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Thrilling Mystery Story Of Life, Love and Danger the Air Ma
Mary Loses Wheel Of Plane;
Dick Risks Collision in
Air to Save Her

gain high speed, Dick paralleled
down the course Of the red plane,
now only 500 feet above him.
There were no mechanics to warn
Mary at the spot where she would
land. II he failed there was no
hopeI
At 100 miles per hour he HAULED
back savagely and zoomed upward
At a dizzy angle. Straight into
the path Of the red plane he sent
his roaring ship--one thought IN
his mind. To brighten her-to
scare her with his crazy attack,
So that she would not land this
time. He knew he was losing all
his own speed in that sudden
climb. IL he stalled At that
height
He came as close to her a. ne
dared. preparing to kick his rlid.
der 10 avoid a. collision. For one
instant Mary's startled eyes met
his. The next. her plane swerved
violently, and her engine roareo
a. she climbed out OF danger
The next second he was falling,
BllODlnR OIL lIltU ll0 HpAli IL r%--ss>--
known was inevitable. With neu-
traIized controls he waited the
crash he was sure must come.
The ground seemed TO flash up
toward him. He saw q group OF
men below him separate and run
frantically in all directions. Then
with quick lurch. his controls
took hold and he was out Of the
spin, diving at the ground.
Now the stick was back, ana
his ship was shooting across the
field at scarce 30 feet He looked
up dazedly. Mary was spiraling
down slowly, leaning out to watch.
In a minute he had climbed UP
alongside. signaling what had hap
pened, edging in close until only
a few feet separated the. two
planes.
As she realized the danger,
Mary's face paled. but at Dicks
gesture of encouragement she
smiled brave1y Motsoning her to
throttle her engine. he did the
same. and shouted across to her:
Land on the right wheelrtght
wing low-staIl in.
she nodded. and slowly nosed
down. Dick kept as close as he
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dared. a sudden agony IN his
brain. What If she lost her
nerve at the last second? What
II the other wheel collapsed? He
felt his heart humping. pounding
with fear for her.
Then the red plane was on the
ground its right wing dropping,
while men ran toward it from ali
sides. For a second it seemed
to Dick that all was well, but
with a swoop the left wing set.
tied quickly. splintering at its
first impact The nose of the
ship pIowed solidly into the
ground. tossing Mary forward
against the instrument board.
Thee rowd Of men surrounding
the wreck hid the rest from
Dicks anxious eyes.
Landing he switched off his
engine and dashed across the
field. Old Man Rand was holding
Mary in his arms when Dick
pushed through the crowd.
Shes all right, Trent" he
said in q whisper OF relief and
gratitude. Tainted at the last
but she's not hurt"
'Mary'g q plucky girl,e said
Dick hastily. "She didn't lose her
head-that's what saved her."
The airport men began to ply
him with questions. Suddenly he
wanted to get away from every
one.
Before Rand could halt him, he
cut across the field TO where the
eastbound plane was waiting 70
carry him out on the mail hop,
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He did not ana1yze what it was
that Mary Rand meant to him.
ii was beyond that. Once or
twice before he could remember
callow episodes in which he had
decided he had fallen in love.
Now he did not think about love
at ali. He thought only Of that
slim figure, built half of his own
inaginings, who moved him so
profoundly. who stood with her
grave smile at the background Of
ell his thoughts.
And Dick was troubled with a
vague sense Of melancholy that
he could not understand. Love
should be a happy. cheerful thing.
not this sense Of brooding and
pain that sprang from no cause
save the depths Of his desire.
He came back into the warmth
81 the room and tried to interest
himself in what Lawson was tell
Ing him. About the game, Of
course, the aviation game, It's I'M
limited, extraordinary possibilities.
Lawson's heart was in It, like
Old Man Rand, like everybody
who really knew anything of its
Vaccinations. That age-old lure Of
the sea had found a rival for
coming centuries in the uncharted
wider sea Of the air. This was
the forefront of it all, the pio-
neering, romantic days that might
never come again
a thousand new inventions. Inn
provements. would spring up. Men
would conquer as they had always
conquered.
And then Dick told Lawson
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she got off--and she don't know
it. what'n we do"
carnaichaers air of boredom van.
ished. He jumped up.
Get some spare wheels, he
commanded. and get your men
out to wave them at her.
Dick had sprung to his feet.
Looking through the window, his
face grew suddenly pale.
She'll never see them" he
cried. shes practicing landing.
She'll come in fast.
Carmichael's voice was cold.
Keep out of this, Trentp'
Paying no attention. Dick pushed
by him and raced towards the
line,
A fast two-seater was the first
ship he saw. He vaulted into the
rear cockpit. shouting at a nearby
mechanic, As the man grasped
the propeller Dick heard Old Man
Rand's voice, husky with fear.
my God, Carmichael, do some
thing! Put men out so she can't
land"
Dicks eyes frantically sought
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.dona 4 night wLth phoaphoreseent

done at night with phosphorescent
gas
For codes and signals. you
know, and advertising. too
Lawson was interested, He
asked questions. Dick explained
and invented other details as he
went on. One or two minor prob
lens to be conquered. a little ex-
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES was all that
was needed to make the device
practicable.
II think you've got something,
said Lawson quietly. Why don't
you rig up an apparatus? Get
hold of a mechanic. think Car
michael would let you try it out
on your plane"
Dicks Imagination SCARED. Law
sons suggestion gave wings to
his idea. 1t would be perfectly
possible-he would set to work
on it this very eek-tomorrow--
He jumped to his feet as a new
sound broke upon the silence out
side. He ran to the door. forget
ting everything. He had missed
her! Mary Rand had come to the
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CRATER SIS

. q
Ma cIear,y putting with fat and
importance. brought word that the
spooIz was wanted 1T the tele-
phone downstairs. His friends
called him here only in emer-
gency and the message pulled him
into suspicious attention.
It's = lady is askin' FOR you..
dear. and her that lah.de-dah. I'm
enquirin will she be 50 kind and
have you now or when she gets
you and she gives me 'call him
at once, please . she had the
gift Of mimicry, did Ma, and he
recognized the imperious manner
in which Iris addressed servants.
His number here had been con.
fided in week moment and he
had regretted it ever since. But
now he flung an arm around his
landlady's bulgy waist and dashed
. kiss on her red cheek before he
answered the call
Mrs. Cleary followed him, shak.
ing her head and muttering fondly.
"A fine lad as ever and Ill not
be blamins the lassies, me bould
young scamp"
Iris invited him for dinner.
Would he come about seven?
What d. you know! Say, You
kidding?'
Certainly not. Danny. Don't
you want to see lne?"
Sure. But"
I'll expect you. Bye. old Price
less"
He hung up and stood looking
at the telephone. curious express
sion in his eyes.
&s Ne Continasd TomoFrew
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EMO. thanks. Ma Did he set in
over tnere?"
He did that. being quiet like
and pay in advance. Sure, they's
nothing wrong, then? I'd OF
steered him off,
Its an right. Ma. Goodnight,
The room across the court from
his bedroom had been vacant q
great while. It stiII looked vacant
there was never q light there.
never q shadow passing the win.
down. But on two mornings Dam
nv had noted a slight change in
the position Of the blind and re.
membering this after what he
had learned tonight convinced
him that he had better find out
who, liz anyone, the new tenant
might be.
He stuffed q coat. working in
the dark, and placed It In a chair
by his bedroom window He bali
anced hat on the top: across the
court 1t would look like q man
as IL he, himself. had dropped
there moment before going TO
bed Then he set aiar the door
so light from the living room
sh0ne in dinnly.
Barely five minutes later 4 shot
sent the chair skating over the
floor.
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} anyway it'll be fun. III just
do that. !"
Mrs. Burleigh later. Come and
meet my gorgeous barbarian.
And remember, darling, hands
off,
CHAPTER 81
The spookss mind was not
working with its usual keen pre-
cision when he left the St.
Gregory and set out for uptown
and home.
He was not greatly deceived by
Iris. She had said Cosmo was
nothing to her, but that had come
too pat. Women liked to stall on
such things, make a guy think
there was competition. And he
had seen what she had written,
All my love to Cosmo.
But that no longer infuriated
him. She might have felt so once:
skirts changed their minds. He
shut it out OF his thought and re-
membered her hand stealing into
his. her voice whispering lazily in
the rosy-tinted dusk.
she had him. He was the Spook,
terror of the underworld and de-
spair Of the police, and always he
had gloried In this, regarding it as
high distinction. But now, for the
first time in his life, he saw him.
self below standard. Iris beauty,
her cool. poised sweetness, intoxi.
Gated him and upset his Judgment;
he was willing to make any change
in himself which might pun down
the barriers between them.
He approached Ma Cleary's place
from the rear and entered through
a cellar window, going UP a hack
stairway to the third floor. His
rooms were in darkness a. he
closed the door but he caught q
rustic; the next second his gun was
in his hand, moving from side
to side.
TITS me, Danny" Nell,s voice
was calm enough though she must
have felt the nearness of destruc-
ton.
He snapped on the light and
glowered at her. Want I, get
yourself drilled? What's the idea
incoming in the dark? You know
better, frail. q
II thought maybe you'd not
come in il you saw me-
What's the matter with your"
he asked sulldly.
You know all right. whyn,t
you cut 1t out, Danny? Re like
we was the other night?" she mt
her arms around his neck and ne.
gan to cry, face against his breast.
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CHAPTER v

<xVTYHAT'S on your mind, youngsters" Lawson had
w asked the next morning when Dick had ap
peared at the filters hangout exhibiting every
possible sign of restlessness.
Nothing Not thing Dick had answered, going to
the doorway once more to stare out at Rand Field.
Mechanics moved between the Sheds worked planes
At the company offices there signs of activity plane
buzzed overhead like the sound Of gigantic drill Not
cloud in the frosty, blue expanse of sky.
Dicks eyes narrowed like sailor they searched the
fald They did not find what they sought.
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Worlds Largest FIower

The largest flower grows in the island Sumatra Dutch
possession in the Indies The botanical for It Amor
phophau is related to family of plants The
fullgrown flower may be eight feet high
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What. DO You KnOW?
ANSWERS TO ToDAY's TEST
FOr Questions, see EditoriaI PAGE

For Questions, See Editorial Page
Lowest; b Jefferson Davis; 8, SWINGS; Nazareth
Harper Ferry; Buckingham Palace. Napoeon Tomb 8
Pitt Palace; Colosseum; TO- Picture Of the Last Supper H.
ne Wit Clinton l2 Hough 13 Philadelphia Pa; Ia
AollY g pay al debts; Is, fernando De Soto.
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Nature Prefers Blondes

600 hairs inch her head
person has only ESQ., Black
hair kest blond the finest Hair the rate
Of two inches a month.
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about an idea he had once had.
an idea for sky-writing to be
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Anyway tn Be fun. IN Just
do that. !"
Mary heard her teIephoning
Mrs. Burleigh later. Come and
meet my gorgeous barbarian,
And remember, darling, hands
OFF,
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Women To END
CLUB SEASON

The Federation Of women's Clubs
viii meet at the Hotel Roosevelt
Monday at IL o'clock. with Mrs
Edgar B. Merritt. president. presid-
ing. This will be the final meeting
Of the season.
Guest speakers at the morning
session will include Mrs. Earl w.
Crafee, vice-president of the Mary
land federation; Miss Josephine
Junkon, headquarters direstor %
the general federation; Mrs. Enos ].
Ray, chairman of tbs department of
education, and Mrs. Nina Church,
chairman of the moving picture fi-
vision of the Maryland federation.
They will speak on the recent hien-
NAL council meeting at Swampscott,
Mass. -
Following luncheon, the afternoon
viii be given over to a song pro-
gram by Mrs Gertrude Lyons.
music chairman of the Women 6
City Club. accompanied by Mrs,
Arthur J. Seaton. chairman of the
music division of the District Fed
Grafton. Mrs. Charles H. Blair, of
the Park View wonien's Club, wii
give several dialect readings.
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POSTMEN FLOCK
To BEACH .

Washington letter carriers are hold
ing their annual excursion today at
Chesapeake Beach Schedules have
been arranged so that every carrier
will be permitted to spend at least
part OF the day at the resort.
High postal officials are honor
guests, making the trip on private
C + and being entertained at
luncheon and dinner. John A.
O'Neill. president of the local branch
of the National Association Of Let
ter Carriers is supervising the en-.
tertainment of guests.
The honor guests are Postmaster
w. NJ Mooney, Assistant Postmas-
ter w. H, Haycock, C. z Schooley,
Fred Sillers. p r Otterback, F.. c.
Burrows. E. A. He1lig, George l..
TAFT. r. H. Thompson. John r. Tul.
lis, H. M. Bradley w. c. Gilbert, E,
j. Gainor, president of the National
Association of Letter Carriers; NJ. T.
Finnan, c. +. Stimson. Charles Long,
H. G. Tegeler. H. Robert Tiffany. w.
w. Way. G. E. Winkelman and E. X.
Eppley.
The excursion committee v com
posed of A. r. Hamacher, chairman;
T. F.. Baker, w. E. Berckman,
George T. Ellis, A. NJ. Freidrichs, r.
l.. Miley. and John P. Miller.
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Her Pet Cat Poisoned,
Woman Leans From Roof

DANNILLE, Va. June 20.-Mrs,
Dorothy Davis. 80, of Charlotte
n. c., is in AZ serious condition at
a local hospital with both legs and
an arm fractured following leap
from the roof of two-story h6sel
at Chatham, Va, near here.
She told her physician that she
tried to die because some one had
poisoned her pet cat,
She appeared at the hotel and en-.
gagged a room, saying her mother
would join her. At midnight guests
were aroused by the screams OF the
woman. who was found on the
ground.
She is believed to have been the
same person seen in Danville ca ry.
ing the carcass of Persian cat in
a satchel and occasionally weeping
on telling of its death.
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Campfire Girl Lauded
AS Flag Champion at
Russell Sage College

TROY, y. Y, June 20.-Before
an assemblage of State and civic
leaders. Miss Mary S. McGonigal,
15.year-old Campfire Girl. was ac-
claimed winner of the girls cham
nionship in the National F'ls Con-
rest at a vesper service on the
campus of Russell Sage College,
Troy.
Miss Mc0onigai read the prize
winning essay, selected out of
100000, which entitled her to a
three.months' trip abroad, schol-
arship and a cash award. The
contest. participated in by boys
and girls in every section of the
country. was sponsored by the
United States Flag Association and
the Hearst newspapers.
Troy Campfire Girls performed
their picturesque candle-lighting
ceremony as a tribute to the men,
ber of their organization who
achieved such nationwide distinc-
tion. ....
The principal address was made
by State Senator. William T. Byrne,
Albany, who lauded Miss McGonigal
for her signal success. declaring
that the city of Troy. the State of
New York and the entire country
of the United States all were proud
OF her achievement.
Senator Byrne pointed out that
the fate of any country that re.
spected such traditions as the ma
tional emblem never could be in
doubt. When such traditions are
neglected, he said. the country soon
falls into decadence.
Mayor Cornelius V. Burns, of
Troy. presided at the exercises and
introduced the speakers. who in.
cluded Mrs. Robert Ransley. presi-
dent of the Troy Campfire Girls.
and Mrs. Charles Carroll and Miss
Ida Clifford. local judges.
The audience which swarmed
about the green of the college cam
pus included a large number of
Campfire Girls and pupils of Emma
Willard School, where Miss McGon-
igal Is a student
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GUILD To PLAY
SHERWOOD

Sherwood" Alfred Noyes' dream
Of Robin Hood and his Merrie Men,
with music by Edward A. Mueller,
will be presented at $40 o'clock
tonight at Sylvan Theater by the
Community Drama Guild. assisted
by players from all parts of the
city.
The United States Marine Band
Orchestra. led by Capt. Taylor
Branson. will play the musical
score The Mckinley Dancers will
appear as Titania's fairies and as
the ladies and gentles" OF the
court Of Richard Occur de Lion.
Singers of Epiphany Church anI
other choirs directed by Adolf
Torovsky, will appear as Nuns OF
Kirklee.
In the event Of heavy rain at s
o'clock or later, the performances
will be postponed till Saturday
night. 4
Sherwood" will be the first spec.
tacular open-air drama given in
Sylvan Theater since 1917 when the
stage was first opened to the public
for the community production OF
music and drama. 1t has a cast
of more than 100 players.
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FLAG GIRL OFF
FOR GLOBE
TOUR

BYROMVILLE, Ga, June
20.-A tired but happy school
girl today turned eyes that
glistened with JOY on the
vision of wondrous travels in
distant lands. Alma. Elizabeth
Groves, Georgia's National
Flag champion, brought her
brief return visit home to a
conclusion with reluctance.
FEveryone has been so wonderful
10 me and 1t is so hard to leave"
the dark!eyed. pretty. 16-year-old
girl said.
She left Byronville yesterday for
Salisbury, n. c., to join Mrs. Edwin
c. Gregory, National Flag chaperone
on the world trip.
Although wishing her stay in this
tiny Middle Georgia farming com
munity, that has been her home all
her life, could be longer, the Ma
tional Flag champion is visioning
the wonders yet to unreel before
her eyes in the trip that VIII grid
the globe this summer.
Alma's triumph has brought to
this little village and to all Middle
Georgia the greatest thrill it ever
has experienced.
Yesterday she cooked fudge for
her girl chums. swan, helped pack
peaches in her fathers packing
plant. played nine holes OF golf,
skinned the pages of a few traver
books and motored 10 the nearby
county seat Vienna, to bid her
friends good-by.
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LLLANCE.
HAS GOOD 7.
CHANCE

With the anti-Smith Demo-
cratic convention out of the
way, the eyes of political Vir-
ginia are turned on the meet
ing of the Republicans, to be
held in Richmond, June 26.
The Anti-Smith Democrats nomi-
mated DIR. William Mosley Brown,
Of Lexington, as their candidate;
and are hopeful, according to their
leaders, of getting aid from the
Virginia G. o. p. Some Republican
leaders believe they owe debt
to the "antis" and now they have
the chance to repay.
1t is believed that the &c. O.. p.
convention will endorse DR.. Brown,
misinformed This will be another
coalition between the Anti-Smith
Democrats and the Republicans, and
as this combination already has
given evidence OF what 1t can do
for a Republican candidate for Of
flee, G. o. p. leaders say. they
will make efforts for a candidate
of their own.
G. 0. p. Aid Necessary
without the aid of the Republic
ans, the Anti-Smith candidate cam
not win, their leaders say. and DIR.
Brown, in statement some days
ago, said that he would not accept
the candidacy unless he would be
endorsed by both the 6. o. p. and
the "antis." Since he has accepted.
leaders say that there is a strong
belief that the Republican leaders
have agreed to endorse him with
the hope of overthrowing the regu-
lar Democrats.
Combination Has MajOri y
The combination OF the Republi-
cans and the "antis'' in the last
presidential election gave Hoover a
majority of 24,263, and elected three
Republican Congressman, Menalcus
Lankford, of Norfolk, from the sec
ond district, by a majority of 1926;
J. w. CARRIER, of Harrisonburg,
from the seventh district, by a
majority Of 232, and j. A. Shaffer,
of Wytheville, from the ninth dis
trict, by a majority of 974. With a
full united strength of these fac,
tions, leaders say, there will be
CONSERVATION in the camp Of the
regular Democrats.
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ASSESSOR RESIGNS

CUMBERLAND. Md, June 20
Roderic Clary has resigned as su-
pervisor of assessments for Allie
gany county and has gone to Read
ing, Pa. with Mrs. Clary to reside
with their son, Roderic. Mr.. Clary
had been supervisor since April,
1914. and Jesse D. Price, chairman
of the board of supervisors of as
sessments, in accepting his resigna-
ton, wrote: The commission has
always had the highest regard for
your work and you personally, and
we feel genuine regret that your
services to the State must cease"
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N DONALD FLIES
TO LONDON

LoSsIEMOUTH, Scotland, June
20 u.N.Sl.-Premier Ramsay Mac
Donald this morning disregarded
messages from all over the country
urging him to use. a safer method
of travelling. and boarded Royal
air force bombing plane so that he
could get to London in the shortest
possible time.
A scout machine accompanied the
bomber. Both planes took off from
a flying field two miles from the
Mac Donald home here.
About 400 of his friends gave the
premier hearty send.off: He wore
leather flying coat, aviator's Cog
giles and had a parachute strapped
to his back.
1t takes a little more than Is
hours from here 10 London by train.
BY using the plane, the premier
will get to London in less than half
that time.
This will allow him time to pre-
pare for the cabinet meeting sched-
uled for tomorrow at which it is
expected he will outline in more de-
tail the naval disarms reduc-
tion plans he revealed in : speech
here Tuesday night.
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Plan to Clean FOrty-twO
Statues in d. G. Parks

Bids We're asl;na Yesterday hv Col.
T. s. Grant, Srd. director Of Public
Buildings, and Parks for the clean
ing of the AZ statues in the parks
of the District OF Columbia.
Those who submit bids will he
asked to supply SAMPLES of the ma
terials they intend using in cleaning
the statues. These samples will he
analyzed by the Bureau of Standards
which is to determine whether or
not thev contain substances that
might prove harmful Should the
contractors damage the statues
they will he obliged to repair them
at their own cost.
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WHEAT MlLLERS ELECT

HAGERSTOWN, Md, June 2O.--
S. H. Rodgers, of Washington. was
reelected president of the Ameri-
can Soft Wheat Millers Export
Corporation at the closing session
of the annual meeting at Hotel
Alexa nder. F. S. Sensenig. of Ian
caster, Pa. was elected vice presi-
dent; A r. Selby, Germantown,
Md, treasurer, and f. H. LIBBY,
Washington. secretary.