Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1914-11-02
I-CAMP.FOR.THE.NIGnT

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
We'll, gentsl" the driver observed cheerfully,
Withdrawing head and hands from long and init
mate communion with the stubborn genius beneath
the hood, Il reckon youall mays we'll make up
yore minds to ohristen ths-hyeh salubrious spot
Campforthe-Night. You won't be goin' no fartheh
not Just t present Pulling this old wagon
through them desert sands back yondeh has just
naturally broke the heart of that enginel'
What precisely, is the trouble?" Alan Law in
CURED rousing from anxious preoccupation.
Plumb bust all to hell" the chauffeur ex
planned tersey.
Nothing could be fairer more exact and com
prehensive than that" Tom Barcus commented
Law nodded head too weary to respond to the
others humor His worried eyes reviewed the
of the breakdown.
What's to be done?" he wondered aloud.
Take it calm the affable chauffeur advised.
'Frettin won't get you-all nOthin'. II II was me,
I'D call it day. make fire, get them cushions out
Of the cyah, and get some rest. You can't do moth
in TIL get back, anyway, and that won't be much
before sunup."
Where are you going?" Barcus demanded
"Walkin', friend; just waikiki
What for?'
TO fetch help-leastways, onless yove got some
kick comm and I'D ruther stop hyeh permanent"
He turned off and busted himself with prepare
lions against his journey.
It's simply things like this make me believe
This isn't, after all, nothing more nor less than
longdrawn-out nightmare" Barcus observed.
Mr. Law was not attending: he had turned away
and was just then standing by the runningboard
of the motor and civilly explaining to Miss
Judith Urine the purpose Of the chaufeur's expe
dition.
Discovery of this circumstance worked a deep
wrinkle between the brows as well as into the
humor Of Mr.. Barcus.
Here he promised himself was a situation to
titillate the Comic Muse itself He pointed out in
turn the several component parts: the motor car
derelict in the hollow of those awful and silent
hils-for all the world like mouse petrifed with
fright at finding itself in the midst of herd of
elephants; in the car that aged monomaniac, Mr.
Seneca Urine author of all their and misad-
ventures crashing his teeth in impotent rage to
find himself in close juxtaposton to and helpless
to iniure the for whose life he lusted with
insatiate passion; the latter standing outside the
car in polite conversation with Mr.. Trines mutt
nous Judth--talking to her in the friendest fash
ion imaginable, precisely as If she had not fallen
little short Of comprising his DEATH not once, but
half dozen times; Judith herself poised on the
runningboard and smiling down at her victim with
warmth patiently more than the warmth of
friendship; and at some little distance, Rose Mr..
Laws iancee and Judtls sister, eating her heart
out with jealousy of this new-sprung intimacy be-
tween her sister and her loverl
bad business my friendl" Barcus mentally
apostrophized the unwilling Alan Law. Bad bust
ness-and only the beginning OF it, or I'm no
prophet II you had the wit with which Providence
has endowed the domestic goose you'd realize that
you might well encourage the attentions of coy
Young cyclone as the aHecJOnS OF liidl hdnuSOh6
outstanding and able-bodied young woman who's
spiling her heart out of her eyes into yours this
blessed minute as ever was! Not to mention the
trouble you're brewing for yourself with the young
woman to whom your affections are unswervingly
devoted"
He interrupted himself to nod knowingly and
with profound convictions Il knew it. Now 1t
begins again.
For Rose had abruptly taken hand in the affair,
gesture of evaporation prefacing her call:
"Alan"
To her Mr. Law turned instantly, with such alac-
rity that none who watched might doubt which Of
the two women came first in his esteem.
Nor was this wasted upon the understanding Of
Judith. Eyeng her narrowly though furtively Mr..
Barcus saw her handsome face darken ominously.
And her father was as quick to recognize these
portents OF trouble and to seek to advantage him
self OF them
His head craned out horribly on his long, wasted
neck he pitched a sibiant whisper for her ears,
and his face in the moonlight seemed to glow with
the reflection OF that inferno which smoldered in
his evil bosom
But one was silenced the other Quenched, all in
a twinkng. His daughter turned On him in a
flash Of imperial rage.
"Be SILENT" Bsrcus heard her say. BE silent do
you hear? Don't ever speak to me again unless
YOU want me to replace that gag J say, don't
speak to me- I finished with you once
and for all time: never again shall you pervert my
nature to your damnabe purposes-never again
shall word or wish of yours drive me to lift my
hand against a who has done you the
least HARM though your persecution Of him would
have acquitted him of charge Of manslaughter in
any court-on grounds of self-defense, I'm
derstand mel she ragged. I'm through. Hence
forth / 90 my way, and you yours
Her voice broke She clenched her hands into
two tight fists with the effort at self-control and