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zmmm mzwrnmwm /;̂ ̂.; ̂ ..' A ..• • *r -'- - .' v :V* ̂ S r i I K X R V P L A I N D E A L K U . M ' H K X R T , I I X . The Romance of Elaine SEQUEL TO THE EXPLOITS OF ELAINE A. Detective Novel and a Motion Pic­ ture Drama Ijy ARTHUR R REEVE ° $*he Wcll-Known Novelist and the Creator of the "Craig Kennedy" Stories Presented in Collaboration With the Pathe Players and the Eclectic Film Co. Copyright. J9t4. by the St»r Company AH Foreitn Rijhtt Reserved. 8YNOP8IS. After the finding of Wu Fang's body and Kennedy's disappearance, a submarine ap­ pears the. following morning on the bay. A man plunges overboard 4from it and ftwlnis asiiorr. It Is the entrance of Mar- d»i8 Del Mar Into America. His mission is to obtain information of Kennedy and recover, if possible, the lost torpedo. At the Dodge home he soon wins the confi­ dence of Elaine. Later she is warned by a little old man to be careful of Del Mar. This warning came Just in time to pre­ vent Del Mar from carrying out his plans. Klaine gives a masquerade ball. Del Mar jittenris. Neither he nor his domino girl ran locate the torpedo. A gray friar warns Klaine and Jameson of Del Mar's purpose, and his plans are upset. The girl enters the IV,iige home as a maid; finds the tor­ pedo, places it in a trunk, v/hioli with oth­ ers is sent to the Dodge country hotne. In a holdup Del Mar's men fail to get the trunk containing the torpedo. Elaine hides the torpedo, which inter is stolen by Del M;.r's men, who in escaping meet the old ro&n of mystery. A desperate battle follows. In which the old man destroys the torpedo. Jameson is captured by Del Mar's men while on his way to mail a letter to the U. S. secret service. Elaine rescues him. Lieutenant Woodward and his frifTid^Bttend a party given at the Dodge hoiWc;, at which Del Mar is pres­ ent. Unknowingly Del Mar drops a note which gives Elaine a clue. In her attempt to prevent his cutting the Atlantic cabto •he is discovered and made a prisoner on the boat, which afterwards is wrecked by "Woodward and the old man of mys­ tery. Jameson arrives in a hydo-aero- Slane just in time to save Elaine from rowning. Elaine discovers the cave be­ hind the water door. THIRTY-FIRST EPISODE AT THE OLD HOSTELRY. :<&; V Off a lonely wharf on a deserted of the coast some miles from the V&T"Ifromontory which afforded Del Mar |iis secret submarine harbor, a ship • " '[x>. was riding at anchor. On the wharf a group of men, husky f'f.; "Lascars, were (training their eyes at ||rte V ,1 the mysteriour craft. .1 j * "Here she comes," muttered one of „ the men, "at last.** From the ship a large yawl had put « , |mt. As she approached the wharf it vfM>uld be seen that she was loaded to ;the gunwales with cases and boxes. f'Bhe drew up close to the wharf, and 'V f^the men fell to unloading her, lifting f"' *ip the boxes as though they were #•?* ^Weighted with feathers instead of 1 xnetal and explosives. Down the shore, at the same time, %• • • • Ibehind a huge rock, crouched a rough- fijii^v^looking tramp. His interest in the J, /•? ' r\yawl and its cargo was even keener ^ .than that of the Lascars. I;. V • "Supplies," he muttered, moving back cautiously and up the bluff. "I ¥ " "wonder where they are taking them?" L ; , J * ̂ M a r c u s D e l M a r h a d c h o s e n a n o l d m and ruined hotel not far from the .Aj1' *.,-,i8hore as his storehouse and arsenal. Already he was there, pacing up and <lown the rotted veranda which shook 2*-lr <$*"' under his weight. "Come, hurry up," he called impa­ tiently as Ifee first of the men carry- l^ring a huge box on his back made his appearance up the hill. One after another they trooped in and Del Mar led them to the hotel, un- T locking the door. ^ - : Inside, the old hostelry was quite as ^ramshackle as outside. What had once V'TfA' ^been the dining room now held noth- "<*- ' ^ • '• but a lon£> rickety table and sev- Wal chairs. are-:' W ; i] "Put them there," ordered Del Mar, Tr' 'directing the disposal of the cases. •f...j: 1*Then you cam begin work. I shall r-'#fce back soon." He went out, and as he did so, two fev t r)men seized guns from a corner near tS by and followed him. On the veranda paused and turned to the men. ^ ' ;vnFv' "1' anyone approaches the house--- '£v -anyone, you understand'--make him a |k'F '• . prisoner and send for me," he or- ^ dered. "If he resists, shoot." >'\ "Yes. sir," they replied, moving over '.jand stationing themselves one .at each angle of the narrow paths that ran - before the old house. !£iv .- Del Mar turned and plunged delib­ erately into the bushes, as if for a cross-country walk, unobserved. Meanwhile, by. another path up the bluff, the tramp had made his way par­ allel to the line taken by th£ men. He paused at the top of the bluff where some bushes overhung and parted them. "Their headquarters," he remarked to himself, under his breath. • • • • • • » . Elaine, Au»t Josephine and I were on the lawn that torenoon when a groom in resplendent livery came up to us. "Miss Elaine Dodge?" he bowed. Elaine took the note he offered and he departed with another bow. "Oh, isn't that delightful?" she cried %1th pleasure, handing the note to me. I read it: "The Wilkeshire Country club will be honored if Miss Dodge and her friends will join the paper chase this afternoon. L. H. Brown, Secretary." "I suppose a preparation for the fox or drag hunting season?" 1 queried. "YeO she replied. "Will you go?" **I don't ride very well," I answered "•tout I'll go." "Oh, and here's Mr. Del Mar," she odded, turning. "You'll join us at the Wilkeshire hunt in a paper chase this afternoon, surely, Mr. Del Mar?" "Charmed, I'm sure," he agreed gracefully. For several minutes we chatted, planning, then he withdrew. "I shall m. &r j,. meet you on the way to the club," he promised. It was not long before Elaine was ready, and from the stable a groom led three of the best-trained cross­ country horses in the neighborhood, for old Taylor Dodge, Elaine's father, had been passionately fond of hunting, as had been both El&ine and Aunt Jo­ sephine. We met on the porch and a few min­ utes later mounted and centered a*vay. On the road Del Mar joined us and we galloped along to the Hunt chib, care­ ful, however, to save the horses as much as possible for the dash ov«r the fields. - . ' • • m' For some time the uncouth tramp continued gazing fixedly out of the bushes at the deserted hotel. Suddenly he heard a noise and dropped fiat on the ground, looking keenly about. Through the trees he could see one of Del Mar's men sta­ tioned on sentry duty. He was lean­ ing against a tree, on the alert. The tramp rose cautiously and moved off in another direction to that in which he had been making his way, endeavoring to flank the sentry. Far­ ther along, however, another of Del Mar's men was standing in the same attentive manner near a path that led from the woods. As the tramp approached the sentry heard a crackle of the brush and stepped forward. Before the tramp knew it, he was covered by a rifle from the sentry in an unexpected quarter. Anyone but the sentry, with half an eye, might have seen that the fear he showed was cleverly feigned. He threw his hands above his head even before he was ordered, and in general was the most tractable captive imag­ inable. The sentry blew a whistle, whereat the other sentry ran in. "What shall we do with him?" asked the captor. "Master's orders to take anyone to the rendezvous," responded the other firmly, "and lock him up." ^ Together they forced the tramp to march double quick toward the old hotel. One sentry dropped back at the door and the other drove the tramp before him into the hotel, avoid­ ing the big room on the side where the men were at work and forcing him upstairs to the attic which had once been the servants' quarters. There was no window in the room and it was empty. The only light came in through a skylight in the roof. The sentry thrust the tramp into this room and tried a door leading to the next room. It was- locked. At the point of his gun the sentry frisked the tramp for weapons, but found none. As he did so the tramp smiled quietly to himself. He tried both doors. They were locked. Then he looked at the skylight and meditated. Down below, although he did not know it, in the bare dining room which had been arranged into a sort of chemical laboratory, Del Mar's men were engaged in manufacturing gas bombs much like those used in the war in Europe. Before them was a formidable array of bottles and re­ torts. The containers for U}e bombs were large and very brittle globes of hard rubber. As the men made the gas and forced it under tremendous, pressure into tubes, they protected themselves by wearing goggles for the eyes and large masks of cloth and sat­ urated cotton over their mouths and noses. Satisfied with the safety of his cap­ tive, the sentry made his way down­ stairs and out again to report to Del Mar. At the bungalow, Del Mar's valet was setting the library in order when he heard a signal in the secret pas­ sage. He pressed the button on the desk' and opened the panel. From It the Gentry entered. "Where Is Mr. Del Mar?" he asked hurriedly, looking around. "We've been followed to the headquarters by a tramp whom I've captured, and 1 don't know what to do with him." "He is not here," answered the valet. "He has gone to the Country club." "Confound it," returned the sentry, vexed at the enforced waste of time. "Do you think you can reach him?" "If I hurry, I may," nodded the valet. "Then do so," directed the sentry. He moved back into the panel and disappeared while the valet closed it. A moment later he, too, picked up his hat and hurried out. At the Wilkeshire club a large num­ ber of hunters had arrived tot the imitation meet Elaine, Aunt Joseph­ ine, Del Mar and myself rode up and were greeted by them as the master of the foxhounds assembled us. Off a bit a splendid pack of hounds was held by the huntsman while they de­ bated whether to hold a paper chase or try a drag hunt. The chase was Just about *to start, when the valet came up. Del Mar caught his eye and excused himself to us. What he said we could not hear, but Del Mar frowned, nodded and dis­ missed him. Just then the horn sounded and we went off, dashing across the tavo a field in full chase after the hounds, taking the fences and settling down to a good half hour's run over the most beautiful country I have ever seen. The huntsman winded his horn and mirthful shouts of "Gone away!" sounded in imitation of a real hunt Elaine was one of the foremost. Her hunter was one carefully trained, and she knew all the tricks of the game. Somehow I got separated, at first, from the rest and followed, until finally I caught up, and then lwpt be­ hind one of the best riders. Del Mar also got separated, but, as I afterward learned, by intention, for he deliberately rode out of the course at the first opportunity he had and let Elaine and the rest of us pass without seeing him. Elaine's blood was up, but some­ how, in spite of herself, she went astray, for the hounds had distanced the fleetest riders and she, in an at­ tempt at a short cut over the country which she thought she knew so well, went a mile or so out of the way. She pulled up in a ravine and looked about Intently she listened. There was no sign of the hunt. She was hdt and tired and thirsty and, at a loss just how to join the field again, she took this chance to dismount and drink from a clear stream fed by mountain springs. / ' ' As she did so, floating over the peaceful Woodland air came the faint strains of the huntsman's horn, far, far off. She looked about, straining her eyes and ears to catch the direc­ tion of sound. Just then her horse caught the winding of the horn. His ears went erect, and without waiting he instantly galloped off, leaving her. Elaine called and ran after him, but It was too late. She stopped and looked dejectedly after him as he dis­ appeared. Then she made her way up the side of the ravine, slowly. On she climbed until, to her sur­ prise, she came to the ruins of an old tne window. "Now--get fcerP* The men had sprung at his alarm. They could all see her and with one accord dashed for the door. Elaine sprang back and they ran as they saw that she was warned. In genuine fear she too ran from the window. But It was too late. v s For just then the sentry who had taken Del Mar's horse came from be­ hind the building, cutting off her re­ treat. He seized her Just as the other men ran out Elaine Btared. She could make nothing of them. - Even Del Mar, in his goggles and breathing mask, was unrecognizable. "Take her inside," he ordered dis­ guising his voice. Then to the sentry he added, "Get on guard again and don't let anyone through." Elaine was hustled into the big de­ serted hallway of the hotel, just as. the tramp had been. "You may go back to work," Del ̂ lar signed to the oth6r men, who went on, leaving one short but athletic-looking fellow with Del Mar and Elaine. "Lock her up, Shorty," ordered Del Mar, "and brin$ the other prisoner to me down here." None too gently the man forced Elaine upstairs ahead of him. In the attic the tramp pacing up and down, heard footsteps approach on the stairs and enter the next room. Quickly he ran to the doorway and peered through the keyhole. There he could see Elaine and the small man enter. He locked the door to the hall, then quickly took a step toward the door into the tramp's room. There was just time enough for the tramp to see his approach. He ran swiftly and softly over to the farther corner and dropped down, as though sound asleep. The key turned in the lock and the small man entered, care­ ful to lock the door to Elaine's room. He moved over to where the tranp was feigning sleep. "Get up," he growled,r kicking him. The tramp sat up, yawning and rub­ bing his eyes. "Come now, be reason- Elaine Is Captured at the Old Hotel. hotel. She remembered, as a child, when it had been famous as a health resprt, but It was all changed now--a wreck. She looked at it a moment, then, as she had nothing better to do, approached it. She advanced toward a window of the dining room and looked in. Del Mar waited only until the last straggler had passed. Then he dashed off as fast as his horse would carry him straight toward the deserted hotel which served him as headquarters for the supplies he wa!s accumulating. As he rode up one of his sentries ap­ peared, as If from nowhere, and, see­ ing who It was, saluted. "Here, take care of this horse," or­ dered Del Mar, dismounting and turn­ ing the animal over to the man, who led him to the rear of the building as Del Mar entered the front door, after giving a secret signal. There were his men in goggles and masks at the work which his knock had interrupted. - "Give me a mask before I enter the room," he ordered of the man who had answered his signal. The man handed the mask and gog­ gles to him, as well as a coat which he put on quickly. Then he entered the room and looked at the rapid progress of the work. "Where's the prisoner?" asked Del Mar a moment later, satisfieif at the progress of his men. "In the attic room," one of his lieu­ tenants indicated. "I'd like to take a look at him," added Del Mar, Just about to turn and leave the room. As h& did so he happened to glance at one of the windows. There, peer­ ing through the broken shutters, was a face--a girl's face--Elaine! "Just what I wanted guarded against," he cried angrily, pointing at CHANGES IN MODERN SPEECH I Just as though she couldn't be any- I body else's wife if she chose. Obvious, of course, was the immediate retort, that wives often Bpoke of "my hus­ band," with no masculine protest. Now all this seems changed--in speech and spirit. It is only a few years ago thai was' started the special allusion of a wife to her partner when--ju3t mentioning him. A fad, I think, a protest against the various ridiculous roundabouts. From the upper classes I think it de­ scended, having ascended from, the Observer Notes Difference of Terms * When Husband and Wife Refer to ' '• Each dther. - Turns of specch are changing in these days, remarks a correspondent •f the London Chronicle. Only two /•are ago I was wondering, with many others, at the feminine protests against the masculine custom of allud­ ing to "my wife." The assertion of proprietorship seemed most offensive^ lower. And now, when the woman speaks of her husband, she generally picks up the proud word--and calls him "my man." Not many men would resent that claim of possession. f r ' * ^ "I'm From Missouri." There have been many explanations made as to the origin of this expres­ sion. One of the latest explanations was made recently by Matt Knapp of Kansas City. He explained that the marriage laws of Missouri In the early 4a?s were 40 loose that auroa* ««h44 ... v. - «. « • . • -• •• Ofj. .':;V ; -V , V.-.v'iV . ' - . .A.V- •'dm£ able," demanded the man. "Follow me." He started toward the door into the hall. He never reached it. Scarcely was his hand on the knob'when the tramp seized him and dragged him to the floor. One hand on the man's throat and his knees on his chest, the tramp tore off the breathing mask and goggles. Already he had the man trussed up and gagged. Quickly the tramp undressed the man and left hi|h in his underclothes, still struggling to get loose, as he took Shorty's clothes, including the strange headgear, and unlocked the door into the next room with the key.he also took from him. Elaine was pacing anxiously up and down the little room Into which she had been thrown, greatly frightened. Suddenly the door through which her captor had left opened hurriedly again. A most disreputable-looking tramp entered and locked the door again. Elaine started back in fear. He motioned to her to be quiet. "You'll never get out alive," he whis­ pered, speaking rapidly and thickly, as though to disguise his voice. "Here --take these clothes. Do just as I say: Put them on. Put on the mask and goggles. Cover uf your. hair. It is your only chance. He laid the clothes down and went out into the hallway. Outside he listened carefully at the head of the stairs and looked about expecting mo­ mentarily to be discovered. Elaine understood only that sud­ denly a friend in need had appeared. She changed her clothes quickly, find­ ing fortunately that they fitted her pretty well. By pulling the hat over her hair and the goggles over the eyes and trying on the breathing mask, she made a very presentable man. Cautiously she pushed open the door get married without answering any questions. In 1881 a law was passed making It a misdemeanor for a minis­ ter or justice to marry persons not having a state license, and setting the age of marriageable women at eight­ een years. If the applfcant for license did not know the age of the bride- elect be had to produce her to the li­ cense clerk and let him judge her age. When the applicant went back after the girl, she asked the reason, of course, why she had to go along to Into ibj* hallway. There was the tramp. "What shall I do?" she asked. "Don't talk," he whispered close to her ear. "Go out--and If you meet' anyone, just salute and walk past" "Yes--yes, I understand," she nod­ ded back, "and --thank you." He gave her no time to say more. Neven if it had been safe, but turned ahd locked the door of her room. Trying to keep the old stairway from creaking and betraying her, she wept down. She managed to reach the lower hallway without seeing any­ body or being discovered. Quietly she went to the door and out She had not gone far when she met an armed man, the sentry, who had been coa?- cealed in the shrubbery. "Who goes there?" he challenged. Elaine did not betray herself by speaking, but merely saluted and passed on as fast as she could without exciting further suspicion. Non­ plused, the man turned and watched her curiously as she moved away down the path. "Where's he , going?" the sentry muttered, still staring. Elaine in her eagerness was not looking as carefully where she was going as she was thinking about get­ ting away In eafety. Suddenly an overhanging branch of a tree caught her hat, and before she knew It palled it off her head. There was foifc-, c e a l i n g h e r g o l d e n h a i r n o w . . . v , "Stop!" shouted the sentry. Elaine did not pause, but dived into the bushes qn the side of the path, just as the man fired and ran forward, still shouting for her to halt. She ran as fast as she could, pulling off the goggles and mask and looking backr now and then In terror at her pursuer, who was rapidly gaining on her. Before she could catch herself she missed her footing and slipped over the edge of a gorge. Down she went, with a rush. The sentry checked himself just in time at the top of the gorge and leaned as far over the edge as he dared. He raised his gun again and fired. But Elaine's course was so hid­ den by the trees and so zigzag that he missed again. A moment he hesitat­ ed, then started and climbed down after her as fact as he could. At the bottom of the hill she picked herself up and dashed again into the woods, the sentry still after her and gaining again. At the same time we who were still in the chase had circled about the country until we were very near where we started. Following the dogs over a rail fence, I drew up suddenly, hear­ ing a screapa. There was Elaine, on foot, running as if her life depended on it. I need­ ed no second glance. Behind her was a man with a rifle, almost overtaking her. As luck would have it, the momen­ tum of my horse carried me right at them. Careful to avoid Elaine, I rode square at the man, striking at him viciously with my riding crop before he knew what had struck him. The fellow dropped, stunned. I leaped from my horse and ran to her, just as the feat of the hunt came up. • • • • Having waited until he was sure that Elaine had got away safely, the old tramp slowly and carefully fol­ lowed down the stairs of the ruined hotel. As he went down he heard a shot from the woods. x Could It be one of the sentries? He looked about keen­ ly, hesitating just what to do. In an instant, down below, he heard the scurry of footsteps from the im­ provised laboratory and shouts. He turned and stealthily ran upstairs, just as the door\ opened. The tramp had not been the only one who had been alarmed by the shot of the sentry. Del Mar was talking again tb the men when it rang out. "What's that?" he exclaimed. "Another intruder?" The men stared at him blankly, while Del Mar dashed for the door, followed by them all. In the hall he Issued his orders quickly. "Here, .you fellows," he called, di­ viding the men, "get outside and see what is doing. Ydu other men follow me. I want you to see if everything is all right up above." Meanwhile the tramp had gained the upper hallway and dashed past the room which he had occupied. Out­ side, in the hall, Del Mar and his men rushed up to the doer of the room in which Elaine had |wen throwir It was locked and they broke in. She was gone! On into the next r#>m they dashed, bearing down this door also. There was Shorty, trussed up in his under­ clothes. They hastened to release him. / "Where are they--where's the tramp?" demanded Del Mar angrily. "1 think I heard someone on the roof," replied Shorty weakly. He was right The tramp had man­ aged to get through a scuttle on the roof. Then he climbed down to the edge and began to let himself hand­ over-hand down the lightning rod. Reaching the ground safety, he scurried about to the back of the build­ ing. There, tied, was the horse which Del Mar had ridden to the hunt. He untied it, mounted and dashed off down the path through the woods, tak­ ing the shortest cut in the direction of Fort Dale. Dusty and flecked with foam, the tramp and his mount, a strange com­ bination, were instantly challenged by the sentry at the fort. "I must see Lieutenant Woodward Immediately," urged the ttamp. A heated argument followed, until finally a corporal of the guard was called and led off the tramp toward the headquarters. law required her exhibition, she re- marled, "Oh, you've got to show me, have you?" This occurred many times during the first year or s^ of the law's effectiveness, and becamf, a by­ word, according to Mr. Knapp. s Is a FlacerT - "placer Is an unconsolidate# de­ posit accumulated by mechanical ^ 'k.; It was only a few minutes before Woodward was convinced of the idet^ , tity of the tramp with his friend, Pr<* ' fessor Arnold. At the head of a squad, of cavalry, Woodward and the tramp dashed off. Already on the qui #re, Elaine heard the sound' of hoofbeats long before the rest of us crowded around, her. For the moment we all stood ready to repel an attack from a£7 quarter. But it was not meant for us. It was Woodward at the head of a score or so of cavalrymen. .. With thlm rode .a tramp on a horse Vhich was strangely familiar to me. "Oh!" cried Eiaine,"there's the man who saved me!" > As they passed, the tramp paused a moment and looked at us sharply. Al­ though he carefully avoided Elaine's eyes, I fancied that only when ha satf that she was safe was he satisfied to gpllop off and rejoin the cavalry. Around the old hotel, in every direc­ tion, Del Mar's men were searching for the tramp and Elaine, while In th^ hotel another search was in progress^ "Have you discovered' anything??,; asked Del Mar, entering. ; ! "No, sir," they retorted." -• - "Confound it!" Bwore Del liar, ing upstairs again. Here ware also men Searching.' "Ifind anything?" he asxed briefly. 4; .' "No luck," returned one. - < 'Del Mar went on up to the top floo£ and out through the open scuttle td the roof. "That's how he got away, all right," he muttered to himself, then looking up he exclaimed under his breath, as his eye caught something far off, "The deuce--what's that?" Leaning down to the scuttle, hf called, "Jenkins--my field glasses--* quick!" One of his men handed them to hin| and he adjusted them, gazing off lt& tently. There he could see what looked like a squad of cavalry gallop ing along, headed by an officer and a rough-looking individual, s, • "Come--we must get ready for an attack!" In the laboratory-dining room bis men, recalled, hastily took his orders. Each of them seized one of the huga black rubber, newly completed gus bombs and ran out* making for a grove qear by. Quickly as Del Mar had acted, it was not done so fast but that the troop of cavalry, as they pulled up on the top of a hill and followed the di­ recting finger of- the tramp, could see men running to the cover of the grove. "Forward!" shouted Woodward. As if all were one machine, the men and horses shot ahead, until they came to the grove about the old hotel. There they dismounted and spread out in a semicircular order, advancing on the grove. As they did so, shots rang out from behind the trees. Del Mail's men, from the shelter, were firing at them. But it seemed hopeless for the fugl? tives. j "Ready!" ordered Del Mar, as tlw^ cavalrymen advanced, - relentless. i Each of his men picked up one oi the big black gas bombs and held it Jiigh up ovec his head. "Come on!" urged Woodward. ' His men broke into a charge on ttio grove. "Throw them!" ordered Del Mar. As far as he could hurl It, each of the men sent one of the black globes hurling through the air. They fell almost simultaneously, a long line of them, each breaking into a thousand bits. Instantly dense, greenish-yellow fumes seemed to pour forth, envelop­ ing everything. The wind which Del Mar had carefully noted when he chose the position In the grove, was blowing from his men toward the only position from which an attack could bo mad® successfully. Against Woodward's men as they charged it seemed as if a tremendous, slow-moving wall of vapor were ad­ vancing from the trees. It was only a moment before it completely wrapped( them in Its stifling, choking, suffocat ing embrace. Some fell, overcome, Others tried to run, clutching fran­ tically at their throats and rubbing their eyes. -- , ! "Get back--quick--till It rolls OTtr," choked Woodward. Those who were able to do so picked up their stupefied comrades and re­ treated, as best they could, stumbling blindly back from the fearful death cloud of chlorine. Meantime, under cover this weird defense, Del Mar and his men, their own faces covered and unrecognizable In their breathing masks and goggles, dashed to one side with a shout, and- disappeared, walking and running be­ hind and even through the safety of their Impregnable gas barrier. 1 More-slowly we of the hunt had fol­ lowed Woodward's cavalry until, some distance off, we stood, witnessing and wondering at the attack. To our ut­ ter amazement we saw them carrying off their wounded and stupefied men. We hurried forward and gathered about, offering whatever assistance w» could to resuscitate them. As Elaine and I helped, we saw the unkempt figure of the tramp borne in and laid down. He was not com­ pletely overcome, having had presence of mind to tie a handkerchief over his nose and mouth. ' ^ Elaine hurried to"ward him with an exclamation of sympathy. Just recov­ ering full consciousness, he heatd her. With the greatest difficulty, he seemed to summon some reserve force hot yet used. He struggled to his feet and staggered oil, as though he would escape us. "What a strange old codger," mused Elaine, looking away from me and at the retreating figure. "He saved my life--yet he won't even let me him--or help him!" (TO BE CONTINUED.) TRIP IN SEARCH OF • A- ' ..• '•'f t " " . - . V ! - , s Verierabte Prospertdr Says if Doesn't Find It This Time W jie Will Give It Up. 1 i/-" •• •* Now Westminster, B. C.-- Armstrong, a Washington prospecto: of seventy-two, plunged into the moun­ tains of the Pitt range recently on hi# * ££ tenth trip in search of Slumagh's; mine. For ten years Armstrong haa, made this pilgrimage every summer^ but this, he says, will be the last 1^* S? " It proves as barren as the others, Armstrong is not the only man who^r"' ' fcas headed search parties in the at^ "'* . '^ tempt to locate this hidden treasure,;* whose location is asserted to be with* in twenty miles of the head of Pitt>\ ; lake, yet which has been discovered*^. -.> j by but one man. who is flow dead^f* - viir V'> \ " '^Ar. ' •/.V- • Tenth Trip in Search of Mine. since Slumagh, the Indian after whom <' it is named, was hanged in the jaift. j'? % y&rd at New Westminster in 1891. Walter Jackson, the second dis*f • coverer, panned out thousands of dol- lars*" worth of gold in a few dayrf whin he located it in 1901. Burying^ the main part of his treasure, her- 41:, came out with dust and • nuggets tot* *2"V- processes, carrying one or more min­ erals in commercial quantities. All placers are secondary deposits--that posed was originally derived by erosion of bedrock. Although it is undoubb- edly true that under certain conditions nuggets of placer gold have been en> larged through chemical precipitation yet this action Is a negligible quantitf in placers. Placers may be derived solely by rock weathering without wa ter sorting, but more commonly are 1 the result of water transportation { sorting, and deposition. Many of tfcs ! richest placers are those formed fef > the erosion of older placers and OA I reconcentratlon of thoir geUL the value of $8,000, Intending to rt^I^ ̂ turn. and stake claims at his leisure- ,4- i:-: But he fell sick and, being about to|||.-. ^ die, bethought him of Andrew Hall„V ,v-/ who had grubstaked hlth at Guytos. r^^' many years before. He wrote to Hal^j^ and drew a chart., Hall finding him-- self in neeid of money in the Yukonf. ; sold the letter and chart to a cousin,'! of Armstrong, to whom the documents. finally came. Jackson's description of his find,[ which is In a creek- In a canyon ta}: which there is no outlet except by an/4, underground channel, says In part: "In going upstream I found a placed•' where the bedrock was bare, and youf; will hardly believe me when I tell yOu i the bedrock was yellow with gold. In» a few days I gathered thousands, and®- there was thousands more in sights_ Some of the nuggets were as big a»^'."-'^ walnuts. . . .1 saw there were^^ *; 1 millions practically on the surface^, buried part of the gold under a tent4 shaped rock with a mark cut on the/.) '• face." • ' . DREAMER CUTS OFF CURLS Missing Locks Are Found In SultCasgr • Oieamed 8he Was Packing. Brashear, Mo.--The mystery o^,< what became of the pretty flaxenjf?'^^ curls of Miss Corda Loft, who lost£j^j|r them while she slept In her home, hasf' been solved. The curls were fountfc In a sutt case under her bed, and be-v _ cause of a dream which she recallsiv/^ j having that night she is oonvinced|« : ̂ that she cut them off herself whiletsf;*. * walking in her sleep. The loss of the young woman's hair, discovered when she arose and foundfey^*.^ what was left badly bobbed, has fur- , . * nished one of the principal topics of conversation here since. "I remember dreaming that I was J going to leave Brashear and that I was packing my grip," she said In re­ counting her experience for the aer-j eral hundredth time. "Look In the suit case, then," sug- - .«•**" '• gested one of her practical hearers. And in the suit case was the missing hair and the scissors which the young lady had wielded on It. Miss Loft has been a somnambulist for several years and has had a num­ ber of queer adventures wlille walking in her sleep. SETTLE FEUD WITH KNIVES,̂ ̂ 1 1 • • K-'p: K>? McKelveys and Bennetts "Even Up In OMperate Flflht en Island. Birmingham. Ala.--On a lonely lit- . tie island in the Flint river, near ^ Huntsville, five men. two on one side v 'ffe and three on the other, fought a des- J perate battle with knives recently, the fwo overcoming the three &dp^ ^ leaving them, mortally wounded, on^ «;i: ^ the island. * The fight was the culmination of a ' ; t : feud of long standing between the Mc-^' if '•-^v Kelveys and the Bennetts. The two^k ̂ McKelvey brothers met Rube Bennett/ ^*: ^ and his two sons on the Island and fighting began at once. Back and^f^y^ forth the men fought, grappling, stat*-^..^-' bing and slashing until the rocks for^. ^ yards around were dyed with blood^^^ «The struggle lasted several minutes. The McKelveys left the scene only 5 after their opponents had fallen! Both were seriously wounded. •V's 8uitor's Sandwich Killed Dog. Sandusky. O.--Mrs. Jeanette Casey, a widow, toid the police that a suitor had given her a sandwich, of which she was so auspicious she fed tt to her dog. The animal dio<f She refused.: when questioned, to disclose the nameL: of the man. and the police ahanrlnnni ^ \ - their investigation. %*•^ > Megilp