Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-22
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my. starts olt on a moon-lit NIGHT
august to attend a harvest fes-
slvai with her brother, Tony, one
year ner junior, as her escort.
suss as their flivver rounds the
-ect OF q mountain on the outskirts
NJ their home town Of Elliston, W.
va the two hear pistol shots. The
next instant their car is halted on
me scene of an automobile hold-up,
z which they witness two bandits in
.ne act OF throwing the body of a
soung man from his car to the road
side Before they can move, Tony
3 oiaek-Jacked, the girl grabbed and
hurled into the roadster. where she
= held while the car speeds away
toward the hills.
unknown to the bandits. however,
the car 10 carrying an extra passen-
ger IN the person of Jack Stuart. its
owner, who is supposed to be dead.
Jack has caught the tail end. When
the moon goes under a cloud he
Climbs across the running board,
knocks u the driver with the butt
Of ms gun, and gains control of the
situation. Leaving the bandits bound
heme.
1t is the old story retold. Jack
stays for a visit and remains to wed.
jill and he are married two months
later, after he accepts an offer TO
learn the glass blowing trade.
Life Is kind to Jack and Jill. Two
wears and three months later they
1sre the proud parents Of twin boys
and a girl.
And now transpires an event des-
tined to bring about radical changes
IN the lives of these people. In the
hills back of the Justin home Jack
discovers a mine which proves even
q tually to be not only a money-mak-
sr, but a great surprise to every
body
1t is Tony, however, who brings in
the big news" after he is inveigled
into the hills by a pretty girl who
tells him her name is Mary. but that
she is called Mike" She is driv-
ing q costly roadster and asks Tony
to guide her to a rocky formation
known a. The DEVILS Luck.
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CHAPTER VII
She certainly was one up-to-date
girl. He wondered vaguely if she
were Of the type of which he had
heard, the flapper who toted a
flask? He decided against such a
probability when he recalled the
scanty frock and the sheer hose,
rolled just above the knee. He over
looked the big leather pocket at
tached to the door on her left side,
which contained something that
had he observed it.
But he overlooked it. In fact,
Tony overlooked many things that
wonderful spring morning. But, he
wasn't overlooking the girl at his
side at n time. So interested was
he in the girl and the bright, spark
ling quality of her conversation,
that il never occurred to him to
wonder at her apparent familiarity
with all the turns and detours in
the road on their way to "The
Devils leap"
He might have thought he was d.
Eecting her, but he wasn't. 1t might
Dave been. too, that he had been
over the route oftener than she
Even. so. she knew her way as he
Would have observed had he been
less occupied in observing her so
>particularly.
All things, however. must come to
an end. even the JOY Of observing
close up-a pretty girl. And so, in
the course of time, they arrived at
the spot where, as he assured her,
they mist park the car and carry
on afoo providing, Of course, that
she we've still determined to see
"The DEVILS Leap"
But yes-oh, my yes, she just
had TO see The DEVILS Leap!" In
conformity to her wish. therefore,
Tony prepared himself to be her
guide. As he stepped around to her
--f- IF 4En he nAtaI ~.Tb 49,
siderable surprise, that she was shod
sor mountain climbing. Then, as his
ga=e lifted. he observed, with still
1907, surprise, that she was wear
i3- a wide belt, to which was slung
a. holster holding q big Luger auto
mate.
SAe caught the look in his eyes.
and made haste to explain that, as
she had contemplated making the
trip alone, she had brought the pis-
tol as protection against Q possible
tramp.
That a young man she had met
for the first time less than an hour
before. to whom she had not been
properly introduced, of whose habits
and proclivities she knew nothing,
might be fully as dangerous as any
tramp, she very we'll knew-and so
did he. But neither deemed it nee
essary, just then, to comment on the
fact. so her explanation was accept
ed for its face value.
swell, c'mon," she said, as a
wind-up Of the little incident, "let's
get started. And listen" she con-
tinued, linking her arm in his. Il
cant be bothered calling you Mis-
ter Justin. In gonna call you
Tony. That's short, il it isn't so
awfully sweet. And you may call
me Mike il you wish. That's what
nay dad and my friends all call me.
tAnd l hope we're gonna be friends,
don't you?"
"Of COURSE" said Tony. and then
10 make it stronger, repeated: "0f
course! Most assuredly, we're gonna
be friendsi You call me Tony, and
mi call you Mike. An I'll call your
dad-Pst-or Dad-or-"
"T1l be alling you bugs IL you
hold to that line!" cut in the girl
called Mike and she ostentatiously
matted the holster Of the automatic. ]
aOf course" she went on, pleasantly,
ayou're young yet. But, take our
ace. Boy Tony, younger than you
have been hanged'l"
aOh, quite 20, quite So" agreed
Tony. after the manner of one loath
40 argue with n lady. Younger even
thar I have been married. but"
aTsIl me-" interrupted the other