The Washington times., 1926-01-15

like Of that. people out here are
raising fog about it. So the
whole thing is left to. the rum
squad We're safe enough until
|, Barker and his gang spots us.
That's when you begin earning
your one.fifty."
When you reach the curve there.
| Just this side the gate, your head
light will land about where the
police car Is You slow UP as
i though you spotted 'em. and didn't
I he's going to drive the truck--wilI
douse his lights and drift down the
hill till they spot him or until
he's close enough. then he'll open
up. But that's his lookout.
As soon as ne passes you, you
| step on it, and crash that gate
for all you've got"
Crash the gate?"
Sure. Go through It. It's made
OF Ike stuff and you'll 60 through
/! without knowing it's there. You
keep on down the drive as near
to the other end Of the field as you
can get. Leave your lights on
full want to give Barker some
thing to chase while the truck
running past him. There's u barb
wire fence at the far end of the
field, and you stop as near to 1t
as you can. The driveway leaves
!. off just beyond the house. and The
| ground is likely to be muddy. When
/ you have to stop, jump out andlrun
! for it. straight ahead. There's a
road a hundred yards beyond the
] fence-it used to be the main read
before the pike was improved.
Lynch Never Loses Head
You'll have the same man with
You that you had last night--Joe
Lynch. wasn't it?"
Yes; that's the one"
We'll, he's good boy-never
loses his head when things happen
fast, and always does just what he's
told. He'll switch the lights off as
soon as you get out, so they won't
/ light, the place up too much, and
| you hit that road as near opposite
! the old house as you can. There'H
be a machine waiting for you and
| you hop in and beat it down that
road for all you can do. It's a
pretty bum road but it's the best
we've got. 1t hits the pike about
two miles back from where we
stopped. Cunningham will keep
ahead of them that far anyway, and
l you get there ahead of him. Then
use your own judgment. It's up
to you.
what I figure on is this: You
stop there at the curve, and that1l
make 'em suspicious. When you
| pick up so sudden like and bump
the fence hurrying to get away.
/ they'll come runnin' to see what 3
up. And just about that time
Cunningham'l be drifting past,
lights doused and without no noise
drifting down the hill. See?
JOe's Fix Up Tale
"Joe1I tell 'em his steering gear
| went bad and he was too surprised
to shut off before he hit the mud.
They won't have nothen on Joe
but a civil case. and not much of
that There's people pulling worse
stunts every day along the Balti-
more Pike.
Being it's Barker, he'll prob
| ably leave one man at the machine
as a sort Of a guard, but you'll be
on the job as quick as he will.
Cunningham will have start enough
| to lead him for a couple OF miles
! till YOU show up. See? It's pipe.
boy. If ii wasn't for that man
Barker I'd say the thing couldn't
flop. Get it?"
Suppose they don't fall for
that gate-crashing stunt? They
! may think it's just a bunch Of
! jOy.riders leaving the road. Then
| it's none of their funeral-they're
after rum-runners, not rum
guzzIers."
We'll, put yourself in their place,
! kid. They're out there to get
LIS"
How'd you find out they were
| going to be there?"
Don't no one know that but me