Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-05-04

PEARLS Hands Shook a. she Held the
Glasses to Her Eyes.
lying In n dark spot On the roof. IL
was the Silent Flyer. II she had
thought twice she would have let him
escape for she had Tic waters. But
her momentnry thought was 10 see his
face. She flew NJ and grabbed him
just as he jcrsed a set OF levers and
the thing scared Before Bertha's
h~orror-stricken gaze Pearl was
dragged into mId-air. /
They vanished In n second. Then
the red piercing eyes flashed down
upon Bertha who shrieked and fell
fainting In n heap.
From somewhere In the sky the mo-
tor Of an alrplane purred. Pearls dis
tended eyes glimpsed the machine
sweeping by. She heard the driver
veil. Then a canopy enveloped her.
She exchanged her hold and clinging
10 n confusion Of ropes. closed her
eyes and began 70 sail downward
through illimitable space. -.
On the Potomac shore where Pearls
parachute landed her safely. some
minutes passed before her senses re-
turned. A binding explosion rent the
heavens. She rceled 10 her feet and
looked upwards. The Silent Flyer
was a sheet Of fire. swooping earth
ward.
She covered her ears with her hands
and closed her eyes tightly. When
she opened the latter. she drew back
in fright before the approach Of a
masked man. SEEKING her. lie buclled
both wrists in one powerful hand and
with the other searched her pockets
for the box Of waters.
Thanks. g-girl.' murmured the
masked man in d voice strangely like
Adams. lie slipped the box Of waters
into his own pocket and released her.
"You g-got the grit of the devil and
the nerve OF a saint
Falling like a blazing rocket of
huge proportions, out bf the acccntu-
ated b~lackncss OF the night. The Silent
Flyer crashed to earth. II lay blazing
and suffering In a cornfield not TWEEN
~ feet from Pearl. a heap OF ropes.
wires and canvass. all that remained
Of her parachute. was piled on the
ground NJ her feet.
The masked man. so like Adams in
figure. manner and speech. after re-
leasing her and obtaining possession
OF the coveted box Of waters. dill not
Immediately depart. He continued TO
compliment her and 10 offer assistance
In her plight.
Pearl ignored him cOntemptuously.
After u few minutes she regained her
strength and full use OF her faculties
and picked her way TO the remains Of
the Silent Flyer.
She drew rs close 10 the burning
air Monster as she dared and still
kept out Of reach of the sparks. There
was no sign OF the aviator. whose es-
cape from death was inconceivable.
Then Pearl thought she cspled some
one concealed IN the willows over
hanging the Potomac shore. But when
she reached the spot she decided that
her Imagination must have tricked
her. The only thing in sight was n
thick black muflcr identical with that
worn by the masked man. At that
ONE Adams. painted out of the
bushes. uttered n cry of relief and
called her Ivy rame.
He claSped her i'm his arms joyfully.
She gave him n singing blow and
broke away. His arms dropped and
he began 10 stammcr an apology.
Il was SO g-Glad TO see you alive
that ! m-mighty near kissed you"
"Don't ever do that again :" she re-
buSed. though she felt herself blush
ing. where did you come from7"
he pointed sIyward. Then he d.
rected her gaze TO u 'Dauber' stand
ing In nm open lot across the river.
"Were you in the other machine?"
lie nodded. II brought yonder
c-chap down after you let 90 In the
parachute. That was some grit and
nerve. g-girl!'
The words were SO near the precise
language Of the masked man who
forced her TO give up the box Of waf-
ers that she stiffened.
"Do you recognize this muffler?
Did you take the box Of waters from
me-" she questioned. waving the muf-
der.
(END OF TENTH EPISODE.)