The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-02-27

ne Is ever known to speak the truth"
She nodded.
That is the secret of his influence
over us women" she said, that he
never let's us see ourselves as we
really are, only as we think we are
and he Is genuinely in love with
Tarry, quite apart from her money.
You don't think" She put her i'm
pertinent head on one side, and there
was suggestion In her eye that
made me long to box her ears
soundly.
mo, / DON'T" said, curtly, and
went off to the stable, and in another
minute was out on the road, doubt
fully encouraged by Bob.
They are thirty miles ahead of
you by now," he said, though, of
course, they can't so the pace all the
way they did here. His extraordin-
AIRY nerve and skill will enable him to
negotiate awkward corners, but you
must hear of him as you go along.
Still, bar his having n smash, I don't
see how you can possibly come up
with him"
81 mean to try said, waving my
hand to Elsa, who maliciously mur-
INJURED:
They'll have fleet steeds that fol-
low, quoth young Lochinvar," as I
departed
There was no difficulty in finding
out which way Major Collingwood
had gone. The road had a deserted
appearance - here and there carts
were drawn up beside it. saw
white faced, trembling people into
whom the very fear of God had been
put a, he leaped upon them, as it
were from the ends OF the earth, and,
used as they were to motors, they
had never seen anything to go the
pace this one did. In the villages
where he had slowed down the wom-
en- told me that the lady had seemed
"afeared," and several times had
tried to jump out, but the gentleman
had only laughed and held her fast,
and said that his wife was nervous.
All spoke of his incredible skill and
luck; he had injured no one, his car
was unhurt, and he seemed in the
best of spirits. They must have
reached town long ago, thought, as
at III O'Clock came to a place where
the London road forked, and by de-
| tour OF about a mile one could follow
a seldom used road by which one
eventually returned to the highway.
AS passed the corner a SCRAP of
something white, caught on a thorn
bush, arrested my attention, and,
obeying some unaccountable impulse,
l turn aside, secured the bit of cam
brio, and in the corner of it found the
initial had somehow expected.
With beating pulses / followed
what l felt sure was signal flung
out in despair, and / had not ridden
far, on an exceedingly bad road, when
l came upon a motor car lying in
ruins, a man pinned beneath its
wreckage, and little terrified figure
| sitting in the hedge with hands
clasped over its eyes.
"Tarry!" I cried out, and at that
she jumped up, and, running toward
me, fell into my arms as | dismount-
ed. Frank! Franli!" she moaned.
and wept as IL her very heart would
break.
/ kissed the grimy little face, in
which at least the blue of her eyes
was untouched, and leaving the horse
went to see If her abductor were dead
or merely insensible, and when | had
| lifted the lighter wreckage from him
Che lay face downward and his un-
changing luck had decreed that he
was pinned in such way that he had
escaped visible injury was about
to turn him over, when Tarry seized
my hand and dragged me in the op-
| posite direction. For the moment l
had no impulse to so bac.s and play
the part either of good Samaritan or
| OF Nemesis. What l had to say to
him could be said later, and curiosity
gripped me.
"How did it happen-the accident,
mean?" l said.
"Just where the roads fork we
heard fast motor coming up behind
us, and man voice very like yours:
am sure he thought it was you He
lost his head and took the wrong
road, while / drew out my handker-
chief as signal, in case it was you
for knew you would follow us. This
road is quite unfit for motors, and,
| though we were not going fast, sud-
| denly tire burst, the car ran up q
bank, turned complete somersault
back into the road, hurting me into
this hedge, while he was under the
car. l think it happened ages ago,
for tainted"
"Tarry," said quietly, what have
you been up to that the fellow should
dare to take the liberty Of rurning
away with you:"
You would go away, Frank, to
your dear friend Bob, and I told you
Major Collingwood was worrying me,
and refused to believe that we liked
+, each other"
.'Tarry, you're fiirt," said. with
conviction. "A decent girl shows her
love for the man she is engaged to so