| Show Ie Confessions f. f I I II I Of a a Bride Brid BridI BrideI I l I By Airplane and Make a I Startling Discovery I nodded an embarrassed acceptance of the tho obliging aviators aviator's invitation At that the little Mexican maid who waited upon me and who had acted as an Interpreter when the occasion required slipped away from my side and ran mu swiftly to the patio Was Vas she sho a spy The Idea startled me Had she been clever I enough to catch the trend of the grand spectacle spectacle spec spec- Had she gone to warn the col collapsed col- col lapsed administrator cOI 1 In word a a. or two I gave Morrison tho the hint Ho Ito I passed it on to Jimmy and a little flurry of haste accompanied accompanied Morrison the preparations for my flight light strapped o on my helmet while the pilot fished up a fur lined coat from the interior of his machine In another instant I 1 was lifted into the observers observer's seat and strapped to the same And then as a matter of ot course which it wasn't at all all I I reached out for Baby Dabs Babs But the tho old housekeeper had snatched her up and m my heart stopped Its beating Was the woman growing suspicious too Jimmy boy as usual was equal to tho the occasion In a lordly but most genial fashion he begged the privilege of taking up the child for child for a mascot I And while he talk talked d ho he gently removed the little one from the old womans woman's I arms transferred her to mine and bound her to me with a second belt And all the young ladies ladles of ot San Jose regarded me with envy while Jim splendid as a superman examined exam exam- ined bed my safety straps Courage Sissy he whispered Gosh youre you're a game little girl No thrills this trip Jim I warned him Nary a blessed one my dear he answered Steady as asAn asAn as- as An excited stirring of the crowd interrupted him It began at the corner corner cor cor- cor- cor I ner toward the road and rippled to the furthest corner of ot the field It was caused by the sight of ot the auto wheeling into the road which connected con con- the main thoroughfare with the hacienda Off ff went hundreds of ot sombreros and I up tiP went a grand A few of ot the servants scurried off to their I proper stations in the establishment I 1 looked at Morrison and he nudged Jim Evidently the mysterious personage per per- who ruled destiny at the tho hacienda hacienda ha ha- had come a little sooner than he was expected Let her go Jimmy dear Let her hergo hergo go I 1 pleaded clutching Babs close to my heart Jim climbed into his seat eat and seized I. I the Joy stick Morrison stepped away from the car to give us room His right hand dropped Into his gun pocket He was guarding me to the last And he saw what I 1 saw the figure of the administrator emerging from the patio Something was shining shining shin shin- ing in his right hand The long whine of ot a bullet close to my ears told me what it was The bus began to taxi tad and d I r could couldn't t see Morrison but I knew he was too canny to get Into trouble recklessly Jim is a person of ot much touch delibera delibera- tion He never moves quickly but he never makes a useless or a futile movement He lie taxied along a path parallel with the avenue down which the motorcar was racing The crowd accepted Jims Jim's action as a little compliment compliment com corn to the master and roared Its approval Tine Jim stuck to the ground as if he too were determined to meet the mysterious owner of ot one of ot the greatest greatest great great- est ranches in the world I 1 never knew when the plane took the air because in a flash I 1 had look looked d squarely into the bandits bandit's splendid L blue eyes eyes and and passed on I 1 had come face to face taco with the lover who had wooed me in my girlhood and with the enemy enemy who had gone to meet death beneath the surface of ot the sea sea How had Hamilton Ham ton conquered conquered conquered con con- death Would I ever know the story To be continued |
