Judsonia weekly advance., 1917-03-28
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 The Crosby guests were assembling round monster punch bowl on ta- ble in the center of the drawing room, when Pat turned from the window. As she started toward the table there was an ominous crash, of a bursting bomb. as it fell in the grounds near the mansion.
 Women screamed with terror, and the male guests rushed out upon the lawn, with excited shouts that an air raid upon Paris was in progress. The guests surged in and out of doors, rushing from one room to the other while Pat waited patiently behind the window portieres for her chance to act.
 The jewels had just been brought in- to the drawing room to be admired by the guests when the crashing of the bomb turned the scene into bediam and everyone began to rush aimlessly about. Even Kelly, usually cool and unavoidable, was thrown off his guard. He rushed out of doors with the other
 
 l Far above them an airplane cireled over head, the whirr of it's engine be- ing plainly heard.
 The time Kelly had consumed upon the lawn was enough for Pat to ac- complish, by quick action, what the Sphinx had been hired to prevent. She fled from her cover behind the DOT tieres, ran to the punch bowl table at a moment the drawing room was desert ed and there, where she had but to :. reach out her hand and take them, gleamed the Crosby gems in plain view.
 Pat snatched the jewels from the box containing them, and quickly dis appeared from the scene. She had gone to another room, when the men returned from watching the airplane.
 Kelly ran straight to the table-and found only the empty jewel box. As he turned for moment to hastily sur vey the room, the Sphinx saw trim slight figure, dressed in Apache cos tune, disappear through the low French window.
 Pat had gone into an adjoining room and hurriedly divested hersef of the evening gown she had put on over her Apache costume. Watching her opportunity, she slipped through the window and was fleeing toward her automobile when Kelly bounded from the Crosby mansion in hot pursuit.
 Straight to ths airplane hangar Pat was driven by her faithful chauffeur. As close behind as he could speed his machine came Kelly in eager chase.
 T was going to give this package to l you," Pat shouted as she reached the hangar and was met by De Saint, "but am too closely pursued to get away myself So you'll have to take me with you in the air and land me at a safe place-then I can make my way home.
 In the brief moment Pat had taken to explain, Kelly had reached the hangar and was hurryfng into the yard. De Saint signaled to the Apaches who were there to protect their lead CT, and the Sphinx was surprised by the opposition that confronted and quickly started to overpower him while he dashed toward Pat and De Saint as they were preparing to go aloft in the airplane.
 There was a sharp stiff fight, with Kelly out-matched in strength by the numbers who assailed him. Just as the airplane began it's short run on the ground in preparation to ascend, one of the Apaches landed a stunning blow on Kelly's chin, and he fell un- conscious into the machines structure.
 De Saint and his fair passenger started to rise from the ground. The machine was acting queer and De Saint shouted to Pat that there was something wrong The girl turned in her seat, by partly unloosening the straps that bound her, and beheld a sight that unnerved her for the mo- ment, and fully explained the cause of the trouble.
 The limp form of man rested on one of the airplane's wings, and put the machine out of balance.
 Half dazed by terror, and almost paralyzed by the surprise of her dis covery, Pat managed to shout to De Saint that the cause of his trouble had been disclosed.
 "There is a man lying senseless on one of the wings," she screamed in De Saints ear.
 ~"Try and haul him in here," an. swered the aviator, recognizing the Sphinx's body.
 But as Pat turned to obey instruc-