Show i The Secret o of the e Su S Submarine marine SS a. a i S Sa r f I a kA t I By y E. E Alexander Powell Powell- owe I t Author t t r of The Th End of the Trail Fighting in Flanders The Road to toL 1 L f Glory Vive Viva la Is France Etc t. t r tN SYNOPSIS 1 i Lieutenant Jarvis Hope is detailed by I United States naval board board t to l Investigate I Jt r nt jand and report p r on the Invention v n nr of r Dr r Ralph t Burke renews the air o in submarines submarines rines rifles under water lIe He Is welcomed at Valdavia the Inventors Inventor's home by Burke and his daughter Cleo A Japanese spy hides hides aboard submarine and Is surprised examining th the Invention A terrific fight ensues In machinery room and the spy escapes through the hatchway Water I pours pour Into the submarine Imperilling all within Cleo closes the hatch They battle for air the spy's bullet having damaged the ventilating device It Is re repaired re- re paired Sextus and Olga Russian spies plot to get the secret r Two To the struggle In the submarine Gerald Morton reached Valdavia Val Val- davia davia He went immediately to see Burke J. J 2 Doctor Burke began Marton when theY were seated in the inventors inventor's study I have been sent here by my uncle Calvin Montgomery f. f Calvin Montgomery ej ejaculated 55 Burke and Morton saw his face suddenly sud Bud denly blanch Calvin Montgomery Is Isi i ian r an an old friend I have not heard from him for many years But but but what does he want of me SS 1 He wishes to obtain an option on your submarine invention Dr Burke Durke said Morton on whom the inventors inventor's expression of momentary alarm had not been lost Should it pass the tests to which he be would naturally wish to put pui ft It he desires me to say that he would be willing to pay you very handsomely for forr your rights very rights very handsomely in indeed in- in deed I 1 appreciate your uncles uncle's offer Mr 5 Morton J was the reply but I cannot accept it In fact I have ha already promised my invention to the government government govern govern- ment of the United States We will far more than the i r pay you J. J government Dr Burke urged Morton and the government is notoriously I slow pay I The government already has my rnY promise said the Inventor firmly l I Then we cannot obtain the option 1 k It n It is out of the question as I have I already told you Before you make your decision final Dr Burke said Morton taking from his pocketbook the card which Calvin Montgomery had given him jou you ou had better read this y Burke adjusted his spectacles r Dear Ralph he read I once gave you yon something that I valued as much muchas I as you value alue the secret of ot the submarine rine rifle Now is your chance to repay me Calvin Montgomery S For some minutes the inventor invent r s sat t silent 11 lost in thought It was evident that the message on the card had deeply deeply deeply deep deep- ly stirred him At last he spoke This message places me me in a most S difficult position Mr Morton he saidI said I L L- L must have time to think it over A You had better see see- me again in a a. afew few tew days s As the inventor was ushering his i. i caller all r to the door Cleo Burke came j 7 v tripping down the stairs The broad broadt t brimmed sunhat that she wore accentuated accentuated the spun gold quality of of h her hert r t hair and the rose leaf beauty of her complexion the simple gown of clinging cling cling cling- clinging ing muslin emph emphasized her her girlish r slenderness By George said r l Morton Morton Mor- Mor r- r ton to himself what an exquisite K- K creature I n 11 5 i Mr rr Morton said Burke this fa Js r J Liny y y daughter Cleo So f Im rm delighted to meet you Miss i B urke was what Morton said but he was th thinking inking Cleo Cleo Now where the devil have I heard that name before By the living Jingo r remember It was the name used by Uncle Calvin when I overheard him r talking to himself the day I left New NewYork NewYork J York If It youre you're going to the town Miss Burke said Morton noting that she was was' was evidently dressed for the street may I have the honor of walking with t 1 you I am staying at the hotel t Ot Of course you may come with me meN 55 N T If it you like said Cleo obviously enJoying enjoying en- en the he attention of ot the handsome S S stranger Im I m going m marketing As Ast they strolled down the street laughIng laughing laugh- laugh t Ing and chatting gaily Morton unconsciously unconsciously unconsciously fell feU under the spell of her girlish girlish girlish girl girl- ish charm S 'S Tell me Miss Burke he said as he was leaving her do you know a man named Calvin Montgomery t i Why no no said Cleo I never heard the name before Yet Ill I'll bet bet my my last dollar that its it's more than a coincidence mused Morton Morton Morton Mor Mor- ton as he entered his hotel Uncle Calvin talking to himself speaks of ot a girl named Cleo Then almost in the same ame breath he tells me to come out here and nd see his old friend Burke And Burke introduces me to a girl named f Cleo And anyone could see that Burke was disconcerted when I gave him that message from Uncle Calvin Burke Burked d' d has has something on his mind besides the secret of the submarine I 0 w i Though Though the police started their 55 search for Satsuma within an hour after fter the submarine returned to shore with the body of the murdered seaman they had failed tailed to find the slightest I trace of the Japanese They had t. t S watched the outgoing trains and ferry ferry- boats They had gone through the lower quarters of Valdavia with a finer fine fine- r I. I tooth comb They had wired a deI description de de- de- de I of ot the murderer to every city and village fora forta hundred miles around Yet they could get no trace of ot him Satsuma had disappeared as completely vi r as though the earth had opened and I. I swallowed him f Late in the afternoon of ot the second v day after the fight in the submarine a af f man man might have been observed s strolling stroll stroll- strollS S t ing aimlessly along the beach outside s s the town He Ise behaved like one who f had had no definite objective and was walk walk- walk walk-ing Iv ing to kill time for he stopped every f now now and then to toss pebbles into the water or with his cane to trace patterns patterns patterns pat pat- terns in the sand So slow was his progress that darkness was falling when he found himself opposite a tumbledown tumbledown tumbledown tumble tumble- down and deserted fishermans fisherman's hut but j j which stood by itself itsel on the beach five miles from the town Glancing about r tol to tomake make certain that he was unobserved unobserved unobserved served he knocked sharply on the rickety rickety rick rick- ety door four door four short raps then three two one A moment later there was a sound as o of a plank being lifted within with with- in inthe the the- cabin 1 Its Ils all right Satsuma said eald the theman theman man without Its I Mahlin I I The Thedoor door opened and the visitor found himself him him- self in m a pitch black room Its not wise ise to show a light said r F Satsuma's voice in the darkness It ItS S might possibly be noticed by someone 1 passing on the beach Heres some food for you said the theman man called Mahlin MahUn producing various packages from the pockets o of his coat The police have been so busy that I didn't dare take the chance chanc of ot coming here before You certainly got yourself your our self into o one terrible scrape What did you you learn about the Invention I had a good look at the apparatus wd said In fact tac k Jha 1 maI n nF F caught me examining It That was when the shooting began The mechanism mechanism mech mech- Is comparatively simple Thereal Thereal The Thereal real secret Is In some formula which I Burke uses but which of course I was I unable to find 1 Mahlin MahUn uttered an oath Weve got gotto gotto got gotto to find it it he exclaimed You had better have a look through Burkes Burke's house tonight Its It's probably among the papers in his laboratory Its not safe for me to go out tonight to tonight tonight to- to night said sald the Japanese sullenly Ill run into some of ot the detectives I had better wait walt until the search for nie m-e ni has had time tim to die down go when I tell you to to my Oriental friend said Mahlin savagely and that's tonight Ive I've got to have that formula and Ive I've got to have it quick Its not safe to go o out tonight Satsuma Satsuma Satsuma Sat Sat- suma persisted stubbornly Burkes Burke s 's house to tonight tonight tonight to- to night snarled Mahlin l flying into a sudden rage or Ill I'll tell the detectives where they can find the Jap who killed that sailor Because he was accustomed to work far into the night and in order that he might not disturb Cleo who slept upstairs Dr Burke o occupied a a ground floor bedroom which communicated with his laboratory Despite his age the faculties of ot the inventor were unimpaired unimpaired un un- un- un impaired so that when in the silent hours that precede the dawn a a. a dun dim figure pried up the window opening on t the e veranda Burke always a light Jig sleeper was instantly awakened For some minutes he sat upright upright-in in bed In Intently Intently intently In- In listening but as the sound was not repeated he decided that he had been mistaken Just as he started to settle back however he lie heard distinctly distinct distinct- ly on the uncarpeted floor of the laboratory laboratory laboratory lab lab- oratory the sound of ot cautious footsteps foot foot- steps Slipping noiselessly out of bed he wrapped himself in a dressing gown and slipped his f feet et into a pair of slippers sUppers Then holding back the knob so BO that the latch could not click he silently opened the door door leading into the laboratory Bending over over the desk stood a man holding an electric torch The circle of light which It cast showed that he was hastily but aUy going through the Inventors Inventor's papers To be continued tomorrow |