Part 1 (1/2)

The Moving Picture Boys at Panama

by Victor Appleton

CHAPTER I

TO THE RESCUE

With a series of puffs and chugs a big, shi+ny raveled drive at the side of a white far saddles The one at the front handle bars threard the clutch lever, and then turned on the power sharply to drive the last of the gases out of the twin cylinders

The motor cycle ca off, looked at each other for a oing then, Blake!”

”Just a little, Joe--yes It was a nice level stretch, and I wanted to see what she could do”

”You didn't let her out to the full at that; did you?”

”I should say not!” answered the one who had ridden in front, and guided the steed of steel and gasoline ”She'll do better than ninety miles an hour on the level; but I don't want to ride on her when she's doing it”

”Nor I Well, it was a nice little run, all right Funny, though, that we didn't get any mail; wasn't it?”

”It sure was I think soht to have had a letter frohed at his own joke

”Yes,” agreed Joe, ”and I ought to have had one from--”

He stopped suddenly, and a blush suffused the tan of his cheeks

”Might as well say it as think it,” broke in Blake with another laugh that showed his white, even teeth ”Hasn't Mabel written to you this week?”

”What if she hasn't?” fired back Joe

”Oh, nothing Only--”

”Only I suppose you are put out because you haven't had a postcard froed Joe

”Oh, well, have it your oay,” and Blake, with a shrug of his broad shoulders, began to wheel the motor cycle into the shed

”No, but it is queer; isn't it?” went on Joe ”Here we've been back from the flood district over teeks now, and we haven't had a line from Mr Hadley He pro pictures he ht be in line for next

Our vacation will soon be over, and we don't want to be idle”

”That's right,” agreed his chu around, when the fil Oh, well, I suppose Mr

Hadley has been so busy that he hasn't had time to make his plans

”Besides,” Blake went on, ”you know there was a lot of trouble over the Mississippi flood pictures--reels of filers our friends ran