Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1921-11-11
A Dangerous
Filtration
By MARVIN BROWN.

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Of her room. Then she smiled at the~
remembrances of the evening. MT.
Ferris was evidently in love with her,
and, while she could not honOrably
have encouraged MIN, she could not
avoid a certain feeling of citation.
Her father, a Woodworking city
clerk, had sent her to this expensive
mountain hotel In order to accelerate
her recovery from an illness brought
on by long confinement in a stuffy Of
fee. Lily was engaged to John Shaw,
the curate of her home town.
She had spent the whole evening
with Ferris, and had half promised to
go driving with him on the morrow.
She went to bed happy, and arose
next morning with the same of
elation. 1t was said that Ferris was
rich.
She frowned when she saw a letter
from John beside her plate. She read
1t with a contraction Of her pretty
brows. John breathed devotion in ev-
cry syllable, and he was coming to
Lakeview lodge that very day, to
spend the weekend with her. In that
case there would be NO drive with
Philip Ferris.
bad news, Miss Price?' asked Fer
ris, a few minutes later, coming up to
her as she sat on the veranda. Il
saw you looking unhappy over a letter
and 1 hoped 1t was nothing unpleas-
ant"
ooh, no." said Lily with a sigh, put
ting away the letter In her bag.
"Then how about our driver vol
unteered Ferris. "Have you ever been
round Blue mountain
"Tm afraid 1 can't go, Mr.. Ferris"
said Lily. I'm expecting a friend
I mean my" She broke off in con-
fusion.
Ferris smiled understandingly. He
had no desire of marrying her; 1t was
only a weekend Irritation.
ut will be a tragedy to me, If you
won't come" he, said, pressing her
hand ever so gently. "You have made
me MORALLY Jealous Of your friend"
ooh, he's so SLOW" Lily burst out
RCLQlulllly. OAO 0pldhS " hCA -
'Pll come" she said, and ran into the
house.
John Shaw was due to arrive at
four. He would arrive to discover that
Lily was away. Well, she did not
care. 1t should be a lesson to him.
At three o'clock promptly she en-
tered the carriage. The drive was
splendid. AS they assembled the noun
tain road Ferris leaned toward her.
I'm MORALLY jealous of that sweet
heart of yours" he said. "Who is
hep
He's a clergyman" answered Lily.
Ferris burst into a oar of laughter.
ga clergyman. Ho, hO!" he roared.
"Then there wouldn't be any harm in
this p
He drew her to him and kissed her.
1t was not the first time that the girl
had been kissed, even excepting John,
but there was something in the young
mans demeanor that scared her.
"Please don't" she begged, as he
showed every sign of repeating the
act. ''That isn't honorable"
"Why isn't it h~onorable?" asked Fer
ris, letting the horse gallop on with
loose reins.
'Why isn't it h~onorable?" demand
ed Ferris again, and suddenly caught
her in his arms. "a clergyman isn't
a man he's a sort of mongrel."
Lily screamed-she was really
afraid of her companion now. Ferris
had released the reins entirely, and
the horse, startled by the sudden
sound, kicked up its heels and darted
wildly down the mountain road.
Hold him !" cried the girl, and then,
to her amazement, she saw that Fer
ris was clinging, panic-stricken, to the
side of the carriage. His face was
white as chalk and his hands too
nerveless to grasp the reins.
The animal was pulled back upon
it's launches. John Shaw stood in the
way. He was clinging with n
strong hand to the horses bride,
while with the other he patted the
Frightened creatures neck. When at
last 1t stood, quivering with fright,
SndW turned 10 Lily.
II didn't know 1t was you" he said.
and his face was as white as Ferris,
'If 1 had known 1 might have lost my
presence of mind. l was walking up
from the station and ] heard somebody
scream.
He lifted her from her seat and set
her down. =
Ferris descended from the vehicle
and came toward her, wearing a fool
ish smile.
"Th-that was a n-near scrape, wasn't
it?" he stammered.
81 won't detain you now" said John.
rather coldly, lifting his hat. "Per-
haps, though, your friend would like
me to take the carriage back to the
stables