Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1932-06-02

Men and women OF wealth might
have continued to surround them
selves with armed guards wheneye
they ventured into the streets. The
mysterious disappearance Of promin-
ent men and women might have CON
tlnued; Nancy Wentworth, that who'll
~ adorable little musical comedy star.
might still be mourned by Broadway
theatregoers, while Jerry himself-but
we had better begin at the beginning.
Everything had gone wrong at the
Ileld that afternoon. The decrepit BIZ
plane IN which Jerry took venture
some passengers into the air az a
dollar a minute had, like. the tradi-
uonal one horse shay, gone to pieces
all at once. The engine missed on one
entire bank of cylinders. The control
wires leading to the flippers devel-
oped frayed spots. The oil pump ceas-
ed to function.
So, with this and that, ii was well
after midnight before Jerry and his
helper succeeded in getting the plane
IN III condition to stagger into the air
the following morning. Then, every
bone muscle aching with weari
ness, the pilot cranked up his twelve
year-old roadster, ricocheted out of
the field gate and, cut-out wide open,
nurtled across Long Island toward
New York, twenty miles away.
Midway between two spraying
hamlets on the Merrick road his
roaring engine popped, gasped and
stopped. The flyer cursed long ana
whoieheartedly. No need to look into
the gas tank. He knew it was dry.
Sheer carelessness, which must be
paid for by a five mile walk back to
the nearest all-night filling station.
He had walked a hundred yards |
or 50 when he heard the vibration of
humming motors. He looked back. |
Far down the road were the beady
white eyes Of two approaching cars. |
Standing still, he held up his hand.
realizing that the chances of being
picked up at this time OF the night |
were somewhat less than slim. More |
than n good samaritan had been .
robbed on the highway in just such
a manner.
He was gradually bathed in the
blue white incandescence Of head
lights. There vas a slither of tires
as a heavy limousine, its motor pur-
ring rhythmically, coasted to a stop.
The second car swung into the center
OF the road and roared past.
A dome light in the rear compart-
ment cast its warm glow upon a
wrapped in a flame-colored eve
nlng cloak, who peered at the figure
In the obscurity of the outer dark
ness. For a moment JerTy's heart
thumped. He recognized her at once.
II was Nancy Wentworth, the most
beautiful and talented yong star in
the musical comedy armament. He
mad seen her twice and her picture
a thousand times, since that mem
first night two years ago when
she had taken Broadway by storm.
I'm sorry to have troubled you,"
he bowed, but / ran out Of gas back
there. I'd be mighty grateful for a
lift to the nearest filling station"
Miss Wentworth surveyed him care
July. Reassured by his lean, tanned
and by the twinkle in his gray
eyes, she Unmatched the door and mo-
toned for him to enter.
stop at the first gas station, An
thony, she called thru the open par
-ition. The chauffeur nodded, clicked
the gears. The a swan ahead. 1t
to Jerry's mind that the girl
lived somewhere u this way, com
to and from the theater in her
Dig foreign car.
Guess I'll run out Of gas about
his time every night" he grinned,
at her cameo-like profile,
with its firm chin, its perfect mouth
ma Its slightly n saucily uptilted
little nose.
Once again those wide brown eyes.
IS clear and level as a boys. flick
cred over him im~personally, as tho
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of men who essayed wisecracks
IN short acquaintance. His towsled
lair was short and wavy. There was
1 faint smudge on his left cheek
zone. His body, lounging easily in the
nick upholstery, was rangy and
road sh~ouldered, tapering to the
waist like that Of a boxer. His hands,
arge n capable looking, had been
with sand soap ana water,
still pore traces of hours spent
m balky machinery. No need to fear
his man.
I'D advise you to keep an extra
or two of gas hidden somewhere
long the road" she retorted.
The limousine swayed suddenly. A
edan, parked by the roadside with
lights extinguished, had suddenly
ppeared in the white beam of the
eadllghts. 1t turned ~squarely across
he highway and remained there,
locking the entire width of the con-
rete. The chauffeur, throwing his
all weight Upon the brakes, brot the
mousine to a s~creeching stop a scant
.alf-dozen feet away.
The Doors of the darkened sedan
wung opens Five men spilled out.