The Washington times., 1916-01-14
CONTINUED from Yesterday

"And there man and a woman
working this city, both of 'erl with that
circle on their hands, returned Eagan'
NO Why, how cun-.-Y'
~ don't know. And I'm rot wasting
sleep wondering about it. But ! Go
know how We car work ii for mig
lot of cash"
How" ! don't see -
"Nou aren't supposed TO. I'm the
one who does the seeing for this ont
At. All you've got to do is to obey Or
ders. You're going &c operate at the
Surfton Hotel ball tonight. Aud you're
going TO have the Rcd Circie on the
back OF your right hand. And----'
"And be rahbed by the hotel 6etcc-
tive or the 6pst ny cor that's looking
for record bro!:c in Alma indtg-
nantly. NO. thanks, friend I'm
not
You're mistaken. hTd," gently cor
lectcd EaCan. You are. And it's
going to be your safety. Youth run no
more risk OF arrest than IL YOU was the
original Invisible Man
"J3ut SAM" she protested. "what
crazy idocy are YOU talking? I haven't
~ot the Rcd Circle on my hand. Only
people in the Porden family hal It..
I'm no kin Of jim Eorden's. I haven't
the Circle. So"
so vou'n have IT for tonight" FIN
YOU Come i'm here"
lie led the way through to the hid
len roop. Alma following in beUt!der-
out the several articles he. had lust
bought, They werc little box Il a
tor. .colnrs. a came l~hair brush. a sponge
and = phial OF colorless LIQUID.
,n%iivc ne your hand" lie ordered
Wonderiac!v. Alma oheycd. Moiston-
ing tho brush ard ruilhiEG 1t Oh the
rcd-pnint c"kc. Sam prncceded to trace
on tho back Of tho womall's hand an
irrcgular Rod Circle
"Wat"h thar closely" he warned
,''Tkats just tho shapc OF tie one Bor-
den had Do you think YOU could paint
that N your own hand""
"Why yes; tt"
Tie dipped the sponge in the liduid
from the phial and passed II over the
circle. The paint quickly vanished.
There YOU are!" said he. Go to the
ball. Pinch everything YOU get half n
chance at Then sneak into some quiet
cOrn"r to paint that circle on your hand.
Manage to let the house detective or
81 me Of the guests oct a glimpse Of IT,
Then rub II off. When the veil goes
up that lot Of Doobs have been robbed
tho Red Circle will be sure to get the
blame for it. It's likely every wnman's
hand may he examined. Yours will have
no sign Of the Circle on It. That'I! let
NoL ont. Sec? And the good old hue
and-crv will go chasing off after the
mysterious Red Circle woman. You'n
J." safe as gov'nent bond. Get the
"Yce" she cried. her nimble mind
CrasptE to the fun the simplicity and
cleV"rness Of the scheme. Yes! Sam.
YOU re wOnderi"
"Chase home and get ready to catch
the 4 o'clock train to SurftOn. Come
here tomorrow With what you pick up.
IT : an extra Job .and I'll pay you extra
rate: ON IT, So long, kid"
There was but one theme of import
among the summer idlers at Surfton-
by-th"-Sea. June had not been at the
cottag" an hour before she had heard
the whole story from Mary, who had it
II ON neighbOr.
il seemed that Todd Drew, the disso-
lutte young son of Amos Drew, the great
inventor had Just arrived al the Surf
ton Hotel He had brought thither, so
said report, small fiat metal case that
was more deadly ;han fifty batteries of
siege guns.
For this case contained the plans for
a waT-rngine, infinitely ingenious and
more murderous than any hitherto de-
viSed 1t was a VeTitable monster Of
destruction, this engine BY it's use
whole armies could be destroyed in a
single minute.
Amos Drew had invented the thing.
Having done so he had been so APP
palled by it's possibilities for annihilia-
tic, that he had never put il upon the
nparket but had slowed the plans away
among his private papers.
But now Amos Drew was dead and
his only heir. Todd Drew, was busy
wasting the patcrnal fortune. lie had
already made sad inroads upon the
parental wealth and was casting about
him for some means to get more money.
Thus II was seaside gossip ran, that
he had brought to sutton the terrible
war-engine plans; and he was to meet
here one Count Freel, the agent for
foreign government, to negotiate with
him for their sale,
That means" Mary finished her re-
cital that means Count Freel-or
whatever his name is-will pay
whackng big price to the young scoun-
drel; enough to keep him boozy for the
rest II his life And the count will
chase off to Europe where his country
IS lighting, and that engine viii be
made from the plans he's bought And
millions of poor soldiers will be muir
dered i'm the nest few weeks. Lord
pity their mothers! There ought TO ne
n law to forbid folks TO sell such plans,
50 there ought"
Whereat she hustled Off to finish un-
packing. June. left alone, pondercd on
what the nurse had said. And, as she