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THE PERILS OF P ' Presented by the Hearst Sunday Newspapers in Collaboration
MM yith the Famous Pathe Players in a Photo-Play Serial Novel
SYNOPSIS OF PREVIOUS INSTALMENTS.
Sanford Marvin, a weafthy manufacturer
of automobiles, has worn himself out by
overwork. His son, Harry, and his adopted
daughter, Pauline, love each other, but she
wants two years of thrilling experiences see
ing life before marrying. Her reason Is that
she Is ambitious to be a writer. Old Mr.
Marvin asks to see what she has written.
While Pauline and Harry are In search of a
magazine containing her story Mr. Marvin
opens the case of a mummy which has just
arrived from Egypt Raymond Owen, hls
rascally private secretary, helps lift off the
front of the case, but, leaves the old man to
remove the mummy’s bandages alone. Mr.
Marvin, during a fainting spell, seces the
half-exposed mummy come to life, step out
of her case, take a bracelet from her wrist
and try to force It into his nerveless grasp
Written by Charles Goddard
The Distinguished Playwright.
Continued from Last Sunday.
CHAPTER XIX.
Copyright, 1914, by tthe Star Company.
All Foreign Rights Reserved.
HERE,” said Harry, as he helped
€ I Pauline out of his runabout at
the Marvin gate, “that'’s what I
call adventure. We have braved the perils
of the elty streets; we have felt the thrill
of companionship in danger, the mystery of
romance, the exhilaration of”——
“Presh alr. Yes, 1 know,” saild Panline
“Your senme of excitement, dear brother,
frightens me. Promise me you will take no
more risks.”
“Risks? What else is there in a man's
life with you trying to get hurt a new way
every other minute?”
“But haven't 1 promised to let you man
age the next adventure? “Ah,” she
mocked, pausing and looking down at him
from the top of the steps, “I can see whai
it winl be like, With an armed bodyguard
I shall bear a banner marked “Safe and
Sane” from the front door to the library.”
“And there might be safer things to do
than just that,” replied Harry, as he opened
the door to glimpse the siientiy reilreating
form of Owen down the hall.
“Always watching, always watching” he
muttered.
“Well, it was Owen to Devil's Island with
me—not you."
“Oh, didn’t 17" demanded Harry, with a
vivid mental picture of the voyage on the
raft.
“But you didn't save me. Yon watched
me fly away in an airship that was on fire
and all you did was to run after me in boats
and automobiles and things and bring me
home—after I had saved myself. Really, I
think Owen might plant a better adventure
than you.”
“Really, I think he usually does” said
Harry with bitter meaning.
“If you don’t suggest something right
sway, I'm going to ask Owen to do it.”
“I have thought of something—something
interesting and worth writing about.”
“A camp meeting or a ride in a swan
boat 7"
“A ride in a smuggler's boat—a real smug
gler running a pirate crew right out of New
York. How does that strike you?"
“Harry! Do yvou mean it? A modern smug
gler, who kills custom inspectors with one
hand and appraises Parisian models with
the other?”
*About that—but the pledge is that yon
don't tell any one. This is a little brother
and sister affair-—-no eavesdropping secre
tarfes in it. Do you agree?’
“oOf course, but you must hurry.”
They had passed through the door of the
library, and Owen, listening outside, smiled
the bevenolent smile that even Hicks dis
trusted.
But Hicks did not insist on trusting or
being trusted by his versatile emplover. It
was sufficient that Owen paid well for dan
gerous services. He was therefore pleased
that afternoon on sauntering into the old
West Side rendezvous to receive from the
barman a cryptic message which sounded
l{ke advice on market conditions, but was
really an order to get to the first telephone
and ring up Owen.
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while her lips whisper a strange message
from the remote past.
Restored to consciousness by Harry and
Pauline, the old man believes It to be a
dream until later he finds the Identical
bracelet on the mummy's skeleton wrist. He
promises Pauline one year to see life, and
places her in the guardianghip of Owen. A
final heart attack gives him just time to
write on the doctor’s prescription blank a
brief will. Then he dies. A lawyer tells
Owen that he would have permanent charge
of Pauline's estate If something should hap
pen to her before marriage. !gick.. a race
track man, and Owen, conspire to kill Pau.
lilne. The preceding chapters have dealt
with the many efforts of the two to accom
plish this.
In Pauline’s latest adventcre she casts her
fot with smugglers under the domination of
the plotters. The Instaiment that follows
deals with the plot.
As the result of the subsequent talk
over the wire, Mr. Hicka made a hurried
trip to one of his favorite watermg places—
the Frie Basin. Among tue popular shore
hoteis he met old friends and made new
ones.
The next morning, while Harry Marvin
was bidding Pauline good-by on his way to
business, Mr. Hicks was greeting by appoint
ment four gentlemen of the leisure class
that frequents the squalid water-front.
“Don’t forget my smugglers,” admonished
Paunline. “When do we start?”
“l can’t say exactly,” Harry replied. “Yon
must be ready to leave at any time and
under any circumstances. We may get the
secret message next week or this morning
~I can’'t tell. Good-by.”
As he opened the door a gust of wind
swept his coat about him and made him
grip his hat. ’
“Hope it lisn't this morning,” he ex
claimed. *“lt’s no weather for a sail.”
When he had gone, Pauline went to the
window of the drawing room and looked out
upon the swaying wind-lashed trees of the
park and the gray drizzle that fogged the
alr. . . . Her gaze was wistful She
gquite disagreed with Harry. To her this
day of evil omen in the midst of Summer
seemed ideal for adventure. In the stories
of adventure there was always a convenient
thunder storm to shroud and yet luridly
illumine the principal murder.
She did not know that in another room
near by the watchful Owen was doing pre
sisely the same thing. Only the restless
ness of Owen seemed to have a definite
meaning. He paced the room nervously at
Intervals, and always returned to the win
jow.
He seemed to be waiting for something.
S 0 did Pauline. :
He seemed to know what he was wait
mg for. Pauline did not; she knew but
vague surmises and fascinating dreams. She
sat down and tried again to work.
The listless click of the typewriter keys
reached the ears of Owen, who smiled even
in his excited suspense,
“She will have another story to write to
morrow, perhaps,” he muttered. Then, as
his eyes turned again to the window, he
added between grinning teeth: “Yes, by
Jove, she will."”
What Owen saw on the street below gave
him much greater pleasure than it gave to
Bemis, the stately butler, who answered a
ring at the doorbell a moment later.
To Bemis's astonished gaze appeared four
callers such as never before had dared ap
proach the portals of the Marvin mansion
in all his vears of service. Slouching fig
ares clad in oilskins and sallow, evil faces
framed in dripping sou'westers, they ap
palled while they enraged the butler.
“What do you mean by coming here? Be
off instantly,” he commanded.
“Looky here, cove, don’'t talk like that
now,” said the leader of the group. “We
just wants a half of a short word wid Miss
Pauline Marvin.”
“That is out of the question. Will you go
ar shall 1 call the police?”
Bemis was closing the door without wait-
Ing for a reply when he heard a soft foot
fall behind him.
“What is it, Bemis?” came the slow query
of Owen.
“A band of ruffians, sir—fishermen, I take
{t—asking to see Miss Marvin.”
“Did you tell Miss Marvin?"
“Indeed, it didn't occur to me, sir. Such
rascally looking fellows. I told them to
he off.”
“Oh, let them wait a moment, Bemis. It
adventure, you know. Tell them to wait.”
“Outside, of course, sir,”
“No, let them come inside,” said Owen in
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his voice of benevolence. *“I will speak to
Miss Marvin.”
If Bemis had not been struck dumb by the
command he probably would have flatly re
belled. As it was, he held the door open
in throttled silence while the damp, dismal
quartet shuffled into the hall.
Pauline quickly answered Owen’s rap. He
was smiling whimsically as he faced her.
“I ask your pardon for interrupting,” he
said, “but there are some strange men down
stairs with a secret message for you. Shall
I have Bemis send them away, or—"
Pauline arose rapturously. It was as if a
praver had been answered, a premonition
fulfilled.
“Oh, no, indeed,” she cried. “I must see
them. 1 was expecting—that is—do they
look as if they might be—er—smugglers,
Owen?”
The secretary laughed. “Well, I might
say they do,” he answered. He stepped to
the top of the stairs and made a sign to
Bemis, who, fairly trembling with astonish
ment, escorted the strange visitors to Paul
ine's door.
“Well, speak up; what is it you wish to
say to Miss Marvin,” demanded Owen.
“It ain’t for nobody but her. I got to tell
it to her alone,” said the leader.
“That is absurd. We do not know——"
Pauline interrupted him eagerly. “Yes,
let him speak to me alone. I am sure it is
important for us to do as he says,” she
commanded.
Owen seemed to hesitate, but soon fol
lowed Bemis; who had instantly withdrawn.
The spokesman of the newcomers stepped
close to Pauline.
“l was to tell ya we're smugglers. Mr.
Harry, he sent us. He said fer you to come
wid us, an’ there ain’t no time to spare.”
“I am to go with you—now?" she asked,
bewildered but delighted.
“Yes, ma’am; we got a auty-moble 'round
the corner. It'll be a long trip, so we brung
va these.” He pulled from under his arm
a sleek new suit of oilskins and a sou™
wester.
This Is from the Motion Picture Film of “Pauline” by the Famous Paths Players.
Pauline at the Mercy of the Villainous Smugglers
Pauline blushed, but took them, and start
gdnfor her room. She passed Owen in the
all.
“What on earth are you going to do?” he
asked in feigned amazement.
“Please, please don't be stupid and ask
questions,” she pleaded. “I am going to put
on these things and drive away into the
storm. If I knew any more I should be
bored.”
In a few minutes she returned clad in the
garments of the sea and quite pleased with
her appearance.
“Are they not becoming?” she queried
archly of Owen.
b“What is there that is not?”’ he answered,
ape 3
She held up a protesting finger. *“Now 1
told you not to be fussy. 1 am going.”
“Then I must come, too; it is my duty.”
“They are ordered to bring me, alone
You would spoil everything,” she pouted.
“What can I say—how can 1 explain to
Mr. Harry?”
Pauline laughed airily. “Oh, he’ll not
mind. Harry is a dear. Do you know, I
actually beliave Harry is waking up. Good
by.” She led the way out of the house while
Bemis fled to the recesses of the kitchen, his
world fallen under him.
Owen laid a hand on the shoulder of the
smuggler leader.
The man turned. He saw something small
and shining in Owen’s palm, and drew back
as if from a blow.
“No, no—not that,” he whispered. “There’s
nothin’ like that in this bargain, Mr. Owen.”
“Take it, Perry. It is for your own pro
tection. It is. quick and silent and sure.
You naed not nse it except to savs yourself
in case of trouble.”
The man took the thing gingerly and
swiftly concealed it. *“All right, Mr. Owen,”
he growled, “but I don’t like even to have
it along. I ain’t never used one yet.”
Owen slapped his shoulder encouraging
ly. “Good-by, Perry, and good luck,” he said.
He followed through the door aud, stcod
bareheaded in the rain watching Pauline
and her four companions enter the huge
covered car that had swung to the gate.
Pauvline turned and waved Lim a merry fare
well as the car started. As he stepped baék
{nto the soft warmth of the mansion he was
rubbing his hands and laughing to himself.
Fifth avenue was deserted in the drizzle,
and if any eyes from the high mansion win
dows watched the departure of the strange
party in the automobile none was curious
enough to question.
The machine glided east, and crossing the
Manhattan Bridge over the East River, was
soon making speed along the empty roads of
the Long Island south shore.
Pauline was eager and exultant, although
gomething in the studied silence of her
companions wakened a vague uneasiness
within her. They would answer direct ques
tions with rough politeness, but they would
not be drawn into fascinating tales of their
dangerous past. Pauline surmised that the
business in hand—probably the running of
a gauntlet of revenue cutters with a load
of foreign treasure—was weighing heavily
upon them.
Along the shore road the wind was a bit
ing gale. The rain had stopped, but at noon
the skies were dusk-gray and lowering. For
more than an hour now no vehicle had
passed them. They seemed to be driving
into a less and less inhabited section.
They flashed past a small rickety pier
,ound which the high waves were crashing
venomously, and just beyond, in a crotch of
crossroads, they drew up in front of a de
serted roadhouse. .
The roadhouse was like the pler, broken
ard weather beaten. Once a gay meeting
place of pleasure seekers, it had enjoyed its
brief period of prosperity, and, like a worn
out reveller, had sunk, decrepit, to decay.
It had kept alive as a gaming den after
it had failed as a hostelry, and broken tables
and a smashed roulette wheel covered with
the dust of years told still the story of the
raid that had finished it completely as a
human habitation.
“Here’'s where we meet Mr. Harry,” said
the leader, Perry, to Pauline. “You just
follow me. If he ain’t here now he will be
mighty soon. We're a little early.”
“But the boat—where is the boat?” in
quired Pauline, with anxiety.
Perry laughed a bit uneasily. “She’ll pick
us up at the pier down yonder,” he replied.
“But they’s things to do before then, Misas. -
We don’t make na trips by daylight, you
know.”
Pauline was fas-.
cinated anew. It
was, then to_be a
voyage in the
dark, on an un
lighted vessel,
creeping stealth
ily among the
watchful cutters
to the side of
some smuggling
schooner from far
seas and lands. In
her expectant ar
dor she was fear
less of even the
grim old road
house towards
which Perry was
now leading the
way.
The wind rat
tled the old-fash
joned shutters on
the upper win
dows, and the
whole frame of
the structure
creaked dismally.
But it was a solid
door which Perry
unlecked and held
open for Pauline.
They stepped
into what had
been the bar and
gaming room of
the place. The
wrecked para
phernalia lay
amid the ruins of
once splendid fur
niture. The dusty
rampart of the
bar stood like a
tombstone over
the grave of
cheer.
Pauline moved
Bi bl adiats - S CHEEEAR . ~1, Tl
This Is from the Motion Plcture Film of “Pauline” by the Famous Path
Players.
The Smugglers in the Marvin Home Caution the
Adventurous Pauline.
forward a few
steps into the zloomy room. She heard the
Joor close behind her.
“What a strange place,” she sald. *“Do
you live here or is it just a hiding place?”
Perry did not answer and she turned
quickly. A little cry of surprise escaped
her. Perry was not in the room.
Suspicion gripped her and she sprang at
the door, but the click of the key in the lock
told her she was again imprisoned. A low
laugh sounded outside.
For the first time she noticed that the two
windows of the room were covered with
iron bars. She tried the windows and when
she had opened them she tugged at the bars.
The effort was as futile as her pleading cries
to her captors.
She could see Perry returning to the ma
chine. She waved her arms from the win
dow and called again and again. The men
paid no attention to her, but neither did
they show any intention of departing. They
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were all out of the car now, stamping th=
kinks out of their long cramped Hmrbs.
Pauline turned from the window and be
gan a half eager, half frightened Inspeection
of the place. Behind a pile of rubbish she
saw another door. Its glass panel had been
broken. It seemed to lead nowhere, for it
was in the center wall, but she dug away
the debris from in front of it and wrenched
it wide. :
Within was nothing but a mustr box with
a small shelf at about the level of her
elbows; but Pauline gasped with quick
triumph as she saw the dust-covered bell
box of a telephone above the shelf.
She found the telephone on the floor. Her
hands trembled as she lifted it. Fear suc
ceeded her thrill of hope. She felt certain
that the wires had been cut. She held her
breath as she lifted the receiver and watted
for Central’s answer.
A second passed—another. They seemed
Ifke hours. There was a dull twanging in
her ears, but was it not the whining of the
wind outside? She clattered the hook up
and down till tiny dust clouds danced away
from it and choked her. Her heart beats
pulsed flercely through her temples, but
suddenly seemed to stop entirely as the
bored voice of an operator afar off droned
a weary “Number, please?” over the wire,
There was a directors’ meeting In prog
ress in the offices of the Marvin Motors
Company. In a comfortable-sized, plainly
furnished room in the great Woolworth
tower, from the windows of which one counld
gaze over all the mighty city and far along
the shores of Long Island, Harry Marvin
was discussing with his colleagues the plans
for a new factory in the West.
The telephone buzzed at Harry's elbow.
“Hello; hello, Polly. What——"
He stopped. His face blanched with
alarm. His eyes roamed fearfully to those
of the startled directors leaning near. Over
the wire, in a faint far voice—but unmistak
ably the voice of Pauline—had come the
broken message:
“] am a prisoner at Bayport on the South
Shore. Help——"
Harry began to pound the call-hook fran
tically.
“Get me back that connection—get it
quick. I'll give you a thousand dollars—ten
thousand. Get back that connection. What?
No answer? Wire dead? They've cut it.
They heard her call.”
He was almost shouting to himself. He
sprang from his chair oblivious of all around
him. The amazed directors rushed towards
him, fell back before him as he rushed to
the door, called after him vainly as he
dashed through the main office and away.
“Telephone to Whilsey’s Garage, Brook
lyn, to have a car at Atlantic avenue for me
in five minutes. I'll take the subway over.
Tell 'em it's life and death. Tell 'em any
thing to make ’em do it quick.”
Harry spoke rapidly, but he was cool now.
At that moment, in the deserted road
house, two men weré holding Pauline while
the others stood in angry consultation
around the telephone booth. %
“] thought you said you'd been all over
the place. I thought you said it was safe,”
snarled Perry at one of the group who cow
ered under his glare.
“] did.” stammered the man. *“I &id go
all over it. But who'd a thought to find a
telyphone in a dump like this here?”
“How do ya suppose they ran the pool-
room here two years ago without a tely
phone?” yelled Perry. “I'll see ya get cat
off the dough list for this. Ya won’t gat a
cent.
He snatched up the telephone which he
had §just cut from its wires and hurled 1t
against the farther wall. Then he caught
Pauline brutally by the throat.
“Did ya get him or didn’t ya?” he growled
at Pauline for the tenth time,
She looked at him defiantly without
answering.
“If they hadn’t said not to hmrt ya, I'd
make ya tell quick enough. Now we got it
all to do over again. Now we got to take
her some’res else.”
“Maybe she never got no one, though”
suggested one of the group.
An’ maybe I'm takin’ chances on a job
like this,” thundered Perry. “No, sir, not
in a gamblin’ house. Bring her along.”
(To be continued next Sunday.)