The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-02-14

lot tnem 10 cOme--1Or come THIS way |
they must.
Before me stretched the long, |
white road, a perfectly straight line |
ruled between strips of green, and |
empty of living creature or obstacle |
of any kind. What road for racing; |
how impossible to come up with any |
thing that had got the start! Sud- |
denly came low droning like that of !
q humble bee close at hand, a tiny |
speck appeared over the edge of the |
world, and in the same instant (as 1t |
seemed to me) a Napier car went |
roaring by in a whirl of dust, and l |
caught lightning glimpse of its two |
crouching occupants, their white |
overalls grotesque and distended by |
the tearing wind,
Like an apparition, it had come, |
It had gone. l could almost have |
doubted IL 1t had ever been there had |
it not left on my mind an impression
at once amazing and Intoxicating
intoxicating, as illustrates human
possibilities applied to locomotion;
amazing, that man should have the
nerve and skill to control SO enor-
nous a projectile.
But Major Collingwood had nerve
enough for anything, even to run
ming away with my sweetheart, for 1t
was Tarry who sat beside him, and
whose attitude, as she flashed past,
gave me the impression of-fear.
Yet they were guests in the same
house. What was there out of the
way in their having a trip before
breakfast in the new car, of which
the man was so proud, and that had
only Just arrived? Well enough
knew how women with diseased
nerves, living only for excitement,
found a fierce joy in these mad rides,
eourting danger as a flip to their
jaded senses; but Tarry was not one
of that sort, or she had not been so
dear to me and--others. That Major
Collingwood had abducted her, / was
morally certain, yet there stood I
like clod and fool by the dusty
hedge, not knowing what I should
do next, and knowing we'll enough
that whatever did l could not come
up with q motor car that was going
at the rate of eighty miles an hour.
Across the fields showed the gables
of the house at which was staying,
and to which, at o'clock that morn
ing, had come a wire which had
planted me here in the high road,
to see what I should see-and had
seen 1t.
mo breakfast" cried a voice from
the other side of the hedge, "and all
to Gee your beloved flash by with Dolf
Csflingwood! Fastest pace 1 ever
saw-but the roads about here are
heayen-born for motors"
''How could you possibly tell who
the woman was?" inquired, jealous
for her honor.
Because Tarry is so pretty you'd
know her in the dark" said my host,
equally, as he lit a cigar ''She is
almost the last survival of the old de-
lightful type of woman that has not
lost its femininity by over-indulgence
in outdoor pursuits and masculine
vices. Lord, ounay walk the Lon
don streets for da.9 and see tons of
we'll grown, aggressive women, and
not one really pretty girl like Tarry
among 'em all! But what's the trou-
BILE? They are merely out for a morn
ing scamper."
Look here" said, and gave him
the wire l had received that morning.
He muttered over its contents half
aloud.
"Collingwood taking Miss Well
born out on racing car tomorrow be-
tween 8 and 8. Means mischief.
Look out for them. London road
Toby"
'Up to his tricks again." said Bob,
frowning. 'He forgot you were stay
ing here; also reckoned without
Toby. But Tarry's as straight as q
die. and it's broad daylight, man. He
can't drag her by her bonny brown
locks to his lair without somebody
seeing him."
'Tarry is rich," l said briefly
"Collingwood is poor and-desper-
ate. Toby is no fool. Depend upon
it, he did not warn me without rea-
son. VIII you lend me horse?"
with which to catch a Napier
doing its eighty miles an hour?"
Accidents happen they mus
slow down at the villages. Tarry
may be able to attract attention tC
her pllght-fifty things may happen
Now win you tell them to saddle {
horse, and I'll get Elsa to give mt
some breakfast"
Bob went off to the stables, ant
Elsa poured out my tea, and blamed
me for leaving Tarry alone in a hous,
where Major Collingwood also was
guest.
Didn't you and Bob beg me t
come over for a couple OF days?"
began, Indignantly, "and amt / a
sure of larry as she is of me?"
She looked comlcal at that. an,
told me never to be sure of woman
and thought It was awfully smart O
Toby to wire me, and wondered no,
he got the tip.
"Collingwood let out something 4
his cups, l expect; It's the only tim
he Is ever known to speak the truth.
She nodded.
THAT is the secret of his infiuenc
over us women" she said. that
never let's ns see ourselves as W
really are. only as we think we are
and he is genuinely in love wit
Tarry, quite apart from her none!
Xou don't thinkt" She r,nt har en-