Judsonia weekly advance., 1917-05-30

from the north, there was a cry of alarm when someone discovered still another air monster heading toward New York from Long island. One bril- liant light flashed from Pats biplane; the anarchists airship was ablaze with rows of glaring shafts.
 Pat directed the passage of her bi- plane, so that she kept far above the anarchists craft as it moved down the island. Coming close to the financial district, Pat had maneuvered her plane so that she was directly above the air ship-and then she decided to act.
 Very deliberately she hoisted an ex plosive bomb over the side of her bi- plane, having guided her craft until it was directly above the airship. When she dropped the bomb she scored hit, first off.
 The airship lurched and swung from it's course. Another bomb dropped from Pats biplane, likewise registered, and with joy the girl observed the giant aircraft change its course and head for the Brooklyn side of East river.
 Too busy in saving their own bacon, the anarchists had not even attempted to bomb the city below them. They were just arriving at the point in their flight when they expected to begin destructive work, but Pats attack completely upset their plans.
 hot of cfo anarchists centered all their effort5 in the hope of making safe landing. From it's great height the airship began to descend in zig-zag fashion, sailing over Brooklyn, toward the open fields in the suburbs.
 As Pat was skimming above Will liamsburg, on her way back to the hangar whence she had started, she had the satisfaction of watching the anarchists airship as it slowly de- scended. When the helpless craft neared the ground, Pat observed the wreck, as it hung momentarily in flames, and then crumpled up-falling in burning mass to the ground.
 Satisfied in having accomplished her purpose in saving the city from an at- tack, Pat sped through the air to the aviation field and safely descended.
 In great "scare-heads" she read in the papers, next morning, of her ex- ploits. The sensational events that followed the airship's passage down the length of Manhattan island, occu- pied the front pages of the papers but 1t had been found impossible, by the newspaper men, to identify the pilot of the attacking aircraft.
 Later issues of the afternoon papers carried stories of the biplane that had left the aviation field on Long island at about the time to account for the attack, but the strictest investigation had not uncovered the name of the pilot. There was only one item that led to the slightest hope of identify ing the aeronaut-a purple mask had been found tied to the framework of the biplane that had been used at the time.
 To Phil Kelly the identity of the pilot was clear. She had put one over" on him again, and the great de- tective felt keenly humiliated, even though he rejoiced in the success that had attended the daring girls adven- ,ture.
 "She's wonder, for sure," Kelly said to his assistant, when he had finished reading the newspaper ac count of New York's evening of terror.
 Very naturally the sensational af fair attracted the attention of govern ment officials and orders came from Washington that the matter must be thoroughly investigated. When Kelly heard that the subject of the air raid had been taken up through secret serv- ice agencies, he hastened to the head quarters and volunteered what little information he had on the subject. He felt in duty bound to do so.
 His information amounted to noth- ing more than suspicion, but when his report had been transmitted to Wash ington the orders came back that the Purple Mask, must be apprehended at all hazards. The authorities, of course, had not understood Pats ex- ploits in foiling the anarchists, and what Kelly had told tn m simply served to center their. suspicious of wrongdoing around the Queen of the Underworld.
 Several of the best secret service op- eratives directed by the Sphinx, be- gan shadowing The House of Mys- tery, at once. Their presence on the ground was immediately transmitted to Pat and her craving for adventure led her into daring experiment.
 Before the secret service men had been on the job an hour, Pat ventured forth in her Apache costume for the purpose of testing, for herself, their abilities. When she appeared among