Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1914-12-06

FUll Flight
w What caH 30 mean Rose wis.
Pefea hrckouiy chasing 90 Der lover.
.'m sarell you don't ihlnk
surely % mast bo accidental
surely t cam mean y
im afrsd 70 dos" Alan law re-.
spouded eravciy eydug me front ~
me Mountain house our luch holds
consistently that's ail % wouldn't
Pc us 81 ue diint PICK oui the one
place whrre Narrophat and Jimmy
chose 90 stop over night rouanato.
~ ts early doubt they re up
with hall show SIC ought 70 be- able
20 hnd some way Of putting good
distance between ns aud this town
before they waken Tonic
hut MI harcus nas already 90 hls
elbow. iu thorough sympathy el,h
Alamo Interpretation of too eud
canoe to bo attached lo lhc gard that
ltembled 10 Roses baud
Sharp's The vorit De- agreed
And there motor car over there
~ front OF the hl.cksmiths Prob
ably We can hire her
'Irines car" Alan calculated
swinging round and recognizing tho
automobile co glance Theu hrf
here as voii'"
Locks like It" Harcus admitted
"But so much No better Wen just
naturally take thc Darn thlnr N his
hands and ll he, dollar there ISM;
another car within a radius % nifty
miles Wen he wen ont OF these
glddy mountains Ions before he finds
anything 10 chase us with
But his confidence was demon.
strated 90 bee premature by the DIS.
coyory. which rewarded the FIRST cur.
sorry examination that the car wag
very thoroughly ont Of commission
Two minutes later. however thelr
earnest inquiries ELECTED the faot
that although narcgs was Justified Boa
his snrmlse that the uclghhoruF
country was povorty stricEon u o.
spert OF motor ears Mesquite iiHcif
hoasied two motorcycles whose own
crs were not Indifferent 10 q chance
~ scll them second hand 40 cau.
siderable advance on the retail list
price of the machines. when new
And thus @ was that within ten
minutes from Roses discovery Of that
chance fuaE warning lu me dust the
party vas again in upid motion
HIa beauty sleep disturbed hy he
departure Of the machine bearing
Harcus and judith. Seneca True
reused on an elbow and looked out ~
me window Just IN time 20 sec the
second motorcycle gathering momcn-
tum Alan steering, Rose in the scat
behind
Sixty seconds later a Haunting han.
nor uf dust was all that remained 10
remind Mesquite that romance had
passed that way that. aud a series
u passionate screams emanaiins
from the bedchamher Of Seneca
Urine. where the cripple lay posses.
sed by seven devils Of insensate rage
His screams brought attendance
hut Il ~as a matter 81 many precious
minutes before his demands could be-
met and Marrophat and Jimmy reused
from their cupulous slumhcrs in I'D
Joining chambers and half an hour
elapsed before tho chauffeur reused
from bis own Wcliearnee rest. sue.
reeded IN convincing The pair that
pursuit with the motor car vas out
d the question
But the devil takes care ~ his own
within another half hour what seemed
20 be sheer bull-headcd, dumb luck
brought casual automobile 10 Aef'
snite--a tNo.seated high.po~er
racing machine a. the latest and
speedlest pattern. driven By two ire
,ponslble vayfarers who proved only
too susceptible to Marrophata offer ~
double the cost Of the car-f o. 2.
Detroit for lfs immediate surrender.
The two piled out promptly enough
MarrOphat and Jimmy Jumped 10.
Urine from his bedroom window sped
them on their murder0us mission WIN
a blast Of blasphemy
II must have been an hour lsief
when Alan. checking bis molorfseie
as Il snrm0unied the summit 81
long upgrade. leoked back and DIS
covered. several miles disian; 90 the
far.nune windings Of the mountain
road. a small crimson shape that ran
IKE a mad thing tirelesFly pursued
by cloud o. tapny duet Ike a gold
en- ghost
A mo.er car. beyond al question
ana one q uncommon roadcevcuring
quality: Il might or might nos con
laln Narrophat and Jimmy. once more
IN pursuit Whsfher or not bitter
sxnerlencs had long since educated