The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-08-12

Francis MorgAn. descendant 81 Sir Hsn-
~ Morgan. historic buccaneer. decides %
pass % activities q eisy NE for a While
Regan. stock operator. comes AiVare1
Torres. a south American. who announces
he has . tip on the loeatlon e trees1rs
Young Morgan sails for south AmerieA
IN pursuit Of the treasure Upon landing
he encounters strange young woman we
appears TO mistake him for some one else
he 10 fired upon BY three natives ano
seeks safety aboard his vessel the
francis learns ne and Henry. the mys-
ferrous islander. are both descendants @
FrSneis discovers his rsssmbIahes q
Henry was responsible for his peeullaf
american territory. Francis encounters
on gal1oWs and Henry - arrested In his
place. Leoncia dnds her fancy has stray
I'd from Henry to Francis The two pies
Francis. GeonIca and Henry sIude their
enemies and 80 aboard FraneiS ys1seL
The Angeliqus IL pursued down the coast
TO eIude their pursuers. They came upon
treasure. Francis and his friends again
find themselves pursued and former bat
All members Or the party are captured.
Henry and JeRe descend into pit 20 play
a strange game. Francis finds custodian
Old Priests Chant falls 70 bring KEY to
fortune from Chia's ear. Francis decides
on exploration OF pit Csle OF party fails
friends ar. reunited II s the o valley h Of Lost
Souls Torres Il ordered 20 imbibo %
the drink Of death. Help comes from the
They meet the queen, who Informs
the one Of the party must become her
husband =orres comes % life Ggain
Francis and party return TO the coast
Francis marriss the Queen.
Her delight in the interior OF the
mansion was naive and childlilke.
Forgetting the serVants-or. rather,
ignoring them as she ignored her
own attendants in her lake dwell
ipg-she clapped her hands in the
great entrance hall, glanced at the
marble stairway, ,tripped In little
run to the nearest apartment and
peeped in. II was the library, which
she had visioned in the Mirror OF
the World the first day she saw
Francis.
And the vision realized itself, for
Francis entered with her into the
great room of books. his arm about
her, just as she had seen him on
the fiuid-metal surface Of the golden
bowl. The telephones and the
stock tickers, too, she remembered:
and, just as she had foreseen her
self do, she crossed over to the
ticker curiously to examine, and
Francis, his arm still about her,
stood by her side.
Trouble At Once.
Hardly had ne begun an at
tempted explanation Of the instru-
ment, and just as. he realized the
impossibility OF teaching her in sew
eral minutes all the intricaeies Of the
stock market institution. when his
eyes noted on the tape that Frisco
Consolidated was down twenty
points-a thing unprecedented in
that little Iowa railroad which r. H.
NJ. had financed and builded and to
the day Of his death maintained
proudly as so legitimate q creation.
that, though half the banks and AL
OF Wall Street crashed. 1t would
weather any storm.
The Queen viewed with alarm the
alarm that grew on Francis face.
at is magic. like my Mirror OF
the World?" she half queried, half
stated.
Francis nodded.
at tells you secrets, 1 know" she
continued. Like my golden bowl,
IL brings all the world, here within,
this very room. to you. It brings
you trouble. That. is very plain.
But what trouble can this world
bring you. who are one Of its great
kingsg'
He opened his mouth in reply to
her last question, halted. and said
nothing realizing the impOSsibility
OF conveying comprehension to
or at the foreground Of his brain.
burned pictures of great railroad
and steamship lines, OF teaming
terminals and noisy docks; OF min
ers toiling in Alaska. in Montana,
in Death Valley: sWamps and
marshes; on two-hundred-foot tow
ers: and of al the mechanics and
economies and finances OF the
twentieth century machine-ciViliza-
ton.
at brings you trouble" she re-
peated. "And. alas! l cannot help
you. Ny golden bowl is no more.
Never again shall ! see the world
in il. I am no longer the ruler OF
the future. l am a woman merely.
helpless in this strange. colossal
world to which you have brought
me- am woman merely. and
your wife. Francis, your proud
wife" =
Almost did he love her. as drop
ping the tape, he pressed her close
ly for moment ere going over
the battery of telephones. She Is
delightful. was his thought. There
is neither guile nor malice In her,
only woman. all woman. lovely and
lovable-aIas.. that .Leoncia should
ever and always arise in my
thought between her whom 1, have
and herself whom I shall never
have!
/ more magic" the Queen mur-
INJURED, as Francis, getting Bas-
CONS office. said:
Mr.. Bascom will undoubtedly ar
rive back in half an hour. This is
Morgan talking-Francls Morgan.
Mr.. Bascom left for his office not
five minutes ago. when he arrives,
tell him that / have started for his
office and shall not be more than
five minutes behind him. This Is
important. Tell him l am on the
way Thank you. Goodbye"
A Disappointment.
Very naturally. with all thu won
ders of the great house yet to be
shown her. the Queen betrayed her
disappointment when Francis told
her ne must Immediately depart for
a place called Wall street.
What is itE' she asked, with
pout OF displeasure, that drags you
away from me like a Elave?'