Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1937-01-22
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growing dark; in fifteen minute:
: it would be like night. But the
} killer of McDonold and Catterby
seemed to know the way.
Another mile they traversed a.
foot before Lefty stopped and
touched Dams arm. It's up there,
5 See that cabin"
Colwell could not at first make
it out. Going nearer, they found
it dark. The two men exchanged
: questioning looks at this. Dan felt
his heartbeat slow, then go faster.
Suppose their guess was wrong?
Suppose Graber still was back in
the city?
Cautiously they approached the
square log structure with the slant
ing roof extended over a front
) porch. There was no light in it, no
car nearby no sign of habitation.
/! CULLEN seemed concerned. He
walked to a side window and peer
ed in. Then both men went to the
front door which they found lock-
ed. Again they peered at earh
other-it was dark now-and again
were in wordless agreement. They
put their shoulders to the door and
after several efforts of their COM
bined power, burst the cheap hinge
lock.
:; Dan struck a match. eve won
light that lamp-we don't need it.
Just wan to see if their things are
gone"
Several matches flickered and
died aefore they convinced them
selves that the hunting party had
not abandoned the shack for good.
Two deer rifles were there, n of
them identified as Graders. A sup
ply of canned food, coffee, and
bacon, was found.
They're coming back" Colwell
stated.
He walked to the door and star
ed at the black sky. Suddenly, al
most a mile of the countryside
flared alight, and at the same time
he became conscious of the whine
of a motor. Lefty! There's a
planet"
CULLEN followed at his heels onto
the porch. It>was a flare the ship
had dropped, used when a pilot
seeks an emergency landing field.
The motor roared loudly now and
in the slow-burning three hundred
candle power magnesium they
found the ship itself circling. 1t
was quite low. A cabin job Of the
Monogram make with a powerful
Whirlwind motor.
By mutual consent when the
flare died at the end Of its appoint
ed three minutes, Quillen and COL
we'll rushed to the fringe of woods.
They judged that Graber-if it
was he-intended landing some
where to the south. Both men ran
fast as they could over hard, I'M
even ground. Until two minutes
later, they burst suddenly from the
copse of trees onto a wide, fla.
clearing.
"Sure! I remember this. But I
never thought Otto could use it
for landin'," Lefty painted.
Colwell determined the direction
of the wind and knew which way
Graber must face to land. As the
ship banked, coming lower, he
started at a dead run for the spot
it was due to touch. But he had
forgotten Graders second flare.
1t burst alive suddenly, illumin-
ating the two men who raced across
the cleared space. "Down!" COL
we'll yelled, and hurled himself
flat. With a soaring curse CULLEN
followed suit.
But they had been seen. The
motor, which had been cut out,
picked up with a roar. The ships
nose lifted as Graber put her into
a climb. Dams heart suffered and
seemed leaden in his breast. They
had given themselves away!
Vingefull,y CULLEN raised his
automatic. He, too, could utilize
the still burning flare that swung
lower On its small parachute. He
fired, twice, three times. Foolish,
of course. 1t seemed useless.
Or was it? The monoplane was
only two hundred feet up. Sud
denly the motor sputtered. 1t died
and the plane rode without a sound.
The white magnesium still made
the field almost bright enough to
read a newspaper. The motor
picked and Graber increased his