Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-04-02
plans. That is all. Twill be- down, in
two or three minutes and l wish. to

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plans. That is all. Twill besdown in
two or three minutes and i wish.ttto
start without delay"
Mary departed on her errand and
Ruth went to ssGthe telephone and
called up tho Cameron number,
The sadness Of the answering voice
struck her evet inasher haste. Her
was eager, intimate, as she
hastened to conyeY{.h message.
~ Mrs. Cameron. this is Ruth Mac
donald. Has your; 0 left yet? I was
NAoh! he has Just gomez came a
the end of it.. HE went in some
Sbody's car and they were late COM
1ing.l LIN afraid he Is going to- miss
his train and he hassgot to get it OF
he will bessin TROUBLED That is the
last train that connects with Will
Kath:s heart ieaped s her oppor-
"supposet W. try to catch him
then" proposed Ruth gleefu1ly: My
missed the train perhaps we can car
~ him on To Wilmington. Would
YOU like to tryg" -.
"oh. could We? pvt the voice .throbbel
with eagerness.
Hurry UP then. My car. Is all
minutes. We've no time to waste,
Put on something warmth {
She hung up the receiver. without
waiting for further. reply, and hur-
ried softly out of the room and dowt
the back stairs, - Z
Thomas was we'll trained. Tho cars
uyoPn o1u,o 1y,t IN nv.Io % az r1ac ,,11d
to Ruth's hurry calls. and when she
reached the garage she found the car
standing in the back street waiting
for her. In a. moment more she was
rushing On her way toward the vii.
lage without having aroused the sus
picion of the two men who so inn
patiently awaited her return: Mrs
Cameron was ready, eager as a child
standing on the sidewalk With a great
blanket shawl over her arm and look
ing up the street for her.
1t was not until they had swept
through the village, over the bridge
and were out on the broad highway
toward Chester that Ruth began to
realize what a wild goose chase she
had undertaken. Just where did She
expect to find them, anyway? 1t wat
now three minutes to five by the lit.
tic clock in the car and it was a full
fifteen minutes drive to Chester. The
plan had been to delay him on the
way to the train. and there had been
mention of a short cut Could tina,
down sharply Just beyond Athe stone
quarry? 1t seemed hardly possible
that anybody would attempt to RUN q
car over that road. Surely John
Cameron knew the roads about here
well enough to advise against it. Still
Ruth knew the locality like a book
and that was the only short Gu,
~thereabout. If they had gone dowr
there they might emerge at the other
end just in time to miss the train
and then start on toward Wilmington
longer way if they found the short
road utterly impossible. Which
should she take?f Should she dar.
that rocky way II only there .mighi
be some tracks to guide her. But the
road was hard and dusty and told nc
tales of recent travellers. The,
'sh tmmed down the grade past the
stcHe quarry. and the short cut flash,
ed into view, rough and billy. turn.
ing sharply away behind a group Of
spruce trees. 1t was thick woods ibe.
yond. If she went that way and go,
into any trouble with her machine
the chances were few that anyon.
would come along to help. She had
but a moment to decide, and some.
thing told her that lifelong way wa,
thensafe one and shorter in the end
She swept on, her engine throbbine
with that, pleasant purr of expensive
well-groon1ed machinery. the ca,
leaping forward as if it delighted ir
n high speed. The little woman b,
her side sat breathless and eager
her b shining eyes looking ahead fo O
They passed car after car! and
Ruth scanned the occupants keenly
Some We're filled with soldiers. bul
John Cameron was not among them
She began to be afraid that perhap.
she ought after all to have gone
down that hilly way and made SURF
they were not there. She was no,
quite sure where that short road
=came out. If she knew she might
run up a little way from this fur
ther end. 81" :;
The two women sat almost silent