Judsonia weekly advance., 1917-05-30
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 have nabbed you anyhow, sooner or later'
 While the officers and their prisoner were exchanging this badinage, they had been walking, among the trees toward the path that led out of the grounds of the House of Mystery, into the street.
 Suddenly, from behind a dense growth of shrubbery, half dozen of Pats men bounced upon the officers and engaged them in a vicious fight. In the first rush Pat slipped out of her cape, leaving it in the hands of her would-be captor and fled speedily from the scene.
 Her men kept the officers engaged until Pat was safely away, and then they, likewise, jolted over their oppo- nents and ran away. The officials shook themselves, brushed the dust from their clothes and started again to investigate the House of Mystery.
 Pat had fled to room on the ground | floor of the house and called several of her men into nasty council. She told them that the government was seeking her arrest, and warned them that they must be alert in their own defense and her protection.
 While the conference was under way, the Apaches were surprised by the secret service men who suddenly appeared at the open window, and cov- | ho of ho II l their revolvers.
 Hold up your hands," was the stern command that gave notice to the Apaches that they were arrested. Well come in and get yeu, and drop the first person that makes a move.'
 While two of the officers covered the Apaches with their revolvers, the other climbed in through the window, and then opened the door to admit more secret service agents who had been waiting in the hall.
 There was nearly an even number of | Apaches and officers crowded into the room when Pat unexpectedly got into action. Hurling two large vases at the heads of the secret service men, the momentary distraction gave oppor- tunity for the Apaches to engage in hand-to-hand scuffles with the officers nearest to each man. And in the ex- citement Pat cleared the sill of the open window and disappeared.
 The alarm had secretly sounded through the House of Mystery and in, forcements at hand to stand off the at tacks of the officers, and eventually turn the battle against the intruders. In the meanwhile, Pat was set free to go her way without interference. | She had purposely vaulted through the window to test the further cleverness of the secret service men, and in her desire to continue the excitement she was not disappointed. Two men had remained outside on watch, and when Pat appeared they took up the chase as she dashed away from the window While it would have been easy for Pat to find shelter in one of the many secret passages that opened to the House of Mystery, the girl in her eagerness for adventure, decided to give the secret service men a touch of excitement. She ran to the lower end of the grounds, where a wooden struc- ture served as a garage and sleeping quarters for some of her men, and climbed to the roof.
 She ran along the weatherboard ohovo tho auoc o,,ocSod tho ion If tho roof and scrambled into the upper branches of a tree, that promised an easy means of escape to the grounds. When she made for the roof, one of her pursuers followed her, while the other man ran around to the other side of the building.
 Closely watching Pats movements, the officer discovered her intention to escape by climbing down the tree and was waiting for her when she slid to the ground. Taking no chances with his slippery antagonist, the officer sclamped one of his hanCcuffs around Pats wrist and, when his fellow officer joined him, the two men led Pat to side street where an automobile was waiting their arrival.
 At that moment group of Pats men arrived to contest possession of their leader. To make their capture secure, the secret service men clamped the loose-hanging handcuff to the framework of the automobile and then plunged into a fight with the Apaches. Pat encouraged her men by her shouts and advice. Securely fastened to the automobile she could do nothing more in the way of helping decide the battle.
 The struggle was fierce, and this time the secret service men won out, for the Apaches were outnumbered by the officers and could not prevent their