Show NEAL OF THE NAVY By William Hamilton Osborne Author of Red Mouse Running Fight t tc c w BI Blue ue B Buckle ue kl e E Etc te Novelized From the Photoplay of the Same Sanie Name Pr Produced by Pathe Exchange Inc C Copyright 1915 by WhIm Hamilton Osborne SYNOPSIS In the eruption of Mount Pelee Capt John Hard Hardin In of or tho the steamer Princess rescues year three-year-old Annette from an open boat but Is forced to leave behind her father lather and his companions Illington ton i IH Is assaulted by H Hernandez and Ponto In a vain attempt to get pap papers r ra which has managed to send aboard the Princess with lila hIs daughter al ht r. r papers 3 proving his title to the lost blank Thirteen years e later Hernandez Reman- Reman de dez Inc Inex Castro Ponto and a n. strange brute man servant arc established on a a. Southern plantation where the they deal leal secretly in drugs Their plantation Is 15 searched by a. a revenue officer but no found Hernandez learns that trace of or Annette Allnette may be found by consulting the navy records and sends send Inez to spy ap apon on the Hardin fam amIly am- am ily fly Inez makes friends with Ith the Har- Har dins Hernandez's m messenger er went sent to arran arrange o a landing of drugs In Seaport Is knocked out and n l an incriminating note found on him himl This latter individual was was' wasa a New NewYork NewYork NewYork York crook 1 Finally the crook nod nodded edIll ed Ill go you he exclaimed He stopped There was a knock upon the door A telegraph boy entered with a tel Courtier signed for tor it with witha a gold pencil pencil gave the boy a quarter ter for a tip Up and opened the tele gram Ponto exclaimed Mr Napoleon Courtier for the moment totally ignoring ignoring ig noring the presence of or the crook look friend Ponto Ready And Ponto read It was the telegram tele gram of ot Miss 1 Irene Courtier so 80 Unfortunately unfortunately un Un- fortunately detained at Seaport N. N J J. J with a sprained ankle Rend Read the last sentence Ponto added Mr Courtier Ponto read It over oyer with exceeding care Have found friends in Sea Sea- port His mouth widened and he lie showed white teeth At last last and and after acter thirteen years he said The crook once more seated himself him self seU and Mr Courtier followed suit Ho He seized a piece of ot paper and wrote rapidly He Re pushed the piece of or paper toward tho the crook Read that he ho commanded It Is intended for tor your our principal The crook read rend Have pounds best gum opium Will Viii land same tonight at Seaport N. N J J. J Be De ready to receive it Signal with flash lash flare Clare The crook nodded Right bo 10 bo he lie commented a ahalt halt Hall an hour later on his way up Second avenue New Ness York the crook was boisterously hailed by a crowd of ot boon companions These rhese boon I companions were lounging In the the doorway of or the tho Side Pocket The Side P. P Pocket chet had bad a reputation even evenOR on OR the avenue It was said to bethe bethe be bethe the toughest joint this side of at hell and anI there was no doubt at all that It was Ono One of or the crooks crook's boon com coni companions yelled to him Conic Como on Shorty he lie cried catchin catching catch catch- in ing the crook by bf the arm Im Just blowing Come on in and have some steam What y a doin Petey he demanded demanded de eying eying- the crowd who were hobnobbing with his friend the idea of ot the lie san gang Pete Petey I significantly Whisper Whisper Whis per Shorty he lie said I got a enemy enemY O e cd I know right well vell have said sail Shorty Whisper said Bald PeL lety Tonight hl ho he dies the death In half halt an hour bour we start up for tor his place Shorty nodded with approval Give him a few tew swift kicks for me he said Then Them something happened There was a wild hullabaloo and with the force orce of a R. flying wed wedge full Cult fifteen fifteen- men surged Into the Side Pocket Like Assyrians who it will be bo re reo can came down like a n wolf on the tho fold foId the leader lender of ot this gang gaug of ot fifteen men and fourteen men he be hind him swung Into Petey's gang with terrific force Shorty drew back By py gum he heald raid ald to himself It its One Eyed Mul van vanoy vaney CT It was It was waft and life his gang am Instead of Poty and his gang an going up to kill had bad come como down to tn kill and and anybody else cine who ho chanced to tobe o be In Iii tho the way Ten minutes later Ul th there ro re wan WOR the clang of ot a bell ball without Two dof bluecoats charged into t the Side Pocket and took a hand When it was all over the tile sergeant wiped his bloody nose It was a fine fight light he said San SanJuan SanJuan Juan Juau hill bill was to It I was waa there I ought ough t. t to know I In a far corner of or tho the saloon crumpled crum with his skull I pled up in a heap cracked in two places la lay the crook The sergeant saw him first and bent over him Hes all In he ho said Something white while protruded from the crooks crook's coat pocket Tho The sergeant ser geant cant drew it out It was a note It rt r ad like this Havo Have pounds best hest gum opium Will Vill land same tonight at Seaport N N. J. J Bo no read ready to receive it Signal with flash flare nare 1 Tho The sergeant read It twice Then lie signaled to one ono of or his men Hey Tim he lie cried take this to tho the captain right awa away Thoro There aint a second to lose This heres here's heresa a Job joh for the thc federal authorities ask the thc cap to send it down to cal cm at once CHAPTER IX i A Stern Chase Miss l Irene Courtier if such StICh wore her name rose from her couch In an upper tipper room in tho the Hardin Hanlin cottage with an agility that gave no hint of ot ofa ofa ota a disabled ankle At last she spied a knot in ono one of or tho the floor boards She procured a n. nail file from her hand bag and within a few moments had removed the knot from its containing hole Then she treated herself herBel to a view of the room below She Sho perceived that a celebration was in progress This was no news to her for Cor she had been requested to 10 remain Upon the table was a birthday cake with eighteen candles in it and about time the table were four people Annette tho the center of or attraction at attraction traction Neal and his mother and his foster brother Joe Welcher the latter considerably bored b by proceedings proceed proceed- ings that seemed to lo him him inexcusably mawkish and sentimental The Thc visitor above through her knothole had about concluded that there was sas nothing of Interest for her herlo herto herto to lo see sec She Site lid dirt not know and could coull not know the tho significance of Annette birthday party But suddenly suddenly sud sud- denly something happened which piqued her curiosity Mrs Irs Hardin Hanlin stopped stepped to a cupboard and drew forth a paper bundle She placed it on ott the time table and by hy the tho light ht of the eighteen candles she unwrapped un wrapped It exhibiting to Annette ll 11 lington and to the thc boys bos a set of or childish child child- ish hilt garments a heavy leather ba hag bag that clinked as she laid it down clown and anda a mysterious looking yellow packet sealed with red sealing scaling wax vax Site She unpinned un tinS pinned from a diminutive dress a apiece apiece apiece piece of or paper Annette she said I am going to read this to you ou Listen I 1 am Annette Illington read Mrs Hardin heiress to the lost Isle of or Cinnabar I will ilI be very rich some day Save my clothes and the oilskin oilskin oil oil- skin packet packet- until my father comes tomes for me or until I am 18 I must lookout lookout look lookout out for a man with with- witha a saber cut upon his face tace For Gods God's sake ke keep p me safe saCe The listener above started as the note was read It lt vas was a strange note flak j 1 It it contained both a promise and ind anda a n wa warning rn I n g. g Look said Annette suddenly as she examined her possessions here Is a n locket I couldn't open It said Irs Mrs Har Har- din Annette tried It and failed to open it She turned to Neal See if it you can open it she said Neal fumbled rumbled with it for a moment and then the locket opened under his lila manipulation In it there was a pic pic- ture lure of or a man a well set up cl clear ar eyed American American-a a man with strong face and feature feature- My father said sail Annette I am sure it is my mr father Where is he lie When will ho lie come conic for me Suddenly Welcher Velcher started forward Godfrey Godfre he lie cried did you you hear that They had heard It a It-a a sharp report report re reo re- re port from froni somewhere or off shore and not wot so very ery far n away wn at that What Is in it 7 said Annetto Annette Its Us a shot from a small bore gun un said Neal Neat Come Conic on Joe Welcher lets let's go po out and see Neal was right It was a shot from a small bore gun gUll and it H was off shore The shot was the indirect result of the raid upon tho the gangsters an of or the time Si Side Pocket in Second lye ave nue flue New York For an hour at least a government government govern govern- ment meat destroyer with United States revenue officers aboard had patrolled pa trolled the tho coast waiting waltine for tor the sl signal signal sig sig- I Inal nal arranged as per the lie unsigned bit of patter taken from the coat pocket of oC Shorty the east side crook To b be l continued tomorrow There In I j a Inclination to abolish JT h bolt ha |