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Adventurous .Terry Carson embarks tn
search of hidden treasure with the promIan
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his return. Her father favors Sebastian
Navarre. Jerry's ship is burned; he |s
reported lost. Sebastian presses his *vtentlons.
Jerry suddenly turns up to
confront charges of the Nfivarres against
him. In a struggle for a fofged puper
Diego Navarre is killed and Jerry is convicted
of the murder. He escapes, and
finds tho treasure and a wonderful chemical
pellet. Leontlne is forced to marry
Sebastian. On the honeymoon, lie attacks
her in a rage. Suddenly he is confronted
by a weird apparition. I^eontlne meets
One Lamp Louie. Ravengar saves her
from fire. Sebastian, driven to desperation,
threatens her aguin but the Shadow intervenes.
She hears it speak of Jerry.
Ravengar forces a confession from Louie.
Sebastian attempts to get it. An earthquake
occurs; in the excitement. Red Finn
steals tiie confession and ilees. r...
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FIFTH EPISODE
iTSEftto* ? \
Bianca Deals, v'""
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? Finn hud almost forgot ton
the fjiot that nature had assigned
hint many parts to play. He was so
good an actor that he Identified himself
with every part completely. For
live yars he had been "Rod" Finn,
the name of a man he killed in a Montana
Gambling house, lie spoke like i
a Western desperado, his verbs and
nouns wore seldom upon nodding noquaintnnee
with each other, and he
forgot all about his other roles.
When he emerged, dripping and
shaken, from the river, elutching the
stolen confession in his hand, he made
his way hastily to his shack. lie
found it unharmed after the earthquake,
changed his clothes, ate a meal,
and hurried toward the nearest station.
In the train he shook off "Red" Finn
entirely. "lied" had outplayed his
part. He became Ludwig Romanoff,
a role he had tilled in Germany, with
great success, six fears before. His
nouns and verbs made up; and as the
rough desperado became a sleek, polished
crook, the very expression of the
man ceased to change.
Arriving in the Hast, he quickly
found his level among the denizens of
the underworld. He soon came to realize
that Louis Lamb's confession, for
which Sebastian had offered Ravengar
ten thousand dollars, must still be
worth at least that sum.
Sebastian, having returned with
Leontlne from White's Village, had resumed
his old life with all the burden
of his latest experiences added to it.
He knew now that detection of his
part in the conspiracy against Jerry
Carson was imminent. He knew that
Louis and Uavengar were leagued together
to hunt him down. % He guessed
that Leontlne sttapected. And lie did
not know what to do.
It was while he was in this uncertainty
that Ludwig Romanoff called
with Louis' confession in his pocket.
Sebastian, who did not know that
the confession had '.eon stolen from
Havengar, started nervously, nevertheless,
when the strange name was
announced. He had been breakfasting
with Leontlne. She saw him start and
looked after him in wonder as he left
the room and went into his library.
Overcome with curiosity, Leontine
went into the hall. The library door
was not quite closed, and the two men
were standing in such a position that
Leontine could see tlieni reflected in
the mirror that hung in the hall. She
He Snatched It Out of Her Hand.
saw Sebastlun, looking nervously al
hit visitor, and In the visitor she recognised,
to her surprise, the nuin whc
had stolen the confession from ltaven
gar.
Unable to stir, she could not bul
hear the ensuing conversation:
"Mr. Navarre, your name Is men
tloued in a certain confession," sab
Romanoff. "I have it here." He drew
It from his pocket, and held It In lib
hand.
"I know all about that," answerec
Sebastian, swallowing hard. "A mm
in my position Is naturally the vletlir
of conspirators and'blackmailers. Ii
you have come here to blackmail me
you have mistaken your man. How
ftyer, my time is valuable, and ruthei
o
? author of "be.5
0^ yond the fron/
tier." "maid of
1 the forest." "my
I A ft lady of the
fA II /|a north." etc.
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fl B1 I BY GEORGE B SEITZ.
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ITian waste it in bavins: you arrested, I
am willing to pay you a hundred dob'
lars for that confession."
Leontine did not see the mocking
look $n Romanoff's face. She burst j
into the room. ?*??* - ,
"And I will pay you a thousand I"
she cried.
Sebastian'flushed and moved threateningly
toward her. "With my
money?" he sneered.
"A thousand dollars," cried Leon- '
tine again. .... 1
Romanoff stalled. "It seems to be
going up in value. I think I'll keep it," .
I\n ntirw.iini.wl mil..1... -
, uv (iiiiivuuvjrii, I ill"
Ho was nearing the door wlion, with
an oath, Sebastian whipped out a revolver
from the desk beside him and
leveled jt.
"You'll hand that over or you'll never
leave this room alive!" he shouted.
Romanoff, taken aback, could only
stare into the muzzle of the weapon,
lie saw that Sebastian was desperate.
lie put bis hand into his pocket and
drew out the confession.
Suddenly the revolver was dashed
from Sebastian's band. Sebastian went 1
reeling back across the room, as if 1
he had received a stunning blow in
the face. Yet there was nobody in 1
tiie r<?< in except himself, Leontine, and
Il< mmnolT.
! Next instant, as Sebastian recovered
himself, lie was picked i.p and hurled (
to the ground. Uo lay there as if
stunned.
And Leontine, gazing in terror at
her husband, saw, at a height of nearly
six feet from the ground, a pair of
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ii.m'u on nit* pro.si rui < until. it
was the mysterious defender who lind
championed her,
Romanoff, with an exclamation of
terror, turned and bolted from the]
room, lie hurried into the street and
leaned against the wall of the house,
j trembling. i
He held the precious paper in his
hand, lie tried to replace it in his
pocket, but his hands shook
Suddenly his hand dropped as if the
wrist were broken. The invisible an |
(agonist was upon him, and Komanotl
i fought in his grasp, fooling a sensation
! of power opposing him.
It was a weird struggle in the sunny
street. A policeman, across the road,
looked in amazement at a man reproducing
all the features of a battle for
life?alone.
At last, leaping back, Romanoff man- j
aged to wrench his arm free and do-)
livered a blow with all his strength at!
the invisible antagonist.
It was ellicacious, for all at once j
i Romanoff felt that he was free, lie i
I thrust the paper into his pocket.
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j
Romanoff hurried away, glancing
back furtively in the fear that the in- j
visible presence was pursuing him.
Once aboard a street car, he felt
safe from pursuit, lie gradually recovered
his nerve, until, by the time
he reached his destination, he felt j
ready to laugh at the episode.
lie jumped from the car and made
his way to u private residence on the)
side street near by. The blinds werej
drawn, and there was nothing to hull-;
cute that this was other than a respectable
private house whose occupants
were away.
As a matter of fact, however, the
house was connected with the one adjoining
and was one of the most celebrated
gambling establishments in the
city,
The adjacent house was occupied
by Rianca, tin? most notorious worn-1
air of the underworld that the city hadl
known.
Romanoff tapped at the door of the
gaming establishment, Hung a word
to the woolly-headed attendant, and
entered through the grilled door, lie'
made his way along a passage and entered
the room in which, even at that'
hour, the gamblers were assembled.]
Rianca ran the place night and day.
Romanoff cast a glance about him.
The players, fhtcnt upon their game,!
took no notice of him. Rut Romanoff
saw one man whose presence lllled
him with consternation.
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I anoff by name, but the man with whom
he had fought for the confession In
White's Village, the man to escape
whom he had made his desperate leap
from the high bridge.
Romanoff stared at him in momen\
tary terror. What was he doing here?
i He stood and watched the players
; for a few moments, and then made his
way quietly from the room. Entering
a passage, he pushed hack a curtain,
' disclosing a paneled wall. Itomanoff
' touched a spring and one of the panels
slid back, forming a little doorway 111*
to an anteroom of the next house. He
j closed the door behind him and passed;
I; on into a larger room, where a woman j
1 was seated upon a divan covered with
1 Persian draperies, listening to the ref
marks of two men who were talking
to her In low and eager tones.
As Romanoff entered the men
p sprang to their feet quickly; then,
THE HORRY HER
recognizing him, they nodded, BlatTcc
smiled at him.
"You've been away a long time, Mr
Romanoff," she said, smiling at him. .
"Yes, but I've been away for gooc
reasons," Romanoff answered. "1'vt
got something In view that's worth
considering."
"Sit down and tell me about It."
said Biunca.
About one minute after Romanoff
had left the gambling room, Itavengar
rose from the table. He pocketed his
winnings with a yawn and strolled into
the hall. Pushing back the curtain,
he, too, touched. the spring, and the
panel opened. He entered the anteroom
noiselessly and turned to close
the panel behind him.
He could hear the low conversation
in the next room. As he moved
stealthily forward, he became conscious
that his coat had caught In the
panel.
He turned to free himself. The sliding
panel Jnrred slightly. In an instant
one of the men in the next room,
alarmed by the sound, appeared in the
doorway. Itavengar had just managed
to free himself when the man
was upon him, grasping him roughly
by the arms.
"What are you doing here?" he demanded.
Something In Ravengnr's look frightened
him, for, releasing his Captive,'
the man stepped hack and drew a revolver
from his pocket.' Itavengar
caught him by the arm. The weapon
was discharged, the bullet passing into
the ceiling. A chip of plaster fell)
to the door.
At the sound, Romanoff, Riancn; and'
the third man rnslied tiu?
They found Ravengnr struggling with
the "look-out'* man.
At Bianea's command the men fell
hack, leaving Ravengar in possession J
[>!' the revolver which he had wrested j
from the other. Bianca and lie looked i
nt each other for a moment in silence, i
Then Bianea smiled.
"I'ut that away, please," she said
ri u h ?t I v. "1 don't allow wouo??ns in '
my house,"
"I Will Pay a Thoi
Ravengar smiled back at her, but he
did not put down his weapon.
A moment afterward she reached
behind the portieres and pulled a cord.
A trap-door opened under Ravengar's
feet, and he slid down a chute.
As he disappeared, the spring door,
released of his weight, sprang up
again. Rinnca looked at the men with
her and laughed.
"An interesting fool," she said.
"What were you telling me, Mr. Romanoff?"
*******
Could free herself from the man
who was her husband in name alone?
Tnat was l.eontine's thought as she
sat miserably in her room alone.
Suddenly she sprang to her feet as
a new idea came to her. It brought
the Hush to her cheeks; it seemed a
sltUtneful tldng?yet it might mean'
her freedom from Sebastian.
No sooner had the idea come to
Kcr than it. assumed mastering force;
She dressed hurriedly and slipped dfot
of tlu> house.
She took a street ear downtown.
mii.Mi mivh slit nrooumg in her room
for hours, for it was already lute and
the crowds were pouring out of the
theaters. She reached the one to
which her husband had gone just in
time to see the first of the audience
leave.
Drawing into the doorway of a little
shop adjacent, she scanned the
crowds keenly. Presently her attention
was directed toward a blackhaired
woman of singularly attractive
appearance, who was just getting into
iut moior. more was something
uhout her that made Leontlne watch
her every movement.
Then, Just as the woman had
seated herself within the oar, Leontlne
saw Sebastian leave the theater with
a companion. At that moment the
woman dropped her fan.
The act was done with a certain deliberation.
Of that Leontlne was sure.
She knew, too, that it had been done
to attract Sebastian; she knew all this
as only a woman understands the mo
tiyes of other women.
ALD. CONWAY, g 0.
Sfbtstlan picked It up, bowed* and
handed the fan to the woman In the
motor. She thanked him with a smile
and pressed something into his hand.
Leontine saw the flutter of a piece of
paper.
The motor drove away, but Sebastian
stood reading the note under the
light. A moment afterward he hade
his companion good-night and hurried
away.
Leontine followed him. The chance
that she had sought seemed to be at
hand. .Sebastian called a taxlcab and,
giving a brief direction to the chauffeur,
entered it. Leontine summohed
another vehicle.
"Follow that cob," she said.
The driver, who was used to such
situations, obeyed with alacrity. Presently
he stopped and came running to
open the door. "The gent's Just gone
into that house with the barred windows,"
he said to her.
"Whose house is It?" asked Leontine.
"Madame Biancu's," said the man,
with a grin. "They won't let you in
unless they know you, missus. It's the
swcllest gambling place in town today."
Leontine thanked him and paid him,
just in time to see the house's door
close upon her husband.
As she hesitated, the grilled door
opened and two men came down the
steps. They passed her, staring hard
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then came back to her.
"Anything I can do for you?" he
nuked, raising his hat, uncertain what
sort of woman she was.
"I want to get into that house. It's
Madame Bianca's, isn't it?" she asked.
"Why?yes," said the man in hesitation.
"Want to try a round or two
of baccarat?" lie continued.
Leontine nodded. "They don't know '
me." she said.
He escorted Leontine into tin4 garni)- j
ling room. Sebastian was not there. I
Leontine realized it and turned sick
with disappointment.
"Are there any more rooms where i
!hey play?" she asked her escort.
isand," She Cried.
Tie shook his head. "But you Clin
got a good paitio here," ho said, and as
a man rose from the table he held the
chair for her
Leontine looked at the man who had
risen, lie was a dissolute youth with ;
a pasty complexion, and the air of one
who was ait the end of his resources.
An instant later the sound of u revolver
shot was heard, followed by the
thud of a falling body.
Leontine sprang to her feet in terror.
The others followed suit.
Half hidden by the curtain behind
which he had fallen, lay the young
man.
Peering into the dead man's face
was a man whom she seemed to remember.
Yes, It was little Louis Lamb.
"I guess Madame Binnea won't like
this sort of a Job going oil next door,"
he said with a grin.
"What do you mean by 'next door?*"
asked Leontine.
"Why, through the door behind those
curtains," answered Louie. "Bay, ]
You're green, ain't you?"
"You must go, you must go at once,
inhdame!" said 'a negro attendant,
pushing through the excited throng.
"Kindly leave the house immediately."
Leontine, with two or three other
women, was being Jostled roughly toward
the door. She was in despair,
for Isolde's words hud given her a clue.
Suddenly she suw that the curtains
had been druwn. The suicide's body
was being carried into Madame Bianca's
house through the secret entrance.
Instantly she threw tip her amis,and
fell to the floor in a simulated faint.
Through her half-closed eyes she
saw the commotion about her. Two attendants
came hastily up to where she
lay.
"We'll have to run her In, too," they
said. "Say, ain't them women the
limit!"
Taking her by the head and feet they
pushed their way'back to the curtains.
A glare of lights burst on her-closed
eyelids. Cautiously she opened 'them.
She saw Sebastian and the woman
known as Madame Biunca, with Ilomunoff,
standing about the .body-of the
suicide.
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She sprang to her feet and faced
them. At the sight of her Sebustlan
winced, started, and whitened. Into
Romanoffs eyes there cume a look of
understanding. Madame Bianca looked
at her steadily and inquiringly. And
suddenly Leontine realized the purpose
of Sebastian's presence there. For
there was a paper in the woman's hand
aud it was the confession of Louis
Lamb.
Sebastian had certainly been attracted
by Blancn's appearance In the foyer
of the theater, as she hud meant
that he should be.
The note that she had thrust Into his
hand when he gave her back her,fan
said simply:
"Follow me if you are Interested In
obtaining a certalu paper."
Sebastian had needed no second invitation,
and when he had followed her
to the door of her house he had found
Bianca waiting for hlra.
"Won't you come In, Senor Navarre?"
inquired Bianca, smiling.
In her sumptuously furnished reception
room Bianca had coffee served by
a Chinese servant.
"Senor Navarre," she said, "a certain
paper has come into my hands in
which I believe your are Interested.
It is a matter of business. How much
is it worth to you?"
"I offered a hundred dollars for il
this morning," answered Sebastian
"Suppose we say fifty thousand dollars,"
she said;
Sebastian shrugged his shoulders
"Madame, let us put business aside,
he said. "I like to leave these matters
to my lawyer."
"Clllllll In* " < ?!'!
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she said. "Is it fifty thousand? 1 do
not bargain."
lie saw that ho was dealing witli a
woman ??f stronger character than he
had imagined.
"Well, I'll give you ton thousand.'
ho said, dooisivoly. "That is positively
my last word."
"No," answorod Rianca, rising.
That was tho moment when tho pistol
shot sent thorn hurryin.tr into tho
anteroom. A moment afterward the
attendants entered, hearing the body of
tho suicide.
Sebastian's eyes fell upon Romanoff.
At once ho realized that Romanoff and
I>ianca wore in the deal together.
Then it was that Leontine was carried
in and placed on the couch. The
combination of circumstances overwhelmed
him. He started back in terror
as his wife sprung to her feet and
stepped forward toward Hianca.
"Give me that paper," said Leontine.
lliancu stepped back and nodded imperceptibly
to one of the attendants,
who seized Leontine by the arm. And
then a strange thing happened. Suddenly
the paper was wrested from Rlunea's
hand by some Invisible agency
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Bianco sprang forward to snatch it,
but then she staggered and then reeled
hack; at the same instant the hand
of the attendant was torn from Leontine's
arm and he was hurled to the
tloor. A stream of blood poured from
his cut lip.
Leontine, clutching the precious document,
moved toward the door. She
was half way toward It when Bianca
recovered her self-possession.
"Stop her!" she cried. "Don't let
her go! Get that paper from her!"
The second attendant and Romanoff
leaped forward. Just as the attendant
was about to pinion Leontine, he, too,
went reeling back under the impact of
a terrific blow which knocked him,
stunned, to the ground. Romanoff
seemed lifted bodily and cast upon the
prostrate form of the other man.
The room was in an uproar. Two
Chinese servunts ran between Leontine
and the doorway. The attendants, rising
from the floor, at Blnnca's signal,
flung themselves upon Leontine again.
Then it seemed us if an invisible
devil were at work in the room,
T nnnfSvtii KnoWIn tiui iin
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touched, the precious paper still in her
hand. She aloue had kept her self-possession.
Quietly she stepped toward the secret
panel, pushed it open, and passed
ipto the gambling house. Thence she
made her way leisurely toward the
head of the flight of Steps that led
<16Au to the street.
She went down slowly, and, believing
herself safe, stopped under the
nearest street lamp to read the rest
of the confession, in order to learn the
truth.
Xh she did so, a man came down tile
i sffopfc behind her.
Deals Lamb, or "One-Lamp Louie,"
bad made- bis way back to New York
with his hoard after the earthquake
devastated White's village.
On reaching the metropolis he immediately
got in. touch with the underworld;
and that in itself required u
certain habit of mind.
Binuca, recognizing that he had
money to spend, permitted him tu
i snend it. Romanoff, who.had nlunned
to Tob him, did not reeognijce in the
frequenter of the flfamhltufc house the
hermit of "White's Village.
And Louie had not the slightest recollection
of the confession of-forgerj
Which he had committed in company
'With Sebastian, J
When he spoke to Leoatlpe at the
side of the suicide he had not the lcusl
idea that he had ever seen her before
He drifted back to the table und waited
Impatiently for the game to begir
again.
After hovering round for some time
however, -he accepted the assurances
that the game was ended for the night
At the bottom of the steps he saw t
strikingly beautiful woman and recog
nlsed in her the woman who bad iyj
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di'?*ssed liliu a little earlier In the evd.
ning beside the Inotl.v of the doud man.
Halting at the top of the steps, Louie
looked right and left cautiously. The
! woman was plainly alone, for she
' moved quietly along the street and,
standing under a street light, began to
read a paper that she held In her hand.
Softly he stole up behind Leontino
as' she stood under the light. There
was no need for this, however; Leontine
was wholly absorbed In the na
ture of the document.
She learned for the first time how
Sebastlnr. and his brother had con-.
spired to convict Jerry. < <
With the aid of Louie, a forgery had
been effected, being a transfer of certain
property held by Jerry in America
to Sebastiun, In return for ready
money to finance his treasure-finding
expedition. Of course, lerry had never
executed such a paper.
Sebastian and his brother Diego had
then accused'Jerry to Leontlne, alleging
that Instead of transferring the
property, he had sold It and pocketed
the proceeds. It was Jerry's unexpect
"You'll Hand That Over, or /ou'li
Never Leave This Room Alive!"
ed rHurii mikI his discovery of the paper
that had led to the quarrel that
ended in Diego's dentil.
Jerry, although innocent-of- the death
of Sebastian's brother, had been placed
in compromising circumstances. He
had been tried before an Argentine
court of law, found guilty and sentenced
to life imprisonment. Soon
afterward she had learned that he had
died.
As she read the whole story, Leontine
felt a deep and rebellious rage
against her husband till her heart.
She stood like a statue underneath
the lamp, incapable for the time of
movement : she knew nnthine Inn ltveil
again in the past. She saw Jerry
starling on his wonderful voyage,
which wiis to bring them fortune, and
she heard again her own parting
pledge of loyalty to him. The paper
Muttered loosely In her hand.
That was the moment when the magpie,
Louie, stealing up behind Loontine,
saw his own signature tit the hot Pan
of the paper. With a swift, deft movement,
he snatched it out of her hand.
"I know that name," said Louie, rubbing
his hand across his forehead.
"Why?why, it's my own!"
Loontine, recognizing Louie, looked
at him in wonder.
"(live me that paper," she said quietly,
"Yes, it is your own confession, Mr.
Lamb. Ami I thank you a thousand
times."
"Don't mention it," said Louie, making
an ironical bo\V.
Louie, holding the confession high
; in the air, took his station beneath the
light, and began reading it. lie read
i on in profound astonishment. Leoni
tine waited. She knew the situation
' was a difllcult one, but she knew that
; she was more likely to get back the
I paper by diplomacy than by force.
Louie's brows wrinkled as he contin|
ucd to read, lie had not the faintest
recollection of having ever written
S such a thing. What had been the matter
with him? Well, it was a lie, auy|
way, and probably a forgery.
"Let me have it now," pleaded Loontine,-as
Louie came to the end.
Louie, still holding the paper above
her head, grinned mischievously.
"What's the game?" he demanded.
"Going to send me to the penitentiary,
^1. 1 tl'U XI ^
?mii.? uiu gume r wno put you
up to it?"
"Mr. Lamb, please listen to me. You
wrote tlmt confession and It's very valuable
to me. Jerry Carson, whom you
wronged, meant a good deal to me. I
want that paper now. You won't go
k back on your word?"
Louie grinned, and suddenly lowering
the paper, tore It In two.. *
J With a scream Leontine flung herself
upon him, trying to wrest the pa11
per out of his hand. So unexpected
'! was her movement that at first Louie
I was Quite taken aback- Her.flnirer*
closed on his clench,ed fist which held
the two halves of the document. She
r was trying with all her might to force
his hand open. And all the. while she
? pleaded. ' "
"Give it buck to me, please?flense!"
' she Implored. "It is worth everything t
to me. It is worth a thousand dollars
1 ?all that I have. Listen, then! Bring
it to my house tonight, and I will give
* you a thousaud in cash tonight."
* "A thousand dollars!" grinned Louie
* contemptuously. "Say, I reckon to
1 drop as much as that any night in
Madame Blanca's."
"' lie flung her off and deliberately tore
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