Indianapolis Times, Volume 45, Number 185, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 December 1933 — Page 23

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BY LOU WEDEMAK (Copyright. 1933. by The Tlm**l Editor's Note The narrative, 1 “Black Hawk.” a thrilling story of life in Indianapolis, is purely flc- . tion and its leading characters; exist only in the author's imagination. a a a STNOPSIS B'aclc Hawk, who 1;? iirn is the winged dea’hs head, demand* evacuation of cen'ra! Indiana He has bombed the po'toffice and attempted to destroy i union station. Robert Martyne. wealthy Indianapolis j major of the military intelligence, as- | signed to the case is in love with Ava Breen Ava, at her father a insistence. Is betrothed *o Lionel St. George. Indian- . spoils scientist, Mr. Breen disappears. His body Is found In White river with a note In I his pocket from Black Hawk. When Black Hawk threatens to | destroy the Fall creek bridges. Major I Martyne goes up in a plans and drives j the attacker off in a ntjrht machine gun battle. Axa is kidnaped. CHAPTER TWENTY “rvO you think it is wise to do this?” Wilson asked Bob. “They may kill you.” “There is a chance I may kill Black Hawk. And I think the chance is worth the gamble.” Wilson and Sergeant Brown looked at each other and shook their heads. “You see,” Bob continued, “Black Hawk’s desire for Ava and his hatred of me may get the better of his judgment, and he may forget his, main objective—capture or destruc- j tion of Indianapolis—long enough to . let us capture him.” Bob outlined a detailed plan of j action. Then, with Wilson’s assistholster. In addition to this he car- ! rted hi* service revolver in a hip holster. In addition to this he carried a smaller gun in a holster under his coat. The third precaution was arranged by Wilson, who gave Bob a tiny | pistol, made in the shape of a fountain pen, which would shoot j four deadly gas pellets—each capa- 5 ble of overcoming every one in a; large room. “This is one I have carried several | years,” Wilson explained. “You yourself can escape the effects of the gas, while the others are over- j come by it, by swallowing one of . these pills in the cap of the pen. ! They act as antidotes to the gas poisoning when it enters the blood.” One other precaution Bob took. He took from his pocket a little red notebook. "This contains some invaluable Information,” he said. “You mayknow w-hat it is. I am going to ! lock it in the safe. Wilson, you I keep the key to it.” Bob put the book in the safe, locked the compartment, and gave j the key to Wilson. a a a BEFORE taking the steps he be- j lieved would result in his being kidnaped, and thus taken to Black i Hawk and Ava. Bob visited Beau- j mont in the hospital. He not only owed him the call, but Beaumont j might be able to give him some | helpful information. The poet was recovering and w-as ; anxious to get out of bed at once, j But he was able to tell Bob nothing new\ Bob told Beaumont about the radio operators receiving the cryptic “Mana Rosi Kater-lini Ava Breen.” “We think maybe that was the signal for her kidnaping,” Bob continued. Beaumont was staring at the ceiling. a strange look on his face. “Would you mind writing it down i for me?” he asked. “I have an | idea ” To humor him. Bob obeyed, and then hurried away for fear of tiring him. Long after that Beaumont continued to repeat the syllables over and over to himself, sometimes nodding as If he knew their meaning.

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808 had been aware, ever since Black Hawk s activities had begun, that he was occasionally followed by figures who tried to hide every time he faced about. Again and again Bob had set traps for them, but always they had escaped—only to resume the trail later. Nowhere in the underworld, so far as Bob knew, were there shadows as expert as these —nor in any police department. Yet their their presence was a fact. And now he was going to turn them to his own advantage—if Black Hawk fell for his bait, and took him to Ava. For, once in Black Hawk’s camp, he would pin everything—his very life—on rescuing Ava or killing the Phantom of Indiana. Making the work of his shadows as easy as possible, Bob drove slowly across town and up Delaware street. He turned and drove into Riverside park and left his car on a side driveway. Then he began an aimless stroll through the most unfrequented part. a a a 808 was wondering just how good a decoy he would make when an automobile passed on the driveway. It went ahead of him some distance, as if to reconnoiter. Then it stopped. A man got out and came toward Bob. He appeared ready to flee if Bob made any overt move. When Bob disregarded him, he dropped a piece of paper on the walk, and then returned to the car. Bob passed the paper as if he hadn’t seen it, then returned leisurely and picked it up. It read: “If you want to see Ava before she dies, enter the next car that passes, and make no trouble!” Bob put the paper In his pocket, and walked on. A few seconds later a car appeared on the road behind him. He recognized his own car, the sedan he had left on entering the park. But it had a different license number—New' York plates. A stranger was at the wheel. He stopped, and motioned to the rear door. Bob opened it. He was pushed into the car by someone who had been standing in the shrubbery unknown to him. Inside the car, with drawm curtains hiding them, someone expertly tied his wrists and ankles, and put a gag in his mouth. Then he was blindfolded and forced to the floor. a a a WILFRED BEAUMONT had been thinking over the Black Hawk case ceaselessly during his long hours in the hospital. He recalled that night at the Breen home, w'hen he had been taken behind the scenes for the first time. He recalled what he had read in the newspapers. And then he recounted to himself what Major Martyne had told him about the mysterious radio message, and his own adventure with the men at Dolly’s sanctuary on Central avenue. He thought over and over the actions of those men and the way they spoke. And grimness showed on the poet’s wan face then—for he felt sure he had solved the mystery. His wound did not pain any more. The doctor had said he ought to stay in bed another day, but that w'ould not do. At any moment the maniac—this mad degenerate calling himself Black Hawk—might blow' Indianapolis and all the central Indiana region to atoms. He had the power to do it, and he was awaiting merely the w'him. Beaumont got out of bed and, as quietly as possible, began dressing. (To Be Continued).

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They commenced to trumpet weirdly as though beckoning the riders to leave the dying elephant to his fate. “They know,’’ whispered Holt to Jean, “the poor brute's going to die.” Tarzan motioned to Parker to mount another of the herd but Parker did not move.

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Though he well understood what Tarzan desired, Jean’s father refused to dismount from the wounded elephant. Seeing this, Holt said: “He w'ants you to change mounts.” “No, no—we must go on,” insisted Parker. “But, father—he’s dying!” explained Jean.

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As she spoke, Holt sudden,/ realized the significance of a dying elephant and knew what waa passing through his partner’s mind. Reacting to the thought. Holt cried: “Yes—it's our big chance!” “I know!” said Parker, “our one chance the Graveyard—only he can take us!”

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