The Elk Mountain pilot., 1923-05-31
cep,mshi Ioas b Sidney Gosins
SYNOPSIS


CHAPTER II-She wanders into the
bsrk. there encountering . strange youth
NV introduces himself az 'Biliy," Amer
can. The two cement the acquaintance
81 ride on the motorcycle, the. Flying
phins" and part with a.t Georgi1a ors 9a, ser
Faulx. On the way she decides that Geor-
Eina shall impersonate her at Jervaulx
while she goes on a holiday Georgina's
Mortified protest is unavailing.
CHAPTER III.-Happy in her new free
dom, Aimee again meets BILLY" He tells
her his name is Spencer. and she gives
hers as Amy Snooks, at presest "out of
Hob" Billy offers to take her into part
hership in selling the Sphinx. In spirit
IN madcap adventure, she accepts. The
|two proceed to the town of stanhoe, TAX
|ing separate lodgings in Ivy cottage.
| CHAPTER Tv.-That night Aimee visits
|Georgina and learns that the deception
has not been discovered. BY her dominant
personality she compels Georgina to con-
|tinue the subterfuge.
| CHAPTER Won trial spin next day
on the Sphinx, with Billy. Aimee almost
collides with a carriage in which are her
Haunt, Georgina and Alexander. The palr
escape unrecognized.
1 CHAPTER VI.-Georgina learns that
| ord Scroope is coming to visit Lady E,ry-
| Thea and, realizing what will happen on
| his arrival. is in hopeless bewilderment
| CHAPTER VII.-While Aimee is secretly
visiting Georgina at Jervaulx, the place is
|burglarized. Aimee escapes.
CHAPTER vIII.-Georgina learns, with
CHAPTER IX.-Police Inspector Panke
decides that the robbery is the work of
"Jack the Climber and "Calamity Kate
noted thipVpS who travail on mr.
Gle ~
CHAPTER X;-ellly. aware of his
He follows her. on the Sphinx, to Jer-
yaulx. He hears the commotion. at once
suspects burglary, and follows two figures
desperate hurry. Cornering the pair, Billy
knocks out man who attempts to shoot
him, picking up package the fellow hau
to be woman. Stopping to aid her. she
strikes him with stone, rendering him
Unconscious. and the pair escape.
CHAPTER Xl-Recovering. Billy dis
covers the package he had picked up is a
Jewel case. containing emeralds. Realiz-
Ing they must be part of the loot from
Jervaulx he starts for the abbey. On the
way he meets Aimee, with the police in
pursuit. In secure hiding place, a cave
among the crag pits. Aimee tells him the
whole story. He urges that she make a
frank confession to her father, but on re-
Election both realize Aimee's good name
has been compromised by her two nights
stay at Ivy cottage.
CHAPTER XII.-Assuring Aimee he
has plan to save her, Billy leaves her In
the cave and. proceeding to Jervaulx. re-
stores the emeralds to the astounded
Lady Erythea.
CHAPTER XIII.-Rejecting any re
ward. after explaining how the emerald
came into his nNSSaQSiOn RillV he
position of chauffeur to Lady Erythea
seeing in the situation a promise of a wa,
out of the embroglo
CHAPTER XIV.-Realizins what her
iather's visit to Jervaulx would mean
aimee goes secretly to her home, disables
tle iamny auto, thus preventing his jour
hey, and induces parlormaid to let her
take her place at Jervaulx.
Great Christopher said Billy.
But that doesn't explain how"
I'm coming to that. l made a cir
cult through the Home wool to the
cottage where Amy Snooks lives with
her Old grandmother. tackled up and
down in the offing till | saw grand
mamma toddle away on her usual af
ter-dinner visit to the woodcutter's
wlfe' and L nipped indoors TO have it
out with my dear old Snoolls. found
ner packing for .Iervaulx, and ! told
ner what | wanted her to do.
Amy Snooks is what you call stolid
.u ana I'VE broker, her in very wel-but
I'm bound to say she was absolutely
naralyzed this time But she surren-
lereu' before I'd done with her. She
Just came to heel. 1t may surprise
YOU Billy, but she simply adores me.
,A'"y never refused me anything in
her lie.
Having melted her into flexible con
'u"i' | borrowed one of her print
lresses (she hadn't another black
"he) and her second-best coat, and did
my hair like hers. I'm jolly good mt
doing hair
10 cut 1t short, cleared out and
'."nlped across country to Pilbrook
,'"'lon and took the afternoon train
Amy joined 1t with her two tin boxes
~ burnt Ash, and got into her car
age at the next stop. / gave her all
n'e money l had, and made her go on
w aeaDridge with one of the boxes.
neil get herself lodgings there and
1--WE good time till further orders
,n. e can last week, anyhow. took
e uther box and came on here And
'"' partner-what about Il! Wasn't
brain-wave?"
ona nH'S took off his cap and made dis
usr ,, Oh his honey -colored hair.
,,,. lou mean to tell me-" he said diz-
ro, @ mat girl fell for it-just because
you told her to?"
,or an you don't understand the
Iv 'ua, ar spirit said Aimee complacent-
~. n, There have been Snooks in the
nome wood ever since there were
bo,n pes In ScrOope Towers. They
waI p each other. When Amy and I
woa KIDS and went birds-nesting, she
always underneath when I fell