The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-27
:. ]. CUTCLIFFE HYNE
Continued from HistOry-Fiction Section

plr out just n fraction moro (sha
tnoas4t than tie ful OF her strength.
she niied the cylinders with gas Then
SAe threw Ia the switch t. all the in
s-lators. and the engine started most
obcdicntly. She stepped into the driv-
ing seat collected her wraps. threw out
the clutch dropped ln the nrst speed.
and let the clutch slide home
The car drew out. Il y had been
pulled by rope. and Kate flung "A last
hand wave to Mrs. Craven. Then size
got on 10 the direct drive OF the third
speed, and checked Ler throttle TO k.a -
traffic
IS. sixty and twenty miles. TO earn
a ao.ls sue, sae .koned; and the train
minutes from now. Wei. J should
average thirtyhve miles an hour FOR
tle run. and that viii leave me nice
tme To ind some one 10 take charge OF
( the car. and buy ticket 10 Liverpool
/ Tor myself"
81, They pulled out OF the village and
tie levers notch bv n6fch. The NJ
| OF the motor increased in shrsllness.
she drove often herself but seldom al
nlsh speeds, ana Just now. when She
Eot INTO the long empty stretches OF
! straight. out OF sheer exhilaration sho
iet out the great car till IL was wheel
ing along AT q good forty miles TO the
49, - sway 60 rather dangerously.
bnJ she mad no nerves 20 be ruffied bv a
trine IKE that The motor was giving
/ our ITS nigh note Of eXultant speed ana
/ she was thrilled with power She rcde-
Woods and rocks flew bv. mile aftar
mile OF fencing shot astern but stUI fbe
great car sang along its way. now
pumping over a grip. now slackening "a
! trihe on rise. The rhythm OF the en-
gines sounded IN her ears ike a poer7
I and she tended to their needs with a reaI
her.
And then came the downfall. A wbis-
tie shricked out from behind her. another
MIlsue snrilied IN front and police
man sprang from the hedge Kate was
! in no mood for stopping She tried m
dodge round the man. With ignora ~
courage he leaped across the road 10
& stop her. She threw out her Gluten ana
car lurched, slid. sided. and all but
overturned The policeman. By a mar
velogs mixture OF SKIN, presence OF
mind and luck on Rates part, was NOT
Killed. But he stood scorching his hand
on n very warm radiator. and Kate sat
white-faced, a the wheel. tanning down
| her insulted engines.
After that there wa no hurry sbo
pleaded life and death engagement
/ but the majesty OF the law was ruficd'
and saw to it that all things were done
( with dignity and I'm order.
Kate was charged with driving 10 the
-othEer or the public. The road was en-
I tlrely deserted just there. and there was
no public, bur she admitted tho crime
gave name and number. and hurnbiv
asked 10 90. But not a bit Of it ,rbc
Law wanted to see her driving license
which. Of course She had not got. and
, then out came notebooks and pencils.
The criminal lost her temper and so
the Law was deliberately slow.
Kate reached Carnforth station lust
three minutes after the express had left
and was half-minded there and then to
give UP the chase. Carter would sail I'm
the secondce at the appointed hour. and
when ne got to Las Palmas and heard
the news he would return to her bv the
next boat She was sure enough Of that.
but no, she could not let him go. II
might be Gerrihc thing) unmaidenly Of
her TO thrust herself and her news in his
way but she could not help It. Besides.
a fear cramped her when she thought
Of Cascaes. She had heard to her horror
cf the knife that Cascaes had welded
so undcftly in the dark along the Teide
road. although. indeed Carter had made
no mention OF IT. and she dreaded what
might happen should the two men come
together second time.
She looked at the timetable: there
was no train that would help her If She
wanted to get to Liverpool before the
Sccondee sailed. it must be nv. car So
once more she sat herself In the seat OF
government.
ThA road held ihrouGi, Lanaaster To