Show NINTH EPISODE t tip tA tr fA ip r ipA A Leap for Life Ute Leaving the office hurriedly Chapman Chap man led Roy to where his dog cart stood at the platform and tho the two started for tor Pedro to Investigate the tho ferry terry theft Burke was already on his way to the port to Inform the gangsters gang stets that Roy hey was after them Tho The troubles of Chapman a n munitions munitions' mu mu- manufacturer had already Injected In 10 a new element Into Helens Helen's af nf- fairs A man known In Pedro only 05 u a foreign government agent directed direct dIrect- ed by a friend to Browns Brown's a saloon saloon a notorious haunt of ot the Raiders Raiders hand hand handed ed a R note to the proprietor Brown read and nodding toward MarShall and Masters nearby said There are two men for tor your Job right no now Introduced Intro Intro- by Brown the foreigner sat down with the Ute two Raiders While the three were talking Burko Burke entered the saloon and joined his hla con con- federates The Tho next moment the four tour were In a 8 guarded confab the outcome of which was that the foreigner paid to the Raiders a large sum of ot currency apparently an for tor what be he wanted done dona With Burke Marshall and Masters left the tho place Once outside Burko Durko paused Roy Boy Wilson is on the W way 1 to Investigate Chapmans Chapman's case K Keep p an eye out Pursuing the s 's venture the tho three rented a speed launch and started across the bay toward Chapmans Chapman's Chapman's Chapmans Chapmans Chap Chap- mans man's factory A crew of ot men were loading munitions on to a barge barite Running Run ning the launch close the Raiders attempted attempted at at- at tempted to board it but an on armed guard prodded them back Baffled but undismayed they attempted to toland toland toland land at nt the plant entrance Here also guards denied dented them admission Go up and ask for tor work suggested Burke Approaching the guard with this application ap ap- Marshall and end Masters found him doubtful but he ho finally let them pass pasa Roy and Chapman me meantime had reached Chapm Chapmans Chapman's office Chapman first supplied upp ed Roy with a pass The whole plant explained Chapm t Is il hea heavily guarded you guarded yoa will need this Unluckily for tor Roy Marshall and Masters blasters peering through a window heard and saw everything Roy repaired repaired repaired re re- paired first Arst to tho the railroad station to consult his local agent and Marshall and Masters rejoining Burke to told d what they bad learned learne 1 and what they pur pur- posed Leaving Burke they stole a motor car near the plant and drove away Having que questioned the station agent arent Roy started to return to the plant but no sooner had he be reached the street street than Marshall lying In wait started up his auto BUto and whizzing past tho the station deliberately ran Roy hey down While Roy lay stunned Marshall stopping his machine with a great grent show of ot regret sprung with Masters to the ground and lifting the unconscious clous man Into the car cur the two drove a away way Well take tako him to the hospital was all they said In explanation to lo lotho tho the onlookers onlooker But Bat Instead they hurtled hurried to the dock where Burke Durke waited In tho the launch and tumbling their victim Into the tho cockpit t the boat was headed across tho bay Reaching teaching the other side they repaired to a Q shack belonging belong belong- In lug ing to u n fellow thug and with his as as- they bound bounel and unel blindfolded Roy Ro- and antI threw him on a cot Burke went through his hla pockets He Ho found Roys Roy's plant pass Ma Marshall halt and Mastern Masters Mas Mas- tern began making a time timo bomb and Burke started for tor Chapmans Rc Regaining consciousness and hearing hearIng hear hear- ing lug the close at hand Roy soon recognized Masters Masters' voice Burke Burko will find out what time the i barge arge leaves ho he was vas saying We Ye will avill set tho the charge to explode when it starts Could he Roy asked himself possibly bly circumvent their scheme With patience he managed to work the cloth up from his eyes ens so he be could look about Thero was a telephone In the room but It was far from him He tried to figure out where the wires run and soon exulted In the fact tact that they reached the wall near his own feet teet still SUIl he was unable to reach the coveted current with his hands He IIo rolled himself violently off of the cot Tire Tho men pausing In their work worle Jung Hung him back with small ceremony ceremony As Aa Ashe Ashe he fell tell again b be ho Lad had so twisted him him- self as ns to get et his back to the wall and his hl hands where he could feel for the tho wires Cautiously breaking these ho he homade homade made ready rendy to send semI a n Morse message over them Ho lIo was electrician enough to know that tha by touching together the broken ends of or the two wires a light would be shown on the central telephone telephone telephone tele tele- phone switchboard Should the operator operator operator oper oper- ator by any chance read Morse he would be understood It was alt n a long chance but he be was In a n desperate position po po- and there was waR nothing to lose by the attempt Working patiently ho he broke the wires and und began sending a Mor Morse e call In the central telephone office the switchboard operator beheld with astonishment as as- the peculiar light flashes Puzzled she called 1 over the chief chic operator operator op op- a clever girl and by hy a happy chance a former telegraph operator It was she who watching closely soon recognized Roys Roy's Imperfect S. S O. O S. S signals from tho the shack And Roy satisfied 1 that by this time he had attracted attracted attracted at at- attention if he were ever to lo get It began to send nd his bis message Wire Helen Holmes Mountain Moun Moun- Mountain tain Springs Roy captured by bythe bythe bythe the Raiders They will blow blowup blowup blowup up the Chapman barge as It leaves the dock at two The Tho telephone operators looked at atthe atthe atthe the message In amazement as us their witted quick-witted chief took It down A long distance call was put In da quickly for tor Mountain Springs and anel the message given to Helen Summoning Webb she sho he started immediately tely In a machine for Pedro At the plant Burke had found fouad no difficulty difficulty dif dlf dif dif- in using his stolen pass When Whee does the barge leave was the question he asked Incidentally of ot a foreman In III the tho works forks Two thirty was the laconic answer answer an an- saver and Burke Burk thanking his Informant in informant In- In formant returned to tho the shack where Masters and his aides had finished their bomb With this In hand band and accompanied by his two confederates Burke left lett again for the dock where the three boarded their launch and headed beaded toward toward toward to to- ward Chapmans Chapman's plant Roy still tightly bound busied himself himself himself him him- self with the useful ends of the broken wires wire t. t By Dy repeatedly bringing them Into contact lie he succeeded In Igniting g the Insulation and applying this to the the- ropes about his wrists ho he at length set them on fire firc Working his hands vigorously vigorously vig vig- vig he be managed to free them In Inthis Inthis Inthis this W way T and to untie his te feet t. t but Bat ut just 03 as he was ww about to spring from his couch the tho thug thus left to guard him looked around Roy sprang at himA him A fierce fight tight followed and Roy Royal Royal- already already al al- ready rendy heavily handicapped by his hia InJury In Jury was almost overpowered when a Il blow landed fortunately on the point of his guards guard jaw dazed the man Following It with a quick second Roy knocked nock the thug over and run out ot of doors Across the bay be he besaw saw saw the tha barge ready to start there was waa nothing nothIng nothing noth noth- ing for tor It but to swim board the barge If It possible and throw overboard the bomb Tho The Raiders cruising the bay lay In wait and when the tug made ready to start drew alongside Marshall who now held the stolen pass to the foreman for permission to to- togo go aboard the barge Once there he Upped slipped the bomb between two cases ol ot shells and aDd returning to the Ule launch haunch the Raiders made their best time away from the danger zone Helen riding with Webb Webb- at dizzy speed down the winding highway reached the dock ns fiS the barge was swinging out At the same moment sho perceived Roy now swimming beside be be- side illde the tow she saw him catch at a dangling line and pull himself aboard Unfortunately Burke in lri the tho launch bad hod likewise seen Roy and drawing a revolver without hesitation tion fired at him no Roy tell fell to the deck Webb started to find a boat to rescue the stricken ken man maD but Helen thou thought bt she could do better The barge moved steadily through the water wa n. ter tar parallel to the wharfs wharf's edge and that from th the higher floor noor of or the tho wharf she could land her caron car caron caron on the barge e deck she turned and raced swiftly to catch It Coming abreast tho the boat she swerved sharply sharp sharp- ly ty and dashing straight for the wharfs edge drove her car out over tho the water She had calculated welL welt The big motor shot cleanly Into tho the air and ond with a terrific Impact landed on the barge deck Helen ran ron to Co Roy dragged him overboard and dived Into tho the b bay after him They had unruly hardly struck the tha water when with a fearful detonation the barge burst under the explosion of a B thousand shells Fragments of ot shrapnel shrapnel shrapnel nel scattered hundreds of ot feet teet through I tho the air Men half a n mile mild from the explosion explosion ex ex- ex- ex i were hurled burled to the ground every window In the port pott was shut shat One Ono side of ot the i barge arge torn out In a great mass was hurled Into the tho air and striking the water in front of Helen Delen and Roy the great piece e of ot wreckage saved the lives of ot the two swimmers Helen dragging drugging Roy up on the heavy timbers slipped sUpped back lute Into the buy and begun began pushing them before before be be- fore toru her The Raiders had bad seen everything except Helens Helen's rescue of Roy Tb They y were In fact tact convinced that tho the two were dead The two men repaired to Browns Brown's where the foreigner hearIng hearing hear hear- ing the explosion hastily paid ort oft his hla tools and they made away elated 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