New Britain herald., 1922-09-14
The Way Madge Avoided Obe ing
 Allen Drake's Command.

wasted no time on questions, out rushed out of the room and the house at Lillian's behest.
 Forgetting ai! my usual terror of the big ,arn, r,tch black inside. climbed into nlclsvs car-the opera ;isq who went for pr. Petit had taken mH ma CT one, l found ~-ani was back in lalt of the house q gain with but the io.s Of minus or two ] left the engine ranning, and coming through the hall. snatched fr,m The ha.i elogLt a warm motor coat and close-hitlpg hat, and put them on as ] made my way back to the ihrarY I.ilian looked at me with approval as I entered, fully clad for the jour- ney
 Nifty footwork," she commented and I flushed with pleasure at the characteristic conlmendation. I opened the desk took out my purse, looked inside to be sure that money and auto license were there, and turned to Lillian, who was speaking rapidly, crsply:
 There isn't drug store open in the county at this hour. of course, she said, And Smith says it's doubt ful if they have it. anyway I'm in- c!ined to believe him. so that leaves just one place-the hospital. Better rout Briggs out and telephone from there. If they're not tied up at the hospital perhaps they'll send some body out to meet you with it. If they can't. youll have to go all the way Good hunting .'
 Her lips compressed tightly though her eyes smiled at me and I knew that she keenly regretted the necessity for sending me out on the lonely ride at that hour of the night. But she did me the justice to know that would have resented any open ex- pression of sympathy. and I went away more heartened with her sim pie phrase than I would have been with whole paragraph of nervous solicitude.
 You're Not Needed Here"
 AS I climbed into the car a window above me opened-I identified it as one from my fathers roon-and AL len Drake's voice spoke authoritative ly:
 Where are you going?"
 It was one thing to bow to Li- Hans authority, 1t was another to ac- cept meekly the dictatorial attitude of this man who alternately fascin- ated and repelled me. My answer was curt:
 ITO the hospital"
 "Why?''
 TO get the antidote for the poi son. .t..
 So she managed it,'' he said in a tone which registered disappointment, and l knew that he savagely re- gretted the lost chance to punish Smith with a dose of what Tom Ches- ter had suffered. His next words alarmed me.
 You're not going alone at this hour I'll send Munson No, wait I'll go with you myself I'm not need ed here for a little while.
 You're not needed here, either I said audaciously, as he lowered the window. He threw it up again in- stantly.
 What did you say?' he demanded repeated the words, and knew by tiAS %iioiiSN III lIiS LoiiC lildL l Ildu ol- tended him mortally.
 Lonely Drive
 You are not good judge of that" he said icily, and I insist upon com- ing with you
 You'll have to run fairly fast then" I retorted, as I threw in the clutch and sent the car purring along the driveway.
 The window slammed down vici- ously, and laughed lightly to myself at the sheer joy of outwitting the eelf-satisfed MT. Drake.
 But before I had gone many rods the arkness-unusually dense, with every tree and bush a menacing to press down upon me, and to my own chagrined aston ishment l found myself regretting that I had not accepted MT. Drakes offer. r
 It was too late to turn back, how ever, and as I went along the road my lamps picked out at lively clip. When I turned into the Briggs drive way it was with a feeling that for few minutes at least I had temper ary haven
 I sounded my horn, and soon MT. 7 -=-==