White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-03-05

reach PlcO as soon aS possible Oh
vital mission"
"Why, certainly" answered the wo-
man, the forest rangers wife. "Pll be
glad to help you. My husbands out, I
guess we can manage"
The rangers wife disappeared, re-
turning in a few moments with two
five gallon cans. She helped Stella
carry them to the car and fill the
tank.
"You can't think how grateful l
am" said Stella, and reaching into
her purse to pay. She found she had
no money but withdrew few Jumps
Of gold from the cave. ooh, I've run
out of cash, but an old Yaqui friend
staked me to this-won't you take
some Of it?"
She handed several pieces of the
gold to the woman, leaped to the car,
still overwhelming the puzzled woman
with voluble thanks, waved goodby,
and sped away.
The rangers wife returned to the
house with the gold, perplexed and
suspicious as to its origin.
Mounted on horses they had Dor
rowed from a friendly group of pros
pectors they had run across during
their hike, Terence, Mary and Bud
were now rapidly approaching their
destination. Joyfully Terence pointed
to the sky where an airplane lowered.
"That must be my friend" he cried.
Were almost there"
They pulled up at the rangers
house at almost the same moment
that he had descended to his field in
back. He came running from the ma
chine to greet them.
Hello, Jack. Surprised to see
us?" asked Terence as they shook
hands. After they had been intro
duced all around, the rangers wife ex
citedly drew forth the gold she had
received, and told of her strange WIS.,
itor
Understanding leaped to Terence's
face
"That must be Stella Montrose." he
exclaimed, examining the gold" eyes
it means they've found the treas
ure."
He explained briefly the situation
to Jack.
"Take my plane to spot her." Jack
cried. We'll follow up in the car"
Bud went with Terence toward the
plane, while Mary was led by Jack
to the car. Terence mounted to the
pilots seat while Bud spun the pro-
peller, then ran back and jumped In
with him. They were off. AS the
plane took to the air, the automobile
containing Jack and Mary, rolled
swiftly out upon the road.
coming at mad pace, was pursuing
her. She was speeding her own ma
chine to it's limit, taking the most
desperate chances, and defying death
on every turn of the road, yet each
time she looked back she noted with
dismay that the pursuing car was
gaining upon her.
At last. She was near the camp
where Buds men were to be. But
as she came up to the familiar spot
she saw no one was there. Some
thing had gone wrong.
The pursuing car came on.
Ahead, dragged out on the road
from the shrubbery in which it had
fallen after she had leaped from 1t
in the parachute, lay Buds airplane.
AS she saw it, she resolved to make
last desperate attempt to escape.
She drove furiously up alongside
the plane and stopped. Abandoning
her car, she feverishly swung the
propeller Of the plane over. The mo-
tor hummed. She leaped into the pi-
lots seat, and TAXED down the road.
She left the ground just as the pur-
suing car, with Mary, and Jack the
ranger. drew up in cloud of dust.
"Shes taken to the air in that
lame plane" cried Bud, looking down
from his seat behind Terence up in
the air, and startled to see the other
plane arising from the ground.
Terence looked over from the pi-
lots seat, saw Stella's plane coming
up, and started to let his plane drop
toward 1t.
She'll kill herself sure-that plane,
in its condition, will get out of her
control any minute" Bud exclaimed.
He was intensely worried, for in
spite of her treachery, there was still
that warm spot in his heart for Stella,
lingering from the memories Of the
old days.
We'll get close up and see what
we can do" said Terence, veering his
machine in the direction Of the other.
IF you'll drop close right over her,
I'll do one of my old air changing
stunts-drop into her plane and take
care of her." suggested Bud.
Terence agreed, and circled his
plane about for the maneuver. Soon
they were following close behind Stel-
las plane, flying at the same height.