The evening world., 1906-09-20

of machinery himself and I could feel
our Sped slhcken. Ne were approar h.
turn IN the roAd that has al-s aij'
crippled two men and turned one rae
ne car int a scrap heap.
The trees ran By. ara ! could di~-
tinguish them more clearly The back
pressure OF the vlnd decreased until A
was possible 70 strAiEhten up and
breathe. out the track ran from the
trees An open fied lay on our left.
Once more our speei came Sown. and
then, almo-f hstIre ! knew a. We were
snddinE around the deadly turn. sharp
--- f44@-A- A-s44-iH- yoffF efhe~ II haA
been banked up on the outside. but 1T
tie good the barking ga Tht black
oils dirt new. from beneath or wheels
Ike locomotive leaving the rails The
strap bit into M legs. Then q counter
jerk tamned me hack into the seat
again. vedgcd me tight Lyttie's hand
fumoled With somethins on the steer
ing vhec and under - the painting
lead-coiored. .iEard-iike racing cor
~shipped ahead with redoubled speed.
Scene OF a Smash.
IL u down this road just few yards
mat the Apperson car smashed A tire
tney say, was looscned on the Hairpin
curve The steel racer nieWed % one
side. chipped tree. turned hair a
Homernault and struck a telegraph role
In fhs Indian country once I saw a
setuers place that had been raided the
night before The Indians had taken
The setpers Shotgun. heated x IN a
nre and bent the barrel around a
young scrub oak. This ApperApn car
was twisted around the telegraph pole
Just like the red-hot gun barre. The
pole to-day carries deep scars. and. the
the framework I had noticed this be-
fore. else / wouldn't have mentioned II
AZ AL. Tor We passed the fatal tele-
graph pole like a comet out for a rec
ord
And then cane hills The car p1rred
over them with hardly slackened speed
tp one long grade We went. tea airing into
the fog 40 the top 10 Whe clear Tor a
few yards We balanced on toe brink
then lurched forward ana divcd into
the mist again. Ny 6ilskina were wet
as II I had taken the trip under Ma
CARA Faiis Lyttls Was wet, too but
ne never noticed II HIS eyes We're on
the road ahsrd He dfin-t ink n~-
Hini There va no danger from that
direction. travelling AZ cur speed
Like Fall from a Balloon.
Long Hirs. with rough. rlIity road.
sed like q di~ordered nightmare
Down Mnuhasset We dropped like two
men falling from a balloon. The mist.
alied mud IN the middle. dire tly under
us. JUS fell away 50 swiftly that my
wv rr7trt rtt7t ~ 80 -+tssf-- fs--4-fr-
of a. never cam 20 near nylns be-
And so a. last We came out into the
q Hiands again. near hineoia "a was
broad davliFnl now, bW the f0R hold
on Miles % fraiE''t road. level as a
billiard table. and as smooth new By
Al Krug's was a sharp turn They
had told me that on the day. nf the
race .s1na car must surely leave the
path here and dash through the little
- L.
PASSED the house safely. ! saw a gray
nssh 60 BY az our w,as@is clipped
around the curve Then again We we're
IN the strairht-a fne. fiir brc ad roA-I.
and green n-lds on both sidcs Autos
were here al every crossing and men
stationed frauticaiiy waving rcd naCG
10 keep the course clear for us.
Jericho a Gray Streak.
Jericho flashed by. / didn't even
have time 70 see u it looked like the
aae.enI Jericho as pictured IN the sun
grTy 9's strtaS D2SN Men n and women sS2nsH and ana
children lined the roads with their
mouths open. J Imagined that they
Nvre yeiling- bnt the roar OF the eH-
JCr .cho on down the Oyrter Bay road
VIC had strenuous travelling in spots
the rnad had not yet bt~.l oiled. and
clouds OF dust suil fingered from the
little way ahead now. N dust was any
indication I felt my tifht grow dim
fnd -Was puzzled Everything nan into
A dull BLUR Mechanically I lifted ono
hand hnd wiped me glass windows OF
my gogEie~ \ mixture of fox and
1ust came IN and found my sight
much improved
Ana so if went East Norwich slipped
sway behind and BrookvAle and
Grcenyaie ana 400 mo other places
had looked np on che map ihs night be
fo-e The f0r was f.N thick as soup
have been an the Nurth Pole for all
knew after tearinE along tlls merry
Fo-rouHd Of twists ans turns We
were on n nne level mad know
when suddenly Lyttle leaned over and
sad snmsthiug The monster shud-
drred ja- "a. slowed down 90 ihs spcsl
rate of an ordinary express train.
Ahead . familiar shed appoared with
Jerk the car almost stopped turned
abruptly and shot into ita stable AMI
there ID stood. quiverlnr and ahakinE
with lts internal nres Etill going. until
ne mister hand smut them On
] Aat IN my seat tying 20 bring the
disorder OF my mind out OF chaos try
inE 70 realize that IN the nl0ment of
time ] realized tho passage of I had
been isrkcd throngh 81 miles Of
apa-e Some one unDuckled tho strap
across ma kneea. and az ! Fot out
lo0ked around for Lyttle He was busy
lootring oyer his Steei and aluminium
pet tcsiing bits of mechanism with his
hsndS, pecrtng into the boweia, q hia