White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1914-09-13


Where's Howard?" he demanded.
Hello, Jones; what's up?"
Howard, get that car out at
once
"Out she comes. Wait till | give
her radiator a bucket of water.
Gee!' whispered Howard. whom
Hargreave often used as his chauf-
lfeur, get on to his nibs. First
time I ever saw him awake. /
wonder what's doing You never
know what's back of those mummy
faced headwaiters All
fright. JONES'"
The chauffeur jumped into the
car and Jones took the sea- beside
him.
Where to-"
Number IS and
the rest of IL trailed away. smother
led in the violent thunder OF the big
SKIS engines.
During the cars flight several
policemen hailed 1t without
Down this street, up that, round this
corner, fifty miles an hour; and all
the while Jones shouted Faster.
lfasteri"
Within twelve minutes from the
time it left the garage, the car stop
ped opposite to No. IS Grove street,
and Jones got out.
wait here, Howard. Ii several
men come rushing out, or I don't
appear within ten minutes. fire your
gun a couple of times for the police.
| don't want them If We can manage
without. They'd only bungle.'
"All right. Mr.. Jones'" said the
chauffeur. He had, in the past
quarter of an hour. acquired a deep
and lasting respect for the butler
chap. He was a regular fellow, for
all his brass buttons.
AS Jones reached the curb. Flor
ence came forth as if on invisible
wings. Jones caught hef by the arm.
She flung him aside with a strength
he had not dreamed existed in her
slim body.
Florence. | am Jones'"
She stopped. recognized MIN. and
without a word ran across the street
10 the automobile and climbed into
the lei Jones followed i'm
mediately.
'tHome,"
The car shot up the dimiy lighted
street. shone palely for n second
under the corner lamp, and vanished
"Ah. child, child" groaned the
nan al her side. all the ~tenseness
gone from his body He was Jones
again.
Still she did not speak but stared
ahead with unseeing eyes.
No further reproaeh fell from the
buffers lips. Ii was enough that
God had guided him to her at the
appointed moment. He felt assured
that never again would she be drawn
4ihlO du1 lidp. wi iuiAu. w nat 4dd
they said to her. done to her? How.
in Gods name. had she escaped from
them who never let anybody escape?
Presently she would become normal,
and then she would tell him.
Il found the lying tote. You
dropped it,"
Horrible, horriblel' she said al
most inaudibly.
What did they do to you?"
He said he was my father
He put his arms around
me. And | knew,'
Knew WHAT
That he lied. can't explain"
Don't try
Suddenly she laid her head against
the buffers shoulder and cried. 1t
VAS terrible to hear youth weep in
this fashion. jones put his arm
about her. and tried to console her.
HORRIBLE she murmured be-
tween the violent ~hiccoughs. Il was
wrong, wrong. Forgive me-"
Unconsciously the arm sustaining
her drew her closer.
Never mind" he eonsoled. Tell
no n what has happened. Go about
as usual. Don't let even Susan know.
Whatever your poor father did was
for your sake. He wanted you to be
happy. without a cart in the world.
II promise And gradually the
sobs ceased.
But feel so old. Jones, so very
old. | threw oyer the lamp. l
threw a chair through the window.
They thought that ii was | who had
Jumped out. That gave me the
necessary time. | don't understand
| did it, wasn't frightened at