Evening star., 1917-09-30

A COMPLETE RESUME OF THE OPENING
INSTALI1MENT OF 'RANSOM!"
This big adventure of Warnings all started
in Paris cafe when ne rescued : souns
haired Apache who annoyed her. After fight
ing their way out Of the place. Waring es-
corted the girl to her hotel in a cab; ana he
learned from her that, she had been brought
up in a French convent, that she was at
present In Paris on visit with her uncle:
Peter Randall. and that she had slipped
away from him that evening to see the
sights
With his head in the clouds. Romance had
called him. the inevitable One Girl had
dawned radiant his horizon. And then
next morning Fate fetched him back TO earth
with ugly Jolt In the Paris Herald he
read Of the defalcation and suicide in New
York of Carey Haig-the broker who had
been Warnings trustee during his minority
and who still took care Of his Investments
waring. of course. hurried back TO New
York. There he found that Haig had begun
selling his own and his clients securities
suddenly on January II. On the 2sth he had
killed himself. leaving confession saying
he had embezzled the funds realized The
only record of what had become Of these
funds was a memorandum Of Haigs having
paid one Simon Bersson the sum of 81 $50
600 January %. So Waring
found himself a poor man. save for some
unable 10 dispose of in a hurry.
And the mystery took surprising
turn. For one day while returning from
call on a friend, Mrs. Sinsabaugh, WarinS
was conscious that he was being followed.
And when he reached his apartment-a
ground floor one-he left the front door open
and watched the hallway. Presently there
entered none other than ''Raoul the Red.
the Apache from whom he had rescued Peter
Randalls niece in Paris,
The man was bending over Warnings letter
box when the latter sprang upon him; there
was q struggle, during which Waring gained
possession Of a knife drawn by the Apache.
At that Raoul broke away and ran outside
directly under the wheels OF a passing taxi
cab.
When waring and the chauffeur picked the
Frenchman up, he was dying. And when,
later. a search was made of his pockets TO
determine his identity. an envelope was
found bearing the address of Simon Bergson,
the man to whom Haig had paid over the
embezzled funds. Inside this envelope was a
letter signed with the initials "P. r." and
introducing the bearer. Raoul Carvajal, as a
man Of daring and courage who would be use
full to ''the Society" The matter of Bur-
ton Conybear" was also mentioned: and
the country. What sinister plot had Waring
stumbled upon?
The spirit of adventure was ever strong in
Waring; and he wanted to get back his lost
fortune. He realized that by a curious
chance he strongly resembled the dead Car
va1al-red hair and all. A little alteration
and Waring stood on the doorstep of Simon
BergSon, determined himself to present
..P. Rs letter Introducing Cervajal War
ing's scheme was at first successful. He was
accepted as Carva5al and made an empioye of
the Society.
Burton Conybear receives a letter signed
The Readjustment Society of the World
and demanding a hundred million dollars.
He calls in two detectives, who-with Hen
derson. his private secretary-prove them
selves to be members of this mysterious
cfety and who. on Conybear's refusal to
pay over the enormous sum demanded, pro-
coed to kidnap him. He is taken to the rem
desvous at Bergson's house. Thence, escort
cd BY "Carvajal" and others of the Society,
he u taken to a bank. where-with every
one unsuspicious that he is under duress-he
10 compelled to draw s25 900 for his captors.
Herkomer. Commissioner of Police. re-
cefves note picked up BY a half -witted fel-
BY the nnancier. stating that he has been
kidnapped. Herkomer calls up Conybear'a
house and is told by Henderson that Mr..
Conybear is all rights up in New England
the note is q hoax.
Waring. after the episode at the bank,
gained Bergson's permission to 20 out and
buy some clothing. His first impulse was to
telephone the police, but he wished to avoid
publicity and so called up orybear's house.
And again Henderson. answering the phone
prevented Conybear's rescue. Aware that
Waring was betraying the society, he sent
him to an address on Camp avenue-another
rendezvous Of the Society.
Waring unsuspciously proceeded thither.
Of the Paris cafe! waring learned from her
that her uncle, Peter Randall. was a member
OF the Society-and then Bergson entered.
Carva1al" contrived to explain his presence
to Bergson and took his departure. But
Bergson was suspicious of the GIRL who had
asserted that Cantrell and Durney, two mem
bars Of the Society with her In the house.
Waring resolved to keep the matter from
the police. but while debating what to do he
met his friend Sinsabaugh. who asked him
to dinner-saying that he wished his friend
to meet niece Of Peter Randall named
Claire Sorel. who visiting his wife.
Vastly perplexed, Waring accepted the inyi-
tation-and found this Miss Sorel an entirely
different person from the girl Of Paris and
Of Camp avenue. He had little time to make
her acquaintance. however, for the butler re-
ported a police officer at the door with a
warrant for Warnings arrest; and sinsabaugh
was barely able TO delay the officer long
enough to give Waring time to make his
escape out side door.
CONTINUED FROM LAST SUNDAYS
starr
Waring had seen angry men in his 1if.
'sfore. but he had never seen one SC
Mastered by rage as was Bergson now
md still. though. his nostrils twitched
sergson seemed to have a dual identity
ne part Of which ragged at the absen
henderson while the other planned
wiftly.
Henderson is coming here?" he asked
he girl.
She nodded.
You told the othersc'
She shook her head. ''They have beer
lrinking. IL am afraid of them"
waring. with her words. thought
IN ha y,
'oice upstairs. He looked at Bergsor
% see how the man would take this
news. Bergson seemed unimpressed.
They would not drink enough to
lurt themselves. Although I will ad-
nit that Cantrell and Durney. without
liquor at all. are not attractive to q
woman. and with a drink His eyes
narrowed. But how did you
expect. II you had not told them, to
handle this Waring-did Henderson
all to tell you that he had sent this
who had telephoned him?"
Henderson said that Waring was
coming here and told me to detain him
BUT those beasts upstairs-I was going
o wait until Waring got here and
hen tell them"
IF I could only get people who do
10 thinking for themselves" ragged
3ergson. IF you had told them when
lie came to the steps they would have
aptured him. And Henderson-if Hen
lerson had not delayed telling me that
n some manner the police had got
vfnd Of Conybear's capture by us. l
m cursed with the brains. the infin-
tesimal brains of those who surround
ne. their desire to think for them
elves. to save me alarm"
He turned to Ranney. who had en-
cred the room with him.
IF that Waring has gone to the