The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-11-10

Suddenly there were fash Of whip
and d singing blow cut across Mats
face. Another fash. a scream. and he
had wrenched the whip from wrin
Killed. old hand and was about to lash
out with it himself on that convulSive
and raging figure To his dying day
he was thankful be threw it from him
instead, dizZiy refraining as he real
lied it was Chris father and that he
must not strike an Old man
Then the two horses took fright and
bolted. hurting Matt to the ground.
from which he looked after them on
one elbow, oDlivious OF everything but
Chris safety. But she was as good Il
rider as her father and as spirited IL
her own Thoroughbred She WAS keep
img her seat in that headlcng gallop
and. leaning back Ike Il little jockey.
was Jerking manfuI!y 1T the curb. But
nothing could have checked those
horses They were .ontro'I2ble in
their terror Strainin" neck ami neck.
they diminished and disappeared, ic;iv-
ing Matt sick with fear.
Christine was not injured, and that
evening Il plain. middle aged woman
came to the boarding house and gave
hin this note:
Ny Dar!c~-I am sending YOU this by
my Swiss maid. FleNner. whom don't trust
too much she Will tell YOU what | have
planned. for | IN used mp. so distra Ct
ed. that l cannot write il. though | have
tried twice. / am at the end Of my cour-
age and every thing, and if we don't snatch
at our happiness now We shall lose il for
ever. II was wicked Of him to strike You
! Wicked, wicked, wicked, Let F.eNncr d.
al the talking till YOU understand. Don't
think she is devoted It's because | prom
ised her 2,t"U dolls. ana that is a fortune
in her country. where | suppose she viii
settle down and yodeI for the rest Of her
DAYS. She is very sharp SO be cautious
! On. if l could only talk to YOU myself,
But ! love YOU, and she VIII show YOU
how much Adieu CHRIS,
p S.-When l shall have paid the 800
size insists on in advance | shall have s.
left.
Matt pondered Il moment and then
! inquired. You are Flexner:'
Yes. sir
will you please give me your mes
sage"
My young lady wishes to DO very
foolish thing" said FleXner. with q
disappearing pursuing of her mouth.
she wants you to run away with her
tomorrow morning You are to get a
carriage. or. better. an automobile and
pick her up tomorrow morning at
o'clock at the Fair Oaks entrance.
Previously l shall have packed small
| portmanteau and placed it outside the
house. and all next day | will inform
| fo+b no iS nd
be disturbed. By this means you
reach marlborough without trouble
| and get married. and then take the
train to New York From New York
you will travel to San Francisco. and
| there you stay. no matter how poor
how starving. till the opportunity ar
| rives to go to that place where you
! have a friend-a very rich. queer man
! whom once you served and who will
! take you back in employment"
John Mort" said Matt to himself.
| she says il must be now or not at
| all. for she cannot be so brave twice
| She says desperate people have to take
desperate chances. She asks you TO
answer yes or no."
| Matt made hasty calculation. He
had almost a hundred dollars. This.
with Chris So, would easily get them
/ to California. with something to spare
/ He told FieZner that his answer WAS
/ Yes" and put into the word Il warmth
/ that he hoped She would carry to l.ar
mistress. She wa> la say th..i he hIG
80 AMI would carry ouJ his iH>tTu--
tons implicitly; WIS also to say tat
she WAS .ue p.urNiest -i.'i in the we....
~ half past > Matt AID r3-@auc,urt
were at tly gales III FAIR Oaks
There WIS Il sound of voices. % feet
running. Of uUIeI eZ.Ia:uIzto:l>, il
the dark. ! >li-At ti..ure uu".uu~rd
p&utu-iy. oh. Matt. i it yn2:" and
chung t. him In aIl instant they were
speeding through The deep det:le again.
en-uIfed III the ui-hc
NattS recollection ~ his e.opemrnt
WIS both strangely blurred aul
strangely vivid. He was tired To eX-
/ hIUStion. and so WAS Chris Nothin.
could keep them long awake. not even
the ecstasy of being together. Yet that
dawn WAS the most imperi>habIe mem
! DRY of his life Is he looked down at
her. nestled beside him. with the
heavy la>heS fringinc her cheeks She
opened her Sleepy eyes and nestled
clo>er-aud closer still when he wills
pered ii WAS their wedding day.
They say responsibility gravitate< L,
the shoulders tit 10 bear it In thi~
case the shoulders We're Da2-:fi
courts, and his was the directing >pj'
it. He had charged himself with ,A-.
whole business and had thought out =.
plan OF campaign in whi,h the others
We're merely TO DO what they We're bid
They dill - Gueekly. bewidered and
happy 1T this fresh instance OF the
first bein" last ami the last first
The ring was bought the license Oh
tanned. AMI beni-nant fossil recitcd
the marriage ceremony in Il Stu1y