Evening star., 1927-09-08
CONTINUED from Yesterdays Star.
CHAPTER NXIII.
Still Another Moonlight Night.

~ HRiSIOPHEk, tolloWinE tue
discovery that the glass slip
per had been stolen by means
Of forgery from the safe OF
the Hotel Washington. lost nC
time in reporting the fact 10 head
quarters, where Carey of the Canal
Zone Intelligence Department, the
first officer OF the Hope, Winston and
the woman, called Marie, so lately
posing as the mother of that sun
posedly demented youth, were stlil IN
conference.
Hello" Chris telephone call broke
IN upon them. Carey answering H.
Listen to my latest thrill, and
hastily he told his story concluding:
THAT signature of mine was forged
by the same person who wrote the de
coy note to Anne Morris Whoever
did il came ashore on the tug. went
to the hotel and cleverly made off
with Cinderella's slipper. while | was
with you,''
An expressive word broke from the
hips of the Zone official as he asked:
What kind OF a person? Get full
description
Il already have, \ government
messenger. the clerk reports, and he
signed Il receipt FOR he slipper under
the name of / Brown"
The hell he did" the official broke
out. as the little party gathered to-
gether in his room ga@ed at each other
I'm despair. Get the Hope. their wire
less must he in order by this time, find
out if the Russian is still aboard.
This is coming pretty close! And YOU,
Helmer. get busy" And speaking
again into the telephone he continued:
"nahlcren, 7 want YOU to come right
over; we've got TO get to the bottom 0f
this thing Immediately. One of our
men, Helmer. is just starting out on
the trail. we ought to be able to run
down that messenger
sorry" Chris replied. "I'll have to
leave YOU to do your own trailing until
] find Miss Morris I'm going to hire
q launch and get to Chagres tonight.
Then If / don't find her there III be-
gin searching the river and Gatun
Lake at dawn III try to keep in
touch with you. but all the glass slip
pers in the seven seas are nothing to
me now, So long" And before the
official could protest he had hung up
the receiver
After him quickly" the official di-
rected. and a second government of
ficer followed Helmcr who had al
ready left the room. Nov. then. We'll
get the Hope and soc what's going on
out there. Call Sweeney
A man was summoned from an
inner room, and went immedia tely to
s<he, wireless. while those left in con-
%n took up their discussion. the
IsS3ff424icer of the Hope now telling
4<Rvent ashore with the last boat
MfNhassenCers. he said. "and made a
fA1fs landing at the same point as the
boat containing Miss Norris and Mr.
Sfraine. During the afternoon the
captain wigwagged for me to return
t. the ship. so | made trip back to
the Hope, and il was while | was gone
that Straine bribed young seaman
to let him take Miss Morris for
stroll along the shore. promising faith
fully to return within an hour Need
less to say we never saw them again.
1t was a clever trick
What did you learn aboard the
Hope"
manned aboard. Only the crew.
You We're rowed out by your sea
men?"
Yes. three of them?"
"And brought back to shore again
by the same men?"
Yes. the boat lav alongside the
Hope while / conferred with the cap
tain in his cabin
did you see the Stewardess Sonia
while you were on board?'
Yes. she was in the captain room,
together with the other stewardeSsaS.
when ! went in for orders The cap.
tain was promising them that they
would he we'll cared for. and he allow
ed 10 go ashore at Colon while the re-
pa irs were being made to the shin"
no
Nervous"
NO. Rather more composed than
the others"
Then the captain did not have her
under arrest"
'No. Winston had instructed him
to let her go free, and TO be careful
not to let her think she is suspected.
She will land with the other mem
hers of the crew and be under your
surveillance. The captain said that
he left the matter entirely to you.
that you would. Of course. hold an in
veStigation of the disappearance of
Lady de We're. and that we shall all
he summoned as Witnesses
"p'1 any other officer of the Hope
come TO Colon with you?" Carey
asked
Yes. One young seaman. The boy
had bad toothache and we let him
come in. told him where to go-he1l
be easy to find"
This hoy was known to you?"
Yes. He's been with the ship for
some months His name is Carton.
en- American kid. about 49, I should
say, ran away from home originally,
but his people are satisfied to leave
him with our captain till he comes
to his senses"
We'll" said Carey. keep an eye on
him. And we won't need you tonight.
BE ON call in the morning You may
go, Marie. thank you, Wait at the
Washington Hotel Mac. I'm ready
for Nou now
Only Carey remained in the room
when Mac began his story, so intently
listened to that an hour passed be.
fore his superior broke in with his
first question.
THE captain released the carrier
pigeons with the blank messages YOU
had attached to them. and they came