Show tI II I I II I I Were the B Bandits After M Me MC Instead d of Katherine Miller Morrisons Morrison's l lan u language ngu ge was was often of an unquotable le kind He lIe cur cursed ed the bandits ban Itan- lits alts with some of the choicest selections selections U ns froni from froni his vocabulary larY because they II had not ma made malie lo a a. cl claim l imn x n an anybody body for forthe forthe forthe the ransom of pt Miss Miller and fond accompanied p ri ed it with accurate directions for tor torl l locating her Morrison had collected his men and ho he assured Jim Junior th that some of them them were re the ha hardest hardes des nuts i in Texas Jim looked the bunch over and admitted that Morrison had done dorie well rh The detective e ete e Uve complained that hh hi himen his men were al dressed up but had n no place t to go which would satisfy th the Mexican i authorities 1 s as a logical l g goal l. l At this point Bob and his mining papers came in handily Morrisons Morrison's ns n's gang gang- was wa to pass the frontier as s a b body dY of ot mining who had been engaged by Bob Lorimor to take tak a a radio outfit an and some sorpe valuable yalu- yalu able chemical apparatus to the assaying assay assay- ing laboratory of th the famous famous' Lorimer pi The party could take a a. train for a portion of the distance nce Burros Buro would ti be required d to tr transport the he goods and I supplies ov over over r the mountain trails and passes The Th i th ni meri S i would camp camb out ut several several sev sev sev- eral nights and almost any kind of an accident could delay their progress Thus they c could ld search f for r the airL I begged to be taken along I could gp a as well l as not I said because I had d wired Mrs Chapin haIpt alt to come come g- g and take c care ce e of Babs Labs But not riot a single sincle le man Hi In the crowd would listen Usten to my nw y plea Pa Bob Dob was actually impatient beca because se I made tile the suggestion Jim tried to solace m my hurts hurts hurts-as as if I were a little girl girl girl-by by promising t to give me i a few lessons in flying lying Hearing earing the suggestion gge Bob shrugged his hili shoulders and I 1 nearly cried il d b because ause I wanted my husband to forbid me to ruh run the risk Of course I couldn't weep weep for Mor- Mor eye was on me ti i as he he spoke Youre about the last person Id I'd take along Mrs Lorimer Why I asked abruptly Well you see Ill I'll bet any money monCy the rebels were after YOU vou when they rey got Miss Mise Miller He lie said this ver very deliberately rat ly and h he looked from on one to to the tie other ther of us In great enjo enjoyment mC f of or f the sensation his w words cr created at d. d What ch chorused Bob and nd Jim while my heart leaped leaned Into my throat and arid stopped my speech ch JH ll bet yop yos nod nodded ed Morrison And then he proceeded to elaborate his pet theory about the abdu lon H He be believed believed be- be th that t Germany w was k keeping the Mexican rebels stirred up up an and that th the abductions q of ot Americans Americana had lately be been n pulled off oft were solely for tor forthe forthe th the purpose of making trouble between the United States State and Mexico Any Apy little trouble would prove to Germanys Germany's Germanys Germany's Germanys Germany's Ger Ger- many's advantage if It could b bo be developed developed devel devel- Into an affair of military Im Ini- If It the fhe he Mexican outlaws had bad seized th the ht only law in law p of pf the the f fa famous famous fa- fa American multimillionaire maker of ot munitions a a a young youn and very b beautiful beau a lady why lady why cant can't you yo see how h w her n would would advertise t the e fa fact t that they were raiding citizens of the United States Every village go paper would run ron her My G God d exclaimed Timmy Jimmy at which I laughed augh d. d T 1 wondered whether r Jimmy was was was' appalled at the d danger nger which I had escaped or at the tho Idea of my art adorning th the tho newspapers of or the tho thoy w Ip surprised that you think It a ala la laughing m matter remarked Bob Quietly I bit my tongue to keep back 8 a hot rejoinder It was of ot course unfortunate tun t that so m much ch be beauty uty had been sacrificed to s save ve my little bun bunch h of r brains To be bo continued ed |