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CHAPTER XIII.
UNLOCKED PASSENGER.

u think It's risky" said Neal liar.
din. Let mo sec that al again"
Annette handed him the Providence.
Rhode Island. morning paper. Under
the head OF ship notices appeared this
item;
Fruit Steamer Coronado sails 18th
this month. Bound for Bahamas.
Colon, Panama. Lower California ports
anc San Francisco. Open for limited
booking OF passengers. Pier 1910
Providence, r. !.
PETER HANDY, Master.
Neal read the advertisement over
and shook his head again.
Risky. / tell you" he repeated
Annette's eyes flashed but what
am | to do she protested You
don't-you cant understand Her
lips Quiyered for a moment Il have
got TO find my father. Neal. and for
his sake. II not for my own. | have
got TO and my fortune. I've got to
SO some time. Why not now? The
message was plain enough-the Fa-
theirs of the Santa Maria mission in
Lower California; must see them.
This is the easy way"
Neal folded up the paper and thrust
II in his pocket AT any rate" he
said IN look this captain up. If
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bar-he wants it for his own. Well, |,
too. can bare my teeth. Let him come
on
You are SO strong murmured
Irene Courtier, so strong
A Japanese servant stole into the
room-the living room at Miss Cour-
tiers summer villa at Newport She
had rented this villa for the season
and had paid one months rent-no
more. She had paid the Japanese but
one month wages-no more. The
Japanese presented a note upon a
salver. lnez Castro glanced at it and
waved her hand. Mrs. Hardin was
Just entering from the veranda,
1T is for yos, Grandam, said Inez.
"apd from some old sweetheart, eh?"
CHI
Mrs. Hardin opened the missive-
her eyes frightened.
ITS from our congressman at Sea
port" she exclaimed.
MY dea- Mrs. Hardin" he wrote in
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CHAPTER XIV.
The Trickle Of White Powder.

he Trickie OF White Powder.
Hernandez motioncd toward the
door Ponte. the Mexican. closed it
noiselessly and swiftly and shot TIN
bolt You understand tho terms. %
liaruaute. said This stun has just
Come in to Us tonight We have il load
ed in our launch outside
You understand thea said Her
nandes. that when this cargo OF co,
caiae is sold your share will be
many hundred dollars-a thousand r
over a thousand
Two mornings later, sailor lying
in his bunk against a bulkhead in the
hold-kept waheful by his battered
face gift FROM Fiji. On this par
tieular morning. however, the unusual
thing that attracted his attention was
quantity OF fine white powder that
sifted through the knot hole.
Holy smoke ho exclaimed ioyful.
~ within himself. this amt no fat
thing. amt it This here's cocaine. -
nv noon the whole forecastle know
about the rat hole and what Is more
had sampled tor rather the strange
white powder that came trickling
through.
Next day something happened
BIN, the mate. gave Shocks an order
that Snooks declined &c fll, Bill was
accustomed to being disobeycd. and
for every i'll he had n remedy He
] CT ha "a; Mt
shocks head; but there was glitter
Ia Snooks' eye that Bill did not un
| derstand. Shocks leapcd for him and
wrestled with him like n wildcat He
forced BIZ. painting, up against the
rail. believing meanwhile like n mad
bull Blu felt for a Delaying pin
found it. clutehed t. raised it high in
the air and brought it crashing down
upen SHOCKS shoulder II broke a
! collarbonc, but 1t might have been a
feather for all Snooks cared.
Mates cried Shocks. you amt
going to see me licked. Come one
and all
They came. Some sprang down from
| the shrouds; some appeared from
companionways; some came hurrying
along the decks They were men bat.
tered and broken-but all had one un.
canny characteristic-their eyes gilt.
tered, glitterad fearfully and fear.
| lessly.
Bill sprang away from the clutch.
ing grasp OF Shocks and drew his
| gun.
Captain Peter Handy he roared
"Mutiny"
And mutiny there was-a mutiny
based not so much upon the i'll treat,
ment OF Bill the mate as upon the ef,
feet OF the trickling white powder.
The captain responded TO the call E;
SO did one or two others OF the un-
| drugged crew.
The four booked passengers heard
the riot-it could have been heard
half n mile away. They rushed on
deck and watched. Annette. Who had
inherited quickness Of mind, saw what
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was happening and turned to Mrs.

was happening and turned to Mrs.
Hardin
You and Irene" she said, go into
the wireless room. Let us all go
even joe
Just as she said it mutineer
rushed past her, stopped. leered into
her face and grasped her by the hand.
With sudden wrench he closed the
door of the wireless. shutting the
three people inside-Welcher and the
two other wonderland then with
glare into Annette's eyes, he drew her
toward him and crushed her strug
Cling form against his breast
Below there were other passengers
who watched the fight-Hernande
and his two companions. The brute
watched stupidly-Ponto and Her
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~. -,
l,''-','oH "',n po''.e ~ % ~. oa, Nv.
ao"'s 'io VI u.o '1'',oN ~ - Nv 49,.
0'.n ~ e'0"''1 10y - ~ 0.''
hoiu h'"' said ifefhahue" 10
ioHto.
hu, II was TOO ia'e' w II" one
oouha inc o'u'e dashou up 'he 'o'a
pahiohWay ana reaeheu Tue uetN,
" i,h aio'heF poui" ne was upon ',ie
sailor VINO h"d caught annette, Al
an instant annette 'ouAu herse' fa
leased h"ru'y NHo"'''s no" " h'a
happened
SAe "telChed open the "i'eless
dooF' sprahF III siaiiilileu II smut anu
Shot the oo'
iio'e Is the operator Sa' III
CURED.
mere was rs answer Ne operator
was not ,heFe.
Annette se'@to the "feiesS "ppo
F''as. dohh'H tue h'4"Eeaf ana sen,
oUt Nae ,. y. tA3' ioas wan VI
terror tint Is heata lar OUT ACROSS 'ne
9'''
va 'ao "'NN Vi sn' u's'I @ 'a'N,
son h"'"! Nsaset "hish Ia" 'o''
Newport any OF TWO e'io'e OH
Pr"e'ite cruise tae "I''''7S oP''"'or
'cPoftea 70 ms Heu'eA"ae. Ho sa'
!C'tU.
olI, NJ Sa.u. nave an .. " :.
from steamer NoTon"do h'e mites
south, Mu'i"S on eo"'u
\ seaman STANDING near started Tor
warn, Hou'' ~ ne exc 'a'i'eu u'ue'
MS breath tue ,os ''uo-sNh'le''e
sup.
me lieutenant s"'o an or"e.' ut
"o' aoou'' ne SAID folSea ufa'
'"u"a
"nsh inc oes 'toFer reaeae" inc
'orohaoo. the coronado was III are
straits. ne mutih'ers' madasheu
ana ''hooioeHea' ana strengthened
WIN renewed doses OF the white Io"'
uer' were III possession OF the snip
Inc mate ana capt refer Handy lay
UNCONSCIOUS on tue ueck' Every SAT-
or haa Do'ue III ms haha-a oot'le
iui OF strong drink.
IN less thah quarter or an hour
iauhehed boat ana her boat hau
reached the Coronados side, with
the aesiity OF perfect training the
Ja'hsoh men s"aFtheu over the ran.
po@fucu the coronado ana without
an instant hesitation attacked the
mu'lheeFs' 'helr lieutenant nj their
head. Neal drew deep breath ana
hudGed the man next TO him.
mis- Is war ne SAID. IL is what
we re LOOKING Tor Come on.
mere was hght-no arms-length
nsht al that. II was man TO man
II was melee-it was rtot-it
was panoemohium. In the midst or
II there was resouding crack. Meals
lieutenant on ms guard Tor once. re-
Ce'Ved we1laimed blow upon his
hoad-a biow from capstan bar He
zen IKE log ana three brutes leaped
Tor his head seeking to batter him
INTO shapeless mass
Neal saw his peril and sprang into
inc must Never IN MS lie had he
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SYNOPSIS.

On the day of the eruption of Mount
Pelee Capt. John Hardin OF the steamer
Princess rescues hve-y ear-old Annette
Jlington from an open boat, but Is forced
to leave behind her father and his COM
panions. Iington Is assaulted by Her
nandez and POnto in a vain attempt to
get papers which Iltngton has managed
to send aboard the Princess with his
daughter. papers proving his title TO and
telling the whereabouts of the lost island
of Cinnabar. Ilngton's injury causes his
mind to become a blank. Thirteen years
elapse- Hernandez. now an opium SNUG
gler, with Ponto Inez. a female accom-
piice, and the mindless brute that once
was Ilington, come to Seaport. where the
widow of Captain Hardin is living with
her son Neal and Annette liugton. and
plot to steal the papers left to Annette
by her father. Neal tries for admission
to the Naval academy, but through the
treacherv Of Joey Welehet is defeated by
joey and disgraCed Neal enlists in the
navy. IneZ sets a trap for Joey and the
conspirators get him in their power. He
agrees to steal the papers fer them but
accidentally sets fire II the Hardin hOme
and the brute-mau reseues Annette with
the papers from the flames Annette dis
covers that heat applied to the map re-
veals the location of the lost island. Sub
sequently in a struggle for its possession
the map Is torn in three parts. Herman
DEE, annette and Neal each securing q
portion.
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THE PHOFOPLKY

President Wilson has consented to take
part In an Edison film which is being
made In Washington under the direction
OF Eugene Rowland, through whose in
iiuence the Chief Executive was induced
TO appear as a film player.
The story will be a heart interest story
around the civil service. The hero, Pat
O'Malley comes to WASHINGTON to
enter the Government employ through
the civil service. In hls wanderings he
meets with the young lady Of his choice,
Gladys Hulette, already in the Govern
ment employ The scene OF their court
ship carries them on to the White House
grounds, where President wilson's enters
On the stage and has conversation with
tile pair, shaking hands with them.
The officials of the civil service were
so delighted with the accurateness OF
the scenes describing the workings of
that system that they Joined In with en-
thuslasm and used the Influence" that
allowed Director Nowland to snap some
of the big public men. These same Off.
cials got to work on Secretary Tumulty,
and In that way arranged for the Presl-
dents appearance.
An al" of Scenario
Earl Metcnlfe. the Lubin leading man,
is n comedian. Recently he walked into
the scenario department at the Lubln
plant and In mock seriousness asked the
editor II he accepted scenarios from ac-
tors. The editor assured him he would
II the scripts were good. Thereupon Met
calfe produced n rolled Manuscript neatly
tied with baby pink ribbon and placed
II on the editors desk.
This" exclaimed Metcalfe, "is a mas
terplece and the only scenario like II in
existence | wrote II from the letter II"
Here is the scenarios
HANDSOME HARRY's HOPELESS
HUNCH."
BY EARL METcALFE.
Hattie Haynes had huge heritage, hun
dred hundreds. Handsome Harry heard.
He hypnotized. Hallucinations haunted
him. How he hated his ballroom, his
ham, his hash.
"Hurrah," he hollers. heaving his hat
heavenward. "handsomeness has hardly
helped heretofore; however, Harry has
hopes" Hattlos hundreds his haven.
He hastily hales hanson.
Hence, Hattie's home" he haughtiiy
hollers. Horse hardly hurries. Has
heavy hoofs. High hills hinder his haste.
Harry harangues hackman. He halts
horse. Hurting heavy hand he hits
Harry hard. He Kisses hackman. Han
som hurries homewand. Harry has
hunch. Holding his head he hopefully
hobbies. Howard's Hotel his haven.
"Harki" he hollers, "half-and-half." "
Having had his, he hurries hence.
Handsome Harry hunts Hattie's house.
Hopes her home. Hangs hat hall hat
rack. Hattie hears him. Hops happily,
hiding her heaving heart. Hugs Harry
hard. hollering. Handsome husband"
Harry halts her.
Help! Help!" he harshly Kisses, Hat
tie hideous, has hairlip. huge head,
heaven help her! Hattie heavy hearted,
Harry hastily hunts his hat.
"Humbugged" he hissed, hiking home
ward. Hundreds he had hoped harnessing
had heavy handicap.
A Painful Job
When the massive glass studio at the
Bosworth plant in Los Angeles was re-
Gently finished and all was ready for
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work as soon as the glass was cleaned,
send men at once. few hours later
Manager Eyton saw lonely looking little
italian with small tin pail in one hand
and little rag in the other wandering
about the grounds
What do you want7" he asked. The
little man looked at him pathetically.
ME washa da wind" he said. With a
comprehensive gesture which took In all
the thousands of panes of glass In sight,
Mr.. Eyton said: Here Is da wind!" There
was a silence for one moment.
ME see da boss!' Pietro gasped, and
beat flasty retreat through the gate.
One Year Old
The World Film Corporation win cele-
brate its first anniversary tomorrow. In
the brief period of 10 months it has done
enough to place 1t among the best known
of the major feature film producing and
distributing organizations
lar Mark, "The Man OF the Hour"
Mother. The PITT, "As Ye Sow. THE
Seats of the Mighty, "wildfire", THE
Deep Purple, alias Jimmy Valentine"
Money, your Girl and Mine" and THE
Adventures OF a Boy Scout"
Answers to Correspondents
B.-A scenario is written in abbreviated
scenes. Write to the Scenario Depart
ment of the LubIn Manufacturing Com
pany for printed sample scenario, en-
closing stamped and addressed envelope.
H. McN.-The address of the Famous
Players Company Is 213 West 26th street
New York city. where Marguerite Clark
may be reached.
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Why worry about the rise in the price
of wheat? Why lie awake nights cudgel-
ing your poor brain about the elusive
propensity of the btaff of life? Flour may
advance to 70 cents n 12-pound bag,
which formerly sold for 30 cents, and yet
bread can be had for cents loaf. Pro-
viding, of course. that YOU make IL YOUR
self.
According to Mrs. William e. Lee,
chairman Of the Pure Food Committee
of the Civic Club. who combines the prac-
tcal experience OF years of housekeep-
ing with the theoretical teachings of mod
ern domestic scientists, bread that Is
twice as nourishing as the kind bought
from the corner grocer may be made at
home for almost half the price.
The woman with a family" said she,
could save just half her bread bills II
she'd follow good recipe and do her
own baking. Moreover, her family would
be infinitely better nourished.
"One slice of good home made bread
Is equal in nutriment to two Of the best
bakers, and 12 loaves that you bake
yourself will equal in actual weight "a
that you buy from the grocer, I know
what I'm talking about, because 1 have
tried f."
When Miss Edith Baer instructor in
cooking at the Drexel Institute, was
asked to give her opinion OF the posai-
home, she replied that, even with the in
creased cost of flour, the careful house,
keeper should be able to do It, II she
baked in patches of four TO six loaves.
There Is an art in baking we'll, how
ever" she said, land ia rather eat
bought bread that was we'll baked than
poor bread made at home"
The successful bread baker, according
to this authority. never destroys the
effervescent qualities OF the yeast by
using water that is hot 1t is always luke
warm and must have been boiled to make
1t absolutely sterile. The dough should
be set to rise in place sufficiently warm
to make 1t double its bulk over night
In the morning it is shaped into loaves
and left to rise again, If baked in a
coal oven at least one hour will be re-
quired; in gas oven, from 40 to 50 min
utes. Tho oven should be hot at first,
and after 10 minutes the temperature
should be reduced.
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The Kids Chronicle

CAY, mOthir. pop sed to ma last mite.
- yure awlways tawking about the high
cost Of living getting higher, well jest
think OF a reguler ferst class 5 corse
dinnir for Is sents.
Wy, Willyum, neVVir, sed ma.
Jest think OF it, a reguler, ferst class,
kumpleet, bona fidey corse dinnir for
Is sents. Jest think of It. say, sed pop.
Wat, full coTses, sed ma.
5. count them, 5. sed pop. ferst. soop.
End, Ash, 3rd, entry, 4th roast, and 9Th,
dlzzert. Jest think of It.
Ware, for mersey sakes, ware? sed ma.
Noware, but Jest think Of IL. sed pop. ha
ha ha, you serteny bit pTopir avn that
wun, ha ha ha.
serteny It's a ioak and a good wun. to.
sed pop, noware, but Jest think OF It. haw
ha ha.
BY the way, l dropped yure meersham
pipe and broak il today. sed ma.
Wat. wat. sed pop awl existed.
Jest think OF 1t. sed ma.
DO you meen TO say you can aNuilly sit
thare with a strate Ease and tell you
you've gone and bustid my dollir meer-
sham pipe for whose sake / have bin
poisoning myself with niekoteen for 3
lawng yeers, sed pop.
Jest think OF 1t, sed ma
Don't make that idiotiek statemint agen.
II you value yure husbinds sanity. sed
pop, for the luv OF fragments how did 1t
happin.
o, don't get awl worked up about Il, /
dident brake yure old pipe, sed ma.
Then wat in the naim OF Tom Dick and
Harry did you say you did for sed pop.
sed. Jest think Of It, aftirwerds, didenJ
/. ssd ma, L MAS a joak
A wat sed pop, ana ma sed, A loak,
Il you can make q joak by telling e lie
and then sayinz jest thInk q ~ ~
can't i
Good mite. sed pop.
Hes hee. ged HR
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BOYS TRY TO HANG
PLAYMATE IN BARN
Place Moose Around Neck of
Chum Accused of Stealing
Sawhorse, Then Apologize.

Two boys in Delaware county today
wrote letters to a chum whom they at
tempted to execute yesterday by hang
ing. Craig Summers, Jr., years old,
and Harry weinstein, years old, have
lived In Clifton Heights ever since they
were born. When not in school they al
ways played with Theodore Scott, years
old.
The three youngsters met yesterday in
a barn. Summers and weinstein amused
themselves by riding sawhorses. Scott
was examining branches OF tree in
the rear of the barn. While Summers
and Weinsteln we're drinking fresh water
from a nearby spring their sawhorses
vanished.
Scott was accused. He pleaded not
guilty. Wensteln and Summers made UP
their minds that Scott was guilty and
sentenced him to be lynched
A rope was tied around sootts neck
He pleaded for a chance to mako de-
fense. His request was denied. One
end OF the rope was fastened around
nail. The young "executioners' were
about TO place Scott on a chair from
which his feet were to have been showed
away when the parents Of the doomed
boy entered the barn.
Scott is home today nursing q sore neok-
The theft OF the sawhorBes is still q
mystery. All the Delaware County gum
shoe" men are trying to locate them.
The following letter was penned todey
by Weinsteln and Summers TO Sootti
Dear Pal-Please forgive us for try
ing to hang you. We thought you stote
our sawhorses. We read a story that
in the West they always hanged a person
when he steals q cow or q horse. We
thought you stole our sawhorses, so we
decided 70 hang you. We are very glad
that we didn't hang you. Hoping to be
forgiven, your loving friends,
HARRY AND CRAIG"
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WHAT'S DOING TONIGHT

Boston symphony Orchestra, Academy of
Music; S:15 o'clock.
Banquet Goth and Market Streets Business
Men, Normandie; o'clock
Phlopatrian ball. Bsllevue-Stratford; 10
o'clock
Walsh Catholic Girls High Schools o'clock
Free.
Play and dance. Cercle Francais, Bellevue
Stratford; S O'Clock.
Ball Fraternal Order of Eagles, Broad and
Spring Garden streets; o'clock.
banquet, Kensington Board OF Trade. Majes-
tic Hotel, Z o'clock. Free.
Northwest Business Mems Association, 2336
Columbia avenue: o'clock. Free,
Eagles ball. Eagles Temple, Broad and
Spring Garden streets.
Walnut Street Business Association, Belle
e-Stratford. Free.
West Philadelphia Business and Improvement
League 5000 Market street, Free.
West susquehanna Avenue Business Men.
l4OI West Susquehanna avenue. Free.
-"Pirates OF PenzRnces." st. Marks Parish
House Frankfort o'clock.
Lecture THE Triple Alliance and Triple
Entente" W. S. Myers Association Hall, Ger
mantoWn; s o'clock,
Mask bali. Philadelphia Turngemelnd Broad
and Columbia: o'clock.
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CHILDREN'S CORNER
Mr.. North Wind Talks to the Fairies

! Wind" they exclaimed, don't you know
how to play 'dress-up'? We thought every
body knew that! Why, it's the most fun
of any game in the world"
81 know that is what l have heard
you say" replied Mr.. North Wind but
l never saw you play 1t. And l never
heard you say how It was done. So
how should l know how to do IT? don't
even know whether l would like to play
it," He got almost provoked when he
thought about how he had been left out
of this pleasant game, and he blew around
IN front Of the fairies cave quite fiercely.
BE good fairies now" he said, when he
got his breath again. "and come out here
and show me how you play
No answer.
Then. Just as he was about to call to
them again, he heard a soft little laugh
in the cave what is your Joker he
asked, cant you come out here?"
Again the little laugh Then one fairy
stuck her head out and said, How do
you expect US fairies TO come out and
play with you when you blow around and
make II so cold we can hardly stand IL
In our cave? IL you want TO play with
US, you must make yourself warm and
pleasant And she quickly pulled her
head inside,
NOW what do you think of that?" ex-
claimed Mr.. North Wind as soon as he
got over his amazement enough to speak
Who ever heard of a north wind being
warm and pleasantg II makes me laugh
to think OF such a thingl' He laughed
ana he howied till the fairies huddled
still farther into their cave and shiyered
q bit among themselves. u couldn't be
warm and pleasant II 1 tried" Mr. North
Wind assured them as soon as he got
his breath. Cant you come out and
play with me anyWay?'
The fairies thought a minute ana then
one OF them said. I'VE can't really come
out ana play with you. you're too cold,
but II y0ul promise 70 Be as warm and
pleasant a. sou can, sell ten sou eur
game. And tomorrow you wiz hear
Hhat taey told him.
CaDaH9h1 lgff-Q'Qfa iaqxau JsSsah
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LOWER MERION FINANCES
Township Commissioners to Appro-
pirate 100000 for Coming Year.

TownShip commissioners of Lower
Merton township at their next meeting
will pass an appropriation ordinance of
$500 900 to cover expenditures for the COM
ing year. Nearly $4,000 will go to high
ways, and of this sum $4,000 will be ap-
piled to maintenance of present highways
and the balance for the construction OF
new roads.
The township will also apply S3S,loO for
sinking fund and interest charges on
highway bonds, There is also an appro-
priation of $4,000 for the Highway Com
mittee to cover contributions of citizens
toward roads under existing agreements.
This makes the total expenditures for
highways amount to more than $4,000.
The sum of $32,5OO will go to the police
fund while $4,000 will be spent for light
ing. For fire hydrants $1,000 will be spent,
and the Fire Department, which includes
the fire companies at Cynwyd Narberth'
Ardmore and Bryn Mawr gets $500 more.
The Health and Drainage Department
will receive $33, 100.
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0SE fine day in the middle of the
Owinter Mr.. North Wind blew over to
ne edge Of the lake to see II he could
una anything interesting to do.
And as he loitered along the frozen
beach he heard soft little voice say.
we'll I'd rather play dress-up' than
.ay other game" He knew in a minute
mat some fairies must be hidden in their
Pas snow caves near the frozen edges
= the water. and he decided to stop ana
nAss visit with them.
I've very often heard you talk about
'als 'dress-up' game" he said by way
= heEinnins. "but never had time to