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BEGIN HERE TODAY.
Sir Charles Abingdon engages Paul
Harley, criminal investigator, to find
out why Sir Charles is kept under
surveillance by persons unknown to
hint. Harley dimes at the Abingdon
hone. Sir Charles falls from his
chair in a dying state. Abingdon's
last words are "Nicol Brinn" and
"Fire -Tongue."
Harley asks Brine the meania_g of
"Fire -Tongue," but Brien refuses to
enlighten him.
Harley investigates the life of
Ormuz Khan, friend of Phil Abing-
don, daughter of Sir Charles. Naida,
an Oriental, calls at the hone of Nicol
Brinn.
GO ON WI'iH THE STORY.
"Yes, sir," was the reply. "If you
follow the uphill road on the other
side of the station until you come to
the Manor Park—you will see the
gates --and then branch off to the
right, taking the road facing the
gates. Hillside—that's the name of
the house --is about a quarter of a
mile along."
Dusk was beginning to fall and, al-
though the nature of his proposed op-
erations demanded secrecy, he recon
Tied that every hour was precious.
Accordingly he walked immediately
back to the spot at which he had left
the car' and, following the porter's
directions, drove over the line at the
level crossing immediately beyond the
station and proceeded up a tree -lined
road until he found himself smiting
the railing of an extensive tract of
park land.
Presently heavy gates appeared in
view, and then, to the right, another
lane in which the growing dusk paint-
ed many shadows. He determined to
drive cn until he should find a suit-
able hiding place. And at a spot, as
lie presently learned, nota hundred
yards from Hillside, he discovered an
opening in the hedge which divided
the road frons a tilled field. Into this,
without hesitation, he turned the
racer, backing in, in order that he
might be ready for a flying start in
case of emergency. Once more he set
out on foot.
Ile proceeded with caution, walking
softly close to the side of the road, and
frequently pausing to listen. Advanc-
ing in this fashion, he found himself
standing ere long before an open
gateway, and gazing along a drive
which presented a vista of utter
blackness. .A. faint sound reached his
ear ---the distant drone of a powerful
engine. A big car was mounting the
slope from Lower Claybury Station.
CHAPTER XVIII.
WHAT EtAiPENED TO BARLEY—CON-
TINU ED.
Not until Harley cane within sight
of `the house, a low, rambling Jacobean
building, did he attempt to take cover.
He scrambled up a tree and got astride
of a wall. A swift survey by his elec-
ric torch of the ground on the other;
aide revealed a jungle of weeds in;
either direction,
Suddenly came an idea that was
born of emergency. Swarming up the
tree to where its dense foliage began,
he perched upon a stout bough and
waited.
Three minutes later came a blaze of
light through the gathering darkness;
and the car, which he had last sent
the Savoy, was turned into the drive,
and presently glided smoothly past
him below.
The interior lights were extinguish,
eel, so that he was unable to discern
the occupant's. ' The house itself was
also unilluminsted. And when the car
pulled up before this porch, less: than
ten yards from his observation post,
he could not have recognized the per
Icons who descended and entered Hill
side. Indeed, only by the sound of the
closing door did he know that they
had gone in, But two figures were
easily discernible, and he judged them
to be those of Ormuz IChan and his
secretary. 1Ie waited patiently, and
Ire long the limousine was turned in
the little courtyard before the torah
iar,d driven out into the lane again,
Ho did not fail to note that;, the lafie
regained, the chauffeur headed, net
toward Lower Claybury, hut away
from it.
tie retained has poasitnon until the
beam of the motor grey, Im i the
distance, and ee s fi'{x lb IlEJc
when he detected tki oloW of a: .�
olid approaching earl:
This Veit' ateetIV isine,
most notable characteristic being that
the blinds were drawn in all the win-
dows.
On this occasion, when the chauffeur
stepped around and•opened the door,
only
one passenger alighted'
Presently the second car was driven
away, pm -seeing the same direction as
the first. Hot upon its departure came
the drone of a third. The windows of
the third car also exhibited drawn
blinds. As it passed beneath him he
stifled an exclamation of triumph.
Vaguely, nebulously, the secret of this
dread thing Fire -Tongue, which had
uplifted its head in England, appeared.
before his mind's eye. It was only
necessary for him. to assure himself
that the latest visitor had been ad-
mitted to the house before the next
move became possible. Accordingly
he changed his position, settling him-
self more comfortably upon the bough.
And now he watched the three cars
perform each two journeys to same
spot or spots unknown, and, return-
ing, deposit their passengers before
the porch of Hillside. The limousine
used by Ormuz Khan, upon its second
appearance had partaken of the sain.e.
peculiarity as the others: there were
blinds drawn inside the windows.
Paul Harley believed that he under-
stood precizely what this signified, and
when, after listening intently in the
•stiliness of the night, he failed to de -
He drew his automatic swiftly from
his pocket.
teat sounds of any other approach, he
descended to the path and stole toward
the dark house.
Passing gently froiu window to win-
dow,
indow, his quest ultimately earned its
reward. Through a crack in one of
the shutters a dim light shone out.
At first he could hear nothing, but, his
investigation being aided by the still-
ness of the night, he presently became
aware that a voice was speaking
'within the room—deliberately, music-
ally. The beating of Ms heart seemed
to make his body throb to the very
finger tips. He had recognized the
voice to be the voice of Ormuz Khan 1
Now, his sense of hearing becoming
attuned to the muffled tonee, he began
to make out syllables, words, and,
finally, sentences.
"My God i" he whispered. He drew
his automatic swiftly from his pocket,
and, pressed against the wall beside
the window, looked about him as a man
looks who finds himself surrounded by
enemies.
Paul Harley retreated step by step
to the bushes. He held the pistol tight-
ly clenched in his right hand.
He had heard bus own death sen,.
tence pronounced and he knew that It
was likely to be executed.
CHAPTER XIX.
WHAT IHAPPENDD TO HARLEY-CON.
CLUDED. -.
He regal/led the curve of the drive
without meeting any opposition.
There, elippin„ the pistol into his
ocOet, he climeed rapidly up the tree.
from .w11ich lee had watched the ar-
rival Of the three cars, climbed over
the well, and dropped into the weed
jungle beyond. • He crept stealthily
forward to the gap where he had ecu-
cealed the racer, clrawin:g nearer and
nearer to the bushes lining the ianoc,
His car had disappeared:
Feeling his way into the lane, ho
sot out running for the highroad, his
footsteps ringing out sharply upon
the dusty way. .The highroad gained,
he turned, not to the left, • but to the
'right, ran 'up the bank and threw him-
self flatly down upon it, lyink close
to tho hedge, and watching the en-
trance to tho lane.
A faint sound, so faint that only a'
man in deadly peril could have detect-
ed it, brought him up sharply. He
crouched back against the hedge, look-
ing behind him. For a long, time he
,flailed to observe anything. Then,
against the comparatively high tone
of the dusty road, he saw a silhouette
—the head and shoulders of someone
who peered out cautiously'.
.As Paul Harley had prayed would
be the ease, his pursuers evidently be-
lieved that he had turned in the direc-
tion of Lower Claybury. A vague,
phantom figure, Harley slaw the man
wave his arm, whereupon a second.
man joined him -a third—and, finally,
a fourth.
Harley clenched his teeth grimly,
and asthe ominous quartet .began to
move toward the left he resumed his
slow retreat to the right-goiing ever
farther away, of necessity, from the
only centre with which he was ac-
quainted and from which, he could
hope to summon: asistanee. Finally,
he reached the nii.Iestone. resting al-
most against the railings of the Manor
Park.
I3rawing a deep breath, he, sprang
upon the milestone, succeeded in grasp-
ing the top 'of the high iron railings,
and hauled himself up bodily.
Praying that the turf might be soft,
he jumped. Fit though he was, and
hardened by physical exercise, the im-
pact almost stunned hire.
In less than a minute he was on
his feet again and looking alertly
about him. Striking into the park
land, turning to the left, and parallel=
mg the highroad, he presntly came out
upon the roadway, along which, under
shelter of a straggling hedge, he: be-
gan to double back. In sight of the
road dipping down to Lower Claybury
he crossed, forcing his way through a
second hedge thickly sown with thorns.
Badly torn, but careless of such
minor injuries, he plunged heavily
through a turnip field, and, bearing
always to• the left, came out finally
upon the road leading to the station,
and only some fifty yeards from the
bottom of the declivity.
A moment he paused, questioning
the silence. He was unwilling to be-
lieve that he had outwitted his pur-
suers. Therefore, pistol in hand in,
he descended to the foot of tli
Now came the hardest filo* oot"a:
The station was closed for the night.
Nor was there any light in the signal
box. Evidently no other .train was
due upon ••that branch line until some
time in the early .morning. The level
crossing gate was open, but before
breaking cover he paused a while to
consider what he should do.
He made up his mind, and, darting
out into the road, he ran across the
line, turned sharply, and did not Ranee
until he stood before the station mas-
ter's window. Then his quick wits
were put to their ultimate test.
(To be continued.)
HE KNEW WHEN
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Amateur Fisherman: Oh, yes, 1
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The first woman associate of the
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Radio Attracts
Varied Market
Even Silo Dealers Adding Line
of Equipment—Electrical
Shops Lead
Washington—Even silo dealers and
candy stores are retailing radio
equipment nowadays, according to an
analysis of returns made in a recent
survey of radio stocks just compiled
by the electric equipment .division of.
the Commerce Department. Fifty-
eight varieties of radio dealers were
indicated. Coal dealers, farm imple-
ment stores, jewelers; groceries, seed
stores, animal pet shops, and printers
all sell radio.
Innumerable combinations such as
furniture and hardware, sporting
goods and music were found, in such
cases the stores were listed under
each classification involved. It is
possible, in some communities, for a
man to go into a plumber's shop. and
get his . radio wants filled, while an-
other man in another town can have
his furnace fixed or buy a five -tube
set at the same office.
Replies from 8546 dealers indicated
their main business activities out of
a total of 7718 received. Stores spe-
cializing in single lines totaled 2903,
the remaining 643 carrying two or
more lines. Of those stores selling
radio to -day, electrical supply shops;'
with 26 per cent., lead the list in the
survey; followed by radio stores, with
709, or 20 per cent. and hardware
stores with 482 .or 13 per cent,• The
t 10 in order are musical instru-
ments, 8.5 per cent.; automobiles, 5.8 -
per cent.; batteries and ignition sup-
plies, 5:5; tires and tire repairs, 4.4;
drugs, 4:1; garages, 4; furniture 8.6;
general and department stores 8.3;
service stations 1.3, and automobile
accessories 1 per cent.
Park Poets
I like to sit in Washington Square
Watching the gents with great long
hair,
Writing their lofty and lyrical rhymes
For The World and The Tribune, The
Sun and The Times;
Writing of nightingales, robins and
crows,
Of dandies and derelicts, gansters
and 'box;
Writing of women, of song and of
wine, '
Some of it foolish and some of it fine,
'Some of it tragic and some of it tough,
Some of it strange and superfluous
stuff,
For many, a poet is wont to abuse
The subtle weird fancies and moods
of the muse.
--Harvey AMcKenzie, New York.
"Would you be good enough to look
aftermy car?' 'Si;!1 am the mayor
of. this, town!" "That doesn't matter.
You look honest enough!"
Floods in Old England
IN i~NGLANO, TOO,
There havebeen great gales and floods in the Old and. A s•tree
Wood, Lancashire ,after the great storm of early November,
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Vienna, After Ten
dears
While Soviet Eussia is celebrating
Its tenth anniversary as a CoMmuniett
state the city of Vienna is entering
upon its tenth year under Sooiallst
rule. It would be eaeRy to carry the
analogy between Russia and Vienna
too far, but it is interesting to note
that, while the fernier IS the only
great country governed according to
the pril'iciples of communism, the
latter is the only great city of the
world Inwhich the Socialist 'experi-.
anent has been conducted over a
period long enough for any estimate
to be made of its praotidk value.
Socialism, wee Viefina's answer to
the chaos into which the proud capital
of . the Austro-Hungarian Empire was
plunged by the World W #. Ten
years ago the city was starving.
With the conclusion et peace the tiny
Austrian state faced economic dis-
aster. Only the direct intervention
of the Allied owers, acting through
the League of Nations, saved it from.
collapse. Vienna, once gay and
prosperous, had to fight for its very`
life, for the Austria of which it was
once the hub and center had so shrunk
that It could not supply the needs of
a great urban community, while the
manufacturing interests of the capital
bad lost their markets. mor Vienna
something like Socialism, which
would draw upon whatever wealth re.
mained to its citizens for the re -
tont -cies to save Its great working
population, was probably the only
thing which could' have saved it. ,
To that extent at least the >9oeialist
experiment has been successful.
Vienna Is still in existence and in
many projects, such) as its solution
of the post-war housing •problem, the
city's Socialist administration has
done admirable work. It is putting
up a vigorous fight against,most unfav-
orable economic conditions, and while
all is not entirely well, as the riots
last summer showed, the situation
in Vienna to -day is cheerful as eom-
pared with that of some seven yearn.
ago.
On the larger problem of Vienna's
economic future both the Socialist
government of the city and the Gov-
ernment of Austria are almost power-
less, Vienna as a great city has lost
its raison d'etre. It seems doomed.
As seat of the Government o,i the old
empire, as focal point for the econ-
omic activities of the extensive ter-
ritories cora-A-lied by the Hapsburgs,
there were` many reasons' why it
should be the great city it was. To-
day it remains a capital without a
country, slowly but surely being forc-
ed to adapt itself to new and tragic
circumstances.
• "When a girl appears shy at the
mention of her age she generally
le—from five to ten years.
Morocco
Paris. Capital: After long negotia-
tions, follo'3ing repeated requests by
Spain, 1n 1923 we weakly agreed to
modify the Tangier statute to our
own disadvantage and to the disad-
vantage of our ally, the Sultan.
Britain and Spain, exultant that they
had scored over us, put their signa-
tures at the bottom of this 1923 agree-
ment. Thereupon, as a direct con-
sequence of the dangerous policy fol-
lowed in the Rif by Spain, Abdel
Krim attached us. We were compel-
led to make, both in 1925 and in 1926,
great expenditure of man power and
material to overcome it. We accom-
plished our task and, thanks to our
blood and our gold, Spain knew what
it was to have peace In a region
where she had been fighting and los-
ing for 400 years. And then an un-
expected development! To thank us
for having done the work, which she
bad not been able to 'finish off until
1026, she asked us in 1927 to hand
over Tangier and its zone entirely to.
her.. ..She is playing the game of
Italy,• who is always on the look -out
for a chance to intervene in Morocco,
and the game. of Germany, vele) wants
to reopen the whole question of the
colonial mandates.
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The Soviets and Britain
Moscow Izvestia (J. C. T. Vaugtr•-,
an, British Minister at Riga, warned
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Latvia with regard to the Soviet - at;
vian Treaty.) This statement means
a direct indication to Latvia that she
has the right to conclude only those,
treaties which suit England. The
press of .the world is never tired of
crying out about the alleged interfer-
once of the U. S. S. R. in the interna
affairs of foreign States; but neve
and nowhere could it adduce any actei
of the 11. S. S. R. ever so remotely)
akin to- Mr. Vaughan's action.
He had been trying all the evening
to summon the courage to tell her..
It was a thing that rally required aa
great deal of intrepidity. She was his;
ideal. Slim, brown -eyed, beautiful'
golden hair. As he gazed at her ho
finally made up his mind. "Darling,"
he said, "I love you. If 1 asked you tot
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pup, "very much on the income,"
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