Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-05-29

Was down and overhung b back Of
the car. !,
Go over the Forty-second street
ferry. Francois" directed Elaine to he
chauffeur. Then well tell you just
how to strike the best roads to Lake.
wood"
The spying Sam waited to hear no
more. but glided quietly up the
street ~ We shot down along the ave-
nue. to the ferry.
Rockledge was . handsome estate.
and the house was one OF the show
places Of Lakewood. Accordingly.
Elaine lost 40 time In taking advan-
tage OF the recreation In the country
which she had promised herself.
had scarcely set down the art
paraphernalix when she announced
that she was going to use II hight
away. For several minutes ! stood on
the veranda overlooking the bright
green terraces. holding the sketching
Kit and the umbrella and admiring the
view.
Elaine came tripping sayly out on
the porch In the neatest OF little
sketching costumes.
Some p~arasol." ! bantered. opening
the gay green and white striped shade.
I shouldered II and parxded on with
II, while Elaine followed. laughing.
Here" she cried AT last. I'm go
ing 10 do q landscape. Isn't that bit
Of hill beautiful, | want you over
there-like that"
tool u pose where she directed.
and she started to sketch.
Outside his hangar. q rough shed
with q runway before IL. Sprague was
standing. talking to WI and Long Sin.
Master" interrupted q Low voice.
d~eferentisily.
IL Was Sam. who had hurried to the
hangar after watching Elaine and
the rest OF Us ride on.
"Well?' demanded WI.
The girl with another. her cousin.
has gone with that slave OF Kennedy
to . place they call Lakewood across
the river
Though they did not know II. Kennedy
had not been idle. With the aid OF an
agency OF private detectives. which he
had often employed for routine jobs.
as well as the police n some secret
service men. he had located and set
a watch. with his characteristic thor
oughness. on every seroplane hangar
In and about New York.
Even as the three plotters moved
owe to the a~eroplane one of Crsig's
detectives lay hidden directly under
the runway.
Out on the aviation field. In front OF
the hangar. Sprague had dragged the
aeroplane down the runway. and there
he stopped to explain 20 WI and Long
Sin the workings OF the gyroscope sta
bilizer.
I'm make the flight to Lakewood
easily he remarked. then tapping
the bundle OF arrows confidently. add.
ed. and II won't be long before Elaine
and that fellow Jameson are settled.
you bet"
Il shall 20 with YOU" be said 1t
length laconically to the aviator.
Very WELL" Sprague agreed. Two
OF US will make II twice as certain"
He climbed into the machine. and
WI followed.
K~ennedy's detective. from his hid
ing place. had not missed q motion. As
the aeroplane disappeared he crawled
out and quickly made his way down
the road.
Meanwhile. high over the country.
Sprague n WI were flying. easily
picking out the general direction Of
Lakewood.
People at Lakewood may still re-
call the aeroplane that circled again
and again over the town and the beau
tiful estates. Sprague finally located
Wellington Browns. but Elaine wal
not there. n there was no use vast
Ing the precious arrows on anyone
else. WI peered about eagerly
through q field glass.
There they are-ove on that hill
side" he muttered with q low. guttu-
raj exclamation.
Sure enough. they could see Elaine
uuucT tue uuuTeiio, quite COuspiCu-
ously. with myself posed some feet
away.
"Hurry-speed II up" WI urged
Sprague. indicating the exact spot.
Kennedy had fastened out to the
fort even before our departure. and
there he had net Lieutenant Waters.
AS they were examining the freight
car. an orderly came running to them.
is there . Professor Kennedy herey"
he asked.
Yes" spoke up Craig. Il am Mr..
Kennedy"
Someone on the telephone. sir.
You can take II at the ~guardhouse.
He says It's urgent"
Craig FASTENED across with the or
DERBY.
I've located our man." shouted his
detective over the wire. AN aviator
m Sprague-a crook and q dope
fend. Somehow they have found out
that Miss Dodge has gone to Lake
wood with Mr.. Jameson. sprague has
just gone In the aeroplane. carrying
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