The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-04-07

caring for nothing more tangible These
long, wild drive grew very dear to
her, the bleak moorland seemed to bios
som with the flowers of her fancy, the
and Alfred were often the only living
| objects, took a firm hold Of her imagi
nation; the swiftness of the motion
famed her thoughts and pleased her
impatience. To rush like this through
space, they two alone, was a novel, a
All the world faded from her memory;
the clouds and sky the mountains and
valleys. she and her lover were mon
archs Of all.
Julia s father now began to look very
favorably on the chauffeur 'FThere s
man after my own pattern. Julia"
lor ne You'd say; usoosr, respectful hard
| always in his work. He will 90 far-I
think l must raise his wages"
| Julia s heart beat with fond APP
| proval, and the blood courscd ioyousy
through her veins, She had no wish TO
hurry. to anticipate, but Just to live,
and let her lover work out his fate,
Meanwhile he was anxious and
troubled. He had certainly satisfied his
employer but he seemed no nearer to
marrying his daughter. Only some lucky
! circumstance would help him, some
chance by which he could show the met
tie that was in him. This young man.
who had ridden fearlessly in steeple-
chases, who was noted polo player,
/ daring rider, longed for a spice of dan"
ger, the whip to his slack pulses, the
| impetus to desperate deeds. To drive
a lady out for her daily constitutional
and clean the car afterwards might be
I duty, but was not adventure, the kind
/ of adven ture for which his heart lusted
Julia was content, with the woman S
| happiness in the present, that her fears
lest something should happen TO cloud
the perfect peace, but the man grew
restless. Excitement, that was what he
wanted. 1t came at last, though not ex
actly in the form he anticipated.
Julia had acquired like most anna
teus, the craze for speed. The swift
ness of the machine seemed to help
her thoughts and give her new SEN
sation. Alfred drove skillfully, and as
sisted on allowed. Hitherto they had
escaped all accidents and Julia became
day by day more reckless. Faster"
| she would urge. ''go faster Alfred
dared not demonstrate in the presence of
her father, who seemed Indifferent to
danger, and gradually he himself be
gan to believe in his lucky state Julia,
| folded in her warm wraps, her cap
pressed tightly on her head, felt the
keen air cool her checks with exquisite
! delight. IT was Sc perfect an enjoy
ment she only wished it would last for
ever. The drives heightened more and
more, the pace increased until whole
| days passed in this roar and excite
ment, which resembled dram drinking
| or the luhaling of some Eastern herb
in its witcbery and strange mysterious
JOY Some of the roads in the neigh
borhood were very steep, rude declines
and sharp curves broke the monotony
of their progress. Indeed. one or two
were marked dangerous by the society
which watched over the welfare of hlcy,
clsts, and motorers At first, Alfred
sought TO avoid these, mishap to the
lady of his love must he deprecated
al ali costs, but Julia resisted.
''What, not go there2 There is no
danger and if there were I know Lord
MaTchmont came down this way yester-
day, and he was telling me all about
it, and how we'll his chauffeur drove,
| surely Won are capable Of his Feats--'
Alfred bit his Zip. To measure him
self against Lord Marchmont s chauf-
four was his ambition, but ther there
was the risk to Julia. lie dared not
take it on himself, her father must de-
eide.
"'Obey my daughter he replied
Alfred threw one anxious glance at
Julia. a keen smile played over her
features She was not afraid, but II
ANYTHING did happen, she possessed full
confidence in her lover S science and
presence of mind.
Al first Alfred, threading the steep
hills and turning the sharp corners,
drove slowly as his instinct bade him,
but when they came TO long hill that
ended with curve that led 10
small bridge Julia bade him put on
speed. He demonstrated, she command
"'Just look at this long, lovely, eS-
in sipht-oh, hurry, hurryi'
The hill was indeed long, and the i'm
petus tremendous Alfred was on the
alert for the curve AT the bottom, and
the narrow dangerous bridge, but hls
attempts TO slacken speed were pcrpet-
ually foiled by Julin's entreatles. AS
they turned the corner he beheld a cum
brons wagon with Iour horses almost
across the road He blew the warning
horn, and noted that there was Just
room to pass. when at that instant
child ran from behind the cart 10
avoid iniuring 1T. Alfred drew aside n
little. the car swerved, touched the side
of the bridge. rccoiled from the violence
of its impact, swayed and overturned.
Julia s father lay under the car. Alfred,
da2cd and giddy with pnin, saw TO his
horror Julia fall over the parapet and
into the swiftly rusning stream. In
an instant, taking header into the
water, he reached her struggling form,
held her up tenderiy, and swimming
with failing strength. ;auded her Mt last
safely on The bank. When her father.
unhnrt. eytricating himself with some
difficulty from the debris. looked
around. he saw his daughter swooning,
with closed ewes and dripping garments,
in the chauffeur S arms
She is safe, thar. God''" said Al
fred. white AS sheet. covered with
blood, and almost fninting with pain.
And you-arc You hurt - said his
employer.
"Only little, but his CHASTITY pale.
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