal gone by rail rai he lie was traced to Oxford about ten miles mies distant In Interviewed Interviewed In- In th there re on the subject subject of ot tho thic lost loet car he changed color and appeared at first somewhat agitated at l learning where It hal had been heon found But he ex expressed ex- ex pressed ed himself deJ delighted h ted to h hear Rr of or oris Its is reco cr recovery offered d a reward to themen the tho thomen men who had hd given the time Information and returned b by the tho next train to where whore he once DICe more took charge of or his property The Time gentleman's gentle gentle- mans man's name as It I app appeared In the Bell Belland Bel Belland and ant Bush hotel of was as oh John n Smith London london He refused to lodge a complaint against an any person for the theft o of his motor though he did not den deny In so many words sord that he know knew who had hind taken It I. I It I was wa while Christopher was waR reading reading read read- ing the column under a somewhat sen sea sensational sensational heading which the time Dally Daily Daiy Recorder Recorder Recorder Re Re- corder gave o ga to tho tIlo mystery mAter o of Tilton- Tilton on Sei that the maid who brought his hla breakfast brought with It n a visiting I card Time The name wap wal sa an unfamiliar one but the time m magic ic words warde DaU Dally Daily Recorder were cre printed beneath as a a. kind of oC open sesame me to closed doors door Tell oTel the gentleman to come up tp said BRIl he to the Itc servant who had brought him so BO man many queer me messages and visitors of late Inte In Tn another moment a R spruce looking young oung man appeared not appeared not an ordinary I reporter It seemed but a representative representative represent represent- deputed to ask Mr Ir Races Race's help In solving the mystery of the blue metot mo mo- motor tot tor c. c car h matter ter was s t to he taken aken up UI O D DV HID anu aiu a ii to be offered for information Mr Jr Races Race's name namo had been popular with wih the time public Elue e he hc was wan II Instrumental In placing the young oung king and queen of on their disputed throne Besides Be lIe- sides he be was known in the motor world world and altogether If IC he would lend himself f to the scheme It would be bo considered considered con con- sl ered an R advantage antage to tho time paper Christopher reflected an and 5 soon 0 0 U n reached a practical conclusion H Ho lie had no engagement for tor Scarlet Runner Hunner having ln been obliged to sacrifice one or two on tho the altar alar of the new improve Improve- meats ments He Hc agreed to the proposal and promised prom prom- I e to begin investigations Investigation at once th the Dal Daily Recorder giving him carte blanche blanhe as to his proceedings and ask ask- lag ing only for a telegraphic report of progress each pach evening In 1 time me to go to press with wih hl his news or news or lack of or news new Tho Tue first thing that Christopher did was as to proceed in Scarlet Runner Hunner to a pret pretty little town which had hail ju Just t outgrown At the best beat hotel ho obtained a 0 description of Mr MI John Jolla Smith of or London and was favored d bI by n It g glimpse r e of a signature r in II III I my J I vir r. WN a I apparently a gentleman well ol dressed so o far as the landlord and tho time servants of or the Inn had lied noticed He was tall tail tal I rather fair but sunburned and worn wore wor a n beard heard cut lIke that of ot a S naval officer officer orl- orl indeed now ono came to recall him he ime had ha somewhat hat tho the air of x a. A sailor sail sail- sai- sai or He lie le might have been beon anywhere be between between between be- be tween the a apes ages of 30 and 35 No fur tur- ther tImer information concerning Mr rr r. r Smith could bo be obtained I So far Christopher had hind not accomplished much and his pride was wa at stake He determined to travel wI from to Sea on Sea on by short hort stages making researches here and there there Starting at nt time the time he hated Mr tr Smith must have started ho he paused to put questions at nl towns where a motorist might have stopped for tor re- re pairs and to bu buy bU oil al and aid petrol petrol Ho lie I could learn nothing of 01 the blue motor I or its driver however until at about C G o'clock in the evening he reached I Helm eford I Between and on Tilton-on- on Sea Christopher learn nothing The he journey had been heen made by the blue car ear after dark and nobody could be I found who had seen it It oven o though Christopher refrained from continuing his hla own Journey journe till tl daylight for tor fear of missing tho the trail trat At last he arrived once more at Til- Til TI- TI ton on ton ol three days daya after aler leaving it it I. I The Hansard was waa still In charge of time the pol police pollee e at the little seaside town which shichi was now stirred to its Us depths b by the tho sensational surmises of oC tho the London press Christopher went to pay the car cara a visit and In looking over it carefully lest some details might have e escaped MB attention an idea Idea suddenly occurred to him I As Aa ho Ime had stated at first carelessly the automobile had been baen newl newly paint paint- ed pd Now ow he asked himself If 1 the tho change of oC paint wore were not in Itself an attempt at nt a disguise disguise- calculated to entangle the meshes meshel of 01 mystery in a way say still more complicated Ho scraped off of a bl bi bit of the brightly hed paint on back of brighty the tho |