Bisbee daily review., 1910-07-05
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A KISS
lie Was Forgiven Only Because
She Was Equally
cuipable.
By r. TOWNSEND SMITH.
Copyright. 1ao By American Press
Association.
By F. TOWNSEND SMITH.

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rained. the wind blew. and the streets
| were flooded.
There are two suburban towns
Bloomington and Rosedale-near the
city in which l have an Office. my res
idence being in one Of these towns.
They are Eve miles apart and were at
the time OF which I write connected
by an execrable road. live IN Rose
dale. hut on this wild night was In
Bloomington attending sOS:-7.i, cath
ering. telephoned for a cab, bur
reply came over the wire that net =
conveyance was TO be had
Turning up my trousers. buttOAins
my coat and opening my umbrella.
sailed forth. trusting that | might
pick up some conveyance 10 hire.
I found nothing In the way of We
( hicle on the. streets aud. reaching the
town limits. left street lamps behind
I me. pushing oa into the darkness. 4
mad walked or waded perhaps half a
| mile when. seeing something dark
ahead Of me close by the sidewalk.
| approached Il curiously What was
my surprise 10 find n carriage. This
/ knew rather by feeling than sight
| groped my way 10 its front. and
1 there were two horses standing. With
| their heads lowered. patiently endur-
ing the rain. took my matchbox
| from my pocket aud. drawing forth q
match-it was the only one lcft-struck
IL. II was extinguished by the wind.
I Ii
Of a coachman in waterproofs on the
box. leaning back against the body OF
the carriage fast asleep.
| shouted to him. then shook him. II
was some anne before | aroused him
and then could get nothing out Of him
as to how he came 10 be in such
singular position Indeed. be didn't
seem TO know. He asked If I was the
| man who had been beside him awhile
ago. I asked him for what point he
naG been headed when ne had drop
! ped OF to sleep. and he said Rosedale.
VERY we'll" / replied. start up
1 your horses aud well go there"
I thought it better for me to remain
| beside him till he became fully awak.
ened. fearing he would fall of the box.
stayed by him till we had gone per-
haps mile. when he seemed in better
condition. and. since / was getting
drencLad. concluded TO get inside the
| carriage. I directed him to pull up
and. dismounting from my perch.
found the handle OF the door and in
another moment was sitting on the
rear seat.
There was a curious odor inside
which | had srnelled before. but could
cot remember what 1t was. The win
dow was closed. and | opened it. |
thought l would smoke. but remember
ed that | had used my last match.
The jolting of the carriage was such
that I braced myself 10 my corner.
Dropping my hand beside me. il light
ed on some delicate fabric like silk. |
was astonished. bat had cause for
more establishment when in another
moment. the carriage, passing over a
hollow place ia the road. some one
was thrown up against my shoulder.
Instinctively | put out my hands for
Profession and encountered a woman.
] was seized with desire to get out
of the carriage despite the storm and
without waiting for it to stop. call
ed TO the driver. who drew up. and l
asked him if he knew who was IN his
carriage. lie seemed still dazed. at
any rate so far as memory goes. and
said that he didn't know tHdt there
was any one inside. Then he said he
had started with lady. bur be didas
know whether she had left him or not.
There was silence for moment. and
could hear the person beside me
breathing. l judged that we were
midway between Bloomington and
ROsedale We might as well go on as
go back There were few houses Oh
the way, and the people in them were
all abed- I told the driver TO drive a.
fast as the road would admit There
was some one in the carriage who
might need medical attention.
He whipped up bis horses. and the
joIting was terrible. II occurred to
me that IL would awaken any cae
with q spark Of life. To facilitate
matters ! let down the other window
so as TO give plenty or air. Within ten
minutes I had evidence that my com.
panion was mOving voluntarily; then
gasp
Where am ]? What is it2''
Don't be frightened" / said
HAS he gomez
"who:~
The man who got In beside me and
held a cloth against my face"
~Oh. That's the explanation. is itT'
My brooch-it Is goneF''
Anything else missings"
4 had nothing else with me. But
how did you come to be here?~
All this was spoken in a frightened
voice. and kney that she was draw
ing away from me. I told her what
J she wished to know. Then she en-.
lightened me stin further. She said
that while passing out Of Bloomington
the carriage had stopped. and she
J beard a man talking with the driver.
, Then the man got up on the box. She
saw the fare OF match. aud she
smelt tobacco smoke There was IN
I odor to the smoke that made Der feel
H. Presently the carriage stopped
anG the man who nad got up beside the
driver descended from the box and got
into the carriage. Frightened, she Or
dered him out, but he forced a cloth
over her mouth and nose, and that
was al she remembered
IL was all plafn 10 me now A rob