The Washington times., 1919-08-26

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Frsneis Morgan. descendant o. SIP Hsa.
~ Morgan. historic buccaneer. decides {,
pass uP activities of city IKE tof 9 Nhii.
RsEah. stock opsFSsof. comes AIvsTsa
Torres. q South American. Who announee'
he has ZIP on the location q treaaurs
buried ~ Morgan in the old pirate aayA
Young Morgan sails for south AmsEicu
% pursuit Of the treaEurs. Upon landinl
he encounters strange young woman Y ne
appears 70 mistake him Tor some one else
He - hred upon By three natives ene
seeks safety aboard MS vessel th'
Franeis learns he and Henry. ths mys.
tsTious islandef. are both degcend4nts q
Pirate Morsan
Francis discovers hts rssemblance e
Henry was responsible for bis peculiar
American territory. I'r=ncis eneountsrl
on galIoWs and Henry . arrested - "a.
place Leoncia hndg her fancy has gtfey-
Cd from Henry 70 Francia The tWo ploi
Francis, GsonIea and Henry eIuds thar
enemies and 80 aboard Francig VseseL
Ih9 Angelique iB pursued down the coast
% elude their pursusrs. They came upon
treasnro- Francis and his friends agaln
nnd themselves pursued and former bat
All members Of the party are captured.
Henry and JeHe descend Into pit % play
strRngs gams. F-ancis hndg custodian
Old Prisst'8 Chant fails 10 bring key -
fortune from Chia,s ear. FrabciS decides
on eE1loration % pit Ons % party falls
friends are reunited Is the " valley of LOSi
soule Torres - ordered 20 imbibo %
The drink Of death. Help comes from ths
They meet the oussn. who informs
TIE enc ol the party must become her
husband. Torres comes 70 life again
Eraneis and party return 90 the coast
EEauClU marrIH1 Nnrs GrlNuUnn. HFlnEIm
takes his bride 70 his home IN New
Frencis' wife learns Of her husbands
love for Leoncia.
Francis' wife leaves him mysterious
IN Jealous az. He starts q search
In the meantime she nnds Lsoneia
gazing at Franci5 photograph and
draws poignard % kin her bat sue
eumbs to Le0ncia's strange power over
her and they become frienda- The
Queen then leads party into the
treasure and Torres and Jefo lead
Regan explains OF Franeis his rsa-
sons for seeking to ruin him.
eco to It, my laddy buck" Regan
conceded. then, with q wave Of sus-
piciOn-"Pu get him for you my
self"
And, having ascertained that
Bascom was really az the other end
OF the line. he turned the receiver
over to Francis.
Straight FrOm the Shoulder.
''You were right the latter as
Fured Bascom- "Regan's all you
said and worse. Go right on with
our plan OF campaign We've got
him where we want him, though
the old fox won't believe Il for a
TTn hofa r-ofnu -
strip me, clean me out" Francis
paused to think up the strongest
way Of carrying on his blum, then
continued. ''Tll tell you something
you don't know. He's the one who
maneuvered the raid from the be-
ginning. So now you know whom
we're going to bury"
And, after little more OF similar
talk, he hung up.
you see," he explained, again.
from the door, you were so crafty
that we could not make out who It
was. Why. Regan, we were pre-
pared to give a walloping to some
unknown that had several times
your strength. And now that it's
you, it's easy. We were prepared
to strain. But with you 1t will be
a waIk-oVer. Tomorrow, around
THIS AAAAAEa 6OAl6 " 0H -
funeral right here in your Office.
and you're not going to be one OF
the mourners. You're going to be
the corpse-and a nOt-nice looking
financial corpse you'll be when we
get done with you."
"The dead spit Of r. II. NJ" the
Wolf grinned. Lord, how he could
pull on a bluff"
tits a pity he didn't bury you
and save me all the trouble" was
Francis parting shot.
"And all the expense" Regan,
flung after him. Its going to be
pretty expensive for you. and there
isn't going to be any funeral from
this place"
well, tomorrow's the day"
Francis delivered to Bascom, as they
parted that evening. This time to-
morrow I'll be a perfectly nice
scalped and skinned and sun-dried
and smoke-cured specimen for Re
gan's private collection. But who'd
have belieYed the old skunk had it
in for me!SI never harmed him. On
the contrary, I always considered
him fathers best friend. II ChaPiey
Tippery could only come through
with some of the Tippery surplus
coin ."
"Or IL the United States would
only declare a moratorium Bas-
com hoped equally hOpelessly.
And Regan. at that moment. was
saying to his assembled agents and
rumor factory specialist:
Sell! Selli SELL all wou've got
and then sell short! 1 see no bot
tom to this market!'
And Francis, on his way uptown,
buying the last extra, scanned the
five-inch-lettered headline:
"I SEE NO BOTTOM TO THIS !
MARKET. THOMAS REGAN-"
But Francis was not at his house
at eight next morning TO meet !
Charley Tippery. It had been a
night in which official Washington /
had slept. and the night-wires had
carried the news out over the land !
that the United States, though not
at war, had declared its mora
torium. Weakened out Of his bed |
at seven by BascOm in person. who |
brought the news, Francis had ac-
companied him downtown. The ,
moratorium had given them hope, |
and there was much to do.
Earring the Way.
Charles Tippery. however, was not |
the first to arrive at the Morgan
palace. A few minutes before
eight, Parker was very much dis
turbed and pertuTbed when Henry /
and Leoncia, much the worse for 1
sunburn and travel stain, brushed |
past the second butler who had
opened the door.