The Washington times., 1919-08-23

and plans q fishing trip. To Thomal
4Srsa I2ST sS1th SS5SsSEs a5s SSsS SSs .uSouaes' x
be has . tip on the Location q tFeasurs
buried by MOrgan in the old pirate days
Regan has an tdea-
N pursuit % the treasure. Upon landinG
be encounters strange young woman Va
appears 70 mistake him for some one elae
seeks s1fsty aboard his vessel tn
Sranefs learns he ana Hsnry. ths myS
terious islandeF, - both descendants q
FrEneiS discovers his rsssnblanes ..
Henry was responsible Tor his peeultal
ETeeting upon Grst Isading oe sousL %
Torres again. Franeis is saved from dsetl
On gailoWB and Henry is arrested IN M
place. Lsoncia finds her fancy has stray
ed from Henry to FranetS. The two plo
Franeis. Gsoniea and Henry slads thell
snemies and 50 49, FraneaS 49,
Ihs Augeltqus u pnr1u down tns e2e.s
70 slads their puESasSa. Thsy came upol
treasure Francis and bis friends agah
md themselves pursued aud foruasf pa
ties with foes 70 ensbls othsrs % esoaps
Henry and Jeffsr descend Into pit 20 plal
. strange CANA F-ancis hnda cuStodial
% pirate treasure. They fall into trap
Old Priests Chant falls q erlng I4 ~ 9 :.
On exploration Of pit ons of party fan
% death Henry goes for help. u.
Souls. Torres q ordered 70 imbiko q
the drink Of death. HelD comes nom u
Thsy meet the Queen. who informs
SuSbSRd. SorrsS eomsS to lie again
Francis and party return to. the coase
FrAneia marriss the ooueen- F'rancis
taxes his bride 70 his homs In New
Fr1nei5 wife learns Of her husbands
love for Leoncia-
Francis, wife lsaySs him pystsEio1It-
sbr her.
In the msantIrns she nnds Lsoncia
gazing at Francis photograph and
cumb8 % Lsoneia's strange power over
her and they bscoms trisndA Lne
Queen then leads . party into tno
Valley Of Lost so9ls % reeSyer ,s hsf
another.
.Montana. Lode was stiIl siekiy I'M
der Mulhaney's unhatterinE and un-
modified report, and Weston. the
great expert sent out BY the Eng
lish investors. had failed 70 report
anything reassuring. For six months
Imperial TungstOm, earning moth
ing. had been put to disastrous ex-
pense in the great strikes which
seemed only just begun Nor did
anybody, save the several labor
leaders who knew, dream that il
was Regan's gold that was At the
bottom Of the AFFAIR.
The secrecy and the deadiiness Of
the attack was what unnerVed Bas-
com. All properties in which Fran
els was interested were being
hww ~
ing glacier. There was nothing
spectacular about the movement,
merely a steady, persistent decline
that made Francis large fortune
shrink horribly. And, along with
what he owned outright, what he
held on margin suffered even great
eF shrinkage.
Then had come runners OF war.
Ambassadors were receiving their
passports right and left. and half
the world seemed mobiliIing. This
was the moment, with the market
shaken and panicky, and with the
world powers delaying In declaring
mOFatorium1, that Regan selected
70 strike. The time was ripe for
a bear raid, and with him were as
ISOLATED half = dozen other big
bears, who tacitly accepted his
leadership.
But even they did not know the
full extent Of his plans. nor guess
at the specific direction OF them
They were in the raid for what
they could make, and thought he
was in IL for the same reason, In
their simple directness Of pecuniary
vision catching no glimpse OF
Francis Morgan nor OF his ghostly
father at whom the big blow was
being struck.
Rsgan's rumoP factory began
working overtime, and the hrst to
drop and the fastest to drop In the
dropping market were the stocks OF
Francis, which had already done
considerable dropping ere the bear
market began. Yet Regan was care
ful to bring no pressure on Tam
pico Petroleum. Proudly II held up
its head in the midst OF the gem
eral slump and eagerly Regan
waited for the moment OF despera-
tion when Francis would be forced
to dump il on the market to cover
his shrunken margin IN other lines
Lord! Lord!'
Bascom held the side Of his faee
in the palm Of one hand and grim
aced as II he had q jumping tooth
ache.
Lord! Lord!" he reiterated The
markets gone to smash and Tam
pieo Pet along with It. How she
sIumped! Who'd have dreamed ttP
Like a Fire Sale.
Francis, putting steadily away Gt
a cigarette and quite obliyious that
1t was unlghted, sat with BaScom
in the lRttsr's private office
"It looks like q hre SALE he
Vouchsafed.
That won't last longer than this
time tomorrow morning-then you'n,
be sold out, and me with you," the
broker amplihed. with q swift
glance at the clock.
II marked - as Francis swiftly
automatic glance verified.
Dump in the rest OF Tampieo
Pet" he said, wearily. That ought
to hold back until tomorrow"
Then what tomorrow his
broker demanded, with the bottom
out and everybody including the Of
nee boys selling short"
Francis shrugged his shoulders
you know I've mortgaged the
house, Dreamwold, and the Adiron-
dack camp to the limit"
Have you any friends?"
"At such a timer" Francis eoun-
tered, bitterly.
well, it's the very time" Bascom
retorted. Look here, Morgan.
lrnouv the set YOU ran with at col