The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-14
(Copyrigllt.)

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 Still, as the automobile under my man. agement, stole down the lane for the sec ond time I felt nervous enough. My life had not prepared me for such an under taking as Kidnapping a perfectly unknown young man. I was bold and frightened by turns. One moment I wanted to fly, the next I was carried away by the excite ment of the adventure, and ready Tor anything.
 As to the desperature nature Of the case there could be no doubt at all when I ran over-I made the twenty-two miles under three-quarters of an hour-to see Sally Osborne the very first afternoon after 1 got home. l found her in a tea gown and in tears. For two days she had refused sympathy and solid foou' Shut up alone. she had lived on mem ories and dry toast. She had put aslue life with her engagement rins, and sur rendered all hope in sending back every thing which Arthur Frewen had ever given her.
 Of course, I insisted on seeing her. found that she and Arthur had quarreieu liI6lIltNdllSp iAAONSNN1-F'
 or so she said. A
 I think I cheered her up. At least, pe- fore I went she had got over the uroopy state and into the angry one. one lau found fault with her maid and declueu she would go down to dinner. M
 The next morning when afflVeu uis- i9 covered her on the terrace with De Poils- son. I put myself down in cnalr ana did not stir until he went. She ashea mn to stay to luncheon, but my frowning couh- tenance showed him what he might eA- pect No | was not going 10 nave 'ns't'
 Just because she was angry Wltl Alum Frewen she must not throw herseii away on any little monkey of a fortune-huiit,lns, ,, foreigner. That Arthur, whom nou never seen was rather coloriess youhs man. I understood. I had, however seen De pollsson, and from what l Knew apout the other I was sure that he would ai- ways behave himself and be nlce 10 oahS' | might have asked something more my self. Sally, however, appeared periec',y satisfied and I saw that she was oins longing for the chance to throw neIseir into her former lovers arms. MY uu'S, | concluded. was to give her that chahce Iovl this was to be managed l did not | o,ite know. That, having bitten OH thelr | own noses they were now eatmS out | their hearts just from pride, was eo.- l vinced. Consequently, l was deterhiiheo 'o l do something-and the thing to do seeNeu i to be to bring them together as soon a9 l possible That neither would hstei .o | any plan for meeting l was aware
 ,,onse,mently. I should be obliged to play
 the mart of a small destiny and willy-nl- 1 lv nolens-volens -coute-que-coute, make them see one another.
 found myself dodging about the ap- ! proacn to the Matagansett country cIup. l looked hither and ,hither anxlously' me
 small caddy by my side did the salhe l Tad not liked to obtain information | from any one l knew, ana had iihpiesseu 1 him into the service.
 | .rIe's mostly along at this time my
 euide informed me confidently. There, l he cried and pointed exciteoly. lhere | MT Frewen now.
 l I.ooEing llp the road, saw tall young man swinging vigorously forWaru. l stuu jed the lines of his broad shoulders anu I the shape of his head with interest. The l moment had come. l must make oash 1 for if or I should lose courage. put | on a little more speed and started Ill [ nurs1Iit AS I thought of myself thus | tracking down an utter stranger Wisneu
 I was anywhere else than in the au-
 tomobile. ,. . l In an instant was up with the un- 1 known and beside him.
 "Ohr, I cried, as I brought the car to
 a standstill. , Hearing the warning toot of my horn
 observing the sudden stop of the ma 1 chine, catching my short eNclamatlon' tiie
 young man also paused. He raised his | hat a little, and stood watching me eX- pectaptly. ,..,. "Oh, come, Come cried, in a httie | shriek of importantly.
 | He took another doubtful step forward, | looking at me in natural astonishment. | sCome' | repeated.
 | had arranged a number of more or i lesj plausible tales with Whlcn To palt I my trap which was the automobile, ana 1 lure my victim into my tolls. l had de- vised story of an accident, with need l for instant assistance. All thought of
 mv carefully invented histories went from | my mind on the instant. could not bring | myself to capture him under false pre- 1 tenses In the moment of execution that
 did not strike me as being sportsman i like.
 | All could do was to sit and utter vague applications. gazing with what felt were inploring eyes Anyway, the performance appeared to be sufficiently effective. lie drew near:
 "I don't understand he said Never mind," l continued mysteriously.
 ''There is no time to be lost. III tell you--''
 He threw hesitation and the cigarette which he had In his amazenenl uhcoh- sciously retained between his ringers to the wind. He put his foot on the step and the next instant he was seated beside
 me. The caddy. having been feed before
 had slipped out as he had been instructed
 to do. We were alone.
 I threw on the second speed at once. As the big Paillard with a lunge jumped for- ward we were both jolted out of our places. did not mind. Without time to gain headway I went into the fourth speed. The road was straight and not bad. We whizzed on at an altogether illegal
 pace. I felt upon an altogether lawless expedition
 q don't understand he repeated as he put up his hand to keep his hat from blowing off.
 My eyes were glued to the road. | did not answer knew that he was turning over probable and possible explanations in his mind. debating what course to fol-
 low. The crisis had arrived What would
 he do? I can truly say that l was not frightened As I had argued felt that he was a gentleman and would certainly
 not think of laying violent hands on me.
 Without this he could not stop the car
 At the rate at which we were going any escape was impossible. He was as com pletely at my mercy as If l had him boxed up and were conveying him under lock and key.
 Evidently this view of the situation was
 the one which he finally accepted. He stretched out his feet and settled himself more comfortably against the customs He
 took off his hat and held 1t in his hands Then he smiled in a pleasant way which instantly won my heart. He was clearly a person of experience, whom the sur prfsjng could not find unprepared He