| Show t yh i yf L. L Powell k kI I A Author U ih or 0 of f uTI The J ne Jn End C 0 of f th the e r Trait Trail J fall 1 t M Fighting in to Flan Flanders ers The Roa Road to Glory f fu V. V u T T. T France C t i etc l la Vive rIve a e c. c P Novelized Novelised from the Motion Picture PIA Play PUy of the thi Same Name h By the American Film Manufacturing Company rk F td j c rill h y 1 f- f Jupa SYNOPSIS s- s Jarvis Hope Hoe Is 19 detailed l by the tho United States naval naval board to investigate and report his findings on tho the Invention In Of r Dr Ralph Burke which servos serves to bring the submarine to a state t of perfection 1 ct IY IS d The lieutenant arrives n o l In Valdavia and andis la is welcomed by the Inventor and his daughter Cleo On the trial trip of or tho the Inventors Inventor's boat a Japanese helper is surprised surprised sur in tho the act of ot examining the mechanism of ot tho the ventilating device hope reports favorably on the new device but there thero arc are others Interested In It An attempt attempt attempt at at- tempt to burglarize Doctor Burkes Burke's laboratory labor atory story falls fails but later Cleo Cico finds him mur mur- murdered dered dared in his bedroom Cleo Cico sells her fathers father's fathers father's fathers father's fa fa- fa- fa ther's books to get mone money later she finds a note from which she learns that they contain the secret formula With Ith Hope she races to the auctioneers auctioneer's story storo only to find it in flames Hames Olga Ivanoff 1 and Gerald Morton two spies in search of the formula attempt to capture Cleo when she ahe calls at the house of or tho Anarchist Hope rushes to her aid Morton Morton Mor olor ton shoots at him but tl tI bullet hits a 0 bomb in the cellar which explodes dies in the wreck of or his House the others escape Hope HopI and Cleo Cico attend a ball at Mrs Delmar whose nephew has bas two of ot tho the missing books Mahlin a a. arpy Ivy rpy attempts to steal the books but Is la discovered by Hope In the excitement that follows the books disappear Mahlin l escapes C s Hope and Cleo take a boat foran for foran an island I d out feJna in the e Ct bay The tea C conspirators I tors follow tollow in other boats Mahlin l and the Jap Tap turn out the island light Morton's Mortons Mortons Morton's Mor Olor tons ton's boat with the countess strikes a astray tray stray mine in tho bay SEVENTH INSTALLMENT For the three in the tho little launch It ft was a night o of unforgettable terror The he elements seemed united to destroy destroy destroy de de- de- de stroy them The wind howled and the sea roared like monsters ravening for their pre prey But at last a pale faint light began to overspread the eastern sky It was a cold gray dawn butto butto but butto to those in the launch it was the most beautiful that they had ever eer seen for forIt forIt It ft showed them the misty outline of an island rising not half halt a mile away above aboe the storm storm lashed lashed sea not Middle Island said staring intently If It It was ve we could see the radio station It must be one of the North It looks like an ugly shore to to land landon on with a wind like this blowing But Dut as they forged slowly n nearer they saw with relief relict that what appeared appeared appeared ap ap- from a distance to be a solid rampart of at rock was broken here and there by fissures which widened into coves and inlets and that these coves and inlets had for the most part sandy shores on which a small boat hoat such as theirs could be beached without without with with- out serious danger of being wrecked Just as the first rays of the rising risingsun sun gilded the tops of the cliffs the launch glided gIlded between the barrier reefs into the smooth waters of ot one of these coves and Hope staggered ashore with Cleo in his arms Laying her gently on the shingle he stripped off her water-soaked water shoes while hastily collected a pile of driftwood and saturated It with gas gas' gasoline oline oUne Soon they were warming their kih anY kIMi rv i V 9 w f a ad r d iwo vi rl r rC AA r Down Down He Went Straight as asan asan asan an Arrow drilled chilled bodies and benumbed limbs before be fore a blazing fire In the base of the cliff behind them centuries of ot erosion had bad produced a cave as large as a good sized room and into this cave Hope and ami carried the cushions from the launch and some tarpaulins which they found in one of at the lock lock- ers Now Cleo said Hope Hop you had better batter go in and undress and dry your clothes in front of at the fire If It you dont don't we will have a girl with pneumonia pneumonia monia manta on our hands While you are aro getting dry and I will try to climb to the top of the cliffs cUffs and see If there is any food toad or shelter on the Island a r Tho The ascent scent of ot the cliffs proved even more difficult than Hope had anticipated anticipated anticipated antici antici- for Cor though he and penetrated several of at the fissures inthe iq in the tho expectation o of finding a p path th to the tho top they came each time to narrow narrow nar row crevices or walls walla ot of rock Their patience was eventually rewarded however by discovering a n narrow and precipitous trail tran which leathem led lea le lethem them after half baIt an hours hour's hard climbIng climb climb- Ing lug to the tableland which formed tho the roof as it were of the island The best thing for us to do Moris Moris- sey said Hope is to separate You foll follow w the line Une of ot the cliffs cUtts In one direction and Ill I'll go In tho the other Well We'll work right around until we meet each other again Aye aye ae sir said obediently oho oho- and of off he started For nearly an hour Hope walked steadily clambering over rocks and pushing his way through dense underbrush scrambling across ravines So wild so BO deserted was the appearance of the Island that the young officer had almost abandoned hope of at its having haYing any inhabitants when rounding a shoulder of rock he saw against the skyline the figure ofa of ot ofa ota a man In response to Hopes Hope's shout tho the stranger a tall taU sun-bronzed sun man manof manof manof of middle age came scrambling down tho the rocky hillside I had no Idea that there was anyone anyone any any- one else on the Island he said In Ina ina ina a pleasant well modulated voice oice What are you doing over here Fishing No said Hope Im a shipwrecked sailor and though Im I'm not exactly starving I will be If it I have to go without food much longer and ho he related briefly their experiences In Inthe Inthe inthe the storm and how they had found refuge on the island By Dy the way he added do you happen to have any gasoline We Ve cant can't get away from tram here until we get some I can give you and your friends something to eat was the answer but I haven't any gasoline Im I'm only here myself because of the storm I came over from tram Middle Island in a skiff yesterday morning intending tomake to tomake tomake make some soundings and go back in inthe inthe inthe the afternoon You see ho he explained explained ex Im In the coast survey By Dy Jove exclaimed Hope stopping stoppIng stop stop- ping dead then you must know the theman theman theman man were we're looking for Hes He's in the coast survey too His name is Fitzmaurice Fitz Fitz- maurice maurice Arthur Arthur Fitzmaurice Youre talking to him was the an saver That happens to be my InY name Well Wen Ill I'll be hanged Hope ejaculated Talk about having luck Here we are Miss Burke and I shipwrecked shipwrecked ship ship- wrecked on a rock in the Pacific and the only person on that rock Is the theman theman theman man weve we've been hunting for tor I was told by an auctioneer named Dawson in San Francisco that last week you bought three books of ot him at auction They were scientific works works works-on on hy by if it I remember rightly Right you are said the other H is In my line you know so when I saw these books on the auction list that Dawson sent me I went over to his place and bid them In They came from the library of a Dr Burke Bure didn't they Yes said Hope and its it's Dr Burkes Burke's daughter who is waiting down at the cove I suppose you left the books over oer on Middle Island No No said FItzmaurice It happens that two of the books are hero liere In my shack I brought them along yesterday yesterday yester da day intending to look them over but hut butI I was so dead tired last last night that I didn't even eyen op n them thero The third book Isn't here Im I'm sorry to sa say but you can get it without much trouble I loaned It to a friend Dr Emerson Owen who lives at a little place called on on the mainland C t t 1 When Mahlin and Satsuma had extinguished ex the light on Southeast Island Is is' island land after sandbagging the lighthouse keeper thc they were as certain that they had permanently ridded themselves of at Hope and Cleo as though they had seen their lifeless bodies washed upon the shore The next morning tho the storm having abated they set out for Middle island in search of ot rice only to learn from the officer in charge of ot tho the radio station that theman theman the theman man for tor whom they were looking had left the day before for or one of at the North and that he ha had not yet returned evidently having been boen delayed by the storm By means of ot ofa ofa ota a chart the tho officer showed them the Island on which they would probably find Fitzmaurice and indicated a small harbor in which were he be on tho the island island is is- land they would would find find his boat an an- About the same Ume time therefore that Hope Cleo and were drying themselves before their fire at ono one end of ot the Island Mahlin MahUn and Satsuma were Vere landing from tram their launch at the theother theother theother other end Though there was no one In sight when the two conspirators landed they noted signs of at recent t blasting operations presumably for tor forthe the tho purpose of ot improving the tho little harbor while on the shore had bad been erected a rule rude hut but for Cor the tho storage of ot oftie the tie workmen's tools So little was there to fear tear from marauders In this remote spot that there thero was not even evena evenn a n lock lack on tho the door of at the whose only conte contents as Mahlin MahUn foun found l lupon upon investigation were some picks shovels and crowbars a keg of nails a few coils calls of ot wire and a box marked Dynamite Following the directions given them by the officer at the radio station they thoy followed the precipitous footpath which led from thEl landing up the rocky slope to tho the plateau Twenty minutes of ot stiff climbing brought them to tho the shack where so they had been told they wo would ld probably find Fitzmaurice staying The shack a flimsy affair ot of rough lumber hung literally between sea and sky for tor halt half haltof haltof of It rested on the rock while theother tho the other half haIt which was supported by a framework of light timbers overhung overhung over over- hung the ocean There being no response to his knock Mahlin finding the door unlocked unlocked un un- un locked enter entered d the cabin Though the single room which it contained was as vacant tho the remains of ot a meal on the table and the rumpled blankets on the bunk which was built against tho the wall together with the odor of ot tobacco co smoke showed that It had been very recently occupied Suddenly Satsuma Satsuma Satsuma Sat Sat- suma who had been prowling about the room gave an exclamation Here are the books he cried holding up two bulky leather-bound leather volumes Mahlin unceremoniously snatched them from him Youre You're right he said the very books were we're after atter He broke off abruptly and stood listening I thought I heard voices he whispered whispered whis laying the books booles on the table Stepping to the door he caught sight of ot Hope and Fitzmaurice approaching ap ape preaching the cabin snarled Mahlin We didn't drown that confounded naval naval na na- val officer after atter all Here he comes com js s and hes he's got a man with hi him Bring Dring those spat apat angrily Hope kept count of the shots and at the sixth he sprang forward forward forward for for- ward recklessly The Japanese tossIng toss toss- tossing Ing away the empty pistol ran to the very edge edgo of tho the cliff He still held the precious books in his hand Hope divined his Intention You might as well give up Satsuma Satsu Satsu- ma he lie called d. d And If it f you destroy those books it will go all the harder with you Come now hand them over never get the books snarled the tho Japanese and with the words he flung them into the abyss But Dut Ill I'll get y you you u shouted Hope beside himself with anger and he leaped at Satsuma who stood poised on the precipices precipice's very brink not get me either replied the Oriental with an oath and just justas as Hope was about to clutch him he be turned and leaped Down down down ho he went straight as an arrow and as gracefully and as cleanly asan as asan asan an arrow he ho disappeared Into the sea A long moment elapsed before Hope standing on the cliff clift above saw a sleek black head bob above the water and Satsuma apparently none nono the worse for his perilous dive struck out lustily for the shore He had no not noli gone far however before a launch shot around the headland and a m mM n whom Hope recognized even at that tha distance as Satsuma's companion pulled the Japanese aboard As Hope was slowly making his hla way back to the shack he met Fitzmaurice Fitz- Fitz maurice Tho The fellow tellow I was chasing got away away from me said the tho latter H Ho He had hada hada a launch waiting for him In the cove What happened to the Japanese that you were after I thought I heard some Borne shots He got away too said HopeWell HopeWell Hope Well theres there's no use In crying over spilled milk Fitzmaurice remarked consolingly Having filled their pockets with tho the small store of at food which Fitzmaurice had bad remaining they were leaving tho the shack when hailed them Ho He explained that he had followed theline tho the tholine tholine line of ot the cliffs without seeing any one It was drawing on toward noon when they reached the cave where they had 4 1 I Ir r The Shack Toppled Bodily Into the Sea books along Satsuma well we'll have to tomake tomake tomake make a break for It and he darted out of ot the cabin The Japanese pausing only long enough to snatch up the books fol fol- lowed As he appeared In the doorway doorway doorway door door- way of ot the shack Hope recognized him By heaven he cried Its Satsuma Satsuma Satsuma Satsu Satsu- ma and he ha dashed forward with Fitzmaurice at his heels But Mahlin and Satsuma did not not await await them The former fled fied down the tho path loading leading to the harbor where they ther had left their launch while tho the Japanese momentarily momen momen- momentarily confused by Hopes Hope's unexpected appearance turned and ran blindly in inthe inthe inthe the opposite direction Ill rII take the Jap Hope shouted t tp to Fitzmaurice Hes got the books booles Im I'm after You attend to the other fellow fel tel low The chase which followed led across a country broken by unexpected outcroppings out out- of ot rocks by stretches of ot loose stones by enormous crags and it led across furze-covered furze hillsides and other hillsides carpeted carpeted- with wild wiregrass Suddenly when his pursuer was only a few paces behind be be- bind hind him Satsuma swerved and dashed down a narrow path which apparently promised a means of escape But instead in stead of leading down the cliff as he had supposed It ended abruptly on a p. precipice precipice bordered bordered headland The Japanese Japanese Jap Jap- anese could go no farther Behind him was a pursuer whom ho knew to tobe tobe tobe be relentless before |
