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kuRSDAY, JANUARY, 22, 1942 THE WAYNES VIIXE MOUNTAINEER Pace 5 CHAPTER XV Please do not look so sad." Lo . . o m;n in either band b drew t , j hding a Blender stemmed glass of lueur cognac. "K aepresses me I do not like to be depressed, i t kovo niwavg heard that the tericans were good losers. Will u drink to ny" , . , L..M. Tan's lips curled. On. In nothing mattered now. Smil- b Lolita new - Rich he took and appraised auto- ptically. men sue ted high her glass. n i"To the Soviet Repub r.. .t.a finished the word she hirled, quick as the dart of a king. her, and buriea me aery linneur elass into the ex- Ltman's stupid blue eyes. Ian after a stupinea iracuon oi ' - . . - 1 ...1 -A second, hurled his giassim i vue Itler. "Bogu',' snarled the - Russian h Mr and clawing at the he pocket of his coat Ian was L kim in a ainsrle bound for he Jho held the pistol was clawing his eyes in neipiess agony ,.niri hs able to see strain in a inute, Ian knew that, and launch i kimself on the cursing ex-butler Ice an enraged leopard. Smack! Putting his snomaer De a ha Klnw he drove his fist 1IU V"v- luarely into the Russian's cheek, It something give, rne jtussian ade no effort to strike back but aked everything on getting his stol free from that side pocket, in dealt the fellow another hissing lymaker that must have made the ussian's teeth rattle for he reeled lot nniipr- the blow. Goaded by desperation and in tritely strengthened by the definite lowledge that LoliU, splendid :tress that she was, was true. Ian irang in and put all his strength :hind a terrific uppercut which THE CALL TO THE COLORS A CALL FOR DOLLARS! Dig deep. Strike bard. Our boys need the planes, ships, and guns which your money will help to buy. - -r J; Oo to your bank, post office, or savings and loan association. Tell them you want to buy De fense Bonds regularly, starting now.. . landed on the point of the Russian's jaw and stretched him senseless and bleeding on the shining hard wood floor. It was the work of u moment to wheel on the half-blinded footman and administer a quietus by bring ing down a liqueur bottle on his egs-shaped skull. Time is short!" shrieked inner voices. Catch Bobkhine!' ' He glanced at his watch great lord, ten minutes more! Bobkhine and that fatal copy of the treaty must be drawing near. In his mind's eye he could see the great touring car whirling at break-neck speed over the straight white Hun garian pike. Bleeding from a cut hand, he whirled to find that Lolita, suberb ly Amazonian, had .snatched up the footman's pistol and stood waiting quietly, her glorious eyes fixed upon his. "Where's Bobkhine gone?" She answered with a swiftness and clarity that delighted him. "To Hatvan, yesterday I learned that a plane will be waiting there." : "Hatvan? Near the Czecho-Slo-vak border?" .. "Yes." -. ' - ' "Good lord! That's a good thirty five kilometers out of Budapest. Quick. ' Get a coat and maybe we can catch him." "Impossible, he is too far ahead." Nevertheless she darted off. Mean while, Ian secured his own and the pistol of the two Russians before starting for the door. In his car was a detailed road map of Hun gary. Leaving the two unconscious men grotesquely sprawled between over turned cnairs on tne floor ol that smart little sitting room, the Amer ican, hair over eyes and tie askew, snatched up his previous brief case, glanced inside and was delighted to see the orignal treaty safe inside, Then he went bounding down the stairs. After him ran Lolita von Waldeck, the hem of her luxurious tea gown showing ludiciously from under a heavy cloth overcoat that had a mink collar. "You'll have to come faster," he called from the foot of the stairs. "Every second counts,'' : Nodding, she gathered her skirts garter high and with him darted out into the dark silent street. On the opposite sidewalk a figure lounging under a lamp post started and, when the two dashed around the corner towards Ian's parked car, the watcher commenced to run, also. . "Can you drive a car?" he pant ed. "I've got to study's map may be there's a shortcut." "Yes," she replied. "Good. Drive out the Waitzen road and don't stop for man, god nor devil!" She shot him a look of calm cour age and leaped into the , driver's seat of the long-snouted car with Singapore Military Jewel of the Far East the ease of a born athlete. Simul taneously her foot pressed , the starter pedal and the motor com menced its deep roaring song. Just then the figure which had watched from across the street came run ning up. The fellow halted, cried out something, and Ian glanced up to recognise the sinister pas sion-clouded features of Colonel Maxim Solbeloff. "Good-evening," said he, teeth wolfish in the moonlight. "Will you get out and fight?- Or must I shoot you down like the dog you are?" "Get to hell out of the way!" Ian waved a furious hand. "See you later I'm busy now." Just then Lolita let out the clutch and, like a spurred colt, the auto mobile lurched off along the cobbled street. The Bulgarian rasped a furious curse and jerked out a piBtol... ' : ' Just as the car careened around the corner, a long orange finger stabbed the night and Ian felt a sting in his left shoulder as though a giant bee had stung him. Crack! SobelofT fired again. In the wind shield between -him and the girl a small star shaped hole sprang into being. Lolita 's eyes, wide with alarm, flicked sidewise. ' "Keep going!" yelled Ian over the roar of the motor. "He miss ed." But he knew very well that Colonel Solobel's first bullet had not been sped in vain. Inside his shirt and over his chest, blood was trickling in a warm erratic stream, didn't feel as though bones were broken, but a man Could not tell, high powered bullets had a numb ing effect. Setting his teeth he reverted to the matter in hand, first kicking off the exhaust and then switching on the dash light. By its dancing rays he strove to read the road map which the madly rushing wind flut tered and sought to tear from be tween his fingers. He concentrated with a desperate effort, conscious that amid a blase of headlights the car jolted and swerved like a refus ing horse. All about sounded the squeal of suddenly applied brakes, frightened shouts, the yelling of angry curses; but the girl merely bent further over the wheel and, as the car gathered speed, her hair streamed out behind like a pale but lustrous war flag. "Must catch him!" Ian's brain said. No good to bring a disgraced husband to Lolita, and she would never be able to explain her part in the downfall of Leonard Holt if the story ever got out. It became thus doubly important to catch Bobkhine, but could they? At a rate that was never under fifty miles an hour, Lolita twirled the great motor through the drow sy, blue and white painted suburbs of Budapest while Ian desperately intent, mentally photographed the route he had chosen to Hatvan. The main first class road passed "V ' J" . . .v.i "lf-5, . v - I-;". r a.." T f - -4 ' SINGAPORE This map gives an idea of the size of Singapore, mighty British island fortress at the crossroads of the Far East sea lanes, and key to domination of the rich Dutch East Indies and the Philippines. Insert map of Manhattan, gives its comparative size. Under severe attack by Japanese forces pushing down the Malay Peninsula, the Singapore forces are reported battling fiercely. through Aszod, but there was an other through the village of Szent was, a secondary route, therefore undoubtedly rough, winding and ungraded. On the outskirts of Budapest a policeman foolishly tried to block their furious career and barely es caped annihilation when the girl wrenched the car to the left. Ian never forgot an impression he got of her lovely features set, coat open and the soft lace of her tea gown fluttering like gossamer pennons. "All right," he said. "We can change now." : With a mighty groaning of brakes she brought the car to a shuddering halt which dug deep furrows in the road and filled the air with the stench of scorched rubber. Barely an instant was wasted in exchanging , positioins, then Ian threw the car into gear and, driv ing as he had never driven before, dashed off into the night with the wind blasting through that ragged hole in the windshield. Trees flick ered past like fence pailings and the road. lit by the headlight's leap ing rays, swayed before him like an uncertain white ribbon. The two-seater shot through one sleeping village after another tor nado-like, leaving behind wildly yelping dogs and an enormous pall of dust. Lolita! Lolita! To have her in peace and happiness, un afraid of all men, he must win Like a racing driver gone crazy he roared aldng straight stretches and skidded around corners. Ye gods, let him get to Hatvan in timet Once in the wide flat countryside he pressed the accelerator to the floor, urging the great palpitating machine to its splendid best and ii eta IMS" Ylf To comwv nUw-to mak yow tint fcn Utngthav row (fearing end CONSERVE TIRES ENGINE TRANSMISSION EVERY VITAL PART Chevrolet's new "Car Con servation Plan" i designed to help you keep your car serving faithfully for th duration, and invites your cooperation on the follow ing points: (1) Observe the simple, fundamental, thrifty rules of car care, such as keeping tires properly in flated, checking battery, water, oil, etc. . . . (2) Get a simple service "check-up" at your Chevrolet dealer's now, and avoid major trou bles later, . V . (3) See your Chevrolet dealer regularly. 'CHfVtOUT MALMS SKCIAUZI IN THDI "COKURVAnOM laVKQ" for AH MakM f Can ana' Tracks 1. TIRE SEtVICI Oo eonitr '. rubbt). X RAMATCMt fro talmguard cool ing rfrimm). t. tUBRKATION (h teiwnf motor, chauit). 4. BRAKES (to pratarva lining, aft). 5. MOTOR TUrtf-UP fro coruarva , angina and fW). 6. CARBURETOR AND FUEl PUMP (to Mrva fual). 7. STEERINO AND WHEEL AUON MENT (mot tint (orf (ongar t. BODY AND FENDER REPAIR. 9. CLUTCH, TRANSMISSION, REAR AXU. ia HE A OUGHT AND ELECTRICAL CHECK-UP. 11. SHOCK ABSORBER SERVTCf. 12. PAINTINO, REFINISHINO, WASHMO, ek. (tifci' M ," ' ,' . j a r.'.o::ii nation is a stsong" nation I llatCions Clievrolet Company strained his eyes to watch the road ahead. Suddenly there appeared a fork in the road, he slammed on the brakes. Ah, Nagy-Kum already. He swung to the right, racing ever onwards towards Szent and distant Batvan. V Beside him the girl ignored her wildly fluttering skirts, to clutch the door and the handle of the cut out in an effort to brace her slight body against the mad lurching of the roadster, Shadowy objects like ambushed monsters seemed to spring at the car, now a kilome ter post, now a wayside shrine. A dozen times Ian thought they were lost and all the while the hissing warm night wind tore at his hair with unseen fingers, filled his eyes with tears. AH at once he got a queer impression that the car was remaining still while the earth re volved under it. On a straight stretch he shot a swift glance at Lolita.' Utterly un afraid she crouched there, blue eyes wide and staring fixedly at the road head. The wind he noted, had pulled her hair back to reveal ears which were small and well-shaped, like the rest of her. One hundred kilometers an hour, the indicator said, and' Ian became confident that Bobkhtne's fifteen minute lead was being cut to rib bons, when suddenly the road J blurred. Damn it! He had forgot ten all about his wound. He must have bled a lot, his whole side felt wet and cold. He blinked and the careening landscape came in focus again. "Get the name of the next town," he yelled above the tumult of the wind.- Ahead shone the lights of a Car. Hell! This country road was nar row as an old maid's mind and then to his horror he beheld just ahead a small stone, bridge. If the cars met on that bridge all involved would perish horribly. His driver's instinct warned him it was too late to stop; a hundred kilometers an hour is not an easy speed to handle. Then, forking to the left, he saw a track descending the low banks of a stream. It must be one of those fords arranged to allow peasants to water their thirsty little horses. How deep the water was nor how rough the bot tom, Ian could not know, but risk it he must, so, as the fork flashed near, he braked furiously and turned the wheel to the left. Like a hunter taking jump, the car seemed to sail off the ground when the track dropped a little then, with the heart-stilling plunge of a roller-coaster, the two-seater darted at the darkly flowing water. Ian's grip on the wheel tightened spasmodically as over the runabout shot a sheet of water which, de- Mrs. Bushnell Attends , D A. R. Meet in Asheville Mrs. S. H. Bushnell, regent of the Dorcas Bell Love chapter of the D. A. R. attended a meeting of representatives of the chapter in this section of the state in Ashe ville on Satuprday. Plans were formulated for the state conference in Asheville of which the chapters in this district will be hostesses in March. Francis Cove News The Francis Cove home demon stration club met with Mrs. Robert McCracken on Wedneday after noon to study "Family Plana for 1942." Miss Mary Margaret Smith, the home agent, told the club women how they could help in national de fense work. A playlette was given by Miss Smith, Mrs. Homer West, Miss Ad eline Boone and Mrs. Roy High tower. Miss ; Adeline Boone won the prize in the recreation contest After the meeting Mrs. Mc Cracken served delicious refresh ments, assisted by her daughter, Jackie. The club will meet with Mrs. Will K. Boone for the February meet ing. ' fleeted by the windshield, passed over his head. The car staggered like a life boat in a hurricane. Ian summoned all his failing strength and sought to .steady the wheel. He had a fleeting impression of the Other car high over head, its occu pants yelling like mad. The dripping automobile was back on the road almost before he knew it, for he was feeling very sick indeed. He must keep on. His mind was haunted by a vision of Leonard in bed, pale and helplest, and of Ilya who loved him. There began a queer buzzing ta his bones as he saw the short cut rejoin the main highway. Far ahead glimmered a tail light; another car was going in the same directio Bobkhine? (To be Continued) READ THE ADS IT PAYS ADD LONG LIFE TO Ce lit 13 II YOUR CLOTHES WV,,M It may be pretty expen- 0l02 11313 rive to get new clothes in a few months, so take care of the ones you have now I Main Slrett Send them to us frequently , "' " ' for a thorough dry cleaning. 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