Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-01

was Just aootner among me
many missing.
Il am going to Paris!" announced
Lieutenant Rex ballard. at the con-
clusion OF DR.. Gordon's astounding
tale. Il may have to use a crutch
for a few days, but that won't pre-
vent me from doing a little scouting
around. And besides. I am anxious
70 get in touch with my young
friend, jim. and sec that he gets a
chance for his white alleyl"
And that was how IL came that
Lieutenant ballard, with Margery
Lynne TO for him, rode to Paris
with DR.. Gordon on his return trip.
The lieutenant was still undergoing
surgical treatment, his WOUNDS hav-
ing TO be dressed at least once a day.
II was the hospital. therefore, for
him. as well as for DR.. Gordon and
the nurse.
In response to his inquiry regard
ing his young friend. Jim. he was in
formed that an aphasia "a ans
wering that description had arrived
only an hour before and had been
assigned 10 Bed "a in Ward 6.
This was pleasing information fo-
the Lieutenant. For wheE. he found
his opportunity. an hour later. 10
visit the young man. having obtained
a crutch and hobbled through a
labyrinth OF corridors 10 Ward 6
thence down TO Bed No. "a. he found
Margery already there and installed
as Jim's nurse. You're a fast work
er." observed the lieutenant. with
a cheerful grin. She admitted that
IL might be true.
But Lieutenant Dallard's face wore
no grin, as he looked down at the
pathic figure on the bed. the vic
tim Of the shell, the young man
whose b~ravenesS and strength OF
body, only a week before. had en-
abled him 70 perform a seldom
equaled act OF heroism. And now the
brain no longer functioned correctly
Something, somewhere, some tiny
part OF the intricate mechanism had
been jolted loose by the jar OF that
exploding shell. Unless science, IL
the form OF surgery. coulG delve II
and adjust that bit OF deranged
mechanism, this unfortunate youth
might never again know his own
name.
And 1t was this thought, this pos
sibility. that stirred again the ques-
ton in Lieutenant Dollard's mind as
to whether there might be any con-
nection between this boy and his
twin sister, Pat. and the kidnapped
ambulance driver, Pat. who, with
her twin brother. Jim. was TO come
into control Of twenty million dol
lars on the first Of the coming jan
uary.
Surely. unused the lieutenant.
there could not be two parallel
cases. each so exactly like the other.
That taxed the credulity even more
than the possibility of a coincidence.
And there was the strange behavior
OF the flyer who had recovered-in
part-his mental equilibrium.
Viewing the situation from its
various angles. IL certainly carried
the ear-marks OF a cooked-up pot
into which some unlooked-for cir
cumstance had accidentally bump
ed.
On every side one caught a
glimpse of the hint OF ugly mystery.
For IL was folly to accept the bold
kidnapping of the girl. Pat, as any
thing other than the work Of plot
ters who were fixing to separate her
from the twenty million dollars. re-
port said she and her twin brother
were to receive.
1T can't be that DR.. Gordon
knows anything about this girl. Pat.
being an heiress. or he would have
mentioned IL when he told OF the
kidnapping" said ballard. suddenly.
expressing his thoughts aloud.
Margery Lynn looked up. sur
prised at the unexpected declaration
Of the lieutenant's Incorporating
fancy.
No she said. Il don't think-in
fact. I'm quite sure he knows Moth
ing about her private affairs. Pat
rarely spoke about herself. even &c
her more intimate acquaintance.
And DR.. Gordon is not n Of the
inouisitive breed Of medics."
"Of course" observed the lieuten-
ant, gazing al her reflectively. you
haven't. as yet. had any opportunity
of hearing what the doctors and
nurses here have TO say about the
kidnapping"
Pretty Margery Lynn permitted
herself the luxury OF an amused
smile.
And u was you. lieutenant" sire
said softly, who accredited me. only
a few moments ago. with being a
fast worker. I'm disappointed in
you"
"Well?" he queried. gr%inning," was
I right or vrong?-
Both" she tossed back on the