"$1,000 reward for the safe conduct back to Monterey of girl in black and white skirt and hat arriving Tuesday 2 p.m. your city." As detective Browne waits for the train to arrive that $1,000 looks like the easiest money he ever had a ...See more"$1,000 reward for the safe conduct back to Monterey of girl in black and white skirt and hat arriving Tuesday 2 p.m. your city." As detective Browne waits for the train to arrive that $1,000 looks like the easiest money he ever had a chance to earn. The young lady described in the telegram alights and meets a young man who has been impatiently awaiting her arrival. Browne steps up to the young woman and arrests her. The next moment they are off for Monterey in his machine. The young man follows. The young woman first tries to flirt with Browne. He thinks of the 1,000 bucks and steels his heart. She then tries to flirt with the chauffeur, but likewise he is cold. Finally she tries to jump from the machine. Brown is compelled to restrain her with handcuffs. In the meantime the man in pursuit of the detective's car is in difficulties. But he overcomes all difficulties of the road and again catches sight of the fleeting car ahead. The girl complains that the handcuffs hurt her. The tender-hearted detective removes them. The pursuing car speeds by. The woman makes a wild leap from one machine to the other and the detective is left alone to watch his vision of 1,000 bucks vanish. Written by
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