The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1915-01-19

& Ezsspywright, 1914, by the Star Company
All foreign rights reserved.
CHAPTER ".
.aarry Marvin had just entered the
z aEdle private garage back of the Mar
sHS mansion, locked the door and
!, sEEswn the shades There were only
rmso automobiles in the garage. One
tgwzAs the big six-cylinder touring car,
sM which Pauline and Owen had made
sskeir trip the day before to the avia-
rsasn field. The other was the two
Ss1AIed runabout that Harry had driven
river the same ground just behind
{ shen
Having made sure that nobody was
shout, Harry lifted up the hood of the
STfx1ring car and without the slightest
spzuvocation attacked it with wrench.
lEe removed the carburetor, took it to
yDeces, lifted out the hollow metal
aSsxat and deliberately made two pune
TaMxes an it. Then he tossed the dis
nzHmbered parts upon work bench
zfzzn was about to operate on the run
: sssout, when he heard voices outside
He was barely In time to unlock the
SsGsor and be found busily working on
-sse car when Pauline entered She
s1ss1d just learned of the chauffeur's alb
g=sssnce. Harry volunteered the addi-
4hzaal bad news that the big car was
gzxt of order. Like every disappoint-
2 I'd woman. she insisted ON knowing ex-
: Hszfy what was wrong. Harry told her
+ with many technical details, and not
showing at all what he was talking
About she had to be satisfied.
Could he fix it in time to get her
10 ths aviation field before the race?
Well, that depended partly on whet-
aazr she would go away and not bother
sIzm until breakfast
Pauline could and she certainly
YsDnld refrain from bOthering him.
Viewer before had Harry found her a
BJ1hsr, nor, for that matter, had any
a,-tler man in her recollection. Out she
sent went, with more color than us
Asl in her pink cheeks and the light
EFT battle in 'ner eyes.
ny George, I've got to play my
1sasSrds carefully" thought Harry. as he
concentrated the ruuabout. 1t was
gvidhut that ne had designs on the
Two scatter also. But he felt the neces-
SHY of subtlety in this case. He
ssald not assassinate it boldly by tear
SgesoaL vital organ as he had done
80 the bigger machine. This runabout
r~nnst die slow, lingering death. How
was he to do it? His first idea was
40 weaken the tires and invite blow
agass' ON the road. But this could not
he done with certainty, and some KIND
Friend might supply him with new
aEres.
A more promising idea was to drain
yhe engine of its oil, knowing that
sooner or later the pistons would run
dry and stick Such a proceeding
y you'd ruin the engine, and Harry was
100 good a mechanic to spoil first
rate engine, especially one built by
mis- father. He would as soon think of
H1amstlInging faithful horse. bet
ter plan soon came to him and put
him into action. 1t soon had him
Elat on his back under the car, boring
a hole la the bottom of the gasoline
rank When the lifeblood of the car
began to 'trickle out in stream, he
stopped the hole with a small wooden
plug.
The young man frowned at the only
remaining vehicle which had not re-
srejved his attention, Owens motor
scycle.
Harry went to the hose used for
washing down the cars and collected a
tzttLle WdLeE III lHe PAIN Oh MS uduu
With the other hand he removed the
cap from the motorcycles tank and
allowed two or three drops of water
ito mingle with the gasoline
This done, Harry let down his
sleeves, washed his hands and saunt-
sered in to breakfast, with the unwel-
come announcement that the big cal
was. for the day at least. beyond hui
man aid.
There was flicker of suspicion in
sOwen's sallow face at the news. He
wondered IL Harry had disabled the
sfouring car that he might ride alone
with Pauline.
II am afraid" said Harry, quietly
that you will have to ride in the run
about alone with me, Polly It's rath
sar hard on Raymond, but I guess hi
must go alone ON his motorcycle OF
by train"
''Oh, I think you wrecked it on pur
pose" Said Pauline, without the
slightest suspicion that she WAS statinE
sthe truth.