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six PAT Xj1 VI _ THE GREAT ROrtAfi n ^ LOUI5 JC Nove/ization of the Afo Same Name Produced ^ />/w Service, letc^ <0 $ybar ton, Inc. M ii! THE CAST. MRS. VERNON CASTLE ? j Patrla Charming. MILTON SILLS as Donald Parr, j WARNER OLANO as Baron Huroki. | OOROTHY GREEN as Fanny j Adair. I SYNOPSIS. On her twenty-first birthday PaLtrla Chancing becomes sole owner of Chun- [ Ttinge, Ine., America's greatest chain not arms and ammunition plants, and slmul- ' taneously sole executrix of a llOO.OOtiUOOO trust secretly created by her patriotic progenitors to combat the national peril inherent In "unpreparedness"?to which < ause i'ntrin dedicates her life. Japanese 1 kccrett agents directed by Baron Huroki: of Tokyo try to Peal the Charming Trust. With the uld of Captain I'arr of the Unit- | ed States secret service, Patria frustrates ull their efforts. FOURTH EPISODE Double-Crossed ? Thouph ;oot a sound disturbed the room's tracMjuility, the tenant of Its < silk-clad -couch was not asleep. And j vet she was *oy no means nwtike. Normal youth had had its till of slumber; now she rested in a delicious state of drowsiness, le^s than sleep, little if l any less than dream, vairuoly aware iif ln?r iiti-t?iitv iiml ..f tlin -r., ?-. i l: .... .,,x I 1,1 Mini \ r 1 I in j . 1 i i l i I 1?1 i gloom of her bed-chamber. 1 >ut slill with irain bemused by the glamour that romance which colored her every 1 thought were she waking or sleeping, who for the first time loved and who knew her love was mot wasted. 1 The little French -ilt traveling etock upon tier dressing tjt.hle chimed once, softly a-nd sweetly. Simultaneously the floor to the n<5jobiing drawing: room was opened just far enough to frame the amiahle feu- ' tun^s of her maid. The girl in a sleepy voice inquired the hour. ^ Informed that it was ,1u*t half after ^ eleven she sat t*p smartly with a little exclamation of dismay: "And Captain I'nrr calling at one to 1 take me to lunch at Oaremotit 1" I , Immediately I'alria slipped from he1 ween the sheets and into a gossamer j garment so exquisite that it were sheer profanity to name r bathrobe. [ ] Ho it was nearly mhlday before, once j more ahed but now wide awake, and ( fell a-tingle with the vitality stimulated by a cold plunge, site disposed , of a poor apology for a breakfast, ami . skimmed through her morning's mall. , in it was a note from Rodney's mother, Mrs. Gilbert Wrenn. Her eomphiints were gentle hut In- , ] ccssant. They must he answered, f'nlrla selected a telegraph fortn and wrote swiftly: Wm. Gilbert Wrenn. <. "Shadow Luwn"-Newpott. Ho not be impute > with nie?you've no idea what an tine. . nably stupid bust- ' JU'sa taking formal possession of one's own property can be. J don't flop on in this sizzling city because i like it?and If nothing pre vert's, shall r>ine home tomorrow nlgiit by tire Full River bout? 1 1*111rin paused and frowned a little, thoughtfully. Then, with a shrug ami j 1 iiiovr tlmt mount *lio intciuU'U t<> Iimno ; j 11 Handed Her a Roll of Bills. her own way Irrespective ol her chap- ' eron's approval, she added a single * line: | fchall bring Fanny Adair with me.? 1 Patrhw Giving Anne the telegram for dispatch without delate, Putrid permitted 1 Jier thoughts briefly to linger upon the I ..' ana -mm ***** ? I I JT U H >/ iCE?fPRi!R!kRn)iHC65 >5EPfl VANCE ri Hon Piiturt Play of the > J for <the International ( 'nder.fht /.Direction of > j C?fyri[At S/sr Ctmfiany. < j 'ImmI LmJ 'young woman whom she had just named. Fanny Adair's maiden name was her main title to her place lu the suu? that :rtk1 a cheerful personality cou- i pled -with perfect breeding. Her fumily had been one of the oldest and most-respected as well us one of the | wealthiest In Manhattan. But that comfortable fortune which anight have , been hers had been dissipated by her paternal extravagance; ''Fanny hud been penniless when she married ( young Adair for his money?a sordid motive whose meanness had been ^ atoned by her candor in owning to it us by its .ill success. For Adair had h?st everything in Wall street and had taken his tlife during the ensuing tit : J of -despair. J Since tlurt time Fanny had lived upon the Increment of lier *.rts and ? banns. t It was quite natural that stoadyptaood matrons like Mrs. Wren*, should disapprove ardently of Fanny Adair. Vntria, however, liked the girl; and j recently linding her temporaryy ma?ined in a shabby boarding house in ' own for lack <rf funds or invitation 11 u any country house, had promptly i 1 taken Fanny under her wing, pnoviltig Iter with accommodations sis lux* p urious as her own in the hotel and itn- , M oul-.-ively promising her a month at 'Sh: dow Lawn" wlien the time oav.ie P for I'atria to return. l> Could she have seen Fanny at tluit noment. l'alria would liavo heen le.sx heritably disposed. would have grant d that more cogent reasons existed for repenting of her hasty invitation than the fear of Mrs. Wrenn's displeasure. It was noon precisely when Mrs. , \duir alighted from a town-ear as ir- " oproneliably turned out as her engagng self, and with furtive gtanees right Itnd left, nppr??aehod the entrance to u i faultlessly quiet residence in a so- a >or side street of the Murray Hill o piarter. ii Her ring was answered by ft sleek Htle man-servant with close-cropped n ?*ir as black as eyes that resembled ^ let bends set aslant in a saffron mask. "tj Indubitably he recognized the caller. t) Rowing with a deference that M somehow subtly insolent, he admitted ,, Fanny. ,, Upon, a mat in the middle of the j, room a Japanese gentleman of high ? rank sat clothed in the rich simplic- p ty of the robes appertaining unto his p nobility. He was a man of middle-age, yet {( manger than his years. The habit of tuthority was his. tempered with the j, nost suave urbanity. ^ "My dear Mrs. Adair?" [( He bowed over her hand so low his !ps seemed to brush it. j. She began to speak In agitated ac ents: "Huron Huroki?" He deprecated her emotion with a dight gesture. "You have come to tell me somehi tig I very much wish to know? , Ilrr hnntls worked together In tier up. "I liave come to say, I wish to >e released frotti our agreement." -v A second small gesture dissented. FT? r voice failed. She stared at hiiu , R vith pit'ful eyes. 11 "it is impossible, my dear Mrs. \dair." His tones were as bland as' ?il. bis lot?*ntion a-; firm as adamant. Ie smiled intimateij up at her. "Why listress yoursi'V" "I don'' !'.??? \\ H ?f you make mo do," he faltered. "I'a'iia? she is too good o me. too kind up I sweet, I can't get ny iiv. 11 con ear to continue spying on or !" "You do not need 't. dear Mrs. Adair, fon have mine." "I'aron 11nroki?" * I*1 :?idi. please tin no! make me eaiind v'mj of rerlain 11 n;?1 ?>:issi111 maters which must inevitably become 11' 1'< should you f:iil to carry out toy nsi na tions with respect to the mnln-!c Miss <'banning. It is my wish that .on continue to he her friend; yn\i mist heroine her htisoin friend, her loses! coti(id:mt : when tluit is accom>ii^h"d. 1 sluill secure through you eerain infonmition essential to my?oh happiness; and then I sluill permit /on to go free of all obligations to me, Meantime?must I remind you, your services are well paid?" ! She was silenced. And while she sat twisting futile fingers together ind striving to contrive some way out )f those toils in whieh site was so lopelessly enmeshed, a servant entered, bowed, and announced Senor i luan de Lima. At sight of Mrs. Adair lie addressed her with the informality jf an intimate acquaintance: j "Ah-h, S.enora Adair! Of all women rll?i OHO I am most nnrlanu * ? I.W?li>U.7 l?/ n?"'" i And *here, Fanny, dear, were you '< lust night, when I see Mce.s Patrla j ' danelng with MontmartreV" "I?lust night? I'atrift at Montmartre 1" The eyes of Ihe huron narrowed. "Hut yes?I tell you, I nm at Montinartre at two thees morning, with a I friend. And suddenly I see Mees! I rtdt HOBBYHERA M. 1. ("banning there, dancing In costume, a character -dance, like a public dancer, all alone!** Mrs. Adair elevated delicately penciled brows. "Patrla was in bed before midnight. 1 sat at l?er bedside talking with her, for half an hour, before she turned out her light." "Then she must get up and steal out when you are gone!" "That's likely !" Baron Huroki Interposed smoothly: "A case of mistaken identity, I imagine, de Lima. It's not credible that a young woman of Miss Ohanning's standing should disport herself as a public dancer in .a place like Mont mart re." "Maybe so." The Mexican conceded to tllO Jiinniwikin " ? * __ niKtl lie ?U(IUI unvo perished rather than coucede to the American nvomiin. "Hut 1 cannot understand. 'These people of Montmartre, they tell me she is Mademoiselle Elaine, rihe dance there every night. Hut to UK* she Is la Seuorlta Patria to the life.'* j "No matter. I hnve other business t>f greater importance to discuss with you. Dear Mrs. Adair, do you mind?V j Hut she would not he dismissed so cavalierly. She stood her ground. If she mwt play the traitor in Patria's camp, she meant to have her stipulated price. The barou shrugged and smote his i&lms softly. The servant who slid nick a screen in response interpreted lis geslmv hi a twinkling, an<l was , nstatit to bring his master a lacquered offer. Ilurolvii handed her a roll of nils. 11 or funds replenished from this tore of gola and bills, Mrs. Adair went ter way. Alone with 5b\uor do Lima. Baron luroki somewhait peremptorily deininded a repetition <,?f his story about lie dancer of Moiitinartrc. "Assuming that this resemhlance xists?thai it is as close, as striking s you declare?why should we not uy this public woman, coach her to lay Patria. and so compass our mis?" Tile Mexican drew a deep breath. "You mean you would?V" "Eliminate Miss (Tanning. put indemoiselle Elaine in her plaeeV recisoiy ! What eouhl be simpler?" rrn/M i f I Y V L. I Few days are long cnoKj^i for lev's?so they he net apart. And since ' w companionship throughout of 'anny Adair provided sop sufficient nto tin* con volitions. Miss Oiwintiing n?l Captain Parr recognized no exuse for failure to prolong tlds (bv to s extreme, and then a hit beyond. The luncheon at Claremont whmikmI lerely a natural prelude for a motor! lunt out Westchester way to escape lie withering heat of town. Then afi?r tea at a quaint roadhouse there ' tis a homeward dnive to edge their ppetites for a little dinner on Dellonico's roof, in the course of which : transpired that Parr happened (oh. lost adventitiously!) to have been resented with three scats for the renilere of a famous summer revue, 11 annual theatrical event not lightly > he Ignored. It was an hour past midnight when 'atria was admonished by Fanny .dair that she, really ought to return :? the hotel. Almost pot:U?ig, the girl assented, 'rum that betrayal Purr took his cue. "It seems altogether too tame an ml ( a perfect day." he protested. Couldn't we go seine place and have dance?Just one?" Pairin's sympathy was Instant. "I'd >vo II." "Then where shall we go?" Over a question so weighty the outig woman knitted her brows. "I know!" she declared, after a mo lent? sedulously ignoring Fanny's relonstranoes. "Lei's go to a good roof u: u*1!) . S-? they taxied o.'er to the roof of llmlMil 4 I t i f r t'" 1'" i 'T "To Me She It La Sent tP. OOtrtfr&T/*. o. I . one trt H>e ttbeaters, and thanks to the lateness (tf the hour, had little dlftlcul! ty In -socMrlng a table; for the per formanee <\vas over by the time they ' onterwl. | Almost 'Immediately, Patrla repent ?sl her impulse. Well aware that she ! (loured prominently In the public eye, j she wxw unprepared to Ibid herself so | promptly 'recognized by so many poo pie. Or ilt wholly recognition? fo 1 me manner with which the head wait* I er girw.tod thein, Patria thought to de- j ; te^t wuneflhlng like bewilderment! ; promptly (dissembled. The Impression ! persisted 'that the sensation she excittd firftc lioss'Curiosity than astonishment. | Thfcs fawpresslon was deepened by an <skJ incident -shortly after they were seatod. Patria's first glance was drawn as if toy hypnotic magnetism, directly , across the tromn to the face of a young ! nu^n who, .tfloiie at a table for two, | had swung squarely round to stare at Patria as If ihe could not credit the testimony of ;hl? vision. It nvasiPt tong after that the orcliestrn struck up >a waltz, and Patria nodded gayly inianswer to Parr's quick invitation. Site .was very fond of dan-! ring, roost of rail fond of waltzing with her Captain Parr. Surprisingly, rfthen, there came a burst of handCUrpfting from the tenante of .other tables. Patrta hesitated, with an Inquiring glance up into Paw's face. lie shook his head. "I understand no more than you," he averred, laughing. "Let's pretend we notice nothing. I dare say we'll g< l some son of a clue to .the mystery before very long." 'l hey danced, but limy danced alone. Rv common consent all others turned to watch them. And wlnui they paused with the music and moved back toward tlmir table, afj la .use again pursued them. Kmbarrnsscd lu yond measure. Patria gave over trying 4o conceal it. "Do let's go," she hogged. "I can't sinud this sort of thing." I*!, trill ir.ill it."' I 1. .1-1 mm i iirr m ii'MM her cloak when she i'? 11 her anil imprisoned in the brutal grasp of one who hod stolen up on her from behind. Instantly she was swung round and identified her assailant with the man at the adjoining table who had been glaring at her so diseoncortingly. "What d foolishin ss is this?" he demanded, thrusting a bloated faee so chise to hers that I'atria was almost siekene<i by the reek of the alcoholi/e<l breath. "I)o you think I'm going to stand any nonsense from you, my girl? Vou ean't sit with swells and cut me dead?stare at me as if I was dirt ? and then get up to go away without me! You?" He broke off with an oath as Parr, striking his wrist smartly forced him to free Patria's arm, and at the sutno time stepped between them. Pale and trembling with rage, as he was. Parr did Ids best to pass the affair otY without further trouble. ' You've made a mistake," lie told the man sternly. "You're drunk, or I'd punish you for it. Get out of our way !" For reply he got a sudden blow on the jaw. Half-staggered, he stepped back and retaliated with telling effect unfH seized by waiters?even as the drunkard was seized and held helpless, and. for all his frothing struggles to break free and get at Parr, dragged off hehiud the scenes of the stage. Hurriedly, to < ' ' uproar exel ted by the incident, the captain escorted his companions to the lobby. Attendants at lhe door prevented them from belli*: followed l?v Interested jmirons. Tint tbere wns no elevntor immediately available. And wbile they waited, I'atria uttered a low ery of dismay. "My flexible bracelet!' die sai<l. "It's pone!" arita Patria to th^ Llfel" < Til find and fetch It." he said. -Walt here." As he vanished through the swinging doors to the roof I'atria sank weekly down in a chair, wlitle Manny Adfiir moved off toward the dressing room and disappeared. A shadow hulked large between her and the lights. Si e looked up with a start. The drunken brute who had cieated that scene stood over her, in his eyes a baleful gl> re, which froze the <ry of fright on Pntrin's lips. She looked up, petrified with terror, | "Get up!" the man commanded in thickened accents. "Oct up and came with me, or you'll be sorry 1 Do you hear? Or don't you believe what I'm ...in ??? * iviiiug you f" I He flourished a hand, pulra outward, before her face. In the puliu she saw the hilt of a knife whose long, shining blade was half-ltlddeu in the cuff. "If you want a taste of that?!" She found her voice and cried out. J '"Rlftxphomifig- the foHovt'fyent over and picked her bodily out of the chair. Ills strength was extraordinary. She was helpless In his arms. Parr had Just recovered the bracelet from ? waiter when he heard Putrlu's cry in the lobby. He dashed through the doors, to find the place empty of all hut four or five liveried men. "Where's the lady who was waiting for me?" he demanded of the nearest man. "Gone off with her manager," thr other grinned. "They hail some sort of n row and he picked her up and?" "You fool 1" Purr cried. "That }nd> has no manager! She is Miss Channing?Patrin Chan ning!" "<Tnrn!" was t!??? reply. "She's Klaiiie, the dancer, and the man's Jules lCdouard. her manager. You hotter keep out of this, she's his girl, and he's a hard man?" Hat I'arr was nlnad.v running down 'i;e corridor. It l?< ].'ni out npon an I empty roof beneath the stairs. The faintest echo of a all for he)j drew It.mi to the head of the tire-ese; p" liow he got down ih t fire-escape. In lit'vcr knew. Wh.eti he reached the hot j torn, it was to find the paved court destitute of any tr.u the i.idn p? t ami his prey, lie dashed rouiul it In frenzy, trying door after door. One yielded. disclosing :t long stud tunnel like passage between two buildings. At si venture he ran dewn this. Coining out itt the far end. h" saw the basement door to a dilapidated Forty-first street residence closing, and threw his weight against it w ih th,? ?nt.n..t mrntum of a slmrt ir.u. full-tilt. Knterlng n basement hull, ho sjiw beforo him a flight of stairs loading to the first floor. At the top of thoso ho paused to llston. Prom somo indetcrtiiimito pciiiit to tho uppor stories ho hoard a sound of heavy pounding. He * took the stairs to tho third story three at .a stride. I Tho sound of hammering came from i behind a closed door at the hack of j the hallway. Rut that door was not ^ locked: Parr thrust it open and discovered Patria's persecutor standing fl over an old trunk against one wall of y what was evidently used as a store room for discarded articles of furnl- N tare and the like. Of Patria there was y never a sign. Rut the drunkard seem- ( ed possessed with the notion that she N had hidden in that trunk, which he was i Insanely endeavoring to break open. In one hound Parr was at grips with a ihe man, who turned Jest in time to es- \ cape being taken at a disadvantage. 3 A struggle ensued that demanded every ounce of Parr's strength and do. s terminal ion. every atom of his wit 1 and will. Tho fellow fought with the 1 power and fury of a demented thing, N and presently contrived to trip Parr backwards across the trunk. The cap- a tain was up again almost as quickly \ as he had been thrown?hut only to s see his man throwing himself across the room toward a knife which, Parr saw for the first time, lay on the floor s close by some rolled-up rugs. In i'1'.o I?.. ? ? ? _ ... .. .?.<?- i mi w.-i* upon ms duck, s mid the contest was renewed. <i At the moment of final extremity, when the captain was on the point of (I giving up and trying to find something; wherewith to defend himself before it s was too late, one of the rugs became a amazingly animate. It rolled like a live tiling across the floor, unrolling f as it came. From it I'atria emerged, t a creature of cat-like grace and quickness. Her hand closed upon the knife f in Hie nick of time. ,] The man leaped to his feet as Parr a released him. Put now the disadvantage was his. Parr closed in, raining 1 blows upon him. He sought vainly to s guard against them until one caught the point of his Jaw, his head jerked j sharply back, and he fell like a (lis- } carded marionclte, cleanly knocked , out. : f ASSASSINS. Dawn, a formless sheen of gray, j trembled in the skies when Captain j l'arr sought his bed. I (1 lie spent hours after leaving Patria ' r at her hotel In the care of Mrs. Adair j t (whose agitation seemed natural $ enough), In cross-examining the ehauf- \] feur of the kidnaper's car, and with j s plain-clothes men searching a cheap t Forty-seventh street hotel for two, c tt 11 < 1 C f e A WAH/k 4-k/v..^ glU C11.7 n liw VI C UUl Ult-If. j J? The sum of lils Investigations was as; 11 follows: On the words of half a dozen | creditable witnesses the woman whojn danced nightly tinder tht? name of, * "Mademoiselle Elaine" was strikingly! s like Miss Tatrla Channing. The worn-1 v an had a danelng partner known asic "Monsieur Kdotiard." The two resided j at. the same theatrical hotel. l(eccnt-ln l#y Kdotiard laid hern drinking rather |j too much, and Elaine had broken with t him because of thai fact. He had per- < I ? 1 if'l. ' si?t 'J, however. in haunting the scone <*t l>? r nlgh'.iy exhlbhlons, making hinrs< if i? general nuisance thorc. On this particular night he had raised vloleut abjecth>n to K1 nine's conversing with .two gentlemen of a fofeign habit, both ^ unknown to deponents. To get rid of 2| him Elaine had taken the foreignseeming geutlemen to her dressing room. In her absence Putrla hud entered the restaurant. In his befuddled state, it was assumed, Edouard had mistaken her for Elaine and had determined to kidnap her. His plan frustrated by Parr's interferenu^jgftm had returned to the hotel only Qng enough \r< pack a handbag and change his clothes. Curiously enough Eluin* nad elected to disappear in much the mine manner. She had decamped, leaT- ' inK no address. * It was not until late the following afternoon that he found cause to revise this opinion. Later while on the point deavtag his rooms to hoard the Sound steamer on which I'atria and Mrs. Adair were She Was Lifted and Thrown Bodily Athwart the Rail. o Journey to Newport, Parr was nrested on a warrant charging him with issault and battery on the person of me Jules Kdounrd. ' Protestations and eredentials alike ivalled Captain Parr nothing. He was vithout choice other than t<? accoiumny the detectives who served the ^ varrunt. And h.v tin* time a brief talk vith a magistrate had s??t liim free I the complainant in the ease being novhei'e to l?e found) he had missed las mat. He did not for an instant doubt, his irrest had been deliberately planned n order to prevent his accompanying diss ('banning. Put it was too late to do more than end her a wireless explaining what tad detained him. promising to be with ter in Newport tin- next morning, and vurning her to he on Iter guard. Pallia wandered uneasily, unhappily, bout the decks long after the majorty of passengers had sought their taterooms. Kven after midnight Putrid lingered -on deck, rather than return to tin? tufliness of her stateroom. Resting her forearm on the rail, mIio tared blindly into the clear darkness if a moonlight night. A light footfall started Patria out ?f the soinberest of reveries. Wltlw.nt . 1... 1 ... uic irusi warning si tliieic ^^1 oft.cloth, like si In sivy woolen bandgo, enveloped Panda's head. She essayed to scream, and tinolds of cloth settled between her eeth, well-nigh choking her. Other hsinds seized her legs. She ought desperately, in blind panic, to 1 10 avail. Relentlessly she was lifted ttd thrown bodily athwart the rail. Then she was free of the lun^s, i tut hurtling down the side of ' ? * hip. Shouting witters leaped to receive tor. Sin- went under, came up str.au- | ding, then let the waves have heir will of her whily she fought to j roe her head of the bstnilsige. J Py the time tlds had been accomtlished she was far astern. In the stateroom adjoining that coupled by Fanny Adair, a woman in / uirse's gsirh consulted a wrist watch, hen nodded brusquely to a girl who j tood supporting herself with both innds on the foot of a brass bed- ] tend?a girl whose eyes, watching he nurse, were as the eyes of Tenia 'banning, wide with fright, even as the i est of her was Tatrla Chnnnlng to this J Ife. 1 "You'd best shift now," said iur.se with a nod toward the forward tatVroom. "In two minutes more"? he grinned grimly?"I'm going to rhoop and carry on about your sulidc!" With a short, dry easn of terror nd disgust, the girl who looked like atria tore herself away from the bed nd reehd out to the deck. fl The door to the next stateroom wtm *