The Detroit times., 1914-10-01
WITH rLCREAcS[
SAFE IN THE ~
NAcIilNE, THG
0ETURN HOME CON
0UNeD bUTA FEW
MINUTES.

wrong, When the chauffeur peremp-
It0riIy d6posited Susan on the lonely
road. several miles from home. she
ran hotfoot TO the nearest telephone
land sent very concise message
home. Susan was becoming accli-
mated TO this strange. exciting exist
ence
Norton arrived in due time. and
he and Jones were mapping out q
| plan when Susan's message came.
Good girl!' said Jones. She's
learning. Can you handle this alone,
INortonf They want me out Of the
house again. for believe they were
after me as well "a Florence. Half
/ an hour gone!"
Trust mel" cried Norton.
And he ran out to his auto. II
was a wild ride. Several policemen
shouted after him. but he went on
unmindful They could take his II
cense number q hundred times for
They could wait tin their their en-
femy.s vigilance Stacked and then
would striker But Susan! The next
time he saw Susan he was going to
take her In his arms and kiss her.
II might be q new sensation TO kiss
Susan, always SO prim and offish.
Corey street--that had been her d.
rection. They had put Florence In
q motor boat at the foot OF Corey
street He was perhaps half an hour
behind.
Florence never opened her lips. She
tstared ahead proudly. She would
show these scoundrels that she was
ther fathers daughter They piled
her with questions. but she pretend
ed not to hear.
well, pretty bird, wen make you
lspeak when the time comes. We've
Iyou There won't be any jumping
i oyerboard fhis session. believe me,
got you this trip where we want
We've wasted enough time. We've
got you where we're going to keep
YOU"
4 Let her be-" said vroop morosefy,
trweIl- put all the questions we wish
when we're at our destination" And
he nodded significantly toward the
j ships riding at anchor
i FLORENCE felt her heart sink IN
spite OF her abundant courage. Were
ithey going 70 take her 20 sea again
She had acquired a horror OF the
sea, so big, SO terrible, SO strong. She
4 had had an experience with its sullen
power They had gone about -four
miles down when she looked bach
fpnEfngfy toward share Something
white seemed TO be spinning over the
water far behind. At first she could
mot. discern what IL vas As she
Eatched Il n grew and grew. Il
finally emerged from the Illusion d
a gigantic bird into the actually o.
an everyday hydroplane. Her hear
gave great bound This flying ma
chine was coming directly toward TN,
launch; II did not deyiate a hairs
llbseadth from the line. Fortunately
the men were looking toward q hug
freighter a quarter OF mile farthel
on. and from their talk IL was EVIL
dent that that freighter was 10 be he
lprison--bound for where7 Nearel
and nearer came the hydroplane- Wa
liz for her?
4 II was impossible for the men no
TO take notice OF the barking OF tn
engines at last.
vi "The things heading for u.s."
vroon stared under his palm.
Twas not credible that pursuit hal
taken place 90 quickly TIC. test yon
! lder man-bird ne abruptly changed IN
! course OF the launch The hydro
plane veered its course TO suit
Florence heard her name callel
} Ifaintly One Of the men drew his re
volver, but vroon knocked IL out o
Ih1D hand. ~.
'@1nsre's the police boat, you fool,'
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