El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-30
4 Real American Lone Story.
By VIRGINIA TERHUNE VAN \
Continued from Mondays He
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r. Xxx.
fof2 He must surely see Arthur's red
I tail light glowing in the darkness. He
must also see by the light Of his own
l lamps that car was directly in front
/ Of his
Again the siren notes sounded and
Arthur swung his car almost out Of
the road to avoid being struck as the
lOther automobile came abreast OF his.
Internal idiot" he exclaimed,
Wrathfully.
His voice was drowned in the roar
Of the car that lurched past, skidded.
almost overturned, and righung itself,
shot away around q curve ahead.
oh" HonOra started as II to seize
his arm, then recollecting herself
refrained. They will have an awful
accident" she gasped.
That was Chambers carr Arthur
exploded. Tom is probably drunk and
Z driving straight TO the devil-or the
hospital Why-whats the natter
For his companion had given vent to
a low moan
''Hurryf' she begged. Hurry around
that bend there I am sure something
! dreadful has happened. There-lOok-"
As they rounded the curve they
saw by the clear moonlight that the
runabout that had passed them at
such a furious rate had plunged head
first, down an embankment at the
side OF the road. Thirty seconds later
the Bruce car had reached the spot
and Arthur spranE out
Quick as he was. Honora was on
! the ground as soon as he, and. to his
iamaze, was holding out her arms to a
Figure that was climbing up from the
shallow ditch.
Mildred Escapes.
'Milyl Millyi" she murmured.
Thank God you are safe!"
At the same moment Tom Chandler
IaT- Hn~ cid -
the automobile.
Lord. that was a close shaver he
declared unsteadily. why, hello, peo-
plei Where did you drop from. Milly.
are you hurt. my dear2"
Mo" Mildred giggled hysteri-
cally. her teeth chattering. "Oh, here
come some people. I wish they
wouldn't
A car full OF men was approaching,
and the driver slowed up as he saw
there had been an accident.
Listen, Millyi" HOnora commanded
quickly. You were not with Tom
Chandler. You drove out here with
Arthur and me-and we stopped to
see II Tom was hurt. UnderstandT %
"Weu-ru be darnedw Tom NUT
tered. You are a cool onei"
she's right" Arthur broke IN in
cisively. Then, more loudly. as the
new arrivals drew up alongside.
Come on. girlsi We may as well get
back into our car. now that we know
that Chandler himself IS all right
Tom, III stop at thelnearest garage
and send a trouble man back for your
machine"
Tom Gets IN Some Sarcasm.
III wait here till he comes" Tom
rejoined. "in spite"-with an unnat-
ural laugh-'of your urgent invita-
ton to me to ride back with you"
Goodnight Tom" Milly called
nfr -
i m sorry that we
But Honora silenced her before she
could finish her sentence
None OF the party spoke again until
after Arthur had stopped at a garage
and ordered a repair man 10 go back
to where Tom waited. Then. as they
drove on. Afilly declared herself
I think it's horrid Of you. Honora,"
she said holly, ito make me 20 off
and leave Tom like this Just because
he had an accident"
Il had to. dear" Honora tried to
soothe the agitated girl When you
are less excited you will see for your
self that 1 am right"
mo. I won'tr Nlilly burst forth.
There was nothing wrong IN ny
driving with Tom-any more than
there is in your being here alone
with Arthur. Accidents might hap
pen to anybody"
She Defends Him.
HOnora. on the back seat with her
sister. replied in a low voice. but Mil
dred retored loudly:
4 don't care II he had been drink
ing II was only two or three high
balls. anyway. He was not a bit
drunk"
The older girl laid a sileneing hand
on her companions arm. BE quiet.
she murmured. with 2 warning ges-
ture toward Arthur. who, during this
conversation, had renamed dumb.
Bruce Cold and Silent.
By the moonlight Honora could see
that his face was white and set, and
when Mildred spoke OF Toms having
had some highballs. he started as II
to say something, then closed his lips
in the thin line that the observer
knew meant a rigid effort at self con-
troll
Mildred. disregarding the warning
gesture, shrugged her shoulders.
Il don't care" she repeated. ''Tom'E
not TO bIamer
Then, her indignation subsidlng
suddenly, she sank back into the cor
ner OF the seat and began to cry
softly.
Once a smothered sob escaped her.
At the sound, Arthur glanced over his
shoulder. then looked straight ahead.
I win get you home as soon as 1
can Mildred" he said gently. Il
know you need rest and quiet"
That was all Not a word OF blame
for her. Honora reflected bitterly. She
wondered what this silent man was
thinking
After a while she tried TO lessen the
strain Of the situation by speaking Of
the beauty OF the night. and by COM
menting on certain landmarks they
passed
But to her efforts at conversation
Arthur replied In polite but frigid
(TO BE Coutinued.)