The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1916-11-23

Ing on the case now. but Il looks to
me like n clean getaway"
As Hope was leaving police headquar.
tcrs n patrol wagon backed up to the
curb ana out of IL scrambled two po-
licemen escOrtlng tail and fash.
ionably dressed young man on whose
wrists glittcred handouts. As the
glare OF the arc light In front of the
station struck the prisoners face,
Hope stopped dead In amazement.
"GrePt heavensl !" he exclaimed !:
its Gerald Morton"
Following Morton and his guards In.
to the station, Hope beckOned to the
inspector who was on duty.
What is he charged with7' he
asked, Indicating Morton.
Murder" the inspector answered
lncOnically. stabbed woman"
"Do you know who she was?" asked
Hope.
"She claimed TO be Russian count
ess, was the answer. Her name was
lvanofr-Olga lvanofr."
'Is there any objection to my hav-
'hb N'ih WIN Hllh Hshtu nope.
Not In the least" said the lnspec-
tor and ordered patrolman to bring
the prisoner into his office.
Hello, lieutenant" remarked Nor.
ton, nonchalantiy, as, still handcuffed,
he was led into the room. II didn't
expect to meet you here"
Morton" said Hope, looking the
other In the eye, "Miss Burke was
kidnapped this evening. | understand
from the police that you could not
have been concerned in II but
do you know who ISL l won't pretend
that I'm sorry for you, Morton. for
I'm not, but II you can give me any
Information that will help me find her.
I'll do what can to help you"
Il don't know anything about II,
Hope" said Morton; mot this time.
give you my word don't. If could
help you find her. ! would. Not for
your sake, mind" he added bitterly,
but for hers. She's n mighty game
little girl. I'm sorry can't help you"
Hope turned away dlsconsolately,
but the other called him back.
"Are you still looking for the secret
OF the submarineI" he asked, lowering
his voice so that the police could not
hear.
YES" said Hope listlessly, 81 am
or was until Cleo disappeared"
"Did you keep that book on metal
lurgy-the one that Olga and l tried
to get away from Doctor owen In the
restaurant In Sandsboro?"
"Yes, it's among my things some
where"
Morton leaned forward until his
lips were close to Hopes ear.
"Turn TO page slxty-One and read
every seventh word" he whispered.
"If you find Cleo" he continued In
II louder tone, tell her that told you
this so as to make up, as much as
can for the way l treated her. The
secret won't be of much use to me In
the place I'm going" and he laughed
honrsely as he Joined the waiting of.
ficer and was led back to his cell.
That was the last Hope saw of Gerald
Morton. Three months later he paid
for his crime on the gallows at San
Quentin.
II was long after midnight when
Hope returned to his hotel but, not.
wlthstanding the lateness of the hour
and his utter WEAKNESS, he ransacked
his trunks until he unearthed the work
on metallurgy, which Fitzmaurlce had
given him as memento of the dra.
matte episode in the Sandstone res
taurant. Drawing his chair up to the
light he opened the well-worn volume
at page sixty-one, which contained, he
found, portion of the chapter en-
titled "Carboniferous Deposits"
The seventh word on the page was,
Hope found, examine" which seemed
promising. Again he counted seven
and was rewarded with the word
"cover,," which apparently failed to
make sense, but the next word In or.
der was "of," which again raised his
hopes, and In wild excitement he
completed the hidden sentence, which
read: Examine cover OF this book"
Inserting the blade of his pocket
knife into the edge of the lining, he
carefully worked It back. and forth
until II curled back. As II did so
Hope gave little exclamation of sat
isfaction, for, sandwiched between the
lining and the cover itself. was small
square of tissue paper. Drawing Il
out, he read In Doctor Burke's hand.
writing; The formula of my sub.
marine invention viii be found In a
secret drawer under the glass tank OF
my working model.-R b."
! Hope felt that the mystery now was
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