The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-02
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SERVISS. COPYRIGHT ex eeANx A. r,Umser coc,eAnXA (Continued.) . Instead of the expected shot heard a shout.
 opened my eyes and saw a long . trailing rope uncoiliug itself as 1t fel into the thicket, and immediately hal1 Z a dozen men, the heels of one touch ing the hands of his predecessor, slid down the rope and landed almost al my feet.
 Payton's pistol exploded, sending it' bullet not into my brain, but into tht body of one of the newcomers, who measured his length on the ground.
 The shot was returned by two ol three, but Payton darted into tht brush, apparently untouched. The In dian and the other man disappeared at the same moment. In few sec onds three more men had slid dowI the rope, and the dark nose of tht aero from which they had descended pushed into sight fifty feet above us Then I heard a voice which I recog nized as that of PeteRs of the Grow calling me. Allan" he shouted i"Where are you, Allan""
 'Herep' I responded, giving him z start, for he had been within ten fec of me without seeing me. But 1T heavens name, Peters, how did you get herer'
 we found the Skylark all cut up or the ground" he replied. land, accord dng to your orders, the Bobolink stay ed by her while I set off in chase ol you, following Crimes indications o1 your course. We must have been guid ed by Providence, for we came upor the stranded Osprey this afternoon ant learned about. your fight and youl great leap. I took your gunner, Ethan Knight, aboard. and he piloted US to s heap of rocks a. few miles from here where he, thought. you would be. We found a girl. half out of her wits, who told us that her mistress and you had been run of into the brush by the pi rate.
 Ethan insisted on following at once inasmuch as the girl luckily knew the direction. We looked out for light and, catching sight of gleam here made for it. I saw that there was something doing as soon as we go, over the place, and I tumbled six men down a rope to examine into the affair So there it is in a nutshell.
 "But hang me if you're not al tussed up! What in the world were they about?"
 "Cut my bonds. quick" I replied 9~I'll tell you afterward." a He did as I requested, and, stiff witt 2 Sthe confinement, I sprawled upon tho ground and crawled as fast I could to Helen's side.
 "Why, what's this?' exclaimed Pc ters, following me. 'Ts this the wo man we were after?"
 I. did not stop to answer him, but endeavored to lift the insensible form in my arms. But my strength was gone.
 "For Gods sakew' muttered hoarse- .y. Cant you see that she is in dead faint? Bring some water or some bran dyr' t
 Peters took out his flask, and seiz- ed it and poured a mouthful of the liquor upon her lips. In a minute she half opened her eyes and groaned, "Oh, God, let me die!'
 "Helenv' said frantically. Helen! 1t is I! We are savedr'
 She had reclosed her eyes, but open ed them instantly on hearing my voice. A cry of joy came from her lips.
 "Oh, John, Johnr' she murmured, and, half rising, fell into my arms.
 'Well. this does beat the Dutch!" I heard Peters say. why, Allan
 "No more at present, Peters, I beg you" interrupted. You've saved us. and you shall have the whole story in good time"
 My strength was coming back, and I got to my feet, supporting Helen, and took the direction of affairs
 ''The villain has escaped with two of his men," said, "but we must find them, and especially him. Drop your aero down. leave three of your men here to look out for their wounded companion and take Miss Grayman and me aboard. We will go back to the rocks. There is no use of looking for Payton in the brush at night, but as his Chameleon is wrecked and he can only go afoot he can't get far away. md we will begin the search as soon .; it is light enough to see. We will search the whole country with the eyes of hawk, and he'll never get out of it alive"