User: M-le-mot-dit
File: The Flying Ace (1926 film).webm
Author: Richard Edward Norman
Publisher: Norman Studios
Year: 1926
PD: PD/US|1960
Note: A 1926 black-and-white silent drama film directed by Richard E. Norman with an all-African-American cast, a mix of professionals such as Laurence Criner and Kathryn Boyd, and non-professional actors. The film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress.
Cat: Drama film, Race films, Silent film
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00:04
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{{Center|{{Larger|The}}<br />
{{Xxx-larger|'''"Flying Ace"'''}}<br />
PART<br />
ONE<br />
{{Smaller block|Produced by<br />
NORMAN STUDIOS<br />
Arlington Fla.}}}}
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00:11
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{{Center|Entire Cast Composed of Colored Artists.}}
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00:15
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{{Center|Mayport, a little station on the Main Line of the {{Nowrap|M. N. & Q.}} Railroad. It is here that passengers change for the Eastern branch of the road.}}
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00:27
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{{Center|{{Smaller|{{sc|American Railway Express}}}}}}
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00:30
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{{Center|No. 9 left only one passenger this sunny morning.}}
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00:45
{{ft/s|
Blair Kimball, Paymaster of the {{Nowrap|M. N. & Q.}} Railroad,
{{Right|{{Fine|— ''Boise De Legge''}}}}
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00:52
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Thomas Sawtelle, Station Master at Mayport,
{{Right|{{Fine|— ''George Colvin''}}}}
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00:59
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{{Center|"I am surprised to see you here to-day, you arn't due until to-morrow."}}
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01:20
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Dr. Maynard, the local dentist,
{{Right|{{Fine|— ''Sam Jordan''}}}}
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01:28
{{ft/s|
Finley Tucker, local aviator, who has a mysterious source of income,
{{Right|{{Fine|— ''Harold Platts''}}}}
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01:39
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{{Center|All of it.}}
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01:41
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{{Center|{{Smaller|POLICE}}<br />
'''13'''<br />
{{Smaller|DEPARTMENT}}}}
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01:43
{{ft/s|
Jed Splivins, local constable. He met all trains in the hope of arresting some petty offender,
{{Right|{{Fine|— ''Lyons Daniels''}}}}
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01:57
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{{Center|"Kimball isn't due until to-morrow. Wonder if he's got the pay-roll in that satchel?"}}
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02:08
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"Hardly; he hasn't got his guards along to-day."}}
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02:17
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{{Center|"Number 42, your train up the Eastern Branch, is an hour late. Come into the office and make yourself comfortable."}}
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02:32
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{{Center|"'Pears to me I better make sartin if the pay-roll's in that there satchel and help take care of it."}}
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02:44
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"Do your duty Officer!"}}
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03:03
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{{Right|{{Gap|10em}}{{Fine|TICKET OFFICE}}}}
{{X-smaller|NO ADMITTANCE}}
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03:16
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{{Center|"Ye havn't the pay-roll with ye, have ye Mr. Kimball?"}}
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03:23
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{{Center|"Yes, Jed; I'm not expected to-day and no one will know I have $25,000 with me for the Eastern Division pay-roll."}}
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03:40
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{{Center|"Seein' as how you didn't bring any guards along, I'll help take care of this here pay-roll."}}
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03:50
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{{Center|"Thanks, Jed; but I won't need your help; just keep mum and no one will molest me."}}
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04:11
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{{Center|"Number 42's reported two hours late; you have a long wait ahead of you."}}
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04:35
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{{Center|"Number 42's a couple of hours late and Kimball's stuck here until then."}}
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04:58
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The Apple of the station Master's Eye, Ruth Sawtelle, his daughter,
{{Right|{{Fine|— ''Kathryn Boyd''}}}}
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05:21
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{{Center|"Oh! Finley, when are you going to give me a ride in that new airplane of yours?"}}
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05:33
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{{Center|"Go home and put on that flying suit I brought you from Chicago and meet me at the flying field in an hour!"}}
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05:46
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"How glorious! I'll be there all ready in an hour!"}}
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06:07
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{{Center|"Dad, I'm just thrilled to death. Finley is going to take me for a ride in his new airplane."}}
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06:18
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{{Center|"I must run on now. I am to meet him in an hour."}}
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06:43
{{ft/s|
{{Center|Sixty minutes later, many things have happened; least of all, and contrary to woman's custom, Ruth is on time.}}
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06:57
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"Now that I have my flying suit, I feel like a real flyer and you must show me how to operate a plane!"}}
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07:12
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{{Center|"All right then; the plane has two controls, the Stick and Rudder."}}
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07:36
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{{Center|"See this little bar that looks like a broom stick, it is 'the stick;' it controls the plane in Banking and Perpendicular flight."}}
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07:50
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{{Center|"If you wish to go to the right, you push the stick to the right; to the left, vice-versa. To descend, push it forward; to ascend, pull it backwards."}}
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08:05
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{{Center|"The rudder is worked by the feet, controlling the horizontal flight of the plane."}}
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08:28
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{{Center|"Now, when you want to start it, you open these two valves, turn this switch, push this button, and—"}}
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08:39
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{{Center|"Gracious! Is it as complicated as all that? I fear I can never learn to fly."}}
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09:21
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{{Center|Traveling at a speed of 140 miles an hour, the earth appears to float lazily beneath them from their perch, a mile high in the air.}}
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10:17
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{{Center|"For the hundredth time, Ruth, I again ask you to marry me?"}}
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10:28
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{{Center|"Now Finley, don't be foolish. For the hundredth time I tell you that I am not certain I love you."}}
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10:53
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"Confound the perversity if woman. The next time I get her in that plane of mine, she'll say YES or get out and walk on a cloud."}}
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11:15
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{{Center|{{Larger block|END OF<br />PART ONE.}}}}
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11:20
{{ft/s|
{{Center|{{Larger|The}}<br />
{{Xxx-larger|'''"Flying Ace"'''}}<br />
PART<br />
TWO<br />
{{Smaller block|Produced by<br />
NORMAN STUDIOS<br />
Arlington Fla.}}}}
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11:24
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Howard Mac Andrews, General Manager of the {{Nowrap|M. N. & Q.}} Railroad,
{{Right|{{Fine|— ''Dr. R. L. Brown''}}}}
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11:42
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{{Right|{{Fine|THE FLORIDA TIMES-UNION, JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA}}}}
{{Rule}}{{Rule}}
{{Block center|{{X-larger block|'''Captain Wm. Stokes'''<br />
{{Gap|4em}}'''Back From World War'''}}
{{Rule|4em}}
{{Center|{{Smaller|'''WINS FAME AS FLYING ACE IN FRANCE'''}}}}
{{Rule|4em}}
{{Float left|'''FLYING ACE'''}}
{{Left|offset=10em|{{Font-size75%/s}}
{{em}}The many friends of Captain<br />
Wm. Stokes, World War Hero and<br />
Flying Ace, welcomed him back<br />
home by a banquet given last night<br />
at the Hotel Pennsylvania in his<br />
honor. Captain Stokes is credited<br />
with bringing down seven German<br />
planes during the "big push" and<br />
bears many scars of the encounter.<br />
{{em}}Captain Stokes was a flyer of<br />
some ability before the War. Own-<br />
ing his own plane, he had learned to<br />
fly here on the local field and only<br />
a brief training was necessary be-<br />
fore he was sent to France. Before<br />
his entrance in the war, he was a<br />
railroad detective for the M. N. &<br />
Q. Railroad and he was instrument-<br />
al in clearing up mysterious freight<br />
thefts and bringing about the ar-<br />
rest of a clever gang of box car<br />
thieves operating of the railroad.<br />
{{Center|'''Stationed at Chateau Thierry'''}}
{{em}}Going over with the first con-<br />
tingent of flyers recruited in this<br />
country, Captain Stoker first saw<br />
service at the front at Chateau<br />
[…]
{{Font-size75%/e}}}}}}
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11:58
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"Well! Well! So Billy Stokes, our former railroad detective, has covered himself with glory."}}
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12:35
{{ft/s|
Billy Stokes, former railroad detective and World War Aviator, feels the spell of the rails tug at his heart.
<p>The flying Ace,</p>
{{Right|{{Fine|— ''J. Lawrence Criner''}}}}
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13:01
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Ped, Stokes's mechanic who lost a leg in the World War,
{{Right|{{Fine|— ''Steve Reynolds''}}}}
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13:15
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{{Center|"Old 76 is making good time. Remember what a tough fight we had arresting those crooks who derailed her two years ago?"}}
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13:30
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"There you go again. Gettin' the 'rail fever' or I'm a Dutchman."}}
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13:38
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{{Center|"Peg, you're a better detective than I thought. Guess I'll go over and see the General Manager."}}
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13:57
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{{Center|Bad news travels fast.}}
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14:19
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{{Center|"Billy, I'm glad to see you back safely. Just been reading in the paper how you've covered yourself with glory."}}
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14:50
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{{Block center|{{Center|{{Larger|TELEGRAM}}<br />
{{X-smaller|'''All messages addressed to Officials on trains must be enclosed in sealed envelopes'''}}}}
{{Rule}}{{Rule}}{{Dhr}}
{{Monospace block|{{Smaller block|{{Right|X C TS {{lsp|.25em|S}}T. {{lsp|.25em|NICHOLAS}} 7/1}}
{{lsp|.25em|MAC ANDREWS HEADQUARTERS}}
<p>{{lsp|.25em|PAYMASTER KIMBALL AND PAYROLL VANISH}}<br />
{{lsp|.25em|FROM MY OFFICE HALF HOUR AG}}O. {{lsp|.25em|SEND}}<br />
{{lsp|.25em|DETECTIVE}}S. {{lsp|.25em|DON'T KNOW HOW IT HAPPENE}}D.</p>
{{Right block|{{lsp|.25em|THOMAS SAWTELLE}}<br />
{{lsp|.25em|STATION MASTE}}R.}}}}}}}}
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15:05
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{{Center|"There's a poser! Kimball and the Eastern Division pay-roll have disappeared."}}
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15:23
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{{Center|"Billy, there's a mystery no one can clear as quick as you. The old job's yours at double pay. Go to it!"}}
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15:37
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{{Center|"I'll order a 'Special' and rush you to Mayport."}}
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15:44
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"Never mind. I will use my plane and get there in an hour."}}
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16:03
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{{Block center|{{fqm}}I don't bother work, work don't bother me;<br />
I'se fo' time happy as a bumblebee."}}
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16:14
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{{Center|"The Pay-master has been robbed of $25,000 at Mayport. Disguise yourself as a tramp; hop the Lightning Freight and drop off at Mayport; I'll meet you there."}} }}
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17:13
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{{Center|"I tell you Mr. Tucker, I don't know how it happened! I swear I don't! We were sittin' here, an' he had the bag on the floor besides him—"}}
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17:28
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{{Center|"There Father, suppose you wait until the detective from the railroad comes. You're just wearing yourself out—"}}
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17:42
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"Ruth, I'm trying to help your father. It looks bad for him now. If we can get some clew as to how it happened—"}}
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18:07
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"Headquarters sent me down. Which of you is Mr. Sawtelle?"}}
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18:16
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"I'm the station-master."}}
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18:21
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"I don't know how it happened. Mr. Kimball's gone."}}
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18:29
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"My name's Tucker. I'm butting in as an amateur detective trying to help solve the case before you came."}}
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18:51
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"Now, just how and when did he disappear?"}}
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19:00
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"Mr. Kimball get off Number 9 to change for the local—Number 42—that goes up the eastern branch of the road."}}
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19:13
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"He was sitting there, with the bag of money near him and I had just started to send a message, when—"}}
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19:50
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"The next thing I knew I was lying on the floor just coming out of a sleep."}}
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20:24
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"Mr. Kimball was gone, and the satchel was gone."}}
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20:33
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"That's all I know. But I didn't do it, Mr. Stokes. I swear I didn't."}}
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20:46
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"What'd they hit you with?"}}
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20:54
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"The didn't I just looked out the door, and the next thing I knew I was lying on the floor."}}
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21:07
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"No sore places on your head, or your jaw?"}}
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21:18
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"No. But I didn't kidnap him or kill him either, like Mr. Tucker seems to think."}}
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21:30
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"Father! Nobody suspects you."}}
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21:35
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"I don't know just how you could get knocked out without any signs. How about chloroform?"}}
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21:48
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"I didn't smell anything. I didn't see anything. I don't know anything. He just disappeared!"}}
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22:15
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"Ruth, your father's story is too thin. He's in a pickle and has lost his nerve."}}
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22:29
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"I'll get Stokes out of here until your father can collect his wits."}}
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22:37
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{{Center|{{Larger block|END OF<br />PART TWO.}}}}
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22:42
{{ft/s|
{{Center|{{Larger|The}}<br />
{{Xxx-larger|'''"Flying Ace"'''}}<br />
PART<br />
THREE<br />
{{Smaller block|Produced by<br />
NORMAN STUDIOS<br />
Arlington Fla.}}}}
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22:48
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{{Center|"Stokes, suppose you come along with me for a minute. I can show you something interesting."}}
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23:12
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"What's that?"}}
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23:15
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"Nothing much."}}
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23:23
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"Father, don't worry. I know you are innocent and everything will be cleared up."}}
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23:55
{{ft/i|
{{Center|{{X-smaller|JUNCTION LUNCH}}}}
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24:01
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"Howdo, Jed!"}}
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24:05
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"This is the local Sherlock. He's a local constable, a sort of deputy sheriff."}}
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24:15
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"Jed, this is Mr. Stokes a railroad detective."}}
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24:25
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"Thought as how you might be an aviator at fust with all that riggin' on. Funny what disguises these big times detectives wear."}}
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24:40
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"Have a chaw of terbacker?"}}
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24:51
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"Any news, Jed?"}}
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24:56
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"Not much, but if Sawtelle didn't murder that man an' throw him in the swamp, I'm a Swede."}}
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25:07
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"Don't go arresting him too soon."}}
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25:13
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"Jed's been hoping to find somebody in the swamp for a long time."}}
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25:22
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"I'm going up there an' look for buzzards. If I see 'em circlin' over one spot, I'll know Kimball's there."}}
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25:40
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"Wal' I swan! That big city detective sure looks swell in that there disguise. Guess I'll get me one."}}
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25:59
{{ft/s|
{{Center|At Tucker's Airplane Hangar.}}
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26:04
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"What was it you wanted to show me?"}}
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26:10
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"I brought you here, to offer you $500 to disable yourself, so you can't do any more detecting for a day or two."}}
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26:22
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"Don't be foolish. What's the idea?"}}
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26:28
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"Then $500 to box me two rounds?"}}
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26:34
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"Aside from the silliness of the thing, what did you bring me here for anyway?"}}
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26:45
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"Confound it, man, I don't want you poking about here! What'll you do, if I smash you one?"}}
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26:54
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"Put you in the Hospital! Why all this byplay?"}}
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27:06
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"What sort of scrub detective are you? Can't I get you to arrest me for killing Kimball?"}}
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27:17
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"I don't think you did it. I've no proof of your guilt."}}
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27:29
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"Go on up to the swamp. You'll see buzzards floating over it. Kimball's there."}}
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27:39
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"Then come back and make your pinch. Now get the hang out of here!"}}
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27:54
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"I'll probably take you up about the swamp."}}
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28:21
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"Hang around the Station. Pick up what evidence you can; I'm known there."}}
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28:53
{{ft/i|
{{Block center|width=16em|{{Cursive block|{{Italic block|{{X-smaller block|{{Border|maxwidth=11em|position=left|bgcolor=transparent|FROM<br />
{{sc|Century Book Co.}}<br />
{{em}}NEW YORK N Y}}}}
{{Smaller|{{Gap}}{{sc|{{Underline|To}}}}}}
{{Center|{{sc|Dr}}. A. G. MAYNARD}}
{{Smaller block|{{Center|MAYPORT<br />FLA.}}
VAL {{Sup|$}}150{{Sup|00}}}}}}}}}}
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29:04
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"Just freshly packed; and made up to look like it was coming in instead of going out."}}
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30:17
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"Gimme a' Loco Foco!"}}
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30:24
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"What's that?"}}
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30:28
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"Loco Foco, meaning—Lucifer Match!"}}
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30:34
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"You bum! If I wasn't huntin' murderers, I'd arrest ye; instead, I'll give you the Hokus-on-the-Pokus, meaning—"}}
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31:13
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"Drugs come in such little vials. Probably Ethyl Chloride."}}
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31:32
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"What's it good for?"}}
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31:39
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"Break off the little snout; a single whiff, and unconsciousness is a matter of seconds."}}
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31:49
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"This would make Sawtelle's story hold water, allright. But{{Bar|2}}"}}
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31:59
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"Scout around and see if you can locate a swamp near here and keep your eyes open!"}}
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32:20
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"What! You around here yet. Vamoose, ye varmint, or I'll give you more Hokus Pokus."}}
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33:02
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"I don't want any more of this Hokus Pokus stuff!"}}
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33:28
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"Mr. Stokes, this just came in for you."}}
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33:34
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"Mr. Sawtelle, there's blood on this message."}}
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33:43
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"I—I—blood makes me ill to look at. I—I don't notice it before."}}
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33:51
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"How did that happen?"}}
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33:57
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"I—I don't know."}}
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34:09
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"Those cuts could be caused by just such a little vial."}}
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34:23
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"I wish you would show me the way to a swamp that's somewhere near. Is it too far to walk?"}}
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34:35
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"About a mile and a half. I'll walk with you to the cross-roads and point it out to you."}}
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34:47
{{ft/s|
{{Center|{{Larger block|END OF<br />PART THREE.}}}}
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34:53
{{ft/s|
{{Center|{{Larger|The}}<br />
{{Xxx-larger|'''"Flying Ace"'''}}<br />
PART<br />
FOUR<br />
{{Smaller block|Produced by<br />
NORMAN STUDIOS<br />
Arlington Fla.}}}}
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35:05
{{ft/s|
{{Center|Collecting for the feast.}}
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35:24
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"You don't suspect my father, do you? He didn't—"}}
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35:32
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"I know he didn't, but confound him, how didn't he?"}}
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36:03
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"The marsh is just over the next hilltop. W-will you need me any longer?"}}
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36:16
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"Thanks for guiding me. Have you people got a horse and wagon?"}}
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36:28
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"Yes! And father came up this way in it this morning. He makes a little extra money by delivering freight."}}
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36:54
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"There's something over there dead. It's too far out in the marshy water to reach on foot."}}
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37:39
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"I saw a man in a wagon come out of the marsh here."}}
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37:43
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"There he is coming back!"}}
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37:57
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"Can I give you a lift?"}}
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38:06
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"How can I get to whatever it is those buzzards are flying over?"}}
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38:21
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"You'd have to wade through mud up to your arm-pits. Why?"}}
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38:32
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"I'm afraid it's a man. The paymaster of the railroad is missing. Mr. Tucker suggested I take a look here."}}
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38:44
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"I saw Sawtelle here this morning. He was just pulling his wagon out of the marsh. Bet he'd just dropped—that—"}}
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38:58
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"He was? Well, Tucker seemed to invite suspicion on himself."}}
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39:06
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"You can count on Tucker making a fool of himself trying to get Sawtelle out of trouble. Tucker's in love with Sawtelle's daughter."}}
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39:16
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"I'll bet he was trying to sacrifice himself to give old Sawtelle a change to escape."}}
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39:30
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"Jump in the wagon. I'm going back to town. My name's Maynard, Doctor Maynard, Dentist."}}
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39:42
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"There's an express package at the station for you."}}
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39:53
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{{Center|"I've sent for some books. They've probably come."}}
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40:02
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"The harness on your horse is loose."}}
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40:23
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"There's swamp mud on the back of your coat. It was a hog you planted out there, wasn't it?"}}
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40:34
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"Yes! How'd you know?"}}
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40:40
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"Clever idea of you people hiding the $25,000 payroll in that express package of yours."}}
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41:09
{{ft/s|
{{Center|The pink haze of a setting sun gives way to the twilight shades of night.}}
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41:46
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"Father, you must drink and eat something. You hardly touched your lunch."}}
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42:04
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"I've searched your horse and found some of the missing money. Look, there's blood stains on it, and your hand's been bleeding!"}}
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42:19
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"You killed him an' hid his body in th' swamp! Where's th' money you stole? Where is it?"}}
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42:35
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"I didn't do it! Go ahead and hang me, but I didn't do it!"}}
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42:58
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"I suppose you've come to arrest me, for murder?"}}
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43:09
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"Then you'll arrest Sawtelle. I tried to help the old fellow out, for Ruth's sake."}}
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43:20
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"Tucker, you offered me your fist to smell this afternoon. Smell it yourself!"}}
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43:33
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"The smell of paper money clings to your fingers. You planned this dirty work and packed the payroll in Dr. Maynard's box."}}
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44:49
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"Soak him, Pard! Soak him! Give 'im th' Hokus Pokus!"}}
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46:15
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"I won't charge you $500. for those two rounds you offered me this afternoon."}}
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46:31
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"What's the matter? I'm not going to arrest your father. Found nothing but a hog in the swamp."}}
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46:42
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"Oh… It's you! I'm so glad you're back! Jed—Jed's arrested father and is going to take him to jail!"}}
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47:03
{{ft/s|
{{Center|{{Larger block|END OF<br />PART FOUR.}}}}
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47:07
{{ft/s|
{{Center|{{Larger|The}}<br />
{{Xxx-larger|'''"Flying Ace"'''}}<br />
PART<br />
FIVE<br />
{{Smaller block|Produced by<br />
NORMAN STUDIOS<br />
Arlington Fla.}}}}
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47:23
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"Here's part of the money he stole with bloodstains on it! I'm goin' to take him to jail!"}}
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47:35
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"Very well, Jed! You'd better handcuff him to yourself so he won't escape. I'll help you. Give me your keys!"}}
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48:01
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"Jed, when you sprayed that Ethyl Chloride on Mr. Kimball and Mr. Sawtelle here, you spilled some on your fingers."}}
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48:27
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"Jed! Look at those white stains on your hands!"}}
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48:57
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"Peg, go tell Mr. Kimball to come here. You know where we left him hid!"}}
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49:06
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"Mr. Sawtelle, go to the express room and bring here a package you will find addressed to Dr. Maynard!"}}
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49:39
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"For your benefit, Mr. Kimball, Mr. Sawtelle and Miss Ruth, I will show you just how this dirty job was pulled off."}}
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49:53
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"When Mr. Kimball heard that knock on the door—"}}
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51:59
{{ft/s|
{{Center|With an extra key, Jed succeeds in releasing himself.}}
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52:13
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"Tucker planned to spirit Kimball away to-night in his plane in which he used the secret compartment to haul liquor. He is a bootlegger."}}
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52:25
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"I found this out when Tucker was absent from his airplane hangar. It was then I released Kimball."}}
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52:51
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"Gad, Stokes! You're a wonder! This is the best day's work you ever did!"}}
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55:46
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"The Fast Mail is due soon. Your duty is at the station. Guard the payroll!"}}
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56:45
{{ft/s|
{{Center|{{Larger block|END OF<br />PART FIVE.}}}}
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56:50
{{ft/s|
{{Center|{{Larger|The}}<br />
{{Xxx-larger|'''"Flying Ace"'''}}<br />
PART<br />
SIX<br />
{{Smaller block|Produced by<br />
NORMAN STUDIOS<br />
Arlington Fla.}}}}
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58:33
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"Now, my beauty, you're mine!"}}
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58:47
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"One little kiss, my sweetie, or you get out and walk on a cloud."}}
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59:15
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"By Gad! Tucker's plane's on fire!"}}
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59:51
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"Not much hope for them now. If I can get above their plane probably Ruth can catch hold of my rope ladder."}}
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1:00:37
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"Look up! LOOK UP! CLIMB!"}}
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1:00:51
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"CLIMB! CLIMB!"}}
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1:01:42
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"Look like he's going to make a landing in those trees."}}
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1:03:25
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"You've covered yourself with glory again, Stokes. I suppose you will be going back to-morrow?"}}
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1:03:36
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"Why, yes, I—er—"}}
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1:04:08
{{ft/d|
{{Block center|{{Fqm|♫ }}Thro' the moon-light my song en-treat-ing<br />
{{em}}Gen-tly pleads with thee;<br />
To thy cham-ber win-dow rov-ing,<br />
{{em}}Love hath led his feet. ♫}}
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1:04:29
{{ft/d|
{{Block center|{{Fqm|♫ }}Si-lent pray-ers of bliss-fuk feel-ing<br />
{{em}}Link you through a-part.<br />
On the breath of mu-sic steal-ing<br />
{{em}}To thy dream-ing heart. ♫}}
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1:04:48
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"I'm going to stick around here a day or so after I take the prisoners to the County seat, and—"}}
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1:05:03
{{ft/d|
{{Center|"And—er—see if I can detect a way to—er—make Miss Sawtelle let me call her Ruth."}}
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1:05:20
{{ft/s|
{{Center|{{X-larger|'''THE END.'''}}}}
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