Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-08-18
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THIRTEENTH INSTALLMENT
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Lieutenant Jarvis Hope Is detailed by the
United States naval board to investisate
ana report findings on the invention Of Dr.
Ralph Burke, which serves to bring the
trial trip Of the inventors boat. a Japanese
helper L. surprised In the act of examining
the mechanism, Hope reports favorably on
ested In II. Attempt to burglarixe Burke's
laboratory fails. later his daughter Cleo
tlpds him murdered In his bedroom. Cleo
from which she learns they contain secret
formula. Olga lvanon and Gerald Morton.
spies In search of formula. attempt to cap
tyre Cleo when she comes for books to
stephanski, the anarchist Hope rushes to
her aid; Morton shoots but bullet hits a
6emb In cellar. which expiodes. Hope and
Cleo escape and attend ball at Mrs. Del
rera, whose nephew has two missing books.
Mahlin. spy. attempts to steal books; In
e,oitement that follows books disappear.
Mahlin escapes Hope and Cleo take boat
the Jap turn out tho island light After a
violent storm Hope and Cleo arrive on
strange island and discover man they hunt
! there Mahlin and Jnpanese also reach
return and dynamite tho shack Hope and
Cleo manage to teach Sandstone. where DR..
owen has one OF the books. He arranges to
meet Hope a: the hotel with book Morton
Would have possessed the volume. Cleo Is
captured by Morton and taken to cabin in
ne mountains, She finds there, books for
which they search, fortunately she gets
hcte to Hope, who, with Hook, starts to
rescue. As he crosses chssn In swinging
basket Mahltn steals up and chops at cable
Hope He reaches the other side and is
greeted by Cleo; she swsars her love to him.
They are followed by Mshlin and Jap who
Attempt to kidnap Cleo, She swings herself
dashed to earth in an aeroplane. Hope and
Cleo are pulled from quicksands by Hook
and grape vine. Mahlin and satsuma are
called before the Black Council. On this
track Of another book, they hnd tho owner
has lost II. Hope receives a letter demand
Ing his marriage "a girl who claims he
compounded her, He is forced to comply
by Cleo Accidentally he learns It Is a plot
e rope him In. He Ia later summoned to
Washington.
Continued From YestsrdayJ
"By all means said the outlaw
courteously, rising and escorting her
to the entrance OF the cave. Later in
the afternoon | will give myself the
pleasure of calling upon you, by which
time, ! trust, you will have come to a
decision. Very unpleasant things
sometime happen" he added, signifi.
cantly, ito those who refuse my re.
quests"
u will think it over" said Olga
coldly, and disappeared within the
cave. Her captor, keen-eyed though
he was. had failed to observe that, be-
fore leaving the table, she had secret.
ed in her dress the steel knife with
which she had been eating,
"And now, Mr.. Norton" said Car
rillo, as he resumed his seat. 'here
are pen, ink and paper. The messen,
ger Is waiting. The amount we agreed
on was ten thousand, ! believe"
As Olga re-entered the cave her
eye was caught by the books strewr
upon the table. Idly curious as to the
literary tastes of Carrillo, she glanced
at them with languid interest. There
were a score of novels of the sensa.
tional order, much the worse for use
book Of Spanish verse; volume or
engraving (she recalled that Garlic
had been a counterfeiter before his
fight to the mountains) and small
leatherbound book entitled robin
sons Philosophy" There was some
thing about the title that was vagsei,
familiar. AS she opened the book sh,
drew her breath in sharply. For, it