The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1915-01-01
: on The R OADsIDE
BY moLLiE N. MASTER.

clouds. yet Martha stu struggled wit
the spark plug Of her m ptoroycle. Sh
!. was far from shelter and the roa
/. through the country was long an
4 lonely.
After an hour's strus gle exasprs
J, ton gave place to tears and Marth
!. crumpled up on the road: side In q pa
) Qxysm Of weeping.
!. Just then a young nnslA in . grea
, touring car swerved around the col
nsr.
Anything can DOR hs called on
, - he slowed down.
Martha raised face on which tear
had made little crooked roasis Of white
and her glance was hostile. She had
been surpt1sea ia a weak nj pment ant
va chauffeur. Martha's at ttude wal
~ cidsdly superior when she made an
swe Y to the. man who had Offered hel
assi., lance.
ooh hot" laughed the nsau, not q
,,,t ~: e. out by her manner, II thought
49,, ora . man." He, glanced down
~ mn. Sculine cycle costume and
tsrd,,v reIno ved his cap.
CIV clothes are. no different from
.nnnna .,sa,s - said Martha W.T. Nth.
fully. =.
"Whsw. I'm SOL Ky stopped" a-d
Calvin sutclire will Laughing polite
ness, He turned to st. UT his machine
tteH 81 suddenly jumpeL Gown ana ex-
atYta-red Marha's cycle. inere is no
reason why shocid permi, You to sit !
hers on the roadside all niA 'ol wen !
If you are tuonsh enough to went To-
II is KONG to rain shortly" He paid
no -i,irer attention to Martha thar Il
she he d been an obstreperons chLa'
A second later he returned to his car.
ut ia all right now" he said
"You ;Nre most datestable pe1e
Son. Martha informed him coollyi
.sbut thank you for helping me-"
Don't m ention It," called Sutcdde, |
and whirlad OF down ths dusty road. |
Martha MAS far too angry to watch !
him. A moment later sts too was |
sDinninE In Hle same direction.
Srtcli6e hnAl taken the number OF
her license and 1t was not: difficult to
find out that her name was Martha
Glover and that she was resident Cd
Donslass Manor. Since hs7 was not
Chauffeur, as Martha had supposed.
but the owner OF two cars and q num-
ber Of boats, SutcliiIe realized that It
was quite an easy matter to mahe his
way into the social circle In which
Martha revolved.s
TWAS at the, quaint little clubhouse !
A. tina manor. that mutual friend prh- I
scented Sutclife to Miss Glover. There
was not a .g]immer Of recognition In
the mans eyes as he shook the hand |
extended to- him She was not sur. |
ptised that Satellite had not recog- /
nized her, YET somehow Martha felt /
hnrt. g..
She@watch4de him during the evening
dancetwith every attractive girl In the.
room and she, in. tiiru,-- fiirted QUITE
geouslys with. each OF her partners
Toward the end OF the evening he
made his way homeward without haT-
ing said goodnight to.hers
During the days following Martha
rode her motorcycle from morning I'M
til twilight Perhaps she WAS DESTROYS
OF fleeing rom constant thought Of
sutclitfe, or she may have hoped to
meet him in his big car:
The most courageous thing Martha
eSer,did in her life was to lswerye sud
denly across the road precipitating
herself and her motorcycle. into q
ditch. Tbs idoa had suggested itself
With dasresate swiftness the moment,
she bad sssn sutcliffe whirling toward
her Ia his racing car.
spte:i6e :srirsd his machine to =
stop and junpsd quickly out and ovsr
to the pruE.ztts figure by the roadside
Picking her up and recognising her.
his face went white and Martha opened
wide ,hsr ayes. She WAS bruised and
trembling hut did not regret her dar-
ing naaAeuver when she saw the ex-
preston IN Satellites eyes.
She smiled, and in the smile Calvin
Sutclt1ts read tie story OF her guile.
do you still consider me a detest-
able person 81 he asked before relees-
ing his boM Of her and leading her
teward . soft noH ~ the roadside
No." said Marths frankly. Il VAS
sorry yot failed 70 recognise me when
~ net At TIE maaor 80 that eou11
have told you how deeply regretted
my frightfui disposition. newer did
know just what was the matter with
my. cycle"
Nicely. sootsd plug" said Sut-
clife.. 400 much lubricating OIL forns
smoke and that in turn makes SCOT.
Simplest thing in the world to remedy.
but am glad you didn't know IT," He
gazed happily down at Martha's spar.
king eyes. As for my not rsccgniz.
ing you-well, that's another story.
OH seem to understand now"
laughed Martha and, looking up Into
6utcAnes eyes, she read the old, old
story.
(copyright. 1915 BY the Mcclure Newspa.
per 6yndicate)
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