The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-10-15
CHAPTER Xxx

CHAPTER Xxx
Hone sat in the cramped dark space
beside the sleeper. her chin on her
drawn-up knees. her hands clasped
about them, listening to his slow,
regular breathing.
She drew out the watch and
glanced at its luminous dial. Only
ten minutes after IL.
She resumed her musings Just
when she became conscious of the
approach of a motor she could not
tell.
She debated a moment whether to
wake Kelsey but deciding to make
sure first that an actual danger
threatened them. she softly pushed
back the panel and slipped out into
the room and over to the window.
The car a speedy roadster con-
tanning two men, whirled in at the
gate and up the weed grown drive,
and stopped with a grinding of the
brakes almost directly beneath her.
Out from the shadow of the porch
came a man and walked toward 1t.
Kelsey'S prudence in not leaving
their retreat too soon was justified.
The searchers had left some one on
guard The driver Of the car jumped
out to meet him; and as they moved
forward into the glare Of the head
lamps. Hope shrank back trembling
The figure in the long, light motor
coat was Bristow.
Never taking her eyes off them,
and with infinite pains. Hope un-
latched the window and raised the
lower sash a fraction. BY a miracle
it lifted easily, and without a squeak.
Kneeling on the floor, she laid her
ear close to the sill. The voices tioated
up to her distinctly.
mo doubt about their having given
you boneheads the Slip" Bristow was
saying. He did not raise his voice
nor storm. but the man cringei at
his tone. You're sure, they didn't
get into the house?"
ct don't see how they could have
We went over 1t with a fine.tooth
comb"
"Then it's no use spending further
time here. You say the others have
been down in the woods for an hour?
That ought to be long enough to
look under every bush and behind
every stump. Call them in"
The man drew a whistle from his
pocket and blew piercingly en- it.
Bristow was tramping up and down
the drive below. She saw him step
short and turn his head toward the
road in the direction opposite to that
which he himself had come She
caught at the same time the thrum-
ming of another motor.
Who's that?" Bristow exclaimed
He had not long to wait for his
answer. The car. q physicians run
about. turned in at the gate and drove
stepped toward Bristow.
"Ah, DR.. Creamer; you?" Bristow
reverted to his more suave and cour-
teous manner, although there was in
terrogation in his tone.
81 see you got ahead OF me-" said
the other. WAS it a serious injury?'
INJURY" Bristow stared at him
II don't know what you're talking
about. I'm out after two runaway
patients"
SOP" Creamer clicked his tongue
commiseratingly. But 1 got a call
to come out here to an automobile a :
'cident. 1 was away from my office at
the time" His voice like himseI. was
rather mild and vague.
"Oh. see." Bristow nodded.
THAT must have been r.y two pa
tients. They took my n and made
kindhng-wood of 1t j,.eE the other side
of the hedge there. But" abruptly,
who gave you word of this accident,
Doctor?"
well, that was the funny part of
! it," Creamar began In his slow way.
Il was on, on a call, and when 1
got bach Ivy wife told me that Tom
Simonds he garage man, had been
trying o get me. I called Tom up,
and he ssid that about 10 o'clock some
fellow On a motorcycle had come
dsshing up to his place and wanted to
know how to get to the nearest doc
tor, saying there had been terrible
accident out this way-car overturned
with a man and a women in it, the
woman apparently not hurt but the
man either dead or dying"
Did Simonds know this man on the
motorcycle?" Bristow interjected.
That's the joke I was just COM
ing to- Tom, it seems, had been
talking over the wire to his brother
Ben not two minutes before. You
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