The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-20

couldt' not be termed mountains
but that, nevertheless, were some
hundreds Of feet. high, surround
ed the Walbrough hill. A hun
dred yards from the front veran.
da, At the foot of a steep slope,
wasi5a good sized pond. Across
this the toboggan course ended.
And. because the wind had pre-.
vented the snow from piling too
deeply, the toboggan. after a few
trials slid smoothly, and at a
great pace, clear across the pond.
It was dusk before they were
too Tired to continue Breath
!, lessly, Mrs. Walbrough aT1noun-
ced that she would give a house
party AS She paused. It
was the first reference to the
cause Of their being there that
had passed the lips Of either to-
aay.-.,. Both had tacitly agreed
not To talk about It,
Lets hope it won't be long,"
9aid Clancy. ITO drag you away
frofff the city
"Tush. tush. my child" said
1frsso Walbrough.
Clancy flushed.
Itswas at their early dinner
that the telephone-bell rang
Clancy answered 1t. It was Van.
aerwent. He was brisk to the
point Of terseness.
Got to see you. Want to ask
Q few questfonss I'll take the
oight.twenty. Ask Mrs. Wal.
brough IL she can put me up?"
:. Mrs. Walbrough, smiling,
agreed that she could. Clancy
told :yandervent so. He thanked
her. His voice lost its briskness.
"Ara you-eh-e enjoying your
Clancy demurely replied that
she was. 81 wish you had time
Cor some tobogganing." she ven.
tured.
do you, realy?" Vanderyent
was eager. '.I'll make time-I
I'm see you tonight, Miss
Deane.''
Clancy smiled with happy con-
fidence at the things that VaAedr-
vent had not said. She played
double solitaire with her hostess
until eleven o'clock. Then Mrs.
Hebron entered with the infor-
melton that her husband had
developed a sudden chest-cold.
accompanied by fever, and that
she really dreaded letting him
meet the train.
Clancy leaped to the occasion.
Che pooh.poohed Mre. Wal
brough's protests. AS If, even in
these motorful days, a Zenith
girl couldn't hitch an old nag
to a sleigh and drive a few rods.
And she wouldn't permit Mrs.
walbrough to accompany her,
either. Alone save for a brilliant
moonj1 a most benignant moon,
she drove down the hill and
over the snow-piIed road to the
HinsaAIe station.
twas q dreamy ride; she
was going to meet a man whose
voice trembled as he spoke to her,
q man who was doing all in his
power to save her from dangers,
q man who was a Vandervent,
one Of the great parts of Amer
lea. -7Yet it was a man, rather
than as a Vandervent, that
she thought Of him.
So. engrossed with thoughts
Of him, thoughts that submerged
the memory Of yesterdays paper,
that made her forget that she
had C.seen no paper today,
she gave the old horse his head.
and ret him choose his own path.
Had she been alert, she would
havecseen the men step out from
the roadside, would have been
able to whip up her horse and
escape their clutch. AS it was,
one of them seized the bride.
The other advanced to her side.
$50 you've followed me up
here he said. Spying on me,
chr"
The moonlight fell upon the
face of the man who held the
horses head. 1t was Garland.
The man who spoke to her was
Donald Carey. She had not
known before that Hinsdale was
In Duchess county, -.
Clancy was afraid-Iike every.
one else-of the forces Of law and
order. She was afraid of that
menacing thing which we call
society" To feel that society
has turned against one, and is
hunting one down-that is the
most, terrible fear Of all. Clancy
had undergone that fear during
the past week. Panic had time
and again assailed her.
1.-THE panic that gripped her
Aow was different. It was the
Scar of bodily. injury. And. be