PEARL OF THE ARMY
Continued Irorn firot page
night«, »'earl Dure was confined In tier
stateroom on board the queer cruft to
which, she firmly believed. Admits hud
lured her that night In the Potoiuuc
ut Washington.
During this time she euw Adams
twice uml no one else ut all. On both
occasions he came to her stateroom
greatly excited and begged her to be
lieve In him though he offered no ex
planation nor excuse's.
"You g-got to wait till I ’m dead
a-sure of something I’m getting on to
In t-thls hete ship.
Will you wait
g-glr!? I am a prisoner Just like you.
hi J
, was all he would say.
His visl‘ jotli times were brief uud
cut i hurt b\ someone grubbing him by
the* coat coi. ir and dragging him away.
Af meal lime sis* found food upon
a platter in front of her door. Every
effyrt to catch sight of the messenger
v. ho brought It failed. Presently the
W rither cl imgi'd nnd she perceived
livm experience thut the swiftly speed
ing steamer wus entering tropical
The seclusion o f her quarters, at
first Irksome and wearing on her
nerves, * us now most welcome, for
.he days were Insufferably hot nnd
she could not have ventured on deck
I, 1 «lie bi cu free to go there, llut
in began t j weaken and her spirits
to droop under the strain, the con-
O.neiacTit and the debilitating climate;
and when one night the engines of the
steamer abruptly stopped and she
hi nrJ the anchor chains rattling, she
* is too Inert to rise from the berth
on which she now lay most o f the
rime, though she was fully attired
und ready for any emergency.
Some time between n midnight nud
a dawn a soft knock fell on her state
room door.
“ Come In," she responded after a
slight hesitation.
The door opened nnd Adams entered
cuutlouslv.
Though the room was
dark, for no lights were permitted her,
she recognized ills tjnnlllnr outlines.
To his whispered Inquiry she replied
with Indifference that she was pre
pared for anything, scoffing at the con
cern his voice and manner betrayed.
lie spoke rapidly. “ Come on. g-g lrl!
The ship’s stripped and d-deserted !"
l ’eurl staggered to her feet. ‘‘De
serted ?”
“ The whole c-crew left a day ago,
Silent Menace and a all. They’ve took
t-thein Canal Defeuse plans and are go
ing to lay mines In the canal. 1 know
,w-where."
He named locations Iri
various jmrts o f one o f the canal lakes.
‘ We ain’t got a in-momeiit to lose.
There Is a fleet o f foreign battle cruis
ers d-disgnlsed ns cuhle ships two days
out lu the windward with a submarine
for everyone o-of our vessels In
the Atlantic squadron. If our Pnclllc
lin t attempts to c-cross the canal, the
Silent Meunce Intends to explode the
nines and blow up the locks. He’s go-
l.ig to b-bitg our whole n avy!"
Pearl’s skepticism was vanishing
fast. "W here ary we? llow Is tile Si
lent Menace going to get In the cauul
to lay bis mines?" she faltered.
"W e re lu s-stght of Toro lighthouse,"
lie Informed her as they dashed toward
the votupunlonway. “ The whole crew’s
I been transferred to u niuke-belleve
Amerlcnu west const liner.
They’ll
git through tttie locks nil right, g irl!
T lu lr paper* are g-genuine uud they’ll
never be suspected. Wlo-n they git
Into the Make they’ll pretend that
* some.hlng's gone wrong with the ves-
scl's inuclnnery. That's when they’ll
lay the tn-ialncs. The Silenl Menace
himself I* g going dow n In a diver suit,
lie'll c-co ie up souiewb.re on the lake
shore ready to lire the tallies by cable.
All he’ll b have to do will be to press
u button!’’
It w h s one o f those tropical nights
preceding a change in season when the
uliuo ,h ere was weighted with mist
w hi« h streamed in weird twisted skein*
from the dull, smooth surface of u be-
i lined in rim. Sound*. If there were
i...e, \> • . :niifft»*d and confusing as to
uirectlon; and on this night there were
none. Distances were Ucceivlng uud
tliere was uo radian««* In the slurs
glimmering through the cobweb shapes
which floated over the heads o f I'esrl
t >:;re and her companion thus aban
doned.
Pearl, whose faith lu Adam* had re
turned to remain permanently, ques
tion., d ktiu only on one point us they
rumumged around trying to tiud a way
out of their difllculty.
"H ow is It that you have been por-
mlttod to roum this ship ni will uud
UuJ all o f th«**e thing* out?"
"I wa* always under g guard That
there Silent Menace let me bung
around 1 gues* a* a k-klnd of u Joke.
He knew he hnd ine. They tl**d m-tne
iqt when they l«'ft. I Jest got l««ose.”
Tin n Adam« produced a sh**»'t of
piijier. "llerqN* u loessogc f-from him.
doggvuo him 1"
It wn* too dark to read. "W hat
does It say?" Pearl u*k«*d, nttwu «1.
Adams thought a moment before
s|leaking; and iVarl noticing Ills ho*l-
tnury came cult* Hi'** and o w e d
hanging on to the gunwale of Pearl's him into the boat. Then he pulled her
easily. lie could afford to do so. Fur
anxiously into his eyes. “ W hat Is It?
bout, shot ut her with a water-gun. He in.
thermore,
to
have
spoken
at
that
mo-
I
she reiterated.
fired twice in quick succession; bur
"Can you ever forgive me?” she
He placed his hand on her shoulder. ment would huve been to commit the | his aim was unsteady and missed the cried In anguish.
rash
act
o
f
saying
things
prudence
told
i
She was startled to feel it trembling.
mark, und he dropped back Into the
Adams smiled whimsically.
“ You
"This here n-note girl,” he% mumbled. him not to utter until u more propi water und sank when she returned his took no c-chances and did the right
“ Is our dcuth notice. The ship Is tious time. He also walked away, leav lire with a similar weapon.
thing, jtfrl, and saved tny life besides
mined from stein to stern. It’s 1-llke- ing the major ulone.
Mistaking him for Adams, and a>l of from that t-there Silent Menace." He
Ktiuigtit ahead loomed the Colon her doubts returning. Pear! Immedi
ly to blow uj up at any minute now.”
stopped to gain breath. "H e ’s gone,
lie drew IVarl to Idm. She was breakwater. An InulV later the sul>- ately sevt red the oxygen tube. She re i thank goodness!” ,
too greatly stunned to resist. "There’» murine glided Into the government gretted this net the moment it was
"But the mines?" the words trem-
something 1 w-want to say to you," slip uml Commundunr Gorsuch hustled committed and, hardly knowing what ' bled cu her lips.
he went on, thickly. " I t ’s now oi aboard with his staff. . . .
she was about, dove overboard to the
" I found ’em and d-detaehed the
Once more It was night-time In the rescue.
u-uever, g ir l! I ’ve got a terrible secret
j
wires,”
he replied simply.
und 1 g-guess It’s going to die with tropics. Within sight of the peaks of
Both she aud Adams were equipped
Pearl burst Into an ecstacy o f tears.
Darien,
where
not
many
centuries
ago
with waterproof electric torches. She Adams started the engine und they
me. Hut 1 wuut you to kuow as w-we
stand here on the edge of eternity that Balboa viewed entlirulled a peacefully flashed hers while sinking. To her shot away. The canal was saved.
t-througb everything I’ve been square expanding sheet o f Wiue water to which •unsternutiou txvo torches flashed back
On the shore tvhere the other motor
to you. Because— ” be gazed tenderly was given the name of Pacific, au and she saw two men far below en | boat was fastened the SH cdt Menace,
American
Armada
had
assembled
gaged in mortal combat.
luto the eyes so near anil fixed Intent
[ if such he xvas, climbed out of the wa-
"Heaven forgive m e!" she cried to i ter barely alive, the limp arm dang-
ly on his, “ — because 1 love you us a where once before the foreign pirates
were
foiled.
Cp
and
down
the
coast
herself. . “ It was not Adam s! He is I ling. He dove into the jungle, wreneh-
iu-miiu uever loved « wouiun before,
lu spite of all, g-giii, I ’m goiug to and for mile* seaward a torpedo-bout not the Silent Menace!”
| i.ig Ms helmet off, and disappeared
A moment later she was in the | from view.
kiss you ngaiu. by henveu I ’m going destroyer patrol maintained a vigilant
to !" And he kissed her. “ Now y-you and ceaseless lookout. Over on the midst of the fray desperately fighting
A little later a man, differently
east const was an even more formida i diver whose costume was identical
know. You ain’t mud, are you?"
dressed, though quite wet, carrying au
Pearl lay In his arm like a stunned ble gathering of sea fighting craft of with her oxvn.
arm in a filing, came out o f the jungle
She shift Ids xvater-gun out of his
little thing, her eyes partly closed. a nation In whose language the word
and entered the motor boat.
He
Her bullet
"No, Adams, I'm not angry," she mur defeat never had been coined. Far up baud and fired again.
1 picked up the muffler, which had been
mured at the end o f several seconds. the straits lu various directions and crashed against one o f ids anas, w hich ! discarded w hen the diver entered the
•Till very much afraid— I ’m glad, for passages the buccaneering cruisers of fell limp. Clutching Adams, who xvas stream. Then he found the cord and
vhoover you ure or whatever you ure, modern Drakes und Morgans, Ferdi fust succumbing without air, and’ put examined it with great care, pressing
anil regardless of the past, 1 love you." nands und Marys prowled in disap ting all of her strength 'into a mighty the button a number of times. Finally
Then as htf folded her close u great pointment nud discontent in the secur •fl'ort, she swam with her free hand to he went away.
he surface.
light broke across the prow of the ity o f colonial waters, not daring to
This man was Major Thornton
Y> hen she reached the surface she
hip anil flashed full upon them. They show their teeth. For word lind been
Brent.
Hashed
around
the
circle
that
the
,'rleil
Adams*
helmet
loese
and
helped
thought for oue Instant that the end
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Near the shores of the largest of the
iml discerned a shape lying low lu the
natural lakes forming part of the cov
.vuter not thirty feet away.
It was the American submarine. eted treasure— the canal— a solitary
masked man In a motor boat sat in
They saw several persons on tlie cap
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“ Ship ahoy!” bellowed a fumillur a glass button was attached. This
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" I t ’s Colonel D a re !" exclaimed the masked man. His temptation was to
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day of each week.
astonished Adams. Then he thought press it. Yet prudence forbade. One
couch,
lie
knew,
would
destroy
forex
er
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desiring to take Vs- >
>f the dangerous proximity of the sub
a military possession more strategic
t sons please engage a less"ii period A
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“ This slop Is ui-iulned!" he roared and valuable than even Gibraltar—the
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making a trumpet of Ills hands. "Hold canal— and precipitate a world xvnr. It
was
in
t!ie
power
o
f
this
individual
to
iff! Pick us u p!"
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liter. They stood a second In the full cngle whose talons had scraped the
bones of the proudest nations on earth
•lare of the searchlight. “ D ive !”
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Without u word Pearl flung herself —to do so again.
Suddenly the masked man perceived
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headlong Into the sea. holding Adams
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i slight movement in the cord he
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lasped so tightly. This startled him *
When they emerged they grasped a
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i kem.
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" P u ll!" signaled Adams to the mil. donning n diver's suit, lowered
ilmself Into the stream and sauk out {
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American seam«a; and thus they were
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>f sight.
drawn to safety and trlemls on the
« 7:30 a. ni . arriving at Tilla
In the center of the lake was an- * mook at 10 a. m — in time for
deek of the submarine, to whom they
>
►ther motor boat at anchor. In it sat >
told their story.
morning train to Portland.
Ten minutes after the submarine’* Miss Peurl Dare, dressed for diving. *
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escape from the danger zone a tire - he also held a cord In her hand. To
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broke out In every section of th • ship
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of the Silence Menace. A little later
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.he wuters about the submarine trem
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bled from a terrific explosion. Through
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ibe smoke mid mist the ship's wreck
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spectators.
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“ C olon!" tried Colonel Dare to the
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submarine's cuptuln. "Your wireless
man. your w ireless!”
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Then he turned with a curious grin
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to Major Brent and pointed significant
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ly to tin* dripping figure of Adams. "I
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IIUSE3ECK,
Proprietor.
guess you're wrong about Aduins be
ing the Silent Menace, major," be stut-
eil not without a touch of sarcasm.
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" W e il see about that, colonel," tin
major replied In a dry voice, but with
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following his daughter uud the cap
Wi th Rullic Watson
tain.
Adams aud Brent were for the mo
ment ulone. “ I overheard your re-re-
uittrks, major." suid the former up-
Tillamook Undertaking Co.
Pearl Dressed for Diving.
proachlng as near a* lie* dared without
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wetting his superior officer. "1 got a ihrough which life-sustaining oxygen
n-nolion that you better shut up uu \vu* pumped to Adams on the bottom
Night and Day calls
L. V. E P.E RIIAE D . Manager.
that Silent Menace b-bu*ine*s."
a hundred feet below.
promptly attended.
Brent gave him one look of scorn
Adams had gone down to find the
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uud struck him full In the face with mines laid l y the Silent Menace.
of Tillamook Countv, Oregon.
bis glove. Then lie went under deck.
Without a sign o f warning a helmet
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Adams stood Stock still, tilled with 'll d!xer niev r
to the *"*?ace and. ril.I.A M O O K .
fury. Suddeuly he broke imo laugh
ter.
THAT POUCH WILLAPPEALjf GENUINE GRAVELY^
"By g o lly ! By gum 1" he ejaculated
TO OFFICERS AND MEN-f/4JAS BEEN CHEWED IN)
rubbing his stiuglng features. "What
G R A V E L Y ’<S
do you think of t-thnt for a d— n fool?"
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Peurl's head Uow appeared at ll*>
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opening o f the hutch. “ Au American
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merchant ship passed into the canal
BEFORETHE
from the Pacific three IWiur* a go!"
CF OUR PATENT AIP-PPOOF POUCH
*he cried excitedly. " It ’s been scut
GRAVELY PLUG TOBACCO
tied mid sunk in Aluiuarante b a y!”
MADE STRICTLY FOR ITS CHEWING QUALITY
"Then the mines are la id !" an
WOULD NOT KEEP FRESH IN THIS SECTION.
nounced Adams, solemnly
NOW THE PATENT POUCH K EEPS IT
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Pearl stepped on deck and advanced
FRESH AND C LEAN AND G O O D
toward him. “ Adams 1” she cried. In a
A LITTLE CHEW OF GRAVELY IS E N O U G H
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voice full o f emotion, grasping his out
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it niched baud, her eyes glistening
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. f l W . y r * Co D hwhii V
a tT~'S\ f* * t<:>
with fears. "1 have told you that I
love you. Now 1 will say more. Lo
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will marry you !’’
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A liamh laugh broke upon their
ears. Major Brent laid come up b«*-
hind them unobserved. "I can furnish
J» tl
absolute proof that he will not do that,
even to marry you. P earl'
He will
pretend to do It. but he will find yon!
I’m going to locate those mine*. I tli.uk
V '
we know where tin * are laUL"
Pearl stump**! her foot. For the first
•% ‘
time In her life she felt hatred for u
butuau being She walked away with
out looktpg «t lircot. Adame laughed
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