Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-02-09

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speed had little doubt that the dr., ,.-
was trying to catch us.
Il think they're gaining just Iittl..
/ said.
Tom pushed the speed gauge a 80.
farther on-not to the limit ~ -
( were already going at a tremends-
| gait The telegraph poles few Hts 3
spokes of a revolving wheel 70
nateiy the road was good. but cb,-.r
dare not turn when we reaches e
crossroad without slowing down. a. -
this he did not wish to do. a.
| shot by it like a cannon ball.
Looking ahead, l saw what tss--
! were in the road turn and an far
| possible on the side. When We ra...
cd one of them the astonisbed faea !,
| the driver flashed upon me ana -,
ished.
Looking back, I saw that We b.s
gained on our pursuers They WEI.
still under full speed. but they sursIr
could not have as swift going a -.
chine as ours. But at this meme.
something underneath our car bey,n
to rattle. Charlie instinctiveiy nova
back the speed gauge.
I'm afraid we're beaten" he said
"Oh, go ahead!" / cried Take N.
chances"
''If anything should break while on
ing at this speed we'd be mashed Inta
pulp
Possibly. added to this view of ths
case. Charlie had had time to consider
the folly OF our course. The rsttlinr
continued, and he took of more power
! looked back and saw that our pur.
suers were rapidly coming up with ma
I think | would have renewed tha
pace if l had known we should b.
wrecked, but Charlie had got some dis
erection into him and kept reducing In
stead of putting on speed.
When they come up" he said, "donf
appear as If we had been trying TO 70.
away from them. Brazen it out rlde-
clare, till otherwise convinced, that
the machine is mine"
So we prepared ourselves for blur
and our pursuers, coming near, shout
ed to US to stop. Charlie obeyed, and
the other car slowed down beside a.
When 1 saw what it contained the
heavens grew black. all about me
whirled. and sank lack on the leather
cushion.
1 had been flying from my husband
/ didn't quite faint away. / was
sufficiently conscious to see on Toms
face the look of man who had caught
his wife running away with a rival
The first words I heard came from
Charlie. and it was evident that be
had not lost his presence Of mind.
Hello. Tomr' he said. What are
you doing out here at this time In the
morning.
Tom made 40 reply. He was too ap-
palled to speak.
Il met your wife" Charlie contin-
ued. lin front of WATERWAYS store
looking at this auto. l thought IT was
hers, and she thought it was mine.
proposed a spin. and it was only few
minutes ago that we discovered our
mistake"
i saw a look of mingled relief and
doubt come over my husbands face.
He seemed to wish to believe the story,
but found it hard to swallow. Pres
emily he said in a reserved tone:
You are in a car have been think
ing OF buying. 1 left it awhile ago be-
fore Waterman's, going in to buy
pair of driving gloves. When l cams
out the auto was gone. A policeman
told me he saw a man and woman
get into it and drive Off in this dlrec
ton"
By this time I had recovered sum
GENTLY to take my part in the CONVEX
sation.
I'VE discovered our mistake / SAID
Just as we heard you coming for Us
Not knowing who you were. but sup
posing you were the owner Of the car
we had taken. we thought we would
race you for it. Flying from my own
husband-ha. ha"'
Tom didn't seem TO think it funny
bit. the reason being plain. The idea
that was uppermost in his head was
that was clipping with his rival
However, the fact that we had taken
the automobile he had been using con
Vinced him. If we had intended an
slopement we should not have peen
likely to take that particular car Inc
fact OF having been pursued by ZOE
began to strike Charlie as very inaf
,rous. The corners of his mouth De
-an to quirk up. Toms seoWi als'
broke into n smile. T.
We've got to get back to town.
aid Charlie. DO you want your WIS
q your car. Tom. or will you trust pe.
o me? l promise solemnly not 10 run
way with her again"
Toms smile broadened into e'lh'
md. starting his auto-he had porro" Z
d it for the pursuit-he left US 70
where we pleased. We followed nll
lone. and | invited Charne my
luncheon We found Tom openins
'ottle Of wine. and before the palu
'roke up we were in gale OF iaus1
er at our stealing an automooie' 3
ng chased for thieves and hnsi's
eing considered an eioper by my W"