Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1911-12-08
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SYNOPSIS
Captain Alfonso Pay,on. the SKY pirate.
k'lre-- tfci.u jiraymar. New York : rich
e-t -..t Ind carries nor away IN his alr-
s-.1 me cha laeI.on. lie poses as Com
l.l..nt- Brown.
SIe t.inks her DEDUCTION IS a practical
.oEe Hayton t,hes her 10 his lodge H. a
lab, sdur Wide. ness. William G-ayI27n H..
h.r father. seer,;ly summons the police.
~ wireless telephone Paytor demands
tlu. 1.ocpy ransom from Graynan, VINO
agrees 20 NEE. him at Tribes Hill with
lie money. Crayman plans to trap the
pirate
Helen ard her maid are well cared for
bv payton. but are closel, guarded by
Indian John Helen suspects that they
are prisoners.
One after another Payton captures four
police aeropianes sent TO trap him and
Kills several policemen before Grayman
reaches the scene
GrayInan and Police Commissioner Bra
man reach Tribes hin. Payto1 kidnaps
Gra yflr' VINO again promises to pay the
ransc.
J on takes Grayman home. Helen re-
ceives forged letter from her father.
which reassui es her. She replies 10 her
fathers letter.
Grayr1an fears Helen will fali In love
with Payton Secretary Grantham offers
government aid and assigns Lieutenant
Allan the task of locating Payton's lodge.
This Allan does by receiving wireless
messages from Payton at New York and
Buffalo with the aid of geometry and his
new invention.
Allan. Crayman and Grantham start for
fnv1fu i'd 1,.n
Helen. learning that she has been kid
mapped. escapes. but Is captured.
Allan's war aeroplanes reach Paytons
lodge. The Chameleon fires on them. dis
ablng Allans favorite aeroplane. the
Eagle.
Payton escapes with Helen and her maid
In the Chameleon. pursued by Allan's o.
prey and Skylark- Allan fires at the
Chameleon.
Payton cripples the Skylark and lodges
from cloud to cloud in desperate efforts
to escape from Allan's Osprey
The Osprey cripples the Chameleon.
Payton and Helen drop to the ground in
parachutes. Allan goes to Heien's rescue
defending her against Payton's attack.
Allan repulses one assault Of Payton's
men Allan goes for water and he and
Helen are captured.
Allan makes q futile attempt to escape.
Helen reveals her love for him. PAXTON
attempts to bury Allan alive. but Allan's
aeroplane Grow comes to the rescue. Hell
en- and Allan are saved. Indian John In
Killed. and Payton disappears. Helen be-
comes Alan's wife
CHAPTER XVIII.
THE TABLES TURNED AGAIN.
row this double disappearance
FIJI began to trouble me. At last
V could endure the uncertain
ty 10 longer. and. clamberine
down the northern face Of the rocks
1 found the man had shot there
dead. but no trace Of the others. They
had evidently got clean away.
The fact that I was not disturbed
in this reconnaissance encouraged me
to try another on the southern side.
crept cautiously down to the spot
where Payton had fallen. found the
depression into which he had rolled and
saw that 1t was the dry bed Of a
brook. by following which he could
have crawled away to the brush un'
noticed.
Was he preparing a second bomb
or had he some other resource of which
knew nothing?
climbed painfully up the rocks
again, for now my ankle, the injury to
which I had forgotten in the excite
ment Of the defense. began to trouble
me.
As dropped upon a stone in the
middle of the Enclosure Miss Grayman
first noticed that had been hurt She
turned pale and again showed q con-
Germ on my account that l could not
attribute solely to the fear that she
might be deprived of her only defend
er. She insisted that l should take on
my shoe and stocking and, calling
Susan, who had recovered from her
shock, aided me with the utmost ten
derness to bind up a deep cut made by
a fragment Of the bomb or Of rock.
When she had finished she said to
me, with a pleading look: "Please.
Lieutenant Allan, don't expose your
self as you have been doing. was in
agony when saw you venturing down
the rocks. What should we do-what
should do-if you were seriously hurt
or killed!"
Then she covered her eyes. and
saw tears trickling down her hands.
would not have changed places with
the president of the United States.
ielt proud. gratified. heroic. romantic.
brave as lion. capable as n general,
ready to do anything and everything
TO serve her who had shown this inter
est in me-
In short. knew now that was In
love TO the tops Of my ears. and I felt
that ! might hope for response to
this mighty affection which was over
mastering me. assured Miss Gray.
man that for her sake would be
more careful. and the gladness In her
eyes made me forget everything else
everything except the necessity of de-
Tending her. This thought sent me
back in haste to our rampant.
We watched and watched. but not a
living thing did We see except a few
birds and some small animals lodging
about among the rocks. Thus the aft
ernOon passed. and the sun sank low
In the northwest.
We suffered from lack OF water more
than from that Of food. and resolved
that as soon as 1t grew dark enough I
would creep down TO the edge OF the
brush. where l had noticed small
stream. ana fill my helmet with wa.
ter. But l did not tell Miss Grayman
OF my design. feeling sure that she
would oppose It. Her suffering. how
ever. was So painfully evident that
would have ventured anything in or.
dor IN raifox-o hop