The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1915-02-02

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boff entered and called the animal
which answered by flying into a seem
ing fury, plung1ng about the box, kick.
ing, rearing and swapping.
Same old devil" muttered Hicks
He'll do"
The sight of an apple in Kabofrs
hand Gained the animal. 1t came to
him and ate docilely while he slipped
bride over it's head. Once outside
the stall, however, it began another
rampage.
Hicks held last whispered CONVEX.
sation with Kaboff, giving him minute
instructions.
81 can just try it, you know" said
Kaboff. Il can't guarantee to get
away with it.
"As much again if you do, you
know" said Owen as he tarted brisk
ly away with Hicks.
The place that Panatella had chosen
for the start of his balloon ascension
was field upon the crest of the Pail
sades above the amusement park.
Panatela had brought with him
from abroad a reputation for dare
devil adventures in the air. And he
had proved his reckless courage in the
several brief ascensions that he had
already made on this side.
Today, with his promise of the long
est parachute drop on record, people
flocked to the field from New York
and all adjacent New Jersey.
In spite of his peculiarly busy morn
ing, Owen had arrived back at the
Marvin mansion in time to be told
of the intended trip and invited by
Pauline to join the party.
Owen saw a grim light flash from
Harry's eyes. 1t told him plainly that
he wasn't wanted, and, more, it re-
minded him sharply of the note he
had received from Hicks. But Owen
accepted the invitation.
Superstitious as the craven drug vic
tim always is, he had let his minds
eye see fateful hand in the coinci-
dences of the day-the unexpected ap-
pearance of the dodger and the per-
feet working of his plans thus far,
Providence" was what he had been
pleased to call it.
Il wish you wouldn't always invite
that yelvet-pawed servant on our
trips" grumbled Harry to Pauline, as
Owen went for his dustcoat
"Owen is my trustee and guardian.
You have no right to speak of him as
a servant Besides, when he's along
he keeps you from being silly"
Harry stamped out to the garage,
swung new touring car around to
the door, and soon, with Owen and
Pauline, was speeding for the ferry.
Signor Panatella was superintend-
ing the filling of the great gas bag.
He was tall, 1.-THE man in pink tights,
beneath which his muscles bulged an
gularly, like the gas filling the bal
Icon bag.
A Latin rapidity of speech and mo-
ton added to the pink tights made
him comically frog-like, and even the
abattis of medals on his breast iould
not save his dignity.
He hustled about giving orders to
the workmen who were preparing to
cut the ropes, then fitting back to
the crowd to answer the questions OF
impromptu admirers.
Pauline had left the car and was
standing between Owen and Harry,
near the rapidly filling bag.
81 wish / could talk to him, too
he's so cute and hippety -hoppy," she
said.
Would you permit the young lady
to see the balloon basket?" he asked.
with pleasure said the airman,
after glance at Pauline. He led the
way to the basket, and helped Pauline
up so that she could look at the equip
ment-the anchor with it's long coil
of rope, the sand bags and water bot
ties.
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tella explained the manner of his
flight and his drop through the air.
As she saw them attach the basket to
the Juggling bag she was thrilled.
At this moment there was a furry
of excitement on the outskirts of the
mount, that was evidently unmanage-
crowd A horseman on a beautiful bay
able, came plunging and swerying
down the field.
The crowd broke and scattered in
front of the mancing hoofs that flew
in the air as the vicious animal reared
The horseman, clad in somewhat
riding suit, was a small
man with beady black eyes that turn
ed from side to side as he swayed in
his saddle. He seemed to be afraid
of his mount and to be looking for
hOip- DuI II Was TcHdTkdDl6 LndC aD-
Iarently SO poor a rider held his seat
and actually managed to bring the
beast to nervous stand some fifty
yards from the balloon.
The little man looked around over
the heads of the crowd He caught
sight of Owen beside Pauline near the
balloon basket The lifting of his
riding crop might or might not have
been a salute and signal.
oh | wish ! hadn't promised Harry
not to go up. know Signor Panatella
would take me-" sighed Pauline.
Harry had turned away to watch
the actions of the strange horseman.
owen spoke to Pauline in half-laugh-
ing whisper
"You might scare him little" he
suggested
1t was the boldest thing that Owen
had yet done.
Those words were the reatest risk
he had taken in all his deeply laid
plots against the life of his ward. He
was always cautioning Hicks against
risks of all kinds. But today the sup
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