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THE. L'AN3S 8SNTINEL, L 'ANSIS, MIOIL
v A DtUctlv Nocl and a I'otlon Pictwre Drama ;
By ARTHUR B. REEVE
; ThoWeH-Known NoTcErf and the Oca tor of UMQwgICennedyMStanei
: Presented In Collaboration With the Path) Player and
;. ';-) i . t ; the? EcUctic Film Company ,, '
8YN0P8I8.-
Th New York potlct ar mystified by a
Aerie of murders and other crime. The
firlnclpal clue to the criminal la the wani
ng letter which la tent the victims, signed
with a "clutching hand." The latest vic
tim of the mysterious assassin Is Taylor
Dodge, the Insurance president. His
daughter, Elaine, employs Craig Ken
nedy, the famous scientific detective, to
try to unravel the mystery. What Ken
nedy accomplishes Is told by his friend,
Jameson, a newspaper man.- After many
fruitless attempts to put Elaine and
Craig Kennedy out of the way the Clutch
ing Hand la at last found to be none other
than Perry Bennett, Elaine's lawyer and
the man she Is engaged to marry. Ben
nett flees to the den of one of his Chi
nes criminals. The Chinaman forces from
Bennett the secret of the whereabouts of
97,000,000. Then h gives the lawyer a po
tion which will suspend animation for
months. Kennedy reaches Bennett's side
Just after he has lost consciousness..
TWENTY
fFlfTH'
EPISODE
THE LOST TORPEDO.
'From the rocks of a promontory that
Jutted out not far from the wharf
where Wu Fang's body was found and
Kennedy had disappeared, opened up
'a beautiful panorama of a bay on one
side and the sound on the other.
. It was a deserted bit of coast BuC
anyone who had been standing near
the promontory the. next day might
have seen a thin line, as if the wa
ter, sparkling in. the sunlight, had
been cut with a huge knife. Gradual
ly a thin steel rod seemed to rise from
the water Itself, still moving ahead,
though slowly now as It pushed its
way above the surface. After it came
a round cylinder of steel, studded with
bolts. It was the hatch of a subma
rine, and the rod was the periscope.
As the submarine lay there at rest,
the waves almost breaking over it,
the hatch slowly opened and a hand
appeared groping for a hold. Then
appeared a face with a tangle of curly
black hair and keen, forceful eyes.
After It the body of a man rose out of
the hatch, a tall, slender, striking per
son. He reached down into the hold
of the boat and drew forth a life pre
server. "AH right." he called down In an
accent slightly foreign, as he buckled
on the belt '1 shall communicate with
you as soon as I have something to
report"
Then he deliberately plunged over
board and struck out for the shore.
Hand over band, he churned bis way
through the water toward the beach
until at last his feet touched bottom,
and he waded out shaking the water
from himself like a huge animal.
The coming of the stranger had not
been entirely unheralded. Along the
shore road by which Kennedy and I
had followed the crooks who we
thought had the torpedo, on that last
chaBe, was waiting now a powerful
limousine with Us motor purring. A
chauffeur was sitting at the wheel and
Inside, at the door, sat a man peering
out along the road to the beach. Sud
denly the man In the machine signaled
to the driver. '. "' ' .
"He comes I" he cried eagerly. "Drive
down the road, closer, and meet him."
As the swimmer strode shivering up
the roadway the car approached him.
The assistant swung open the door
and ran forward with a thick, warm
coat and hat
Neither the master nor the servant
spoke as they met, but the man
wrapped the coat about him, hurried
into the car, the driver turned and
quickly they sped toward the city.
Secretly though the entrance of the
stranger had been planned, however.
It was not Unobserved.
Along the beach,' on a bowlder, gaz
ing thoughtfully out to sea and smok
ing an old brier pipe, sat a bent fish
erman ', clad in an . oilskin hat and
heavy, ungainly boots. About his neck
was a long woolen muffler which con
cealed the lower part of his face quite
as effectually as his scraggly, grizzled
whiskers. . '
Suddenly he seemed to discover
something that interested him, slowly
rose, then turned and almost ran up
the shore. . Quickly he dropped behind
a large rock and waited, peering oat
As the limousine ' bearing the
, stranger, on whom the fisherman had
kept his eyes riveted, turned and
drove away, the old salt rose from be
hind his rock, gated after the car as
If to fix every line Of It In his mem
ory, and then he, too, quickly disap
peared np the road. .
The stranger's car had scarcely dis
appeared when the fisherman turned
from the shore, road Into a clump of
stunted trees and made his way to a
hut' Not far away stood a small, un
pretentious closed carf also ; with a
driver. !
"I shall be ready in a minute," the
fisherman nodded, almost running Into
the hot, as the driver moved his car
tip eloser to the door. '
The larger motor had disappeared
'far down the bend of the road when
the . fisherman reappeared. -.In an'.al
" goost Incredible, time he had changed
kit dlsklns and tauter for a dark coat
tad s!2t tat Ha was no lonrsr ft
trhemtn, but a rather fussy laoiirj
cIJ grzUaan, tnrtsrtd stia, t-ti
yo loclx out tzzzlj tnvx ft I'JZ
ef & J-rir--ii cLCJ.
' ToVLiw C-t cxr at any eccV I 5
the little motor, and the driver shot
ahead down a bit of side road and out
into the main shore road again, urging
the car forward to overtake the one
ahead.'
Such was the entrance of the strang
er Marclus Del Mar Into America.
How 'I managed to pass the time
during the first few days after the
strange disappearance of Kennedy I
don't know. It was all like a dream
-the apartment empty, the laboratory
empty, my own work on the Star
uninteresting, Elaine brokenhearted,
life itself a burden. ,
Hoping against hope, the next day
I decided to drop around at the Dodge
house. As I entered the library un
announced I saw that Elaine, with a
faith for which I envied her, was sit
ting at a table, her back toward the
door. Sho was gazing sadly at a pho
tograph. Though I could not see it
I needed not to be told whose It was.
She did not hear me come In, so en
grossed was she in her thoughts. Nor
did she notice me at first as I stood
Just behind her. Finally I put my
hand on her shoulder as If I had been
an elder brother.
She looked up Into my face. "Have
you heard from, him yet?" she asked
anxiously. fc
I could only shake my head sadly.
She sighed. Involuntarily she rose
and together we moved toward the
garden, the last place, we bad seen him
about the house.
We bad been pacing np and down
the garden, talking earnestly, only, a
short time when a man made his way
in from the Fifth avenue gate.
"Is this Miss Dodge?" he asked.
Neither Elaine nor I knew him at
the timer though I think she thought
he might be the bearer of some mes
sage from Craig. As a matter of fact
be was the emissary to whom the ste
nographer had thrown the torpedo
model from the Navy' building In
Washington.
His visit was only a part of a deep
laid scheme. Only a few minutes be
fore .three crooks among them our
visitor bad stopped Just below the
house on a side street To him the
others had given final Instructions and
a note, and he had gone on, leaving
the two standing there. , T
"I have' a note for you," he said,
bowing and handing an envelope . to
Elaine, which she tore open and read.
Washington, D. C.
Miss Elaine Dodge,
Fifth avenue, New York. -
My Dear Miss Dodge: The bearer,
Mr. Bailey of the 8ecret Service,
would like to question you regarding
the disappearance of Mr. Kennedy and
the model of his torpedo.
Morgan Bertrand,
United States Secret Service.
Even as we were talking, the other
two crooks had already moved up and
had made their way around back of
the stone wall that cut off the Dodge
garden back pf the house. There they
stood, whispering eagerly and gaz
ing furtively over the wall as their
man talked to Elaine.
After a moment I stepped aside,
while Elaine read the note, and as he
asked her a few questions I could not
help feeling that the affair had a very
suspicious look. The more I thought
of It the less 1 liked It Finally I
could stand it no longer.
"I beg your pardon," I excused my
self to the alleged Mr. Bailey, "but
may 1 speak to Miss Dodge alone Just
a minute?" . . ' '
He bpwed, rather ungracefully I
thought and Elaine followed me aside
while I told her my fears.
"I don't, like the looks of It my
self,'' she agreed. "Tea, I'll be very
careful what I say." . '
, While-we were talking I could see
out of the corner of my eye that the
fellow was looking ,at us askance and
frowning. But If I had had an X-ray
eye I might have seen his two com
panions on the other side of the wall,
peering over as they bad done before
and showing every evidence of annoy
ance at my, Interference. .
The man resumed his questioning of
Elaine regarding the torpedo, and she
replied guardedly, as, in fact, she could
not do otherwise.
' Suddenly we heard shouts on the
other side of the wall, as though some
one were attacking someone else.
' There seemed to be several of them,
for a man quickly flung himself over
the wall and ran to us.
"They're after us,r he shouted to
Bailey. . ',''.; v ,
Instantly our visitor drew a gun and
followed the newcomer as he ran to
get out of, the garden In the opposite
direction. v ' v, : -
Just then fttaTl, well-dressed, strik
ing man came oyer the' wall, accom
panied by another dressed as a police
man, 4hd rushed toward us. , '
"' The .'car bearing the mysterious
Stranger, Del If ar, kept on until It
reached New, Tork, then made its way
through the city until It came to the
Kcttl La Cost.
T:l ITrr Jumped out of the car, t'.i
clctiij covered comjlettly ty C
"z f "'- Hi r:t:rtJ txl rc'j o
I c" ntrr ta rr- xlzx ttl tl-
rzZlm a valet was already unpacking
soma trunks and laying out clothe
when Del Mar and his assistant en
tered.' . (, , , .r '
With an exclamation of satisfaction
at his unostentatious entry into the
city, Del Mar threw off his heavy coat
The valet hastened to assist him In
removing the clothes, still wet and
wrinkled from his plunge into the sea.
Scarcely had Del Mar changed his
clothes than he received two visitors.
Strangely enough, they were dressed
In the uniform of policemen.
"First of all we must convince them
of our honesty," he said, looking fixed
ly at the two men. "Orders have been
given to the men employed by Wu
Fang to be about In half an hour. We
must pretend to arrest them on sight
Tou understand?"
"Yes, sir," she nodded. '
"Very well, come on," Del Mar or
dered, taking up his hat. and preced
ing them from the room. ... '
Outside the La Coste, Del Mar and
his two policemen entered the car
which had driven Del Mar from the
seacoast and were quickly whisked
away, uptown, until they came near
the Dodge house, f , i
Del Mar leaped , from the car, fol
lowed by his two policemen. 'There
they are, already," he whispered,
pointing up the avenue. ,
All three hastened up the avenue
now, where, beside a wall, they could
see two men looking" through Intently
as thougbTery angry at something go
ing on Inside. . : .
"Arrest them!" shouted Del Mar,
as his own men ran forward.
The fight was short and sharp, with
every evidence of being genuine. One
of the men managed to break away
and Jump the garden wall, with Del
Mar and one of the policemen after
him, while the other only reached the
wall to be dragged down by the other
policeman. ' .
Elaine and I bad been, as 1 have
said, talking with the man named
Bailey, who posed as a secret service
man, wtfen the rumpus began. As the
man cam over the fence, warning
Bailey, it was evident that neither of
them had time to escape. With his
club -the policeman struck the new
comer of the two flat while the tall,
athletic gentleman leaped upon Bailey,
and before we knew it had him dis
armed. In a most clean-cut and pro
fessional way he snapped the brace
lets on the man.
Elaine was astonished at the ka
leidoscopic turn of affairs, too aston
ished even to make an outcry. As
for me, It was all so sudden that I
had no chance to take part in It Be
sides, I should not have known quite
on which side to fight So I did
nothing.
As it was over so quickly, I took
a step forward to our latest arrival. ,
"Beg pardon, old man," I began.
Del Mar and the Old Man
tmt
ut don't you think this is Just a lit
tle raw? What's it all about?"
The'neweit comer eyed me for a
moment, then with quiet dignity drew
from bis pocket and handed me his
card, which read simply: , '
. M. DEL MAR, Private Investigator.
As I looked up, I saw Del Mar'
other policeman bringing In another
manacled man.
"These are crooks foreign agents,"
replied Del Mar pointing to the pris
oners. "The government has employed
me to run them down."
"What of this?" asked Elaine, hold
ing up the note from Bertrand.
"A fake, a forgery," reiterated Del
Mar, looking at it a moment critically.
Then to the men uniformed as police
he ordered: "You can take them to
JalL They're the fellows, all right
As the prisoners were led off, Del
Mar turned to Elaine. "Would you
mind answering a few questions about
these men?"-
"Why no," she hesitated. , "But I
think we'd better go tnto.th house,
after such a thing as this. It makes
m feel nervous." WV ;
With Del Mar-1 followed Elaine In
through the conservatory '
. . .
' Del Mar had scarcely registered at
the La Coste when th smaller car
which had been waitLrj at the fisher
men's hut drew up before th hoUl
ertnac. rron It klrv;d the fusxy
cU csac: ,wt) I - such ft re
tiirliU runLLu;-j ty th fisher
tzr.ttr" f'l tL C'.izr and
tmj tl'tr:a- ' - ' 1 .s
with well manieufed linger, scarcely
reminiscent of a fisherman, began trac
ing the names down the list until h
stopped before one which read:
"Marcus Del Mar and valet, Wash
ington, D, C, Room 620."
With a quick glance about, he made
a note of It and turned away, leaving
the La Cost to take up quarters of
bis own In the Prince Henry down the
street '
Not until Del Mar had left with his
two policemen did the fussy old gen
tleman reappear In the La Coste. Then
he rode up to Del Mar's room and
rapped at the door.
"Is Mr. Del Mar In?" he Inquired
of th valet .
"No, sir." replied that functionary.
The little old man appearing to con
sider, standing a moment dandling his
silk hat Absent-mindedly he dropped
it As the valet stooped to pick it up
the old gentleman exhibited an agility
and strength scarcely, to be expected
of his years. He seized the valet
while with one foot he kicked the
door shut
Before the surprised servant knew
what was going on bis assailant had
whipped from his pocket a handker
chief In which was concealed a thin
tube of anesthetic. Then leaving the
valet prone in a corner with the hand
kerchief over his face, he proceeded
to make a systematic search of the
rooms, opening all drawers, trunks
and bags.
He turned pretty nearly everything
upside down, then started on the desk.
Suddenly he paused. There was ' a
paper. He read It, then with an air of
extreme elation shoved in Into Lis
pocket
As he was going out he stopped
beside the valet removed the handker
chief from his face and bound him
with a cord from the portieres. Then,
still immaculate in spite of his en
counter, he descended in the elevator,
re-entered a waiting car and drove
off.
Quite evidently, however, he wanted
to cover his tracks, for he had not
gone half a dozen blocks before he
stopped, paid and tipped the driver
generously, and disappeared Into the
theater crowd.
' Back again In the Prince Henry,
whither the fussy little old man made
his way as quickly as he could through
a side street, he went quietly up to his
room. . .''
His door was now locked. He did
not have to deny himself to visitors,
for he had none. Still his room was
cluttered by a vast amount of para
phernalia and he was seated before a
table deep In work.
First of all he tied a handkerchief
over his nose and mouth. Then he took
up a cartridge from the table and care
fully extracted the bullet Into the
space occupied by the bullet he poured
a white powder and added a wad of
Drew Gun Tfcgether.
paper, like a blank cartridge, placing
the cartridge In the chamber of a re
volver and repeating the operation
until he had It fully loaded. It was
his own invention of an asphyxiating
bullet- ' ".
' Perhaps halt an hour later the old
gentleman, his room cleaned up and
his Immaculate appearance restored,
sauntered forth from the hotel down
the street like a veritable Turvey
drop, to show himself.
Elaine seemed quite impressed with
her new friend, Del Mar, as we made
our way to th library, though I am
sure that It was a pose on her part At
any rate he seemed quite eager to
help us. v . - ' "
"What do you suppose has become
of Mr. Kennedy?" asked Elaine.
Del Mar looked at. her earnestly. '1
should be glad to search for him," he
returned quickly. "He was the great
est man In our profession. ' But first
t must execute the commission of the
secret service. W must find his tor
pedo model before It falls Into foreigfl
hands." " - ' : :
' W talked for a few moments, then
Del Mar, with ft glance at his watch,
excused himself. We accompanied him
.to , the door, for he was Indeed a
charming man. ' I felt that If in fact
t Wers assigned to th cs I ought
to know him bettsr. x i '' '' '
?f you're goirj downtown," I ven
tured, "I might 'accompany you part of
th way." - ;.
Tfclii: 3." tzrttl Ed Vxr.
A Del Uir tz.1 1 wait:! Crm lis
tvezsvt t::t a rr-r.'.rj Cr cf
conversation ot9 at last w cam
near th La Cost. .
"Charmed to bar
met you, Mr.
pausing. "We
Jameson, .he said.
shall sea a great deal of each other I
hope."
I had not yet had time to say good
by myself when a slight exclamation
at my side startled me. Turning sud
denly, I saw a very brisk, fussy old
gentleman who had evidently been hur
rying through the crowd. He had
slipped on something on the sidewalk
and lost bis balance, falling near us. .,
We bent over and assisted him to
his feet. A I took hold of his hand,
I felt a peculiar pressure from him.
He had placed something In my band.
My mind worked quickly. I checked
my first Impulse to speak, and, more
from curiosity than anything else,
kept the thing he had passed to me
surreptitiously.'
"Thank you, gentlemen,- he puffed,
straightening himself out "One of the
infirmities of age. Thank you, thank
you." .
In a moment he bad bustled off quite
comically.
Again Del Mar said good-by, and I
did not urge him to stay. He bad
scarcely gone when I" looked at the
thing the old man had placed in my
hand. It was a little folded piece of
paper. I opened It slowly. Inside was
printed In pencil, disguised:
Be Careful. Watch Him.
I read It in amazement What did it
I mean?
V N. . 11 y" . . M. .
J.ue lm VUBio, ivi mar wuo uiei
by two of his men In the lobby and
they rode up to his room.
Imagine their surprise when they
opened the door and found the valet
lying bound on the floor.
"Who-the deuce did this?" demand
ed Del Mar as they loosened him.
The valet rose weakly to his feet
"A little old man with gray whiskers,"
he managed to gasp.
Del Mar looked at him In surprise.
Instantly his active mind recalled the
little old man who bad fallen before us
on the street
"Who what was her
"Come," he said quickly, beckoning
his two companions, who had come in
with him.,
' Some time later, Del Mar's car
stopped Just below tbe Dodge house.
"Tou men go around back of the
house and watch," ordered Del Mar.
As they disappeared he turned and
went up the Dodge steps.
e e .'...
. I walked back after my strange ex
perience with the fussy little old gen
tleman, feeling more than ever, now
that Craig was gone, that both Elaine
and Aunt Josephine needed me.
As we sat talking In the library,
Rusty, released from the chain . on
which Jennings kept him, bounded
with a rush into the library.
"Good old fellow," encouraged
Elaine, patting him.
.Just then Jennings entered, and a
moment later was followed by Del
Mar, who bowed as we welcomed blm.
"Do you know," he began, "1 be
lieve that the lost torpedo model Is
somewhere in this house, and I have
reason to. anticipate another attempt
of foreign agents to find It If you'll
pardon me, I've taken tbe liberty of
surrounding the place with some men
we can trust" .
While Del Mar was speaking Elaine
picked up a ribbon from the table and
started to tie It about Rusty's neck.
As Del Mar proceeded she paused, still
holding the ribbon, Rusty, who hated
ribbons, saw his chance and quietly
sidled out seeking refuge in the con
servatory. A Inn a In th nnsArvAtnrV- RuatV
quickly forgot about the ribbon and
began nosing about the palm. At last
be came to the pot In which the tor
pedo model had been burled In the
soft earth by the thief the night it bad
been stolen from tbe fountain.-
Quickly Elaine recalled herself, and,
seeing the ribbon In her hand and
Rusty gone, called him. There was no
answer, and she excused herself, for
it was against the rules for Rusty to
wander about "
In his haste the thief had left Just a
corner of the handkerchief sticking
out of the dirt What none of us bad
noticed, Rusty's keen eyes and nole
discovered, and his instinct told him
to dig for it In a moment he uncov
ered the torpedo and handkerchief and
sniffed.' '.
Just then he heard his mistress call
ing him. Rusty had been whipped for
digging In the conservatory, and now,
with his tall between hi legs, he
seised tbe torpedo in his mouth and
bolted for the door of the drawing
room, for he had heard voices in 'the
library. As he did so he dropped the
handkerchief and the little propeller,
loosened by his teeth, tell off.
Elaine entered the conservatory,
still calling. Rusty was not there. He
had reached the stairs, scurrying up
to the attic, still holding the torpedo
model In his mouth. - He pushed open
the attic door and ran in. Rusty's
last refuge In time of trouble was back
of a number of trunks, among which
were two of almost the same size and
appearance. Behind on of them ho
had hidden a miscellaneous collection
of bones, pieces of biscuit 'and things
dear to his heart He dropped the tor-
peao among uese treasures. ;
Del Mar, meanwhile, had followed
Elaine through th hall and Into' th
conservatory. As h entered be
could see her stooping down to look
through the; palms for Rusty. ,Sho
straightened up and went on out
. Del Mar followed. Beside Jthe palm
pot where Rusty , had found the tor
pia fc ttraed to at th old
t-zTTtlf idled .tirt. Kear-'
ty l.y tl LUU pc;er. II. ricked
Eh has found Itt H rcTa1ini tx
wondsr, following Elaln.
Outside, on th lawn, Dot Mar's men '
had been looking about, but had dis
covered nothings They paused ft mo
ment to speak.
"Look outl" whispered one of then,
"There's someone coming."
They dropped down in the shadow.
There in the light of the street lamps
was th fussy old gentleman coming
across the lawn. He stole up to the
door of the conservatory and looked
through. D Mar's men crawled a few
feet closer. The little old man en
tered the conservatory and leoked
about again stealthily. Tbe two men
followed him in noiselessly and
watched as he bent over the palm pot
from which the dog bad dug up tbe
torpedo. He looked at the hole curi
ously. Just then he heard sounds be
hind him and sprang to his feet
"Hands up," ordered one of the men,
covering him with a gun. .
The little old man threw up his
hands, raising his cane still in his
right hand. The man with the gun '
took a step closer. As he did so th
little old man brought down his cane
with a quick blow and knocked the
gun out of his hand. The second man
seized the cane. The .old man Jerked
the cane back and was standing there
with a thin, tough steel rapier. It was
a sword cane. Del Mar's man held tbe
sheath.
As the man attacked with the
sheath the little old man pafried, sent
it flying from his grasp anoLwbunded
him. The wounded man sank down,
while the little old man ran off
through the palms, followed by the
other of Del Mar's men.
Around the hall he ran and back
Into the conservatory, where he
picked up a heavy chair and threw it
through the glass, dropping himself
behind a convenient hiding-place near
by. Del Mar's man, close after him,
mistaking the. crash of glass for the .
escape of the man he was pursuing,
went on through the broken exit
Then tbe little old man doubled on
his tracks and mad for the front of
the, house. .
.y? . m m '.
With Aunt Josephine I had remained
In the library.
"What's thatr I exclaimed at the
first sounds. "A fight?"
Together we rushed for the con
servatory. Th fight, followed so quickly by the
crash of glass, also alarmed Elaine
and Del Mar In the hallway and they
hurried toward th library, which we
had Just left, by another door.
, As they entered they saw a little
old gentleman rushing In from the
conservatory and locking the door be
hind him. He whirled about and he
and Del Mar recognized each other at
once. They drew guns together, but
the little old man fired first
His bullet struck the wall back or
Del Mar and a cloud of vapor was In
stantly formed, enveloping Del Mar
and even Elaine. Del Mar fell, over
come, while Elaine sank more slowly.
The little old man ran forward.
In the conservatory Aunt Josephine
and I heard the shooting, Just as one
of Del Mar's men ran in again. With
him we ran back toward the library. .
By this time the whole house was
aroused. Jennings and Marie were
hurrying downstairs, crying for help
and making their way to the library
also., '
In the library the little old man
bent over Del Mar and Elaine. But it
was only a moment later that ' he
heard the whole house aroused. Quick
ly he shut and locked the folding doors
to the drawing room as, with Del ,
Mar's man, I was beating at the rear
library door. ,
"111 go around," I suggested, hur
rying off, while Del Mar's man tried
to beat In tbe door.
Inside the little old man, who had
been listening, saw that there was no
means of escape. He pulled off his
coat and vest and turned them Inside
out On the Inside be bad prepared '
an exact copy of Jennlng's livery.
It was only a matter of seconds be
fore he had completed his change. For
a moment he paused and looked at
the two prostrate figures before him.
Then he took a rose from a vase on
the table and placed It In Elaine's
hand.
Finally,' with his whiskers and wig
off, he moved to the rear door where
Del Mar's man was beating and open
ed it
, "Look," he cried, pointing In an agi
tated way at Del Mar and Elaine.
"What shall w dor
Del Mar's man, who had never seea
Jennings, ran to his master,'- and the
little old man, In his new disguise,
slipped quietly Into th hall and out
the front door, where he had a taxlcab
waiting for him down the street
- A moment later I burst open the
fetber library door and Aunt Josephin ,
followed me In, Just as Jennings him
self and Marie entered from the draw
ing room.
It was only a moment before w
had Del Mar, who was most In need of.
care, on the sofa, and Elaine, already
regaining consciousness, lay back In ft
deep easy chair. - ;
As Del Mar moved I turned again to
Elaine, who was now nearly recovered. '
"How do yon feeir,! asked, anx
iously. .' " 1
Her throat was parched by the as
phyxiating fumes, but she , smiled
brightly, though weakly. v
"Wh-where did I get thatr she man
aged to gasp finally, catching sight
of the rose tn her hand. "Did you put
lttherer. '.. '. . -.'
I shook my head and sh gaisl at
th rote, wondering.
. Whfe vtt th llttl can was, he wo
gon. ' ' ' "'
1 locked for Craij. '
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