The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-27

put out just fraction more tshe
thought) than the full of her strength.
She filled the cylinders with gas. Then
she threw in the switch to all the In
sulators. and the engine started most
obediently. She stepped into the driv-
ing seat collected her wraps. threw out
the clutch. dropped In the first speed.
The car drew out, as II r had been
pulled by rope. and Kate flung last
hand wave to Mrs. Craven. Then she
speed, and checked her throttle to keep
down the pace till she was out of the
traffic.
Sixty -and-twenty miles, to earn
minutes from now. Well. ] should
average thirty-fvc miles an hour for
the run, and that will leave me nice
the car. and buy ticket to Liverpool
for myself"
They pulled out OF the village, and
kate pushed up her spark and nd thro.-
Of the motor increased in shnllness.
She drove often herself but seldom at
high speeds. and just now. when she
got Into the long empty stretches Of
straight. out OF sheer eXhilaration she
let out the great car till 1t was wheel
ing along at n good forty miles to the
hour It swayed rather dangerously.
r ike ad a Se TO oe ruea BY
she was thrilled with power She rode.
Woods. and rocks flew by, mile after
mile Of fencing shot astern. but still the
Dumping over grip. now slacks,,ing a
tritie on rise. The rhythm OF the en-
gines sounded In her ears like a poem
and she tended to their needs with n real
affection; the pelt OF the air exhilarated
her.
Ana thap Game tha ~on,nrou A n,bi.
tie shrieked out from behind her. another
whistle shrllled In front. and police
man sprang from the hedge, Kate was
h in no mood mood for Or stopping, She tried to
stop her She threw out her clutch ana
desperately set her brakes. The great
car lurched, slid. Sided. and all but
velous mixture of skill, presence OF
mind and luck on Rates part, was not
killed. But he stood scorching his hand
on a very warm radiator, and Kate, sat,
her insulted engines.
After that there wa., no hurry. She
pleaded life and death engagement,
but the majesty of the law was ruf1led
and saw to it that all things were done
with dignity and In order.
Kate was charged with driving to the
danger. of the public. The road was en-
no public. but she admitted the crime,
gave name and number. and humbly
asked to go. But not a bit of 1t. The
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 Just
three minutes after the express had left
and was half-minded there and then to
give UP the chase. Carter would sail In
the Secondee at tho appointed hour, and
when no got to Las Palmas and heard
the news he would return to her by the
next boat. She was sure enough of that.
But no, she could not let him go. It
might be (terrihc thng) 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
OF the knife that Cascaes had welded
50 undeftly in the dark along the Telde
road although. indeed. Carter had made
no mention of 1t. and she dreaded what
might happen should the two men come
together a second time.
She looked at the timetables; there
was no train that would help her. If she
wanted to get to Liverpool before the
Seconded sailed. it must be by car So
once more she sat herself In the seat of
government. ,..