The Washington times., 1916-11-11

tsnat. unless you're moved 20 commission
settIgs tory and hit upon some means Of
Sssing me out of the scrape. + shsii
days hs Se p fatieS Md for the rsst Of my
something Of the sort. II / have n ram.
nant OF hope left with A woman Low.
uesperately. that would kill N. for nj.
,eady she's put thousands OF miles bs.
ridIcnn,ous for fear Of making herself
Again the screen shook.
a woman you love desperatsiv-
echoed CHRISTOPHER.
va Sne happens to be my wife-or she
!, es once. / want her TO be again; but
!, III, yop don't get me out Of this she never
~, am at loss" began Christopher.
out ms visitor cut him short
and Hn,, walt I'll l tell you the story.
citing; it's only silly; too silly not TO be
true; l bought a Hansard car. second.
named. or an alleged friend, and / was
zoo muGh OF an amateur to dream he
Der on me. once 1 got to know ao,ta-
wasn't satisfied to go about the wr,r,d
VII, Win "a, thing like that: I'd just sold my
cd bsrd yacntEwith which / d work-
years and l wanted a car that was
worth having. So ordered n l0-horsa.
power Ressler. and tried to soil tho
diahnsard. put was so old-fashloned I
SouIuh get payers at any price though
! had her painted up. new gearing pnt
m ana gave her new tires. I got Trad
OF paying garage for a car never used
. auu never meant TO use. so the next
tning 1 tried was to give the car sway
Not soul would have herr Who want:
10 be .saddied with an antediluvian?
grew desperate, and determined "a
apandon the beastly nuisance sornc-
,en,ad Needieham was the place 'Ifse-
ca. l had to pretend that was deilaht-
ed TO get the brute back, I began 10
see mat II wasn't foxy. she would AL
ways be returned on my hands in the
parent sort OF chap-I said to MYSELF
shave on my beard. destroy. thu
NUMBER on the car. with all other nnesn.
OF tracing the owner, and send SO
Iearu 20 'DaVy Jones. locke Ttis
seemed to me a good Joke. and 7 o,,its
looked forward to seeing in the naners
mat q lonely automobile had heen
Iouhd putting out TO sea After had
oIlven on the beach-you know where
as near the water as I could get ar that
state OF the tide. II occurred 10 mo tbst
~ would be awkward walking a long
distance and then travelling by train iS
a motor coat and cap. hid rnine
S wnere l thought they wouldn't be dis
eNered ana make any bother. and went
on as fast as ] could In the night, veg.
ing another sort of cap which 7 fct.Sd
In the overcoat pocket. - SG,~
Naturally never thought tbere.d i,
n neon,d russ. My idea was that a few
DER little. and there might be a nara
Erapn IN local paper. But l forgot the
DAILY Recorder. When the row did he
gin ! determined TO let II burn itself
out Out ior don't want to be conspicuous.
when II was promised. / should have
heen safely out OF England takinSs. "a
tour I'd planned in France AS IL Was'
~, %r 0,so 10 some chaps I'd tried to sell
mem TO Keep mum. They were good fel-
lows, no they did.
thought everyehting was canning
out right TIL last night. when stumbled
YOU as the bloodhound on my tracy
That's why ! whirled away to Dover
and caught the boat across. But this
morning when / learned In the paper
that l hadn't shaken you off. / saw
the.game was up. Now az a fellow mo-
torist, haven't you some sympathy for
pear?'
II might call my dogs off for a BIZ.
said Christopher
r9r Es started: i: why do you .us-
"Bccause-" But the screen did not
give Christopher time TO finish. II felI
with crash. and a beautiful Young
woman ran out from behind Il, -
"Oh, you darling boy, she exclaimed.
III you are going to Canada, take mo
That is the reason why the blue motor
car has been mystery until now: WIN
the editor and the readers of the Daily
Recorder do not now think as highly
Of the detective ability Of Christcptrer
large and magnificent yellow Rcasler
was sold at Dover at a marvellous bar