The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-10-26

a purpose IN view. Mcfton ~rcCoGnlEcu
this fao Almost Es soon az the fro
men. lie had come this morning with
the idea OF surprising Florence He
was going q on horseback TO ioih
her.
Ills spine grew suddenly cold. a
trap She had been left alone OF the
road! lie ran over TO the garage. 80.
cured a car. and went hummiug out
toward the river road. A trap and
only by the sheerest luck had he
turned up In tins
Meantime Florence was walking her
mount slowly For once the scenery
passed unobserved She was deeply
engrossed with thoughts, some OF
which were happy and ONE Of which
were sad II only her father could be
with her she would be the happiest
girl alive.
She vas brought out Of her revery
by the sight Of a man staggering along
the road ahead of her. Finally he
plunged upon his face In the road Like
the tender hearted girl she was. she
stopped. -dismounted. and ran 20 the
fallen man TO give him aid She sud.
denly found her wrists claspea In two
hands like iron. The man rose 20 his
feet, smiling evilly. She struggled
wildly but futllely.
Better be sensible. 4" be said Il am
stronger than you are. And ! don't
wish TO hurt you. Walk on ahead OF
me. Il viii be utterly useless to
scream or cry out. You can see for
Yourself that We are IN a deserted part
Of the road n YOU will promise 10 act
sensibly | shan't lay a hand on YOU. Dc
YOU see that hut yonder. near the fork
In the road? Wen stop there. Now.
march,"
she dropped her handkerchief. later
her bracelet. and finally her crop. In
hope that these slight clues might
bring her help. She knew that Jones
would hear OF she FIRE. and, finding that
she had not returned with the riding
master. would Immediately start out In
pursuit. She was beginning 70 grow
very fond Of Jones. who never spoie
unless spoken to, who was always al
hand faithful and loyal.
From afar came the low rumble OF a
motor. She wondered II her captoI
heard Il. He did, but his ears tricked
him into believing that It came from
another direction. Eventually they ar.
rived at the hut, and Florence was
forced to enter. The man locked the
door and waited outside for the auto
mobile which he was expecting. Ne
Was rather d~umfounded when he saw
that Il was coming from the city. not
going toward IL.
II was Norton The riderless horse
told him enough. the handkerchief aud
bracelet and crop led him straight for
the hut.
The man before the hut realized by
this time that he had made a mistake.
He attempted 20 re-enter the hut and
prepare to defend II I'M his compan.
ions hove IN sight. But Florence. rec.
ogniziEg Norton. held the door with
all her strength The man snarled aud
turned upon Norton only TO receive q
smashing blow on the Jaw.
Norton flung open the door. Into
the car, Florence, There's another car
coming up the road. Hurry!"
II vas not a long chase The car
Of the auto bandits. looking like an
ordinary taxicab. a a hlgh.power ma.
chine. and u gained swiftly on Nor
toms tour-cylinder. The reporter wait.
ed grinly.
Keep your head down. be warned
Florence. I'm going 20 take O pot 81
their tires when they get within range
II ! miss I'm afraid Well have trouble
Under no circumstances attempt TO
leave this car Here they comet!
lie suddenly leaned back and fred
II was only chance The manner iu
which the ears were lurching made n
poor target for a maTksmau even Cf
the first order. Chance directed Nor
tons art bullet into the right forward
tire. which exploded. Going az sixty.
odd miles an hour. they could not step
the car IN timo 20 avoid fatality The
car careened wildly and plunged down
the embaukmeut into the river
Florence covered her eyes with her
hands. and. quite unconscious of what
he was doing. Norton put his arms
around her.
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