Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1920-10-01

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Cautiously Began to Lower Himself.
self out over the window sashes. peered
down to make certain that the window
below was unlighted, and cautiously
began to lower himself from the SILL
When he put his weight on the sheet
line ii stretched with the tightening
of the knots, but held. He slowly let
himself down, hand under hand. Be
fore he came to the lower end, his
stockinged feet touched the ground.
He turned out toward the vague
blot under the overshadowing tree.
The outlines of coupe became dimly
visible, then the white form of an out
peering face.
"All aboard" he whispered, slipping
into the seat beside the excited girl.
The coupe glided out of the gutter
and started up the street at quickly
accelerated speed. AS they swept
across the lighted intersection Clin-
ton crouched forward with his hands
on his knees. Amy did not observe
the embarrassed movement. She was
peering ahead into the darkness be-
yond the intersection. She ran the
next block, swerved around the cor
ner, and turned on the coupe lights.
You're q little TRIUMPH" he ex-
claimed.
That's nice Of you, you poor dear
boy Isn't ii fun? Isn't 1t romantic?
| was shivering with fear that they
might pop out and Lean back till
we pass the crossing"
Involuntarily he obeyed. She glanced
at him to make sure, and perceived his
costume.
"Oh" she gasped- "Ohl Didn't
you have time? Where's are your
trOusersT
"I-no-that-" he stammered-
that COMPOUNDED attendant stole
them"
"StoleT
Claimed the rules required him to
take my clothes to be pressed"
$50 that was 1t! That must be one
way they keep patients from running
off. But 1t didn't stop you, you brave
boy"
Amy burst into gurgle of irrepres-
slble mirth.
"See here" he admonished. "Even
II am"
Indeed no, not even II you are my
brother. l mustn't see. lists real
ly too sh-shocking" This time she
startled the silence of midnight with
burst of ringing laughter.
Miss Lowrie!" he reproved In q
tone that left no doubt as to his ruff
fed dignity.
Though bubbling with repressed
merriment, the girl had paid close at
tention to the driving of the coupe.
She kept to the smoothest of the more
secluded streets, and slackened speed
while passing through. the radius of
light at the intersections, that the
coupe might not attract the unwel-
come observation of q chance police
man. But between intersections she
threw on the high gear.
1--WE must get home before they
VI yOuA NoNupC, ShC
when Clinton suggested more mod
crate speed. "They may telephone
about 1t, and If they should find / am
not at home-don't you see?-that
would let the cat out of the bag. They
would come for you at once"
you've ventured to do all this abso-
lutely aloneT
"Of course. Keep quiet. Here's our
block. S-s-shl Keep still now. No
one must see us go in"
She turned off the coupe lights and
drove slowly toward the other end Of
the long block. The light from the
nearest intersection was just sufficient
to show her clear young eyes where to
turn into the yard. Under the pergola
the darkness was so dense that she
entered II at snail's pace, one hand
on the steering lever and the other
thrust out of the side window to touch
the grape leaves with the tips of her
fingers.
'"rhe porte-cochere door is un-
locked" she whispered. "Slip out
now, and creep up to your room. I'm
afraid to stop"
IF you insist" he acqulesced.
CTO~BE CONTINUED)