The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-10-03
SIXTEENTH EPISODE
The Surrender.

The battle with the police. beside
the prison wall. was spirited, brief and
decisive. The Apaches made desperate
effort to overcome the officers, but the
police were quickly REINFORCED. when
other officers responded to the blowing
of alarm whistles, and Pats men were
soon subdued.
The driver Of the electric patrol,
sticking to his post through the scuffie.
had watched Pat make her getaway
and had seen her hail the taxi and
drive away.
As soon as the Apaches were over
come, the driver told the commander
of the police party what had become
Of Pat The chief ordered several po-
licemen to climb into the patrol and 1t
was quickly driven away, headed in
the direction Pat had taken when she
Communicated the taxi.
After running several blocks, the
patrol was halted BY a policeman, who
had Just received telephone orders
from headquarters, directing the
wagonload Of officers to abandon the
INDEFINITE chase Of the girl and proceed
direct to West Farms. The attack ON
the anarchists hut. had been under
stood among the authorities and 1t was
proposed to have the men in the patrol
get there In time to help in the raid.
The mad dash Of the patrol failed to
land the policemen at the Frenchman's
cabin, before the anarchists had ex-
ploded their charge of nitroglycerin.
When the wagon was less than half .
mile away. tearing down the road at
full speed, the noise Of the explosion
and the dare Of the IRE as the flames
began to consume the debris, gave no
tice to the police that they had, in q
measure, failed in their purpose.
But the patrol-load Of police were
useful addition to the band of secret
service men who were now consider
ably stunned by the sudden shock of
the explosion and the exciting events
that had 80 quickly developed. The
anarchists, making their way to free
dom through the tunnel they had dug,
were fast disappearing from the scene.
fleeing n every direction.
The commander of the patrol squad
quickly perceived the necessities of the
occasion. Some Of his men he dis
persed, post haste, in pursuit Of the
anarchists.
The patrol chauffeur was ordered to
Speed to the nearest telephone and
transmit a call for an ambulance-for
Pat was still lying insensible upon the
ground. beside the chief Of the secret
service men whom she has SO heroical-
ly rescued from the burning ruins, Of
the Frenchman's shack.
While some Of the police busled
themselves in an effort to revive Pat
and the secret service chief, others
hurried into the underground tunnel In
the hope Of catching some Of the an
archists who might have failed to es-
cape. Others Joined the secret service
operatives in scurrying in every direc-
ton, trying to apprehend their escap-
ing foes.
There was desultory attempt made
to subdue the fire in the debris Of the
wrecked cabin, but the absence of any
equipment, and the scarcity Of water,
made the undertaking hopeless from
the start. So the tinderllke wood
burned and the embers smoldered.
Shortly after the call had been
turned In for an ambulance, the chief
Of the secret service operatives began
to show signs of recovery, and hy the
time the hospital attendants arrived
he had shaken of the effects Of his
sudden collapse. He refused to enter
the ambulance, and Pat alone re-
oaainsd to require medical attention.