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Show TETSEdET F 44 T 44 Lieut. Jar via Hope reporta tlndlnxs on rfti invention of lir. Ralph Burke. On the e trial trip of the inventor's boat,acta Japa-eeof ex helper is surprised in the mmlnlof the mechanism. Attempt to 'toirflarise Burke's laboratory fails; later Bis daughter Cleo finds him murdered in his bedroom. Cleo sells her father's books; he finds a note from which she learns they contain secret formula. Olga Ivan ft and Oerald Morton, spies in search f formula,comesattempt to toeapture Cleo for books when she Slephanskl. the anarchist. Hope rushes to her add; hits but a bomb In bullet shoots hfnrtoo eilar, which explodea liopa and Cleo ocape and attend ball at lira Delmar's, whose nephew has two missing books. Mahlln, a spy, attsmpts to steal books; that follows books disap la excitement pear. Mahlin escapee Hope and Cleo take boat for an island put In the bay. Mahlln and the Jap turn out the island Sight. After a violent storm llope and Cleo arrive on strange island and discover anan they hunt is there. Mahlln and Jap aneae also reach the Island. They escape from Hope but return and dynamite the hack. Hope and Cleo manage to reach ttandaboro, where Doctor Owen has one ot the books. He arranges to meet Hope as .at the hotel withtorbook. Morton poses an earthquake would Mope and but have possessed the volume. Cleo Is cap tured by Morton and taken to cabin In She mountains She finds there book for which they search. Fortunately she gets note to Hope, who, with Hook, starts to reacua As he crosses chasm in swing basket Mahlln steals up and chops Ing cable with an ax. Hook appears In .at aims to save Hops lie reaches the other ids and Is greeted by Cleo; she swears her love to him. They are followed by Mahlln and Jap who attempt to kidnap Cleo. Phe swings herself over the can yon. Olga and Morton are dashed to an aeroplans Hope and Cleo 5srthln Are pulled from quicksands by Hook and st grapevine. Mahlta and fistsuma are trailed before the. Black Council. On the track of another book, they find the own me hae lost It. Hope receives a letter demanding hie marriage to a girl who claims he compromised her. He le to comply by Cleo. Accidently he J forced teams that It Is a plot to rope him in. tie le later summoned to Washington. , . THIRTEENTH INSTALLMENT E -- veritable kingdom of the cow, for up wards of thirty thousand cattle found pasturage on Its half a million acres, which stretched along the Slerran foot miles. Over bills for nearly three-scor- e this great domain the word of William Ellsworth, Its owner, was law, saw to It that and hit the law waa obeyed. It was amid seb surroundings that Olga and Mor ton, after ifngerlng for several days cow-punche- rs at the gates of death, cams back to consciousness. You have had a mighty close call, young woman," said the doctor whom Ellsworth had summoned from the . nearest town, thirty miles sway, as he aat one morplftg st Olga's bedside, and so has your friend in the other room. Now the best thing for you to do Is to stay right here until you It's a healthy, . sure In shape again. recover much will and Ufe, you quiet quicker here than you would in the city, Mr. Ellsworth tells me that yeu are welcome to stay here as long as you wish." Thus it came about that a month After their accident Olga and Morton were still at the Bar-- ranch. Though impatient to resume their search for the lost formula, they realised that .they had by no means regained tbetr strength and that they could not do tetter than to accept the doctor' advice to make haste slowly. They were bow sufficiently recovered, however, to -- E r - s t x answered Ellsworth. "Ban- - V r r half-bree- d J Morton Wrested the Precious Volume ' From Her Grasp. pend several hours each day In the saddle, making leisurely excursions mp and down the San Leandro, for GLsworth Lad warned them to confine their rides to the valley and not to venture Into the canyons unless some of the cowboys accompanied them, "And Its just as well to have a gun .along, be had added quietly. "Theres never any telling when you may need asked narrow cleft In what entered. Morton. ap- peared, from a little distance, to be a solid wall of rock, to emerge, a moment later, in a veritable secret valley. From the top of on of the cliffs a mountain stream tumbled In a series of cascade and waterfall to the valley floor, across which it wound and twisted to disappear aubterraneously upon the other aide. Beside the stream some tents were pitched and beyond themwas an open fireplace over which s men was cooking. Instead of dismounting at the tents, their guards 01ga and Morton straight little valley toward the cliff side. As they approached, Morton noticed, cut In the face of the cliff, a square aperture which resembled the entrance to a small tunnel or to the gallery of a mine. He guessed, and rightly, that it was the entrance to one of those natural cavern with which the Sierras abound and which the bandit leader had utilized as a habitation. Jose exchanged a few words in Spanish with a evidently a senwas who lounging st the entrance try, and, evidently receiving an answer In the affirmative, flung himself from his horse and strode, with jangling spur, Into the cavern. Ogla and Morton, dejectedly slttlng thelr horses, could hear a murmur of voices within but the words vere indistinguishable. Presently Jos reappeared accompanied by a man who, the captives Instantly divined, was the outlaw chief himself. They were In the presence Scted t, A r? - 5 -- 74'- S' ( i - ef , . we bad better not stranger any nearer until we And out who they are and what they want" He was not kept long In doubt as to the strangers Intentions, for, aa they pulled up their ponies, V, rifle cracked and a bullet kicked up a spurt of dust within yard of Morton. "By beavenl" be shouted, "ita the bandits f And theyve cut us off from the ranch 1 Our only chance la to reach Number Tour camp. There are half a dozen of Ellsworths men there and If w can get there w will be safe. But we will have to rid like blazes to make It" Suiting the action to the words, he whirled his pony, drove his spurs into Its flanki, and, callously abandoning Olga to her fate, went racing up the valley in a desperate attempt to es- boy snorted. "Didnt X see It happen Which way did they go?" demanded Ellsworth, buckling on a cartridge belt and revolver. "Up the Costilla canyon," the cowboy answered. Its Carrillos gang, right enough," said Ellsworth, "and It'll take some hard riding If we are going to catch up with them." Half an bonr later Ellsworth, followed by a score of cowboys armed to the teeth, was clattering up the valley toward the mouth of the Costilla canyon. At the head of the canyon, however, the pursuers were compelled to pause, for from this point two trails led Into the mountains and. In the darkness. It was Impossible to tell which of them the bandits and their cape. was old and mount whose captives had taken. Aa they were Olga, discussing the question, one of the alow, had not gone a quarter of a mil before she waa overtaken by the ban- cowboys spied something white lying dits and a bearded ruffian, leaning on the ground. It was a woman's from his saddle, caught her bridle and handkerchief. "Were on the right trail, boys," pulled her horse to a standstill. "Keep quiet and you wont get hurt, cried Ellsworth. ft $ 9 nils," be said, "but If you try to with hard of you." dawn was The first faint light, get away itll go she gilding the peaks of the Sierras when "What do you want of me demanded, showing no sign of the ter- Olga and Morton were roughly awakror that she felt "Where are you ened by their captors and ordered to mount! ""As th EUl.cavaled elowly going "Were goln to take ygu to call on made ita way up the trail, which 'had now become extremely steep, Captain Carrillo, lady,"- - a fellow answered with a leer. shot rang out amid the trees below. Only two of the gang had paused A second shot followed and then into capture Olga ; tbe rest bad con- - other.' Five minutes later one of the been acting as a rear- tinned Mtoawb was bandits riding up the. valley at top speed. guard came hurrying up. Around bis "Stop or well shoot I" roared the head was twisted a handkerchief on fellow who was evi- which was a splotch of crimson. "The punchers I" he gasped. "Theyre dently the leader of the band, raising his rifle, but Morton, right behind u twenty of em H The leader of the band ripped out a only rode tbe harder. Crack I .The bandits weapon spoke torrent of oaths. Jose, be, called to of peand the bullet whined hungrily past on of bis men, a Morton's bead. The next bullet struck culiarly evil appearance, "you and his horse. A moment later the ban- Manuel go ahead with the prisoners. dits swept up in a cloud of dust. If they try to escape or make any "Hands up!" sang out the leader, trouble, shoot em. The rest of us leveling bis rifle st Mortos, who was will bold back the punchers until nervously fumbling for his revolver. youve got a good start." go r i le , JS forf to the pass a fellow-bandi- rat-face- d "What "Hears?" E "Bandits Y echoed Morton Incredulously. T thought that sort of thing was all over In California. I sup! posed that bandits were confined to western novels, Bundsy supplements, and motion pictures." "Not by a Jugful," said Ellsworth. "This region has been terrorized for more than a year now by a gang of outlaw who have their headquarters somewhere In the mountains at the back. Their leader Is a Mexican, named Carrillo a very able fellow gone wrong, I understand. lie used to be a lawyer down In Arizona somewhere, but he was mixed up in several shady transactions, finally became Involved In a counterfeiting deal, killed the United States marshal who tried to arrest him, and skipped the When supper time st tha ranch We hadnt country between two day came and went without tha return of had any trouble with them, however, and Morton, their host became Olga acciuntil about a week before yonr darkness fell and dent One of Carrillos lieutenants, worried,wereand when no still there signs of them, bis a fellovr named Lopez, with three or to alarm. He changed worry downright four companions, raided one of my on In of was. the fact, ordering point and camps, killed the man In charge, We struck ont a searching party when his fears ran off a dozen horse their trail within three hours after the were confirmed by a cowboy who murder and chased them right Into the pulled bla reeking pony to its We caught Lopes and haunches before the ranchhons door. mountains. "The feller and the girl thats been strung him up, but his two compan- stayin'-hor" he s1 began breathlessly, ions jotaway. A few days later CarEllsworth. "Yea,, yea," Interrupted rillo sept me word that be would even 7' about them? "What man will acore a the and that hes up "Carrillos got em Jr keep bla word. Thats, what I mean "Are you surer the ranchowner deby saying that when you and Mlsa manded. Ivanoff are out riding you had better nell, of course rm sure !" the cow- keep to the valley and not get too far away from the house." "Much obliged for the advice," said ' ; Morton lightly. Yet so little Importance did Morton attach to Ellaworths warning that when he and Olga took their customary ride the following afternoon, he deliberately ventured beyond the bound which he knew to be dictated . When the setting sun by safety. , . warned them that it waa time to return, they found that they were considerably farther from the ranchhouse than they bad supposed. Turning their A ponies, they were proceeding homev Y ward at a brisk lop when they were of see horsemen to a party surprised ride out from a canyon which de) n bouched Into the main valley and come to a halt, as though awaiting them. "It mast be some of the cowboys from the ranch," remarked Olga, "waiting to ride back with us." ,, o ! t ' Aa they drew hearer however, Morton noticed with some uneasiness that 0 the horsemen had- spread out so far as to form a line extending from the u mouth of the canyon to the river, thus cutting them off from the ranchhouse. There was, moreover, something susi picious, something peculiarly sinister, about the riders, each of whom, he now noticed, carried a rifle across the pommel of his saddle. "Hold up, Olga!" be called, the truth suddenly dawning on him. "Those are not our fellows , . . theyre Suppose I Refuee to Submit to Your Extortion!" -- ;tL la obedience to h is -- The Bar-- ranch, to which Morton and Olga were carried after their res cue from the wrecked aeroplane, a -- thmtjuSme. "No, dits." until long after darkness bad fallen. last, when Olga and Morton were reeling In their aaddlee from exhausd tion, they entered a small, valley, through which ran a mountain stream, and tha leader of tha party, drawing rein, gave a signal to dismount "Wers goln to stop here until morn-ln,- " he said, approaching his two captives. "Heres a couple of blankets for you. If you dont try to get away you wont be bnrt . . . but if you make a break, God balp you. "Do you think there Is any chance of our being rescued 7" wblapered Olgs to Morton, as shs tried to wrap her aching body In the blanket "They must have started searching for us when wa didnt hdwj'up at the ranch forv supper, "he answered gloomily, "but they wont have any means of knowing which way wo have gone." "Yea, they will," the wblapered. "I thought of that and, when wa returned up tha canyon, I dropped my handkerchief on the ground without the bandits noticing." "Good work," commended Morton. rock-walle- Novelist J from the Nolle Picture FUy of the Seme Nsmety (he AmerktA Film Ninoferfurtng Company. SYNOPSIS. of brisk riding the steadily increasing roughness of tbs country compelled tbs bandits to slacken their pace to a walk, at which gait they continued splutter of rifle fire suddenly broke out below them. The cowboys and the bandits were in action. Morton lisInstinctively checked bla horse to named Jose tapped the outlaw ten, but his rifle with so significant a gesture that the Easterner moved forward without a word of protest Leaving the petal their trail now led across the roughest country that Morton had ever seen. Jose turned bla horse trov the trail and, pushing bis way through a screen of underbrush, At 44 ( orders, Olga and Morton, with their two guards, poshed on up the hill, while the bandit took shelter behind rocks and tree to check the advance of the men of the Bar-Jast aa the prisoners and their guard readied the overhanging crag which E J' Author of The End of the Trait, 'Fighting in Flanders" The Roadto Glory Vive la France " etc. A led horse, bearing on Its flank the Bar-- brand. Was brought up ; the saddle was transferred from the wounded animal to the stolen one ; and Morton, bla bands bound, was hoisted Into ihe saddle. Olga and her eaptora having now come up, the entire party hhd black-mustacbe- d panic-stricke- n, half-bree- d of tbe man whose name was a synonym for courage, coolness, cunning and cruelty from one end of California to the other. He swept off his hat at sight of -- Olga. "Welcome to my home, dear lady," he cried, "and you too, sir," he added, turning to Mortons "It is not often that I have the honor of entertaining such distinguished visitors. I fear that your journey has been a somewhat trying one. If you will have the kindness to dismount I shall be delighted to place such few comforts as I possess st your disposal. With your kind permission, madame," and he bowed to Olga with the utmost gallantry, "I will show you to your room, while you, sir," turning to Morton, "will find the necessities of the toilet in the tent yonder." Assisting Olga from her horse, he ushered her through the cavern entrance into a huge chamber, some forty feet square, which, by the lavish use of skins and Indian blankets had been made no( only livable but even homelike. "I trust that you will honor my modest quarters by using them as your own, said the bandit "I regret that I have no maid to assist you, but this h beea hereteferepa backvtoretai Ushment I and my men are, however, at your disposal; you have only to command us. ' After you have refreshed yourself I trust that you will -- give me your company at lunch." Carrillo," said Morton bluntly, when they bed -- finished their meal. which waa served much Is It goiny to cost me to get my freedom?" "The discussion of these sordid details la most distasteful to me, Mr. Morton," said the outlaw deprecatlng-ly- , "but. If you Insist, why shall we say ten thousand dollars Nonsense, replied Morton. "I havent that much in cash." But you can get it, Mr. Morton you can get It," said Carrillo, "or your frteada can get It for you.' r "Suppose r I refas to submit "What !s it that you would tav w then?" she asked softly. "Of yourself, he whispered, ent over her. Closer and closer h bent, his eyes ablaze with emotion As though reciprocating, she put her arm about his neck and drew him down until his head rested bn jreast, wLIle her other hand,drawine from Its place of concealment the freshly-whette- d knife, crept slowly up up , until the guttering blade was poised to your extortion Morton "Then," said tha bandit, and suddenwhich shrank from tbe cruelty should be ly leaped Into hi eyes, "I you to deprive regretfully compelled . of your ears." Yon tou would cut off my earsr creamed Morton, his face blanching. 1 "Only with the greatest regret assure you," said the outlaw suavely. "I think I can raise the money," said the latter hoarsely, hla face the color of ashes. "I win give you an or- above hla broadcloth-covere- d back. der on my bankers In San Frandacp." Then, Just as he pressed his Ud T shall be delighted to take your against hers In a burst of exhultatlon, - 1 ... ... un-wa- rd Carcheque, Mr. Morton," responded that trust "and I rillo, courteously, unas here my guest remain win yon til It Is cashed. "And what Is to be the amount of my ransom?" asked Olga. That my dear lady, replied Carrillo, "Is a question that I have not yet decided. Perhaps," he added meaningly, "you wlU continue to honor me with your presence. It Is a simple life that I lead here In the mountains, but it has its compensations. Will you consider it?" "I will think It over," said Olga, faintly, for she knew, from the look in Carrillo's eyes, that he had not the slightest Intention of releasing her, And now, with your permission, I will get some rest. I am very tired." By all means," s&ld the outlaw courteously, rising and escorting her to the entrance of the cave. "Later In the afternoon I will give myself the pleasure of calling upon you, by which time, I trust, you will have come te a decision. Yery unpleasant things sometimes happen," he added, significantly, "to those who refuse my requests." "I will think It over," said Olga coldly, and disappeared within the cave. Her captor, keen-eye- d though he was, had failed to observe that, before leaving the table, she had secreted in her dress the. steel knife with which she had been eating. "And now, Mr. Morton, s&ld Carrillo, as he returned bis seat, "here are pen. Ink and paper. Tbe messenger is waiting, Tbe amount we agreed on was ten thousand, I believe." Aa Olga tbe car her eye waa caught by the books strewn upon the table. Idly curious as to the literary tastes of Carrillo, she glanced at them with l&nquld interest There were a score of novels of the sensational order, much the worse for use; a book of Spanish verse; a volume on engraving (she recalled that Carrillo had been a counterfeiter before his flight to the mountains) and a small, leather-boun- d book entitled "Bobln-soia Philosophy." There was something about the title that was vaguely familiar. As she opened the hook she drew her breath in sharply. For, In faded writing on the title page, was the name "Ralph Burke." It was the lost book- - . - . thevery volume of which she and Morton had so long been in search And, by one of those miraculous coincidences which causes fiction to hang Its head In shame, she had come upon It In the cave of the andlt who had captured her I Feverishly she turned Its leaves until she came to page sixty-onTher was nothing on it I But waltl Looking closer she detected, printed In minute characters between the two lower n lines of type, a word so small and faintly written that they would escape the notice of one who was not looking-fo- r them. "Metalevlurgy," she dldphered, "slxty-on- e ery seventh word." She stared stupidly at the message for some minutes before Its meaning became clear. It could mean but oue thing: the formal was not contained In the Philosophy, as she and Morton had taken for granted, bat In a work on metallurgy the very one, no doubt, which she and Morton had left In Pattena cabin on the ledge, and from which, shs now remembered, the title page had been torn. The search for the formula was by no means ended. Throwing herself on the bed Olga carefully considered her position and her chances fon escape. She now felt confident that aha held the key to the mystery in her hand but It waa worthless to her unless she could regain her freedom. Producing the knife she- - had - surreptitiously - taken from the table, she commenced Industriously to whet it upon the rocky wall of the cave. After an hour's work she straightened, her aching hack and regarded her work admiringly. She had converted the steel table knife into a dagger with almost a razor edge. It was sunset when Olga was awakened from a sleep of exhaustion by the unheralded entrance of Carrillo. The. few hours of rest had restored her naturally high color; she had loosened her hair, which fell to her waist In a cascade of glossy black, and her blouse, which was open at the neck, displayed a bewitching glimpse of her marble neck and shoulders. Carrillo, by no means oblivious to her 'tbsfrthai" drossy v thb fdoDa' and seated himself on the edge of the bed beside her. Hello, have you been reading this? he Inquired, picking up the volume of philosophy, which, unbeknown to her, had slipped from beneath her ff - -- 1 e. half-a-doze- ' Cocking the Weapon 8he Paused Onl Long Enough to Pick Up the Book. she brought It down with all tht strength of her arm, burying the blade to the very hilt between his shoulder. il I" he gasped, attempt "You lng to gain hla feet, but with one am about hla neck she held him firmlj down while with the other she drov the long, keen blade again and agair Into his body. Then, her work acom pllshed, ahe flung him, dying, to th floor. Quick as thought she was kneel lng beside him and, thrusting her hand within his blood soaked vest, she drew automats out the long, which he carried, gambler fashion, In a sling beneath hla armpit Cocklni the weapon, she paused only long enough to pick up the book which Carrillo had tossed to the floor, and then moved on tiptoe toward the door. Tied to a tree a few rods away was Carrillo's chestnut mare, ready saddled. But as she darted toward the animal heavy hand fell upon her shoulder and she whirled about to find herself starlng full Into the evil countenance ol Jose. And in hla face she read suspicion. Without an Instants hesitation she raised the pistol and shot him through the heart. The crash of th explosion brought two other figures running toward her In mad bastes the first was jthe ruffian called Man uel ; the other waa Morton. As thi bandit came within range she ag&li raised her weapon, took careful aim, and fired. The bullet struck him la the stomach and with a scream ol pain he stopped, whirled about, stumbled a few paces, and fell headlong. Whats happened?" called Morton "Wheres Carrillo? Where did you get the gun?" "Ive killed him I she gasped. 1 tabbed him with a table knife . . and Ive learned where to look for tin secret of the submarine holding n) ' she-dev- -- blue-barrele- d - -- 1 the book. Great heavens I he ejaculated "where did you find It?" "In the cave," she answered. Oni of Carrillos men" but she was in of terrupted by a ahot and the whin reel a bullet passing overhead. The of the bandits, aroused by the tws hots she had fired, were running toward them. cried Morton Imperatively, "Quick Hi stn give me the gun. horse the on them off while you get . . . then TU get up behind you ana well make a break for It. In obedience to his command ahe handed him the weapon and turned to untie the horse. As she did so Morton caught her by the throat, wrested fro her grasp the previous volume, hurled her to on side, and sprang. into the saddle. "You fool," he snarled savagely, do th you think I Intend to let you get Into heel formula V and, striking hla the horses flank he thundered the little valley, leaped the brook, and, to an accompaniment of aboa and oath from th bewildered I dashed through the fissure the rock and disappeared. So aspunded were the bandits by r ... on-la- w intent were they on his capture; whv-l3they falled to observe Olga, was now - a ed by the twilight which ree ? hand, slipped from tree to from rock to rock until ahe dne fro fissure which was the only exitwean from the valley. As, tottering pillow. ness and exhaustion, she slowly ma "I found It on your table, she an- her way down the meuntainstdaiu swered nonchalantly. It is an odd the gathering darkness, she book to find In such a place. Sher hope spurred on by hatred and did you get it?" t vengeance. One of my men found It on a moun(TO BE CONTINUED.) tain trail several weeks ago," he replied carelessly. "He knew that books Medical. n are scarce up here and that I am font "The farmer tali on of his of reading, so he bronght It In. But, pigs waa sick, so X brought It and he flung the beak aside impatl sugar." ently, "It is not of anything so stupid "Sugar? What for?" as philosophy that I would tall with Tor medicine, of course- - Eave ba you, my dear." ever heard of rcgsr-care- d . te ' you - |