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Show PAGE TWO THE BINGHAM PRESS BUI LETIN The Mystery Road ' By E. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM CerHr1i by Little, row Co. Chapter VI The telegram was brought In 'te Lady Mary as slit But 'alone In her lit-tle sitting-room- , In the hours between tea and the dressing bell hours which, so far as possible, especially during the lust few month, she tried to keep to herself. It had been hand-ed In at branch office In the north of London and contained the Dens for which she had been waiting: "Elected majority two thousand heartiest thanks for good wishes. "CIIUISTOPHF.H." Oerald begged. '"Can't I have tome beerr" The man held out his hand and Oer-ald filled It with silver. He disap-peared and returned presently with two bottles of beer conceuled In hU boggy trousers, and loaf of bread. "Not understand this," he said, shak-ing his head. "Where Number Twenty-nin- e gone?" Gerald shook his head. "Better ask no questions until the governor conies back." he enjoined. "No fear talk," the man declared with a laugh, "(lovernor given me twenty innrks. If talk, I get twenty lushes Instead. Goodnight!" lie departed finally, cloning and lock-ing (he door behind Mm. Gerald ate some bread hungrily and drunk the beer. Then for a time he doKed. When he woke tip and lokrd at bis watch, It was twelve o'clock. Very soon he CHAPTER V Continued 23 "We've done campaigning, both of os,' he snld. "I rend of you when you led your regiment Into Germany. 1 was in a trench myself for five days at stretch. Those things don't really matter. Five days was quite long enough there In the mud. We dldn'i worry about soap then. Get on with It, please." Number Twenty-nin- e closed his eyes as he shed his lust garments. Then he drew on Gerald's. Presently the gov-ernor laughed. "Upon my word," he declared, "It Is better than I thought. 1 have ordered the barber Into the next cell. He Is a prisoner himself, so there Is not much chance of bis bribing. Come along. We will be btk in five minutes," he added, luprrfng to Gerald. "In time to take yirtfr orders for lunch, eli T ' Give yoUylnie to settle down." Her first Impulse was one of genu-ine pleusiire. She started to her feet, meaning to take it to her father, who whs with Myrtlle In the library. Then she stopped short and slowly resumed her seat. That little orange-colore-d fonn might have meant so much more, so much food for her ambitions, her natural and proper ambitions for the man she loved. It might have been such pledge for the Interest of their life together, such a wonderful life, brimful of movement and color In which she, too, might well hope to take part. In her quiet way, she had for years looked upon her ninr-riug-with Christopher, sooner or luter, as a certainty. Without the slightest desire In any way to mislead her, Christopher had subconsciously encouraged the Idea. She knew per-fectly well that, as soon as his position was a little more assured, he had In-tended to ask her to he his wife. It was one of those pleasant yet wonder-ful arrangements which seemed to de-velop automatically. Christopher was well born, his friends were her friends. would begin to expect the governor. He' sat up on the mattress with his back to the wall. Between twelve and one o'clock be looked at his watch twenty times. One o'clock came and passed ; half-pas- t one. Then he ros to his feet and began pacing the cell restlessly. Two o'clock came; half-past- . He held his watch In his hand now, to save himself the continual drugging It out from his pocket. The great fortress apparently slept. There was no sound anywhere. Only time went on. Three o'clock arrived and passed four five! Presently streaks of daylight began to appear. At six o'clock at last there were footsteps outside. The warder entered once more. This time he carried a Jug of hot liquid. "Tea," he announced, "from kitchen I Give me something." They passed out. Oi?rnld felt a queer jsns of loneliness as the door closed - behind him. He looked around Mm half fearfully. Everything was worse than he had feared. The floor was of concrete, and there wus not a single article of furniture of any description In the room except a straw mattress already full of holes. The floor had apparently not been swept for weeks. While hi sat there, however, there waa the click of a key In the door and a burly Russian entered. Without a word ha commenced some effort at cleansing the place, When he had finished, he threw In a rug and dlsap-- , oeared. Oerald breathed a little more freely. Then be beard footsteps out-ai- d again. The governor and Num-- oar Twenty-nin- e entered, the latter r curiously changed In appearance. his disposition accorded with hers. She could never have married an Idle man. Christopher hnd many a worthy ambition. She was precisely the wife to further them. Her money and her sociul Influence would save him years of fruitless labor. He could leave the bar whenever he liked, and turn his whole attention to politics. And now the dream had crumbled. Thla allp of paper was nothing but a friendly message, telling her of the success of a friend with whose career she had no Intimate concern. Her disposition was too kindly not to feel a certain amount of pleasure at his success, but that very pleasure brought Its shadow of personal grief. She sat looking Into the fire, twisting the little slip of paper In her hands. She knew very well that she was cursed with that one terrible and virtue, the unalterable fidelity of the woman who permits In her mind the thought of one man only and who can never replace him. The very thought of marriage with any one but Christopher waa. revolting. It seemed to her, as ahe sat there, that she was doomed to a career of and Inutility. She might labor In good works till her hair was streaked with gray and her face lined, and she knew very well the frultless-nea- s of all that ahe would accomplish. The best work of a woman, as she well knew, Is the work done for the man ahe loves. It was perhaps natural that her thoughts should turn to Myrtlle. She wondered for a moment, slowly and painfully, at the Instinct which had warned her ;of coming trouble when the two young men had told her of their adventure. She hnd felt It when first she hnd seen the frightened child, whose unspoken appeal for protection had met with so cold a response from her. She had been conscious of a cruelty wholly foreign to her nature. In those days at Monte Carlo, when-ever the name of Myrtlle was men-tioned. She had puzzled Christopher and her brother alike by her lack of sympathy. Well, ahe was punished now. The child had Justified all that she had felt. She had robbed her, un-consciously and unwillingly, of the greatest thing In life. As ahe aat there, the telegram crumpled up In her fingers, all that old hardness came Gerald gave him more silver. The tea was the color of straw and water, but the faint smell of It was refreshing. "Where Is the governor?" he asked. The warder shook hla head. "Not ask questions," he begged. "Governor not here." Gerald pulled himself together and dismissed the man. He drunk the tea slowly. Once more he snt down on the mattress. The room now waa a little lighter. He could see aa far aa the opposite wall. He sat down and wait-ed. Every nerve In his body seemed tingling. He tried to keep hla mind off the subject of what could have happened to detain the governor, to turn hla thoughts back to England. He suddenly found himself by the road-side, watching the mending of the puncture, looking Impatiently along the white ribbon of road which led to Cannes, and, beyond, to Monte Carlo, where the lights were burning and the violins were playing their pagan over-ture. He saw Myrtlle'a pale, terrified face gleaming out against the back-ground of the cypress trees, heard her pathetic story throbbing In the stillness. He remembered their drive. All those things seemed part of another world. Ue remem-bered those few furious moments when Christopher bad taken her from hla amis. A faint feeling of shame crept over blm as he sat there, huddled up. Then, with a rush, came the memory which swept everything else out of his mind. He saw Pauline, felt the dis-turbance of her presence, remembered the slow ebbing away of her pride, her first few kind words, the half-spoke-promise. What was there about her, he wondered vaguely, which had brought him, with all his experience, so completely to her feet? She had shown him no kindness. She had not even been gracious. He had read dis-like In her eyes more often thau any other feeling. There remained, too, the pitiless truth that all the fa-vors he had won from her he had bought. Indirectly If not directly. Tet there ahe waa, ruling over his life, the one sweet, dominant figure, for whose sake he sat In these miserable clothes, a forgotten figure perhaps, even, In danger. He took out hla wotch with trembling fingers. It was ten o'clock. His thoughts mocked him now. He "By all the saints," the governor chuckled, "I never realized that the barber was so wonderful a person ! Thla little scheme of mine marches well. Now, then, for your share." He handed a fountain pen to Gerald, who Indorsed the draft he had brought, wrote out a further check for a thou-sand pounds, and handed them, to-gether with hla American passport, to Krossneys. The latter thrust a docu-ment Into Number Twenty-nine'- s . pocket. "Ton may, not know It" he said. ' "but you are now the owner of five hundred acres of forest where oil may some day be found," He roared with laughter. Neither of the young men moved a muscle. "Now, listen, both of you," he went on, "the only automobile In the town , awaits me outside. We depart In a " ' ' minute. Say your farewells, you two. At one o'clock tomorrow morning," he concluded, turning to Gerald, "you will be moved Into cell 101,' and later yon will go to attend your own funeral. From now until one or perhaps half-pa-one tomorrow morning, you will have to make the best of It. I will come and superintend your removal ' myself and let you know that all la well" "I shall try te sleep until then," Oerald announced. "I am very tired." "You shall bave a little meal In my office In the Intervals of being changed," the governor promised him. "I shall lock the door and no one will know. Now, Mr. Harmon P. Cross, please, American speculator who has bought my oil fields, come with me. 1 am going to drive you to the train." Number Twenty-nin- e held out both " his hands to his deliverer. There was a simple dignity In his few words. "Sir," he said, "I know nothing of you, but my life will not be long enough for me to express my gratitude. The day after tomorrow 'The day after tomorrow there will be much for us to talk about," Gerald Interrupted. "What I have done, I have done Joyfully. So far, It has been much easier than I expected." The governor and his charge took their leave. The door closed behind them. Geral(J heard their footsteps die away on the paved floor. He hack to hei. It seemed to her a bit-ter thing that this unknown child should, have been brought Into the august household In which her own serene days had been spent, to rob her, the benefactress, of the crown of her life, to drsw the sunshine from her days and send her down to a Joyless grave, for a moment she was on the verge of a pasRlon. She hated Myrtlle, hated the sight of her gentle move-ments, the thought of her and all to do with her. She rose to her feet with an unaccustomed fire In her eyes and swung round to find that the slight noise which had disturbed her med-itations bnd beea caused by the en-trance of Myrtlle herself. (TO BE CONTINUED.) could find no escape bf means of them. He could think of nothing but the present. Something had gone wrong with their plans. What would It mean for him? Not a soul In the world knew where he was. If he had a name at all here. It was the name of the man whom the people of Rus-sia had once threatened to tear limb from limb. " At Inst there enme a little stir, an unaccustomed sound of voices. Pres-ently he heard footsteps outside, the key turned In the lock. His heart turned sick with disappointment It was the warder alone) Gerald dug his hand once more Into his pocket. This time he brought out a note. For some reason or other he was terrified. Even the stolid features of his visitor seemed disturbed. "Where is the governor?" Gerald demanded. "See, there Is this note If you will go and fetch him." The man returned to the door and shook It to be sura that It was fastened. Then he came buck to Gerald. "A strange thing has happened," he said. "There is a German woman In the town. Last night the governor spent at her house. They were both drunk. They quarreled. Elsa killed blm. The governor Is dead." threw himself down on the mattress and tried to sleep. It was an Impos-sible task but there was plenty to think about. At one o'clock the same bnrly Russian entered, bearing a bowl of something which was half stew, half soup. Gerald smelt It. looked at It, and et It In a distant corner of the room. Then he walked back and forth, count-ing how many paces It took him from wall to wall. Presently, with a throb of Joy, he remembered his cigarette case.. He smoked two cigarettes. Afterward, he dozed for a little time. Toward evening, he amused himself trying to make bis predecessor's dully Jump. It was not until the seventh at-tempt that he succeeded, and then the rust of the ban cut so deeply into his palms thai be let go almost at once. At eight o'clock, the Russian appeared again with bowl of soup similar to the last. Gerald waved It away.. "Not hungry?" the man asked In f German. Gerald shook his head. Somehow or i other, It was a relief to find that he ; was not ehut out altogether from com-munication with the outside world. Too speak German, eh?" he asked. ! The man shook his head. "Few words." i "Brtef m BOBMtblng better te eat." n H$$f (Edited by a. Douglas Wardiop. Editor o( Radio Merchandtalna ) I if TOf I - I0Q0HM& J Diagram 8howtng the Kompentrol Connections, Note the Uss of Six-Tur- n Primary to Prevent Resonance. By ROBERT LA MAR rn by duy engineers of the vnrlous radio manufacturing corporations are making Improvements In circuits that have been stnndurd for many years. Occasionally one of them stands out so prominently that It becomes an Im-portant factor In the Industry. The Kompentrol, the trade name of a new tuned radio frequency receiver, conies under this heading. The performance of the receiver, one that employs five tubes, Is very much superior to many others In this cate-gory. This Is a broad statement which unquestionably will nrouse some dis-sension, but it Is based on rigid com-parative tests conducted by the writer In various localities, some of them the dead spots of New York city. Most of the competing sets were "put under the table" When It came to dis-tant reception. ' The new set consists of two stages of tuned radio, a detector and two stages of audio. ' Admittedly, this Is no cause for amazement, hut the actual performance of the set Is. - When the Set Differs. The basic difference between the Kompentrol met and the ordinary radio frequency amplifying set of the tuned type is shown In Fig. 2. It will be seen that hi the conventional radio amplifier the low potential sides of both radio frequency primaries are e i j It Is highly Improbable mat any re cnunce can take place, making the amplifier Itself Tlis resistance may be more properly termed a reactance of variable choke. It is a conceded fact that a choke coll Introduced In the plate circuit will re-tard the radio frequency currents and therefore throw the set Into oscillation. Consequently, If the reactor, or choke, be variable, the oscillation point of the amplifier can be adjusted to accommo-date all wave lengths. Actual Results. In this respect the theory works oul In practice, for the receiver can be brought up to and beyond the hissing point at any and all wave lengths. Actually, the receiver Is ns efficient an amplifier ns may be desired, with the added advantage of not being too critical. The writer operated the Kompentrol receiver for a whole evening In the heart of Manhattan, using a t piece of wire suspended outside the window as an aerial. Ten DX sta-tions were heard, despite the fact that all of the city's most powerful stations were In operation. After the locals shut down, stations up to 1,500 mile" were heard, Just as loud and clear as most locals, although there was some reradlutlon. Terhaps the greatest performance In the way of selectivity whs demonstrated when WNAC, Boston, operating on 278 meters, was tuned In with vociferous volume, through WFRH, on 273, and with the latter station only a mile or so distant. This performance would have ne credit to a e operating on a loop. Selectivity and sensitivity go lmnd In hand. A receiver cunnot be really efllclent and not be selective; the re-verse Is true, ulna The sensitivity of the set may be accounted for by the ability to keep the receiver on the hiss-ing point at all fcave lengths by a sim-ple control. The selectivity is far bet-ter than a neutrodyne because of the lower coupling employed. This la Im-perative because of the fact that the radio frequency primaries must have alz turns so that resonance cannot be obtained. If you are desirous of constructing a set of thla type, the circuit diagram of Fig. 1 eliould lead you on the right track. ' A list of the necessary porta used by the writer follows: Three splderweb colls for usual tuned It. F. amplifiers. Three (.0003) variable con-densers. One Amsco rheostat for four tubes. .One rheostat for detector. One 100-ohi- rheostat or iWO-oli-potentiometer (Amsco). . ' One double circuit Jack. One "single circuit Jack. One 7 by 18 bukellte panel (black or maliogunite). . One C1, by 17 bukellte baseboard. Three Freshman dials. One .0005 fixed condenser. One .00025 grid condenser with 2 megohm leak. One .006 mfd. Dublller condenser. One .01 mfd. fixed condenser. Two audio transformers. One battery switch. Seven binding posts (preferably marked). Twelve lengths bus-ba-r. Sundries such as screws, nuts, an-gles, etc. 4ril ,0003T . nPfWPP- - t occi DET. L O .0003 " " ' Jw. - ' K CHlS . 4003 "K --, 04 L M , 1 A little confusion might arise about the splderweb colls. They may be ob-tained from your radio dealer if you know what to ask for. They are called tuned radio frequency colls of the type. Usually the primaries have 15 turns but no matter how many turns on the primary they will be all right. ' Make sure that the secondary has 65 turns, for a greater or lesser number of turns will not cover the band of wave lengths on the usual coll and con-denser; of course a turn or two out of the way matters but little. Remove sufficient turns from the primaries of two of the colls so that only six turns will remain on each, the third one re-maining as purchased. Coll Supports. The colls should be fastened with little pieces of rubber so that the flat area Is at right nngles to the panel, It being preferable that the colls be mounted on top of the condenser, to make them the htuhest unit in the set. The unhampered coll having a n primary Is fastened to the first con-denser, 1. e., the one on the extreme left of the set facing from the front. The other two colls should be mounted In a similar manner, the order ol mounting making no difference since they are similar. New Tork Telegram. Fig. 1 Showing the Kompentrol, Hav- . ing Variable Plata Resistor. connected to the "B' battery plus am-plifier post. Ia tills receiver, however, they go to one end of a variable 100-oli- rheo-stat, while the other end goes to the "B" battery amplifier. In other words, a variable resistor is inserted In series with the primaries of the radio fre-quency transformers. The first thought the technical radio fan Is likely to get Is that the resist: ance Is put into the circuit to introduce losses and suppress oscillations. This Is not true. In fact. It is the reverse. Actual operation ahows that the more resistance one Introduces into the pri-mary circuit the more the set oscillates. In other words, we have a common re-generation control for the two etuges of radio frequency. 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