The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-05-12

covery that Legar himself was in the
him to guess the reason for that mas
ter-criminaIs invasion of those seques-
tered grounds. And Manley, promptly
deciding to stalk the stalker himself,
was rewarded by overhearing enough
Of Legar's plans, as the latter hurried
ly issued his instructions to two of his
confederates near the roadside, to
realize the necessity of at once get
ting in touch with Enoch Golden
Whatever happened. he felt, it was his
duty to warn Margery's father that
Legar himself had acknowledged his
and had expressed his intention of
trucking the chart out of it's present
owners hands.
Ten minutes of frantic efforts at a
telephone booth in the nearby village.
however, convinced Manley of the i'm
possibility of getting in touch with
Golden by wire. Every effort to reach
the house by that means proved fruit
less. And time was precious.
Manleys first thought, in his dilem-
car. Yet nothing but racer, he re
membered as he snatched out his
watch, could get him to the Central
Tower building in time. And racers,
he bitterly remembered. did not grow
on bushes.
His next thought, however, took him
tearing down the village street like a
mailman. For the name of "Cedarton"
had brought into his mind yet another
name the name of Bobby Evart." And
Bobby Evart, who had his workshop
and hangar on the southerly outskirts
Of that village. had been the first of
the Racquet club members to forsake
automobiles for aviation, and startle
Long Island by his early morning
hydroplane maneuvers over suburban
golf courses and country homes. He
had been the first civilian volunteer
for the federal air scouts and at San
Diego had twice broken his own alti-
tude record established at Pensacola.
and was now immured in the mysteri-
Gus task of fashioning a stabilizer for
monoplanes, a stabilizer, Manley re-
membered, which was receiving sym.
pathetic attention from certain navy
; officials in Washington. And the in
trepid Bobby. he also remembered
seemed the one person who could still
save the day for him.
Instead of finding this same in
trepid Bobby porting over blue prints
of stabilizer parts, however, the breath
less Manley found his old-time friend
in a rattan club chair TRANQUILITY play
ing chess with his maiden aunt. In
two minutes the GREATNESS newcomer
had explained to the somewhat as
ed young chess player a situation
which brought a brighter light into
the latter's boyish eyes.
THE point is" cried Manley, could
you get me there. Could you make a
landing at night?"
They were already on their feet
again, running for the hangar.
Yes, can get you there But what
have we got to make landing on?"
''The main building of the Central
tower stops at the eighteenth story.
That gives us a fiat roof of several
hundred yards. Could you make it on
! that?"
Not unless it was lighted" ex-
planned Evart, shouting for his
mechanician as he rounded the gloomy
corner of the hangar itself.
But it is lighted" Manley told him.
1T gets the light from the tower itself,
and the whole cornice line is strung
with electrics, the same as the Singer
| building"
Evart's finger, touching button,
threw a white flood across the vaulted
roof of the building. A touch on an
other button sent the great doors
swinging open Manley looked at his
watch. Then he shook his head.
Its too late" he proclaimed. But
Evart and his mechanician were al
| ready at work on the wide-winged
| monstrosity nestled under its metal
roof like pterodactyl in cave.
"Get aboard" commanded Evart.
| Were going to try for it anyway"
He turned to his helper. Hey, Brown,
throw my friend up that fur coat of
yours!"
"But what speed can you get out of
this machine?" asked Manley as he
clambered aboard the chassis and
struggled with his seat-straps.
Evart, who had been STOPPING over
his engines, looked up.
Il got one hundred and four an hour
out Of her this morning" he off-hand-
| eddy announced But / think can
push her up to one hundred and ten.
Manley's heart beat faster.
Then there's chance!" he cried.
"a fighting chance"
A sudden sense of chill caused Man.
| ley to clutch for the fur coat thrown
in at his feet, and struggle into it..
! AS he did so the earth seemed sud-
denly to fall away from him. Villages
became spangled checker-boards of
lights. Highways became winding
strings of pearls.
Manley forgot the chilliness striking
J into his bones. He forgot Margery
Golden and Legar. He forgot the orr
gin of his mission that brought him
winging through the midnight heav-
ems He forgot the fact of his own
puny existence and the trivial ends to
which it had been given over. All
these he forgot, completely and utter
ly, until Evart. sweeping out along
the twinkling shore lights of South
Brooklyn, circled north again where
the brazen figure of Liberty guarded
the upper bay, and dropped lower
along that tapering point of gloom