Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-06-01
The Secret s If Submarine
By E. Alexander Powell
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Copyright 1918. by Z. Alexander Powell.
Z. Alexander Powell

consciously fell under the spell Of
her girlish charm.
Tell me. Miss Burke" he said as
he was leaving her, do you know a
man named Calvin Montgomery"
why. no." said Cleo; II never
heard the name before"
yet, I'll bet my last dollar that
It's more than a coincidence" unused
Morton, as he entered his hotel
Uncle Calvin, talking to himself
speaks of a girl named Cleo. Then,
almost in the same breath, he tells
me 10 come out here and see his old
friend Burke And Burke introduces
me to a girl named Cleo. And any
one could see that Burke was discon-
certed when gave him that message
from Uncle Calvin. Burke has some
thing on his mind besides the secret
Of the submarine
Though the police started their
search for Satsuma within an hour
after the submarine returned to
shore with the body of the murdered
seaman, they had failed TO find the
slightest trace Of the Japanese. They
had watched the outgoing trains and
ferry boats. They had gone
through the lower quarters OF
Naldavia with a fine tooth comb
They had wired a descrip.
ton Of the murderer to every city and
village for a hundred miles around.
Yet they could get no trace Of him
Satsuma had disappeared as com
pletely as though the earth had
opened and swallowed him.
Late In the afternoon OF the sec
ond day after the fight in the submar-
inc, man might have been observed
stroling aimlessiy along the beach
outside the town. He behaved like
one who had no definite objective and
was walking TO kill time, for he
stopped every now and then to toss
pebbles into the water or with his
cane TO trace patterns in the sand.
So slow was his progress that dark
ness was falling when he found him.
self opposite tumbledown and de.
serted hsherman's hut which stood
by itself on the beach FIVE miles from
the town. CHANGING about to make
certain that he was unobscrved, he
knocked sharply on the rickety door
-four short raps, then three, two.
one A moment later there was 4
sound as of plank being lifted with
in the cabin
It's all right, Satsuma." said the
man without It's J. Mahlin." The
door opened and the visitor found
himself in a pitch black room.
Its not wise TO show a light"
said Satsuma's voice in the darkness.
II might possibly be noticed BY
someone passing on the beach"
Here some food for you" said
the man called Mahin, producing
various packages from tho pockets
Of his coat THE police have been
50 busy that didn't dare take the
chance Of coming here before lou
certainly got yourself into one terri
bic scrape What did you learn about
the inyentiong
Il had a good look at the appar-
atus," said Satsuma In fact. the
old man caught me examining ii.
That was when the shooting began
The mechanism IS comparatively sim
pie The real secret is in some for
mula which Burke uses, but which,
Of course, was unable to find"
Mahlin uttered an oath, We've
got to find Il, he exclaimed You
had better have look through
Burkcs house tonight It's probabF
among the papers IN his laboratory"
Its not sal Tor me 10 go out to-
night" said Inc japanese sullenly
"I'll run INTO some Of the detectives
| had better Uait until the search
for me has had time 70 die down
You'll 60 when tell YOU 10 my
Oriental friend" said Mahlin savage
ly, and that's tonight I've got to
have that formula and I've got 10
have il quick"
ITS not safe 10 go out tonight"
Satsuma persisted stubboruy
You'll go through Burke's house
tonight" snarled Mahlin, flying into
a sudden rage, 'or III tell the dctce
tives where they can find the Jap
who killed that sailor"