The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-16

and they were reminded of third per-
sons presence by seeing the driver quite
| distinctly
From the top of a hill they could see
Antioch ahead of them. Through the hole
in the curtain they could see the old mans
| buggy on the slope of the last hill and his
proximity surprised them. The driver
whipped up his steeds in last effort to
! reach the goal first, though what was to
be done when Antioch was reached Kirby
did not know. The father would get there
almost as soon as they. and it was now
light enough for him to follow them and
give them no opportunity TO secrete them
selves, even though such a procedure
would aid satisfactory settlement of the
affair. Kirby has. assured me that no
thought of what he did afterwards enter
ed his mind until the moment he did it,
1t was certainly serious enough to merit
long and deep thought
Where shall take you to?" asked Kir-
by. Have you any friends in town."
No, l don't know any one there" she
said.
Drive to the depot square," he said to
the driver finally. after Stunning over in
his mind all of the schemes he could think
of for getting out of the affair but as the
same time seeing the girl safely through
as a first consideration, and as he had
promised also, as his chivalrous nature
prompted him.
Where are you going?" she asked
"We'l go to the company's office and get
the thing Strengthened out there" he said.
He had great confidence in the ability of
Jim Mcdonald to get him out of Difficult
ties of various kinds. Jim Mcdonald, a
member of the contracting firm, was on
The job at that time.
They drove through the main street of
sleeping Antioch and drew UP in front of
our office and Kirby pounded on the door.
The father saw them at a distance and
whipped up his nearly dead horse Kirby
pounded fuTiously. He awakened the whole
house. But by the time we who slept IN
stairs could jump into our clothes and
rush down Kirby and the girl and the
wrathful parent were in the midst of a
stirring and exciting scene. Hurley drove
up, jumped out of his buggy and confront
ed, shot gun in hand, his recreant daugh-
ter and, as he supposed, her lover He was
portly old gentleman with naturally red
complexion, but from the wind and the
excitement under which he labored he
was now of an absolutely purple hue. We
feared he would burst a blood vessel or
suffer an apoplectc stroke at the least
'Ah," he " heezed his breath coming
hard I've caught you, you young scape-
graces. Thought you would run away from
me, did you? You sir, who are YOU. Won
scoundrel? What do you mean by run
ming away with my daughter? What do
you
I'm not" Kirby started to make ex
plantations, The old gentleman drowned
Kirby's words in a torrent of angry abuse
The pent-up and slowly increasing rage
of a night was burst forth, and no feeble
words that Kirby could utter were needed
by the other.
You are! You were,' he said. Don't tell
me- l saw you. Didn't 1 follow you all
night? o, this is terrible, terrible! To think
a girl of mine would treat me that way!
To think she would deceive her father
her father that loved her as no one else
could What do you mean? What do YOU
mean, 1 say? Speak! Don't stand there
with this young scamp Cry-it won't do
you any good The deed is done You've
brought disgrace upon yourself and upon
your father. What did you do it for?"
80, papa, l."
Don't papa me! Don't papa me. I tell
you! I'm your father no longer III have
nothing more 10 do with you You'n leave
my house. Go with him, the" His an
ger was awful to behold. Great drops Of
perspiration stood out on his face despite
the December cold He held his gun in
bad and threatening way. Kirby was
quite cool, but the girl wept, and being
a woman and wanting support in time of
strife and trouble, she bowed her head on
Kirbys shoulder with her handkerchief TO
her eyes, which made the situation APP
pear different from what IL really was. AS
1 said, she was pretty then. and when
Jim Mcdonald and the bookkeeper and
came down our hearts went out to her,
and there was not one among US, unro-
mantle though we may be, but would have
if she had asked IT, jumped to the succor
OF beauty In distress, and-well made
away with the old man.
Il could kill YOU" he continued. mo,
don't excite me or I may You deserve
il. You deserve a horse whipping and
were / young man l should give IT to
you / should. sir But you shall not
have my daughter" CHis emotions
were contradictory Catherine. get into
my buggy at once. You shall not go with
him. YOU"
Il don't want her" Kirby managed to
say.
"Eh-dont want her? What in thun-
der are you here with her for? Answer
me-"
III you'll give me a." said Kirby.
why dad you nv before me-" inter
rupted Hurley. why did you not stop
when you knew / was following you. driv-
ing like mad an night2-An night-er, an
night Where have YOU been an nightg'