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EARL DERR DIGGERS
Author of
: !;VL;N KEYS TO CALDPATE
Ccpyrfjht, 1914. the Bobbs-Aterrill
Company
SYNOPSIS
Owen Jophson Insure* Lord Harrowby'
ih.'t Cynthia Meyrlck shall not change
1-or min t about marrying hlni Richard
Minot. a clerk. ts pent to Florida to save
llio policy.
ill :.>t tries to board the yacht Uleth, on
whicli Harrowby left Tor Florida, and is
thrown overboard. Me leaves on the Palm
Beach spoelal.
On the train at Jacksonville MInoi
mcols a beautiful girl. He falls In love
wiih her. She proves to be Cynthia Mey
rick.
Cynthia Meyrlck lcl)s Minot she Is to
marry l.ord Ilarrowby In n week. Henry
Trimmer, an advertising specialist, tells
.Minot he'll bust up till wedding.
Trimmer products another man, who
says he is tlio real Lord Harrowby. Minot
overhears a conversation which convlncos
hini thai Martin Wall, Harrowby'a friend,
la a jewel thief.
At a house party Chain Lightning's col
lar. a Ilarrowby Jewel, is stolen from
Mi Meyrlck. Lord Harrowby admits the
tiieft and gives Minot the Jewel.
Trimmer again produces the man he
Claras to be the real Lord Harrowby.
."Mi i.i j.litis l i kidnap aboard the yacht
Lileth Trimmer's Lord Harrowby.
Oabrielle TJose. an actress and an old
flame of I.< .il Fturrnwby's, arrives In
S in Marco. So do two newspaper men.
who i"ot a Job on (lonzale'a paper.
Tl t* two newspaper men. unaware that
t e >.:i i bbehmailinn sheet, get big
ri'.'X. Minot cleverly gets Gabrlelle
Lose out of town.
■Minot goes to tl.o newspa;>er office and.
a t : convincing II.e n^w-paper men lha!
they are working for a blackmailer, ob
t l'i i «;|on of Harrowby'a let:era to
the actress.
In a kidnaping of Trimmer's Lord Har
row! there is a scu:lie, ami Minot loses
Chain U^titnlns'a collar, it is returned
with a nolo from Martin Wall.
.1 take Lord H.ir
vl;*u .v'ih l ie Mey
.Mier ilie interview
'V :'.-k il elcrea the wwl
:..-ril Ilarrowby suddenly leaves
tov.ii .t, convinced that he la a fake
i, . ; , ■ bin love to Cynthia Mey
r.j.i The re.il ileorgc Harrowby appears.
: e Ilarrowby ox;ioscs the fake Lord
Ilarrowby. and nothing seems likely to
prevent the wedding of the real Lord
Harrowby and Miss Meyrlck.
CHAFTEH XVII.
Mi not Goes Through Fire.
j -cr |T was nearly 12 o'clock when
I (j S M:\ Minot. somewhat calmer
j i: j or mir.l. returned Jo the r>e la
LL ' rax. As he stepped Into the
cotir yard hi- was surprised to see a
crowd gathered before the hotel.
Ti.cn lie noticed that from a second
." window [i Hired smoke and flame
a: d that the town live department was
wi.dly King into action.
lie pupped. His heart almost ceas
ed lirat';.;:. That was her window—
II e v : d jw t • v.hl !i he had called her
011 that night that seemed so far
a1 last l'.lgl-.;! Breathlessly ho ran
forward.
And he ran straight into a group
jti't d tided fivm the ballroom. Of
th ;t . r nip Cynfjia Meyrkk was a
member. For a moment they stood
gn at ca ll other Then the girl
turned to her aunt.
"My wedding dress!" she cried. "1
left It lying on rty bed. Oh, I can't
possibly lie carried tomorrow if that
is burned!"
There was a challenge In that last
senteme. and (ho young man for
It wa I : •:••■» did not miss it.
Mad .• It!; tie !n.i" Mee of life, he
1 a E.rtaan strusgllnj:
wi'!i a v.." '•!;• I.vV.er. Snatching
it ' r. ho ]'!a'cd it against
the v! j •• -v r vrh'i the r.*ao!:e and
p ITe van rp It.
v- :--l t!-e chief of the fire
dp] * iayiamry hands on
the ! ■der's i ,i- -Wot yon doing?
Yon if 'I i a tiic.v.'*
"Why I he devil can't I?" liellowed
M!:iot. "I.et go of that ladder!"
ITe ph:i:;;ed Into the room. The
■ f 1 nostrils and choked
h'm. His t-yes burned. ITe staggered
hrot:h 1 ■ moky dusk iuto another
.•ooiii. II... !uui(I.-i met the brass bars
>1" a bed. tl'.-n closed over something
:oft ar d filmy that lay upon it. He
. ; :eil the something close and hurried
•;u l; into the other room.
A liic-uiu:i at another window sought
0 turn a stream of water on him. Wa
or -on that gown!
"Cut that o'.u. you fool!" Minot
h i.ieJ, The fireman, who had sus
. :ed hir.: elf of saving a human life.
' 1 h.'rt. Minot regained his win
!cw. Disheveled, smoky, but vlcto
•ious, lie half fell, half climbed, to the
1 nd. The Ore chief faced him.
i v as yon t " iiig to rescue?" the
•h\ demanded. His eyes grew wide.
'Vt- i lui;>t!" he reared. "They ain't
lobi dy In that dress."
"l a.,i it. 1 know that!" Minot cried.
He ran ivrcss the lawn and stood, a
•anihn . li. ;, battered, ludicrous fig
;rc. before Cynthia Mcyrick.
"I—* h>pe it's the right one," he
said, and held out the gown.
[ She took his offering and came very
nuso tO Uiiii.
"I hate you!" she said In a low tone.
"I hate you!"
"I—I was afraid you would," he mut
tered.
I A shout from the firemen announced
j that the blaze was under control. To
his dismay, Minot saw that an admlr
I Ing crowd was surrounding him. He
i broke away and hurried to his room.
I Cynthia Meyrick's final words to him
| rang In his ears. Savagely he tore at
his rulued collar.
Was this ridiculous farce never to
end?
As if In answer a distant clock
struck 12. Ho shuddered.
Tomorrow at high noon!
Early Tuesday morning, while Mr.
Minot still slept and mercifully forgot,
two very wide awake gentlemen sat
alone together In the office of the San
Marco Mall. One was Manuel Gon
zale, proprietor of that paper, as Im
maculate as the mom; the other was
that broad and breezy gentleman
| known In his present Incarnation as
Mr. Martin Wall.
"Very neat—very neat Indeed." said
Mr. Wall, gazing with evident ap
proval at an inky smelling sheet that
lay before him. "It ought to do the
work. If it does it will be- the first
stroke of luck I've had in San Marco."
Gonzale smiled, revealing two even
rows of very white teeth.
"You do not like San Marco?" he
ventured.
Mr. Wall snorted angrily.
"Like it? Does a beheaded man like
the ax? In n long and golden pro
fessional career I've never struck any
thing like this town before for hard '
luck. I'm not In It twenty-four hours
when I'm left alone, my hands tied,
with stuff enough to make your eyes
pnp out of your head. Thut's pleasant
Then, after spending two months and
a lot of money trailing Lord Ilarrowby
for the family Jools, I finally cop them.
I give the crew of my borrowed boat
orders to steam far, far away and run
to my cabin to gloat. Po I gloat?
Ask me. I do not gloat. I find the
famous Chain Lightning's collar is a
very superior collect! m of glass, worth
about 23 cents. I send back the glass
and stick around, hoping for better
days. And the best I get is a call
from the owner of my yacht with or
ders to vacate at otiro. When I first
came here I swore I'd visit that Jewel
ry store again—alone. Hut there's a
Jinx after me in this town. What's
the use? I'm going to get out."
"But before you go," smiled Manuel,
"one stroke of luck you shall have."
"Maybe. I leave that to you. This
kind of tiling"—he motioned toward
the damp paper—"is not in my line."
lie bent over a picture on the front
page. "That cut came out pretty well,
didn't It? Lucky we got the photo
graph before big brother George ar
rived."
"I have always found San Marco
lucky," replied Gonzale—"always, with
■one trifling exception." He drummed
reminiscently on his desk.
"I say, who's this?" Mr. Wall point
ed to a line just beneath the name of
the paper. "Robert O'N'eil, Editor and
Proprietor," lie read.
Manuel (ionzaio gurgicu snitiy suiue
whcre within, which was his cunning,
noncommittal way of Indicating mirth.
"Ah, my very virtuous managing edi
tor," he said. "One of those doss who
dealt so vilely with me. I have told
you of that. Manuel Gonzale does
not forget." ITo leaned closer. "This
morning at 2. after O'Xeill and riowe
had sent today's paper lo press, as
usual, Luypas, my circulation man
ager, and I arrived. My virtuous edi
tors had departed to their rest. Luy
pas and I stopped the presses. We
substituted n new first page form.
O'N'eill and IIowo—they will not know.
Always they sleep until noon. In this
balmy climate it is easy to lie abed."
Again Manuel Gonzale gurgled.
"May their sleep to dreamless," he
said. "And should oar r.vrk of the
morning fail may the rian:e of O'Neill
be the first to concern (lie police."
Wail laughed.
"A good idon." hi> remarked. lie
looked at his watch. "Xine-flfteon.
The banks ought to be open now."
Gonzale got t<> his feet. Carefully he
folded the page that had been lying on
his desk.
"The moment for action has come,"
I10 said. "Shall v,e go down to the
street?"
"I'm In strange waters," responded
Martin Wall uneasily. "The first dip
I've ever taken out of my line. Don't
believe in it either. A man should
have his specially and stick to it.
However, I need (he money. Am I
letter perfect in my part. I wonder?"
The door of the Mail office opened,
and a sly little Cuban with an evil
face stepped In.
"Ah, Luypas," Gonzale said, "you are
here at last! Do you understand?
Your boys, they are to bo in the next
room—yes? You are to sit near that
telephone. At a word from my friend,
j Mr. Martin Wall, today's edition of
the Mail Is to flood the streets, the
newsstands, instantly. Delay might be
fatal. Is that clear?"
"I know," said Luypas.
"Very good," said Gonzale. Fie turn
ed to Martin Wall. "Xow Is the time,"
he added.
The two descended to the street. Op
posite the Hotel dc la Pax they parted.
The sleek little Spaniard went on alone
and mounted boldly those pretentious
steps. At the desk he Informed the
clerk 011 duty that he must see Mr.
Spencer Meyrick at once.
"But Mr. Meyrick Is very busy to
day." the clerk objected.
"Say this Is life and death," replied
Gonzale, and the clerk, wilting, tele
phoned the millionaire's apartments.
Finally Spencer Meyrick appeared,
pompous, red faced, a hard man to
n&naie, as ne aiways had been. The
' Spaniard noted, this, and his silts of
-yr
"I hate you!" said Cynthia Meyriek.
eyes grew even narrower.
"I have something to show you,"
said Gonzale politely and removal
from his pocket a copy of the San
Marco Mail, still (lamp from the
presses.
"HAIiROWBY WASN'T TAKING
ANY CHANCES."
Underneath, in slightly smaller type.
Spencer Meyriek read:
REMARKABLE FORESIGHT OF ENG
LISH FORTUNE HUNTER WIIO
WE 1)3 MISS M ICY KICK TODAY-TOOK
Ol'T A POLICY FOK £75.000 WITH
BOYD'S, SAME TO BE PAYABLE IN
CASE THE BEAUTIFUL lliCIRESS
SL'FFEREP A CHANGE OF HEART
Prominent on the page was a large
photograph which purported to be "an
exact facsimile of I he policy." Mr.
Meyriek examined it. ITe glanced
through Hie story, which happened to
be commendably brief. lie told him
self he must remain calm, avoid fire
works, think quickly. Laying the pa
per on his knee, he turned to the little
white garbed man beside him.
"What trick is this?" he asked
sharply.
"It is no trick, sir." said Gonzale
pleasantly "It Is the truth. That is
a photograph of the policy."
Old Meyriek .studied the cut again.
"I'll be hanged!" he remarked.
"I have no desire to annoy," Gon
zale went on. "But there are 5,000
copies of today's Mail at the office
ready to be distributed at a signal
from me. Think, sir! Newsboys on
the street with that story at the very
moment when your daughter becomes
Lady Ilarrowby!"
"I see." said Meyriek slowly. "Black
mail."
"You're a clever little dog," said Mey
riek through his teetn.
,4Vnn oro imf '•nmnllmnnfiirtr
However, let us say for tl:e 'argument
you buy the Mail at once. I am, by
the way, empowered to make the sale.
You take charge. You hurry to the
office. You destroy all copies of to
day's issue so far printed. You give
orders to the composing room to kill
this first page story, good as It la.
'Please kill,' you say, a term with news
paper men."
"Um! And vnur svioe?" r
(Continued tomorrow)
IN HIE UNTIED STATES COM
MISSIONERS COURT FOR SICAO
WAY PRECINCT IX PROBATE.
In the matter of the estate of
Henry J. Lynch, deceased.
NOTIC IS HEREBY GIVEN, That
Helta D. Lynch, executrix of the es
tate of Ilen-ry J. Lynch, deceased,
has fiied in the above entitled court
her tiDal report of the estate of
the s^id deceased, and the bearing
of »he same has been< fl&ed by said
court forthe 27th. day of December,
191G, at 2 o'clock in. the afternoon
of said day, at the court room
ther of, at the federal courthouse
in SJragway, Alaska, and all persona
intei-'sted in safid estate are no
tified then and there to appear and
file any objections they may h&ve
to said account and to show cause,
if any they have, why said final ac
count should not be allowed.
HELEN D. LYNOH,
Executrix.
Dat a at Skagway, Alaska, this
27th day of October, 1916.
28, 4, 11, 18, 25.
I
TAX NOTICE
TREASURER'S OFFICE
NOTICE. Is hereby given that
*»ie'Assessment Books of the Tax
able property for the year-1916, ara
now iu my -bands, and the taxes
levied upon the same are now'due
and payable at my office. Fourth,
Avenue in the City of Skagway, be
tween the hours of lp. m. aaid 5:30
o. m. daily, except Sundays' and
holidays. •
That unpaid taxes on Personal
PropiWy 'become delinquent pa the
29th day of November 1916, and
unless paid .prior thereto a pen
alty of 20 per cent will be'added.
That unpaid taxes on Real Pro
m rfy will be delinquent at 6-o'cloc
p. m. on the last day of February,
1917, and unless such taxea are
naid prior thereto they will become
delinquent1 and 20 per cent penal
*y will fce added, and interest *at
S ocr cent per annum will bo charg
ed from date of -delinquency until
paid. 1
PHIL ABRAHAMS,
11-15-2P. ! aty Treasurer.
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