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Show The Romance of Elaine Sequelof Jta105 A Detective Novel and a Motion PiC- - By ARTHUR. B. REEVE The n re Novelist and th. ator of th. "Craig Kennedy" Stori.a. Drama W.ll-Know- Cre-tU- FreMsttd is CoU.Witios With Ik. Paths Players sad th Eclectic Fila Caasasy Covrricht 1914. r CM liar Cuwnr All Pmtn Riekta RcrTc4. SYNOPSIS. The morning after the finding of Wu Fang's body anil Kennedy's disappearance, - Marcus 11 Mar appears from a mini.- me, Klalne la warned by a llltle dd man to bo cureful of Del Mar, who the torpedo, only to have It destroyed fete tha little, old man, Jameson la captured by Dei Mtir'a men. Klulne lilm. Lieutenant Woodward and hla friend. I'rnfessor Arnold, attend a party given at the Dodan hnina, where unknowingly, Del Mar Klvt-- Khilne a clue. In her atto tempt prevent hla cutting the Atlantic eiule ahe la made a prisoner. Jameson, In a saves her from drowning. UlKKulshed aa a man ahe discover the entrance of Del Mar's wireless cave. 8he la aitved by Jameaon. Arnold and Woodward destroy the wireless Mar eaeapea. In a elation, but lel hotel In the wowli Klulne discovers lel Mur'a men at work, la captured, but escapes. When the hotel la attacked the men retreat to the woooa, where Lieuthey explode ga bomha. tenant woodward and hla defeating attacking parnew Klaine a receive, gun ly, from an unknown friend. searchlight Klalne discovers a honih hidden by one of Del Mur'a men. They take It to Professor Arnold's yacht. They lire attacked Iel Mar end hla men. The aearchllghtby gun aavea I'.lulne and Johnson who reach the yacht el Mar uppeara with a submasafely. rine and destroy, tha yacht with a torpedo. 1'rolesanr Arnold and his parly tecape. I, tired by a woman posing aa a module Klulne I. again captured by lcl Mar and rescued by an old naturalist and J ii meson na she Is ulxnit to drift over a wateifiill In a bout. I'rofessor Arnold. In a desperate attempt to prevent Del Mar from stealing tha heritor defense plana, makes Khiine the unconscious Instrument to save them. Arnold discovers I - Mar's Khilne la In I el Mar s Identity. cot t inn and taken totrapped the under sea ren- ri'ui hyilrn-H.rnpi.iu- 1 w- dezvous THIRTY-SIXT- THE EPISODE H KENNEDY WIRELESS PEDO. TOR- harbor. Del Mar's mind was working feverishly. Though be now had In bis I ower the girl he both loved and also feared aa the stumbling block In the execution of hla nefarious plans against Amprlca, he realized that in he had been forced to benetting her tray the precious secret of the harbor Itself. At the point where be knew that the barber was above him, bidden safely beneath the promontory, be took from under bis arm float which be released. Upward it shot through the water. A bote, in the harbor, a number of Ma men were cither on guard or lounging about. "A signal from the chief." cried a entry, pointing to the float aa It bobbed, up. "Kirk eff the lead shoes." signaled Pot Mar to the others, under the water. They did o and rose slowly to the surf see, carrying Elaine up lib them. The men at the surface were walling, for them and helped to pull Del Mar and Lis companions out of the water. 'Tome Into the o(?!c, right away," teckoned th I Mar anxiously, removing bis helmet and leading the way. la the office, the others removed their while Del Mar took the headgear off Elaine. She stared about fcer bewildered. ' Where am 1?" she demanded. "A woman:" eiclairued the men In the harbor in surprise. "Never mind where yon are." growled IV Mar, plainly worried. Then to the men, be added. "We can't May any longer. The harbor la discovered. Get ready to leave Immediately." Immediately there was a general scramble to make ready for the escape. In thn corner ef the office. Elaine, stain In her skirt and shirtwaist which the ditlng suit bad protected, sal oten-eyewatching the prepara-t'on- s f the men for the hasty departure. Horoe bad been detailed to get fie rifles which tbey banded around to those as yet unarmed. Del Mar took cue as well as a cartridge bell. "Guard her," be shouted to one rr.an indicating Elaine, " and if she gets assy this tim. Ill shoot you" Tl.rn he ltd the others down the l"(!eo until he came to a submarine tout. Th ret followed, still making t. reparations for a hasty Eight, d e e e e e e e e Wueii Woodward, Artmld and the attacking party bad discovered me unconscious In Del Mar's study, there bad been no time to wait for me to regain full consciousness,. Now, however, I slowly regained my amines and, looking about, vaguely began U realize what had happened. My first impulse was to search the study, looking In all the closets and table drawers. In a corner waa a large chest. I opened it. Inside were several of the queer helmets and suits which I bad seen Del Mar use and one of which be had placed on Elaine. For some momenta I examined them curiously, wondering what their use could be. TliHn my eye fell on the broken panel. I entered it and groped cautiously dowu the passageway. At the end I gazed about, trying to discover which way they bad all gone. At last, down on the shore, before a wharf I could see Woodward, the utnir-Ke-) old hermit, and the rest. I ran toward them, calling. e e e e e e By this time the soldier who had been sent for the submarine telescope) arrived at last, with the telescope. 1q suctions in several long cases. "Good " exclaimed the old hermit, almost aeUing the package which the soldier handed hlin. lie unwrapped it and Joined the various sections together. It was, as I have said, a submarine telescope, but after a design entirely new, differing from the ordinary submarine telescope. It had an arm bent at right angles, with prismatic mirrors so that 4t was not only possible to see the bottom of the sea, but by an adjustment also to see at right angles, or. as it were, around a corner. It waa while he waa joining this contrivance together that I came up from the end of the secret passage down to the wharf. "Why. here's Jameson," greeted Woodward. "I'm glad you're so much better." -Where's Elaine?" I interrupted breathlessly. They began to tell me. "Aren't you going to follow?" I ! Half carrying, half forcing Elaine clown Into the water. Del Mar and his two men. all four of the party clad In the outlandish submarine suits, bore the poor girl literally along the bottom cf the bay until they reached a point which they knew to be directly under the entrance to the secret submarine e ward, Arnold and the soldiers gathered, waiting for the telescope. Already Woodward bad bad a fast launch brought up, ready for use. e l, Voodward along with Professor in his diAgulse as a hermit, stood for a moment surrounded by the soldiers, after the disappearance of Elaine and Mar In the water. "I see it all. Bow," cried the "the submarine, the strange Ar-rol- I her-Wil- t, the toesssgee la the water, Tby here a secret harbor finder those cliffs, wlta an entrance beneath the water line." Hastily he wrote a note on a piece f tuper. ' Fend one of your men to my hesd-iarters wish that," be said, banding It t Woodward to read: Roarers cried. you see anybody come up through the water, these hand grenades ought to settle them." Along the ledge the men were stationed, each with a. pile of the grenades before bim. "See!" cried one of them from the ledge as he caught sight of one of our helmets appearing. The others crouched and stared. Del Mar himself hurried forward and gazed In the direction the man indicated. There they could see Woodward, Arnold and the rest of ua just beginning to climb up out of the water. Del Mar aimed and fired. One of the men bad thrown up his arms with a cry and fallen back into the water. Invaders seemed to swarm up now In every direction from the water. r On the ledge about one side of the harbor, Del Mar's men were now ranged in close order near a submarine, whose hatch was open to receive them, ready to repel the attack and if necessary retreat into the undersea boat. They fired sharply at the figures that rose from the water. Many of the men fell back, hit, but. in turn, a large number managed to gain a foothold on the ledge. Led by Arnold and Woodward, they formed quickly and stripped off the waterproof coverings of their weapons, returning the fire sharply. Things were more equal now. Several of Del Mar's men had fallen. The smoke of battle filled the narrow harbor. In the office Elaine listened keenly to the Bhots. What did it all mean? Clearly It could be nothing less than assistance coming. The man on guard heard also and his uncontrollable curiosity took him to the door. As he gazed out Elaine saw ber chance. She made a rush at hlra and seized him, wresting the rifle from bis bands before be knew it. She sprang back just as he drew his revolver and tired at ber. The shot Just narrowly missed her, but she did not lose her presence of mind. She tired the rifle in turn and the man fell. A little shudder ran over her. She had killed a man! But the firing outside grew fiercer. She had no time to think. She stepped over the body, her face averted, and ran out. There she could see Del Mar and bis men. "We can't beat them; they are too many for us," muttered Del Mar. "We'll have to get away if we can. Into the submarine!" re ordered. Hastily they began to pile into the open batch. Just as Del Mar started to follow them, he caught sight of Elaine running out of the office. Almost In one leap be was at her side. Before she could raised ber rifle and fire he bad seized it. She managed, however. semi-circula- rVSaW v by the hermit and Woodward, continued to batter at the door. "Now go down that stairway-ah- ead of me," ordered Del Mar. Elaine obeyed tensely, and he followed into his emergency exit, closing the trap. "Beat harder, men," urged the hermit, as the soldiers battered at the door, They redoubled their efforts and the door bent and swayed. At last it fell in under the sheer weight of the blows. gone with George he's "By Elaine," cried the hermit, looking at the empty office. "Pound the floor and walls with the butts of your guns," ordered Arnold. "There must be some place that is hollow." Meanwhile, through the passage, along a rocky stairway, Del Mar continued to drive Elaine before bim, up and ever up to the level of the land. At last Elaine, followed by Del Mar, emerged from the rocky passage in a cleft in the cliffs, far above the promontory. "Go on!" he ordered, forcing her to go ahead of bim: They came finally to a small but on a cliff overlooking the real harbor. "Enter!" commanded Del Mar. Still meekly, she obeyed. Del Mar seized her, and before she knew it he had her bound and gagged. Down in the little office our men continued to search for the secret exit. "Here's a place that gives an echo," shouted one of them. As he found the secret trap and threw It open, the hermit stripped off the cumbersome diving suit and Jumped in, followed by Woodward, myself and the soldiers. Upward we climbed until at last we came to the opening. There we paused and looked about. Where was Del Mar? Where was Elaine ? We could see no trace of them. Finally, however, Arnold discovered the trail In the grass and we followed him slowly picking up the tracks. e e e e e e e Knowing that the submarine would cruise about and wait for him. Del Mar decided to leave Elaine in the hut while he went out and searched for a boat in which to look for the submarine. Coming out of the hut, he gazed about and moved off cautiously. Stealthily ha went down to the shore and there looked up and down in- tently. A short distance away from blm In the process of construo was a pier "'k . :av r j ji . -- "Follow? How can we follow?" Excitedly I told of my discovery of the helmets. "Just the thing!" exclaimed the hermit. "Send someone back to get them." It was only a few minutes later that, in Del Mar's own car, I drove up to the wharf again and we unloaded the curious submarine helmets and suits. Quickly Woodward posted several of bis men to act as sentries on the beach, then with the rest we climbed Into the launch and slipped off down the shore. The la'inch which Woodward had commandeered moving along in the general direction which they had seen in Mar and bis men take with Elaine. With the telescope over the aide, we cruised about slowly in a circle. Arnold gazing through the eyepiece. All of os were by this time In the diving suits which I bsd brought from Del liar's, except that we had not yet strapped on the helmets. Suddenly Arnold raised bis band and signaled to stop the launch. "Ixiok!" he cried. Indicating the eyepiece) of the submarine telescope which be bad let down over the side. Woodward gazed into the and then I did. also. There we could sent the side of a submerged submarine a short distance away, through the oavelike entrance of what ap peered to be a great underwater harbor. "What shall we do?" queried Woodward. "Attack It now before they are prepared." replied the hermit decisively, "rut on the helmets." As soon ss we had finished, one after another we let ourselves over the side of .he boat and sank to the bottom. On the bottom we gathered and slowly, in the heavy unaccustomed element and cumbersome suits, we made our way in a body through the entrance of the harbor. Upward tbrongh the archway we went, clinging to rocks, anything, but always upwsrd. As we emerged a shot rsng out. One of onr men threw tip bis arms and fell bark Into the water. On we pressed. 1 eye-piec- e e e e Elaine sat in a comer of the office, miif, while the man who was guarding her, heavily armed, paced up and down, s Suddenly an overwhelming desire came over her to attempt an escape. I'.nt no sooner had she made a motion as though to run through the door, fcend new submarine telescope by than the tnin seized ber and rove ber arr. Yob wUl find It In esse No. bark to ber comer. 17, closet No. i. Arnold. Take your positions here," ordered ; Gs a wharf along the shore Wood D4 Mar to several of the men, "If They Watched. Fascinated, While Del Mar to push him off and get away from him. Stv looked about for some weapon. There on the ledge lay one of the hand grenades, Che picked It up and hurled It at him, but be dodged and It missed bim. On It flew, landing close to the submarine. As it exploded, snother of Del Mar's men toppled over into tha water. Between volleys. Woodward, Arnold and the rest pulled off their helmets. "Elaine!" cried Arnold, catching sight of ber in the bands of Del Mar. Quickly, at the head of such men as be could muster, the hermit led a charge. In the submarine the last man was wsitlng for I Ml Mar. As the hermit ran forward with several soldiers between Dei Msr and the submarine. It was evident that Del Mar would be cut off. The man at the batch climbed down into the boat. It was useless to wait, Blowly the submarine began to sink. Del Mar by this time bad overcome Elaine and started to run toward the submarine with ber. But then be stopped short. There was a queer figure of a hermit leading some soldiers. II was cut off. "Hark Into the office-?- " be growled, dragging Elaine. He banged shut the door just as the hermit and the soldiers made a rush at bim. On the door tbey battered. Hut it was In vain. The door was locked. In the office Del Mar hastily went to a corner after barring the door, and lifted a trap door In the fioor, known only to himself. Elaine did not move or make any attempt to escape, for DI Mar In addition to having a Vicious looking automatic In bis band kept a watchful eye on ber. Outside the office, the soldiers, led Made His Escape. tlon. Men were unloading spiles from a cable car that ran out on the pier on a little construction railway, as well as other material with which to fill In the pier. At the end of the dock lay a power boat, moored evidently belonging to someone interested in the work on the pier. The workmen bad Just finished unloading a earful and were climbing back on the empty car, which looked as if it had once been a trolley. As Del Mar looked over the scene of activity, be caught sight of the power boat. "Just what I want," he muttered to himself. "I must get Elaine. I can get away In that," The workmen signaled to the engineer above and the car ran up the wharf and up an Incline at the shore end. The moment the car disappeared Del Mar hurried away In the direction he bad come. At the top of the grade, he noticed, was a donkey engine which operated the eable that drew the car tip from the dock, and at the top of the Incline was a huge pile of material. The car bad been drawn up to the top of the grade by this time. There the engineer wbo operated the engine stopped It. Jntt then the whistle blew for the noon bour. The men quit work sed went to get their dinner palls, while the engineer started to draw the fire. Iteslde the engine, be began to chop some wood, while the car was held at the top of the grade by the cable, e e e e e In our pursuit w came at last In sight of a lonely bnt. Evidently that must be a rendezvous f Del Mar. Itui was be tbre? Was Elaine there? We must see first While we were looking about and debating what was the thing to do, who should appear bnrrylng tip the bill but Del Mar himself, going toward the but. bt As we caught sight of bim. Arnold shipping and tbe sand bars war Woodward and I. cleared. sprang forward. I strained my eyea through the followed by the soldiers also jumped glasses reporting feverishly to Burnout Del Mar turned and ran down the slde what I saw so that be could hill again with us after him, full cry. steer bis course. "There it is," I urged. "Keep on While we bad been waiting, some of JUBt to the left" the soldiers had deployed down the "I see it," returned Burnslde a mohill and now hearing our shouts, ment later catching with his naked turned, and came up again. Beside his engine, we could see an eye the thin line of foam on the water "Would you engineer chopping wood. He paused left by the periscope. now In bis chopping and was gazing mind getting that torpedo ready?" be out over the bay. Suddenly be had continued. "Ill tell you Just what seen something out In the water that to do. They'll try to duck as soon as bad attracted his attention and was tbey see us, but It won't be any use. staring at it. There it moved, nothsubing leas than a marine. As the engineer gazed off at it, Del Mar came up, unseen, behind blm and stood there, also watching the submarine, fascinated. Just then behind him Del Mar beard ua pursuing. He looked about as we ran toward him and saw that we had formed a wide circle, with the men down the hill, that almost completely surrounded bim. There wss no chance for escape. It was hopeless. But it was not Del Mar's nature te He gave one last glance give up. about There waa the trolley car that bad been converted into a cable way. It offered Just one chance In a thousand. Suddenly bis face assumed an air of desperate determination. He sprang toward the engineer and grappled with him, seeking to wrest the ax from his band. Every second counted. Our circle waa now narrowing down and closing In on him. Del Mar managed to knock out the engineer, taken by surprise. Just as our men fired a volley. In the struggle, Del Mar was unharmed. Instead be just managed to get the ax. An instant later a leap landed blm on the cable car. With a blow of the ax he cut the cable. The car began to move slowly down the bill on the grade. Some of the men were down below ( in its path. But the onrusblng cable car waa too much for them. Tbey could only leap aside to save them- "Craig!'' Cried Elaine, in Eager Surprise. selves. On down the incline, gathering mo- Tbey can't get totally submerged fast mentum every second, the car dashed, enough." Del Mar swaying crazily but keeping ' Following Burnslde's directions I the firing apparatus of tbe torbis footing. We followed as fast as we could, but It was useless. pedo. "Let it go!" shouted Burnslde. Out on the wharf It sped st a terrI did so, ss he volplaned down alific, pace. At the end it literally catapulted itself into the water, crash- most to the water. The torpedo felt ing from the end of the pier. As it sank, bobbed up. then ran along Just did so, Del Mar gave a flying leap out under the surface. Already I was into the harbor struck the water with somewhat familiar with the wireless device that controlled it. so that while a clean dive and disappeared. On down the hill we hurried. There Burnslde steadied tbe aircraft I could In the water was Del Mar swimming direct It. as he coached me. The submarine saw it coming now. rapidly. Almost before be knew it, we saw bim raise bis band and signal, But it was too late. It could not turn; It could not submerge In time. shouting. A terrific explosion followed as the There only a few yards away was the periscope of a submarine. As we torpedo csme in contact with the boat watched, we could see that it bad seen throwing a column of water high In blm, had turned in bis direction. the air. A yawning bole waa blown In tbe very side of the submarine. Would they get blm? We watched, fascinated. Some of One could see tbe water rush In. Inside, Del Mar and his men were our men fired, as accurately as they now panic stricken. Some of them could at a figure bobbing so uncertaindesperately tried to plug the hole. ly on the water. But it wss hopeless. Others fell, faintMeanwhile the submarine apfrom the poisonous gases that ing, rose so closer a and bit tbst proached developed. the hatchway cleared the waves. It were Of them Del Mar's was the only opened. One of the foreign agents cool head. all, assisted Del Mar In. He realized that all was over. He bad escsped at last! There was nothing left to do but what e e e e e e e It was most heartbreaking to have other submarine heroes bad done In bad Del Mar so nearly In our grasp better causes. He seized a piece of And then to have lost him. We looked paper and hastily wrote: Tell my emperor I failed only befrom one to another. In despair. cause Crelg Kennedy was asalnst me, Only Arnold, in his disguise ss a Del Mar. hermit seemed undiscouraged. SudHe had barely time to place the denly he turned to Woodward. In a metal float nearby. "What time la It?" he asked eagerly. message Down the submarine, now full of "A little past noon." sank. "The Kennedy wireless torpedo!" be water, With his last strength he flung the exclaimed. "It arrived today. Burn- message clear of the wreckage as It side Is trying It out." settled on the mud oa the bottom of over there flashed me the Suddenly bay. recollection of the marvelous Invention theBurnslde and I could but stare la that Kennedy bad made for the gov at the end of the ernment just before bis disappearance, grim satisfaction and our country. aa well as the memory of the experi- enemy of ourselves e e e e e ences I bsd bad once with the in X'p the hillside plodded Professor trepid Burnslde. Arnold stilt In bis wild disguise as the Woodward's face showed a rsy of Now and then he turned and Interest and bope In the overwhelming hermit cast an snxlous glance out over tbe on ns had settled that all. gloom at th fat disappearing periscopo "Yon and Jameson go to Fort Dale, bay of tbe submsrlne. quick," directed Arnold eagerly. "I'm Once be he not fit Get Burnslde. Have him saw the paused. That was when hydroaeroplane with Burnbring the torpedo In the air boat" slde and myself carrying the wireless W'e needed no further urging. It was a slender chance. Ilut I reAgain be paused as be plodded np, flected that the submarine could not this time a gasp of extreme satrun through the bay totally sub- isfaction. with He had seen the water It must bave its periscope potit and beard the explosion that merged. In view. We hurried away, leaving marked the debacle of Del Mar. Arnold, who slowly mounted the bill Tbe torpedo bad worked. The mot again. dangerous foreign agent of the coaliHow we did It. t don't know, but tion of America s wss dead, we managed to get to the fort In rec- and bis arrets bsdenemies with blm to gone ord time. There, near the aeroplane the bottom of the se. perhaps no hangar, sure enough, was Hurnsid one would ever know what the nation with some other men adjusting the bsd been spsred. first real wireless Kennedy torpedo, He did not pause long. now. More In word the last scientific warfare, eagerly be plodded np the bill, until bo V making an aerial torpedo boat. csme to the but. We ran up to the bangar calling to He pushed open the door. There-IsBnrnslde excitedly. It was only a Elaine, silll bound. moment later that be began to Issue cut the cords and tore tbeQuickly be gsg from orders la bis sharp staccato. His men her mmjth. swarmed forward and took the torAs be did so, bis own hesrd fell off. pedo from the spot where tbey had He wss no longer the hermit Nor been examining It adjusting It now wss be whst I myself bad thought beneath tbe blm. Arnold. "Jameson, yoo come with toe?" be "Craig!" cried Elaine In eager tar asked. "Ton went before." prise. We rrme quickly from the surface Kennedy said not a word as he and planed along out over the harbor. grasped her two bands. Far off we could see the ripple from "And yrrs were around us, tbe periscope of the submarine that protecting Walter always end me," she balf was bearing Del Mar away. Would laughed, half cried "I hysterically. Kennedys Invention, for which Del knew it I knew It!" Mar bad dared so much In the first Kennedy said nothing. Ilif, heart place, prove his final undoing? We wss too hsppy. sped ahead. "Tee," be Mid simply, ss tie gated Doern below In the submersible Del deeply into her great eyes, "my week Mar was giving hasty orders to his rm the case Is done " men. to dip down as soon ss all the THE END Ua...;aaAa. hydro-aeroplan- if ;i |