New Britain herald., 1924-08-07

! A gun, toftiblN tdhFh tNf lNt 6ailnNs and leaves them with the same amount after letting ths air out of their tires, To cap the climax, the Wreck makes the large man In inc ear crank his machine before start ing out,
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 He reached over. threw the switch, and the engine was on with q night sitting elstter The big man stag gersd wesriiy toward the side of the road. His gait was accelerated when 2 mud guard nudsod him roughly as the flivYer sprang into life They heard him shout something: it sound cd like threat. although they could not catch the words. Then the Wreck took solid grip on the wheel and began 70 drive.
 Once Sally looked behind her The headlights of the motioniess car had faded to small points. She glanced at the Wreck. It was not possible to SC. his face clearly, but she could imagine the expression. He would be gritting his teeth and staring tru- eulently at the road, quite in his glory It was five minutes beyore she spoke. and then she cut loose.
 You've done 1t now!" she ex- claimed. You sure have fixed the pair of us this time. Have you gone stark mad?"
 Don't argue" advised the Wreck.
 Don't you know what you've done? Don't you realize anything? To you think you can get away with thing like that, Why, you've com mitted q crime. And if they catch us-''
 She left the sentence unfinished, for it was leading to things too awful for contemplation.
 Who in blazes is going to catch us?" he demanded ."They won't It'll take them half an hour to blow up those tires, and they'll burn pretty nearly a gallon of gas doing it. Thatll leave them about four gallons, and after fifteen miles or so they'll go dead, like we were. Don't you worry about getting caught"
 Sally shook her head in despair.
 Why, we'll be caught before day lightl"
 Bet you five dollars"
 Tomorrow, anyway" she went on, ignoring his challenge And they'll have q perfectly good case against us. You held them up with gun my gun
  They had it coming to them. They ought to have been shot full of bull ets," said the Wreck, fiercely.
 Sally was angry, but of course he .ould not see that She sat with her ists clenched and her lips set tight.
 The flivver went on steadily through :heapight
 CHAPTER VI.
 An Act of Providence
 It was after sun-up when he aroused her by touch on the arm. sally's eyes blinked rapidly as she strengthened in the seat The flivver was moving along at slow pace, in sleeping passenger.
 Morning." said the Wreck. Sorry to wake you, but wanted ,our expert opinion"
 Morning." yawned Sally; then shook herself into full wakefulness md inspected him. Have you been irving all night?'
 If he had, she was prepared to ac- a tremendous respect for oi ie ,A, Is R,,;, my signals of weariness. But he shook his head with grin.
 q stopped for a while, after you got asleep. I didn't need any sleep; just cool out. There wasn't any hurry anyhow"
 "Nobody--passed us?" She asked l t anxiously
 The Wreck shook his head and aughed. He was in fine spirits for ] man with guilt on his soul.
 What I wanted to ask you about | vas this wire fence" he said. We've been following it for a couple of niles. Whats it mean?"
 Sally inspected the fence, which | the line of the road.
 "1t's somebody's wire, of course" he answered. Tt means there must | ,e a ranch around somewhere
 DO they have breakfast at | 
 They better hadu'
 My idea, too," he said. Where bouts would this ranch lie, reckon ng without the aid of any moun- aims or other visible lahdmarks?"
 That brought a smile to her face. Plainly, the Wreck was in excellent ettle this morning. He was disposed 0 be almost playful.
 "I'd say it's on the same side of he road as the fence" replied Sally And if we haven't passed any gate ct. we'd better keep on until we hit ne There's sure to be one"
 He nodded and continued to drive, 'hile Sally studied the country It 1as not mountainous, but decidedly lilly. and she knew at a glance that must lie at 3 considerable distance rom the Bar-M.
 Presently her thoughts returned to he big car and it's passengers, and he caught herself looking backward yer the rolling road, wondering what ad become of them.
 Heres 2 gate" said the Wreck. There was more than a gate. There 'ss plain road, running under it nd off into the hills beyond. With ut waiting for consultation, he inbed down opened the gate then