The Sentinel=record., 1916-12-24
NovelIz e q by ALBERT PAYSON TERHUNE From the Consolidated Notion Picture Triumph

Where have you been all this vhile''
 The engine was cranky in start ing.' answered the cripple. "aud l had to-
 lie broke off as the engine sudden lN ceased it's cbupeng and the boat began fo drift helplessly along on inc crawling tde.
 See explained the cripple. "Irs stalled again.
 Nou said you knew how to run a motor boat. you clumsy fingered hoou.' suarled Tanner Get her started aean and bring Ter along side or | hurry you up with d .}S slug of hot lead. Get busy!"
 The cripple looked once at Tan ner's monaelng pistol then got the ensiue Into moUon and w,th eXas- peratinEly awkward slownees laid the boat alongside the rickety old land ing stage
 Tanner and Morrison lifted Flor ence aboard bodily and set her down in the stern
 Keep guard over her. there, you!" Tanner ordered the cripple. "Noure no use at he steering wheel Mor- rlsOn take he wheel win vou2 You know where to go"
 Morrison obeyed Tanner seated himself in inc bow beside the steers man. The cripple slumped into seat alongside the fettered and 4; G@ed girl As ue did so his eyes tk l.. lt for the tenth time
 But now m~ bleared glance bright eued at what he saw. An automobile was racing down the lane toward the bO1thCuse In its tonneau. urg- ing the Myntrose chauffeur to greater speed. sal br Noutrose himself and Robert Clayton.
 The cripple looked ahead Morri- son and Tanner were talking foe fether Neither saw the approaching car But Clayton had seen the boat and Its occupants. He also saw that the ear was thirtv seconds too late. For already the motorhoat was leaN- ing the landing stage and moving downstream
 Cla}ton and Nonrose stared. para ly1cd with fear for au Instant Then Bob gave the chauffeur quick ur- dor and at the same time began to Grope for sometug in the toalbox beneath the autom Juile's rear seat
 Tho chauffeur swiftly turned his ear and sped | along the ril CT bank road toward bridge that spanned the stream a mile below The cripple. at the same time, saw Clayton fish coil of strong light rope out from the toolbay
 Next moment the car was shut off from sight by row oC watereide trees
 The cripple once again looked fur lively at Tanner and Morrison.
 Then stealthily he drew a gold penknife from one ot his ragged pockets. Again making certain that the others were not looking back. he slashed the cords that bound the girls ankles and wrists He also un- tied the gags knot
 Florence. dumbfounded at the &C., ton of the cripple. nevertheless took her cue from hirn She made no move ment and forebode 10 cry out. Yet she looked at her crippled ally in wondering inquisitveness As she looked she saw him glance intently at something far in front, and almost imperceptihly point with one erimv finger
 She followed with her eyes the di- reCtion he indicated At some Iune distance ahead of them she saw the span of bridge. A motor car was just drawing to halt in the center of the span
 A man sprang from the ear and hurriedly accosted two policemen who were crossing the structure just ahead of them.
 She recognized the man. even at that distance as Bob Clayton.
 Clayton now was joined by pr. Montrose, who got out of the car. and by inc cbauffenr In Bob's hands Florence could see inc coil of rope.
 He began 10 knot one end of the coil around his wrist Then he hand ed the rope to the others. explaining rapidly Co them
 After which he swung himself over the bridge parapet. The other low cred him. hand over hand. while with one arm he gripped the taut rope to steady himself
 Florence could endure the suspense no longer. She Ieaped 10 her feet shriekng piercinRly to her father Morrison. whirling about and seeing her standing there unbound. left the wheel and ran back 10 seize her. Tan ner caught hold of the abandoned wheel as Morrison reached the girl
 Just then one of the cripple's crutches somehow got between Morri- sons feet. He staggered. Before ne could recover hts balance Flor enoe struck him in the face with all her wl1y young strength He reeled. wholly lost his waverIng balance and splashed overheard.
 "Here" yelled Tanner to the crip- ple, as he started back toward the stern. Take the wheel, I'll"
 The cripple, who had made as though to obey, lurched against Flor ence, lost his own balance as she repulSed him and fell helpless into the bottom of Inc boat
 At the same instant Florence was caught around the waist by two en- circliug arms The boat was drift ing under the bridge. And she had come within Clayton's reach
 The men above. as they saw Bob catch her, began 10 pull un the rope. Tanner looking upward, saw what had happened
 That evening Harold Stanley called at the Montrose house full of apolo- ges for forgetting his engagement to ride that afternoon with Florence.
 The girl however, had far more im- portant things to tell him. and she