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Show fADVENTURERS f- f - - ADVENTURERS ' CLUB - b h hb hHEADLINES H HEADLINES E A D L I N E S FRO FROM FROM-THE FROM THE M .1 1 - . THE H ELI LIVESOF LIVES V E S OF PEOPLE LIKE YOURSELFIy YOURSELFI"Horror YOURSELFl YOURSELFI y "Horror Horror " Horror on the Highivay Highway " By FLOYD GIBBONSFamous GIBBONSFamous GIBBONS GIBBONSFamous Famous Headline HunterHELLO Hunter Hunter.tiJLi.LiU .tiJLi.LiU tiJLi.LiU tiJLiLiU . . EVERYBODY Jl V X-in X in - , JL XSUU X : : HELLO And a very extra-special extra special - - hello to you , Marybob WIll- WIll WIllson Willson Will-son Will son - son out there at your home in Union Umon , N . J . , for your swell swellstory swellstory swellstory story today . l\Iarybob-pretty l Iarybob pretty Marybob-pretty Marybob \ Marybob - - pretty name isn't isnt ' It-lS It lS its-is its is if ? - is a big girl now , but she was wasonly wasonly wasonly only seven when adventure-in adventure in adventure - in the shape of an escaped lunatic-Jumped lunatic Jumped lunaticJumpedrIght lunaticjumpedright lunatic - jumpedright rIght chanceto on the running runnmg board of the family car and gave Marybob a chance to be a heroine herome heromeOne heroineOne heroineOne One autumn diy dW dhy in m 1932 Marybob and her mother were vere dnvIng driving thrIllfor wIthout drivingwithout dnvIngwIthout her dad from Erie Ene , Pa , to New York city That was a big thrill | for 1\Iar 1 Iar Marybob-taking Marybob taking \ Marybob bob-takIng bob takIng - taking a long trip tnp like that without wJthout her dad-because dad because dad - because It Itgave itgave itgave gave her a chance to take cire C'1re C1re ' of her mother . Madman 1\ladman 1 ladman \ Jumpedon Jumped on Their Car . lrar ! Marybob ) bob kept her eyes open and rmd while her mother drove the car . , she car.she carshe watchingthe lolled luxuriously 1u\.urJOusly 1u.urJOusly 1u .urJOusly urJOusly lw . \ . uriously alone in m the back scat seat like a little queen watching the thetrees scenery . Old Man Autumn had h3d been using usmg his paint pamt brush on the trees tint th-it th it - line the road of the Roosevelt highway in m the part of Penn Penn- Pennsylvania Penn.sylvania Pennsylvania . - . sylvania they were driving through and Marybob didn't didnt ' miss a thIng thingBeautiful Beautiful russets and yellows Hew flew by in m a moving movmg picture of color as asmother asmother asmother mother stepped on the gas to get gd to New York before darkSuddenly darkSuddenly dark darkSuddenly Suddenly , however , as the car sped . ' ilong 1.Iong 1Iong ! long the lifcht lll"ht lllht libht " traffic , a aloan aman aman wildbfor ildlyfor loan man jumped Jl.mped Jlmped jn.mped jnmped . . into mto the center centcr of the roadand road and gesticulated 'HItH HItH ' ' & ildly ) for them thcm to stop Thinking Tlunlung : that there had been an au accid-cnt accid cnt accH-cnt accH acciccnt ! - - ar around aroundthe aroundthe und undthe the seriouslyhurt senouslyhurt bend ahead of them and that some one might be senously seriously hurt Marybob's Marybobs Mar ) bob's bobs ' mother slo\\ slo sloped sloed slonned \ ed down own just in front of the man As Asshe Asshe Asshe she did < ; so 0 he dashed forward , jumped on the running runmng boar board and andbcgan andbegan andbegan bcgan began cursing cursmg and ; ) celling yelling elhng like I1I.e I1Ie . i ' \ t ma madman man ' , Go ahead go fast , , go fast , " the man screamed between curses " / \ Marybob l\Iarybob l Iarybob 111arybob and her mother looked at the man and Marybob's Marybobs lVIarybob's lVIarybobs ' mother mother'vent mothervent motherwent \'vent 'vent vent \ ' pale The man's mans ' eyes weie wele staring starmg out of his head and the musclesof muscles of his strained face twitched spasmodically At first she thought he hewas hewas hewas was drunk drunh drum . , but a second glance at his wild , unnatural eyes told her she shehad shehad shehad had a dangerous maniac mamac to contend with The mother's mothers ' first thought thoughtwas thoughtwas thoughtwas was for her little IJttle gIrl"Ee girl"Be girl girl"Be "Be Be "Ee Ee " careful , " she s said ud in a guardedOlCe guarded \ voice \OlCe OlCe , "this this " man l is iscrazy iscraz craz crazy ; ) . " Marybob lVIarybob looked at him He certainly looked crazy hanging hangmg onto the theinSIde theinside theinside inSIde of the car Crlr door through the open window She looked loohed ahead The Theroad Theroad Theroad road was clear Her mother was driving dnvIng faster , as ordered , but that thatwasn't thatwasn't thatwasn't thatwasnt wasn't wasnt ' fast enough for their uninvited guest"Faster guest"Faster guest guest"Faster "Faster Faster " " ' " he shouted , , and taking a bcrewdnver crewdflver screwdriver from his pocket pocketwIth pocketwith pocketwith wIth his tree free hand he reached through the window wmdow and struck at Mary- Mary MaryHe . - - Mary1 I'1 I1 I'1E1 ' 1 E1 E1it < % it t tlie He lie Struc Struck ! . at \ Marybob's Marybobs I\Iarybob's I Iarybob's Iarybobs ' Mother . bob's bobs ' mother He was on the driver's drivers dflver's dflvers ' side of the car and could easIly easIlyreach easilyreach easilyreach reach hei hel The car went faster as the frantic mother tried to avoid the theblos theblows theblows blo\\s blo s blows \ \ and avert an accident rlccldent Down the highway hlghwny they went-faster went faster went - faster than thanthe thanthe thanthe the law allows-and allows and allows - and \ Marybob's Marybobs 1\Iarybob's 1 Iarybob's Iarybobs ' mother prayed for a policeman to stop stopthem stopthem stopthem them . 1\lar 1 lar Mara \ Marybob bob ClosedVmdow Closed \ Window \Vmdow Vmdow on His lIis Hand . In the meantime meantlme , , in m the back seat . , \ Miss 1\11ss 1 11ss Mar Marybob ) bob was doing a little littleheavy littleheavy littleheavy heavy thinking thmkmg If she locked the door from the inside the crazy man manould manwould manwould \\ould ould would \ \ at least have to stay on the outside Her little l1ttle hand slipped slJpped down downand downand downand and zip ' the lock was on the door doorSo doorSo doorSo So far so good But now , how about closing closmg themdow the \ window \\mdow mdow \ on hIS hIShand hishand hishand7 hand ? The maniac was giving glvmg all his attention to her mother , so Mary Mary- Marybob Marybob . - bob \ was vas \ as able to start turning turnmg the little l1ttle handle that closes and opens the thewmdow thewindow thewindow wmdow window Little by little l1ttle tlie the heavy glass came up If OI only y the man manwouldn't manwouldn't manwouldn't manwouldnt wouldn't wouldnt ' notice it until he was caughtMar caughtMarybob's caught caughtMarbob's Marbob's Marbobs Marybob's Marybobs Mar ; ) bob's bobs ' ' mother " Mas "as as as driving dnvmg like I1ke mad now . The car was wass wasswaying wasswa s\\ s sa swaying \ a ) inc lUg bac back ! . an and . > forth across the road Any minute mmute she mIght mIghtlose mightlose mightlose lose control and send scnd them thcm all to their thclr deaths dcaths m in a terrible smash- smash smashup smashup smash-up smash up - - up . The glass was soon just a tiny tmy bit away a\.ay a.ay a .ay ay \ . from the man's mans ' hand Mary Marybob Marybob Marybob bob co could " d see the blue veins vems standing out as the man held on with all hIS hISstrength hisstrength hisstrength strength She took a long breath , a tight tlght grip on the handle and then thenturned thenturned thenturned turned it as fast as she could Tlie The window pressed the hand tight m in m11s inits inits 11s its graspHer graspHer grasp graspHer Her Clever Clcver Sehe Scheme lc Was 'Vas Vas ' Effcctivc Effective Effective.A EffectiveA . A wild wlld scream of anger came from outside the car-a car a car - a piir p'ur pur p'iir ' ofmurderous ofmurderous of ofmurderous murderous c 05 C3 ; ) cs glared through the ( he glass at the ( he little httle girl gul , butMar butMarybob but butMarybob Mar Marybob ; ) bob wasn't wasnt ' afraid now . She just hel held on tight to the wmdowhandle windowhandle window wmdow windowhandle handle . . Her mother , nearly fainting famtmg from terror , saw a group of men in m the theroad theroad theroad road ahead She dared not slow down and.as and \ was \.as .as . as afraid to look around be beca becailse because ca cailse se of the speed of tlie U1C the car C3r C3rAnd carAnd carAnd And right then Marybob did some backseat driving * , ' It's Its ' all right , mama , , " she said , ' I ve ye got his Ius hand caught in m the thewlOdow thewindow thewindow wlOdow window " Mama nearly lost control of the car and heiself helself when she realized realizedwhat realizedwhat realizedwhat what her daughter had done , , but she did slow down and stop And Mary Mary- Marybob Marybob . - bob didn't didnt ' let go of the window wmdow handle until thiee thlce men grabbed hold of ofthe ofthe ofthe the crazy man and pulled him off oIT ofT Even then he swung his screwdrlver screwdriver screwdriverat screwdrlverat at the window wmdow and smashed it to bits But he didn dldn t hurt \ Marybob l\farybob l farybob or orher orher orher her mother The motherThe man was an escaped lunatic and the men in ill the road were wereguards wereguards wereguards guards searching searchmg for 111mWowl himWowl him 111m himWowl Wowl What an ln < adventure adventurer ' And what a gIrl girlCopyricht ! ! 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