" 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. When he ar
rived at the abbey there was no sign
of his partner. After lingering for
soma time near the most likely haunts,
Billy sighed and retreated to the
garage.
He had not been there long when
Aimee's face appeared furtively round
the angle of the door.
"Hello!" she said, stepping inside.
She halted, and they looked at each
other dubiously. Aimee was decidedly
pale, her eyes pathetic and rather
frlghtFd.
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