Omaha daily bee., 1916-06-28
Continued from Yesterday
SIXTH INSTALLMENT.



Lieutenant Jarvis Hope is detailed by the
United states naval board to investigate and
report his findings on the Invention OF DR.,
Ralph Burke. which serves to bring the
submarine to state OF perfection. The
lieutenant arrives IN Valdavta and Is well
coined by the inventor AND his daughter,
Cleo. On the trial trip of the inventors
boat, a Japanese helper is surprised In the
act Of examining the mechanism Of the VEN
tilating device. Hope reports favorably on
the new device, but there are others inter-
ested In 1t An attempt to burglsr,ze DR..
Rurke's laboratory fails, but later Cleo finds
him murdered In his bedroom, Cleo sells
her fathers library to get money; later she
finds note from which she learns that they
contain the secret formula, With Hope she
races to tho auctionecr's store only to find
II In flames, Olga lVanoff and Gerald Nor
ton, two spies in search OF the formula, at
tempt to capture Cleo when she calls at tho
house of stephanskl, the anarchist Hope
rushcs to her aid: Morton shoots at him. but
the bullet hits bomb In the cellar, which
explodes Stephanski dies In the wreck OF his
house; the Others escape, Hope and Cleo
attend a bah Mt Mrs. Delmars. whose neph-
ew has two OF the missing books Mahlin,
a spy, attempts to steal the books but Is
discovered by Hope; In the excitement that
follows the books disappear.
you wuz follerin' 'em down,
Miss Cleo, screamin to beat the band,
Next thing | knowed, the two of
'em rolled kersmash through the
front winder It's tome to get out o
here, sez to myself, thinkin' Id slip
out the way came in and see what'd
happened to the lootenant, Jest then
! happened to look into a room at the
top O the stairs, and, by the Holy
Moses, ef there warn't two o your
fathers books, Miss Cleo, lyin' on
the table. knowed 'em by the red
bindings. They may be the very
books what has the secret o the
submarine hidden in 'em. Who
knowsF sez |, and, as everyone had
run down below to see the fight, !
slipped into the room and grabbed
'em and skipped down the after COM
panionway, hidin' 'em under my
jacket. By that time everyone in the
kitchen had run to the front o the
house to see the fight, so no one seen
me go out. hurried round to the
front, thinkin' the lootenant might've
been hurt in the scrap, and peeked
into that glass place where the flow
ers are. There was crowd round
him and as he wuz sittin' up talkin'
made up my mind he couldn't be
hurt very bad, so lighted out for the
hotel with the books, knowing that
you'd be glad to Sc en-"
During this amazing recital Hope
and Cleo had been anxiovsly poring
through the volumes thus miraculous
ly recovered. Now Hope looked up.
You're a wonder as sleuth,
Hook" he said. wearily tossing the
books on the table. Burns and Pin
kerton and Sherlock Holmes have
nothing on you. But luck is still
against US. We've got to look fur
ther. There's no sign of the formula
in either of these books"
1t was late the next morning when
Hope. looking a trifle pale and with
his head still bandaged, joined Cleo
in the breakfast room. She was perus-
ing with keen enjoyment the sensa-
tional newspaper accounts of the
episode at the Delmar reception, but
at sight of him she shok her finger
reprovingly.
you've no business to be out of
bed, sir" she chided.
Barring a headache, feel as we'll
as ever" he answered. "and when
I've had breakfast the headache will
be gone. Besides" he added, I'VE
mustn't lose any time in getting after
the rest of the books. We know
there are others after them beside
ourselves, and we know they won't
let any grass grow under their feet
either We must act quickly"
"Your health is more important
than all the books and formulas in
the world" said Cleo, "but | suppose
there's no use in arguing with you.
You always have things your own