The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1908-12-03
,ou hearf I tsll You I'm going to
rive this machine and show you

you heart tell You I'm going TO
drive this machine and show you
howr'
Leila scarcely heard him. She obey
Cd the impulse Of his hand on her arm
and mounted to the seat staring
straight ahead Of her with dAsed and
stralning eyes that saw nothing.
Then Mortimer clambered to his seat
and without an instant1 warning
opened up and seized the wheel.
Unprepared, the machinist attempt
cd to swing aboard missed hts foot
ing in tho uncertain light and fell
spra wing on the gravel Plank saw
him from the veranda and Instantly
vaulted the rail to the lawn below.
"You d-n foolr' yelled Mortimer,
looking around What do you think
you'll DOR And be aapped On full
speed as Plank made q leap for the
car and missed.
Mortimer laughed and turned hts
head TO look back, and the next IN
slant something seemed to wrench the
steering wheel from IT. roots. There
was 4 binding glare Of light scream.
and thd great machine bounded into
the air full length, turned completely
over and lay across 1ower bed, part
" on one side.
Something was afro too. Men were
rushing from the verandas.- women
screamed and stood. up wring1ne their
HANDS. A mounted policeman came
galloping through the darkness. Poo
pie shouted: Throw sand on 4! Get
shovels, for Gods Ake! Lift that ton
neau. There's q woman under itE'
But they were mistaken, for Leila
hy at the foot Of the slope, ono little
bloody hand clutchfng the dead grass,
and Plank knelt beside her. giving hia
orders quietly to those who came run
ming down the hill from the roadway
above, which was now aercely Thu
minated by burning gasoline. At last
they got sand enough to qnench the
ire aud men sufficient to lift the
eight FROM the dead mans neck and
sag what was left Of him on to the
ass.
Don't lookv whispered siward
,r,r- c,-,s-s, 49,,
He and she both had put their shout
ders to the tonneau along with tn
others, and now they stood there to
gether In the shifting lantern light
: sickened, shivering under the summe
stars, staring at the gathering crow
around that shapeless lump on tn
/ grass.
Plank passed them, walking besid
an imprOvised stretcher, calm, almOe
smiling, as Sylvia sprang forward wit
a little sob OF inquiry.
There's the doctor over there. Tha
( man Is a doctor. He knnws,' repa1
r % Plank with studied deliberatio1
} looking down at Leila's deathly fact
HE says it's all right He says he1
8 get q candle and that he can tell b
! the flames effect on the pupils OF tn
, eyes what exactly 10 the matter. No,
to Siwaru, beside linn. pressing FOL
ward through. the crowd which eddie
from the dead man to the stretche
mo, there il not q bone broken. sh
is stunned. that's all. She fell IN til
shrubbery. Well have an ambulanc
here pretty quick. Stephen using b
!. | flrst name unconscfous1y. Won't 70
/ Hook out for Sylvia: I'm going BAG
on the ambulance. II you'll md SOM
/. body to drive my machine wish "a
! would take Sylvia back. No. don
Z want you to drive, Stephen 4 70
! ldout mind. Get that mxchinist, pleas
I'm ratified. and ! don't want you
1 tdrive,
) Lsila lay on the strtcher, her bloo'
ls1s face upturned to the stars. B