PEARL OF THE ARMY
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claimed nft' r the other», save Adam»,
w itldcew , .nil Idea striking h e r; “our
jlveu have te e n thrown strung« ly to
gether.
Unwittingly yon have been
drawn Into this terrible plot in which
we tire enmeshed. I uni tinder veiy
great obligations to you. \t HI you not
come and pay me a v isit? You will
lie most welcome, and, 1 think, help
fu l.’!
Miss D are’s Invitation fairly took
B e rth a ’s b r « r h away, It was so un-
e ip e ctcd and ««pportuno. She glanced
Ctmleaaly a t Adams.
He uribed his
eyebrows and v-'ttli ut being observed
by M iss D are nodded approval.
,
T .in t afternoon B erth a gave up her
•>gt * tin- Hotel W ilton and las
v , v i; ... t in la«. D are household,
Vlnui C'ulaueL Dura returned he wus
train, ffud fo r five years to come, a
million sons o f tn -m joia who will an
sw er the president’s summons.
All
this talk ub'iiit neutral “hyphenates"
ready to lie down and let Europe and
the Orient color tlie two sea s with
Yankee blood is bush 1”
Tin :;e were stran ge nnd disturbing
words to B erth a. She walked to a
window und looked down on the
.street. It had been u long time wince
B erth a ’s mind speculated upon thiugs
of serious import. She was h a lf in
clined to «'nvy Pearl D are if only for
the impulse to good and noble deeds
life in that household encouraged. She
shrugged lier shoulders un<! sighed
hopelessly. She hud indeed made u
mess of her life.
P earl, who was studying B erth a
quietly, wondered a t lier -iidden ab
straction. “ W hat do you sec on the
i sidewalk th a t m akes you sigh so dis
m ally?”
"N othing lmt a lam plighter on his
nightly
rounds,”
quickly
evaded
B erth a, «'hanging h er mood. “T h a t’s
q u e e r!” she added and motioned to
P earl, w hispering: “Come h e r e !”
P earl hastened to the window, gave
one glance in the direction Indicated
by B erth a and run to her d«*sk. She
opened a draw er und hurried hack to
the window with a pair o f sea-glasses
o f the kind used ou ships a t night.
Through th ese binoculars
Pearl
gazed a t the lam plighter. He si«>o«l
on top of his la d ik r ostensibly te s tin g
the strength of «me o f the powerful
i albs in th e clu ster o f electric lights
j u th e post.
In reality he had found
and was r- tiding u m essage evidently
left th ere for him.
“Can you m ake It out? Is it some
thing unusual V” whispered B erth a,
softly and curiously.
P ea rl’s bauds shook as she pressed
the glusses against lier eyes.
no! . in o th at he was pleased with this
lev/ sta te o f affairs.
“ You know nothing about Miss Bonn
an« whnt I hear <:«.es not reflect too
« i . l I d li r favor,” he told P earl, cun-
Ui'.Vy.
“Pile's inoffensive, so fa r ns 1 can
see,” r’eurl replied, with a touch of
hauteur.
T o P ea rl’s Inquiry about the result
of his conference ut th e war office the
colonel merely stated that the w afers
had been delivered to th e head chem ist
at the laboratories lu the chemical
building to be analyzed and duplicated
so us to have an am ple supply uvull-
able If needed.
Then the colonel whispered an army
secret Into P e a rl’s ear.
“A millionV” she repeated, ut once
greatly interested.
“A million volunteers,” he reiter
ated.
“ When will the cull go out?”
The Silen t Army is to stssemble at
“As soon us a mobilization schedule
U prepared by tin* ch ief of staff and th© Owl’s hour a t the Chemical build
m yself assisting the secretary ot' w ar." ing. The Silen t F ly er will be there.
Pearl clapped her hands in approval. <3y command of the S .lcn t Menace.
When B ertha Johu d the party in the
T h e lam plighter 'replace«! the note
dining room, B ren t was forewarned and leaping to the ground disappeared
and met her with dignified composure. with his ludtlcr under his arm.
T h at night ut dinner B erth a plied
“Tin* w a fe rs!” ejacu lated P earl, re
her feiniulne a rts with such «•harm and peating the (lords to l ’.eri ha while the
recherche thut lie lm«l to pinch him two dash* «1 down the ■ (-ps.
se lf several
tim es, m etaphorically
“T h e S ilen t A rm y !” repeated B e r
speaking, in order to make sure that tha under her breath, us they rushed
the engaging lady and the post ser into the study, thinking of the words
geant’s girl were one ami the sutne. to which the colonel ou th at su b ject
Man o f easy and Im pressionable sen- hud Just given utterance.
tlm eut that he v u s, B ren t began to
Pearl rapidly related her discovery
think thut he was a fool to defy B er and all hurried to tin* door. They met
tha. It would In* much less difficult Adams on the threshold. lie blocked
nml certainly m ore pleasurable to take th eir exit.
the place he knew he filled in her heart
"S e e here w-whut I Just fotiml on
— und chance th e rest.
It was the that there lamp post !” be stuttered,
easiest way with women of that kind, addressing the colonel, handing him a
anyhow ; mid P earl need never know. little piece o f paper.
T h e conversation dwelled upon m at
It was the m essage read und le ft
ters o f mutual In te r e s t; tin* first disap by the lam plighter.
pearance of the t ’am il defense p la n s;
T h e apparently genuine alarm of
the death o f the Uroiiiidliin am bassador the orderly
r«*ni«'ved from
their
coincident with tin- cosivtctlon of ('apt. thoughts any momentary suspicion of
Ralph P a y n e ; PttyntVs untimely end him in connection with this new mys
In tlu> railroad w reck nnd his for tery «'Yen though it struck them a s odd
tune In proving Hi«* Innoeenee he de that the convlvlng of the Silent Men
clared In those dying m om ents; the aee with Ills accom plices was taking
entrance o f Adams Into their lives nnd place alm ost within th eir d oor B e r
how now they bcllevod in him, now tha and Brent both excepted.
The
doubting, never alto g eth er sntisfl«*«l la tte r recalled his experience with th«*
th at 8«>me link exi*ied*bt*tw ecu him und ium piigliirr th at morning.
the Silent Menace, yet forced to accept
Adams, so ordered by the colonel,
his explanations a s irut* with tin* went to til«* garage to get »me o f the
doubt alw ays in his fav or in tin* minds automobile's for a dash to town. Some
o f the colonel and M iss I'ar«* at le a s t; little delay ensued for Toko was
their queer ad ventures oil the (irnna- so uml usleep In Ills room in the upper
diun fro n tier mid B e rth a ’s neur trag story. W hile they waited llu* colonel
edy when in Ih«* hands of tt«e unscrup telephoned to the b a rracks and or-
ulous knave. Bolero, and how disaster dered his eu tlre regim ent to proceed
was averted by a bullet from the pistol to tin* Chemical building, ltren t on
o f Adams sim ultaneously w ith the another line notified llu* war office.
routing o f the revolution ists h.v (Vlo*
“T his Isn’t a hoax, th a t’s s u r e !”
uei D a te’s tim ely expeditionary for«»*. m uttered the colonel as he replace«!
Front the fro n tier the talk drifted tin* telephone receiver, lie hail be« n
hack to W ashington and the unabated unable to conni'ct with the Chemical
Exehunge told him thut
«ml lnereuslng peril o f the h«sir. W ith building.
out taking uudtte advantage o f a host’s something was wrong with the w ires
opportunity (Vluitel Dure asked Bertha there.
many questions lnt< uded to tllumlue
They \v(*r«* seated In the e a r ; Toko
nnd settle their inlmfe« us to w hether was shifting tin* ge rs.
She was what she appeared to In*, if*
“S to p !” cried Peurl with u dram atic
innocent dupe of th e PousJ%lruturs with upward gesture.
her eyes now wide open, or tb«*lr se
High in the ski«*», qu ite d istinct, v<*t
cret ugent of iiiaryvlniady deceptive uiinceoniptiuieil by sound, tv.«> tiers
qualities. T h e d inner ended with the m l, drugou-llke eves flushed fero ci
D ares unquallffinllj tlecldlng the for- ously, dazzling and Mimi ng h u ia-n
raeg. w ith uiieonsetpieuilnl reserva sight. They moved as sw iftly us the
tions. B ren t seeined tv* agree with wind although no breezes stirred.
them. alth«>ugh til reality he differed,
Involuntarily th«*y shrunk lu awe of
o f course.
the weird spectacle.
Thus cam e B e rth a Bonn fcito nu
" I t ’s t-the Silen t F ly e r !” fell from
Intim ate |>la«*e In the life uml uffnlrs the lips o f Adams.
o f M i's l ’eitrl Dar«\ w hether f*>r t;«»* I
Toko ««pened th e th ro ttle nml the
or evil. Her determ ination to prevent c a r alm ost liftin g Itself from the a s
M ajor B re n t’s m arriage to Pearl was phalt bound«! forward.
stronger than ever nnd mnw more p>"**
They reach« <1 *the Chemical builil-
alble o f accom plishm ent. She be|jevt*d lng ut neck-breaking spots!, regnrdl ss
flrntly that Avlarus was th e Silent Men* o f city lav. s uml frightened p. «!."*-
aee, though she gave no Jiiut o f tide trians. Near the gates a soap box «»ro
to anyone.
tor held spellbound an audience o f a
W hile chatting with
Dary la thousand «>r more peaceful enough
her boudoir, B erth a overboard the looking ciilxens Intent upon every
eolooel say to B rent lit Wo* hall b*»* wor«l «>f an rl«>qu< a t sp*v h on th»
lo w : " l i e upon th at. nr*j<*r! T h e topical th« uio of “Tl.** l l '. '. i C -i of
Silent M enace nnd th e F o reig n AN Liv ing.”
No »«vne «solid be less offending.
llan ce will yet he caught. Th«*re at*«»
live hundred thousuiul h tnp posts in T h e wrati'r hi. mlled Ids su b ject with
American on which to buna tl' e hun great tie t at. .1 promote« «1 ctm eero.
dred thousand truit<>r* nud .still leave It w na r. .'!’> a phlUuuiphl' Al diMX'urw
d ed u catio n ^ nature.
us
with
iiinnniers.Me
c t nragevrtia I " * V 1
lo’a rts uml sim n e arm * to «la 'end th * I IVit a h. n In a moment tin* Infantry
m u se «*f llb.-rty, la>n't lx* a pessim ¡3ri«.*«l fr.«m tl ie b arrack s nud <»r«ier«'d
is t!
Yoo wilt aoou l e U* 1\ lug t o ' the u u n ii fu U.fbUlay the* civ. «j of
r hi*'. :’ ui Irferesr «'.¡^appeared and as
if by m agic wild’ -t disorder pre
vailed, guns equipped with silencers
w »rc druvvn and a terrific riot en
sil'd . In the confusion Adams slipped
aw ay unobserved.
P i.'irl and B erth a followed th e colo
nel nn«l M .ijgr B ren t Into the building.
T o '.o remained outside in charge of
the autom obile.
S tran ge things had happened In the
b u lb in g . E very employee had been
gagged, hound und thrown ou the
floor.
D esks bad been pried open,
papers littered the pluce and broken
tiling cab in ets \vero strew n every
where. And th e big vault lu which
code prescriptions und chem icals of
utmost p riceless value w ere kept was
Mown asunder a t the precise moment
the colonel and his purty appeared in
th at portion o f th e building.
P ea rl emw u mask, d man dart from
cu t the rising cloud of smoke and
(lust.
Sh«> dashed a fter him.
Th e
Chase led I the ton o f th>> building.
H ere she flung h er- if upon the un-
kn« wn person
and suceeeded in
vvr nchlng from his tightly clenched
fist tie* box «if wafers her quick eye
discovered there. He trl«*«l to retake
them hut B erth a re-enforced her and
drove him off.
T h e most thrilling experience of her
life now befell P earl. T h e masked
nmn w as s e e n .to creep into a seat a t
tached to a huge eicar-shaped object
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Then P earl thought <11«? espied'som e
one concealed In the willows over
hanging the Potomac shore. B u t when
she reached the spot she decided th a t
her im agination must have tricked
h e r. T h e only thing In sight was a
thick b'.uck muffler Identical with that
worn by the masked man. At that
moment Adams, panted out o f the
bushes, uttered a cry of re lief and
called her by name.
H e clasped h er In his arm s joyfully.
Sh e gave him a stinging blow and
broke away. I lis arm s dropped and
ho began to stam m er an apology.
“I w as so g-glad to see you alive
th a t I m-mighty near kissed you.”
“Don’t ever do thut a g a in !” she re
buked, though she fe lt h erself blush
ing.
“W here «lid you come from ?”
H e poiDt«?d skyward. Then he di
rected her gaze to a “D auber” stand
ing In an open lot across the river.
“W ere you In the other m achine?”
H e nodded.
“I brought yonder
c-ehap down u ftcr you let go in th e
parachute. T h a t w as some grit and
nerve, g -g irl!”
T he words were so near the precise
language of the masked man who
forced h er to give up th e box o f w af
ers th at she stiffened.
“Do you recognize th is niuffier?
Did you tak e the box o f w afers from
m e?” she questioned, waving the muf
fler.
(E N D . O F T E N T H E P ISO D E .?
both w lis ts iu one powerful liuua and
with the other searched h er pockets
fo r the box of wafers.
“Thanks, g-girl,” murmured the
masked man in a voice strangely like
Adums. lie slippi'd the box of w afers
into his own p«>cket and release«! her.
“You g-got the g rit of the devil and
the nerve o f a s a in t!”
Fulling like a Mazing rocket of
huge proportions, out o f the accentu
ated blackness of the night, the Silent
F ly er crashed to earth. It lay blazing
and sputtering In a cornfield not twen
ty feet from P earl. A heap o f ropes,
w ires und canvass, all th at remained
of her parachute, was plied on the
ground at her feet.
T h e masked man, so lik e Adams in
figure, m anner and speech, a fte r re
leasing her nnd obtaining possession
of the coveted box of w afers. dW not
im mediately depart. He continued to
compliment her and to offer assistan ce
In h er plight.
P ea rl ignored him contemptuously.
A fter a few minutes she regained her
strength and full use of h er facu lties
and picked h er w ay to the rem ains of
the Silen t F lyer.
She drew us close to the burning
nir m onster as she dared and still
1« ;4t «'Ut of reach of the sparks. T here
was no sign of the aviator, whose es-
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to u «■ illusion o f ropes, closed her
«■yes and began t<» sail downward
through illim itable space.
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(>n th e Potom ac shore w here P ea rl’s
pa".o*hute lauded ln*r safely, some
m inutes passed before her senses re
turned. A blinding explosion rent the
heavens. She reeled to her feet and
I'Hikotl Upwards.
T h e Silent F ly er
was a sheet o f fir«», swooping earth
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