Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1915-11-01
"NEAL taE RE NAVY !"



shown al THE PALACE THEATRE
every Wednesday.
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IN get tne grape juice said Joe
aloud. Wait hero gntil ! return"
Annette started after him, but the
aperture was closed now by the broad
hack OF Romanof. who talked viva
ciously with irene Courtier Annette
was not averse to looking at the
moon. and she looked But-all she
saw was the moon itself She did not
see and could not know that q motor
launch, silent as the night, had
fetched up alongside OF the anchor
chain. She did uot know and could
not see 8 black SHADOW that stole
along the railing behind the canvas
curtains that hid the dancing deck
Suddenly she gave a choking cry.
The black shadow Ike some black
panther had sprung upon her from
the uig1t and clutched her in its
grasp. She cried out once more, or
tried 10 She found she could not
a strong wiry hand closed across her
mouth and a wiry form forced her
back across the rail.
vita a superhuman twist Of her
1.-THE young Dody-and she was strong.
Was Annette Ilington-for one in.
slant she wrenched herself away and
gave vent to q piercing scream. Neal
Hardin at the punch bowl heard It.
Forgetting all discipline-and all
grape juice-he bounded across the
dancing deck and with one sweep of
his arm brushed the nonplussed
B0manoT and his charming escort to
on6 side His eyes were blinded by
the deck tights ana as he rushed
through the curtains he could only
see that some terrific struggle was at
hand
In another instant it was all over.
Two figures clutching at each other
frantically darted suddenly over the
rail. There was splash below.
Man overheard" yelled Neal
He sprang to the rail and dove into
the moonlit water-taking good care
not to foul the other two.
Two minutes later it was all over.
Annette was on deck half fainting in
Meals arm-but with a smile upon
her face.
Don't worry" she said to the
crowd about her, Il haven't swal-
lowed a drop of water, l assure you.
I'm a regular little water rat-Neal
Fr,1ntrc fhnF INv,fS VIZ, NToaT
Half an hour later in the Courtier
villa in Newport, Annette nestled in
a huge arm chair in a kimono before
a. blazing fire. She laughed trium-
phantly. She seized a dripping little
chamois bag and took from it a very
damp old piece of paper parchment.
This is what he was after-you
can't tell me-" she said She spread
It out and exhibited it to Inez Castro.
why, it is a blank piece OF pa
per-" said Inez Castro.
Look at it closely" said Annette.
"Oh, yes" said Irene, 'it has one
word upon it-longitude"
"It has more than that upon it."
said Annette. Watch and see.''
She spread it out upon the hearth
to dry. ut is a piece of the map
of my map. Irene" she went on, the
map of the lost Isle OF Cinnabar
Scar-face got a portion of it-don't
you remember, at Crooked Crag-but
q harmless portion got a part and
so did Neal. Wait. Look. The piece
is dry-see what the heat has done" :"
Inez Castro bent over her. Where
did the writing come from?" she de-
manded.
'The heat brought the writing out"
said Annette. "See. Look now at
the longitude. What does it say?"
Inez looked eagerly. "One hundred
and twenty-three degrees" she ex-
claimed slowly, 'and forty minutes
west"
That isn't ALL" went on Annette.
There's message-a message from
the past upon our pieces, Meals and
mine-a message that I've got by
heart"
What" queried Inez, yawning, as
the message from the past?"
Annette nodded proudly "This is
the message" she returned. "'Granted
to Ilington, Spanish-American explor
er. for distinguished services, by Jo-.
seph Bonaparte, king of Spain. in the
year eighteen hundred and nine, the
original grant, being in the possession
of the fathers" She stopped.
What was the rest of that?" she
mused. 81 can't remember"
Think persisted Inez, with curl
Gus insistence.
Annette laughed. "It has escaped
me. | will have to ask Neal about
that the next time l see him"
Part of the message is on his por-
ton, too?" said lnez. "And what
about the latitude?"
Annette shook her head. THAT
can't remember either she returned.
stupid that l an. Yes. the latitude
ie on his piece toe"
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