Judsonia weekly advance., 1917-03-21

at the studio, and I'll pay the ex- penses." And Paul. in the rapture of his happiness, was further delighted in the prospect.
 Sphinx Kelly heard all about "The Purple Mask" and suspected that Pat was the beautiful model. He like wise presumed that there would be a celebration in the artists colony and was on hand that night, waiting in the street, when Pat and Jacques ar rived at the students quarters.
 Pat failed to penetrate Kelly's clev- CT disguise. The Sphinx felt sure that he was following an interesting lead, and was among the crowd of artists who assembled in Pauls studio, all in fantastic garb and in high spirits. <
 
 Jakobski, half wild in rage and dis appointment, because his plans had been frustrated, determined that he should be avenged upon the perpe- trator of the trick that had so decid- edly upset his ambitions.
 There were always henchmen at hand to do his bidding, and Jakobski had Paul followed to his studio, when he went home in triumph with his prize. Jakobskis man learned of the celebration-and Jakobski determined to be present.
 He had most of the afternoon in which to formulate his plans, and kept his servants busy in perfecting details of the arrangements. When evening came Jakobski had everything re- hearsed and ready to proceed. With q party of burly henchmen, he burst in upon the revelers at Paul's studio sud- denly and unannounced.
 We are gendarmes," shouted Jak- obski, "and you are all under arrest" Pat was, at the moment, standing in the middle of table, passing out cakes to the throng, dancing around in her joyousness and inspiring the revelers in their mad fun. When Jakobski and his gang burst through the door, Pat waited only for the an- nouncement he made.
 Then she smashed the lamp hang ing over her head, and threw the studio into darkness.
 Sphinx Kelly was in the thickest of the. fight Somebody opened the door, and the crowd surged out of the studio and down the stairs.
 Sphinx Kelly seemed to be the spe- cial object of attack, and Jakobskj's men kept him busy repelling their as saults. In the scramble and fighting Pat managed to avoid collisions, and was near Jacques when she saw Kel- ly fighting his way, against odds. as he descended the stairway to the street. Grasping Jacques and pulling him after her. Pat was soon clambering down stairs, eager to keep Kelly with in sight. Just as she reached the street she saw the Sphinx being un- tremendously thrown into an automo- bile.
 To her Apache friends who had come with Jacques as special guard to the Queen of the Underworld" the girl gave orders that the automobile bearing Kelly from the scene must be kept in sight. Then tumbling into the machine that had brought her to the studio, Pat was soon following the gang who had kidnapped Kelly. The race was sharp and spirited, and Pats driver brought his machine to halt just in time for the girl to see Kelly being carried, struggling. in- %< ,1,r 1o slammed behind prisoner and captives, and Pat was halted by the impassa- ble barrier.
 The girl noticed door that led to short flight of stairs, and. with Jacques closely following, she mount ed to the floor above the street. She listened intently to the scuffle and sharp voices that reached her ears from the room below. She heard heavy doors slide upon their rollers. Then Jakobski and his gang scrambled to get away.
 In moment Pat heard a voice, that she easily. recognized, shouting for help from the room below. Command ing Jacques to aid her, the girl used an axe that was fortunately at hand to chop madly at the thin planking of the floor beneath her feet.
 The first sharp blows made an aper- ture through which Pat could look down upon the room beneath her. The mortified girl beheld sight that near ly made her faint There was Kelly, striving madly with his bare hands, to tear the boards from the wall and make foothold and handhold to save himself by climbing from terrible fate.