The Washington herald., 1909-05-30

+b+ - hts sssr- r,oo5 words OF recrinnation would
be first rise TO his lips Any other thing was
impossible in the bitterness Of his SOUL so lie kept
silence.
From time to time he looked furtvely at his wife
hoping that he would signs in her face Of regret
and repentance for her act Of mad recklesSness Out
with deepening despair he saw that the tine ior
such had not yet come He wondered IT, now Il WouIc
come
Lucy sat with a curious, fixed smile on her fair
face and in her eyes glitteTed with an
uncanny light She hurnned softy 10 herself snatcnes
Of the melody that haunted him, and seemed 70 De
wholly unconscious Of the disgrace she had brought
upon herself and her husband
Yet had Gilbert Rutherfurd been little more alert.
he might have that at intervals she cast on h
quick look OF mingled apprehension and poignant
alarm and that time 10 time her light hunming
ceased in q quivering sigh Her nerves were strung
m 10 their highest tension and she felt that her whole
future would surely decided for her by the first
words her husband should SPEAK should taeSe NOIGs
be uttered in Gliding or anger she knew uat ler o
enger would blaze up IN & r. @ 2I, +s
ne R - it S1 ~ bs5 triven 50 hard to cultivate would
return 10 her the spirit Of little child and she
1rembIed IN her suspense though outwardly sac aP-
The Silence continued until the car mounted the
crest OF the hill that oveFlooks EalnouTgh LOOKING
down the long slope away 10 the north. they could
dimly trace the shmmering waters OF the Forth and
between them and the gray, sheeny streak the twin
Allng lsIS o J @ l7gIT She dove the car down
teTTesLTldl hrt9IiSl oLOss oeS --i,-sS
af first struggling houses. gaunt and silent like
were almost deserted, and with hindrances they
sped
You may alight here she said to the chauffeur,
short the air is delightfully."- cool Wait for US
her nusDano was 4DoLL - - @ DS ~
forward going BY way Of the broad QueensferTy road
turned to her husband and said with a light laugh
'Isn'tthis glorious Bgt ne renamed DUMP & 70 the
he dreadfully silent and grumpy" she said gaily-
seT T hs 5nsd gaPs e turn ogre again. ai'sF ma sO' MIN
The words stung him to the. quick Lucy he
ea71 a~01v 1TiT % z
.Ha Ia, ha!' She laughed. isn't he angry! But
hen just have to sit still and so where mad Lucy
= wonder at you" he said savagely. do you
know what you have done2 DO you know what you
.-5h know. dear man she replied lightly. Didn't
they stare when the minister's wife-oh. it was too
Lucy he said bitterly Z am ashamed Of you!"
The sir was sung by the bitterness Of the retort,
element she sent the motor along at greater
Again she broke out into that laugh that her hus-
band h2d grown % to hate h It was gioTiqgS lori on
looking at the strange light in her eyes, Tembed and
quicker. quickerl" she screamed Her hair es-
capped from its restraints and the wind catching it.
spread out behind her like the trailing glory Of
they were approaching the steep descent into the
ancient town of oueensfery with sudden sicken-
ing force the minister realized tnat only death awaited
a. - -esa-@ T-5 I I 80 7 bs - "a a I.S~ llas s
would recklessly drive to certain destruction
as with sinking feeling he felt the car swing over
the crest Of the steel slope.
Lucy he shouted ''the hir the hill! In the
Of God. stOpr'
But her only answer was a shrilI, piercing laugh.
and he could restrain himself longer The OF word
hissed through his lips Are you madT" he said
and reached forward 10 grip the driving mechanism.
~Ah, would your she said, and with fierce energy
she struck his arm But he scarcely felt the blow.
aud hTmlyg gripped the steering wheel, reaching his
other hand forward 10 the valve lever
Lucy tried to wrench away his hand Don't you
you viii hurl both into eternity7" he said saw
egely- He knew he was careering down slope dan
gerOus any time. at a mile a minute and
that maniac-yes, a manisc-was in the place Of
controli
His hand was ungloved. and Lucy without a word
stopped down and sent her teeth into the OF
the wrist. Even then he never took away MS hand
but, with grOan. held tightly to the wheel
'Oh, yOu-yOu-brute" she Kissed.
But for the time being he utterly unconscious
OF the singing word. for he that in a moment
they would be at the dangerous the foot of
the Hawes Brae. Frantically he strOve 10 gain the
mastery ere it would be too late. and Just as fran
tcaly did the FEY girl resist IN the strugge car
swerved sharply 70 the side and in she saw
that she was dashng under the giant arches of the
great Forth Bridge, and-her husband nowhere TO
Se seen
Il was the work Of moment to draw in the great