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Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1915-12-03
SYNOPSIS.

After the finding of WI Fang's body
ana Kennedy's disappearance, a subma-
rtne appears the following morning on
the bay. A man plunges overheard from
~ ana swims ashore. IL Is the entrance
or Marcus Del Mar into America
kennedy and recover, II possible, the lost
torpedo. At the Dodge home he soon
wins the confidence OF Elaine. Later she
ts warned by n little old man TO be care
ful OF Del Mar. This warning came Just
IN time TO prevent Del Mar from carry
Ing out his plans.
Later Elaine gives masquerade ball.
domino girl can locate the torpedo A
gray friar warns Elaine and Jameson of
del Mars purpose, and his plans are up
set: Del Mar succeeds In getting this girl
IN Elaines home as a maid. She finds the
torpedo In the attic, places II in a trunk.
which with others is sent to Elaine's
country home. holdup on the train
trunk away. only TO find on opening It
that they have the wrong trunk
Upon Elaines arrival In the country she
again encounters the old man of mys-
terry. He warns her TO do her own un-
packing. She does, and finds the long-lost
torpedo. which she places In a dresser
drawer. Del Mars men enter her room
during her absence and escape with the
torpedo. They are seen by the old man.
who follows them. A desperate battle
Follows In which the old man destroys
the torpedo. That afternoon as Elaine
and Jameson are riding through the
country Del Mar plans to blow up a
He would have succeeded but the old
man unexpectedly appears and delays the
explosion just long enough to permit
hiaine's car to cross safely.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1915-12-03

they tied me again, hand and foot.
Then they began debating In low, sin.
lister tones, what was to be done with
me next Once in a while could
catch a word. Fear made my senses
representative.
They were arguing whether they
should make away with me now or
laterl
Finally the leader rose. Its three
to one." heard him mutter. "He dies
now"
He turned and took menacing step
toward me.
Hands upl"
II was a shrill, firm voice that rang
! out at the mouth OF the cave as a
figure cut off what little light there
was.
Elaine passed along, hunting for the
trail. Suddenly a shower of pebbles
came falling down from a cliff above
her. Some OF them hit her and she
looked up quickly.
There she could see me being led
| along by my captors. She hid in the
brush and watched. During all the
operations OF the descent OF the rock
stairway and the resetting OF the
alarm she continued to watch, strain
ing her eyes to see what they we're
doing.
AS we entered the cave, she stepped
out from her concealment and looked
sharply up at us, as we disappeared.
Then she climbed the path up the
cliff until she came to the fight OF
stone steps leading downward again.
Already she had seen the man be-
hind me doing something with the
stone that formed the top step. She
stopped down and examined the stone.
Carefully she raised IL and looked un-
derneath before stepping on 1t. There
she could see the electric connection.
She set the stone aside and looked
again down the dangerous stairway.
1t made her shudder. Il must get
him." she murmured to herself. Eyes,
| must Even now II may be too late. "
They had just decided to make away
with me Immediately and the leader
had turned toward me with the threat
still on his lips. II was now or never
Resolutely she took a step forward
and into the cave.
Hands up!" she demanded with
astonishing firmness.
The thing was so unexpected in the
security Of their secret hiding place
protected by the rock alarm that, be.
fore they knew It, Elaine had them
all lined up against the wall
Keeping them carefully covered, she
moved over toward me. She picked
up knife that lay near by and start
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1915-12-03

came. No other entrance, apparently,
except that from the waters of the
harbor led to this peculiar den.
Lying quietly moored to the rocky
piers lay three submarine boats. Fur
Their back, on a ledge of rock, blasted
out, stood little building, sort OF
Office or headquarters. Near by was
shed where were kept gas and oil,
supplies and ammunition; In fact, ev-
erything that a submarine could pos
sibly need.
This was the reason for Del Mars
presence In the neighborhood. 1t was
the secret submarine harbor OF the
foreign agents who we're operating In
America!
Already sentry, pacing up and
down, had seen the bubbles In the wa
ter that indicated that someone had
come through the archway and was
down below as Del Mar and his
men called II.
Gazing down, the sentry saw the
queer helmeted figure float up from
the bottom OF the pool. He reached
out and helped the figure Chamber up
out OF the water to the ledge on which
he stood. Del Mar saluted. and the
sentry returned the secret salute, help
ing him remove the dripping helmet
and suit
A moment later, in the queer little
submarine Office. Del Mar had evident
iy planned to take up the nefarious
secret work on which he was engaged
Several men of naval and military
bearing were seated about a table al
ready. studying maps and plans and
documents Of all descriptions. They
did not seem to belong to any nation
In particular. In fact, their uniforms,
II such they might be called, were Of
character to disguise their national
ity. But that they were hostile to the
country under which they literally had
their hidden retreat. OF that there
could be no doubt.
How high Del Mar stood In their
counsels could have been seen at a
glance from the instant Difference ex-
-hthited at the mere mention OF his
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1915-12-03

ed to cut the ropes with which was
bound.
AS she did so. one of the men. with
an oath, leaped forward to rush her.
But Elaine was not to be caught of
her guard. Instantly she fired. The
man staggered back and fell.
That cooled the ardor of the other
three considerably. especially now as
was free, too. While she held them
up still. with their hands In the air,
went through their pockets. taking
out their weapons.
Then. still keeping them covered,
we backed out OF the cave. Backward
we made our way up the dangerous
flight Of steps again with guns leve!ed
at the cave entrance, Elaine going up
first.
Once a head stuck itself out of the
cave entrance. fired instantly and
II jerked itself back in again Just in
time. That was the only trouble we
had. apparently.
Cautiously and slowly we made our
way toward the top of the Cliff
One look backward from his motor,
boat was enough for Del Mar He
must evade that inquisitive naturalist
He turned to his man.
Get out that apparatus" he or
dered.
The man opened a locker and
brought out the curious submarine
rescue helmet and suit. Del Mar took
them up and began to put the suit on
STOPPING down in the shelter of the
boat SO that his actions could not be
seen by the naturalist In the pursuing
boat.
The naturalist was all this time peer
ing ahead keenly at Del Mars boat
trying 70 make II out. He bent over
and adjusted the engine TO get uI
more speed and the boat shot ahead
faster.
BY this time, Del Mar had put on
the submarine apparatus, all except
the helmet, and was erouching low In
the boat. Hastily he rolled piece OF
canvas into the semblanne OF a body.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1915-12-03

put his coat and hat on II and set II
on the seat which he had occupied be-
fore
Just then Del Mars boat ran around
the promontory where WI Fang had
met the submarine that had brought
Del Mar into the country and landed
him so strangely.
The boat slowed down under shelter
of the rocks and Del Mar added pair
OF heavy lead-soled shoes to his outfit
In order TO weigh himself down. Final
ly he put on the helmet, let himself
over the side Of the boat, and dlsap-
peared into the water.
His aide started the motor and the
boat shot ahead again. with the DUN
my still occupying Del Mars seat. AS
the boat swung out and made a wide
sweeping curve away from the point
at which Del Mar had gone overheard,
the naturalist In the Dodge boat came
around the promontory and saw II,
changing his course accordingly, and
gaining somewhat.
Del Mar sank upright and rapidly,
down in The shallow water to the bot
tom. Once having his feet on some
thing approaching firm ground, he
gazed about through the window-like
eye Of the helmet until he got his
bearings. Then he began to walk
heavily along the bottom of the har-
Dor, over sand and rocks.
II was a strange walk that he took,
half stumbling, slowly and cumber-
somely cropping his way like a queer
underwater animal.
IL anyone could have seen him, he
would have noted that Del Mar was
going toward the base OF a huge, rocky
cliff that jutted far out into the har-
Dor, where the water was deep, a
dangerous point, avoided by craft OF
all kinds. Far over his head the
waves beat on the rocks angrily. But
down there. concealed beneath the
surface of the harbor, was a sort OF
huge arch Of stone. through which a
comparatively rapid current ran as
the tide ebbed and flowed.
Del Mar let himself be carried along
with the current, which was now run
ming in and thus with comparative
ease made his way. still cropping,
through the arch. Once under 1t and
few feet beyond, he deliberately
kicked off the leaden-soled shoes and.
thus lightened, rose rapidly to the sur
face Of the water.
AS he bobbed up, strange sight
met his eyes-not strange, however,
to Del Mar. Above. the rocks formed
a huge dome over the water which the
tides forced in and out through the
secret entrance through which he
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1915-12-03
TWENTy-EIGHTH EPISODE
THE CAVE IN THE CLIFF.

It was not long after the almost
miraculous escape Of Elaine and my
self from the blowing up OF the bridge
on the shore road that Del Mar re-
turned from his mysterious mission
which had. apparently, taken him
actually down to the bottom OF the
sea.
The panel in the wall of his library
opened and in the still dripping sub.
marine suit, holding under his arm
the weird helmet, Del Mar entered
No sooner had he begun to remove
his wet diving suit than the man who
had signaled with the heliograph that
we had found Del Mars message from
below" whatever that might mean,
entered the house and was announced
by the valet.
Let him come In Immediately" or
dered Del Mar, placing his suit in q
closet. Then to the man, as he en-
tered the room, he said: well, what's
new?"
Quite BIT" returned the man,
frowning still over Elaine's accidental
discovery of the underwater COM
munication. "The Dodge girl happened
20 pick up one of the tubes with
message just after you went down.
tried to get her by blowing up one of
the bridges, but 1t didn't work, some
how"
We'll have TO silence her." re-
marked Del Mar angrily with sinis-
ter frown. you stay here and wait
for orders" =
A moment later he made his way
down TO private dock on his grounds
and jumped aboard trim little speed
boat moored there. He started the
motor and of the boat feathered In a
cloud Of spray.
1t was only moment by water be-
fore he reached the Dodge dock.
There he tied his boat and hurried up
the dock.
Elaine and I arrived home without
any further experiences after our hair
breadth escape from the explosion
at the bridge.
We were In doubt at first, however
Just what to do about the mysterious
message which We had picked up In
the harbor.
Really, Walter" remarked Elaine
after We had considered the matter
for some time, II think we ought to
send that message to the government
at Washington. It may be of great i'm
portance"
Already she had seated herself at
her desk and began to write, while
examined the metal tube and the note
again.
There" she said at length, handing
me the note she had written, how
does that sound?"
read 1t while she addressed the en-
velope. Very good" replied. hand
ing II back
She folded II and showed II into the
envelope on which she had written:
"Chief.
Secret Service,
Washington. d. c."
was studying the address, wonder
ing whether this was just the thing to
do. when Elaine decided the matter
by theoretically ringing the bell for
Jennings.
Post that. Jennings. please" she
directed.
The butler bowed Just as the door
bell rang. He turned to go.
"Just a minute" interrupted. 'T
think perhaps I'd better mail It my
self, after all"
He handed me the letter and went
out.
Eyes. Walter" agreed Elaine. that
would be better Please register II.
too"
How do you dol" greeted suave
voice.
II was Del Mar. As he passed me
10 speak to Elaine. Apparently by ac-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-21
THE TABLE.

Oyster Pie a la Finnistere Make
a pie crust. Cut two strips about one
half inch thick and cross them on the
bottom Of the pie dish. Do not line
the bottom of dish soidly. Empty %
select well-washed oysters into pan.
Sprinkle over with pepper, salt, d lit
tie tOhasco sauce and one cup chop
ped mushrooms. Pour TX cups OF
cream over all Cover with a top
sheet of crust, making a hole in mid
die OF crust. Trim edge neatly Bake
in hot oven one-half hour Take out.
put one tablespoon butter in opening
and garnish with lemon slices
! A Pretty Salad Chop some boiled
beets fine and pour over them warm
vinegar with little sugar in it, Slice
very fine couple of punches OF chiyes
and chop fine three stalks Of celery
This will serve Il people In serving
make foundation of celery leaves and
on it place first the thin leaves OF
chives. then layer of chopped beets.
/ then the chives. and sprinkle over
/ them The chopped celery Pour over all
a salad dressing.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-21
CHRISTMAS GOODIES.

Animal Cookies for the Trees-Beat
four eggs. add one-pound powdered
sugar, grated rind and juice of one
lemon, 5 cents citron, cents orange
peel, and one pound almonds. all cut
very fine tyou can add spice if you
like or anise seed, in which case drop
out the cftron and orange peeD; -four
to make it thick enough to FOIL, and
cut with animal cutters. Frost with
one cup confectioner' sugar, little
fayoring and milk. sprinkle with col
ored sugar or small candies
Christmas Hearts - Three pounds
brown sugar, pinch salt, four eggs. one
glass cold water, one-half pound al
monds ground fine. small piece citron
ground fine, cloves. allspice, nutmeg
one tablespoon soda, flour Cut into
heart shapes and bake in hot oven
German Christmas Cookies g.
'Springerles:" One pound pulyerized
sugar, four eggs, pinch soda, salt. but
ter size hickorynut Cut and lay or
anise seed all night. Bake brown.
Christmas Snow Four egg whites
beaten very stiff. pinch Of salt four
peeled oranges cut in small pieces GOV.
cred with sugar. Let oranges stand
while beating eggs Pile in puhct
cup and place a Maraschino cherry or
ton of each
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-21
FOR CHRIsTMAe bride.

The last OF delightful series OF
pre-nuptial affairs which have been
given during the past few weeks for
Miss jeanette Fair OF Davenport, who
will be a Christmas bride was pleas
ant little dinner party given Mon
day evening by Mrs Irving 0. Schultze
1909 Fourteenth street, Rock Is
land Covers were laid for eight around
table bright in its Christmas deco
ration. A miniature trte lighted with
candles was the centerpiece and the
place cards we're in Christmas de-
signs. Red and green Christmas bells
and holly we're much in evidence
throughout the rooms where the after
dinner hours were spent informally
The party gift to the guest OF honor
was a hand painted Hayilaud china
nut set
Miss Elsie Hintzelmanu and Miss
Mary Burrows OF Davenport entertain
ed charmingly for Miss Fair Sunday
evening at Feieryary park, Davenport
This guests numbered II and the deco
rations were Of southern smilax and
ferns. Miss Fair received several use
full kitchen articles for her new home
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-21
HOUSEHOLDS,
HINTJC 80

water, cut into squares. These bars are
recommended in place OF candy for
children
Peanut Balls-Put one pound sug-
ar into granite saucepan. Add about
~ gills boiling water and stir with
wooden spoon until sugar is dis
solved. When sugar has boiled six
minutes, try it by dropping a little of
the syrup into ice water. As soon as
a soft ball is formed pour syrup on
lightly creased meat plate. AS soon
as cool enough to bear the finger, stir
it constantly with a wooden paddle I'M
til a thick creamy mass is formed.
Form into tiny balls and roll in
crushed peanuts,
Stuffed Dates Beat the white of an
egg very light and add enough pow
dered sugar to make a stiff dough add
chopped nut meats if desired. Split
open choice dates. remove seed. fill
with the mixture and close. Any left
over dough may be nodded into round
or oblong shapes with a nut meat
pressed On each side.
Mint Fudge Boil two cups sugar
two cups milk and one teaspoon but
ter until little of the mixture drop
ped into cold water will form soft
ball. Take from fire, add scant tea
spoon peppermint. essence and beat
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-21
ENTERTAIN At BRIDGE PARTY.

Mrs, Joseph pain, Sr., and Mrs. Jo-
seph Browning Of Moline entertained
al charming bridge party Monday to
honor their house guest, Miss Dorothea
Rich, of Minneapolis. Games were
played at six tables. which were dec
GRATED with lovely pink roses, At the
close of the afternoon dainty lunch
was served al the quartet tables Miss
Rich, whose engagement TO Joseph
Dain, Jr, was recently announced, has
been much feted during her stay in
Moline She returns to Minneapolis to-
night,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-21
SOCIAL EVENTS

Tenth avenue.
April s-sirs. W. A. Reid, $50 Fifth
avenue, Moline
April 20-Mrs. George Barker, 1910
Twenty fourtil-and-a-h half street
May AIRS Charles Hedbefg, 9l4
Fourteenth-aud-a- half street
May l8-Nrs Harry PAIL 1925
Twenty-Fourth-and-a-half street
june Mrs, RI Lindley, ls12 Tenth
street
June 15-Mrs. Mallory. Nineteenth
avenue.
July annual picnic.
aug. 3-Mrs. Gus Thienan, s26h
Thrheth street.
Aug. l7-Nrs. c. J. Cleiand. Elev-
enth street
Sept. Mrs. J. L. Ehmon, 1914
Twenty-sixth street,
Sept. 2l-Mrs. william Paul, Six
teenfh street and Eighteenth avenue.
Oct. 5-Mrs Ed StraH, Fourteenth
and-a-half street.
Nov. Mrs Thomas McIa4e, l4ll
Twelfth street
Nov. 16-Nrs. Bowers, Second ave
nue..
Dec. Mrs. Lindsey, 1909 Fifth
avenue.
/ Dec. 2l-Mrs. Benson, 9427 Sixth
! avenue
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-21

till thick and white Pour onto but
tered plate and when set mark off in
squares. Make a second batch by the
same recipe, color pink and flavor with
wintergreen.
Walnut Candy-Boil together two
cups brown sugar, one-half cup water,
one tablespoon each of vinegar and
butter, till it forms hard ball in cold
water; remove from fire and pour
over two cups broken walnut meats,
previously spread evenly in a creased
pan. Crack up when cold
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-21

most women do. We are not very
old I am % and she is "A. We are
members of a church and go to all the
church affairs and my wife assists in
getting them up
There is bachelor at church lit
tie older than am and / have no.
ticed that he is taking more interest
than he should in nfy wife If they
were open about what they do /
wouldn't worry so much Some wo-
man or man will come to me when at
a church supper or something like
that and say, I just saw your wife
with Mr. So-and- So They are down
in the kitchen" Or. Il just passed
your wife on the stair landing. She
and Mr.. So-and-So are very much in
terested in q book What can I do?
MR.. MARRIED MAN.
Be more attentive to your wife.
The other man probably gives her
what She misses in you. The ideal
arrangement Of a husband and wife
going their own ways is usually ideal
on the husbands side alone The wife
suffers silently from her husbands
lack of attention. Make what your
wife wants to do the very thing that
would please YOU most Treat her the
way you used to before you were mar
ried. The things that won her love
in the first place ought to keep 1t now
Don't stop going to church, but when
you are at church see that you are the
one who is with her instead Of the
other mar
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-21
81. CLAIR.nERAkDTs.

A ceremony at the Second Congrega-
tIonal parsonage Moline. Saturday
svening united in marriage Miss Daisy
DeBaedta and Frank ST. Clair, both
Of Moline The wedding was performed
BY Rev. Richard s Hauey, and Mrs.
Haney and Miss Elizabeth lianeg were
the Witnesses The bride wore white
satin and her flowers we're white roses
and iilies Of the valley in shower ar
rangemeut After short honeymoon
trip Mr. and Mrs, ST. Clair will reside
al 1922 Eleventh street, Moline.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-21
SWEETS FOR THE HOLIDAYS.

Popcorn Balls-Put into an iron
sauce pan one tablespoon butter. three
tablespoons water and one cup pow
dered sugar. Boil until when drop
ped from spoon into cold water it
will harden, then throw in two quarts
popcorn. Take from fire and stir until
cool Take up mixture by spoonful,
form into balls and wrap each in wax
ed paper.
Fruit Bars-Half pound dates, half
pound steamed figs. one-fourth pound
blanched almonds. half pound pecan
nut meats, Two tablespoons orange
Juice Stone dates, put all the ingred-
tents through food chopper. add orange
Juice, mix thoroughly Dust baking
board slightly with powdered sugar.
roll mixture into sheet one-eighth
inch thick. Dip sharp knife into hot
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-21
FOR YOUNGER SET.

Master Richard Hoffman, son Of
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hoffman Of Thir-
ty-ninth street and Fifth avenue, No
line, was host last evening to com
pany Of 80 of the high school young
people and a few Of the younger set
who are spending the holiday vacation
at home The house was beautifully
decorated with Christmas gTeenery
and the dainty refreshments carried
out the Christmas c0lors. Dancing
vas the diversion Of the evening
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-21
ANNNTNCF HOSTEsSES.

AT the recent meeting of the Busy
Bee Sewing circle the hostesses for
the year were announced. They will
be:
Jan. 6-Mrs. ]. A. Reid, $50 Six
teenth street.
Jan. 30-Mrs. Dave Hutchinson, Sew
enth street aud Seventh avenue
Feb 8 Mrs Joe Johnson, Fifth ave
nue..
Feb, l7--Mrs George Chopper. Fifth
avenue and Nineteenth street
March Mrs J. S Milton. 2706
Nineteenth avenue.
March 16-Miss Jessie Msyne. 1926
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-21
OPTINUs CIRCLE MEETS.

The Optimns reading circle met
Monday evening with Mrs. c 4. BrT-
m. 1895 Tenth avenue The club fin
tshed reading Joseph the Second and
His Court and after a short business
session, dainty refreshments we're
served BIZ the hostess In the dining
room, which was gay with Christmas
decoration The circle viii meet III
two weeks with Mrs " A. Darling.
9sD Nineteenth street
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-21
NEW YEAR'S FROLIC.

Invitations have been issued by
Amoo grotto of the Rock Island Ma
sons for a cabaret dinner dance to be
given New Years eve IN Masonic tenn
pie. A gay evening is anticipated and
an especially delightful program has
been arranged. One feature OF the
evening will be a professional vaude-
vile performance composed Of five
members.