New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-14

with snap he Cdl4Sd The Grandeur OF tn
TO a waitress visible at
sage The girl happened to be his friend OF teatime'
7IWould YOU like to earn another halfcrown:' ne
She had wit enough to grasp essentials, and it was
abundantly clear that this man was not her ia"1ol
quarry ''Yes-Sr. she said.
TAKE it. then and tell the elderly lady belonging TO
nv tartv-she is somewhere inSIde-that F1tzroy says
he cannot wait any longer. Use those exact words
The pe grI Vanished An irte vet dgned Mrs Devar
out ,r
Il hope So Madam. Unless you get in at once. IN
tend going to Bristol, elsewhere without you
"Or elsewhcre She gaspcd though some OF her
high color fled under his cold glance;
Precisely. l do not intend to abandon Miss Van
How dare YOU speak to in this manner, you v''l-
For answer A1ecenhurn set the engine going. II said
AT once. he replied and looked Mrs Devar squarely
in the eyes .,.
which is Indispensable evildocrs, and had learned
early in life that whereas many say they VIII DO
that which they really will not do if put TO the test.
other men, but dominant can be trusted to make
good their words matter what the cost 50 she &C
cepted the unavoidable Quivering with Indignation
She entered the car.
Drive me to the postofcc, she said, with as much
of acid repose as She could muster to her aid
Meclenhan seemed to be suddenly afflicted with deaf
ness After negotiating line OF vehicles, the Mercury
eaped past the of Cough and Cox as though the
1rn Of lime water within those amazing depths was
reeng off centuries in frenzy OF haste instead OF meas
1ring time so slowly that appreciate change mas
been noted in the tnieSt staacte during fifty years
Mrs Devar then grew genuinely alarmed since even 4
designing woman NAV be q tnid She bore with
the pace until the car seemed be on the verge OF
rushing full tilt against jutlng rock She could endure
the strain no longer. but stood up and screamed
Medenham slackened speed. When the curved road
opened sufficiently show Il clear furlOng ahead, he
turned and spoke to the 1np SfTt KING creature CllS
ing to the back of his seat.
You are not in the slightest danger, he assured her
but if you wish it shall drop YOU here The village
is barely half mile away. Otherwise, should you de
eide to remain YOU put up with rapid speed
But why, why" she almost walled. " Have you
gone mad, to drive like that?
Again pledge my word that there is no risk. |
overtke Miss Nanrenen before the light 11Is
that is al.
Your conduct IS positively outrageous. She gasPed-
Please Yourself. Madam. DO you 60 stay:
She collapsed into the comfortable upholstery with
a gesture of inpotent despair. Medenham she
would not dare to leave him What wretched project
She and Marignv had concocted he knew not but its
successful evidently depended Mrs DevarS
safe arrival in Bristol. Moreover, 1t paramount
condition that he should be delayed Cheddar and his
chief interest lay defeating that part of the program
Without another word he released the brakes and the
sped onward.
NOV they were plunging into a magnificent defile
~ Swallowed BY sheer cliffs which the eastern side
rose to a height Of FIVE hundred feet Flutering rock
pigeons crcled far up in the ribbon that spanned
the opposing precipces From many towering pima
Gle carved by the ages into fantastic lmagereS OF
castle q pulpit, lion, a lance, the loud clear
calling OF inndner5blc ilic<tlaWS. 1t dark and
gloomy. most terrifying Mrs Devar, down there