The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-08-22
TENTH EPISODE
The Strange Discovery.

The excited crowd at the speedway
sat for more than n~hour watching
The flying motors tear around the
track. Lying well back of the leader
was q red car bearing "13" as its entry
number.
Tho leading car, which was No.
Il, kept its advance position until
the leaders entered the last lap Of the
race.
Then the Jackson motors proved
their merits. Pat let out the last ounce
Of power she had held in reserve.
Crossing the finish line an easy. win
nef. No. 13 was acclaimed BY the
shouting multitude. But when the
drivers cap was doffed in response to
The cheers, . mightier shout arose as
the crowd realized that . girl had held
the wheel.
8ho had thwarted the conspiracy at
the Jackson Motor works and by her
daring ride had won honors for Mary
AaeLsan.
But she derived the greatest salts
faetion in another defeat Of Phil Kelly.
It was . moment Of supreme happiness
for her when she reached home after
the races and ordered Kelly and his
men to be liberated from their peril
ous position In the chamber Of death.
=. TAs next day Pat received q visit
from Miss NacLean. And with his
niece came Robert jackson to pay his
respccts and compliments to the clever
wearer Of The Purple Mask.
"You are q wonder, Miss Pat" said
Jackson. n have found out more
things that really should know than
l ever imagined were going on. El-
llott is gone from my employ and
Mary, l am glad to say. realizes how
unworthy Of her Mr.. Drew proved him
self to be-"
The pranks she had started abroad
in q spirit Of mischief Presenting the
snobbish action Of the Sphinx had
led to the girl devoting herself to any
interest that she might serve, looking
to the defeat Of trickery or conspiracy.
She had become interested fn~helping
the oppressed. her experience in Du-
frame having inspired her fervent In
terest in the cause Of the people as
against greedy politicians and rulers
It was consequently a source OF
qualification to the queen Of the Amer
lean Apaches to learn, at their next
meeting, Of q report that there had
been a great "slush fund" collected to
further the election Of certain crafty
politicians just then largely In the pub
lie eye.
When Pats agent reported the fact
that this money was locked In two
different safes, situated in the ofilces
of the leaders Of the gang Of political
crooks, she delegated three of her men
to investigate and report back to her
the next day. According to orders the
Apaches discovered that the rumor Of
the money having been collected was
true.
That afternoon Phil Kelly received
q mystifying note by mail: ave will
get the Doodle the political crooks have
wrung from the people. You cannot
keep NJ from giving 1t back to the
poor"
Kelly was known to be conversant
with doIngs In the underworld. When
he was approached by the leader Of
the .White Slave Gang" as the crook
ed politicians were called. he was not
surprised.
But the crooks were the ones to be
surprised when Kelly showed them the
note he had received. Kelly very
promptly accepted tho commission to
protect the doodle" the crooks had
collected.
Although Kelly had discredited the
note while In conversation. with the DO
utical crooks he was perfectly well A.