| Show I TELEGRAM M I FLOA FLOATING TING PERIL I I I g p PHILLIPS By I I THE STORY SO FAR FAB Louise de Fanta ny a beautiful woman rescued by Hamer from the sea near his trim yacht acht offers to buy his boat Others in including including including in- in Baron Daron de Bret Lucienne dc de Montelimar Wild- Wild burns burn's sweetheart and his father tather also offer after to buy his boat bont He is warned that refusal to dispose athis of at his yacht acht may cost his life lite General orders a French gunboat to guard the Bird of Paradise Tanya nd anarchist friends seek secK certain papers hidden on the boat and plan the overthrow of the French government Wild Wild- burn learns that his father tather plans to publish information from Crom the papers papers papers pa pa- pers hidden on the yacht believes this would Injure the good name of France and refuses to help his father NOW V GO ON WITH ITIl THE TIlE STORY STORI CI CHAPTER APTER Monsieur and Madame of the Plage restaurant at were excited jubilant but a trifle disturbed Madame was genuinely uneasy uneasy- She drew her husband on one side away from the little babel before the bar What is it then that arrives she demanded Mademoiselle Tanya Tanya Tanya Tan Tan- ya the great artiste from Juan les Pins she visits us She sa says s 's that she has Invited a great supper party h here re of friends She bids me mc provide provide pro pro- vide vido more tables more food more wine Tho The money drops from her fingers finger's like water All these things monsieur said rubbing his hands gently together are arc excellent Mademoiselle is drawing a large salary She will not look at the bills That is all alJ ver very well madame declared but bul how can we feed teed a hundred people 1 Our regular clients clients cli cli- we have had to send away Our cooking ranges ranJes inside and out are heaped with food tood We Ve cook and we cook and we cook But a n hundred hundred hun bun dred people and ma foi fol such people people peo pea pie It is not our concern who they are her husband pointed out As Asfor Asfor I for Cor the wine vIne it is stored up behind the shed We Yo have enough h and more than enough for a hundred i people The food well food well they must have consideration But listen Jean she went on clutching at his arm Who Vho arc these people I ask you Look around I know lenow where they come conic from They come from tram Marseille nearly nearly every everyone everyone everyone one of them Look at their faces See how the they talk to together In lit cor car ners AH All the time I fancy that I there Is something something- on their minds I They look to me more like tors than men out for tor a n. night picnic with a great actress Monsieur shrugged his shoulders i It is not our affair he decided I Of course it is our affair she insisted drawing him a little farther on one side They point and they I point and the they point point always always at the Bird of Paradise Monsieur Wild Wild- burn burn sl si gentil he gentil-he he is away in ip Paris Do you note this August has haJ not arrived for his aperitif nor for the ice tonight Never docs does he miss There is the dinghy and the small speedboat August has not left the Bird of Paradise Is that of consequence monsieur monsieur mon mon- asked after a brief visit to his kitchen I am uneasy That Is all she zhe said We Ve know there has always been something mysterious about Monsieur boat So many people visit it They talk and they go away away and and now the gunboat lying lying lying ly ly- ly- ly ing there It seems strange that mademoiselle should have chosen to give her party the one night that Monsieur is away Monsieur rolled rolled and lit a Disturb yourself no longer little one he begged begg I am a restaurant keeper and you are arc m my wife We Ve have a great feast to prepare for forone forone forone one who Is well able to pay and has given us two mille mule already to secure the tables Tonight we arc going to make money Others can do a athey as they wish Another carload of guests was discharged looking discharged looking good men in their way war but hard men saturnine in appearance few of them with the joie de dc ivre of the French cafe loun lounger er in their faces Men with a purpose they seemed and there was something too which monsieur observed observed observed ob ob- ob- ob served but of which he said nothing nothing nothing noth noth- ing to his wife Here and there was a little bulge in those queer- queer shaped side pockets that were vcr very much the fashion in Marseille There was a murmur amongst the gathering crowd Some with their aperitifs still in hands strolled down to the edge of the water A large larg-c argo speedboat had rounded the point and was making for tor the plage A whisper went about I It is Tanya Tanya Tanya-Tanya Tanya warned us that hat she would come by sea sen Monsieur of oC the restaurant shaded shaded shaded shad shad- ed his e eyes es with his hand and looked seaward I Perhaps he murmured mademoiselle mademoiselle made moiselle was not wise I A loiterer standing by him heard the he words and noticed a little streak of white which capped the waves in inthe inthe I the he distance Something which arrives eh elI monsieur ur ho he demanded Nothing of any account monsieur monsieur monsieur mon mon- replied The speedboat anchored about 20 yards from tram the landing stage The loiterers took little dinghies out and the speedboat unloaded a cou cou- pie She was crowded herself hersel with the he remainder of ot the guests of the evening and there was a shout of w we v e 1 I c com o a m e when mademoiselle stepped on shore Tanya was her herold herold herold old self Her eyes seemed on fire She needed no rouge upon her hercheck cheeks checks Her hair already disarranged disarranged ranged by the wind blew wildly about her face tace She W was 3 dressed In black but she wore a red shawl draped loosely over her shoulders As she stepped on to the plage there was WM a sudden forest of uplifted hands lands the murmur of at a song and then hen the song itself the Red March rolling thunderous music music- a march prohibited in France and andall andall andall all over Europe where the forces of government were wore strong enough to insist without indiscretion They came to the scattered group of ta tables tables tables ta- ta bles under the tho shed singing the words and swaying their bodies to the he music and presently they forgot to 0 sing while they clapped Monsieur Tanya called out shaking hands with his wife wiCe and himself our feast is prepared yes yes Everything is prepared mademoiselle made- made I moiselle madame assured her This is a gr great at honor that you have lave done us If It only we could have lave accommodated more They keep ringing up for tables but I Isaid Isaid Isaid said that it is impossible I have six extra waiters I hope that everything everything ev ev- will be well veIl served that served that mademoiselle will excuse We Ve will vill excuse everything Tanya declared gaily Let there be jc plenty of food and wine vine and we will viii help ourselves We are arc hungry hungry hungry hun hun- gry and above all aJl we are thirsty The man by her side a man of gigantic frame but of savage Unpleasant unpleasant un- un pleasant expression clapped his hands lands together Mademoiselle elle Tan Tanya a speaks the the he truth he said but there are other things too in our blood She pulled him by the sleeve Sit down she enjoined The time lime is not yet ct An officer from the drove up in Iii a taxicab and on his way to the he landing stage stared around him himin himin in n amazement A sudden silence fell upon the crowd at the sight sig-ht of his uniform He He had an un uneasy feeling that hat he was the tile cynosure of a hundred hundred hundred hun hun- dred hostile gazes He paused however however however how how- ever and addressed one of the waiters waiters waiters wait wait- ers whom he knew What on e earth rth is this which goes goeson on tonight 1 ho he demanded It is Mademoiselle Tanya the great danseuse who gives a party the he man explained The officer smiled He knew lenew nothing nothing noth- noth ing ng of at mademoiselle save as a dan dan- He looked toward the table where she Bile sat and saluted She waved her hand Queer looking lot tonight he muttered to the boatman who was lounging at the end of the pier looking looking looking look look- ing earnestly out to s sea a. a Shant be sorry to ace lee the backof bad back of ot em cm sir was the fervent reply A gendarme who was on duty al alday all allday allday day to re regulate the traffic crop crept round to the back of ot the shed am and mounted his bicycle An inspiration had arrived to him He had overheard overheard overheard over over- heard scraps scrap a of the conversation a athe at atthe atthe the head hend table where Tanya was seated with a little crowd of men whose appearance was as not altogether er r festive At their extemporized dining table table ta- ta ble ile on the fringe of the pine woods which reached almost to the villa itself General and Louise sat at lingering over an unusually late dinner linner From where they sat the bay jay was sas almost hidden although taint faint sounds of revelry below mounted mount- mount ed d at times to their hearing Peris- Peris sol ol after aCter many hours of hard anc and continuous work was realizing perhaps perhaps per per- haps for lor the first time the glow of oC an undisturbed happiness Louise notwithstanding the new softness in her eyes and her general air of regained regained retained re re- re- re gained youth showed some faint fain signs igns of at anxiety as every now and then hen the strains of music and the faint aint echoes of laughter floated up i from rom the plage Coffee Cottee had been served and the servants servant had She leaned forward and smoothed his hand Tell me mc she begged why you seem eem to worry no longer about the Bird Jird of Paradise Is there something something some some- thing hing which you have not confided to 0 me He shook his head Nothing in the world my dear Louise he assured her I have simply imply tried to look at the matter philosophically T The e situation as it exists down in the bay there is a kind of stalemate The young American Is obstinate perhaps not no over intelligent but ho he is honest Ho He will not part with the boat or anything in her to a soul She Is his destined wedding present to Lucienne Lucienne Lu- Lu cienne clenne de do There remains ro to- mains Edouard of course and the Baron de Brett I should find it hard to believe that Ion on was personally concerned or In Incriminated incriminated in- in criminated in any records left b bj by but I can quite understand that for the sake of the stability of ot the government he would loathe loath their appearance On the other hand what can he do about it There Ther lies the with her guns gun trained upon the Bird of Paradise Paradis and powerful enough to blow he her herout herout out of the water at any moment and searchlights to pr prevent vent he her crawling out at any hour in th the dark What then can happen Yo You see the situation Is still within m my reach Exactly what do you mean b by that 1 I should be within my province he e explained to land Jand a l mixed fore force of gendarmes and marines from th the gunboat upon the Bird of Paradis Paradise and with all proper diplomatic excuses ex cx to young seize helI he her In the name of at the I French gov gay l I To tell you the truth she said that is what I thought you would would have done before now Supposing I did so he went on Supposing in the course of lJ a search by technical experts I discovered dis covered these reports concealed i is ir her by the cunning of ot Sup they thoy incriminated Chau vanne Despard Montelimar Montelimar- ind perhaps and more than anyone would would J dare to pass that evidence on t tc the commission 1 Would I dare t tf attack in the chamber o oi 01 even to hint a word the honor of at the president T Tc do 10 so 50 would be to let loose th thc dogs of war with a vengeance Fron the Pyrenees to the channel Franc would be in the throes of an earth earthquake quake and what that might not spell for tor her God knows The faint shadow of at trouble rouble i Jr ii Louises Louise's face tace deepened You seem to have left out on Oil possible contingency Armand eh reminded him There arc me mel amongst the communist party wh arc are alive to every move in the game gam gamer r I 1 have noticed strange looking pee pea pie pIc on the plage the last few tew day and there is this woman from tram Mar who Tanya Tanya who the they say aay is a avery very firebrand amongst them Thin what it would mean if It these records rec sec or whatever they are fall tall int t their clr hands They would have n nc s ruple scruple in publishing p them T Tc Tc plunge e France into a revolution i ithe it h the only way they could ever comInto com come Into power Sometimes I think thaI tha that is JI s the greatest danger we wo havE hav to face ace That man who writes for even some of at th the decent papers is brilliantly clever Continued on OD Page Pise TELEGRAM FICTION r. r FLOATING TING PERIL I i i By Bv E. E PHILLIPS opp OPPENHEIM Continued from Page PAce Seven and rind when he commits himself to print prin he lie is almost convincing They say fay his speeches are different but Amazingly eloquent You give me something to reflect upon Louise he admitted thought thought- fully You put your hand han upon the weak point in the situation without without without with with- out a doubt Somehow or other communism has failed so 50 utterly wherever it has been put putto to the trial Italy and Germany are glaring examples ex ex- amples that amples-that that one thinks of it all aU the time as discredited After all though if its fundamentals were skillfully handled by a person of oC moderation it might be dangerous enough just now Tho The patriotic Frenchman has had a n great deal dealto dealto dealto to forgive during the last 12 months He will have havo a great deal more to forgive before we are in smooth Waters again aJain Supposing the communists get hold of those records she persisted persist persist- ed bluntly Under the guns of oC the he asked incredulously My y dear Armand she remonstrated remonstrated remonstrated remon remon- there is one quality at least you must remember that th the communists possess They possess a desperate tan fanatical a tic a 1 courage Listen Thero There floated up to them from the plage below the strains of harsh but vivid singing in unison You hear that Louise exclaimed ex ex- claimed You know what it is It ItIs ItIs Itis Is the marching song of ot the com corn communists their their battle song Armand Armand Ar Ar- Armand mand Only half a mile mUe away from them lies the Bird of ot Paradise Supposing Supposing Supposing Sup Sup- posing they know He rose quickly to his feet She held his wrist They both listened Coming up the winding avenue the they could bear hear the engine throbs of a powered high car the scrunching of gravel thrown away Vay at the curves then they saw the flashing of lights through the shrubs Wait Valt Armand she begged Here comes news of some sort The two men who hurried out on onto onto onto to the terrace ushered there by Raymond with an entire lack of ceremony were easily recognizable There was Monsieur the mayor may may- or of Antibes and by his side a astep astep astep step or two already in front of him for for Monsieur had eaten of ma many y banquets and was inclined to tobe tobe tobe be obese obese came came the local head of ot police pollee We have disturbing news sir from below Raymond said quickly Monsieur please make your report wasted no words Mademoiselle Tanya the danseuse danseuse danseuse dan- dan he announced who is perhaps perhaps perhaps per per- haps the most dangerous figure amongst the communists of the south here is g giving |
