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Show mam of v THE Tm SUBMARINE Author of "The End " of the Trad Fighting in Flanders " The Road to Glory "Vive la France etc . Novelised from the Motion Picture May Same Name hy the American Film Manufacturing Company Yr of the W, ML Alw, Awl SYNOPSIS. dare let myself think of what had happened to you, Cleo, darling. I was TJent. Jarvis Mopa la detailed by the afraid that that Mahlin hell-houn- United States naval board to Investlgat and report hta flndlnss on tha Invantion of Dr. Kalpb Burke, which serves to brine the aubmarlne to a atata of perfect nm. 7 On the trial ty4p of the Inven- -' tar's boat, a Japanese helper la aurprlaed In the act of examining tha mechanism. Hope reports favorably on the new device but there are others Interested in It. An attempt to burglarise Ioctor Burke's laboratory fails, but later hta daughter Cleo Anris him murdered in his bedroom. Cleo sells her father's books to get money; later she finds a note from which she learns that they contain tha secret formula. Olga Ivanoff and Ucrald Morton, two spies in search of tha formula, at tempt to capture Cleo when she comes for the books to Stephanskl, the anarth - 1st. Hope rushes to her aid; Morton shoots at him but the bullet hits a bomb. In the cellar, which explodes. Hops and Cleo aacape and attend a ball at Mrs Delmar's, whose nephew has two of tha missing .books. Mahlin, a spv, attempts to steal 'tha books; tn the excitement that follows tha books disappear. Mahlin escapes. Hops and Cleo take a boat for an Island out In the bay. The conspirators follow in other boats. Mahlin and the Jap turn out the island llKht. Morton's boat with the countess strikes a stray mine in tha Hope and bay. After ona violent atorm a strange Island and disCleo arrive cover that the man they hunt is there. But Mahlin and the Japanese also reach the Island and put up a fight for tha hooks. They escape from Hope but retha shack. The con- turn and - eplratore dynamite fall to harm Hope and Cleo. They manage to real h Banusboro, where Ioctor Owen has on of th hooka Karh of the others approach the doctor, but be refuses to hear them. He arranges to meet Hope at tha hotel with the book. Morton poses as Hops and but for an would hava possessed tha vol earthquake uma. Cleo is captured by Morton and tsken In bis friend's aeroplane to a lonely She finds there cabin in tha mountains. the book for which they search. Fortunota a to nately aha gats liopa, who, with Hook. Mtarta to tha rascua. As ha crosses tha chasm In the twinging basket Mahlin steals up and chops at the cable with an ax. Hook appears tn time to save Hope. Ha reaches the other side and is greeted by Cleo: she swears her love to him. They return to the valley but are followed to by Mahlin and the Jap who attempt capture Cleo. She swings herself over tha canyon. Olga and Morton are dashed to earth In tha aeroplane. -- . ELEVENTH INSTALLMENT 4 Out, out over the yawning gulch she swung until, feeling earth beneath her feet again, she released her hold upon tlu grapevine and dropped upon the opposite bank. But, though staggering from fatigue, she dared not rest, for she well knew the relentlessness and resource of her pursuers. Her clothes torn to ribbons by rocks and briers, her face and hands scratch- edadhi ceding? her breath coming in choking sobs, she yet stumbled on and on until she dropped at last from She had reached sheer exhaustion. the very limit of her strength; she could go no farther. .For an hour, two hours, perhaps, she crouched amid the bushes, wincing at every sound,' for Bhe could not bring herself to be Heye that Mahlin and Satsuma would abandon the pursuit. Tortured by the thought of Hope and Hook lying wounded, perhaps dying, in the forest, and goaded by the knowledge that if the man she loved was to be saved the must reach the nearest settlement and send them help, she twice strug gled to her feet, but ahe had sprained her ankle In her mad flight and each time she sank back, helpless and groaning. Nor could she hope to And her way down the mountainside, for - darkness was already falling. Overcome by loneliness and misery and fear, she threw herself face downward on the ground and her slender figure shook with sobs, for, be It remembered. she was very young and very unhappy and very, very tired. But all at once she ceased her. sobs and sat erect tense with terror, for eiiqulijearaJi4jca.U2htJJtiejunriuur of approaching voices. Mahlin ,and Satsuma must have found a way around the gulch and have again plcked-u- p her trail. At the thought she fell Into an uncontrollable fit of d though she trembling. was, the knowledge of what It meant for her to fall Into the hands of the Japanese and his equally ruthless employer, sent her Into an agony of fear. Far, far rather would she have submitted to the caresses of Morton than to find herself in the power of such fiends In human form as she knew Yet she could her pursuers to be. fly no farther. Her ankle was swollen as was causing tier excruciating pa.tt. She knew .that her sole chance of escape was to remain bidden la the bushes that they might pass her The voices were nearer now. by. So violent was the pounding of her heart that It seemed as though it must Stout-hearte- About them there was the tones. familiar? Then she knew. something It vus not Mahlin and Satsuma who were approaching, but Hope and Hook. She waited, breathless, until they were near enough so that there was no cnance of her being mistaken.-- Then: .Jarvis,, Jarvis,', .she callejU. .'.It's here. In the bushes. Geo There were twin exclamations of surprised relief, toe crash of underbrush trampled under foot, and Hope, closely followed by Ilook, burst. through the bushes and gathered her Into his d had caught you. And I thought that you had been killed dearest. ahe sobbed, her head I saw - Satsuma upon his breast. strike you when you were, struggling with Mnhlln I saw you fall . . . then they both started after me I knew that the only way to help you wus to reach the town and get assistance . . . so I ran . . , they( nearly caught me on the edge of a gulch,' but I swung across It on a grapevine . . . then I sprained my ankle and couldnt go any farther , . . Tve been so worried altout you, Jarvis , . . areyou bndly hurt? and her hand felt timorously of the lump that Satsumas weapon had raised on the back of his head. ... ... Only a tap, dear, he answered I was only unconscious for lightly. Hook got a nasty a few minutes. crack, though. It was twenty minutes before I was able to bring him around, A 1 soon as he was able to walk we started In the direction you had taken, but we could find no sign qf you. so we set out for town to raise a posse and search the mountains for you. It makes me shudder, darling, to tliluk of what you have escaped. Dont worry about Jt any more, dear," said Cleo, putting her lips up to bo kissed. Im saft In your arms Im afraid, Jarvis, that again I cant walk any farther tonight , , . Hook my ankle pains too- - much. doesnt look as though he felt like walking very far, either," she added, pointing to the old seaman, who was seated on a log holding his throbbing head In his hands. You guessed right. Miss Cleo, groaned Hook. I couldnt walk another step tonight, not for a million dollars. My headfeels like a boiler tkati being pounded with a sledgehammer. That murderous Jap certainly If gave me one awful wallop I ever lay hands on him hell be sorry that he ever was born," It would be foolish for us to attempt to get down the mountain tope It Is decisively. night," almost dark and we dont know the pa or anyway." The best tsing e can; do Is to make ouselves as comfortable as possible for the night and start fresh In the morning. Cant we start a Are? begged Cleo, shivering, Im awful cold. It's taking's chance, said Hope, a little doubtfully, because if Mahlin and Satsuma are still locking for us It might attract their attention. But I fancy that theyve given up the chase as hopeless by this time . . . and without a fire we would freeze to death before morning. You .stay here with Hook, dear, and Til skirmish around and see If we can find a place where we can build a fire without Its being seen. In half an hour he was back. Fve found a place thnt might have been made for us, he announced, and led the way a short distance up the mountainside to a shallow niche In the face ef the cliff. Though barely large enough to hold the three of them. It was dry and clean, while the great mass of rock which overhung It served the double like a purpose of shielding It from observation and from the weather. On the level rock in front of the niche Hope started a brisk fire and, with Hook's ... three-quarter- f At I ... V u' saliJ-IIo- porte-coche- re asslatancorirsKged-a-pitrtrate-- - tree truqk Into place so as to form a backlog. What Is that for asked Geo, curiously. To turn the heat toward us. he explained; It takes the rlace of the brick wall at the back of a fireplace so that we get the full benefit of the fire. With that back log well get so much heat In here that we wont need blankets and Its Just as well, for we havent any. The fire started, Hope disappeared, only to return a few minutes later daggering under a load of leafy boughs which he laid to a uepth of half a foot on the rocky .floor of their sleeping place. Over this woodmans mattress Geo helped him to spread a thick layer of dry leaves and grass. It isnt quite up to the standard of Fifth avenue hotels, he remarked, viewing his work with satisfaction. N -I prv 14. r. mud-staine- mud-staine- .been found. e f "X knew your father well, Mus Burke, and admired him deeply, if j caa of service to hla daughter I shall coa. slder it a privilege." T have reason to believe, Mr Romero," said Geo, that you can b of very great service. Indeed," and she proceeded to tell him the story of her fathers mysterious death, of the lost formula and of how much depended on Jta recovery, of the clue given i the letter which she discovered In her fathers desk, of the discouragements and perils which they had encountered In their search for the book w hlch she had found in the cabin on the ledge. So I have my fathers word for it," she concluded, that the formula li hidden In the philosophy and that It can be deciphered by reading eery seventh word on page sixty-t,wAnd I believe, Mr. Romero, that the which you bought at Dawsons auction rooms contains the secret." "Mf dear child, said Romero, who had listened to the long recital with the utmost sympathy and Interest, you must prepare yourself for a great It Is true that I disappointment bought a philosophical work at the sale of your fathers library but. unfortunately I have lost It" Hope and Geo, their high hopes thus suddenly destroyed, uttered exclamations of discouragement and despair. "It was a small book, continued the naturalist, so last week, just as I was starting on a camping trip, I slipped It Into my pocket lntendiug to read it that night in camp. But wheu night came it was gone. It had evidently fallen ont of my pocket somewhere on the trait To have searched for it in the mountains would hare been a hopeles task, even had I realized its value, which, of course, I did d d - o. - The repeated and utter failures of Mahlin and Satsuma to gain possession of the secret of the 'submarine exfinally drove their employers to were asperation, and harsh measures decided upon. The spies were summoned before the black council, the executive body of the secret service of their government. The meeting was held In the council chamber amid black trappings and ghastly reminders of the fate that awaited treachery or failure. A grave assembly of masked figures listened coldly while their chief, the only one whose Identity was not hidden hehlnd a black mask, questioned Mahlin and Satsuma regarding their activities in pursuit of the much-desire- d secret. Their explanation failed to satisfy. The decision of the counnot" cil was announced coldbloodedly and Do you remember the title of the emphatically by the chief. They must book? Who Hope asked eagerly. secure the secret within the next four was Or the author? the publisher?" 1 week or death would be the penalty It sounds absurd, I know, cone e e e fessed the naturalist, "bdt I dont Upon their return to San Francisco, know the title of the book or who Hope found awaiting him at his hotel wrote it .Indeed, my chief reason for an official envelope bearing the famibidding it in was because it had beliar heading of the navy department longed to my old friend. Doctor Burke. The letter It contained, which was They wrapped It np for me at the marked Strictly Confidential," was auction rooms and I did not take the signed by an official high In the bureau trouble to unwrap it before slipping of naval intelligence. It into my pocke'i when I started on A you are perhaps aware," the the trip. All that I can tell you about letter concluded, there exists at the It is that it was quit? a small book moment between the United Statea and, from Its condition, evidently an and a certain power whose name it Is old one. It is indeed a great sorrow unnecessary to mention, a situation of to me. Miss Burke, that you should the utmost gravity. This power Is con- have suffered so great loss through vinced that we have permitted our navy my carelessness. to deteriorate to such an extent that Fm afraid, dear, said Hope, as, hostilities could be Inaugurated against taken leave of Romerothey ivlng us with a reasonable chance of sucwere riding down the trail which led' cess. It Is no exaggeration, therefore, an and to to assert that the discovery of Doc- to the railway, that this puts at our of the secret, finding hope tor Burkes formula may save this nawe only knew least for the If present. tion from Invasion. Under these cirbook that Romero lost cumstances there Is no need for me the title of the we conld obtain a duplicate copy, but, to urge you to prosecute the search as we dont know it, the only alternawith the utmost energy. The safety we have left Is to apply the key of the United States may well depend tive to all the philosophical works we caa upon your success. find in the hope that we may eventuWe mustnt lose a minute in conally strike the right one. It may take said Geo de- ns tinuing the search, a long time, though. cisively when Hope showed her the I wont, have you worry any more letter. about that old book," said Geo. You ("But I thought we were to be married told me the other day that I would this week, dearest, he demurred. be very rich when the secret was , The 'wedding can wait for a few found but I am already very There ft too rich in having your lote, dear heart days," she answered. much at stake for ns to think of any- Believe me, Jarvis, secret or no secret thing but the discovery of the secret I am perfectly content But It will only take a few hours "If you count my love' as wealth," for us to obtain a license and find a said Hope, "then you are quite the clergyman, urged Hope. "Surely we richest person In the world, for I can wait that long." know no one ever loved a woman as "You dont think that I'm going to much as I love you. And if I cant be married without a wedding gown give you many luxuries, dear, I can and a trousseau, do you?" she demand- at least make you very, very happy." ed. "Because if you do you are sadly "Im the happiest girt In the world, mistaken. I only expect to be married already, Cleo told him. once and Fve set my heart on having It was with singing hearts, therethe things that other girls have. Our fore, that the loss of the book already happiness can wait for a .few days, forgotten, they boarded the train lot dearest," she added persuasively. Our San Francisco. country comes first" f As they entered the hotel Geo was "Youre perfectly right dear.1 chatting gayly about her plans for the agreed Hope, secretly applauding her wedding, which was to take place the patriotic stand. We will take up the first of the following week. search again at once. There are only "Of course," she was saying, "now five books still to find and the missing that the secret of the submarine Is philosophy must be one of them. to probably lost forever, we will have se name U next oa tha. list??, live on your pay, Jarvis havo a very simple wedding. . I'm going to married In a dove-grasuit . . .' do you think you wlU like me in a dove-grasuit Jarvis T "Like you? he repeated; "whjr dearest you're the world and the sun and the moon and the stars to me - ... r V .If. aiM a spat oiyMs single band; signal, the when Hope give hundred every ounce of hla three same the st while pounds Into his pull, to free frantically time Geo struggled reluctantly, sullenly, herself. Slowly, the marsh monster released its prey and Hook dragged lec to the banks was and to safety. To extinct Hope not so easy, for, owing to his greater alweight, he had sunk Into the bog after at last, but most to his armpits, sucrepeated attempts, Hook and Geo ceeded In effecting his rescue. Late that afternoon a mob of cheermain ing townsmen surged up the Its on Eulalia bearing utreet of Santa shoulder a weary, very but very beautiful girl and two equally men. . Geo weary and whose mysterious disappearBurke, ance had aropsed the whole countryside, whose pictures and deandption were on the walls of every police station' and post office In the state, had of-wa- v, jr Mahlin and Satsuma Before the Black Council. tatlon more luxuriant; the pines and grapevlne-r-- a long one, such as I furs gave way to live oaks; the swung across the gulch on there are canyons became ravines, lots of them in the forest I saw them and the ravines ran ont in valleys, this morning. But yon must hurry, whose gentle slopes were carpeted Hook . . . hurry , , or you with lush, green grass. Little did they will be too late. dream that In this fair and smiling Tt plendld ldea, dear, said region death awaited them In Its most Hope. It never occurred to me. If hideous form. we are saved It will be due to you. Emerging on the upper slopes of one I hope that he will get back fa of these mountain valleys, they saw time, she remarked, as y below them a brood band of marsh. as though there depended upon his Its viscid, slimy surface broken here return nothing more than a and there by clamps of bullrushes and social engagement, important but terror wa reeds winding like a great andloath-sotn- e gnawing at her heart, for she could serpent down the valley floor. feel herself slowly sinking. ToTmrtdrtbts-bognroiarThe time dragged by. The seconds Hopepcss? ed, entail a detour of several miles, passed like minutes, and the minutes which was made out of the question seemed like hours. Though tormented hy the condition of Geos ankle. by myriads of insects, they dared not It's not deep," he said to Cleo. We stir for fear of the end. can easily wade across or rather, Ill Already the blackhastening ooze was above wade and carry you. their hips and was slowly, inexorably Its kinds treacherous lookin, creeping higher. Better go lootenant, warned Hook. Dear heart." said Geo, after a careful or you may have some trouble pause. If If Hook should not long get back In time, I want to go down holdgettiu out" If It gets too dep I'll come back. ing your hand. I shall not be frightsaid Hope carelessly; but we cant ened of death, then. You dear, brave girl, get Into trouble. Its only n bit of groaned swampy ground. Ive shot ducks In Hope; this la all my fault. I seem far worse swamps than this hundreds to have brought you nothing but of times." And lifting Geo In his misery and trouble." t arms be waded out Into the marsh. You have brought me nothing but For the first hundred feet or so he happiness, dear, said Geo. And experienced no difficulty, but, as he death holds few terrors so long as proceeded, the surface became softer, yon are beside me. But were not going to die," she exmore' treacherous, and, under Geos added weight, he sank deeper at every claimed a moment later. Theres step. But his was not the character Hook and he has the grapevine.' rock-walle- d ls-a , matter-of-fact-l- d,' pt good-size- d jkU-fl- L fully, he struggled on. perspiration were streaming down his face and he was.panling from his exertions but he was half way across now. Then came disaster. Without the slightest warning the character of the marsh through which he had been laboriously wading abruptly changed; he suddenly lost his footing and plunged forward, and, before he realized that his struggle were only making matters worse, he was Ingulfed in quicksand to the waist. Geo, appreciating the handicap which her weight Imposed upon hlfij. struggled from his arms, only to find herself sink deep Into the mire. Standing side by side, with firm ground barely fifty yard -- ? y youre In pardon. lieutenant Hope." tempted the clerk, "but here's It special delivery letter for you. came In this morning. the Glancing with some surprise at dashing a In was which superscription, and hand, Hope tore open the envelope drew out the sheet of crested and scented note paper. At first he glanced curiously at the closely written sheet; then, as though he could not credit the evidence of his eyes, be read me again. As the significance of the turned he him Mawned sage upon th deathly pale; the hand. bolding side, his letter dropped lifelessly to -- "Beg -- ilcrctreyetraddeodTE'rsea- - tfItrrn,edwoodsr"'imff'ttsffcrwer- 'nSaSMT excIamaUon'-eped- of beds that Ive-sleIn. There Tuay be some' lumps in It, but were" too tired to notice them. Now, we would be quite comfortable If we only had something to eat Ive some chocolate," announced Geo,"1 producing from tfie pocket of cake I thought her skirt we might be hungry before we got back to town, so I put It in my pocket before we left the cabin. Bully for you, dear," cried Hope, We wont have to go to Led hungry, in any event. 't arms. That's only the first course," she Thank God ! Thank God ! he whis- laughed gayly, as she proudly displaypered noarsely, as he crushed her ed three grape leaves heaped high didnt with luscious wild backberrles. The aJendei body against him. ... bushes are covered with them, ahe away, they were as belples as though I picked them while you their lower limbs were Incased., from explained. were gathering the wood. the waist down. In plaster of parts. he , Praps, under the circumstances, Scarcely had Hope realized thatthan this might taste sorter good, seeln as could no longer free his feet, were all pretty well fagged, broke In there came to him a still more terrible Hook, rather shamefacedly producing realization slowly, almost Impercepts a bottle of whisky, still ible, Indeed, but none the lesa surely, disfull. Its very comforting on cold they were going down. Geo moment, same the almost at It nights. always have a bottle along covered in case I should get a chill. for she said la a startled voice: Youre very subject to chills, Ive Jarvis, I feel as though I were -noticed, said Hope dryly, but Just sinking. Its all right, dearest, he answered the same its the very thing we all Theres nothing to be need tonight A drink of this and a reassuringly. still good nights sleep and well feel quite worried about. Stand perfectly all out right. and Ill get you different by morniftg. But despite his confident tone he After they had consumed their scanty for he but none the Jess satisfying meal, was worried, terribly worried, was a their plight Hope Insisted ' on examining Geo's appreciated that one. ankle, which was bndly swollen and desperate Dont come any farther. Hook, he was causing her acute distress. Gone who had started by a mountain stream tumbled down- called to the seaman In trouble. Get Were them. ward In a series of cascades and pools after be In trouble or once at back youll order reduce to the swelling, and. In Hope ordered Geo to put her foot yourself.? Wlmfa the- - matter, lootenant?" for gf time InHthe Icy water. After bathing the ankle with whisky In lieu shouted Hook, as, obeying Hopes Are of alcohol, he skillfully bandaged It order, he regained the bank. with a strip tom from the bottom ef you in quicksand? v afraid so, Hope answered. her skirt, and. lifting her In his arms, carried her back to the niche In the We cant move and we seem to bex rock, where Ilook was already asleep slowly sinking, What shall I do? the sailor shoutand snoring. Then, after gathering Shall I get some branches 7 ed. a fresh supply of firewood, he crawled I dont think they will do any good. into the niche, which, as he had preWere In dicted, was comfortably warm, and Hook, came the answer. to onfcr The too get us way deep. stretched his aching body on the better Youd a with Is out rope. Twice besides Geo, boughs during the night he softly stole out and re- hurry down the valley and see If you a plenished the fire. Creeping silently can find help. You may run across have But a lariat. with comyoull back in order not to awaken his cowboy . panions, he bent for a moment over to hurry or youll be too late . . the sleeping girl. Never had he seen were steadily sinking. such a picture of loveliness and InBut to himself Hope said : He can nocence. Her figure, he noted, was never make It. We will have sunk so slender as to be almost boyish; long before he can get back with help. her glorious hair had tumbled down God what a death to die In quickend formed about her head a goldep sand. aureole ; her blouse was unfastenedjatf Keep cheered up. Miss Geo, and called Hook, as the neck and the flickering-firelig- ht you, revealed her snowy throat. Even as he started off on a lumbering run. HI be back with a rope before yon Hope gazed, spellbound by her beauty, her eyes opened, and she murmured know Ive started. sleepily, I love you, dearest, Suddenly Geos young voice rang Awakened by the morning sun, they out. Hook, Hook I she called. Wait breakfasted on the rest of the a minute.' I have an Idea, for all at chocolate and more wild blackberries once there had come to her the reand started down the mountain. Their collection of how the day before she progress was slow, however, for Geos had saved herself from Mahliq and ankle trill caused her such palnhat Satsuma. she wasable to walk only with the Listen to me, Hook, she commandassistance of her companions. Gradu- ed. There is no time to find a rope ally the country In which they were we would be dead before yon could traveling became less rough, the vege- - get back with one. But yon can get a .m and he had, as she said, the. grapevine A monster creeper, as thick as a cable and almost a strong. Venturing aa far Into the marsh as he could with safety, Ilook polled the giant vine and 'threw It as a cowboy throws a lariat The first time It missed them, and the second, but the third attempt was more successful and it fell within Hopes reach. Take hold of it Geo, he directed, and hang tight When I count three Hook Is to pull for all he Is worth and you must kick, struggle, do" every-thin- g yon can to loosen yourself." The seaman, wrapping the vine around him like the anchor In a tug-- "' Motionless, as though carved fAm panorama of forest mountain, and atone, he stared before him with no stream unequaled in all the world seeing eyes, the image of a man comNor did they need to be assured of pletely crushed. the Identity of the tall, eagle-face- d (TO BE CONTINUED.) old. mau with the keen blue eye and the mane of snowy hair who greeted Matter of Knowledge. them on the veranda, for hls f eatures The Lawyer Are you acquainted ? had long been familiar to them through with any of th men on the jury newspapers and magazines. The Witness Yes, sir more Mr. Romero, said Hope, T am half of them. Lieutenant Hope of the navy and tbi Hie Lawyer Are you wining w Is my friend. Miss Geo Burke." swear that you know more than baJ "No relation, I suppose to Dr. Ralph of them? f arke. the Inventor, who died recentThe Witness Well, If It come " ly Inquired the naturalist. that, I am willing to swear that . He was my father, sir," said Geo know more than all of them pul ' proudly. gather. r |