Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1932-06-09
Chapter 10
MURDER PERMITTED?

FERRY swung over lake and shore
J in a series of immense concentric
circles, urging his powerful new ship
up and up until her controls became
loose and the pointer on the alti-
meter refused to rise on the dial.
He was happier, at this moment,
thar he had been since he could re-
member. The pulsing drone Of the
marvellous new 525-horsepower mo-
TOR was sweeter music TO his ears
Than the most exquisite harmonies
of a symphony.
Emory, his fiery blue eyes Dancing
with anticipation, was studying the
magnificent panorama thru nav bin
socuiars. Never, since inheriting his
fathers substantial fortune had the
mere ability to spend freely given
him such pleasure as now.
1t seemed to him that never had
he made as wise a purchase as the
airplane. What better use of money
than to buy adventure. He remember
ed the toast of his old gang in his
squadron. Hard bitten, hard-eye6 men
rose and drank bottoms up to the
words. Anywhere but here!'
Stevens wiped an ugly little sub
caIibre machine gun with a bit of
oily cloth. he chewed rhythmically,
his faded old eyes looking at nothing
in particular. He had excepted the
=airplane as he accepted everything
~EfSS, unQueSllOnlnBly.
He saw no omanc or adventure in
the task before him.
II he had to live his life over again,
he would have chosen a different job.
One which didn't cali for always be-
ing ready to shoot first and hit the
bulls eye on the first shot.
"There she isl" Emory's ~exulting
voice cut thru the blurred snarl Of
the motor. THE same amphibian.
over there!"
Far below, hurting over the cor
rugated blue washboard that was the
lake, appeared a tiny airplane, head
ing straight out from the shore. Jerry
1hrottled his engine, turned and care
fully jockeyed the m%onoplane into its
position between the sun and the
speeding plane fifteen thousand feet
below.
The %kidnapers' ship slid down q
the water, TAXED to a tiny pinpoini
of black in the midst of the glitterine
blue water, then took off again anc
headed back toward land. The mono
plane, holding its stragetic position
with ease, followed the amphihiaT
over the rolling hills which nestle'
close to the lake shore and acros
the flat prairies beyond the hills
Miles followed miles until at las
those in the fleeing ship turned alb
ruptly toward the south-south-east.
At an altitude of twenty Thousand
feet the three in the monoplan'
watched the orderly lake front sub
zirbs slide smoothly beneath their sill
very wing. j,
~'that we're in for a long hop. Tha
fellow down there is sticking to
course that's as straight as a plumI
line. We may as well settle Down
Emory, take the stick while l stretcl
my legs"
Theodore P. Hamilton capped tn
black deuce with a red ace, deftl,
swept the cards into a pack and be
gan to shuttle. He looked cool an
comfortable in the spotless white lin
en suit which one Of the house ser
wants had laid out before lunch.
fitted his tall, thin frame as tho /
had been cut TO measure. Sitting
there at the table, his bony face half
hidden from the light, he was a per
feet picture OF the successful Amer
scan business mar enjoying a mo
ment's diversion from the routine o
his work. His hair was CRAVING, Blu
mis- close clipped mustache was a
black as his jutting eyebrows.
He glanced idly about the room AM
catching the saturnine green eyes o
the half-drunk Mallory, nodded pleas
antly, ~impersonally. 1t was little shor
of amazing, the solitaire player mus
ed. how quickly Mallory had broken
nan -Dack on the county pOlo team
"a golfer, tennis and handball star 0
considerable note, the man had gonI
completely to pieces under the strain
of nearly three weeks of enforced
oneness on this heat encompassed
isle.
The president of the United State
Textile corporation considered tn
matter and decided that unless the,
were freed before long, someon'
wpuld have TO kill Mallory. He wa
startled by his own thots. A month
ago he would have viewed the i'm
pending murder OF a fellow either
with horror. Now he found himself
Judging Mallory impartially and look
tng upon his possible taking-on abb
sz6ractly, without concern.
williams, too. he could do without.