| Show TELEGRAM FICTION ON Substitute Sweetheart I By Bv Priscilla Wayne Wayne- CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR THIRTY I Put that revolver d down wn Clara Bradley said Jerry firm triumphant startled ven Ivan himself Step back baek I X dont don't want to shoot again You wouldn't shoot You wouldn't shoot hoot Clara Bradleys Bradley's voice was Ras trembling with emotion X I 1 most certainly would DontI Dont Don't I make any mistake about that tha And obey abey what hat I tell ten you to do If I T will Cl Clara ra promised meekly wondering if Il she could stand up on her legs Then get th the a anklets klets and hand hand- ha handcuffs d- d cuffs rye been wearing nights and put t them on him F s a Dont you dare Joseph Bradley hissed coming to life Dont you dare But Joe Tm rm afraid Ive I've got to Stop top arguing J Jerry err said calmly Do aa u I tell you and as Clara moved over a B little he pulled the trigger again Another Mother bullet whizzed between the two It was wu a youthful thing to do an anI I thing to do and Jerry Jury who harbored no thought of murder murde r even ven In this wild excitement nt thanked his lucky stars star for the the I training that had taught him t to o handle firearms in convincing fash tuh- J ion n. n It was the onry only way to deal wit with h cowards Clara Bradley trembling trembling- d ly found the handcuffs Joseph Josep JosephI h I Bradley stood quietly as a B m man I Get busy Jerry ordered Put the chain on his ankles Now th the e handcuffs handcuff Right as Clara obeyed No Now w band hand Iland me the key And Clara handed him the key Now sit right on that chair an and d put your hands behind your back Clara Clam hesitated Do as I said I and Jerry Jerr turned the gun full fun a on n her Clara Bradley went quickly to the chair The hands she extended extend extend- td ed behind it trembled visibly I Jerr Jerry laid down his revolver Snatched hed up a short piece of at soft lOft t rope and bound her Then he tie tied td d h her r feet Clara powerless to help hel p herself was pinioned fast The next hour was wai an anxious one Clara and Joseph Bradley sat wh where ro c Jerry Dayton placed them Clara filled the cabin with ho her r angry Joseph scarcely scarce scarcely ly moved d. d The anger nger in his eyes eye s was WU a slow am smoldering ld fire tire an and d Jerry knew that his life lire would b be e worth very little if It Joseph Bradle Bradl Bradley y aver ever again got the upper hand Let me smoke please h he e begged once I 1 cant can't run away I cant can't do anything with my y feet teet i in n irons Iron this way Please let Jet m me e smoke moke No Jerry turned away 1 I haven't time to bother with you H Ho turned back to the door where h heo he C could o Jd watch atch the approach to th the e cabin seeing everything and ye yet et t ot lot be in the path of ot vision of on one C approaching Youre waiting for Pascoe You have the right hunch Jer Jerry ry laid aid His hopes were rising wit with h very every delay Well youve you've got another gue guess Es coming if It t you think youre you're a match for him Jerry did not deign to answer His mind was busy making and rejecting rejecting re- re plans His first thought had been to loose the he the two feet of at his two prisoners and march them be before foro him across to o the place he had seen seen every overy night since sinea ho he had been in this despicable place that slow alow procession of at auto lights reassuring lights reassuring comforting That p procession of lights light meant a a highway A highway meant help That the distance over to the highway might be many miles mUes wa watho was the tho hazard he faced that and the getting jetting his prisoners across B But t the chance remark of Pascoe's concerning concerning concerning con con- the pass barely a B. mile and a half across gave him h hopes pcs He discarded a hastily made plan to depart without Pascoe It would be too hazardous to try ho he decided He must wait walt for Pascoe to return It If he did not then Pascoe returnIng returnIng return- return Ing ng and setting out to overtake him might be the deciding factor that would mean failure of all his plans Though the sky directly above proved to Jerry that the time must be about the middle of ot the after after- of night lay across the c cabin when Jerry heard Pascoe co coming up the path J Jerry rry was well armed now ready for tor any emergency emergency emer error gency and he held the persuasive revolver firmly Claras Clara's sharp ears listening as in intently In- In intently as Jerry had been listening heard Pascoe's footsteps at almost the same instant as the boy heard them hem Watch out out she shrilled in warning to Pascoe But it was too late J Jerry err had Pascoe covered and Jerrys Jerry's boyish voice tremblingly to tobe tobe be sure was giving that most peremptory of ot orders Hands up Nor was Pascoe the threat Clara Bradle Bradley had jeeringly boasted he would be The Tho trip by foot over the pass paIS hadnot hadnot had hadnot not been easy Pascoe was tired fired and worried Jerry found him easy to m manage nage He bound th the mans mane m n hands without Pascoe giving even a ghost of a of a a struggle I think now Jerry sold said leaning a against the door to ease his own trembling a little that well we'll start t rt Start Clar Claras Clara's s 's voice W was S like a whiplash Y Yes s. s Start Ive I've got this rep rope e. e Im I'm going to free your feet so yo you u con can walk Then Ill I'll tie all aU of yo you u together Well ell bo be mountain climb climb- ers Well We'll take that trail down to the highway that you know so much about Pascoe O 0 0 K Pascoe sounded almost friendly Let me be the lead mountain moun moun- tain climber Ill I'll show y you the way way Jerry Jerry- wa was was' derisively triumphant You wont won't need to he decided I T know a trail myself You first Mrs Mr Bradley Now you Mr Brad ley Now you you Mr Pascoe He tied fled the tho ropes around their waists took the end in o one e hand Now get started Highway Patrolman Su Sullivan Uv n told the rest of the tho story in the middle of r the tb night to his chief That WAS WM tour lour hour hou aft ft ft T u 1 had Chad started with his mountain J climbers cUmbers and while Jerry hid his prisoners prisoners prisoners pris pris- safe behind bars bars' of the joltIn jolt jail in the tho village at the foot of the moi sat In the chiefs office I X was wu coming over the pass It W was just before midnight My orders are to make a trip over twice durIng durIng dur dur- ing the night There are parked cars sometimes you know and J and 1 Yes Yel I X know Go on on Well VeIl as I was saying I was coming along and I saw something on the curve down the mountain and ahead of me that made mado me think I was seeing things That was wal bur Mr Dayton here 1 The chief grinned In complimentary fashion at Jerry or Well VeU yes th that's ts who it turned out to be But at first It looked to be four bears bear or animals or something going down the tr trail single file lile It frightened me And you came along and found lh them m. m Yes And loaded them into the car and bro brought them in And was I 1 ever glad to see you Jerry wanted to laugh aloud in sheer boyish triumph Youve You've got a right to be chesty kid the chief said ald You certainly have youve you've made a haul that the police all over the country have worked to catch You brought them in alone alono Ill Til say he did the tho officer r boasted boast boast- I ed I 1 recognized Ull this P Pascoe Why theres there's more than one reward out for him And this kid he brought them all right through gh the tho under under- brush Once we all fell feU in a heap to to- to gether I thought maybe we had some broken brokon legs lee among us WI Jerry admitted I 1 didn't know any p path th but I was reasonably certain though that if It we wo just It kept pt com coming comin in ing toward the lights wed lights wed we'd find finda a highway I Well IVe you did the tho chief agreed ag It lIt was hard work You lo look k worn ouLI out I 1 think Iv Ive I've never been quite so O sleepy in my life Jerr Jerry admitted Suppose you let m me go to bed 1 Right here if It f you dont don't mind the chief chic agreed Theres The e a good comfortable sofa in the office right there and Id I'd lute like to have you here Were We're going to burn up a few wires We Ve may need you And you'll telephone my slater Just as quickly as as as' I I. I can Now why dont don't yo you just drop things off your mind and get in there and I go to sleep p Let us take care caro of the rest of It it Ill be glad to Jerry grinned Lead me to a bed and push meInt me Int into it and you'll not h hear ar another word for lor hours Im I'm going to be dead to the world 1 But Jerry was not d dead ad to the world Sleep did not come so quickly as he ho had hoped Not for tor many days would the nerve tenIon tension tension ten ten- sion Ion from that exciting night ease One by one he he w would uld live over overall all of the events of f the long excitIng excitIng exciting ing hours hour And evon even as a. he tossed and tried to sleep the story atory of ot h his feat WB was winging its way by telegraph across the country Jerry Dayton was was tobe to tobe tobe be that morning perhaps the most talked of f yo young ng man in the country coun coun- try To be Continued Copyright 19 1936 for the be Telegram |
