The Handsome Man
1jy Margaret TurnhuSS
Illustrations by
Irwin Myers
Copyright by Margaret TurnbulL
W. N. U. Service.
CHAPTER IX—Continued
—18—
“There should be another man posted
here.”
There was. He looked and grinned
and waved and followed as ltay bel¬
lowed out his Instructions. But a
motor boat has no tires. Ray was
not anxious to begin a running battle.
If he could get beyond the next land¬
ing place there might be liope that,
seeing his reinforcements, their pur¬
suers would turn tail.
Sir George looked behind him and
whistled. The car they had seen
had outdistanced their followers
without offering battle and was tear¬
ing toward them. By some chance
there were no other cars on the road
In sight.
“It Is going to be a close squeeze.”
“Slump and keep your head down,
Sandison,” ordered Ray, who some¬
how could not bring himself to say
“Sir George.” "What’s the matter
with those men of ours? Why didn’t
they give the tires merry h—1?”
“Down," shouted Sir George, and
followed his own advice. “What’s
that?"
"That was one of our tires. Oh
shades of William Penn, but we’re In
a tight place on this peaceful road.”
The machine wobbled and swayed.
^The other car crept up on them, but
the men in It did not shoot again,
evidently confident that they had them
completely in their power.
Ray was bumping along to the ac¬
companiment of a sort of chant. “Keep
your head down. If I can only make
It to that corner. Oh ham and onions !
flow mad I will be if they stop us this
side. What's that?”
The oddest sound seemed to fill his
ears. In a moment he realized what
It was and then despite the gravity
of the situation, he laughed aloud.
They had turned a corner and before
them streamed what seemed a small
army of cars, almost all of that cheap,
but useful make which had made its
producer both famous and rich. Each
car held four men and every man
except the driver was armed.
“If you can laugh now,” exclaimed
Ray, “you have your nerve with you!
Rook!”
Their pursuers had rounded the cor¬
ner confidently, counting on their
superior car and speed. The motor
boat was audible a little distance
away, closely following. It dawned
on Ray, who had been wondering why
they bothered with a motor boat, that
they had planned It as a way of es¬
cape. If things got too hot, and ttieir
tires shot up, they could escape in the
boat to where a car was waiting
further down the canal. *
But by the advent of Ray’s guard
the situation bad utterly changed.
The workmen's cars, as they came, had
opened out their formation and now
formed a long alley, one on each side
through which moved the disabled car
In which Sir George and his com¬
panion sat. As their car wobbled
slowly forward the other cars closed
in behind It, three deep. Sir George
and his companion went on their way
through this line of cars toward the
camp. As they did so their pursuers
fired and the foremost workers re¬
turned their fire.
“Dash It," Sir George yelled to Ray,
“I can’t let the men take the risk!"
He climbed out of the car. Ray
followed him.
The enemy car turned and, to Sir
George's amazement, swerved towards
the canal without firing again. Kay
called In two languages, Italian and
English: “Don’t shoot!” and ran to
the front to count the casualties. One
of the workers had been hit by a
gpllnter when his windshield was
shattered, but he was not dangerously
wounded.
At least one of the enemy had been
bit and two of their tires were
punctured. for,” Ray shouted.
“They’re done
“Steady!” he called to the workmen
nearest him, who had begun to edge
toward the enemy. “We’re only here
to keep the money out of their clutches.
The police will do the chasing.”
Sir George gave a quick exclama¬
tion. The motor boat had reached the
spot where the disabled car waited
and at once the men in the car jumped
out and ran toward the canal bank.
One of them limped and another had
a wounded hand.
The Italian and negro workmen gave
a roar of disgust and pleaded with
Ray to let them get at the boat. Ray
was obstinate. He pointed out the
men on the boat armed and ready for
trouble.
Sir George groaned aloud, and ran
toward one of the workmen’s cars.
“I can’t let them get away. Let’s
follow them.”
The first motor cycle policeman came
flying down the road. Ray shouted
and pointed at the motor boat.
The motor boat was well on its way
as the policeman passed Sir George.
“The locks!" The policeman called
as he dashed past. “Get word to the
locks. They can’t pass them.”
Ray and Sir George jumped into one
of the smaller cars and sped up to
the works.
Panting, Ray flung himself on the
telephone and talked rapidly.
When he looked up his companion
was divesting himself of the money belt.
“Call them In.” he suggested, “pay
tb«n all now and tell them Mr. Mae-
Beth will henr what they have done
for him today. Oh, I say, Browne, if
we’d only gone after them. What a
day it would have been 1”
“I’m content to call it a day, as it
is,” Ray told him. “We’ve got the
money, haven’t we?”
He turned from the 'phone. “They
left the boat before they got to the
locks, climbed into a car that Is still
dodging the police. I've told them to
relay any message that comes through
to MacBeth’s island. The new tires
are on and I’m all set to go."
Sir George looked at him a little
shyly. *T say, Browne,” lie said,
“would you mind not saying much
about this affair to the women. Be
deucedly awkward, you know, If my
stepmother gets word there was any
shooting.”
Ray burst out laughing. “Daredevil
George!" he shouted, “who wanted to
stage a running fight along the canal,
afraid of his stepmother!”
“True as death! You don’t know
Aggy—Lady Sandison—well."
They climbed into the car but Ray
did not start it at once. He leaned
back and surveyed his companion.
“I noticed you are not crowing over
the success of your plan,” Ray told
his companion.
Sir George shook his head. “Cer¬
tainly not." Then he laughed. “My
word, Browne, I never thought it would
“Be Deucedly Awkward, You Know,
if My Stepmother Gets Word There
Was Any Shooting.”
come off. I give you my word I never
expected to have so much fun. It was
more like a wild American play than
—than life."
“Life's crazier than any play,” Ray
told him and looked at him again, a
little wonderingly. “What a good
scout old MacBeth Is and how much
he trusts you. Why, he gave me au¬
thority to do anything I liked to help
you out. pay the men full time whether
they worked or watched, and all on a
chance that it might be nothing but a
joke after all! He wouldn’t have the
police on hand because he thought it
might end In a false alarm and make
us ridiculous. If he hadn't been so
cautious we'd have caught them here,”
he added regretfully, “but then what
certainty did he have that things would
break this way?"
“No certainty, but a conviction that
if he didn’t ‘break’ these men, as you
say over here, they would ‘break’ him
sooner, or later. He’ll not be pleased
at their getting away for—’’ he stopped
abruptly.
Ray turripd. To his surprise, Sir
George, instead of continuing, slid
down in the seat and gave an odd
little exclamation which sounded like:
“That fool girl! What’s she doing on
this road today?”
Following his gaze. Ray saw the
MacBeth car. with Roberta driving,
coining toward them at high speed.
CHAPTER X
Roberta leaned out and asked a
question of the nearest foreman. He
was an Italian and instantly burst out
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Into a stream of broken English, ac¬
companied by Illuminating pantomime.
Sir George and Ray, from their vant¬
age point near the shack, could get a
vivid picture of the recent battle from
the gestures alone.
This big Scotchman, Ray thought,
did the trick and will get all the
credit and Roberta’s admiration.
“Oh, d—n the luck!” Ray snarled
aloud, weary with the rapid changes
of emotion this last hour had brought
to him. “Snap out of It, Bonnie Dun¬
dee ! Bonaventura has given you away
to the girl. He’s making a good
speech, too. Sit up like a man and let
Roberta pin your medals on.”
Sir George raised himself up, but
only to grasp Ray by the shoulder.
“Give me the payroll receipts and this
car and you can ride back with Miss
MacBeth."
"Good Lord ! Walt a minute!” Ray
protested as he fumbled for the re¬
ceipts. “What’ll I tell Roberta?”
“Tell her I’ve gone. That will sat¬
isfy her. She isn’t in the least con¬
cerned about me.”
Ray regarded him curiously, shaking
his head. "What's the big idea, leav¬
ing me to face the music and Roberta
MacBeth alone?”
“I wouldn’t do It, old fellow, If I
didn't know you liked her."
"Don’t you?”
Sir George's face changed In a
curious way, “Like her! My dear
fellow, she’s the only thing I don't
like in all America.”
"Why, I thought you were nuts
about her. It’s been even betting in
the office that that’s why you came
over.”
“What!”
“To cop MacBeth’s daughter and
her pile."
Ray saw what he had done then.
Sir George’s face whitened so that
Involuntarily Ray reached out a hand.
“Say—”
His companion failed to see the
hand. “Did you think so, too?” he
asked hoarsely.
Ray hesitated. “Well, personally, 1
didn’t think you were after the money.”
”1 wouldn’t ask Miss MacBeth to
ninrry me if Sandisbrae were In
ruins and I hadn’t a penny to buy
myself food.”
“That point being clear and under¬
stood,” said Roberta, who unnoticed
had left her car with Bonaventura
and walked up behind Ray, “you stay
In that car and go home while Ray
rides with me. Father's heard from
New York. The New York car was
held up on the Jersey meadows.
There was a running fight. One of
the car crew was hurt. On youi
way,” with a surprisingly friendly
smile.
Sir George wished a thousand times
on the ride home that lie had held
his tongue. While it was just ns well
that the girl knew how he felt, he
would have preferred that it had not
been expressed to her quite so crudely
and she had taken it in a decidedly
sporting spirit. Yet the fact re¬
mained that it was a relief to have
it clearly understood between them
that there was no thought of her oi
her fortune in his mind.
Curiously enough, now that he had
publicly relinquished her, Roberta’s
bright head seemed to gleam like lost
gold, and lie found himself wishing
that he were Ray, care free and fancy
free and able to enjoy a ride In tin
soft dusk with a girl, whether sh«
had millions or not. Only, lie as
sured himself, that girl would nevei
in Ms case be Roberta MacBeth,
There were several things Roberta
would have to explain before he hail
any confidence at all in her.
The poverty-stricken heir of fh«
Sandisbrae title and lands stretched
himself behind the wheel and yawned
He was tired. After all, it had been
a bit of a day. It was jolly lucky foi
him that things had turned out at
they had.
A shout from a motor cycle made
him bring his car to a sudden stop.
“Mr. MacBeth’s secretary?”
“Yes,” Sir George, automatically
reacting to the excitement of the day,
put a hand on his pistol pocket, until
he saw the man wore a pollcetnan’t
uniform.
“Tell Mr. MacBeth, will you, that
the men in the motor launch left ft
halfway down the canal aod got away
In a fast car, but we’re on their trail.*
“Thank you, officer. Hope they gt>1
the beggars.”
“Sure we’ll get them. It’s only %
question of time.”
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
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