Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1908-09-18

quietly. "1'll do what you ask me to-
morrow. will do what you ask If
you'll go now"
"You come! Do you hearT' snarled
Mortimer, turning on his wife, who
had already risen. 'It you don't I'll
make a row here that you1l never hear
the end Of as long as you live. And
there'll be nothing to talk over in
Quarters Office If ] do"
Leila looked at Plank, rose and NOV
ed swiftly toward the veranda steps.
her head resolutely lowered, the burn.
Ing shame flaming in her face. Morti.
mer cast one triumphant glance at
Plank, then waddled unsteadfly after
| his wife
Hold on" he growled; 1--WE car
here, I'll drive you back-wait! Here
1t Is! Here we are!" And to Quar-
rier's machinist he said: you get into
the tonneau. l want to show Mrs
Mortimer what night driving is. Dc
you hear? I tell you I'm going to
drive this machine and show yol
howl"
| Leila scarcely heard him. She obey.
ed the impulse Of his hand on her arm
and mounted to the seat, staring
straig ahead Of her with dazed and
straining eyes that saw nothing.
Then Mortimer clambered to his seat
and without an instant's warning
opened up and seized the wheel.
Unprepared, the machinist attempt
ed to swing aboard, missed his foot.
ing in the uncertain light and fell
spra wiling on the gravel. Plank saw
him from the veranda and instantly
vaulted the rail to the lawn below.
"You d-n 'fool!' yelled Mortimer,
looking around. "What do you think
you'll do?" And he clapped on full
speed as Plank made leap or the
car and missed.
Mortimer laughed and turned his
head to look back. and the next in.
slant something seemed to wrench the
steering wheel from Its roots. There
was binding glare Of light, q scream.
and the great machine bounded into
the air full length, turned completely
over and lay across flower bed. part
| ly on one side.
Something was afire too. Men were
rushing from the verRndas. women
| screamed and stood up wrlnging their
hands. A mounted policeman came
| galloping through the darkness. PeO-
pie shouted: Throw sand on it! Get
shovels. for Gods sake! Lift that ton
neau. There's woman under II"
But they We're mistaken. for Leila
lay at the foot Of the slope, one little
bloody hand clutching the dead grass,
and Plank knelt beside her. giving his
orders quietly to those who came run
ming down the hill from the roadway
above, which was now fiercely illu-
minated by burning gasoline. AT last
| they got sand enough to quench the
fire and men sufficient to lift the
| weight from the dead mans neck and
| drag what was left of him on to the
grass.
Don't lookv' whispered Siward
drawing Sylvia back.
He and she both had put their shout
ders to the tonneau along with the 9th
ers, and now they stood there together
In the shifting lantern light, sickened.;
| shivering under the summer stars,
staring at the gathering crowd around
that shapeless. lump on the grass,
| Plank passed them, walking beside
an improyised stretcher. calm, almost
smiling, as Sylvia sprang forward with,
a little sob Of inquiry. g
There's the doctor over there. That
man is a doctor. He knows" repeated
Plank with studied elaboration, look,
ing down at Leilas deathly face. "He
says It's all right He says he'll get
candle and that he can tell by the
flames effect on the pupils of the eyes
what exactly Is the matter No. to