Judsonia weekly advance., 1917-05-02
TENTH EPISODE
The Strange Discovery.

The excited crowd at the speedway sat for more than an hour watching the flying motors tear around the track. Lying well back of the leader was red car bearing "13" as it's entry number.
 The leading car, which was No. 12, kept it's advance position until the leaders entered the last lap of the race.
 Then the Jackson motors proved their merits. Pat let out the last ounce of power she had held in reserve.
 Crossing the finish line an easy win ner, No. 13 was acclaimed by the shouting multitude. But when the drivers cap was doffed in response to the cheers, mightier shout arose as the crowd realized that girl had held the wheel.
 She had thwarted the conspiracy at the Jackson Motor works and by her daring ride had won honors for Mary MacLean.
 But she derived the greatest satis- faction in another defeat of Phil Kelly. It was moment of supreme happiness for her when she reached home after the races and ordered Kelly and his men to be liberated from their peril ous position in the chamber of death.
 The next day Pat received a visit from Miss MacLean. And with his niece came Robert Jackson to pay his respects and compliments to the clever wearer of The Purple Mask.
 You are wonder, Miss Pat" said Jackson. q have found out more things that I really should know than I ever imagined were going on. El- liott Is gone from my employ and Mary, am glad to say, realizes how self to be-"
 The pranks she had started abroad in a spirit of mischief Presenting the snobbish action of the Sphinx) had led to the girl devoting herself to any interest that she might serve, looking to the defeat of trickery or conspiracy She had become interested in helping the oppressed, her experience in Du- franc having inspired her fervent in terest in the cause of the people as against greedy politicians and rulers
 It was consequently a source of qualification to the queen of the Amer ican Apaches to learn, at their next meeting, of a report that there had been great "slush fund.- collected to | further the election of certain crafty politicians just then largely in the pub | lie eye.
 When Pats agent reported the fact that this money was locked in two different safes, situated in the offices of the leaders of the gang of political crooks, she delegated three of her men l to investigate and report back to her the next day. According to orders the Apaches discovered that the rumor of the money having been collected was true.
 That afternoon Phil Kelly received mystifying note by mail: "We will get the poodle the political crooks have wrung from the people. You cannot l keep us 1Iou SltluS At UaCh u tAS poor"
 Kelly was known to be conversant with doings in the underworld. When he was approached by the leader of the "White Slave Gang" as the crook. ed politicians were called, he was not surprised.
 But the crooks were the ones to be surprised when Kelly showed them the note he had received. Kelly very promptly accepted the commission to protect the "boodle" the crooks had collected
 Although Kelly had discredited the note while in conversation with the DO. litical crooks. he was perfectly we'll as sured that it had been sent to him by Pat. He accepted it as an open chal- lenge and proceeded accordingly.
 Heedless of his former experience when he was detained against his will in the House of Mystery, Kelly de cided to take his men back to Pats headquarters and work from the lin side"
 | Leaving one of his men as an out side guard, Kelly and his chief assist mt climbed cautiously through a win dow that admitted them to a room fitted up after the manner of busi- ness office. Chairs and roll-top desk completed the furnishings.