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" Tuesday, March 27, 1923 THE HEPPNER HERALD, HEPPNER, OREGON PAGE THREE IT IS DIFFICULT to imagine any thing more fasci nating than our new serial story The oy 01 jiving By I Sidney Gowing SYNOPSIS CHAPTER I.-Dlsllklns the prospect of ft month's visit to her austere aunt, Iady Krythea Iambe, at Jervaulx abbey, and her cousin, Alexander Lmbe, Aimee, vi vacious daughter of the Very Reverend Viscount Scroope, is in a rebellious mood. CHAPTER Il.-She wanders into the park, there encountering a strange youth in trouble with a motorcycle. He laugh ingly introduces himself as "Billy," Amer ican. The two cement the acquaintance lay a ride on the motorcycle, the, "Flying Sphinx," and part. With Oeorgina Ber bers, her cousin, Aimee sets out for Jer vaulx. On the way she decides that Geor--gina shall impersonate her at Jervaulx, while she goes on a holiday. Georgina's horrified protest Is unavailing. CHAPTER III. Happy in her new free dom, Aimee again meets "Billy." He tells her his name la Spencer, and she gives hers as Amy Snooks, at presest "out of a Job." Biliy offers to take her Into part nership in selling the Sphinx. In a spirit of madcap adventure, she accepts. The two proceed to the town of Stanhoe, tak ing separate lodgings In Ivy cottage. CHAPTER IV.-That night Aimee visits -Georgina and learns that the deception has not been discovered. By her dominant jiersonality she compels Georgina to con tinue the subterfuge. CHAPTER V.-On a trial spin next day on the Sphinx, with Billy, Aimee almost collides with a carriage in which are her -aunt, Georgina and Alexander. The pair escape unrecognized. CHAPTER VI. Georgina learns that Ixtrd Scroope is coming to visit Lady Ery thea and, realizing what will happen on his arrival, is in hopeless bewilderment CHAPTER VII.-While Aimee is secretly risking Georgina at Jervaulx, the place Is -burglarized. Aimee escapes. CHAPTER VIII. Georgina learns, with -much relief, that Aimee has got away, CHAPTER IX. Police Inspector Panke 'decides that the robbery Is the work of "Jack the Climber" and "Calamity Kate," noted thieves, who travel on a motorcy cle. CHAPTER X.-Bllly, aware of his "partner's" nocturnal Jaunts, is troubled. He follows her, on the Sphinx, to Jer vaulx. He hears the commotion, at once suspects burglary, and follows two figures on a motorcycle who are apparently in a dosperate hurry. Cornering the pair, Billy knocks out a man who attempts to shoot -him, picking up a package the fellow had dropped. He discovers the other fugitive to be a woman. Stopping to aid her, she -strikes him with a stone, rendering him unconscious, and the pair escape. CHAPTER Xl.-Recovering. Billy dis covers the package he had picked up is a jewel case, containing emeralds. Realiz ing they must be part of the loot from Jervaulx, he starts for the abbey. On the way he meets Aimee, with the police in pursuit. In a secure hiding place, a cave among the crag pits, Aimee tells him the whole story. He urges that she make a frank confession to her father, but on re flection both realize Aimee's good name has been compromised by her two nights' tav at Ivv cnr1api CHAPTER XII. Assuring Aimee he haa a plan to save her, Billy leaves her in tlie cave and, proceeding to Jervaulx, re stores the emeralds to the astounded Lady Erythea. CHAPTER XIII.-ReJectlng any re ward, after explaining how the emeralds -came into his possession, Billy accepts the position of chauffeur to I-ady Erythea, seeing In the situation a promise of a way out of the embroglio. CHAPTER XIV.-RealizIng what her father's visit to Jervaulx would mean, Aimee goes secretly to her home, disables the family auto, thus preventing his Jour ney, and Induces a parlormaid to let her take her place at Jervaulx. CHAPTER XV. Alexander recognizes Aimee as the woman on the motorcycle which ran into the Lambe carriage, de bouncing her as "Calamity Kate." Geor gina divulges Aimee's identity. Hearing her story, Alexander consents to keep the secret. CHAPTER XVI. Alexander finds him self very much In love with Georgina. CHAPTER XVII The approaching vis it of Alexander's sister. Lady IMana (who, of course, knows Aimee) brings conster nation to the two girls. CHAPTER XVIII. Another visitor to Jervaulx is the Vlcomte de Jussac, Di ana's suitor. Diana recognizes Aimee and threatens to denounce her. CHAPTER XIX. - Interested In the l.ambe collection of armor, De Jussac, during the night, tries on a suit. D,ana, ' Investigating an alleged ghostly appari tion, meets him. He declares his love, and is accepted. Aimee finds them to gether and binds Diana to secrecy con cerning her affairs. CHAPTER XX Alexander and Geor- fina become engaged. I.ady EryLhea. be ieving Georgina to be Lord Scroope's daughter, Is delighted. CHAPTER XXI. Billy and Aimee reach an understanding as to their mutual love. CHAPTER XXII. A Scotland Yard of ficial arrives and demands to see Billy. Aimee overhears him. Learning Billy's whereabouts, tbe officer goes after him. CHAPTER XXIII. Billy finds "Jake the Climber," his leg broken, in the crag pits. He hears the thief's story and has a feeling of something like sympathy. "Jake" is arrested and the police search for "Calamity Kate." CHAPTER XXlV.-Almee. hastening to the crag pits to warn Billy of his danger, meets "Kate" and, touched by the g:rl's devotion to her husband, allows the wom an to escape on the Sphinx. ' Suddenly Aimee stooped and caught her by the shoulder. "Come with me!" she said swiftly, and, turning, crept in through the screen of brambles, into the cave. Kate looked up couiprehendlcgly. Then, with the Instinct of the hunted animal she dived through the bush and wnt to ground. The girls found themselves together In the cool gloom of tire cave. Kate stared it Aimee with wonder ing eyes. "I'm sorry for you!" aald Aimee unsteadily. "I never thought." said Kate, "to find any woman sorry for me." She glanced round the walls of the cave. They'll find me here Just the "They may not." Aimee, very pale, looked at the fugitive. "Don't you think," she suid, "that if you got clear this time, you might drop it all? Try something different?" "I might," snid Kate slowly. "But they'll get me." She caught sight ot the Flying Sphinx, standing in the dim light at the cave's end. "What's that?" she exclaimed, and moved swiftly to the machine. Aimee watched her. "You couldn't ride it," said Aimee, "not even if the way was clear." "I can ride nnything with an engine to it!" said Kate desperately. There was a gleam of hope In the hunted eyes; already her hands were busy with the levers; searching, examining. But she stopped, baffled. The controls of the Sphinx were too much for her. The next moment Aimee was beside her. "That's the throttle!" said Aimee swiftly. "Here's the starter this changes the gear' you have to be careful with the intake. On the sec ond speed she goes over the roughest ground like a bird on the level road she'll do eighty. If you could get her out clear of the hushes but you'd never get away with it " The woman turned to her, gasping. "Will you let me try?" she ex claimed. It was then that a shock of revul sion came over Aimee. This was the female rattlesnake who had nearly killed Billy, and caused all the trouble. Why should Aimee feel pity? The broken man in the hands of the po lice A rustle among the bushes at the cave's mouth mado the two women turn quickly. De Jussac, stepping In side, halted and stared blankly at them both. "Ten thousand devils!" exclaimed Bertrand, momentarily startled out of politeness. "You needn't be frightened for me," SQld Aimee quickly. "She'll do me no harm." Bertrand's active brain took In the situation briefly. "No harm 1" he said. "Name of a name! If the police found you here with that!" Aimee turned very white. That as pect of the case had not even occurred to her. In the stress of new emotions, the realization of danger to herself had been crowded out. If she had to explain to the police ... "Yes," said Aimee quietly. "If they come here I'm done for." The strident voice of Inspector Ark- wrlght was heard, very close qt hand. Monsieur de Jussac pushed his way out through the brambles and re gained the open air. The three police men together were converging towards the spot. "Another cave there!" cried Inspec tor Arkwright. "I thought so. This way, Panke!" De Jussac hnlted before the en trance, and, selecting a cigarette from his case, lit it deliberately. "You may save yourself the trouble Inspector," he said amiably. "There Is nothing here." Arkwright hesitated. "Are you certain?" he snid, conilnt forward again. "I have proved It," said Bertrand "at much expense to my skin. Curs these briars!" "All right," said Arkwright, turnlnc away; "push on and search the othei end, Panke. No use wasting tiim here. I think we're on a fool's erranr after all." The three police passed out of sighi round the bend of the pits. Thert was a long pause. Aimee's face peerer cautiously through the brnnmbles. "What a fearful liar you are, VI comte!"' she said with mingled re morse and admiration. Bertrnnd,i without turning; bowec gravely. "I do my best," he murmured, "li defense of a lady with such a genlu for getting into difficulties. But le me beg of you to remain where yoi are." "Are the police out of sight?" sab Aimee eagerly. "For the present, yes. They an away round the corner ail three. Bu they may come bnck." A moment's silence followed tlx warning. Then tbe brambles parted and the Flying Sphinx came thrustins through. Kate was beside it, he. hnnds gripping the burs, her fac white and strained, her teeth tight set She gave a swift glance to either side and beirnn to run the machine dowi the slope. Da Jussac, with an amazed excla matlon. turned to intercept her. H found a hand detaining him; Aimei bad gripped him by the arm. "Let her go!" said Aimee breath lessly. "I,et her go!" "Name of a name!" said Bertrant blankly. But be obeyed. There wa; little choice. Already Calamity Kati was well d'1'.vn the slope, running be side the five-wheeling Sphinx that gath ered mere nnd more Impetus by It nw weight. The deftness with which the woman steered It between the clumps of bushes was astounding. ".She hasn't a dog's chance," said Aimee with a gulp, "but what chanct there l let her take It." "A nation of sportsmen quoll" murmured Bertrand with a paralyzed air. He glanced to the left, where tha police had disappeared round the shoulder of the bluff. There wag still no sign of them. Kate, reaching the trodden path at the bottom, turned sharp ti the right and swung herself into the saddle. "It is ones duty to stop her." said Bertrand, twisting his mustache In perplexity. "Eut one does not bunt a w'.ninn." "jii-a'U never eet started on that ground," said Aimee. The engine fired, stopped, fired again the wheels threw up spirts of sand, then getting onto harder ground the machine ran swiftly ahead with the faint pulsing whirr that was the Sphinx's song of triumphant progress. She shot forward much too fast, and was only just controlled In time. No other cycle than the Sphinx could have made good over such ground; no other could have sailed so efficiently nnd noiselessly up tha steep path through the gap towards the higher ground at the far end. It was a wonderful exhibition of riding. As the fugitive speu by, Billy, stand ing on guard beside the captive Jake, turned and stared in petrified amaze ment. Jake raised himself to a sitting po sition on the gate, and stared, too. He Ut'ered a Hoarse Cry. lie uttered a hoarse cry almost a cheer. The Sphinx and Its rider breasted the crest of the rise, staggered, and sailed away out of view. CHAPTER XXV Twei of a Kind. Aimee gave a little gurgle of excite ment as the Sphinx vanished. "She's away I And I don't believed they've seen her! If Nhe can stick to It over the field to the gate, there's open road before her and she's clear!" Aimee turned to de Jussac with shining eyes. lie shrugged his shoul ders faintly. "A supremely foolish act, mademoi selle," said Bertrand. 'She was In trouble just as I've been. Everybody's shielded me nt their own risk," said Aimee defiantly. How could I do less for her?" "Alas, the morals of the age!" said Bertrand, and he laughed gently. "A sermon would not become nit I also am a coadjutor. I will observe the movements of the enemy." He climbed quickly onto the shoul der of high ground thnt divided thorn from the end of the pit, nnd retunied In a few moments. "Obviously our Industrious police did not see her," he said; "they are now searching the last of the caves." "Then it's time I got back Into mine," said Aimee turning to dive back into her retreat. 'Not so!" exclaimed Bertrand quick ly, catching her by the hand. "Thnt Is no place for you." "Why?" ''The gentleman from Scotland Yard will search It before he leaves he took my word for the moment, but be will make sure. It was merely that he was In a hurry. You must get out of this while you can ; lllte your friend the lady burglar. Come along!" said Ber trand, setting off at a run and pulling tier with him. "You're right!" ejaculated Aimee. With long strides they sped round the clump of bushes, Aimee In tow of Ber trand, and, turning sharp to the right, scurried up one of the steep paths that led out of the pits. Billy suffered yet one more shock as the pair of them came Into his field of vision. He gaped at them, hardly able to believe his eyes. In a few moments they had passed; Aimee reached the top of the pit, anil Bertrand glanced ap prehensively back In the direction of the police. "All clear!" he gasped, utterly out of breath. "Get to the road get out of sight. Back to the abbey, dear lady, and for pity's sake stay there, for you are very wearing. f!o!" "Thanks, awfully !" panted Aimee, and departed as fast as her legs would carry her. De Jussac retrented Into the pit, mopping Ids brow. Taking no no tice of the frantic signals of Billy he returned to the cave, dived Into It took a hurried look round and kicked plenty of loose sand over a pool of oil that nas the sule legacy of the Sphinx. U left the place with a sigh of relief and, encountering the search party of police, permitted himself to smile. "Nothing doing!" said Inspector Ark wright. "Panke, will you go back? Bring the car down over the meadow ; we'll get the man on It, clear the pits, aud set a watch In the cave where we found hlrn." He moved towards the late stable of the Sphinx. "But I'm going to look through this place and make sure." "By all means, Inspector," said Per trand yawning. "I am a mere amateur. Ail raves look alike to rne. Mind the brhirs; tier pekk ::"Kj accursedly." Arkwright's inspection oT The cave was brief. "It is empty, but the place has been used, and recently," he reported. "Strange they should not have chosen it ; it is tlie best hiding place in the pit." "Perhaps they only recently discov ered this desirable residence, and were about to shift their quarters," suggest ed de Jussac. "No doubt, If a few watchful policemen ambush themselves efficiently during tbe dark hours, they will catch the amiable consort of that cutthroat yonder. One hopes so. It Is painful to the law-nbiding to know that malefactors are at large. Particularly when they are females." Inspector Arkwright looked at him dubiously, and made no reply. Billy, also, when tbe two rejoined him, eyed de Jussac with extreme thoughtfnl ness, and had some difficulty In sup pressing his emotion. He was still mounting guard over Jake, who lay upon his Improvised stretcher and gazed up at the sky with a singularly beatific smile. De Jussac offered him a cigarette, which he accepted silently. "I think," said Inspector Arkwright, "I'll cnll on you two gentlemen to as sist me and we'll get him out of this. I want the place cleared." It was not an easy matter to carry the gate and Its burden out of the pits. By the time they bad achieved It, the car arrived from Jervaulx and wound Its way over the flat turf. Jake was lifted into It. "I must trouble you to accompany me, Mr. Spencer," said Arkwright. "Anything to oblige the police," said Billy, squeezing himself into the front of tlie car. It was n tight fit. The journey to Stanhoe was made almost in silence. When the car ar rived at the police station Jake was duly disposed of, while Billy cooled his heels in a dingy wailing room that had been whitewashed some time during the period when Sir Kobert Peel was reorganizing the force. Presently In spector Arkwright Joined him. Tlie In spector closed the door, and regarded Billy with a sphinx-like but faintly humorous eye. "I think, Mr. Spencer," he said quietly, "that you have no very high opinion of my Intelligence?" "Wrong there," said Billy, politely. "I don't know that I'd class tbe Sffm boe staff with the world's great think ers. But I've heard a lot about Scot land Yard, and, If I may say so, you come fully up to sample." "There Is no harm now In my telling you thnt I know precisely what your movements have been, Mr. Spencer. I know that It was you, and not the pris oner, who stayed at Ivy cottage as the tenant of Mrs. Sunning. I know that your companion, nt the same time, stayed next door. I have also a fairly accurate comprehension of the reasons which led you to nccept temporary em ployment In the Jervaulx abbey house hold. I did not, till now, know who you were. But the papers you gave me establish your identity. Aud that makes all tbe difference." Billy was silent. 'I am, you see, In possession of the facts." "There's one recent fact," thought Billy, "that you're not wise to." "Your affairs, Mr. Spencer, though somewhat complicated, do not call for the intervention of the police," said Arkwright, with the ghost of a smile, "and no official cognizance will be taken of that matter; unless something unforeseen occurs. I am a thief hunter and not a castlgator of rash young men. What I know, I shall, doubtless, keep to myself." Billy felt an enorinons sense of re lief, combined with a sharp twinge of conscience. "The Irresponsible couple who en sconced themselves at Ivy cottage," said Arkwright, with a dry smile, "made a good deal of trouble for themselves." "Inspector," said Billy, "did you ever do a fool thing?" Inspector Arkwright twinkled. "A good ninny, when I was your age. And, sometimes, even now. However, I wish you good fortune. I am not un grateful to you for your share In the running to earth of Mr. Jake. It Is the duty of the civilian to usslst the police. The woman will still be brought to book. And I shall call on your formi dable employer before I leave. Good by, Mr. Spencer." Billy walked out of Stanhoe police station nnd made his way back to the abbey on foot. "Gee!" he said pensively. "But thnt last stunt was awful dangerous! Of course, I see well enough what hap pened. But It was Just a lucky nccl dent neither Aimee nor that blamed nuisance of a woman was seen getting away. The luckiest sort of accident. Inspector Arkwright Isn't the fool I took hlrn fur, by a long way. I wonder bow much he knows? But he can't know that." He shook his shoulders. "It came near being a real crash Just when everything had come right. It put the wind up me worse than any thing yet. But there's nothing to be scared at now." Despite the excellent turn affairs hnd taken. Billy's mind was troubling him. He had the air of a small boy whos raid on the Jam clipboard la about to be discovered. 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