The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-04
SYNOPSIS.

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 SYNOPSIS.
 "Circle Jim Borden, named from a red birthmark on his hand, has served his generation. always a criminal, has borne the Red Circle mark. Jim and his son Ted are the only known living of the Bordens. Max Lamar. a detective, is de- tailed to keep an eye on Jim. June Travis and her mother meet Jim as he is re leased. Jim and Tee are killed. Next day Lamar sees the Red Circle on a wom- ans hand outside a curtained automobile. June marked with the Red Circle, robs Grant. a loan shark. Mary, June's nurse, discovers her theft and tells her she is Travis does not know Mary tricks La mar. June, dressed ss a boy recovers Smiling sam Jim's old crime partner, At the seaside June steals war invention plans from Todd Drew and sinks them in the sea with her bows clothes Sent to paints the Red Circle on her hand and robs the guests at a ball. Mary sees her wash off the mark and points her out captures her with the jewels and goes after Smiling Sam"
 And in Smiling Sam's'' case, the chief had diagnosed the procedure 4
 Sam, hastening through the yard at Tom Dunn's heels, had prudently ak lowed his lookout" to pass through the gate into the alley in front of him. He himself had fingered for moment, so that Dunn might prove for him whether or not the coast was clear.
 At first sound of the scuffle, Sam !, 17- xy,1 gate and across the yard through the rear doorway of the tumbledownI house that adjoined his own.
 Always prepared for emergencies he, had snatched up his hat and coat as he had left the shop, on the approach of Lamar and the officers.
 Now, tn the hallway of the house he| shed his apron, threw it down a coal hole, put on the coat and hat, and very sedately walked out of the front door, just beyond the entrance to his own shop and thence down the street to the railroad yards.
 Presently his route took him past ai line of freight cars. When he came to an empty he clambered inside and shut the big reddish door behind him.
 Late that night his car was coupled with thirty others and puffed cut of the yard. Early next day the freight train rumbled slowly past suburban, station and on into the sand-sweptl waste beyond.
 Sam, through a crack in his side door pullman had kept rigid tabs on the trains general direction. And now he knew just where he was. He had caught glimpse of the stations sign:
 "Surfton by-the-Sea.'
 A brilliant idea struck him. An idea, that brought him to his feet with d bound and, tugglng open the sliding door of the car, he leaped out.
 "Thisll be worth dozen reglar hide-out places to me- he chuckled. Just let me find June Travis and spring the right sort of hard luck whine, and she'll help me out, ait right, all right"
 Meanwhile, at Surfton, June Travis had just done what Mary character ized as "a foolish, dangerous thing, if ever there was one"
 The girl had sent the following tele- gram to Lamar-first showing it mis- chievously to the scandalized and pro- testing Mary:
 MT. Max Lamar, 512 Blank Building:
 As your assistant in "Rcd Circle" cases, 1 report monkey stolen from Italian organ grinder by girl with Red Circle on hand. Mary saw her; gives description of red hair and blue eyes. Better come down and investigate.
 JUNE TRAVIS.
 You're never going to send that crazy message?" Mary gasped, as June. pausing in their morning walk, at the local telegraph office, scribbled the dispatch and laughingly showed it to her.
 For reply June handed the telegram 10 the desk clerk.
 Left alone on the veranda, later June beguiled the time for half hour pr so in jotting down notes on bits of scratch-pad paper-notes for Lamar's guidance in his hunt for the pseudo ced haired girl with blue eyes.
 Then, growing restless. she set out tor walk along the sand at the base, of the cliffs, beyond the village
 June, full Of the glory Of the sky strode along the beach with the tread, of young goddess.
 Midway in her walk she stoppedl to watch queer tableau on the shore a few yards away from her. A younrI man and a girl were standing facineI each other, angry of eye, sharp o, voice, Quarreling violently. Tho mar was clad in blue serge, and ! cameral was slung from his shoulder. TheI woman was in white She carried d white parasol with which ehesWas mak1 ing impatient EegtprGs. aef ssilor h;3 K was adorned by III e1en'ous bird oi