The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1914-06-11

ht was going to run for II.
But both Charlie and were fools not
10 turn about and, IL we met the own
er or the car We had taken explain the
mistake and throw ourselves on his
mercy. As ! have said it was that de
sire Unborn in humanity, and in the
brute creation for that matter, for the
excitement of a race
Don't look back" said Charlie.
! knew by this that my doing &C
would indicate that we were trying t.
escape by flight whereas IL we paid |
no attention to those behind us 1t would |
appear that We were simply going at
high speed, But despite the caution
l could not help turning my head. |
could not see who was In the car be
mind us on account of the dust, and
by other evidences of breakneck
speed had little doubt that the driver
was trying to catch us.
~ think they're gaining just little
l said
Tom pushed the speed gauge tribe
farther on-not to the limit. for we
were already going at a tremendous
gait. The telegraph poles few like the
spokes Of a revolving wheel Fortu
nately the road was good. but Charlie
dare not turn when we reached the
crossroad without slowing down, and
this he did not wish to do. SO we
shot by 1t like a cannon ball.
Looking ahead, | saw what teams
were in the road turn and as far as
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ed one of them the astonished face OF
the driver flashed upon me and van
ished
Looking back, saw that we had
gained on our pursuers They were
still under full speed. but they surely
could not have as swift going ma.
chine as ours. But at this moment
something underneath our car began
to rattle. Charlie instinctively moved
back the speed gauge.
I'm afraid we're beaten" he said.
"Oh, 20 aheadw l cried Take tht
chances"
IF anything should break while go
ing at this speed we'd be mashed into
pulp"
|
case. Charlie had had time to consider
the folly Of our course. The rafting
continued, and he took off more power
l looked back and saw that our pur
suers were rapidly coming up with us
l think ! would have renewed thu
pace if | had known we should b'
wrecked, but Charlie had got some dis
| TIA nd la rndnntU~ In
stead of putting on speed.
when they come up" he said. don
appear as IL we had been trying to ge
away from them. Brazen it out. I'll de
clare. till otherwise convinced. tina
the machine Is mine"
So we prepared ourselves for blum
and our pursuers, coming near, shout
ed to us to stop. Charlie Obeyed, an
4, the other car slowed down beside III
When l saw what 1t contained tn
heavens grew black. all about m
!, whiried. and | sank back on the leaths
cushion.
l had been flying from my HUSBAND
/ didn't quite faint away. we
! sufficiently conscious to see on Tom
) face the look of q man who had caugi
: his wife running away with riva
: The first words l heard came fro
G Charlie, and it was evident that
:. had not lost his presence Of mind.
o "HellO, Tomr' he said. What a
you doing out here at this time in Il
n morning."
}. Tom made no reply. He was too a
d palled to speak.
!" IT met your wife" Charlie CONT
/" ued, Gin front Of Waterman's sto
looking at this auto. | thought 1t "
r. hers, and she thought 1t was mine.
lie proposed spin. and it was only q fe
er minutes ago that we discovered o
lie mistake"
E. saw a look OF mingled relief q
re doubt come over my husbands IA
e. He seemed to wish to believe the stol
lie but found it hard to swallow. Pr
re emily he said in a reserved tone:
e "You are in a car have been thiI
Id ing of buying. left it awhile ago
| fore Watermans. going In to buy
I'd pair of driving gloves When l cal
out the auto was gone. A pOlicem
told me he saw man and a WON
get into it and drive off in this dir
IT. ton"
By this time l had recovered su
re GENTLY to take my part in the cow
satiOn.
Ell 1--WE discovered our mistake" | 81
lust as we heard you coming for
Not knowing who you were, but s
~ posing you were the owner of the
''e we had taken. we thought we wo
race you for it. Flying from my o
husband-ha. ha"'
Tom didn't seem to think it funn
- bit. the reason being plain. The II
a. that was uppermost in his head '
-. that was clipping with his RI
!. ;, However, the fact that we had Ia
~ the automobile he had been using {
oa vinced him If we had intended
elOpement we should not have b
an likely to take that particular car.
cd fact of having been pursued by ]