Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 May 1940 — Page 17

MONDAY, MAY 27, 1940

SERIAL STORY— Danger— Romance

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CAST OF CHARACTERS

MONN MILES—her mania for fast driving almost wrecked her romance.

LARRY COLLINS—newspaper reporter, hunting the murderers of his brother.

MIKE BENTLEY—wealthy rancher, knew too much about auto aceidents. YESTERDAY: Larry questions Monnie about her ear, learns she was home ali night. Later he finds tracks that indicate two men stole her coupe. He tells Barnes he has seen truck tracks, fears rustlers. Barnes puts him on night herd. Larry waits for the mystery plane to return. One night, as he walches from a hill, he hears someone coming up hehind him. He gets his gun, waits for the intruder.

CHAPTER TEN THRE PERSON riding up the hill was making no effort to conceal his coming, A white hat topped the crest, the horse and rider came into view. Larry relaxed. It was Monnie. “What do you mean, trailing out here after midnight?” he demand-

ed as she rode up to him, “I might

have shot you.” “I never thought of ° that,” she laughed as she dismounted, “I've been watching you ride out every night. I was curious, wanted to find out what was going on. So I followed you. “What is it, rustlers?” “yeah. IT found some tracks, told Barnes about them and he thought we better keep an eye open for a while.” “1 don’t believe it,” she replied. “If you were afraid of cattle thieves, vou'd be down closer to the herd, rot perched up here on a hill, two miles away from them. You've got something else up your sleeve. What is it?” “I'm watching these calves, and how and where I do it is my own business,” Larry answered hotly. “You're a rotten liar,” Monnie| laughed. “Liar or not, you've got no busin~ss here, | ‘You're going back now!” He caught her horse, led it to her.| “Are you going to get on this horse, or do I have to put you on?” Her eyes challenged him. He caught her roughly ir his arms,| lifted her from the ground. He was surprised that she did not struggle] or try to escape. But when he neared the horse, she kicked its flank. The horse wheeled, jumped | away. “You—you—" Larry muttered. He felt her relax in his arms, felt her, black head snuggle closer to his shoulder. He kissed her, you,” he whispered. | He kissed her again before he put her on her feet, let her go. But she was back in his arms in an in-| stant, lifting her lips again. “I love, you, too, Larry.” His happiness thoughts of Hugh he had set out to accomplish. He| had Monnie in hig arms. . . . She loved him. Life could begin for him now. “Will you marry me, Monnie?” | Her lips, the tightening of her arms around his neck gave him his answer. ® » = AT LAST HE released her. She smiled again. “That's why I followed you here. I wanted to hear you say it. I wanted you to know.” “What about Bentley?” “1 told him our engagement was off the day after you ran away, the Sunday we quarreled,” she explained. “You are awfully obstinate, Larry.” “I'm sorry. 1 thought you had heen to Bentley's the night hefore Someone stole your car, met a plane at Bentley's landing field. I saw the car on the canyon road.” “So that’s why Pete made me keep it locked.” She sat down, pulled him down beside her. “What's

this all about, Larry?” He knew he could trust her. He had to trust her now, He told her the entire story, beginning with Hugh's search for narcotics smugglers, ending with his own witnessing of what he believed a delivery of narcotics shipment, Monnie listened in silence. “So, you see, darling,” Larry concluded, “I've got to have proof. I'm staying out here at night, hoping that plane will come again. Then maybe we'll find out just who is running this ring, discover who killed Hugh.” “But, Larry”’—she clung to him— “they might kill you, too. Why don't you forget all about this? We can go back east—you can go back to vour newspaper job.” He shook his head “No, Monnie. I've started this, and I'm going to finish it. Someone killed Hugh. I don’t know who, or how it was done. to find cut.” “And Mike—do you think he’s mixed up in it?” “I'm not sure. T think so. He doesn’t sell many cattle, only a few of the horses he raises. He makes too many trips by plane. “The ring is undoubtedly part of a nation-wide outfit. “This search has been going on for months. Harris gave me the chance to go on with Hugh's work. There may be other officers in this area, posing as tramps, farmers, or even working with the gang, all trying to get the evidence that will convict the leader of the narcotics smugglers. I can’t quit now, Monnije—not even for you.” “1 understand, Larry. Tl But you will be careful.” $d & # HE LAUGHED, kissed her lightly. “Of course I'll be careful. If I get caught up around his place I can always say I'm hunting a stray. “But I can't figure out why he went to the trouble of stealing vour car. Have you any idea why he'd do that?” “No,” she answered slowly. “He likes to drive it, though. He asked to borrow it several times. But that's one thing I never lend. 1 always make him use the ranch car. | He wanted to use it that Saturday night, too. When 1 refused, he said he'd send someone over for the ranch car, Buf no one came.” The drone of a motor came from! the west. Larry was instantly alert. | “Here comes the plane now . . . another shipment. *' I'll have to

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