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I medical man who turned the trick. jj worked for years to perfect some low- ,

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, tion.8o “Joint Ease" 1* prepared only j

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“PAWNED”An Unu*ual Romance of People Whose Very Being Is

Pledged to Do the Bidding of Others.

By FRANK L. PACKARDAuthor of “The Miracle Alan,” “From Now On,” etc.

Copyright, 19tt, by Public Ledger Company.

(Continued from Yesterday's Star.)

XVI.

A Wolf Licks IIM Chops.

OUTSIDEthe house Crane con-

tinued to run. He was un-

conscious that he had forgot-

ten his hat. His face worked

In livid fury. Alternately he burst

out Into short, ugly gusts of laughter

that made of laughter an evil thing;

alternately, racked with unbridledpassion, he mouthed a flood of oathhs.

He ran on for some three blocks,

and finally dashed up the steps of a

small. drab-lookTmg. cheap frame

house. A brass sign, greenish with

mold from neglect, flanked one sideof the door. Under the street light it

could Just barely be deciphered:

SYDNEY ANGUS CHANG, M. D.

He tried the door. It was locked.He searched impatiently and hastily

In his pockets for hl= pass key, andfalling to find it instantly, he rang

the bell; and then, without waiting

for an answer to the summons, he ira-

mediatfly began to bang furiously

upon the panels.An old woman, his housekeeper,

whose bare feet had obviously been

thrust hurriedly into slippers, andwho clutched at the neck of a woolendressing gown that also obviously,and with equal haste, hud been flung

around her shoulders over her night-

dress. finally opened the door.“Get out of the road!" Crang

snarled —and brushed his way rough-ly past her.

He stepped forward along an un-lighted hall, opened a door and slam-med it behind him. He switched on

the light. He was in his consulting

room.' The next Instant he wasstanding beside* his desk and had

wrenched John Bruce’s letter from his

pocket. He spread this out on the

desk and glared at it. Beyond any

doubt whatever, where Claire s tearshad alien on the paper traces of

writing were faintly discernible. Here,out of an abortive word, was a well-formed "e"; and there, unmistakably,

was a capital "L.”Crang burst into a torrent of abuse

and oaths; his lists clenched and he

•-hook one of them in the air."Double-crossed—eh? —damn him!

he choked. "He tried to double-crossme—did he?" j

Carrying the letter, he ran now into ja little room behind his olllce. where ihe compounded his medicine, ami

that was fitted up as a sort of smalllaboratory.

, . ,

T in a clever man." Crang mumbledto himself "We ll see about thisi"

With sudden complacence he began

to study the sheet of paper. He nod-ded curtlv to himself as he noted that

the traces of the secret writing were

all on the lower edge of the paper."We’il he very careful, very care-

ful”—Dr. Crang was still mumbling—-"it may he useful in more ways than

one.”He turned on the water faucet, wet

a camel’s-hair brush and applied thebrush to th- lower edge of the letter.The experiment was productive of no

result. He stared at the paper for awhile with wrinkled brow, and thensuddenly he began to laugh iron-ically.

"No. of course not!" He was jeer- jing at himself now. "Clever? You 'are not clever, you are a fool! She;¦ ried on the paper. Tears! Tearspossess a slight trace of"—he reached iquickly for a glass container, and be-gan to prepare a solution of somey o rt —“a very slight trace • • •

j that's why the characters that al-ready show are so faint. Now we'll

! see, Mr. John Bruce, what you've got

ito say • » * Salt! * * • A little(salt, eh?"1 He dipped the camel’s-hair brush in

i the solution and drew it across the Ibottom edge of the paper agaiin.

¦TIa. ha!" exclaimed Dr. Crang in'; . :-g, r excitement. Letters, words and |

sentences began to take form under;( the brush. "Ha. ha! He’d play that

i game with me. would he?”Very carefully Sydney Angus Crang,

j M. D., worked his brush upward on• the paper line by line, until, still well' below the signature that John Bruce

had affixed in his. Crang’s presence,there failed to appear any furthertrace of the secret writing. He read

t as fast as a word appeared—like a! starving beast snatching In ferocious

1 greed at morsels of food. It madewhole and complete sense. His eyes

! feasted on it now In its entirety:j Keep away. This is a trap. Stall| till you can turn tables. Information

- obtained while I was delirious. Am( a prisoner In hands of a gang whose

1 leader is a. doctor named Crang. Vc-I niza will tell you where Crang lives.

Get Vi-niza's address from Davcrgnelat the house. The only way to save1 either of us is to trick Crang. Hook

' out for yourself. BHUCE,* He tossed the camel’s hair brush; away, returned to his desk, spread

1 the letter out on a blotter to allow1 the lower edge to dry. and slumpingj down In his chair glued his eyes onthe secret message, reading It overand over again.

“Trick Crang—eh?—ha, ha!" he be-gan to chuckle low; then suddenly

; his fingers, crooked and curved until' they looked like claws, rea -bed out• as though to fasten upon some preylat hand. And then he chuckled oncej more —and then grew somber, and

1 slumped deeper In hie chair, and hiseyes, brooding, were half closed. "Not

! tonight,” he muttered. "One job of!it tomorrow • • • squeal like a! pair of rats that "

He sat suddenly bolt upright in hischair. It came again— a low tapingon the window; two raps three times

1 repeated. Ho rose quickly, crossedthe room, opened the door, and stood

: motionless for a moment peering out! Into the hall. It was a purely pre-cautionary measure—he had littledoubt that his old housekeeper had

: long since mounted the staii-s and• returned to her bed. He steppedrapidly then along the hall, and open-ed the front door.

"That you. Birdie?” he called In alow vole©.

A man's form appeared- from theshadow of the stoop.

"Sure!” the man answered.“Come In!" Dr. Crang said tersely.He led the way into the consulting

room, and slumped down again in hischair.

"Well?" he demanded."Peters arrived all right,” Birdie,

reported. “He registered at theBarney-Mlloy Hotel, and he's therenow."

"Good!" grunted Crang.For a full five minutes he remained

silent and without movement in hischair, apparently utterly oblivious ofthe other, who stood, shifting a little

i awkwardly from foot to foot, on the! opposite side of the desk.| Then Crang spoke—more to him-j self than to Birdie.( "He’H be anxious, of course, and

; growing more so,” he said. “He mightmake a break of some kind. I'll haveto fix that. I’m not ready yet. What?”

Birdie, from staring Inanely at thewall, came to himself with a suddenstart at what he evidently interpret-ed as a direct question.

"Yes —mire!" he said hurriedly. "No—I mean, no, you’re not ready."

Crang glared at the man contemptu-ously.

"What do you know about it?” heInquired caustically.

He picked up the telephone direc-tory, studied It for a moment, then,reaching for the desk telephone, ask-ed for his connection. Presently theBayne-Mlloy Hotel answered him,and he asked for Mr. IU L>. Peters’room. A moment more, and a voicereached him over the phone.

"Is that Mr. Peters?" Crang in-quired quietly. "Mr. It, H. Peters ofSan Francisco? • • • Yr es? ThenI have a message for you, Mr. Peters,

i from the person who sent you a tele--1 gram a few days ago • • • I begjyour pardon? * • • Yes, lam sureyou do • • • Myself? I’d rathernot mention any names over thephone. You understand, don’t you?

"He told me to tell you that It isabsolutely necessary that no connec-tion io known to exist between you.and for that reason he <!oee not daretake the chance of getting Into touch

' from his pocket and rolled up theI sleeve of his left arm. Ho laughedlas the needle pricked his flesh. “To-morrow—John Bruoe!"

I He- slumped far down In his chaironce more. For half an hour he sat

J motionless, his eyes closed. Then hel Spoke again.

"Damn you!” he said.

XVII.

Allas Mr. Anderson.! Dr. Sydney Angus Crang looked at

his watch, as ho stepped from a taxithe next afternoon and entered theBayne-Mlloy Hotel. It was fifteen

minutes to 2. He approached the desk

and obtained a blank card. "From J.B,” he wrote upon it. Ho handed Itto the clerk.

"Please send this up to Mr. R. I*.Peters,” he requested.

Ho leaned nonchalantly against thedesk as a bellboy departed with thecard. From where he stood the frontwindows gave him a view of thestreet, and he could see Birdie i>ark-Ing the taxi a little way up past theentrance. He smiled pleasantly ashe waited.

Presently the bellboy returned withthe Information that Mr. Peters wouldPc© him: and, following the hoy up-stairs, he was ushered Into the sittingroom of one of the Bayn»-Mlloy's

luxurious suites. A tall man with athin, swarthy face confronted him.

Between his fingers the tall man heldthe oard that he, Crang. had sent up,and between his lips the tall man

, sucked assiduously at a quill tooth-pick.

‘Mr. Peters, of course.” Crane: In-qulrcd easily as the door closed be-

hind the- bellboy.Mr. Peters, alias Gilbert Harmon,

nodded quietly.•T was rather expecting Mr. Brucein person.” ho said.

Crang looked cautiously around; him.

To be eon tinned tomorrow.

j GREEK REBEL SOUGHT.

1 Arrets of Qen. Metaxas. Now in

Paris, Ordered.ATHENS, November 26.—A warrant

! has been Issued for the arrest of

Gen. Metaxas. who headed the recent

unsuccessful revolutionary movement

In Greece. He now is in Paris and! It Is stated that he probably will

i lie tried by default on the charge ofinstigating the Greek revolutions.

A statement by Premier Gonataswas published by the newspapers to-day, empahth-ally denying the asser-tion attributed to Gen. Metaxas thatthe present government was conU-m*platatlng “war-like adventures.’

with you tonight, but he will manage!t somehow by early afternoon tomor-row. • .

. what say ? • • •

Yes. it is very serious, otherwise hewould hardly have telegraphed youto come on from San Francisco • • •

No. personally, I don’t know. Thatwas his message; but I was also towarn you on no account to leaveyour rooms, or have communicationwith anybody until you hear directfrom him • • • Xo, 1 do not knowthe particulars. I only know that heIs apparently in a hole, and a badone. and that he is now afnald thatyou will get into It. too • • • Yes.You are sure you fully understand?* * • No. not at all! I am onlytoo glad. • • • flood night."

Crang, with a curious smile on hislips, hung up the receive'*. He turnedabruptly to Birdio.

“You get a taxi tomorrow.” he saidbrusquely. "We'll want, it for twoor three hours. Slip the chauffeurwhatever Is necessary, and changeplaces with him. See? You’ll knowwhere to find one that will fall forthat. Then you come here for me at

—let’s see—the boat sails at 4—youcome here at half past I sharp. Getme?”

"Sure!” said Birdie, with a grin.“That’s a cinch!”

"All right, then!" Crang waved hishand. “Beat it!”

Birdie left the room. A momentlater the front door closed behindhim.

Crang picked up the letter and ex-amined it critically The lower threeor four inches of the paper wasslightly crinkled; hut quite dry now;the body of the original letter showedno sign whatever of his work uponthe lower portion.

Dr. Crang nodded contentedly.Ho rose abruptly, secured his sur-

gical bag. and from It selected alance. With the aid of a ruler andthe keen-bladed little instrument hevery carefully out away the lowersection of the paper. The slip con-taining the erstwhile secret messageho tucked away In his inside pocket;then he examined th-i letter itselfagain even more critically than be-fore. For all evidence that It pre-sented to the contrary, it might havebeen the original size <-f the sheet.There was even a gen- rous margin ofpaper still beneath John Bruce’s sig-

nature. He folded the letter, replac-ed it In its envelope—and now sealedthe envelope.

"Tomorrow!" said Dr. Sydney An-gus Crang. with a sinister smile, as

he produced a hypodermic springe

WORK ON RICHMONDSPEEDWAY TO BEGIN

Project Cotsing Million Waits onSite and Assembling’ of

Materials.By the Amoclaled Press.

RICHMOND, Va., November 26.Work on construction of a motorspeedway near here, which promotersdeclared will involve an expenditure

of 11,000,000, will he started soonafter the first of next year, DavidB. Hill of Indianapolis, president ofthe corporation behind the project,announced here tonight. Mr. Hillsaid surveys of the several tracts un-der consideration have almost beencompleted and the reports will besubmitted to a called meeting of thestockholders within the next fewdays. Definite action on the loca-tion and other details then will b<taken, and actual work will bestarted as soon as materials can beassembled.

Although definite selection of thesite will not be until after the sur-veyors make their report. It is un-derstood a tract near Glen Allen,on the Hlchmond-Washington high-way, and convenient to railroads i»most favored by the stockholders

Mr. Hill .said wherever the location,his corporation intends to build thefinest and fastest track possible, withgood straightaways, bordered by tengrandstands of stucco and concrete,each of which will accommodate10,000 persons.

corporation already has madeapplication to the American Auto-mobile Association to sanction itsraces, Mr. Hill said, and to select adate, preferably July 4, for a pro-posed annual speed classic.

DRUG-SMUGGLING BANDBLAMED IN BOMB DEATHS

By the Associated Press.SAN ANTONIO, Tex., November 26.

•—A band, said to have been smug-gling narcotics through the port ofCorpus Christl. is responsible for thesending of the bomb which killed J.A. Barnes and his son. Jesses. 7 yearsold, in Corpus Christ!, November 13.Texas rangers investigating the case,

announced today. Juan Morales andVictor Fuentes, who are chargedwtth the crime, are alleged to bemerely messengers between thesmugglers and the intended victim,it is declared.

The rangers declared they hadlearned that the editor of a news-paper which had its office above thatoccupied by Barnes, had earned theenmity of the smugglers. This manIs said to have received severalthreats.

TWO DIE IN CRASH.Five Others Hurt When Auto Col-

lides With Moving Train.CANTON', Ohio, November 26.—Two

men were killed and five others in- 1jured, one of them seriously, whentheir automobile crashed into a mov-ing train at Waynesburg, twelve

miles south of this city, Saturday. Thedead are Pancozlo tuuidrea. 10, kilb.iinstantly, and Cassmio eJiaratrom .37. who died in a hospital after bothlegs had been amputated. Nick K«.«sa. 23, is In a hospital here in ~

serious condition.j The seven men were on their w_,to Canton to start XJandrea on h,

way to his former home in ItaUwhere he intended to visit with lii-family.

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THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C„ MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2G. 1023.

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Brake Is One Factor IWhich Makes Franklin |Safest Car on the Road |

pi | I;S?| We have not entered the controversy between Replacement of the brake-band is easy—a SO- 22X two-wheel and four-wheel brakes because wo do minute job costing in the neighborhood of $4.00.

!|i not employ either method. No wheels to pull. ggWe use the transmission brake on the Franklin There is only one place to lubricate. $

car because of its many pronounced advantages Locating the drum on the drive-shaft lengthensV over any other system. brake life. It cools quicker—dirt and water can-

w It has, we believe, more elements of safety than not reach it to cause rapid wear. w

any other brake known, without any element of Every ounce of the extremely light weight of ! :Vdanger. the brake is above the springs. That means greater

® The Franklin tran.mi»ion brake i. located on protection than wheel brake, receive-road .hock. «

X the The braking action being paMed can reach it only through the spring X)jk through the differential equalizes the braking And the transmission brake has less tendency &

effect of each rear wheel regardless of road or to drag, due to much greater motion of the band% brake conditions, resulting in an almost entire for a given movement of the pedal.

0 absence of skidding tendency. There is nothing experimental about it—it has 0X Consequently, this brake is the safest to apply been used on the Franklin for over 20 years.

$5 with maximum force at any speed—on any road jt ha* Bix vital superiorities—safety, effective- $or on a curve. It is impossible to get unequal ness, simplicity, economy, long life and easy j

w braking force—mud, oilor water having no effect. maintenance.

The braking action also passing through the The Franklin has the simplest, safest, easiest- ±

rear axle gears gives a braking power unobtain- operating brake known. Ithas the simplest, surest Wable in any other way. cooling system. The air-cooled motor (no water)

£, ... i has over a hundred fewer parts, and cannot over-

i ?**rear «ude gear, and various lercrage. njuJ* hea t nor freeze under .ny condition.. tTO tiply the pedal pressure 39 times in applied

... TOX braking power. The vibration-absorber, an exclusive, newly- X

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patented device, nullifies the periodic engine WTO That makes it possible to stop the Franklin vibration that has always been thought unavoid- 0$ easily and quickly. The pressure of two fingers aWe Ncw equipment. JK

§Won the brake-pedal will hold the car on a steep _ _ ....... .. . , ... |M

« hill. And if you apply the brak. hard enough to The^rankhr... the .unpl..t, the .«..rt-nding, M, ... .

7. . , . . , ... . , and the fastest car over a day a run, of all cars. X

lock the wheel., ,t doom’t mt.rf.re with .tearing.R uMg ofeverything all theway th h. jp

Care and costs are also in its favor. It is the safest for you and your family to drive.

J 5 The transmission brake has only one adjust- Ask anyone who drives a Franklin. Or better jjjTO ment, a simple thumb-nut to take up wear. No yet, come and get a generous sample of perform- §3

• it tools required. No worry about “equalizers.** ance—a 50 to 500 mile ride.

I II FRANKLIN MOTOR CO. , |jfc HARRY W. BURR X$ 1814 E Street N.W. Washington, D. C. WTO TO

Other Franklin Dealers in this vicinity:

sK RlCHMOND—Atlantic Motor Co, Inc. HARRISBURG—FrankIin Sales & Service Inc. illTO NORFOLK—W. F. Llntz. LANCASTER—DePiiKh Moioir wu. W

X ROANOKE—Franklin Car Corp. WILMINQTON-Dlamond(State Motors Co. X

aW CULPEPER—Coons Bros. Motor Co. DOVER—Diamond State Motors Co.CUMBERLAND—Johnston-Close Co. PHILADELPHIA—FrankIin Motor Car Co. W

HAGERSTOWN—FrankIin-Coston Motor Car READING—MiIIer Kalbach Co, Inc. TOCo. YORK—Taylor & Homer. , +

BALTIMORE—FrankIin Motor Car Co. WEST CHESTER-W. H. Wood.WINCHESTER—T. H. Sprint CHESTER—Franklin-Fiuwell Motor Co. WCHAMBERSBURG—C. Earl Brown. CAMDEN—Franklln-McKenna Co, Inc.

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