The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-10-18
Continued From Yr.tcrdayl

NeutHurN ttou At&ttfNtll
IN four minutes BY rAnyaras
vatch the pulse Of the limousine
Man 60 beat upon tho stiffness Of
nat sleepy countryside. A blue
. vhits glare ike naked aud hungry
| seei iespt ouivcrtng past the bend.
swept In wide arc "a the lamps
themselves became visible. and lay
horizontal with tho road a. the car
bored past
Evidently Leon feeh quite lost
| without us.- Lanyard commented.
~Shcot. Juies--follow his rear lamp.
and don't cut cut your muffier. Can
you manage without headlights for
q whIler-
4 drcv~ an ambulance for four
yars. sir
tbs car swung out into the main
highway. Far ahead the red ssr.
tonio eye In the rear OF the limou.
sine icered a. II mocking their hopes
- keeping II In sight Jules. how.
ever. proved unresentfui: and no
vas marvclousiy competent
TO anybody who's ever piicted
Il load OF casualties thru eighteen
inches OF mud. dodging shell holes
and shells on their way to make
new holes. IN q black ralnstorm AZ
mitnight---this sort OF thing" jules
snncunosd--'a hard. smooth road
under clear skyH--ls simple pie
SO II may have seemed TO him.
But 10 Lanyard and Lame Dclorrn-.
hurled along road they could not
zee az anywhere from forty to sixty
miles an hour. with no manner Of
guidance other than an elusive tail.
lamp which was forever whisking
round corners and remaining invis-
ihle I'll Jules found his way round
IN turn. By instinct or second sight
or lntultlon--whatevcr Il was. II
proved unfatllng--it was nervous
time
And thsrs was half an hour Of
They were sweeping down q long
grade with sharp turn at the
bottom. as they knew from the fac,
that the red eye had Just winked
out. somewhere on ahead. there
sounded = grinding crash. the noise
Of stout fabric rent and crushed
with the clash and CHATTER OF shiv
cred glass.
Easy" Lanyard cautioned---snd
ready with the iightsr'
Both warnings were superfiuous.
Jules had already dlsengnged the
gears Gravity carried tho car
round the curve. slowly. smoothly,
s,Ientiy; under constralns OF itr
skes II slid 10 pause on steep
brief descent. and hung there
Il an animal poised to spring. pur.
FIRING softly.
Below. At the foot Of the hill. the
headlights Of another car. standing
~ some distance and to the right
q ths road. furnished Iurid iilumi.
nation to ths theascr Of disaster.
Gomsthfnx. liz nature Just then
uyxterious. had apparently caused
Leen 70 lose control OF the heavy
-. % that n had skidded into .
1I1aA and cApstzed- -Four man.
oEuds shapes Of Nightmare In en-
] vsloping dust-ooAts and dikf1wurtng
i eogEiss. were swzrming round the
wreck Two were helping the driver
out tvo others having their gnl-
lAntzy In psrformins like service
for ne maid rewarded By . torrent
e vstup<rasive denunciatiou. hall
hyse<ricai and wholly Infatuated
BY the freedom of her gestures,
which WAS rfvalled only by that Of
her language. the disheveiled. storm.
ing figure Of Marths was mani.
1osely unin3ursd- And In another
memsnt is was sen. a. Leon found
his feet and limped toward the
others. that he had suffered only
slight damage 1t the worst
Lanyard drew attention TO . dark
ssrpsntins line that iAy IKE . dead
make upon the lighted surface Of
the road Jules grunssd In token
cf comprehension Lame Delorne
breafhiessly demanded: What h
ifY-
IAN old trick. Lanyard explained,
"A wirs cable stretched between
trees diasonaily across the road,
nbout a. high as the middle Of the
Uindshield- The impstus cf the linn.
. cuisine broke H. but not bsfore II
had slowed the car Off toward tbs
ditch. wrenchfng the wheel out OF
ths drivers hands"
He fondied the pistol which Jules
had handed him. slipped tho safety
catch. and said: Now before they
wake up. Jules--eivs her all she's
gotr'
Jules released the brakes and. ar