Evening star., 1922-11-26

,.,,irp so fast. she wondered if it
could possibly make the turn at the
foo, Of the hill into the Mill road ii
was coming faster and raster.
would never make the turn IL
didn't.
JARY ELIZABETH could not see
nj lust what happened. But she
heard the smash when the car
went through the fence almost at her
feet. down the hill: and theh the
lights went out: and the motor must
,.,-s stonned. too. because she heard
no sound.
Mary Elizabeth ran toward the car'
Che ran so fast that she was out OF
breath when she was halfway there.
She had to slow down bit. AND theh
she realized that she couldn't DC
caught out this time OF night ana
almost stopped. Her father ana
mother would hear Of it. And theh
! Mary Elizabeth ran on toward the
car. because if anybody was hurt she
nust help. even if her father and
mother did find out.
She could see the cara big niach
shape in the 'moonlight-when she
stopped again. A woman IN a whlte
dress was standing beside the car.
Mary Elizabeth saw the woman benz
over, as if to pick up something anu
then the woman ran-ran up the Mhi
, road and disappeared.
Mary Elizabeth walked slowly To-
| ward the car. Nobody used the Mill
road much after midnight, and be-
sides, the car had run so lar lhside
the fence that no one driving up the
Mill road was likely to see 1t until
daylight came.
The car was turned over on its side.
One front wheel was torn OH. Inc
top was smashed. 1t was pretty
thoroughly wrecked.
Mary Elizabeth turned to so-there
was nothing for her to do. and then
she saw the man. He was lying fuii
length on his face, with one arm
twisted under him.
Mary Elizabeth's small nostrils
auivered with the age-old animal fear
of death. She couldn't go over there
and find out if his heart was stlli
beating. But she must. She couldn't
/ Just leave him there.
Mary Elizabeth walked over and
knelt down. She picked up his wrist
and felt for his pulse. And then she
saw that the blood was running down
his sleeve. She pulled his coat OF.
| The blood spouted. He had Dig
4, cash in his arm. He would bleed
| to death in a few minutes.
For moment Mary Elizabeth
thought hard. Then she tore a great
strip of her petticoat and twisted
it into a rope and tied it around his
arm. Just below the shoulder, knot
ted it fast, and looked round for
something's stick, anything-she
could use to finish the tourniquet.
She found a piece of the steering
| wheel, a curved piece of the rim. She
put the pieca under the armlet she
had made and twisted 1t, twisted 1t
! hard, until the blood stopped spout
/ ing and only welled a little from the
| wound.
| She stood up. the next thing was
help. Where should she go? She
| would have to run clear home to get
a telephone.
/ Mary Elizabeth ran almost all the
! way home before she thought. She
could take him to a hospital! That
| would be quicker. She could take
him in her roadster. If she could
get away without making any
She climbed the Parmenters' wall
and ran across the lawn to the garage
and opened the door. Her fathers g
and mothers room was on the other
! side of the house. But the engine
would wake them. For q moment she
| hesitated. The car faced the drive.
1t was downhill-just a little. but
enough. She took hold of the steer
| ing wheel and the side of the car and
pushed. For moment she thought
she couldn't move it. But she could.
And once started. it was easy. She
pushed the little roadster all the way
down the drive and into the road.
Once in the road. 1t ran so fast she
had to grab the mandrake to stop
II She let the car go down the hill