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Show I - That waa the last Hope saw of Gerald "1 intend to keep the book until you Morton. Three months later be paid release Miss Burke. I dont have to for hls crime on the gallows at San trust you and I'm not going to." If you dont hand over the book HI Quentin. ' THE SIOTET OF e take it, snarled Mahlin, and raised It was long after midnight when hls hand aa though giving a signaL Hope returned to hla hotel, but not- Hope, who had come prepared for withstanding the lateness of the hour treachery, whirled about with the and hls utter weariness, he ransacked quickness of thought. Nor was be an hls trunks until he unearthed the work on metallurgy, ahich Fitzmaurice had given him as a memento of the drathe Trail, The End matic episode In the Sandsboro restaurant Drawing hls chair up to the The Road to Glory Flanders n volume light he opened the sixty-onat which page contained, he Vive la France, etc . found, a portion of the chapter enSovtlittd from the Motion Picture PUy of the Seme Neme by the titled "Carboniferous Deposits. ' The seventh word on the page was, . Amerkeil Film Menufeduring Compeny, of of Author Fighting in well-wor- e, Hope found, examine, which seemed fwtH , t, I AkmA rmtt, promising. It was Mahlin who broke the silence. and was Again be counted seven rewarded with the word "We have brought you here In oron der to ask you some questions, Miss "cover,," which apparently failed to SYNOPSIS, Lieut. Jarvis Hop report finding the Invention of Dr. RaJph Burke. On the Japa-B- e trial trip of the Inventor' boat, helper la mirprlued In the act of exthe mechanism. Attempt to amining burglarise Burke's laboratot falls; later hi (laughter fieo find him murdered tn hi bedroom. Cleo sell her fathers book; ha find a note from which ehe learn Ivan-o- ff they contain secret formula. Olga and Gerald Morton, ple In search of formula, attempt to rapture Cleo. Hope rushes to her aid. Hope and Cleo escape and attend ball at Mr. Delmar's, whose nephew ha two missing book. Mahlin, a spy, attempt ta steal book. Hope and Cleo take boat for an Island. After a violent storm Hope and Cleo arrive on strange Island and discover man they hunt la there. Mahlin and Japanese also reach the Island. Hope and Cleo manage to reach Sandsboro, where Doctor Owen ha one of the book. Cleo la and taken to cabin In the maun- capturedBhe find there book for which tain. they search. Hope, with Hook, starts to rescue. A he crosses chasm Iq swinging basket Mahlin steals up and chops He reaches the othat cable with an er side and la greeted by Cleo; she swears her love to him. They are followed by Mahlin and Jap who attempt to kidnap Cleo. Olga and Morton are dashed to aarth In an aeroplane. Hope and Cleo re pulled from quicksands by Hook and a grapevine. Mahlin and Bat sum are called before the Black Council. Hope receives a letter demanding hta marriage to a girl who claims he oompromtesd her. He la forced to comply by Cleo. Accidently he iearna that It Is a plot to rope him tn. He la later summoned to Washington. Morton and Olga are cared for by a rancher who warns them Carrillo the bandit. They venture against too far from the ranch and are captured by the outlaws. Carrillo offers Morton his freedom for ransom. Olga finds one of tha books In the cabin. Bite kills Carlllo and escapes but Morton takes the book from her and flees, flops loams that Cleo la the daughter and heir of Calvin Montgomery, Gerald Morton's uncle. He flnda her In 8acramento. Olga traces Morton lo hi room where aha confronts him. An attempt to kill him onda In her death a. "om FIFTEENTH JNSTALLMENT "I am Miss Barks, said Cleo, addressing the driver of the closed taxicab which ahe found standing at the curb In front of her hotel. Is this the car Lieutenant nope Bent for me? "Yesm, replied the man, a short, thickset fellow, whose features were effectually concealed by the upturned collaf of his coat, a pair of goggles and a vlsored cap which waa pulled down over hi face. "lie said I waa to drive you to the Cliff house and hed meet you there." The most direct route to the C31S house leads through Golden Gate park. Instead of keeping to th malq, thoroughfare, however, the driver, when well Into the park, turned down one of the innumerable branch drives, which, owing to the greater Intervals between Its lamp, was comparatively dark, and brought his vehicle to an abrupt halt in the dense shadow of an Immense liveoak. The car had barely stopped before the door was flung open, a man sprang Inside, a revolver waa pushed Into Cleoa face and a hoarse voice warned her, "Not, a sound. Miss Burke, If you value your life. Almost simultaneously the driver threw open the other door, and In an instant the terrified girl was and gagged. The man with the revolver took the seat beside her and drew down the curtains, and so deftly and methodically had the conspirators done their work, within scarcely more time than It has taken to tell It, the car was speeding In the direction whence It came. When the car finally stopped, the man beside her threw open the door, and, aided by th driver, removed the gag and untied the cords with which she was bound, but the dreu- - Burke." "What what ta It that you want to know? she aaked, her voice trembling In spite of her effort, to control It. "1 want to know, he Bald, advancing until his face was within a few inches of her and fixing her with hla steely eyes, "what you have done with -- c the book on metallurgy!' 1 1 dont k,now what you mean, ahe stammered. -- "Yes, you do, snarled Mahlin. "You know the book 1 mean the one that doctor handed you In the restaurant at Sandsboro, before th earthquake. "Oh, that book, said Cleo, obviously surprised. "But there was nothing In It no formula," I mean. "No matter about th formula," aid Mahlin roughly. "Where la the book now! Who has It! "1 suppose Lieutenant Hope has It, she answered. "At least be brought It back with him from Sandsboro, though I haven't seen It since. "Are you telling me the truth V da mended Mahlin, seising her by tha shoulder and staring at her so closely -- ... that ahe Quailed. "Of course, Im telling you the truth, she asserted with spirit "I am going to find ont If you are, he answered moving toward the door. "God help you if you have lied to me, young woman. If you have you'U wish that you had never been born. "Come along, Satsuma, he called to the Japanese. "W must be getting back to town. When Hope, returning to the hotel with Johnstone, learned from the clerk that Cleo had left an hour before, so frantic was the young officer with anxiety and grief that for a time the lawyer feared for hla sanity. Bitterly Hope reproached himself. But, despite hla grief, he neglected nothing which might lead to Cleos rescue. He promptly communicated with the police and within an hour a s men were scours score of the city. lng "Were doing everything In our power, Mr, Hope, the chief of police assured him. "I have fifty men working on the case now, but It looks to me like a clean As Hope was leaving police headquarters a patrol wagon backed up to the curb and out of It scrambled two policemen escorting a tall and fashionably dressed young man en whose wrists glittered handcuffs. - As tha glare of the arc light In front of the station struck the prisoner's face, Hope stopped dead in amazement "Great heavens I he exclaimed; Gathered Her Int Hie Arms. lation had been checked so long that her limbs refused to support her and her captors had to assist her to the ground. There was no moon, but by the faint light of the stars she made out that they had stopped In the shadow of a low, windowless building, evidently a storehouse of some sort, at the end of a long and disused pier, This much she had time to see before her captors, unlocking the door pushed her inside. Th feeble light of the lantern revealed the evil, cruel fices of Mahlin and Satsuma, . le '.A,' (I s V r ' ' Hope. "She claimed to be a Russian countess, was the answer. "Her name was Ivanoff Olga Ivanoff. "Is there any objection to my hav- ing a word with him! asked Hope. "Not in the least, said the Inspector, and ordered a patrolman to bring the prisoner tnto hls office. "Hello, lieutenant," remarked Morton, nonchalantly, as, still handcuffed, he was led Into the room. "I didnt expect to meet you here." Morton," said Hope, looking the other in the eye, "Miss Burke was kidnaped this evening. I understand from the police that you coutd not have been concerned in It .. . . , but do you know who tat I wont pretend that Pm sorry for you, Morton, lor FnTnoL but if you can give me any Information that will help me find her, 111 do what 1 can to help you." "1 dont know anything about It, Hope," said Morton; "not this time. T ....... where." - Morton leaned forward until hls lips were close to Hope's ear. and read Tumsto page slxty-on- e he seventh word," whispered. every "If you find Cleo," he continued In a louder tone, "tell her that I told you this so at to make up, 'as much as I can for the way I trotted her. The secret won't be of much use to me in th place Im going," and be laughed hoarsely as he joined the waiting officer and was led hack to hls cell. he-kne- . a which the government submarine placed at hls disposal for the purpose, and, a month after Cleos disappearance, the submersible, having on board a commission of naval officers, left Its moorings at the Mare Island yard to submit Doctor Burkes Invention to a u final test. On the N beach, several miles from the, town. Landing at the rickety little wharf and crossing the strip of sandy beach on which nets were drying he approached The tiny the miserable dwelling. doorstep was shaded by vines, and seated under them was a girl. A pale and pltlfnlly wasted girl, but at sight of her Hook gavs a shout of joy. It was Cleo. For a moment she stared at him as thongh he had been a stranger; then the light of recognition showed in her great, tired eyes, and, with a sob of relief aud happiness she threw both arms around hls neck, like a child who has been lost and found. By dint of careful questioning he was able to gradually piece together the strange story of her disappearance.- For -- twenty-four hours after Mahllns departure she- - had waited, without food or water, for hls return; At last ger had the darkness, thirst and huntheir effect on nerves already overstrained; her habitual coolness deserted her and she gave way to the hysteria of blind, unreasoning fear. Daring the long hours of her Imprisonment she had discovered la the floor of the storehouse a trapdoor, which had evidently been overlooked by Mahlin, and this she raised, Intending to nse it as a. last resort At last when her highly strung nerves were at the breaking point, she heard a motor car stop at the end of the wharf and the sound of men rapidly approaching. Never pausing to think that they might be friends Instead of enemies, and terrified at the thought that Mahlin was returning to carry out hls unspoken threat she hurriedly threw off her coat and hat kicked off her slippers, and, lowering herself siInto the lently through the trap-doo- r In darkness water, struck off In ths direction the to be she what supposed of the shore. But she lost her bearings, her strength failed her, and, with a cry for help, she lost consciousness. When, after many days, she returned to a realization of things, she was In bed, evidently In a fishermans hut tended by an old Greek fisherman and hls wife. The shock of her abduction, her fear of Mahlin and Satsuma, and her narrow escape from death by drowning, had resulted in a long and alarming nervous breakdown, from which she was gradually recovering. same morning that the submersible was starting on Its trial trip; Hook was strolling aimlessly along the ..v water front of Ban Francisco. As he Bono In Hls Body Broken. paused Irresolutely at the entrance to' Every hls favorite saloon, an acquaintance, you can save her is to follow these confined. Toward this Hope and Hook a former shipmate, who, upon leaving directions to the letter. hurried eagerly, the ancient timbers the navy had turned boatman, hailed e of the pier complaining noisily beneath him. No neighborhood In San Francisco, their feet. Inserting in the padlock "Youre Just ths man I wanted to has a more evil reputation than Panu- the key he had obtained from Mahlin, see," he called. Ive got some news co street. No. 1121 Hope found was Hope pushed open the door. that may interest you." a narrow, four-stor"What kind o news!" Inquired "Cleo, he called anxiously. "Cleo. building which, ' In days long passed, had evidently Are you there? Its Hope. Hook. Burkei Doctor of official The trial been a residence of considerable pre"TBout that girl Montgomery, her But to hls summons there was no Cleo was gone. Suddenly name wuz, woznt it! that disap- Invention had surpassed Hopes greattension, but which had now fallen Into answer. a sad state of neglect and disrepair. Hook, who was advancing slowly with peared a while back. But its only a est expectations. It had done everyAs Hope ascended the steps, there the. match sheltered in his cupped rumor, mind you, and like as not thing that he had claimed for it and more. came, from an areaway across the palip. gave an exclamation and stopped theres nothin In it" Yes. yes," exclaimed Hook anxiousAnd now, with th submarine runstreet, a shrill whistle, twice repeat- dead. Had he taken another step ha on ed. The kidnapers were the watch would have plunged through an open ly; go on." ning awash as It sped back to Mare beside and the two whistle were a signal to trapdoor tn the floor-the store"Yestidday," said the boatman, "I Island, Hope stood on the deck those within the house that ha was house Into the waters of the bay, wnz over to Ignacio, on- - the north the conning tower, staring out across unaccompanied.- - Swinging open the which gurgled and lapped the timbers shore of San Pablo bay. While I was the waters of ths bay, turned rnomendoor, Hope found himself In such Inky of the pier only a few feet below. bangin round the wharf, waitin for tarlly crimson by the setting sun. The blackness, that he had to strike a That someone had recently gone my party, I heerd one o the fishermen secret of the submarine had been unmatch in order to find the stairway. through that trap door was all too yarnin bont a girl thats with found at last It bad proved an stayin Lighting his way with matches, Hope evident, for on the floor beside it as a Greek fisherman qnd hls wife down qualified, success. The acceptance by cautiously ascended three flights of though tossed there hastily, lay a wffin-an- s the shore a piece. This feller that the government was virtually assured. stairs and gave four brisk raps ou the d hat a pair of satin was tellin the story says he stopped He had accomplished his mission and door . on. the left, which instantly slippers, and an evening coat -- Hope at ths Greeks place to bny some bait would doubtless receive commendation swung open. In the doorway, hls face recognized them Instantly. or something and he seed this girl. and promotion. But of what avail was suclighted by the lamp that he held above "Come," he said at last pulling him- He said he reckoned shed been mighty it all now! With Cleo gone his hls head, was Mahlin. self together. "Weve no time to sick, she was so whits and peaked cess was not worth having. Tears "Ha, said nope, recognizing hls lose. He may have escaped already." lookin, hut that she amative been a blinded him at the thought of how, former antagonist, "I rather suspect"Where we goln now, lootenant! humdinger for looks when she was had she been alive, they would have ed It was you I had to deal with. asked Hook. well. He tried to ask th Greek rejoiced together. Wheres youp Jp to. ier-bon- t hls. VHtto .name lra,",.nss huth her, , nPOPsed,was he In ' "JusV behind jou," replied MaMin, d spouse, to get that Mahlin. dont understand much English, When i,choly thoughts that he failed W and Hope, listening, heard on the Hell tell me what hes done with her he said she was a and had serve the dingy power boat which ran stairs the footfalls of a person stealth- or HI kill him by Inches." d awful hair. It kind o re- alongside as the submarine Dawn was. breaking when the car minded me o the ily ascending. A moment later Satsudescription o the down to approach Its moorings. Stanhls ma joined them. again swung tnto Panuco street Hope Montgomery girl." lng In the stern was Hook, waving ' '"Now, - said Mahlin hrusqualy, aatr, with a shock, that an ambulance "Taint likely " said Hook pessimis- hat delightedly He bad evidentlywhen Satsuma had cloaed the' door, was backed up to the curb in front of tically. "Ignacio must be all o congratulationscome to offer out "Weve, no time to waste, so lets get No. 1121 and that around tt stood sev- miles from the place where Missthirty came c10 boat Cleo as ths But, fishing down to business. Did you bring the eral policemen and a small group of disappeared." he stepped aside and th young o book! curious spectators. "Still," persisted the other, she looking down with staring. to a Yes, replied Hope. Whats the matter, officer? he mightve been picked up by a fisher- cer, credulous eyes, saw, seated to "Good lets see it. asked, leaping from the car and ac- man." stem amid a pile of pillows, a gi1 Not quite so fast, my friend, re- costing one of the policemen. "Waal," assented Hook, It wont do white and fragile as a Cower, who no harm to run over to Ignacio and smiled "Murder, air he said civilly. plied the officer. '"You dont get the up at him happily- - For book until Miss Burks has been re- vats passing the end of this street see this fellow Ylasto. We could ment he continued to stare as tooug get few minutes ago when I heard a shot there la your boat in a leased. couple of hls eyea deceived him. Then, with Mira Burks will be released as A moment later auman came out of hours, couldnt we?" great cry of love and LarP!nesS' . oon as you heal over the book, de- this house and ran down the street Sure," said the outer, and remem- sprang to the deck of the fishing bo . I took after him, but he got away ber. Hook, that If It turns out to clared Mahlin. "Ou fcy honor. J be and gathered her into his arms. sneered Hope. from me. Then I hurried back here. the . You havent any, girl. 1 come In on the reward." THE END. . 4 y . , s, of high-heele- tide-partne- - "What did hs look like? asked what the anHope, though swer would be. A tall, thin fellow," replied the policeman. He looked like a foreigner. But theyrebringlng him ont now you can see him for yourself." The dead man was Mahlin murdered, no doubt. In a quarrel with one of his associates in crime. "This Is a queer case," said another man, evidently a detective, who had Just come out of the house, addressing the policeman with whom Hope had been talking. "I Just found another dead man lying In the court, a Jap, I fancy. He must have fallen from thq window of ths room where yon found the other fellow, for every bone In hls body is broken. Hes still holdm ing a knife In hls hand. sea-goin- , rT ad "Yes," Said "II ope TM1 e Z'sly or wys until Cleo disappeared." Did you keep that book on metallurgy the one that Olga and I tried to get away from Doctor Owen In the restaurant Ca Banosboro T someYes, its among . my. things,, It was dark downstairs, but there was Upon reaching Ignacio, Hook ascer- a light on the top floor. The door of talned, after considerable questionthe room at the head of the stairs was ing, that there was Indeed a Greek open tnd a man was lying on the floor. fisherman named Vlasto who lived with hls wife In a small shack on the Hed been shot through the heart" month passed. To find Cleo If, indeed, she were still alive Hope left no atone unturned. Aged and saddened by grief, he, at last reluctantly abandoned the search as hopeless, and turned his attention once more to the submarine invention. Following the directions given on the paper in the cover of the book, he had no difficulty in locating the secret drawer which the old inventor had so ingeniously constructed beneath thg brass tank of hls working model.' And in ths drawer, In an oilskin envelope, was the formula. Acting under instructions from Washington, Hope had a new model constructg ed and Installed in a modern, Its Gerald Morton." Following Morton and his guards in- t0 the station, Hope beckoned to the Inspector who was on duty. "What la he charged with! he asked. Indicating Morton. "Murder," the Inspector answered woman." Stabbed laconically. "Do you know who she was! asked "Whsrt Is the Book Now!" a A is get-away- hear. ir - ram-shack- ; f t i X if "If Miss Burke Is unharmed I shall not mention your name to the police hair . . . but if youve Injured San to send HI you of her head life. my working model. R. B. for Quentin hand, You hold the winning nope felt that the mystery now waa as good as solved. The key was tn growled Mahlin, capitulating. Do you hls hands. Mentally and physically know where Sulsun bay is! "Yee. exhausted, he threw himself upon the "On th south shore, about half way bed, and despite th fears and anxieties that aaaailed him, waa almost In- between Martinez and Cornwall, So soundly did he theres an abandoned pier. At the stantly asleep. sleep, Indeed, that it was nearly noon end of it theres an old storehouse. when he was awakened by aomeonp Shes In there. Picking hls way down the stairs pounding at hls door. It proved to be S bellboy with s special delivery latlo the darkness, Hope gave a sigh of ter. relief as the door of the empty house "If you wish to see Miss Burke closed behind him and he found himalive, It ran, "coma to 1121 Panuco self In the open air again. Hastening street at nine oclock this evening, to tha nearest drug store he telephoned bringing with you the work on metal- for a touring car, and stopped at the lurgy which formerly belonged to Doc- hotel to pick up Hook. tor Burke. The door will be unlocked. It lacked only a few minutes to midEnter without ringing, ascend three night when the driver brought hls car of the flights of stairs and give four short to a stop at the shore-en- d raps on the door at the left If yon pier, which Mahlin had decommunicate with the police or bring scribed. At the far end Hope described anyone with you. It will result tn a low, dark mass evidently the abanMiss Burkes death. .The only way doned storehouse in which Cleo was - v-- I, resistance, sullenly obeyed. I sm pressed for time, " said Hope, can only taking out hls watch, so I to which In give you three minutes to tell are going decide whether you me where Miss Burke Is." "Will yon let me go if I tell yon where the girl Is! asked Mahlin, me visibly weakening. "Will you give to the over me turn to not word your police! plain-clothe- give you my word 1 don't If 1 could help you find her, I would. Not for your sake, mind, he added bitterly, "but for hers. She's a mighty game little girl. Im sorry I aint help you. Hope turned sway disconsolately, but the other called him back. "Are you still looking for the secret of the submarine!" he asked, lowering hls voice so that the police could not Hi - Instant too soon; for, not a pace away, was Satsuma. In his upraised band a knife, nope launched an uppercut which caught the Japanese squarely Bis legs on the point of the Jaw. and, too struck the low. window-sil- l, on he himself, plunged save to dazed ward and downward to the stone-pave-d court, four stories below. So quickly did It occur that before Mahlin fully realized what had happened, nop was" again facing him and he was looking Into' the muzzle of the officers weapon.' Ilands up," ordered Hope curtly, and Mahlin, recognizing the futility of - 1 Vm make sense, but the next word in order was "of, which again raised hls hopes, and in wild excitement he completed the hidden sentence, which read : "Examine- cover of this book. Inserting the blade of hls pocket knife Into the edge of the lining, he carefully worked It back and forth s$ntll it curled back. As It did so Hops gave a little exclamation of satisfaction, for, sandwiched between the lining and the cover itself, was a small square of tissue paper. Drawing it out, be read in Doctor Burkes handwriting: "The formula of my submarine invention will be found in a secret drawer under the glass tank of ", r? hell-houn- y, . good-look- , . er light-colore- 1 -- -- a-- m : , |