Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-10-13
MY
X1 PROBLEMS
Adele Garrison's
New Phase off,.
EVELATION
OF WIFE
THE REASON TOM CHESTER HAD
TO GIVE UP THE TASK

Lillian's scheme worked perfectly.
But a few yards the other side of the
entrance to the wood road, where we
were sure the strange limousine was
concealed, was a glade-like opening in
to the woods, not ambitious enough to
be called a road, but wide enough just
beyond it's curvnig entrance to conceal
a car.
Dicky and / had parked our car
there out of sight of the road many
times when we wished to take a tramp
through our favorite wooded hills a
little distance away, and / knew just
the turn to make to land the car safely
out of sight. With q wide flung hand
to signal my father behind us, l turned
the car into the glade, hearing the pre-
arranged steady footing of the horn of
my fathers car as l shut off the igni-
ton and the car slid gently to a stand
still.
For several minutes after the noise
of the engines and the horn had died
away we sat breathlessly waiting for
any Indication from the road behind us
that the occupants of the limousine
concealed in the wood road had sus-
pected our ruse.
Then as no sounds but those COM
mon to the woods at night reached our
ears, Tom Chester descended slowly
and with evident pain from the seat
beside me to the road below, and
opened the tonneau door with the evil
dent intention of taking out his bicycle,
which DR.. Petit and my father had
loaded into the car before starting.
l scrambled down quickly beside him,
and in spite of his fiercely-whispered
protests, managed to take upon myself
the greater part of the lifting Of the
bicycle to the ground. / saw the in
trepid young chap stagger as he put his
hand upon the bicycle ready TO mount
it, and | moved toward him quickly and
put a restraining hand upon his arm.
you cannot" began, but he shook
off my hand, not angrily, but as if he
were carried out of himself by the in
domitable will which was flashing his
body to action.
Yes l can" he whispered hoarsely,
and with an effort which / could see
taxed every ounce of his strength he
mounted the wheel, made a few zig
tagging strokes toward the road and
fell, heavily, with his bicycle covering
him.
"I-Must-Go"
| ran frantically toward him, and
found, as l had feared, that he was
unconscious. My flashlight showed
that one leg was doubled under him,
and something about the posture made
me afraid that it was broken. When l
had lifted the bicycle from him, and
attempted to straighten his body, my
fears were realized for he gave a quick,
sharp moan
My Leg" he groaned. then as he
returned TO full consciousness, he rose
on one elbow, his face contorted with
pain. and then fell back against me
powerless to move. / lowered him
gently to the ground. "a to the car,
got the robe and the seat cushions,
dragged them back beside, him, and
improvised a couch. Then / bent over
the half-conscious boy and spoke softly
but distinctly.
II must get you on these cushions
before / leave you" | said distinctly.
TRY to help me all you al so that |
will not hart your leg more than
necessary"
"I-must-go,'' was all the answer
| could get from him. SO setting my
teeth, | took him by the shoulders and
managed to get him over on the a
cushions. / think he tainted when l
had to disturb his doubled-up leg, but
by the time l had him safely on the
cushions with the robe covering him
he had rallied to consciousness again,