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(Chapter XXXVIIT.-Continued.)
 "Dorothyr Without his knowledge or intention before the fact. as in- stinctively as he made use of her given name intimately. his strong fingers dropped and closed upon the little hand that lay beside him. What is the matter. dear?" He leaned still farther forward to peer into her face till glance met glance in the ending and his racing pulses frightened with sheer delight of the humid happiness in her glistening eyes. Dorothy. child, don't worry SO No harm shall come to you. It's all working out-all work ing out right. Only have little faith in me. and I'll make everything work out right, Dorothy"
 Gently she freed her fingers. "I wasn't" she told him in a voice that quivered between laughter and tears -'I wasn't worrying. was-you wouldn't understand. Don't be afraid shall break down or--or anything"
 "I shan't." he treasured her. "I kpow you're not that sort. Besides, you'd have to aAcuse We're moving along famously. That cabby knows his business"
 Past the houses of parliament, | through Old Palace yard. with the ab- bey on their left, they swung away into Abingdon street. whence sudden | ly they dived into the maze of back ways great and mean, which lies to | the south of Victoria. Doubling and | twisting. now this way, now that. the driver tooled them through the intri- cate heart of shis labyrinth. leading ! the pursuers a daGse that Kirkwood thought calculated to .ishearten and shake off the pursuit in tGe first five minutes. Yet always. pet-sing back through the little peephole. he saw Cal endars cab pelting doggedly h their rear-a hundred yards behind. no more. no less hanging on with indom- itable grit and determination.
 Children cheered them on, and po- licemen turned to stare. doubling whether they should interfere. Min utes rolled into tens. measuring out an hour. and still they hammered on. hunted aud hunters playing their game of hare and hounds through the high ways and byways of those staid and aged quarters.
 The sun was very low behind the houses of the Surrey side when Kirk wood became aware that their horse was flagging. though. as comparison determined, no more so than the one behind
 In grave concern, the young man raised his hand, thrusting open the trap fin the roof. Immediately the square of darkling sky was eclipsed by the cabby's face.
 'Yessir?"
 You had better drive as directly as you can to the Hotel Pless." Kirkwood called up. I'm afraid it's no use pushing your horse like this"
 ''Im sure of it. sir. Els a good 'oss. e is, but e carn't keep goin' forheve-. you know, sir"
 Despondent recklessness frightened Kirkwood's lips and kindled an un- pleasant light in his eyes. He touched his side pocket. Calendars revolver was still there. Dorothy should win away clear if-if he swung for it.
 He bent forward with the travelling bag in his hands.
 Well have to drop off in a minute. The horse won't last. They're in the same box. I'll undertake to stand 'em off for bit You take the bag and run for it. Just as soon as l can con- vince them I'll follow. but if there's any delay you call the first cab you see and drive to the Pless. I'll join you | there."
 He stood up. surveying the neigh. borhood Behind him the girl lifted her voice in protest.
 "No, Philip. no! 1 won't leave you"
 He shook his head in silent contra. diction, frowning. but not drowning because of the girls mutiny. He was a little puzzled by vague impression
 The hanson was traversing street in Old Brompton. quaint. prim by way lined with dwellings singularly old woridish even for London. He seemed to know 1t subjectively. to have retained memory of 1t from an other existence.
 | Calendars cab was dra wing peril ously near, and he was debating whether or not they should alight al once and try to make better pace afoot when the decision was taken | wholly out of his hands. | Blindly staggering on. wilted with weariness. the horse stumbled in the shafts and plunged forward on its knees. Quick as the driver was to pull it up, with cruel jerk of the bits Kirkwood was caught unprepared Lurching against the dashboard, he lost his footing. grasped frantically at the unstable air and went over, bring. ing up in a sitting position in the gut ter with solid shock that jared his very teeth.
 For a moment dazed, he sat there blinking By the time he got to his feet the girl stood beside him. ques tioning him with keen solicitude.
 "No," he gasped, mot hurt-only