Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 36, Number 139, Decatur, Adams County, 13 June 1938 — Page 5

HOUSE Filed ly was Med by E. (1)1 - the defendants in .. „n,.rt note llimlght by Wal WL th Agnes Sudduth ■x- |i and Cordula W. t:i , J, irnd.mts were ' Compromised JB, !( ,, nnipromise a claim Armstrong was 111of the Peoples 11 -...I nmnuny. The com■——submitted, sustained 10l 1,1 Taken io collect a note and ■I 3 mortgage brought by s a Ft Jtßfk'luit; against Arthur P. ' g E ||a Hyland. Virginia Smith* L. M. Harmon. '‘"dfibMßsftate Bank, the Crest fl1 " ■ ompany and Helen ' " petit’" ll was ,llcd by ' y Meibers to Intervene and complaint. The petl-suhmf-d and sustained crofS complaint and inter--IHKl,fJll|m W. Meibers was ! i filed by the cross complaints. by L. M. Har--4 cross of Meib a ; .>».T was tiled by the ' Hauk to the complaint complaint. An answer . -y H- L n Burling to the and complaint. An I tiled by the Crest >la company to the ■ot Harmon A Meibers. « was tile<l t>y Meibers ■■' al '1 all cross comAn answer was filed by Hyland. Ella Hyland and Smith and Donald Smith a:;:,.;!.' and all cross comTli, ca>e was submitted ‘lt arc heard. A finding and was rendered for the ■ against Arthur P. Hyland of $1,019.46, on the " on of Louis Harmon z Arthur Hyland and Ella NOH mi the foreclosure lot 133, the Cret Manticompany, third lien. &K Borling lien. $161.85; First *Btß.,:;k IP. Meibers $25.1" Arthur Hyland, "j, Estate Cases report of the inheritance , r was submitted in tin ot Hat'ie Sells, finding the of the estate to be $3. and no tax due. The ap«as allowed $5, which was taxed as costs. The final was submitted, examined |» The estate was closth-- administrator was disfinal report was submitted. and approved in the osJohn Sink. The estate was and the administrator disappraiser's report was filed in the estate of AlBailey, finding the net valbe $602.50 and no tax due. appraiser was allowed sl. .&■?" uihi-ritance tax appraiser's was filed in the estate of Jane Trieker, finding the net

estate to be $1,575 ami due. The final report was examined and approvThe estate was closed and the discharged. MBne final report was submitted ’■Bfe estate of Archie E. Ch»'w. ' lOitif d and approve d. Tin was closed and the adniintdischarged. inheritance tax appraiser's was filed in the estate of Decker, finding the net valthe estate to be $3,685 and tax due. The appraiser was ’I }5. which was ordered tax costs. inheritance tax appraiser's r t was filed in the estate of 3^B lra A. Winteregg, finding the to be $4,434.42 and no tax The appraiser was allowed •W«- which was ordered taxed as Petition to determine the inniail|,p tax was filed in the es--1®“ of Mary Roth. It was referrcounty assessor, appraisers report was filed estate of Mary M. Eailey. the net value to be $3,and uo tax due. The apwas allowed $1.48. ■An application for letters testan|ary was filed in the estate of Miller. Bond was filed in Jp sum of $5,000.' It was exatnijr and approved. Letters were er ®d issued to Maggie Miller. iW* l,era were reported and confirmnumber one was filed. an( | approved jn the es°f Franlin E. France. A petiH*" 1 ( 0 determine the inheritance H 1 was filed and referred to the ■ W assessor. ■ Tl "' report of the inheritance tax was filed in the estate ■8 Anthony Voglewede. The reBP' finding the net value to be ■■o.Bß, was submitted. Tax was ■ * os follows: Frederick Vogle- ■** $42.58. The appraiser was ■ ,i,' l '*i , ' ( l to the county treasurer. ■ lllj «'ed $i0.60 which was ordered I nvent ory number one was filed. ■ ’mined and approved in the esAustin T. Brown. A peti- ■ lo sel! Personal property at ■ Wic sale was flledi submitted. I S| uined and ordered sold for cash. I At' application for letters of ad-

mlniitratlon was filed in the estate of Mary Mae Manley. Bond In the sum of SSOO was filed, oxatnlned and approved. Letters were . ordered, reported hy Chauncey O. > Manley, and confirmed. Inventory number one was filed, examined and approved. A petition to determine the Inheritance tax was filed i and referred to the county assess- . or. C. L. Walters filed his appear- - ance as attorney. The report of the state of real estate to August Nagel for $2,600 i for tract number eight and to - Henry Brahman for $42.50 for tract i number four was filed, examined ■ and approved in the estate of AnI drew Gottschalk. A petition to reappraise the real estate was filed, examined and approved. The reI port of sale was filed, examined ■ and approved. A deed was order- . ed. i Guardianship Cases , The final report was filed by '■ Faye Smith Knapp as to her wards, ' Mary V. Cowan and James R. Cow- , an and a current report as to her . ward, Alice Joan Cowan. The rei ports were submitted, examined and confirmed. The guardian was discharged as to Mary V. Cowan and James R. Cowan and the trust continued as to Alice Joan Cowan. The final report was filed as to Gladys Harvey and the current re- , port as to Brice Harvey by their guardian, Cecil Harvey. The guardian was discharged as to Gladys Harvey and the trust was continued as to Brice Harvey. A petition was filed by Clark Flaugh, guardian of Nora V. I Flaugh, to pay the expenses of the ward. It was submitted and sustained and the guardian was authorized to expend SB6. A petition was filed by the guardian, Anna C. Ripberger, of Genevieve, Margaret E., Mathew F., Paul E., and Mary Joan Ripberger, for authority to expend money tor the support of the wards. The guardian was authorized to expend the sum of $57 for the support of, the wards. Divorces Granted An answer in general denial was filed by the prosecuting attorney in the suit for divorce brought by Cecil Reinhart against Emil Reinhart. The case was submitted and evidence heard. The divorce was I granted. Custody of Virginia Rein ( hart was give; to the plaintiff. A ■ judgment was rendered. An answer in general denial was j filed by the defendant in the suit for divorce brought by Viola S. against Lloyd H. Oser. A finding for divorce afiu judgment was rendered for the plaintiff. A judgment for alimony in the sum of S6OO was ' granted. Custody of the children I was given the plaintiff. A form-1 er order of the court for the support of the children was continued. The defendant was called and defaulted in the suit for divorce brought by Goldie May Baker against Daniel Baker. An answer in general denial was filed by the prosecuting attorney. The court found a property settlement had previously been made. A finding and judgment of the court for a divorce was rendered. The custody of the children was given the

defendant. Judgment Renedered Alias summons were ordered to the sheriff for Clarence L. Ayers in the suit to collect stockholders liabilities in the liquidation of the Old Adams County Bank by the department of Financial Institutions. The notice was made returnable, September 6. An appearance by Nathan C. Nelson for Richard Boch was filed. An answer in general denial was filed by Richard Boch. A finding and judgment against Richard Boch in the sum of $250 was rendered. A personal appearance was filed by Roy Archbold. An answer was filed by Roy Archbold. A finding and judgment of $163.42 was rendered against him lona A. Case was called and defaulted. A judgment of $1,131-3-was rendered against her. A per sonal appearance was made by Leo H. Ehingerl An answer 1» general denial was filed by him. A judgment of S2OO was filed against him A personal appearance wa filed by Hola Lee. An answer was filed, submitted and judgment tend ered against her in the sum o S2OO. An appearance was filed O W. P- Macklin by Nathan C. Nelson. An answer in general denial was filed. A judgment and finding in the sum of S2OO was rendered against him The suggestion of the death of Hattie Ob enauer was filed by Arthur D. Suttles executor of the estate. The substitution of the defendant was ordered and summons were orde p<l issued to the executor of the estate returnable September • Mr %-hbold. Mr. Ehinger and Mrs l>e had previously s gned consent to judgment without intereS£ ‘° d “ F |nds For Plaintiff The defendant was calle { defaulted in the ? C Bllchan . note '’F 0, ' ght . n b q y t ch a P H eß F.Nyffelr/.'TfiX and judgment foMhe plaintiff i» 'he sum of $157 defendant was called and defaulted in the suiMo col

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT MONDAY, JUNE 13, 1938.

,2 2?" 34 wa « rendered. “ The defendant, Paul Dengler, defaulted his appearance in a <ftm- , age suit brought by Frederick Mil- ■ ler and venued here from Allen f county. The court found for the plaintiff and ordered a garnish- '• ment of wages. 1 Marriage Licenses Kermit Yoder, Berne farmer to ■j Carol Luella Huser, Berne seamstress. ' Raymond Holly, Decatur factory employe to Ho Fansler, Decatur. 1 Dean Wilcox, Monroe salesman ’ to Helen Elizabeth Rush, Decatur. Gerald Bixler, Monroe salesman I to Elora Baker, Decatur. -— o — HARD RAINFALL i . (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) lightning that accompanied the rainfall. r The only damage reported occurr- , ed in Union township where a . transformer was burned out by a , lightning bolt. —— o i CLUBS TO HOLD (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) i the Swiss Village, M. W. F. and Happy Homes, will set up a window i on safety devices for the home, using the Lee Hardware store win- ' dow as their location. The club leaders are very enthusiastic about the possibilities of I this year's exhibit and the tnerj chants are entering whole heartedi ly in their efforts to cooperate. o Crosby Infant Dies At Local Hospital Katherine Ann Crosby, two and a half-day old daughter of Mr. and Mrs F. V. Crosby, of Root township, died Saturday night at 9:15 o’clock In the Adams county memorial hospital, where the baby was born. Death was due to a brain hemorrtage. The body was taken from the Zwick Funeral home Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock to the St. Peter's church cemetery, where funeral services were held. The Rev. L. J. Dornseif, pastor of the church, ofI ficiated. Surviving besides the parents are two sisters, Mary Louise and Dorothy Caroline and three brothers, ' Charles Frederick, James Williams and Franklin Clark, and a grandfather, Charles Fuelling. o — FLOOD WATERS i (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) | can, British and other warships go ' if necessary to protect their commerce. The Japanese, moving a war fleet up the river toward Hankow and vigorously shelling the Nanking forts, demanded that foreign war and merchant ships keep out of the danger zone and suggested they paint their decks red to avoid being bombed. Yarnell, commanding the Asiatic fleet, turned down the proposal; said the ship decks would remain white and that vessels would go "wherever Americans are in danger.” Meanwhile, the Spanish civil war witnesses a new advance by rebel Generalissimo Francisco Franco s armies along the Mediterranean front. Where Castellon De La Plana was being occupied despite stubborn rear guard action by loyalists. The seizure of Castellon meant an important new seacoast foothoid for the insurgents and gave impetus to their drive on Valencia. It meant, too, that some 36,000 loyalists were trapped to the north after a vain last-ditch fight to stem the offensive. Many surrendered but others were reported ready to-

Death and Destruction Left by Japanese Bombs n ’ - IIM ' - •^■lX.#| T* > ‘ST A J Kt, T f i a. rSnOt w- , . Au oMMgy .*F> MlmMb •*- Io ’j .. i ||Bk - ' ~ r - Tr ■ ■ - ‘- - ~ Desolated street in Hsuchow after air raids

Taking a terrific.tollLofJ property sands of lives, shambles after reMore than half of Canton’s 1,000,-

Beach Queen -' ■ 1 1 ’ ! 1 \ 5 f 1 \ f f ■ -\ I ~ 1 > W ; K • ft*! V' r > J ;#■ £ i .• I Esther Walker • As long as you get an eyeful you 1 - don’t have to say a mouthful about 1 , stunning Esther Walker, because , her looks and figure speak for } ' ’ themselves, and the judges agreed when they came to select a ■ "Queen of the Beaches” at Ocean- | i side. Cal. i fight to the end. Elsewhere: Czechoslovakia — The last of | three weekend municipal elections i passed without significant violence ! but with Czechs, Slovake and Sudeten Germans all issuing contrary > claims of victory in an effort to strengthen their positions in the conflict over minority rights. Each increased their normal voting strength, with the German minority making the greatest gains. o Two Cars Collide At River Bridge Small damage was done to the left fenders and left running boards 1 of two automobiles in a crash about ' LI o'clock this morning on the north St. Mary’s River bridge on ' U. S. highway 27. A car driven by Noah May of 1 Ridgeville approached the bridge ' from the north and was unable to ' negotiate the curve, striking an automobile driven from the south , by Charles Ht Karlen, of Springfield, Ohio, about 20 feet from the [ north end of the bridge. Neither of i the two drivers, the only occupants of the car, was injured. The acci- ( dent was investigated by Chief of i Police Sephus Melchl and Deputy i Sheriff Leo Gillig. I —— —o 'Trade In A Good Town — Deeniur_

/ 000 population has been evacuated and Hsuchow is almost a deserted city with whole weUons such as that above, left, without a house standing or a ( street left unscarred.

Soil Committee To Attend Meeting The soil conservation committee: ■ Homer Arnold, chairman, Winfred I Gerke, Harve Ineichen, Annette I Lengerich, secretary-treasurer, and County Agent Archbold will attend an all-day meeting Tuesday at Huntington, where they will receive ini structlonn on the performance check-up for the 1938 Conservation program. This performance check-up will be made in the very near future and the state committee hopes that it can be completed by July 15th. Local Entries Win In Talent Quest J Five Decatur entrants in the Ind- | iana district talent quest, sponsored i by the Fort Wayne Walther league, ! at the Concordia college there Sunday were declared winners in resI pective contests. The five from Decatur with the 1 othe winnes will be among the representatives who take part in the international Walther League talent quest at Pittsburgh, Pa., July 17 to 21. The local winners were: Lydia Frosch, Darwiin Leitz, Vera Sauer, Doris Krudop and Karl Krudop. Mise Frosch was named the winner ,in the piano solo division, while 1 Mr. and Mrs. Krudop, Leitz and 1 Miss Sauer were declared the best ; of the mixed quartets. o State Jersey Picnic To Be Held Thursday Roy Price, director of the State Jersey Cattle Club, announced today that a State Jersey picnic will be held on the George Deeb farm near Greenfield, at 10 A. M., Thursday, He urges that all Jersey minded people make plans to attend this picnic. One of the big features of the is the classification of the Deeib herd. Indiana has more classified Jersey herds than any other I state in the union. A basket lunch will be served at noon with free ice cream and coffee. Boys and girls will be supervised . in group games while the herd clas : slfication is being carried forward. o Japan Is Accused Os Aiding Opium Traffic Geneva, June 13 —(UP)— The ; United States accused Japan before ■ the opium advisory committee of the league of nations today of fostering the spread of opium traffic in China and Manchuria. Stuart J. Fuller, assistant chief of the far eastern division of the state department told the committee that the “illicit traffic is flourishing like the green bay tree" in regions of China under the control of the Japs. o Youth Killed As Auto Hits Tree (Angola, June 13—(UP)— Harry Forrester, 18, Ray, Ind. was killed and thee othes injued today when ’ the auto in which they were riding left the state line road (between Indiana and Michigan and struck' a tree. Forrester’s brothers, Willis, 21, and Charles, 16, James Van Nuys driver of the car, suffered numerous cuts and buises. The crash occurred when Van : Nuys and two of his passengers attempted to raise the car tup. The movement caused Van Nuys to lose control of the machine.

REPORT DELAY INPLANTING Heavy Rains Delay Planting And Cultivation Os Corn Chicago, June 13--(U.PJ— Abnormally heavy rains have delayed planting and cultivation throughout the corn belt but so far have not caused any serious damage, a United Press survey showed today. Crop experts reported that the rains have caused most serious delay in Indiana and Illinois, which last year produced about a quarter of the total United States crop of 2,644,995,000 bushels. They said, however, that a brief period of warm, dry weather would restore prospects to normal. Northern Illinois farmers said that unless warm weather returns this week, there would be little chance that corn would be a foot high by July 1. Only a small part ot the northern Illinois crop has reached a stand equal to that of the same period last year. In a few scattered sections, farmers have abandoned plans for corn and

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CHAPTER XXXVI For a moment they remained there panting in the close musty darkness. Sabine was lying on the ground; Gregory leaning against the wall as he sought to ease the strain of his bursting lungs. He pulled his torch out of his pocket and flashed it on. Rudd and Milly were standing just behind the door. “Get back, you fools!” he shouted. "They’ll be shooting through that door!’’ Rudd grabbed Milly and thrust her away from it into a safe corner. Sabine was on her feet again. She snatched Gregory’s torch and turned it on the door; then she sprang forward and shot the bolts at its top and bottom. “That’s better!” her voice came huskily. “They could have blown in that loek. n As she spoke a bullet crashed through the door splintering it wood work. She swung round towards Gregory. "Why—why did you bring me here 7 It would have been safer to have hidden in the grove near the hangar. You could have carried me there without bringing this hornets nest about our ears.” “I thought of that,” he replied swiftly, “but there are dozens of them. When they found you missing from the plane it wouldn’t have taken them five minutes to beat the woods for us. We’d have been caught with no protection." A thunderous beating came upon the door. Shots thudded into its stout oak panelling; one clanged upon the metal lock. Gregory remained leaning against the wall. He only shrugged now at this fresh clamor and smiled in the darkness. "Don’t get scared any of you. That door’s old and solid. It’d take them an hour to break it in and they can’t spare the time. They know every policeman in Kent is on the look out for them and that they’ll be caught if they don’t get away from here before one o’clock. It’s /ive to now.” Sabine stretched out a hand and grasped Gregory’s quickly. "No,” she cried. "Gavin believes all the police are concentrated miles away on Sheppey Island. He's killed the men who were sent to keep a lookout here. There is no one to give a warning of what they do and the village is too far for anyone there 1 to hear the shooting. Gavin will 1 send for saws and cut the bolts out of their sockets; or get a battering i ram for all that mob to break down . tho door. He thinks he is safe here , for an hour—two hours yet. If help doesn't arrive soon —we are all as good as dead.” While the battering outside continued Rudd was flashing his torch round the lofty chamber. From holes in its wooden ceiling ten ropes dangled; the last few feet of each covered with a thick wool grip. They looked like a group of inverted bulrushes. . “All right,” said Gregory with sudden decision. "If we’ve got to summon help after all we’ll use the bells.” He sprang forward and caught at one of the ropes bearing down hiWull weight upon it. A loud clang sounded high up in the tower. Rudd seized another rope and, Milly a third. The noise outside the j door was drowned in a horrible • cacophony of vibrating sound. With- | out rhythm or music the great bells | above their heads pealed out in horrid irregular clamour — clash - boom—dong—bing—which seemed to shake the very ground on which the bellringers stood. Sabine ran to Gregory and shouted in his ear: "The lights on the steel mast! The controls are in the next room. I will make signals with them.” She dashed away and a moment later was tapping at the instrument —S O S—S O S SO S. Rudd now had a bell rope in each hand and was swaying from side to side as he pulled at them alternately with all his vigor. Gregory tugged at first one then another until the whole peel of ten bells were in motion; thundering out a vast and hideous discord which could be heard over half Thanet. After a couple of minutes Gregory left Rudd and Milly to keep the din going, rushed up the narrow winding stairs in a corner of the chamber until he reached alm snt window cut in the thick stone wail, and peered out. I From it he saw that the attempt to force the door had been abaa- 1

have planted soy beans. Other states reported leas serious delays. Prospects in lowa and Nebraska were favorable, although dry weather waa desired. The exceasive moisture, combined with strength In the wheat market, boosted corn futures I'4 to 114 cents a bushel on the Chicago board Saturday. July closed at 5814; September at 59%; and December at 58. Purchases of corn in the United States for shipment to Chicago were estimated as high as 300,000 bushels A state by state survey showed: lowa —L. N. Carl, federal-state agricultural statistician; crop was 92 per cent planted; making favorable growth; crop cultivated once in all sections, t wice in some western and southern counties; ranges up to a toot in heighth. Illinois —A. J. Surre*, federalstate agricultural statistician; a week of good weather allowing farmers to work their field would bring work almost up to schedule Indiana —Purdue agricultural department: corn 90 per cent planted; good stand generally, although threatened somewhat by weeds due to lack of cultivation; farmers in northern part of state reducing acreage principally in lowlands. Minnesota —Prof. 1. J. Johnson, agronomy and plant genetics, U. ot

doned. Gavin Fortescue was standing near the flares; waving his sticks and evidently ordering the pilots to their various planes. As Gregory watched a new commotion started.* A car roared up the driveway and halted in front of the house. Dark figures sprang out of it Another car and then another came into sight. The bells-were so deafening that he could not hear the coughing of the silenced automatics but stabs of flame, piercing the darkness near the museum building, told him that a battle was in progress between the reds and the constantly arriving squads of police. He glanced at his wrist watch and saw that it was one o’clock. The bells could not have been pealing for more than five minutes. How could the police have got here so quickly, he wondered, but he did not pause to think of possible explanations. Instead, he leapt down the narrow stairs, yelling for Sabine, and waving his arms to stop Rudd and Milly tugging at the bell ropes. As they ceased their pulling he shouted: “The police are here! Quick! Open that door Rudd. I’ve got to get Sabine away. We’ll use Lord Gavin’s plane wilila they’re fighting it out together.” Rudd wrenched back the bolts. Milly unlocked the door and tugged it open. All four of them ran out into the half-light which came from the flares. The bells were still clanging faintly behind them but now they could hear the sound of shots as the waves of police, descending from fresh cars and lorries which were arriving by both drives every moment, dashed into the fray a hundred yards away. Lord Gavin had disappeared. The backs of his men were now towards the TowerAs Gregory and the rest burst out of its entrance there was a crashing in the undergrowth behind them. A body of police who had been sent to take the conspirators in tho rear were just emerging from the grove. Someone called upon Gregory’s party to halt, but he took no notice, urging Sabine on beside him. They raced across the open lawn towards the hangar but, as they reached it, another phalanx of police emerged from the opposite coppice and Mar. rowfat's voice boomed out into the semi-darkness. “Halt there you, or I fire.” They were caught between the two forces, as the police who had emerged from the Bell Tower trees were hurrying up in their rear. Another moment and they were surrounded. With a sinking heart Gregory realized the game was up. Beside Marrowfat loomed the tall figure of Sir Pellinore, the bulky form of the Chief Constable, and the tall but slighter Gerry Wells. As Gregory halted he gulped in a quick breath and then stared at the Inspector. “How did you manage to turn up here so quickly?” Gerry Wells grinned. “When you lipped me off about ‘Bell’ being the word instead of ‘Mermaid’ I tuml bled to it at once that meant the i Bell Tower at Quex Park. It took ; me five minutes to phone Canterbury, so the Superintendent could concentrate the others when he got I there, and you’d obviously sneaked, your car round near Hook Quay. You had the heels of me but I didn't lose much time, once I got started and the others seem to have arrived here altogether.” Milly stepped forward and touched his arm. "It’s been terrible,” she murmured. “But I feel safe now at last— because you’re here.” Most unprofessionally he put his arm round her slim waist. Marrowfat stepped quickly up to Sabine. “Mademoiselle Szcntes,” he said gruffly, “this is an unpleasant duty but I have no option. I arrest you as a confederate of Lord Gavin Fortescue upon the charge of having been an accessory to an attempted murder." “But you can’t,” cried Gregory. "It was she who saved our lives by warning Sir Pellinore that our murder was to be attempted.” “I’m sorry,” Marrowfat shrugged his vast shoulders. “Os that charge, of course, the lady will doubtless be able to clear herself, but there are others. Three of our men were done to death here in the Park tonight. Whether she had any hand in that I I don’t know, la any case, she is

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Miss.: wet, cold spring bus delayed i planting; crop now a week tu ten days behind normal development; i same condition last spring remedied by hot dry summer. Nebraska —A. W. Norquist, assistant state-federal crop statistician: ! prospects best in recent year*; virtually all corn planted;, earlier . crop up and making progress; soma cutworm damage; but no more | than usual. Wisconsin Corn generally looks good; ample rain, with too much in northwest; prospects favorable in southern sections. ! 0 CONGRESS MAY (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) phase of the program. In addition to facilitation of RFC i loans to the carriers, the program : had included simplification ot railI road reorganizations and a"federal unemployment insurance plan for • rail workers. Chairman Burton K. Wheeler, 1 D., Mont., ot the senate interstate 1 commerce committee earlier virtu--1 ally eliminated proposed legisla--1 tlo nto simplify rSilroad bankruptcies, from the agenda. . 0 Trnile In A Gosd Tunn — nreatur

heavily implicated in the importation of contraband. Suitable charges will be presented in due course. I propose to hold her on this one for the moment.” The scene was quieter now. Three hundred police had rounded up Lord Gavin’s agitators and saboteurs. Not a single plane had got away. The wounded were being carried to ambulances that had arrived on the heels of the police from Birchington, Westgate, Margata and Herne Bay. A score of inspectors were questioning the ciptives and taking down material for charges in their notebooks. Sir Pellinore, the Superintendent, Wells, the Chief Constable, Gregory, Rudd and the two girls stood apart, a hundred yards from the shifting crowd on the far side of Lord Gavin's plane. Suddenly there was a movement in the undergrowth nearby. A flash of light streaked past Rudd's face. Milly screamed as a knife caught her in the shoulder. Gregory guessed the thrower instantly. It was Corot, whose fanatical blood lust had tempted him into this last bid for vengeance; the knife had probably been intended for Wells. Milly collapsed against the Inspector, sobbing, as he swiftly drew out the knife and dabbed at the wound. Bis eyes blazed with murderous desire to get to grips with the apache but, supporting Milly as he was, he could de nothing. It was the Chief Con-table who, nearer to the coppice than any of the others, dashed into the undergrowth swinging his heavy stick high above hi’ head. He had caught sight of Corot's white face, gleaming there, within a second of tho knife being thrown. His stick descended; catching the murderous Frenchman a terrible blow right across the eyes. Corot went down moaning among the bushes. Sir Pellinore and Marrowfat had already started forward to the Chief Constable’s assistance. Gregory’s distress that poor little Milly should have been wounded was almost instantly displaced by the wild thought that the ensuing commotion had given him one more chance. Sabine was standing close beside him. “Get into the plane," he muttered swiftly. Without a second’s hesitation.>she turned, tore over to it, and threw herself in. Hard on her heels he scrambled up beside her. Rudd sprang to the door of the cabin and slammed it after them as Gregory pressed the self-starter. Wells was facing in their direction but he was supporting Milly. He was quick enough to see that he had the one perfect excuse for not attempting to interfere. The Superintendent realized what had happened only a moment later and swerved out of his heavy trot, toward the bushes, in the direction of the plane; but Sir Pellinore grasped the situation at the same instant. He seized the Superintendent, by the lapel of his coat. “A great day sir," he said swiftly. “I must congratulate you." “Dammit, let ma go,” boomed Marrowfat, but his voica was drowned in the roar of the engine. “What’s that! I didn’t hear," Sir Pellinore yelled back. The plane ran forward; a hundred faces turned toward it but no one was near enough to grab its wings and stop its progress. It turned into the I wind, rose, bounced once, then sailed close over the heads of the police and their prisoners. Rudd was grinning from ear to ear as he waved after the departing plane. It lifted above the house top. missing its chimneys by no mom than a dozen feet. A mile of land spread below it and then the sea. Gregory placed his hand on Sabine’s. “Where do we go from here?” ha asked. “You can bet the plane's fueled to capacity.” “I don’t mind,” she whispered letting her head fall on his shoulder. “This last week we’ve been drawn into a strange and terrible adventure but now, thank God, it’s over.” “That’s where you’re wrong,” he laughed, as the plane zoomed away over the water. “Our real adventure has only just begun." THE END. CowrUbt. lilt. Ir K>“« rwuutt Sindlau. U>»