The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-04-19

of a Bride


40 graphic were tho letters from
our Honolulu correspondents that
II was not hard for us TO picture
that strange meeting OF German
intrtguerA and Russian finnnciers.
II WINS "A most Informal affair. they
came together on the deck OF the
Argentina, went over the Yacht on
tho prctext OF buying II. drank
wine and smoked under the gayly
striped canopies. They certainly
did not resemble the popular con
ception of what oonspirators are
like wrote Daddy: no secret eel
Lara masks or eountersigns for
them.
Daddy and Gene Archer were In
troduced TO the visitors and were
appreciaiive of the company. and
very courteous. In spite OF their Oh
vious Ignorance OF German. French
and Russian. the languages tho
company used. OF course. Gene
Archer understood most Of what
was said, altho he seemed unable
tn 90 no. anu M hfBbtf1 b"bNs
that the conversation lacked In.
torest after tho sale OF the ship
Ind been rather too casually dis
cussed. lie fancied that the con.
npiraiors were not going 20 betray
themselves by the slightcst careless
neha-
How the Americans were 70 come
by the political information they
desired became a puzzle and might
have remained 10. except for the
Towering OF the genius OF Rather.
Inc Miller.
The Russian gentlemen desired 20
buy an Americana built YACHT
Tres bien! The Blue Bird was for
sale--at a price.
Word was sent to the bankers.
who camr--and came AGAIN. In
formal tea was served on deck. Ger.
teis and Don Manuel Daddy and
Archer Joined tho party. and Chryh
Of course. was hostess.
chys 20, out her ouija board
and the Russians succumbed 20
this unexpected lure And one
more nefarious German scheme 10
re.establlsh the power Of the Junkcr
class came TO a sudden end.
OF course Ratherine's plan could
not be worked out in n day. but II
finally had to be relied upon as
the only scheme which had
chance OF succeeding. For Daddy
f,orimer and Archer were hopeless
failures as detectives They hadn't
a thing on the conspirators. Ai,ho
Daddy posed az blind man and
Gene Archer knew a dozen foreign
tongues. while pretending that he
knew only English. they were alb.
roluteiy unable 10 obtain the slight.
est hint OF political plot TO upset
the poaoe OF the world-
The party came 10 the Bfue Bird
for tra-and ouijs--s>versl times
that week. And more than once
Sandy Mccall. tho haif-cravy snIior.
appeared on deck 10 repair an cleo
trio fan which had stalled or to
fir . stubborn pushbrtfon- Ap-
par~ntiy the Scotchman had picked
UP . fair understanding Of Ger.
man and French. for he giowcrod
upon the visitors in a why which
would have caused Chryr 70 send
him below had she not known about
his mental state
The stay Of the Russians IN Hon.
oluiu approached its end and so
far as the Americans had been able
20 discover. they were only what
they seemed. ordinary rich Rus.
SANS glad 10 be away from their
own hand in The umn OF her tra.
vaii. and anxious 10 purchase a
fine Yankee yacht
AZ Katherine Miller. surr~~fion.
Don Manuel arranged a final scfnce
for the entertainment Of his friends.
Up TO this time the ouija hoard had
acted like n spoiled child. IL had
bc~n petty and pcttish. and Chrys
suits She said that the Russians.
az well as DIR. Crrtcis, were skep.
tics and that they aroused the an.
tarouisrn Of the controls, That was
why nothing important came from
the spirit world,
Katherine Miller. however. was
clever enough TO supply n control
at which no one could scott.
On the occasion of the last seance
she tDok the ouija board from Chrys
and became the medium. For a
while the little tripod wobbled
about undecidedly. Katherine re
moved her blazing rings and handed
them TO Archer. She closed her
eyes AZ II abe were "concontrat.
ing" After further pretty plays at
posing she suffened 20 her task and
put this to Mime. OuiJa:
rs there not a spirit who wishes
TO communicate with some one
herev'
"ycsr' spelled the tripod or
pointer.
"Nale or fcmaier'
Mailer
"Of what iandY'
RUSSIA
'Spell the name the spirit used
when he lived on earthr'
In spite of themselves, the Der
sons about the ouija board leaned
forward and listened breathlessly.
Go Re Continuc<i.)