Show The Handsome Manby Man by Margaret Margret Turnbull l i ny by Irwin Myers 1 Copyright by Margaret TurnbulL W V. N. N U. U CHAPTER IX Continued IX-Continued Continued 13 13 There should be another man posted pOlle here bore There w was lie ne looked and grinned ind sad waved wanlI and followed followell ns liS Ray Kay M- M lowed out hl lila Instructions But Iut a R motor boat has has' no no tires Nay lay was not anxious to h begin ln a running buttle If It he could get beyond the n next landIng land land- ing place there re might he hope hore that seeing hi his reinforcements their pur pur- would turn tall I Sir Ceorge looked behind him and whistled The Th car they Ihy had hul seen had their followers without offering battle and was tearing tear tear- Ing Ins toward to them By My noine HOllie chance there were no other cars on the road In sight It Is III going to be bl a II rIMe close squeeze Slump und arid keep your head down Sandison ordered I lay flay Hay who some gome- how could not bring himself to soy say Sir Glor George Oi What the matter flintier with tho those e men of ours Why didn't they thy give ghe the tires tire merry h h n 1 Down shouted Sir Ceorge and followed his own advice that That runt was one of ot our tires Oh of William Ienn Penn but were we're In Ina Ina a tight place on this peaceful road rond The machine wobbled and swayed ud The other car crept up on them but the men In It did dill not shoot again evidently confident that they had bad them completely In their power nay Kay was us bumping along to the accompaniment accompaniment ac nc- ac- ac of ot a n sort Ort of ot chant Keep your head hend down dawn If It I 1 can cnn only make It to that corner Oh ham and onions on I I How Bow mad I 1 will h be If they stop us ns this tide side What's that The oddest sound seemed to fill his ears In n a moment he realized what tt It was and ond then despite the tile gravity of ot the situation he laughed aloud They hind had turned a corner and before them streamed what seemed a small army of cars almost nil all of ot that cheap but useful make which had 01 made II Ill Its producer both bolh famous and rich Each car held four men and every man exe except It the driver r was arm armed lI If wit you can cnn laugh now exclaimed flay Ruy you OU have hare your nerve nene with your you OU I Look 1 I Their pursuers had hod rounded the corner cortier cor cor- tier ner confidently counting on oa their superior cur car and speed The motor motorboat motorboat t boat bout was audible u little distance away closely following It 11 dawned on Hay flay who had been wondering why I they bothered with a motor boat that they had planned It as a way of ot es es- es cape If It things got too hot and their tires shot up they could escape In the boat to where a car was waiting further down the canal But nut by hy the advent of Rays nays guard the situation had bad utterly changed I The workmen's cars as ns they came had bad opened out their formation and now formed a long alley one on each side through which moved moed the disabled car carIn carIn carIn In which Sir George and his companion companion com com- panion sat As their car wobbled slowly forward the other cars ears closed closet In behind It three deep SIt SIC George and ond his hll companion went on their way through this line of ot cars toward the clue camp As they did so their pursuers I fired tired and ond the foremost workers returned returned re re- re- re turned their fire Are Dash It It Sir George yelled to HayI HayI Hay Itay I cant can't let the men take the risk I Ilie lie He climbed out of the car Ray Hay followed him The rime enemy car ar turned and amI to Sir Georges George's amazement swerved towards the canal without firing tiring again Ray Hay called culled In two t languages Italian and English h Dont shoot and ran run to the front to count the casualties One of the workers had been lilt hIt by a splinter when his windshield was shattered but he was not da dangerously wounded At least one of ot the enemy load had been hit and two of ot their tires were punctured Chere done for Ray Hay shouted Sh Steady aly be he called d to the workmen workmen nearest him hIm who had begun to edge edget t ward toward the energy enemy Were WeI only here hereto t. t to keep keen the m money ue out ut of ot their clutches FI F The police polk e will do the chasing I Sir George give gave a quick tion Ji The lie a motor boat bont toad had hac tench d the lie I spot where the disabled cur cur car waited and at o once e the men In the car jum Jumped ii out and ran toward the canal bank One of ot them thi-in limped and another had 1111 hada a wounded hand The Italian and negro workmen ga gate gale gatea galea e ea a roar of disgust and p pleaded odell with Hay flay to toler ler el them the time boat Ray was He lie pointed put poll tle men on the boat armed am and ready for fur trouble I. I u o. VU I 1 Sir George GlOrge groaned aloU an ad ran nn toward one of th w li 1 CI c is J J cant can't let them Item Lets Let's l r. r etu t e iye r 1 t t Thief nt moto cycle cyde ie n flying down the Ule road M. M shouted and pointed at be motor bonk jg d The motor boat was as well o on it Its III way WRY wayn n u the passed v. v Sir fl ca The jocks r Tile The po policeman Iceman man cs a J el use as III l If fo p s Io P l t tort w ort Ld l io the the locks Locks They ant lt pass th them iri ry If f Hay Ray and rind Sir Geurge George Jumped d ne neof of ot th the smaller Cars f ft anI and sped Up p to the w works or L t t. t Panting K Rimy y flung Aung on on the tile and t talked l ed rapidly When IH It looked looke ip JP hla his companion was wald t C money monel belt belf IJ t them heal In In In- h. h ha 9 suggested pay par tb them aU all and t tel tU l them r Mac 1 ac y M 4 I Beth will hear what they have I done doue for tr him today Oh Ohm Oh I say Browne If It wed we'd only lIly gone gUIle after them What hat a aday aday atlay day It would have ho 1 been I l lIm Im content to call cull It tt n R da day ns as ItIs It U UI I Is II lay told him We e got gut the n money ha haven't ent we e lie Ile t turned d from frum the phone Th They left the boat before they got to th the lock lok climbed Into Inlo u car that lout Is still dodging d tin the police pollee 1011 Ive I've told theta them to relay any uny message that lint comes through h to 10 Island The new lIew tires ore ure m en alII nod Im I'm all set to 10 go 10 Sir George e looked at him ham a little shyly I 1 say 11 he be said 81 would you mind not nol saying much about this affair to 10 the women He lie deucedly 01 awkward you know If my InY stepmother gets els word wOld there was any uny shooting Kay burst out laughing Daredevil II George J I he shouted who wanted to stage a running t tight fight along the canal afraid of If his stepmother I I True as ns death I You rou dont don't know Aggy Agy Aggy Lady well Sandison-well well 11 They climbed d Into Inlo the lie cur car but Hay Ray did dill not start It at nt once lie Ill leaned back bork amid surveyed sUr his companionI companion I 1 noticed you are not crowing over the success of your four plan plaD Hay told his companion Sly George shook his head Certainly tautly not loot Then he laughed My 1 word ord lirow Brown ne I l never thought It would b 1 i Be Re Deucedly Awkward You Know If My Stepmother Gets Word There Was Wat Any Shooting come off I give ghe you OU my word I never expected to have ha so much fun tun It was more like Ilk a n wild American play ploy than than Ihan than life Lifes Utes crazier than any play nay Hay told him and looked at him again n a little wonderIngly What a goo good scout old Muc Is III and antI how much he trusts you oU Why he gave me uie au nu- authority to do anything I 1 liked to help you ou out pay the men full tull time whether they the worked or watched and all on a chance that It ml might ht be nothing but a joke after nil all I He lie wouldn't have ho the police pollee on hand bund because he thought It II might end nd In a false tulse alarm and make malee us ridiculous If It he hadn't been blen so cautious wed we'd ho have hoe e caught them here he added regretfully but then what certainty did he have ha that things would I break brak this way 01 No o certainty but a conviction coO that It If IJ he didn't break these men as you ou say soy o user here they would break him hem sooner or 10 later ter Hell He'll not be pleased at nt their getting away for for for- he stopped abruptly Ray Kay turned To his surprise Sir George Instead of continuing down in the seat slat and gave n e an odd ode little lon exclamation which sounded like That fool girl 1 l What's she doing on this road today Following Ills Ids gaze Hay Ray saw v the I car or with Roberta driving coming toward them at high speed CHAPTER X ft Roberta leaned out and asked a question of the lie nearest foreman He lie was an It Italian l n and instantly burst out Into loto a stream of ot broken I te- te by Illuminating pantomime Sir George and Ray flay from their rant age point near the shack could get Iet a vivId picture of the tile recent battle from the time gestures alone big Scotchman nay Hay thought I I did the trick and ant will Ill get all the credit and Robertas Roberta's admiration Oh Ohm n d-n the tile luck I I Hay flay snarled aloud weary with lIh the rapid changes of ot emotion this last hour had bad brought to him Snap out of It II Ronnie Dundee Dun Oun- dee 1111 I has given you OU away awny to the girl lIes Ices making milkIng a good jool II speech h. h too toe Sit U up like a man lions and let pin your medals on Sir George raised himself up hut but only to grasp Hay luny by the tile h ulder Give Ghe me the payroll receipts and this tills ar l you can CUD ride back with Miss Good Lord I Walt nit a minute I Hay flay protested ns III he humbled fumbled for the re rev I tell Roberta Tell fell her Ive I've gone That will satisfy satisfy sat lint her She Isn't In the tho least concerned con ceded about me Hay Bay regarded him curiously shaking his hili hend head the big Idea Illen leaving tear leav ing me ml to face toce the music and Roberta noberta MacBeth alone I 1 wouldn't do It It old fellow It If I 1 didn't know you liked her Dont you ou Sir Georges George's face taco changed In to a curious way Like her heel I My dear fellow she's the only thing I dont don't like In iii nil America Amerla Why h I thought you were nuts about her Its It's been bem even tn betting In Inthe Inthe inthe the office that that's why lIy you came over o What I 1 ITo To trop cop daughter and her pile Ray Hay saw what he had done then Sir Georges George's face tare whitened so that Involuntarily In Ray nay reached out a hand Say Say Ills companion failed to see th the hand Did you OU think so so too h hi he asked hoarsely Hay Bay hesitated Well personally I didn't think you were after the money I 1 wouldn't ask Miss s MacBeth t to I marry me If It were In ruins ruin and I 1 hadn't a penny to buy myself food That point being clear and understood understood under under- stood said Mid Roberta noberta who unnoticed had hod left lett her car ear with Bonaventura and walked up behind Ray nay you stay In that car cor and go home while Ray nay rides with me Fathers Father's heard from New York Vork The New York car was held up on the Jersey meadows There was a running tight fight One of ot the car cor crew was hurt o On your way I with a surprisingly friendly smile Sir George wished a thousand times on the time ride home that he had held his bis tongue ton While It was Just ns as well wen that the girl knew v how he felt he would have hue preferred that It had not been expressed to her quite so crudely and she had bad taken It In a decidedly sporting spirit Yet Tet the fact tact remained remained re rev It relief to have ha haveIt that was as a It clearly understood between them that there was no thought of her ber or her fortune In his mind Curiously enough now that lint he had publicly ly relinquished her Robertas Roberta's bright head seemed to gleam like lost gold and he found himself wishing that he were Ray flay care free and fanc fancy free tree and able to enjoy a ride In the soft dusk with a girl whether she ahe had hind millions or not Only he hoe assured assured as as- himself that girl would never neverIn In his its case be Roberta noberta MacBeth There were several se things Roberta noberta would have hae to explain before be lie had any confidence at all la Irs her The stricken poverty heir of the title and ard lands stretched himself behind the wheel and yawned He lie was tired After all all It had been beena a bit hit of ot a da day It was wal Jolly lucky luckl for tor him that things timings had hud turned out a as they had A shout from a motor cycle eyce made him bring his car to a sudden stop atop Mr Ur Ir MacBeth's 1 secretary Yes torts Sir George automatically r reacting to the excitement of the lime day put a hand band on his pistol pocket until he tie saw sow the man wore a policeman's policeman uniform Ten Tell Mr MacBeth will you that the men In the motor launch left It halfway down the canal anal and got away tn In n a fast car but were we're on their trail Thank you officer llope le they get the beggars Sure well we'll get them Its It's only a question of ot time TO BE CONTINUED |