Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1907-08-23
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The instant after the gong sounded
Bob Brownley was alone on the floor
at the foot of the presidents desk.
Ills form was swaying like reed on
the edge of the cyclones path.
jumped to his side. His brother, WHO
had during Bob's harangue been vain
" endeavoring to beat his way
through the crowd, was there first.
For Gods sake, BOB hear me. Word
,..Ae from your house half an hour
ago OF the miracle: Beulah has awak
enel to her past. Her mind is clear;
the nurses are frantic for you to'oome
to her"
He SGT no further. With mad bel
lew and : hcaG5, Ike a tortured bull
nat sees the arena walls go down, Sob.
rushed out through the nearest door,
5..tsn, | thanked God was d side one
leading to the street where the crowd
Uas thinnest. He east a wild look
Ground. His eyes lighted on an empty
4, tcMobIe wnoSe chauffeur had de-
ssre cd 70 the crowd. 1t was the work.
C. : second to crank it; oNanother tc-
Isnp into the front seat Quick as
had been his movement was behind
~ n the rear seat With bound
tho sreat machine leaped through the
crcwa.
IN the name of Christ, Bob, be care
ful," | yelled, as he hurled the iron
monster through the throAg, scatter.
ing it to the right and left as the
mower scatters the sheaves in the
wheat fields Some were crushed be-
meath its wheels. Bob BrowUley heard
not their screams. heard not the
curses OF those who escaped He was
on his feet his body crouEhed low
over the steering wheel, which he
grasped in his vice-like hands. His
hatless head was thrust far out, as
though it ssrove TO get to Beulah
Sands ahead of his body. His. teeth
were set, and as ! had jumped inc
the machine had noted that his eye.
were those Of 3 maniac. who saw
sanity Just ahead II he ceutd but gel
to it in time. His ears. we're deaf not
only to the howl of the terrified throng
and the curses Of the teamsters who
frantically pulled their horses 70 the
curb, but to my warnings as we'll. He
swung the machine around the corner
at New street and into Wall as though
it had been the broadcast boulevard in
the park. He took Wall street at
bound l was sure would land us
through the fence into Trinity's
charchyard. But no. Again he turned
the corner, throwing the Ipssernaut
on its outside wheels from Wall street
into broadway as the crowds on the
sidewalk held their breath in horror:
!, too, was on my feet, bpt crouching
as j hung to the sides. Thank God
that usually crowded thorcaghfare was
free from vehicles as far Up as | couh5
see. on beyond the Aston house. What
could it mean? Was that divinE.y
which It's said protects the drunkard
and the idiot, about to aid the mad
rash of this love-frenzied creature *
ais long-lost but newly returned deai
one? I heard the frantic clang Q
gongs, and as we shot by the World
building, I saw ahead of us two nlung
ing automobiles filed with men. Twas
from them the gong, elamor sounded.
AS we drew nearer saw that these
were the cars of the fire chiefs answer
ing call. l thanked God again ane
again as / yelled into Bob's ear, To-
Beulahs sake, Bob, don't pass; if yoa
do, we'll run into blockade. II We
keep in the rear they'll clear our way
| and we NAV GET to her alive i 81
not know whether he heard. bur -
held the machine in the rear of tb'
other cars and did not try to pa 5
Away we went on our mad rusl
! through crowded Broadway. At Unicr
| Square we lost our way-clearers, "a.
| our automobile jumped across FcuT
teenth street into
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