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Show THE SECRET OF I THE 5UDMAR1NE H 4$y JE'Alejc&tidGrlPowcll yy H Author of " Tfie End of the Trail" 00 H "Fighting in Flanders," "The Road to Glory" y S H rn "Vive la France," etc. ? Baal MS Novelized from lfe Motion Picture Hjy of the Stmt Ntme by tht H CA Y Anfrcart fim Manufacturing Company. H 8YNOP8I8. I.i.-ni i.irm Hope III !- h. i-- i by the H Tinned States navU beard to investigate H nd report his nnrtlngs on the Invention 1 of Dr, ttalph Burke, which serve to bring B the submarine to a tut.- of perfection. 1 The lieutenant arrives In Valdavla and In H welcomed by the Inventor and hla riaugh 1 ter C'leo. On the trial trip of the Inven- H tor a boat, a Japanese helper Is surprised H In tii' art of examining the mechanlam H of the ventilating device u i. reporta H f.'iM.i.'ibiv on the new device hut there are H others Inlereated In It An attempt to H hurglnrlse Doctor Hurke'B laboratory H falls, but later ('leu finds hlsn murred H In his bedroom t'leo then sella her fa- H ther'a booka to get money, later ahe flnda M a notn from which she learns that they H contain the secret formula. With Hope H she rucea to the auctlonecr'a atore only to B tin. t It In flames. Olga Ivanoff and Oer- B aid Morton, two aples In search of the H formula, attempt to capture Cleo when B she culls at the houae of Stephanakl, the H limn, in "t Hope ruahea to her aid. Mor H ton shoots at him but the bullet hits a H In. mil In the cellar, which explodes B Hlephiinskl dlos In the wreck of hla house, the other escape Hipe and Cleo attend H a ball at Mm Delmar's, whose nephew H Ii.im two of the missing books Malitln. a H spy, attempts to steal the books, but Is H discovered by Mope, In the excitement H that follows the books disappear. Mahlln B escapes. Hope and t'leo take a boat for B an laland out In the bay. The consplra- H tors follow In other boats. Mahlln and the H Jap turn out the Island light Morton's B boat with the countess strikes a stray H mine In the bay. After a violent storm H Hope and t'leo arrive on a strange Island H and discover that the man they hunt Is B there Hut Mahlln and the Japanese also B reach the Island and put up a fight for H tho books They escape from Hope but H return and dynamite the shack. , EIGHTH INSTALLMENT m Owing to a delay In obtaining tho M gasoline, darkness- had fallen before M MorlsBoy and Hook again reached the H Inland whero Hopo and Cleo were H awaiting them. Just as they beached H their skiff on tho shore of tho little H cove, they were startled to hear, from M somewhere on tho cliff above them, tho H roar of an explosion. Thoroughly M alarmed, they raced up tho steep and m winding path which led to the plateau. BV Morlssey. reaching the top ahead or HH hla ponderous companion, dashed to- HH ward the shack In which they had left HV Hopo and Cleo. Suddenly he stopped. HVj An exclamation of horror, amazement, HVj utter Incredulity, escaped him. The HV ahack was gone! Save for a few splln- HB tered timbers, the rock on which It HH had stood was absolutely bare. H "Mr Hope!" hailed Morlssey. with atiiktn heart. "Mr. Hope' Whom are HH you HH "That you, Morlssey?" came Hope's HH voice from ths darkness. HVl "Aye, aye, sir," In a tone of profound HV relief. "What's happened, sir? HB Whero's the shack?" HV "I hardly know myself what has hap HVj pened," said Hope, appearing out of Haf tho darkness with Cleo, "but I strongly HV suspect that someone has tried to mur- HV der HVj "We were sitting In the shack exam- HV lnlng the books," explained Hope. "We j HV were wondering what had delayed you. Ha. All at once Miss Burke said that she HV heard a noise under the house. Sho HV stepped to the door to see what It was HB and a moment later i heard her HVj scream. I ran out to sen what the HV trouble was, but I had scarcely set HVj foot outside the door when there was Hal au explosion that threw us both to the HVj ground and the shack toppled over tho HV cliff Into the sea." HVj "But what was It you heard under HV-l tho house. Miss Cleo?" asked Hook, his HV eyes bulgiug with excitement. HV "It sounded as though someone was HVjl moving about Just underneath us," Haj ahe replied. "At first I thought It was HV an animal, but, as 1 oponed tho door, I HVj heard someone running away. I step- HV ped down so that I could look under- HVj neath the houso and I saw a spark run- H nlng along the ground In the darkness. H I called to Jarvis Mr. Hope, I tur;iu H to come quickly, for I felt sura that jH there was danger threatening us, and, . H ,'Just as he reached me, came the oxplo- H slon. When I looked for the shack It ' Hi had disappeared." HV "Iluve you any Idea who did It, sir?" Caked Morlssey. "Do you think It ould have been the Jap?" I "Yes," said Hope, thoughtfully, "It HV xuay have been Satsuma. He's the only j H one who could have any object In do- j HV jtug such a thing. We know thut he H ami the man who was with him are Hb after the books, and they're the kind Hi fthat would stick at nothing In order to HJ i'i them." HI "By the way, Morlssey," be added. HV "illd you remember to send that telu- Hjj gram from Middle Island?" HS j "1 did, sir," was the answer. H "What was the telegram, Jarvis?" HV asked Cleo. HV "You remember that Fitzmaurlce HV told us that he had bought three of H your father's books at the auction, but HJ that be had lent one of them to a HV. friend, a Doctor Owen, who lives at H Bandsboro? It struck me that it was Hi Just as well not to take any chances HV, of someone else getting there ahead of H us, I had Morlssey send a wire from M Middle Island to the doctor that we Hj wore leaving for Sandsboro and asking Hi him not to let the book out of his pos Hj session until we arrived. . . . Now, Mor H tssey. If you have gasoline, we had Hj better get dowa to the launch and get HJ started." HR Us turned to Cleo. "It Is so late that there Is no use In trying to reach Sandsboro tonight. I think that we had better mako straight for San Francisco Fran-cisco and run down to Sandaboro tomorrow." to-morrow." e e e e The Sea Hawk was barely a mile oft Middle Island, toward which it was heading, when It struck the floating mine, so that only a few minutes elapsed before the sailors attached to the radio station, attracted by the flash and roar of the explosion, had launched a boat and were pulling toward the sceno of the disaster. Of the Sea Hawk all that remained were a few riven timbers Clinging to one of these tirnbors the rescuing party found a man and a woman, both In the last stages of exhaustion. They were Gerald Ger-ald Morton and Olga Ivanoff. There was no sign of the captain and the two sailors. All three had evidently perished. per-ished. Olga and Morton, though badly bruised and suffering from shock, were otherwise uninjured, but not until the following morning were they sufficiently sufficient-ly recovered to give a coherent account ac-count of themselves. Kven then they were unablo to throw any light on the mystery which enveloped the explosion explo-sion All they could tell thoir rescuers was thut thoy had engaged the Sea Hawk for the trip to Middle Island, where they hod Important business with a man named Fitzmaurlce, and that, when only a short dlstancooff tho inland, there had come a terrific explosion. explo-sion. Further than that they knew nothing. "Hy tho way," asked Morton, as he concluded his story, "Is Mr. Fitzmaurlce Fitz-maurlce here?" "No," was the answer. "He left yesterday yes-terday mornjiig in his xallbout for one j of the North Farallons and he hasn't returned. He has probably been de- layed by tho storm, but ho ought to be hack at any moment." "In that case," said Morton, "I think that wo will wait for him." When Fitzmaurlce returned a few j hours later he was considerably sur- I prised to learn that two visitors were waiting for him at the cottage occu- , pled by the officer In command of the ' radio station "The Countess Ivanoff and I have been given to understand," said Morton, Mor-ton, after Fitzmaurlce had Introduced himself, "that you recently purchased at auction three scientific works from ' the library of the late Doctor Burke. It I happens that we are Interested in these books and. If they are for sale, wo would be glad to make you an offer for them." "You are not tho only ones who are Interested in those books," said Fitzmaurlce. Fitz-maurlce. "What do you mean?" asked Morton quickly. "I mean that I have Just left two of the books In tho possession of Doctor Doc-tor Burke's daughter and Lieutenant Hope on North Farallon. And they only got them by chance, after a Japanese Japa-nese named Satsuma had stolen them from my cabin." "But you bought three books," persisted per-sisted Morton. "What has become of tho other one?" "To be quite frank. Mr. Morton," said Fitzmaurlce, who waa becoming , suspicious, "I don't see how It con-corns con-corns you. Lieutenant Hope tells me that Miss Burke Is anxious to recover tho books because a legacy from her futh.T Is believed to bo hidden in one of them. If that la so I fall to understand under-stand why you are so anxious to obtain ob-tain possession of them." Only for a fraction of an Instant did Morton hesitate. "My Interest In the matter is easily explained," he said glibly. "I am a lawyer representing the Countess Ivanoff here, who Is one of Doctor Burke's heirs." "That's different again." said Fits- ' maurlco, his suspicions allayed. "In (hat case I don't mind telling you that 1 have loaned the other book to a I friend of mine named Owen, a phy-nlclan. phy-nlclan. who lives in Sandsboro." "Do Miss Burke and Lieutenant Hope know where the other book Is?" asked Hope. "They do," said Fitzmaurlce He did not add, however, that Hope had sent a telegram to Doctor Owen asking blm to hold the books until his arrival. "In that case," said Morton, "our business here seems to be finished and we had better be getting back to the city." Just then the officer in command of the radio station entered. "There's a government tender leav ing for the city In half an hour, Mr. Morton," he announced. "You and the I countess can go over In her If you wish." Though It was late In the evening when the tender put them ashore at the government wharf, Olga and Mor- I ton. tired as they were, did not spend I the night in San Francisco. With Hope i ' and Cleo knowing that one of tho I books was (n Sandsboro, they realized that quick action was Imperative. "There's a train for Sandsboro at three In the morning," Morton told Olga "That will give you time to go to your apartment and changs your clothes and pack a bag I'll go to my hotel and do the same and meet you at the station." The little coast town of Sandsboro owes Its name, and. Indeed. Its very existence, to tho great crescent of sandy beach on which It stands. Its almost perfect summer climate, Its splendid seabathing, and its proximity to San Francisco, have long made It one of the most popular resorts on the ' California coast, Its hundreds of low- ' roofed, shingled bungalows finding ' resdy tenants during the summer months, while Its great tourist hos telry. the Hotel Arbor, Is crowded with pleasure-seekers from early June to late September. The less affluent of the town's summer visitors are provided pro-vided for by several less pretentious ' hotels, and It was to one of these that Morton and Olga made their way after the panting local had depi ted them on the station platrorm In the dim light of early morning. "We mustn't be seen by Hope and the Burke girl." Morton explained. "and we surely will be If we stay at i the big hotel, because that's where 1 they'll go. So we had better choose i one of the quieter places." Ascertaining from the telephone book Doctor Owen's office hours. Morton Mor-ton entered the physician's office promptly on the strike of ten. "Well, sir," said the doctor, a keen-eyed, keen-eyed, alert-looking man In the mlddlo thirties, "what can I do for you? Is it biliousness or bolls?" "It's neither, doctor," answered Morton, Mor-ton, laughing. "It's books." "Books?" tho physician repeated evidently puzzled. "I'm afraid I don't underatand." "Perhaps I should say 'book' Instead of 'books,' " roplled Morton. "I've run down to see you about a book which your friend, Mr. Fitzmaurlce, tells me that he loaned you. It's a work on hydrography, if I'm not mistaken." "Oh, yea," said Owen, his manner Immediately chilling. "Fitzmaurlce did lend me such a book." "I am very anxious to consult that hook, doctor," Morton continued. "I wonder if you would be willing to lend it to me for a few days or even a few hours?" I'm afraid not." was the answer. door at her left, from behind which came the muffled sound of voices, led, she had no doubt, Into the consultation room. But there were two ether doors and It was necessary to the perfection of her plans that she should know Into what rooms they opened. Softly turning the knob of one of the doors, she pushed It far enough ajar to catch a glimpse of a room that was evidently a doctor's study, and, beyond, a dining din-ing room. The other door, through which the maid had disappeared, she opened boldly. It led, as she suspected. suspect-ed. Into a hallway communicating with the servlco portion of the house. At that moment the maid appeared, coming com-ing evidently from the kitchen. "I feel a little faint," said Olga. "May I trouble you for a glass of water wa-ter r "Certainly, madam," was the answer. an-swer. "I'll bring you a glass at once." Olga's simple little maneuver had given her the Information that she wanted; she was now acquainted with the Interior arrangement of the house. A few minutes later the door of the consultation room was thrown open and Doctor Owen motioned her to come in. "You don't look as though you were r JH m yLiss?-7rvwl bH m i jW U l4eH,J W i J .wT IS wiM BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBr ' vSBBF BBBBF ' BW I fl Bfll BHjsa Ibbb BssbLsbSBbI BSS W JWwvLi5& se? BJJ Brafll Br'iUt eaHas B. t HaVaSSfl BSx 'zsV btbI SMS gfrJ I SBs S' 'SBB BBkH SSP Hnl. 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Returning the telegram to Doctor Owen, Morton tookjrom his pocket a large roll of bills "I might as well be frank with you, doctor," said he. "I want that book and I'm willing to pay for It. Come now, what's your price?" But he had misjudged his man Stepping to tho door, the physician threw it open. "Get out of here." said he, "or I'll kick you out." Twenty minutes after Morton had made his Ignominious exit. Mahlln was ringing the doorbell of Doctor t (wen's office. "Doctor Owen," he began, when he had been ushered into the consultation consulta-tion room, "I have learned in a roundabout round-about way that you have In your possession pos-session a book which belonged to the library of a Doctor Burke of Valdavla. I should like" But the physician, now thoroughly exasperated, let him proceed no farther. far-ther. "You can't borrow the book," be cried. "You can't buy it. You can't see it. You can't even discuss the matter with me. All you can do Is to to." And Mahlln, quite unable to at cm.nt for the physician's hostile attitude, atti-tude, went. see Olga listened with ill disguised impatience im-patience to Morton's account of bis Interview with Doctor Owen. "Stupid!" she cried, stamping her foot angrily. "You have bungled things abominably You should have had more sense than to offer him mon- i ey. You can't treat a man of that type the same way you would a ward I politician. All you have done Is to make him angry and suspicious." "Let's hear what you have to suggest, sug-gest, then," said Morton morosely. "I think that I will call on Doctor Emerson Owen myself," remarked Olga, pinning on her hat. "I should like to know a little more about the arrangement of his house." The neatly gowned maid who answered an-swered the bell told Olga that Doctor Owen was occupied with a patient, but that If she would tske a seat In the waiting room he would be at liberty In a few minutes. No sooner had the maid left, however, than she began to take stock of her surroundings The in need of my services, madam," said the doctor, noting with approval Olga s superb coloring and fine physique. "It isn't your professional services that I want, doctor." ahe replied, with an alluring smile. "All I want Is a few minutes of your time I have here," and she opened a parcel which she had brought with her, "a specimen volume of a new edition of the Encyclopedia Ency-clopedia of Medicine. Now I am " "Madam," interrupted Doctor Owen rising, "I must ask you to excuse me. I don't care to purchase an encyclopedia, encyclo-pedia, and I am extremely busy this morning." "Perhaps." Olga suggested hopefully, hopeful-ly, "you would let me call on you this afternoon, when you have more leisure." "I shall be out of town all the afternoon," after-noon," replied the physician. e e e e e e Hope and Cleo reached Sandsboro on the noon train and, after a leisurely leisure-ly lunch on the terrace of the Hotel Arbor, started up the principal thoroughfare thor-oughfare of the little town to call on Doctor Owen. Thus it chanced that Satsuma, coming out of a cigar store, suddenly stopped sghast, for, strolling along the opposite side of the street, I pausing now and then to look Into the shop windows, was the couple that he supposed had perished in the dynamited dyna-mited shack on the Island. Keeping far enough behind them so that there was no danger of his being recognized, Satsuma followed Hope and ("loo along the business street of the town and so out into the residential district, past block after block of vine-clad cottages j set far back on velvet lawns, until at last they stopped before the bungalow of Doctor Owen Peering cautiously i from behind a treo on the opposite side of the street, Satsuma suw Hope ring the bell, saw bim exchange a few words with the maid, and, upon receiving receiv-ing what was evidently a negative answer, an-swer, saw him write a few lines upon his card, leave It with the maid and depart. The Japanese waited until Hope and Cleo had been gone 20 minutes; then he boidly approached the house and rang the bell. "I'm Lieutenant Hope's valet," ha t i . . 1 snld, sponklng In the sine-song intonation intona-tion peculiar to the Oriental domestics, to (he luiil'l who opened ttts dour, nml who, he tinted, was tlressed for the street. "He sent DM 10 fret the note he lonve here 1) little while buck. Sny tO tell doctor he Iium ihnnged mind nml will telephone hltn." His manner wns that of a well-trained servant and the unsuspecting maid handed hlra the curd without deuitir. Not until he was out of sight of tho house, however, did SiiiMinm venture to examine It. It was one of Hope's visiting curds and on It he had scrawled In pencil : Dear Doctor Owen: Am sorry to hsvs missed you. Should you return in time will you give me the plessure of dining with Miss Burke and myself st the Hotel Arbor at eight this evening? eve-ning? And msy I trouble you to bring slong Fitxmsurlce's book, regsrding which I wired you yesterday. yes-terday. We will wait for you In the Pslm room. JARVI8 HOPE. When Satstitnn, hnstenlng hnck to the little hotel where he and Mahlln hud taken rooms, reported to his employer em-ployer that Hope and Cleo had, In Nome unaccountable fashion, escaped ; deuth on the Island and that they were at that very moment In Sands-I Sands-I boro, Mn li II n burst Into a fit of profanity pro-fanity which impressed even the stolid Japanese. The Japanese silently hancf-ed hancf-ed him the note which Hope had left for Doctor Owen. Mahlin read it and then rerentl It. "Owen hud better take the book to the hotel tonight," he suld, after a moment's mo-ment's reflection. "It will be dnrk by eight and perhaps we will have an op-; op-; portunlty to knock him on the heud when he Is on the way there." "What are you going to do with this note?" Inquired Satsuma. "You had bettei hustle right back and lenve It at the doctor's office," said Mahlln. "Tell the maid that this is another note that Hope has written. She'll never know the difference." "Did the maid say anything?" asked Mahlln when, half an hour luter, Sut-sutna Sut-sutna returned. "No. She Just took the note nnd shut the door. She had on her hat; I guess she was Just going out." "Are there any other servants In the house?" "I don't think so." "That being so," said Mahlln, rising I and putting on his hat, "I think I'll take advantage of the household's absence ab-sence to tuke a look through the place myself. If the doctor keeps the book in the house I ought to be able to lad it." e e e e e e It was late In the afternoon when Olgn, for the second time that day, ascended the steps of Doctor Owen's residence. There was nothing about her to suggest the book canvasser who had called a few hours before, for she now wore a long dustcoat which covered cov-ered her from neck to ankle and a motor veil which completely hid her features. She rang the bell, but there was no answer. The maid, as Olga had anticipated, had taken advantage of her employer's absence to do some shopping in the town. Olanclng up nnd down the street to make sure thut she was unobserved, she quietly opened the door of the waiting room and walked In. The most likely place to find the book, she felt, was In the doctor's desk In his consultation room. Stepping softly across the floor, her footsteps deadened by the heay rugs, she opened the door of the consultation con-sultation room nnd stopped on the threshold with an ejaculation of nlarm, j for, bending over the doctor's desk, engaged In rifling Its drawers, was a strange man. His back was toward her and he was so intent on his search that he failed to hear the door open, but, moused by her stifled exclamation, exclama-tion, he whirled about and his hand went Instinctively to his cout pocket. For a brief moment the two stared at euch other uppralslngly. Olga was the first to break the silence. "I beg your pardon," she suld. "I rang the bell, but no one nuswered, so I walked In. I wanted to see the doctor." Mahlin, for it was he, had been doing do-ing some rapid thinking. He decided to pluy ii hold game. "I am Doctor Owen," he said. "What 'un I do for you?" "I I am having trouble with my throat," lied Olga glibly, but he saw suspicion in her eyes. "I have been doing a little house-cleaning," house-cleaning," suld Mahlln, with u professional profes-sional manner which ought to have carried conviction. "If you will ex-' cuse me, madam, until I wash my hands, I shall be glad to prescribe for j you." Scarcely had the door closed behind him before Olga was herself ransacking ransack-ing the drawers of the desk. But the book was not there. It must be In the other purt of the house. As she was leaving the consultution room to continue con-tinue her search elsewhere her eyw was caught hy u card which wits lying ly-ing on top of the doctor's engagement book. She picked it up. It was the card bearing Hope's, message, the curd which Satsuma hud obtained hy u ruse and, by another ruse, bad returned, and which the maid hud evidently placed w here the doctor would see It. I As Olgu was reuding the messuge she heurd the sound of a motor stopping! before the door. Doctor Owen had re- turned sooner than she had expected. Sho acted with promptness and decision. de-cision. Pulling doom her heavy veil, she opened the door of the waiting room and stepped onto the veranda Just us the physician was ascending the steps. "I've been waiting nearly an hour for you, doctor." she said In a muffled voice, "but It Is so late that I will have to return Id the moruiug," ami she hur . j rfed down the walk. "Don't know who she Is," observed the doctor ns he entered the house, "but th'-re's something about her that remind ma i of that good-looking girl that tried te sell me the encyclopedia this morn- ' l"K." e e e e e Ry eight o'clock every table In the Palm room of the Hotel Arbor was" taken, for it was a Saturday night la the height of the season. Morton, by a liberal tip to the head waiter, had succeeded in obtaining a table close to the door, but screened by palms, so that he and Olga were enabled to watch all who entered or left the room without themselves being be-ing seen. Though Olga hail discassT'der dust- mm myiit hut she had drapi'.i about herSBH7 HiBsffisHW-ffl H Jin in D m khsH I - !9w H 1 1 tr AssPsWtt m Hr7 9-m Um IbbbI MBwMflsfsH bH bH WlfixeB Were Enabled to Watch Without Being Be-ing Seen. hat a heavy veil which could instantly be dropped over her face in case of necessity. From their place of concealmen: fre-hind fre-hind the palms Morton and Olga, who bad purposely gone to the restaurant early, saw Hope and Cleo enter, and saw them conducted by the head waiter to a table which he had evidently evi-dently reserved for them. And, at a small table behind a column, watching watch-ing all four of them, sat Mahlln. All at once Olga, who had never taken her eyes from the door, grasped Morton's arm. "Look!" she whispered. "There he Is!" In the doorway, a parcel under his arm, stood Doctor Owen. A boy was helping him off with his coat. Even as Olga spoke he signaled to the head waiter. They were so close that thoy could hear his words. "Where Is Lieutenant Hope sitting?" he asked. "He Is expecting me." "Yes, sir," said the man, preceding; him down the room toward Hope's i table. "This way, if you please, sfr".w T Owen had started to follow the head f waiter when Morton, realizing that to obtain possession of the book he must adopt desperate measures, stepped from behind the palms. "This Is Doctor Owen. Isn't It?" ha said cordially. "I am Lieutenant Hope. I heard you asking for me. It waa mighty kind of you to meet me here. Suppose we step out to the bar and have a drink before ordering dinner?" But the doctor instinctively hesitated, hesi-tated, j He had a vague feeling thut there was something familiar about the fellow. fel-low. And he seemed overnervons In bis manner; overeuger. And naval officers of-ficers do not usuully appear to be nervous in such ordinary sltuutlons. Meanwhile the head waiter, supposing suppos-ing that Doctor Owen was following him. proceeded down the room to the table where Cleo and Hope were sit- l ting. f "Here Is the gentleman you were ex- pectlng, sir," he said, and pulled out the extra chair. "Beg pardon, sir." he added, "but, he seems to have stopped to talk with another gentleman. That's him, there by the door, sir." As Hope looked he saw Doctor Owen hand a paper-wrapped parcel to tho man with whom he was talking. Springing to his feet so suddenly that he upset his chair he fairly sprinted the length of the room. "Is this Doctor Owen?" "Yes," said the doctor. "That's my name." , r "My name Is Hope." said the officer rapidly. "I wired you yesterdsy about Fltzmaurlce's book. Did you bring it with you?" "But this man says his name is 4i Hope," cried the bewildered physician, lndlcstlng Morton, who. having obtained ob-tained the book, was slowly edging toward to-ward the door. "There's the book-he's book-he's got It In his hand. I Just gave It to him." Ji Hope whirled on Morton. 1 "Give me that book." he demanded, " advancing threateningly. "Not on your life, Mister Lieutenant," Lieuten-ant," sneered the other, and, as Hope sprang at him, he turned and slipped the book to Olga. As Hope and Mor- 1 ton grappled. Olga dashed toward tha fl door; but, quick though she waaWVo. I who had seen everything. wrOMK, ;,,.,. still. Flinging herself. W-Wjl tha I strength of her lithe younflPdy upoa B the Russian woman, ahe rested thiv precious volume from hjs hsnd tk S Bhe did ho she felt tul.,! the Hi restaurant heave slckenlngly beneath If her feet. The building rocked acd M reeled; ths chandeliers swung ilka jW pendulums gone mad glassware and dishes en- crashing to ths floor the ml music stopped abruptly; and diners, waiters and musicians Joined In s mad 11 stampede for the door. 71 "It's an earthquake!" a. resmol II someone "Run for your lives " i at that moment the calling ?:'. (TO B8 CONTIKVBUJ .' ( I A t A fi |