The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-11-13

0ssstsss6 from Yesterday.
- eurisd up In the folds Of her
big coat and closed her eyes. allow
ing hsr BODY to sway drowsily to
ne motion of the wagon
But mentally she was ksenly alert
and when. from beneath her lowered
uds she saw the wagon turn
sharply into . road jutting on from
the left. she said A. matter-of-fact-
u a. she could.
I'm going to trouble you TO let
me OF here. can walk the rest
Of the way quite easily and won't
have to impose further on your time
and generosity. Stop . moment.
please. can get down without
troubling you"
The hell you canF' muttered the
man and brought his whip down
across his ponys flank The AMI
nal started up tho road At q smart
clip.
Diana gave one sidelong look at
the mans FACET seemed very evil
In the half light of morning.
Then she looked At the deep sand
Of the roadbed, breathed q prayer
that II would be soft, closed her
eyes and Jumped
CHAPTER XXXvu
4 Freak Of Menery.
when Diana opened her eyes she
found herself In . semi-darkened
. room
A narrow slit Of sunlight showed
beneath the drawn blind Of an open
window. She was conscious of the
drowzy buzz Of flies against the
scream, and . BIT Of breeze. laden
with fragrance. stole In and brushed
her face with caressing fingers.
Without any sense Of surprise or
bSw1ldsrment her eyes travelled
afeuad the room Il was low-ceil-
fnged and the walls were immacu-
lately white. even IN the gloom
She lay upon . narrow white iron
bed There was q white bureau op-
posits and . washstand across the
corner bearing . China bowl and
pitcher.
Diana turned her head to look
into the opposite corner and was
conscious of q sharp stab Of pain.
She raised her hand to her head and
encountered . bandage-
For the first time It occurred to
her to wonder how she came to be
there
Gradually events began to flow
back to her mind. She recalled
Lynn Johnston and their missing
the limited. She remembered Do
minGuez and the adventurous even
ing at his hacienda. her escape. the
encounter with the terrifying
stranger, and finally her desperate
leap from the moving wagon
Il must have landed on my head"
she thought Il wonder IL the rest
Of me got broken up too"
She moved her arms and legs ex-
perimentally and discovered them
70 be sound. Her fingers, exploring
the bandage on her head, discovered
that Il concealed all Of her fore
head. II came well down over one
ear.
~ must be q sight" she told her
calf with q little grimace Of disgust.
.T'1l wager Dominguez wouldn't
give me q second glance now. And
a. for the other one
A sudden terrifying thought took
possession Of her.
n her fall from the wagon had
rendered her unconscious. II was
undoubtedly the obnoxious stranger
who had picked her up and this was
evidently the shack that he had
.poken Of bringing her TO.
Under the lash of this discovery.
she sat up hastily In bed.
A singing pain In her head ana
immediate dizziness caused her to
sink back again quickly.
lust then the door opened and a
ttndIv faced woman with gray hair
entered. She bore a little tray. on
which was q steaming bowl. One
Glance at Diana and she came
quickly over to the bed, look OF
concern on her face
I do believe the child Is con-
scious-"
Filling Memory's Gap.
She set down the tray and bent