Indianapolis Times, Volume 45, Number 183, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 December 1933 — Page 15

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BY LOU WEDEMAR (CODTright. 1933 bv Th* IndlansDolU Tim "Si EDITOR 8 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. * m a SYNOPSIS Black Ha*k. whose sign la the winged death'* head demands evacutlon of central Indiana. He has bombed the po • office and attempted to destroy Union Station Rober’ >lartyne wealthy indlar.apoils major of the military intelligence a.---Signed to the rase, is in love with Ava Breen Ava at her fathers insistence. Is be'hrnthed to Lionel Bt. George. Indianapolis scientist Bob and An are pushed down a manhole in Forty-eighth street bv Black Hawk* agents Blark Hawk turns wa'er into th tunnel when Bob refuses to accede to his demands for surrender, but Bob and Ava escape Into White river and are rescued. Mr. Breen 1* found murdered Then Black Hawk threatens to blow up the Fall creek bridges. CHAPTER SEVENTEEN (Continued t HE sped to awaken Major Martyne. Bob was unable to make any sense of the letters preceded what seemed to be Ava’s name. ‘‘You can't tell where it comes from?” he asked. ‘lsn’t there any way?” ' Sure.” said the supervisor. "Those signals are strong enough to use a direction-finder” Then get to work on them at once' We must trace those signals. That’s probably Black Hawks secret headquarters!" Bob felt certain that no one but himself and the people she w'as with knew' where Ava was spending the night. However, there was a possibility that she had been followed by Black Hawk's Whisperers. He turned back to the radio men. Before the direction-finder could be put into operation the signals had stopped. Bob' ordered that a constant watch be kept on that wave-length, in case the signals came again. bob 'T'HOSE mysterious signals meant a great deal to several listeners in various parts of Indianapolis. Small, compact radios, built not for broadcast station programs, but for the reception of vagrant shortwaves. were in the possession of several persons about whom Bob would have been glad to have more Information. And those eight syllables, with Ava’s name, meant this: "Bring Ava Breen to headquarters.” One of the Whisperers who heard the message was an expert airplane pilot He went at once to municipal airport, where he was known as a tramp aviator spending a few days in Indianapolis. * Another was a youth who was expert in the art of disguise—who had done “quickchanges" for a medicine show, in fact. He was not so expert as Black Hawk himself, but he was better than many actors ivho earn a living by exhibiting such talents. He took from his suitcase a black cotton dress, shoes with crooked high heels, stockings, a wig and—he was quite stout for one of his race—a corset. With these, and some small pillows, he became a different person. A third Whisperer, working on the sam prearranged schedule, became a taxicab driver, for a few hours, in a vehicle bearing the name of a trusted taxi service. a a a SO it was that Ava. driving down Meridian street near St. Clair on her way to join Bob at the post office, was too slow in putting on her brakes. An old woman, stumbling from the curb, was struck by the bumper of Ava’s car before she could stop. And, as Ava hurried to her support. a taxicab pulled up beside her.

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Witnesses could not tell what happened. but a minute later the taxicab was speeding away and Ava Breen and the old woman were missing. a a a CHAPTER EIGHTEEN TT was Major Cox. manager of the * Municipal airport, who first gave Bcib an inkling that Ava had beer kidnaped. He told of an old woman wh: had brought a “sick” girl to the airplane waiting at the field. “It looked all right at the time, Major Cox explained. ‘‘But when Dick Arnett and I got to thinking it over it looked ’phoney." Thanks,” Bob said. ‘‘Well look into it at once. The plane hasn't returned?” "No. We have a record of its registration number, and the name of the pilot, of course. But if it w'as a kidnaping, or anything like that, they will prove to be false." Bob had been so confident that no one knew where Ava was spending Wednesday night that he had not called to see if she were all right. He telephoned to her friend's home at once. “Why, Ava left here hours ago, he was told. "She said she was going down to see you at the pastoffice!” Cursing himself for a fool, Bob put into motion the machinery of the police department. Then he conferred with McHugh and Wilson, and told them his suspicions. “They’ve got her.” he said. "Everything possible must be done at once. Imagine—a woman in the hands of that fiend!” nun A STRANGE rite was being performed outside the cabin in which Ava was held prisoner. A tall pole, on which were cut various complicated designs, was brought by four men to the part of the clearing nearest the cabin. There it w'as fitted into a receptacle apparently constructed for it. Ava studied the men in bewilderment. There was something about them that ought to mean something to her, and yet she could not figure it out. They were foreigners, apparently —or weren’t they? Black Hawk and Davy had spoken excellent English —with just a little thickening on certain words, perhaps. Ava was interrupted by the sight of Black Hawk striding toward the cabin. Ava thought of retreating and closing the door against him. But that would be useless, she knew'. “I suppose all this leaves you a little bewildered,” Black Hawk began. "Don’t let it bother you. As for our modest headquarters—well, that will all be changed soon.” "Why should I?” Black Hawk smiled. "I have been watching you for a long time—longer than you can possibly believe,” he replied. "Long ago I decided that some day this would happen. Perhaps not in just this way, but the same ” "When are you going to tell me where I am?” Ava demanded. "When do I go home?” "You are home. You will never leave me again—except as the fortunes of war compel me to go away for short periods.” "But where are we?" “I can not tell you that. But you may be sure you are in safe hands. Nothing will happeen to you—except under one circumstance.” “And that?” “If you do anything that endangers my work—the capture of central Indiana. It would mean your death." * (To Be Continued)

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Many of the pin-heads had squeezed through the exit and were now running frantically before the pursuing elephants. Others, inside, unable to escape, screamed, fear-maddened, as they were trampled beneath the great feet of the tuskers come to rescue Tarzan.

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