The Monticellonian., 1919-05-16

couple If h8#-d5re-you E, huf they don't count And if you d0 hate me a iitfle more why So Wueh tha better i When ] thought yon had broken with l WHnhurn l said to HNseit sShe's thg one girl h tH- world for me. I'm 90 ing 10 ask her to marry me But Uas afraid to. for l Has afraid af mar fiaee And then-I- Well. Id better moi 4cs. l Will. said She be- lieHes that men and women are equal and have egual rIehts. and shes go ing to getout and hustle for herself like little man. Maybe she could learn 10 love me well enough te go into partnership of heartS. That's what I said to myself You mustn't think it's because don't want te eleave to ole woman; it,s because l ao But l hate handeuffs. Do you see? And now you know what l WIS dreaming of What de you think of it?g
 The answer to his long oration was complete silence. Duane waited fer his answer. and, not getting it, laughed harshly: Well that's that. The next number on our program will be bal lad entitled I Never Dream but Bump Ny Head Go on. Marry Clay Nimburn on nothing a year and live miserably ever after"
 She said nothing 10 this. either Duane was in wretehed state of baf- flement He put the ear te It's paees and it ripped through space at fifty miles an hour. Daphne had T new terror added to the load of her nerves.
 The car went bounding up a steep incline toward the swerye of a head land cut ill rigid silhouette by the far reaching searehlieht of q CAT ap= proaehing from the other direction. Duane kept well to the outside of the road. but just as he met the other motor and Winced in the dazzle of it's lamps. a third car trying to pass ii on 1 the curve hurtled into the narrow space with q blaze like lightning scar Ing the eyes. There was yelling and hooting of horns and Il sense of dis aster.
 Daphne bent her head and prayed for life, but without faith. Duane half-blinded, swung his front wheels off the road and grazed a wall. The rear wheels were not quick enough. The other car smote them. crumpling the mudguard and slieing off the rear lamp.
 Daphne was thrown this way and 1 that. and it seemed that her spine must have snapped in dozen places When she opened her eyes again the cur was standing still Duane turned to her with terrified questions. and his hands visited her face and her arms and shoulders. He held her hands fast and peered into her eyes while she promised him that she was not dead
 The ear that had hested his did not return but the other did offering help from a safe distance till its identity was established. In the light of its lamp Duane got down and examined | his own car. Besides the damages in the rear 1t had sustained q complete 1 fracture of the front axle. twisted fender. and shattered headlight.
 The driver of the other car came up and joined the coroner'S inquest He stared at Duane. and cried in the tone of an English afisfocsat Cob bless my soul, ain't you Tom Duane?'
 Duane. blinking in the light peered at him and said: "Yop can't see you, but the voice would be Weth- erelrS."
 @Right-o; it's me Oh, pardon me you're not alone. Nobody hurt, I hope and pray"
 No, but we're pretty far from home and country
 T see, Human Pity I couldn't get the number of the swine that hit you ] l rather fancy Fl have to give you q l wEata I MS ont on tanaaroo hunt but that will waft-if you don't mind trusting yourself to bad com lpany.a
 Duane lowered his voice anXiouSly "Is it very hadf"
 Wetherell put the mute on his voice As good as yours, n wager. But lets not go into family history. Come along and we'll take you 10 the next neutral port. That would be"
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 "Oh. yes I fancy those were the Yonkers We came through a few miles b0ek Well. come aloae.@
 Duane HaA eHbafraSSed but he eoald do nothing except take Meth ereH to bls car and introduce him to l Daphne Miss Kin b- said. i've got Go present Mir Welheren. He want. Us to ride With hiH as far as YonkerS. Wen ~ot another car there
 WethcroH came close and said Did he say Mrs Kip. l can't see you but hope you are tHe fascinat- ing Mrs. Kip l met ;tt Newport Have you forgotten me so >oouf"
 T am Mss Kip said Daphne
 "0h. 50 sorry don't mean that, either. Bpt my Mrs. Nip was siren Leila Wis her frSt name. l called her he-leila, you see. And she called me Samson She was a-'
 She is my brothers wife," said Daphne.
 "Qh, you don't tpll me e' WethereH gulped. and his abrupt silence was full of startling implications that alarmed l Daphne ansered Duane. and threw i Wetherell into confusion.
 Duane helped Daphne 10 alight from the dereliet and transferred her to the other car where Wetheren intro l dueed them to I mass of shadow