Picture Play Magazine (Sep 1919 - Feb 1920)

Bound and Gagged 39 which stood on the floor. Ordinarily he might have sent Archie on his way. But it occurred to him that a third person in the room might possibly deter the steward from his threatened outrage, so he gave his attention to a kettle that was boiling over on the stove, while Archie, taking advantage of the situation, went on peeling like mad. While the pantryman for the moment remained absorbed in his work, the evil face of the steward suddenly appeared in the little pantry. With his attention fixed on the pantryman, he failed to see Archie, who shrank back, and then started to his feet, as he saw the steward seize a long •bread knife and start toward the pantryman. Nabbing a huge frying pan, Archie dealt the steward a blow that sent him reeling out into the passageway, stunned, but not knocked out. The dazed steward was collecting himself, considering whether or not he should return and give battle, when he saw the captain of the ship and some other officers approaching, and he fled. Archie was about to follow, when the pantryman, who had looked out, stopped him and cried, "Get behind the door !" And a moment later the ship's officers entered the pantry. They were accompanied by Don Estaban Carnero, who had taxied to the dock, booked passage, and had rushed to the captain with a description of Archie, and the information that he was hiding on board the Cadi.:. "Seen anything of a stowaway?" asked the captain sternly. "No, sir," answered the pantryman. "The steward was just in — no one else." As soon as their footsteps were out of hearing, the pantryman hauled Archie out from his hiding place and clasped his hand. "My friend," he cried, "I ask no questions. For the favor of your breaking the skull of that great bull for me you may have anything I possess. Name what you want." Archie scratched his head. "I'd like to find some way to complete this trip in peace and safety," he replied. "Perhaps " "I will fix you up !" cried the pantryman. "All you need," he whispered excitedly, "is some respectable clothes. This coat you are carrying will do. I'll get you the rest. Then you can mingle with the passengers in greater safety than if you tried to hide. I'll see that you have foo'd, and you can bunk in my stateroom." Now, while Archie was being fitted up, Don Carnero, frantic over the failure of the search for the stowaway, had gone to the purser's office to study the passenger list, to see whether this might give him a clew to the political enemies whom he believed to be the cause of his troubles. One name attracted his attention. It was that of Rodrigo de Tubal. Aha ! A Spaniard. He would spy on this fellow. Having noted the number of this passenger's room, the only other Spaniard on the ship, he stationed himself outside it. Before long, the door opened, and a gentleman with a heavy black beard, and wearing gold Oxford glasses, stepped out." Narrated from the Pathe serial "Bound and Gagged" produced from the original story by Frank The bearded man made his way toward the place in the main cabin where the ship's stenographer was stationed. At that moment Archie happened to be passing by, confident in his newly acquired garments. "Do you write English and Spanish?" Don Rodrigo asked in a loud tone. It was Archie's opportunity'. As he saw the stenographer shake her head he stopped, and said: "I beg your pardon, sir, but perhaps I can be of assistance. I have a very fair knowledge of Spanish, and Leon Smith and acted by the following casU Archibald Alexander Barlow, Geo. B.Seitz Margaret Hunter Nell Burt The Princess Istra. . .Marguerite Courtot Don Estaban Carnero Harry Semels Then come with me," said the Spaniard. As they turned back toward Don Rodrigo's stateroom, Carnero, who had been watching, silently followed them. "Let us make ourselves at ease," remarked the Spaniard, as lie closed the door. "It is very warm, don't you wish to remove your coat? I begyou to make yourself at home." With a sigh of relief, Archie replied that he did, and having done so, inquired as to what service he might render. "I shall ask you to make a translation of this letter," he asked. "I am traveling around the world, and my secretary was taken sick just before I left." "If I could take the job," began Archie eagerly. "You may — if I find that you have the necessary qualifications," replied the other. "I have, a double stateroom here. Perhaps you could work better alone, if you care to step into the adjoining room." With a sudden feeling of elation, Archie seized the papers he had been given and hurried through the door. "This will turn the trick!" he cried under his breath. "Around the world ! What luck." Pie was just finishing his translation, when he heard, in the adjoining room a sudden sound of something falling. Hastily opening the door he saw the body of the Spaniard, lying unconscious, while through the porthole a dark object suddenly whisked and disappeared. A bottle of ammonia stood on a chair near by. Pouring some of the contents out on his handkerchief. Archie held it to the Spaniard's nose. In a moment he had revived. As he struggled to rise, the black beard slipped from his face, and to his amazement, Archie recognized the features of his valet. "Ploplev !" he cried. "You old brick ! What on earth ■" "I'm sorry, sir," replied Plopley. "I meant all for the best. I made so bold as to make some inquiries and I learned of your undertaking. I thought I could help you secretly without your violating the terms of your agreement. I saw that your coat needed pressing badly, so when I got you in here I maneuvered to attend to it. I was just finishing the job when some one thrust a pike pole through the porthole, struck me over the head, and that's the last I remember." "Then it was the coat that I saw going through the porthole," cried Archie. "That's funny," he added in a puzzled tone. "Not so funny," said Hopley, as he rose, "for see Continued on page 84