Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-09-25

Hardin. The brute man frees them from
! jail. Neal Hardin enters an examina-
ton for naval cadetBhip. Joe Weleher
fnds set Of questions and also enters
the competition. Welcher. under the
spell Of Ines Castro and money, becomes
the tool of the gang. At the examina-
/ tion he puts the question blank into
Neal Hardln's pocket. Neal is disgraced.
| Welcher gets the appointment Neal en-
lists as an apprentice seaman Herman
dez discovers Welcher and Inez Castro in
a hotel and makes a scene proving
Weloher thief The brute man saves
Annette and her precious papers from
fire Boiling water, accidentally spilled
on the map, disclosed the location Of
Lost Island Subsequently In q struggle
for Its possession the map Is torn in
three parts Hernandez, Annette and
| Neal each securing portion
AT any rate" she said to her
friend, Irene Courtier, 1T know now
where stand. was warned to look
his face" Her face grew wistful. II
thought--I feared" she went on. 'at
| first, that that man might be my
father; but my father would never
treat girl as this scar-face treated
me-"
| Irene Courtier-known among GER
| tain circles by the name of Inez Cas-
| tro-raised O languid head from
among the pillows of her divan.
How do you know he would not.
charming friend2" she said, darting q
keen glance at Annette's face. What
do you know about your father?"
IT know that muoh," returned An
nette HE wouldn't treat me as this
man treated mo-"
"You forgot to mention" said Inez
Courtier, "how he treated me. You
Fnfn
You are young and very strong-and
very beautiful"
what about your" retorted An
nette.
"Ah," said Irene, dropping back
languidly to her former reclining po-
sition, things happen to you, and
poufl you have recovered. With me,
everything is a shock" She closed
her eyes and drew her hand across
her forehead. "A terrible shock"
Annette touched her neck. A tiny
little gold chain fell into the bosom
Of her waist.
HE has lain bare his teeth, this
scar face" said Annette. HE knows
something of my father-I'm sure Of
that-and I'm sure of something else.
He is seeking my lost Isle of Cinna-
bar-he wants it for his own. Well,
[, too, can bare my teeth. Let him
come on"
"You are 80 strong" murmured
Irene Courtier, $50 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 months wages-no more.
The Japanese presented note
upon a salver. Inez Castro glanced
Z at 1t and waved her hand. Mrs. Har-
| din was just entering from the YER
| anda.
ut is for you, grand DAME" said
Inez, "and from some old sweetheart,
eh 2"
Mrs Hardin opened tho missive-
her eyes frightened.
TITS from our congressman at Sea-
port" she exclaimed.
She was quite right. Congressman
James J. Prime always took excellent
care of his constituents and partio-
ularly those Of his own home town.
my dear Mrs. Hardin" he wrote
In his note, hoping that you and
your charges can add one more eve
ming to your round of gaiety in New
port society, I beg to inclose an invl-
tation which may give you q few
hours of pleasure. Wish I could go
myself. Anything on a battleship
suits me- q
Inclosed In the missivee was a heavy
white card engraved In scripti
THE officers of the u. s. s. Alabama
request the honor of your presence
with friends at the dance on ship
board Tuesday evening, June -"
The words with friends" were in
terlined in Ink. Annette read the in
vitation In turn and then handed 1t
to Inez.
"Good!" exclaimed Inez. THESE are
worth while-these shipboard Dances"
Anything In uniform" added
Annette. "is bound to go with me.
Are you gamer"
Came" returned Inez, tucl5ing the
card away in the folds of her dress.
/ She suppressed a yawn. She arose.
II am tired" she said. III 1 were
but strong like you"
| Five minutes later she called up q
private number on the wire in her
boudoir, waiting impatiently until she
] heard O voice she knew. Then she
talked rapidly-almost In a whisper.
IT'S worth taking a chance, is 1t
not?" she queried
"Ah," returned the voice at the
other end; I'VE do nothing without
chances. We shall take a chance.
| Farewell"
The man at the other end of the
wire-for 1t was a man-hung up the
receiver in the dingy little out-of-the-
way room that he occupied and
scanned his face closely in the mirror.
But not too many chances" he
suggested to himself. "Just enough"
It must be understood that an able
seaman like Neal Hardin, while his
good behavior, his natural aptitude
and his general-like ability gave him
many privileges-yet he was still the
victim of caste-naval CASTE As q
civilian ho might travel with ladies'
of dignity, such as his mother, and
young women of style and beauty,
such as Annette Ellington and her
friend, Irene Courtier, but as a chief
petty officer remarked to Neal, "a
ball on board the Alabama Is not for
able seamen, not so you could notice
It, my boy STILL" he added clapping
Neal upon the shoulder, "I'll try and
get you a place on the back stairs,
where you can look on and see the
swells."
Figuratively speaking, ne got him a
place on the back stairs without much
difficulty, and after Neal had spent
day in assisting his fellow able sea-
men in polishing up everything
aboard the Alabama that could he