Show t- t I The Secret of the Submarine I. I By E. E Alexander Powell Kt Author Author 0 of Th The End End nd of Df the Trail Fighting in j Flanders The rhe Road to tom t tJ te J m Glory Gory Vive Vivo la Ia France E Etc c j- j SYNOPSIS is detailed b by th Ui the L ut Jarvis Hope Hop rifted states naval board to investigate nd report his hl I findings on tho the which to bring brin Jf Dr Ralph Burke flurke serves The submarine to a a. state of perfection he rhe lieutenant arrives in Valdavia an ant and rho- rho by the Inventor and h hi his Cleo On the trial trip o of ot th the boat a a. Japanese helper Is sur sur- in t the act of examining ln th Ui Mechanism t I of 1 the ventilating device devic ev e Hope Sope reports favorably on the new device devic but ut are others interested Inter ted In It ft Ar AI to burglarize Dr Burkes Burke's labora labor Jory MY lory falls fails but later Cleo finds him mur- mur in his bedroom Cleo sells he lu het her t ather fathers father's books book to get money later slit sh sli she t a note from which she learns th that tha theY contain th the secret formula With Wit fri op eh SM ra races s to the auctioneers auctioneer's stor store to find it in flames Olga Ivanof Ivanoff nd Gerald Morton two spies In iii search Uhe fUl formula attempt to capture Clec Cleo hen she calls at the house of jet et anarchist Hope rushes to her ali aid orton lorton shoots hoota at him but the bullet hit hits bomb in the cellar which explodes and Cleo attend a a. ball eis a e at TS rs Delmars mars whose nephew has two o c of e. e missing books a spy at at- at to steal tho the books bools but is w edbY by Hope in the excitement that fol fol- tvs the books bools disappear Mahlin cs es es- es pee pes p 6 Hope and Cleo take a a. boat fo In for Island out in the ba bay The rhe era rs follow in other boats MahUn an and turn out the island light Morens Moren's Mor Mor- vJ nl ens boat with the countess strikes a a. tray ra mine in the ba bay After a violen violent lorm orm Hope and Cleo arrive on a strange strang land and nd and discover that the man the they tint lunt is there But Hut Mahlin and the Japa Japa- se also reach the island and put up n a. ht for the books They escape from fron Slope ope but return and dynamite the shack lie conspirators Jail to harm Hope an and andt Jl We o They y manatee manage to reach a l d gg 1 t here re Dr Owen has one of the l books lath Jach of the others approach the doctor uthe refuses to hear them He arranges arrange meet Hope at the hotel with the book orton poses as Hope and but for m an would have possessed the theol ol vot me mc Cleo Clea is s captured b by Morton am and then iken In his friends friend's aeroplane to a lone lonely thin ibin In the mountains She finds there then let bOOk book for tor which they search Te e repeated failures of Mahlin an and atsuma to gain possession of the se se- se et of the submarine finally drove employers to exasperation anc and reh measures were decided upon ike he spies were summoned d before th the l lack ck council the executive body o of ofie i ie secret service of ot their government he he meeting was held in the council counci I amber amid black trappings ant and lastly reminders of the fate that waited treachery or 01 failure A grave grav Assembly of masked figures listened while their chief the tho only one 3 hose ose iose identity wa was not hidden behind black mask questioned Mahlin and atsuma regarding their activities In Iii of the much desired secret failed to satisfy The l of the council was announced and emphatically They just secure the secret within the next I Tur weeks or death would be the penty pen- pen lust W ty 1 their return to San Francisco ope found awaiting him at his hot hotel l envelope bearing the fa- fa heading of the navy department d e letter it contained which was Marked arke Strictly Con Confidential was I i by an official high in the bu- bu au au of naval intelligence j bU-j t I yo you lOtI are perhaps aware the let- let r concluded there exists at the mo- mo mO 1 11 Sent en between n the United States and a al alI I power whose name it Is un- un un-I un to mention a situation of 01 ei utmost gravity This power is I that we have permitted our ivy 1 vy to deteriorate to such an extent I at at hostilities could b bp inaugurated us with a reasonable chance M success It is no exaggeration to assert that the discovery Dr Burkes Burke's formula may save this 1 from Invasion Under these 1 I Jc s there is no need for tor me I vurge Jurge you to prosecute the search th the utmost energy The safety the United States may well depend ion Ion on your success ArWe We mustn't lose a a. minute in con- con li tiling the search said Cleo Ceo de- de when Hope showed her the te i But I 1 thought we were to be he mar- mar mari i this d-this week dearest he demurred i The wedding can wait walt for tor a few tow i ys r d she answered There is too 1 Juch uch at stake for tor us to think of ot any- any 1 Ing Taut ut the discovery of the secret But It will only take a few tew hours plus J ius us to obtain a license and find a a jt Hyman H- H urged Hope nope Surely we we wen n wait that long You dont don't think that Im I'm going tt married without a wedding gown Kown aja trousseau do you she de- de Because If you JOU do you are arc Oly Illy mistaken I only expect to be once and Ive I've set my heart on Ing ng the things that other girls 1 fV v fv Our Oui happiness can wait for tor a ar aw r w day clearest she added peri per- per i Our country comes cornea first Toure Youre perfectly right dear Teed Veed Hope secretly applauding her stand We will take up the arch again at once There are only still sUll to find and tho the missing must be one of them rJ L' L W ose name Is next on the tho list 1 J la asked 1 Joaquin Romero he answered fot the poet and naturalist she gerly gerly- Inquired The same 4 I fhe man who writes those wonder- wonder about the forest for and the theand f Se ar were and d the birds That's That's the man He has a cabin I understand In High Sierras He lives Jives there so the t e can study nature at first firste ad Ve e will Pay a visit to Mr Romero I I 1 love his poems and Jl's always wanted to meet him XVi reach home 4 l took them a da day by br train and another an another another an- an other day on but when a alast at last they reached it they understood why the famous poet naturalist ha had chosen such a remote location for th the thelong I long low building of logs which Ii he modestly referred to as his hia cabin was shaded by a magnificent group c ot of giant redwoods and its flower smothered smothered ered veranda commanded a panorama of forest mountain and stream Unequalled unequalled unequalled un un- equalled in all the world Nor di did they need to be assured of the identity of the tall eagle faced old man with wit the keen leen blue eyes and the mane c ol of snowy hair who who greeted greeted them on th the veranda for his features had long be bed n familiar to them through newspapers newspaper and magazines Mr lorr Romero said Hope I at a am Lieutenant Hope of the navy and this is Miss Cleo Burke No relation I suppose of Dr Ralph Ralp Burke the tho Inventor who tiled lIed re recently recently recently re- re inquired tho the naturalist He was vas my father sir said Cleo Cle proudly Bless my soul exclaimed Romero I r 1 knew your father well Miss Burke Durke and admired him deeply If I can b bof be beof beof of to his daughter I shall consider consider con con- sider aider it a privilege I have reason to believe Mr Homero Ro Ro- Romero mero said Cleo that you can enn be o overy of ot very great service indeed and she shi proceeded to tell him the story of he her fathers father's mysterious death of tho the lost los formula and of how much depended on oi its recovery of the clue given In th the I letter which she discovered in her fa ia fathers father's fathers father's fa- fa ther's desk of the discouragements and perils which they had encountered in their search for the books and finally finally finally final final- I ly of the message contained in th the book which the she had found in the cabin on the ledge So I have my fathers father's word for lor it she concluded that the formula is il hidden in the philosophy and that Itcan it II itcan can be bo deciphered by reading every seventh word on page 62 And I believe be he lieve Mr Romero that the philosophy I II which you bought at Dawsons Dawson's auction I rooms con contains the secret My dear child said Romero who had listened to the long recital with the utmost sympathy and Interest you must prepare yourself for a great disappointment It is true that I bought a philosophical work at the sale of your fathers father's library but library but unfortunately unfortunate unfortunately I have lost it Hope and Cleo their high hopes thus suddenly destroyed uttered exclamations exclamations exclamations of discouragement and despair It was a small book continued the naturalist so last week just just- justas as Iwas I Iwas Iwas was starting on a camping c. trip I slipped sUpped it into my pocket intending to read it that night In damp amp But when night came caine it was vas as gone It had evidently fallen out of my pocket somewhere on the trail To have searched for tor it in the mountains would have been a hopeless t task sk even had hadI I realized Its value which of course I did not Do you remember the title of of the book hook Hope asked cager eagerly 3 Who Vho was the author Or the publisher It sounds absurd I know confessed confessed confessed con con- the naturalist but I dont don't know the title of the book booe or who rote it Indeed my chief reason for bi bidding it itIn itIn itIn In was because it had belonged to my ray rayold old friend Dr Burke They wrapped It up for me roe at the auction rooms and andI I did not take the trouble to unwrap it before slipping it into my pocket when I started on the trip All AU I can cantell cantell cantell tell you yot about It Is 15 that it was quite a small book and from Its condition evidently at old one It Is Indeed a areat great reat sorrow to me Miss Burke Durke that you should have suffered so great a loss through my mr carelessness Im afraid dear said Hope as having taken leave of Romero they wore riding down the trail which led to Lo the railway that this puts an end Lo to our hope of finding the secret at least for the present If Ii we only knew the We title of the book that Romero Homero lost we Ire could obtain a duplicate copy but lut butas butas as La we dont don't know It the only alternative alternative alter alter- native we have left is to apply the key keyo to o all the philosophical works we can find rind in the hope that we may eventually eventually even even- strike the right one It may take ake us a long time though I 1 wont won't have you worry any more moro about that old book said Cleo You told old mo roe the other day that I would be beery bevery bevery very ery rich when the secret was found found but I am already very rich in having your love Jove dear heart Believe me tie Jarvis secret or no secret I am perfectly content If you count my love as wealth said raid Hope then you ou are quite the tho richest person In the world for tor I know that no one ever loved a woman as 18 much as I love you And if lf I cant can't give tive you many luxuries dear I can at tt least make mako you ou very very happy It was wag with singing hearts therefore ther there fore Pore that the loss of the book already forgotten they boarded the train for forIan forSan San Ian Francisco As they entered the hotel Cleo was chatting hatting gayly about her plans for tor the I wedding which was wait to take place the first of the following week Of course she was saying now that hat the secret of the submarine Is I probably lost f forever rever we will have to toive toive ive on your pay Jarvis so we wo must have lave a very simple wedding Im I'm going to be married In a dove gray euit BuiL Do you think you will like me ae In a dove gray suit Jarvis Like Liko you he repeated Why rarest dearest youre you're the world and the sun and nd the moon and the stars to me youre you're- youre you're Beg pardon Lieutenant Hope rope Interrupted in- in the tho clerk but heres here's a aspe special cial ial delivery letter for you It came camen camer In n r this morning Glancing with some surprise at the superscription which was in a dashing hand Hope tore open the tho en envelope envelope en- en and drew drev out the sheet of crested rested and scented note paper A t t trat rat first he glanced curiously at the closely closer closey close- close ly y r written sheet then as lIB though he mid could not credit the evidence of his eyes Yes he ho read It again As the significance sig sig- sig of the message dawned upon him lim he turned deathly pale tho the hand holding the letter dro dropped ped lifelessly to toils tois his ils is side a 0 hoarse exclamation escaped lira him Motionless as though carved torn om stone he stared before him with unseeing eyes tho the Image of ot a a. man completely crushed To be be- continued next Monday o day |