Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-01
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Patricia Blair. Red Cross driver
and heiress. partially identifies an
injured flyer as her twin brother,
James K. Blair. and takes him to
the base hospital at c. suffering,
apparently. from aphasia. At the
hospital another aphaSia victim,
known only as Jimmy. Is also listed.
He was brought to the hospital
wearing q German uniform, after
carrying Lieutenant Rex ballard.
wounded Canadian, from a she'll
hole IN No Mans Land. The lieu
tenant claims the young man is
an American aviator. Doctors ex-
press the opinion that the youth
may be a spy. This is holly refuted
oy Nurse Margery Lynne. The
lieutenant, captivated by Patricia,
believes a plot is afoot TO defraud
the girl OF her fortune. with the
injured aviator posing as the twin
brother. He and Nurse Lynne con-
cur in their beliefs.
tNOW GO ON WITH THE Story
CHAPTER 6
But you can't get away from
lactS, went on tie Lieutenant IN a
muSing tone. Facts are facts. and
they're nightly stubborn things,
and these happenings aren't all"
There's no question as TO Pat,
herself," interrupted Margery Lyn-
ne. II saw her picture once in the
photogravure section OF a Sunday
newspaper, and I recognized her
me instant ! set eyes on her in the
Dig receiving hospital at Paris. I've
been here three weeks. and she has
made three trips here in that time.
l know she hated terribly 10 leave
her-her brother the other dav,
hur as he was. but she had no
alternative. Human feelings are the
last consideration in war times. Blu.
Just think, lieutenant, they will
come into complete control OF all
that wealth. twent million dollars,
on the first OF the coming jan
uary!"
IF they are alive" supplemented
the lieutenant, with a slight en-
phasis on the qualifying conjunc-
ton.
The following morning. when
Nurse Lynne entered the room
where ballard was r~ecuperating
she brought surprising news. The
flyer. Blair. had recovered his men
tai balance. insofar as being rat
lonal in speech and actions. But
ne could not remember his name
nor anything OF his former life
That was still all a blank.
In the afternoon the lieutenant
received vet another item of inter
eStlng information anent the my
serlouS birdman. The latter. az
MS own request. was TO be trans
TERED az once TO Paris. He had read
the letters his twin sister had SO
thoughttully returned TO his pock-
et, and decided that Paris was the
place for him.
Came still another Jolt for the
lieutenant. His young friend. Jim
together with three others. all
psychopathic cases. were TO be trans
ierred 10 Paris in the same am
oulance with Blair. ballard re-
reived this information with con-
flicting feelings. He dreaded to
think that he might never see Jim
again. But then. too. ID might be
the unfortunate move for the boy.
On the day that marked the de.
parture for Paris OF the big army
ambulance carrying the flyer known
as James Blair. the young man
known only as Jim. and the three
pSychopathic cases. DR.. Franz Cor
don, with a man driving the ambul-
ance this time. arrived at the field
hospital bearing news OF a stirring
nature.
Three nights before. the doctor
said. Pat Blair and he had attended
a play at a popular theater il Paris
Pat had wor a wine colored We
ming gown, and owe II a handsome
fur coat. Returning from the PLAY
they had dropped into a restaurant
had a little supper, and came out
intending TO take a taxi for the hos
pital, where each OF them had a
room.
How the thing had happened, OF
what the motive was behind the
deed. Or. Gordon was utterly at los:
70 understand. All he could tell was
that he had beakoned 10 a tax.
driver and was waiting at the curb
supposing Pat to be Immediately be-
hind him.
Suddenly, he stated, he heard q
muffled scream and, turning his
head, saw Pats face for Just a fleet
ing second in the open doorway Of a
black limousine. Then she was jerkeo
inside, the door slammed shut, and
the q sped away. BY the time he
had managed to make the taxi dri-
yer understand what had happened
the limousine was out Of sight. he
had straightway informed the police