Indianapolis Times, Volume 45, Number 181, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 December 1933 — Page 31

DEC. 8. 1933.

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BV LOU WEDFMAR (Coovrlxht. 1933 by The IndianaooHs Time*) EDITOR'S NOTE—The narrative, “Black Hawk," a thrilling story of life in Indianapolis, is purely fiction and its leading characters exist only in the author s imagination. oat r SYNOPSIS Hawk, whose Hen I* the wir.ged dea V". nesd demands evaruMon ot cent.ea; Indiana He has bombed the post offire and attempted to destroy union Station Rober’ M.irtyne, wealthy Indianapolis male- of the military intelligence, assigned to tte? case, is in love with Ava Breen Ava. at her father s Insistence, Is bethrothed to Lionel Bt. George. Indianapolis scientist Bob and Ava are pushed down a manhole In Forty-eighth street by Biack Hawks agents Black Hawk turn* water into th" tunnel when Bob refuses to accede to his demand? for surrender, but Bob and Ava escape Into White river and ar rescued Mr Breen is found murdered Then Biack Hawk threatens to blow up the Fall creek bridges. CHAPTER FIFTEEN 'Continued) ®/"vF course. Incidentally, we have laid a little trap for him that fie won't suspect..*’ “What Is it?" Bob explained on the way back to the office. We have a seaplane, armed with a machine gun. waiting down.at the foot cf Thirtieth street If. by some chance. Black Hawk does manage to slip through and get near Indianapolis I am going to fight him.” •Bob' He'll kill you!” “Oh. don't worry about that. I’ve had plenty of training along that line.” “You'll have to have a pilot.” “Yes. Sergeant Brown, who is organizing the Indianapolis police air patrol, will fly me.” The day was filled with alarms and excursions, but nothing developed that furthered the search for Black Hawk. The typewriting on the new note was found to be that of a new typewriter, sold within the last few months. A list of all such purchasers in the Indianapolis area bad been obtained, and it was being checked. • on THE warning came unexpectedly, just after the fall of darkness* It was a telephone message frcM Bedford to Bob: "Just heard a plane flying very high, apparently without lights." "Could it be a mail or transport ship?" "Not unless it was away off course.” "Right!” Bob swung around to Wilson and McHugh. Warn them to keep a sharp watch," he said. "Come on, Brown. We re going up to meet him!"* * * ' The searchlights scattered through downtown Indianapolis and along Fall creek were not turned on when Bob and Sergeant Brown sped to Thirtieth street where they had floated a seaplane. His orders were to surprise Black Hawk, if possible. And every precaution had been taken to avoid shooting down an innocent plane. They found the seaplane ready for them "Start at once?" Brown asked. "We’d better. Let's go!” a a a A FEW seconds later they arose from the surface of the water, and circled slowly for altitude. Bob had in mind getting as far aloft as possible, so he might swoop down on Black Hawk—if indeed it were he. He caught a glimpse of the hundreds of thousands of homes, their windows lighted as residents waited apprehensively for the phantom to strike again. He hoped that no misunderstanding would result in a mass panic. If he could drive Black Hawk off. that would be something. By ihe time the public heard of the incident, it would all be over. If he could bring Black Hawk down, so much the bettor.

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At 3.000 feet Indianapolis below them looked like a sleepy town, the red beacon on the Merchants' Bank blinking, and the narrow ribbon of Fall Creek twisting back and forth. a a a WHEN they had reached this altitude Brown, on a signal from Bob, started out to meet the oncoming ship. Before they had fairly started, however, they bosh saw a plane approaching. It was about the same altitude they were, and Brown headed directly for it. The two planes moved closer and closer, neither pilot deviating from his course until they were only a few’ hundred feet apart. Then, in the dim light, Bob made out a large insignia on the side of the black fuselage the winged death's head of Black Hawk. Brown saw it at the same instant. He lifted the seaplane and Bob stood by the gun. Black Hawk, however, was ready for them. He swooped as they arose, and swung to their left. Bob had no opportunity to shoot. The seaplane turned and gave chase. Black Hawk's ship was lighter, but it was not being put to its best speed. Black Haw’k wanted time to look over the situation before dropping his bombs. The seaplane, turned about, w T as gaining. Suddenly Black Haw’k dived, heading straight for the Meridian street bridge. At that moment a searchlight flashed on and caught Bob’s seaplane in a brilliant glare. “They'll fire on us!” Brown yelled. CHAPTER SIXTEEN IN that instant, as Black Hawk was diving for the Meridian street bridge, ready to unleash his deadly explosive, and Bob’s seaplane roared after him with the anti-air-craft spotlight centered on it, all roofs of north side Indianapolis suddenly burst out with lights. Another searchlight flashed on Black Hawk's fast ship, and Bob knew’ the seaplane w r as probably safe from attack by the city’s guns. But it was their duty to follow’ Black Hawk and bring down his ship. It might be out of range of the guns ashore. The seaplane dived, too, and seemed to gain rapidly. Bob saw’ there w’as only one man in Black Hawk's plane. Was it Black Hawk himself? Sighting carefully, Bob pulled the trigger. The gun roared, and he saw bullets strike the w’ing of the black plane, leaving a dotted trail. There was a roar from far below them, and a glare of blinding light. The Meridin street bridge? No. Black Hawk had missed. His bomb had struck the stone coping at the creek’s edge, some distance from the bridge. Curving as swiftly as a swallow. Black Hawk turned toward the north without further attack on the bridge. He had speeded •up his engine, and the seaplane was slow and clumsy by comparison. Before Sergeant Brown could get fairly started in pursuit, the black plane was lost. a a a NEWS of Black Haw’k's air raid, and his defeat and flight, cheered Indianapolis more than anything that had occurred since Monday. But Bob was not so cheerful. As he told Leo O'Hara the army planes —fast pursuit ships which should have been able easily to overtake Black Hawk—had been unable to leave the ground at Schoen airport. An investigation show’ed that w’ater had replaced gasoline in all the tanks. (To B*e Continued)

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As Tarzan stood, swaying dizzily where the beast had flung him, the gorilla, with his last raging strength, came dashing toward the apeman. His brain clearing for a moment, Tarzan saw its on-rush, took his knife and waited, panting. for a brief instant.

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Suddenly, like a lightning flash, the keen blade spun through the air. Thrown iy the last ounce of Tarzan's might, its point sunk deep into the man-thing's throat. The gorilla slowly crumpled upon \he ground and as it did so, the chanting of the pygmies up above stopped for the first time.

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Suddenly their ecstatic chanting changed into wild cries of alarm. They picked up their spears and started throwing them at Tarzan. Grabbing Jean, the ape-man shielded her body and his own with the body of the gorilla, which became quickly full of the dwarf's spears.

—By Edgar Rice Burroughg

Tarzan extricated his knife from the expiring gorilla's throat, as, in the distance he recognized the sounds of stampeding elephants, coming nearer. His cry of triumph was added to the rapidly nearing chorus of shrill trumpeting from the avenging elephant-herd.

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