El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-08-01
Synopsis of Preceding Chapters.

Synopsis Of Preceding Chapters.
Capt. Alfonso Payton. the sky pirate
! kidnaps Helen Grayman, New York
richest girl. and carries her away il
his airship. the Chameleon. He poses
as commodore Brown
She thinks her abduction is a prac-
lodge in a Labrador wilderness. VIII
| liam Grayman, her father. secretly
| summons the police.
BY wireless telephone Payton de-
mands 100000 ransom from Gray
man, who agrees 70 meet him at
| Tribes Hill with the money. Grayman
plans to trap the pirate.
Helen and her maid are well cared
Tor by Payton, but are closely guarded
| by indian John. Helen suspects that
One after another Payton captures
four police aeroplanes sent TO trap him
| and kills several policemen before
Grayman reaches the scene.
Braman reach Tribes HILL Payton
kidnaps Graynan. who again promises
TO pay the ransom.
Payton takes Grayman home. Helen
receives a forged letter from her
father, which treasures her. She re-
plies to her fathers letter.
Grayman. fears Helen will fall in
love with Payton- Secretary Grantham
Lieut.. Allan the task of locating Pay
toms lodge.
This Allan does by receiving wire
less MESSAGES from PAXTON at New
geometry. and his new invention.
Allan. Grayman and Grantham start
for Payton's lodge with five war aero
planes. Helen. learning that she has
been, kidnapped. escapes, but is cap
tured
Allan's war aeroplanes reach Pay
tons lodge. The Chameleon fires on
them. disabling Allan's faYorite aero
plane, the Eagle.
Payton escapes with Helen and her
maid in the Chameleon, pursued by
Allan's Osprey and Skylark. Alias
fires at the Chameleon.
The Osprey certainly bad never been
made TO reveal her full powers before
In ten minutes l was surprised at the
speed we were making. The sharp.
steady swish OF the aeroplanes as we
cut the air was inspiring to listen to.
The wind of our passage struck Us in
gusts from right and left and made us
cling to the supports.
By this time the moon. approaching
its last quarter. had well risen and
added her silvery glimmer to the twi-
light glow. enabling US more clearly to
make out the chase with our glasses.
We were dropping the Crow and the
Bobolfnk. and I signaled them to do
better. but evidently they were al
ready doing their best, for they had
not my engineer. and gradually thesv
fell farther astern. Then | signaled
them to by no means lose sight of US.
and on we went
The Skylark was supposed to be |
next TO the Eagle .he fasteSt fier :
he feet, but now we were plainly
,verhauling her. Jim was giving us
every inch of speed that the motors
contained. and the Osprey must have
been surprised at herself. I began to
doubt If even the Eagle could have
done better. 1t is sometimes as much |
the man as the engine that counts, and |
Jim knew to be the best in the serv- |
Ice for bis job.
1t was half after 2 o'clock In the
and the northeastern heav- |
ms were beginning to tighten. when
we passed the Skylark, close at hand, |
30 that could call across to her COM
OF course I Gid not slacken |
speed.
Grimes" 1 shouted, "can't the Sky-
ark beat the Osprey"
'.She always used to-" he called
back; but. by Jove. you must have be-
vitched that aero! Where's OSBORN
ST changed fiers with him after the
-f1 Id
,wn crew. with the secretary, aboard
here It's my engineer who is doing
his. See IL you can't stir yours up to
| little Hvelier work. We mustn't let
oayton escape. He's got his prisoners
With him.
''You don't say sor' cried Crimes.
7 saw that you were disabled. and 1
imply put out after him. but l didn't
NOW he had the prisoners"
''Well. he has them, but we're going
o get them-and him. The Crow and
he Bobolink are coming up astern.
Don't wait for them. but follow me as
asst as you can"
The indicator showed that we were
low making 1897 miles per hour. I
lad never quite equaled that with the
1agle
During the night 1t had at all times
'een far more difficult to detect the
chameleon than the Skylark. not only
ecause Of her greater distance, but
lso because of her dusky color In
act. we probably never would have
lighted her after we rose from the
Ike had not the Skylark served as
uide to the eye. Now as the sky
urned blue she shifted her color TO
orrespond. and it required the utmost
iligence with the strongest glass to
eep her In view
When day came we saw of to the c
rest great expanse of water and a |
,ng shore running northward.
That's Hudson bay" / said.
Mr. Grayman seemed greatly sur
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