Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1911-12-15
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SYNOPSIS

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SYNOPSIS
CAPTAIN Alfonso Payton. the SKY pirate
hilnaIs H,l .- Gray man. New York's ricn-
e. t'rl. aui rairics her away 81 hi ali
g. ~ the ChaTe.eon. lie poses as Con-
t.oGore Brown.
Sire thinks Ter abduction is practical
ioke. Iayton axes her 10 his lodge In \
Labrador wilderness William GTay.nan.
her father. secretly summons the police.
BY wireless telephone Payton demands
3 $4,000 ransom from Grayman. who
agrees 70 meet him at Tribes Hin with
tie money. Grayrnau plan. 10 trap the
pirate.
Helen ard her maid ara we'll cared fc-
h. faytoa. but are closely guarded by
!" itan John. Helen suspects that they
ere prisoners
One after another Payton captures four
police seropianes sent 10 trap him and
Kills several policemen before Grayman
reaches the scene
Graym9n and Police Commissioner Bra
man reach Tribes Hill. Payton kidnaps
Cfayman. who again promises 20 pay The
ransom.
Payton taxes Graymsn home. Helen re-
ceves forged letter TO her father.
which treasures her. She replies TO her
fathers letter.
GTayman fears Helen will fall 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. Grayman and Crantham start for
Payton's lodge with five war aeropianes
Helen. learning that she has been kid
napcd. esca pes. but lie captured.
Allan's war aeroplanes reach Payton's
lodge. The Chameleon fires on them. dis
abllng Adams favorite aeroplane. the
Eagle.
Payton escapes with Helen and her maid
IN the Chameleon. pursued by Allan's Os-
prey and Skylark. Allan fires at the
Chameleon.
Payton cripples the skyiark and lodges
from cloud to cloud in desperate efforts
to escape from Allans Osprey.
The Osprey cripples the Chameleon
Payton and Helen drop to the ground In
parachutes. Allan goes to Helen's rescue.
DEFENDING her against Paytons attack
Allan repulses one assault of Payton's
men. Allan goes for water and he and
Helen are captured
Allan makes a futile attempt to escapa
Helen reveals her love for him. Payton
attempts to bury Allan alive, but Allan's
aeroplanc Crow comes to the rescue. Hell
en- and Allan are saved. Indian John II
killed. and Payton disappears. Helen BE-
comes Allans WIFE
CHAPTER Xxx.
THE LAST OF THE SKY PIRATE.
rATG found Susan on the rocks
in IN agony Of terror and
w anxiety. Whes she saw her
mistress she burst into
tears. The three Of US were half fam
Bhed. but our wants were soon sup
piled from the stores of the Crow.
We waited until daylight to begin
the search for Payton, and In the
meantime, with the aid of our lights,
found and oveFhauled the Chame-
leon. The effect Of our IRE had been
terrific, and more than ever wonder
ed that she had not fallen In a heap
from the clouds. All Of her aero
planes were more or less smashed up,
and the deck had suffered, but the
cabins were comparatively uninjured.
Ethan having taken pains to save
them rs much as possible. knowing
that the prisoners would be In that
part Of the aero.
Now found the various colored
suits" Of which I have spoken. They
consisted Of soft, fuzzy material and
were most ingeniously contrived to b
drawn quickly over the aeroplanes. I
may say here that they were the orr
gin Of the downs" now universally
employed on aeros to cover the GID
ing parts, 1t having been found that
in this way an approximation to the
feather covering Of birds II obtained.
thus Increasing the buoyancy and d.
receive facility Of the machine.
This may have been Payton's orig
inal purpose. the protective mimicry'
idea being an outgrowth Of It In ad-
diton to the aeroplanes the other con.
spicuous parts Of the aero were simi-
larry suited
$50 that's the way the varmint play
ed possum, II it," said Ethan when
he saw these suits. "Waal, she'll not
turn grasshopper ner blue. white neF
black butterfly ag'in. I'll allow"
Having selected from the stores Of
the Chameleon such things A. would
be of use to rs and having found some
Of her bombs. had her blown up.
and we returned to the rockA
1t was now O'Clock. The sun was
getting oeer the horizon. and It was
time to run down our quarry. I cared
little about the two men. They might
escape. ana welcome. II only ! could
capture the pirate himself. meant
to keep after him week or ten days,
II necessary. and for that purpose l
had taken possession Of the unused
batteries of the Chameleon. which suf.
feed to replace oil that the Crow had
exhausted up to this time.
The three men who had been left at
the scene of the last nights adventure
had arrived ut the rocks. bringing
along their wounded comrade, who
was seriously shot through the breast
They also brought I'ayton's pack Of
provisions. which had been left on the
ground. This delighted me exceeding
". for 1t vastly Increased the chances
Of his capture.
! had. including myself and Peters.
ten available men. | decided to leave
Peters and four men at the rocks. with
plenty OF provisions, and one of the
electric guns. placing Helen in their
charge until the arrival Of the party
from the Osprey or until my return.
directed Peters to keep a nag flying.
for 1 felt confident that our friends
would soon come, and probably with
the aero. since my engineer had as
sured Peters that he could repair the