The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1919-05-30

ashore, had just come on the island
/ and had seen the other fire. Bert
and one OF the guards joined the lead
er beside the airplane.
know anything about these
things?" asked the outlaw leader.
! No" replied Bert Il couldn't run
one but | can find out why he had to
! land
He examined it and reported there
was no gas" Thereupon the leader
ordered his man to get some gasoline
from the 1anuch.
The man with the gasoline was
leaning over watching Bert fill the
tank. Suddenly Edith screamed.
Bert's watcher turned to see what it
was. Bert struck him over the head
with a wrench. Then he pointed the
plane up in the air and rose quickly,
the outlaw still clinging to the side.
| When they were more than 300 feet
in the air, the man tried to climb in
to the car, but Bert, handling the
controls with one hand, fought with
the other to keep him out. He
loosed one of the mans hands, then
the other and the unfortunate
criminal fell toward the water below.
A launch was speeding to the spot
where the outlaw had dropped into
the water and in it, was Jenkins, who
had started toward the island on a
vague chance that he might find
Bert there. As he gazed upward he
saw the airplane start swiftly toward
the water in a tail spin and as it
neared the surface, the aviator Jump
mi ,aI 4@
and as Bert came up, swimming, he
recognized him. Within a few mo-
ments he was alongside Bert .,nd
pulled him aboard
About the time they started for
the mainland, the two surviving ban.
! dts who had made off with Edith
were fleeing for their lives. The
! girl, placed i'm the cabin alone hnC
reached through an air port anC
lifted a revolver from the back peck.
. ct Of her guard while the other was
intent running the boat Then she
. went on deck and commanded them t.
hold up their hands.
She was looking toward shore anC
: there saw Craven and Peaky. Sht
was so excited she forgot the vince
! and suddenly the launch ran full in
to the shore, where the water wa!
shallow. The two ruffians leaped in
to the water and fed Craven ant
Peaky came out and took Edith from
/ the boat. She sketched her ex
periences rapidly and told them 0
\ Bert's flight and rescue after tn
fall from the airplane. Craven an,
!: Peaky then took her to the circu
4 and soon they were joined by Jenkin
\ and Bert
. Then stranger Joined the grouI
Z and, addressed Jenkins, who, in turn
b introducedfhim to the others Tt wa
O'Doherty the detective.
Whether it was O'Doherty's pres
I ence or something else, nothing hap
pened that night and the circus wa
ID free Of accidents until the nigh
performance at Benham next day.
Bert and Edith were in the cente
y Of tight rope, she on his shoulder
and he feeling his way CAREFUL
Y across the thin line. Detectiv
x O'Doherty, looking up at the top {
II the tent at the moment saw tin
& flame and pair of glazing eyes abov
y a red mask peering through the hol
at InO liz lOISOL LAO Adu4O oil
II rushed outside. He was in time
~ catch the Red Mask as he slid dow
y a rope from the top Of the tent. II
Z grasped the man and the pal
AZ struggled, the Red Mask fighting lik
$ aN demon.
y Suddenly there was a wild screal
3 as the tent fell. The audience, in
n panic, was trying to find its way
$ the open air The Red Mask wriggle
III free from O'Doherty by slipping OF
II of his raincoat and fed into til
E darkness.
4 Bert and Edith, the last to reali1
III that the tent was afire, leaped fro
4 the tightwire and started to flee, bl
III they were too late and the mass
$ blazing, cracking canvas and equil
zip ment fell on them.
x (To be continued)
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