The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-08-08

can I kft ans AAlAAh W NNiA Wv
holat. was 90 busy Watching tho
TRAN that ! didn't notice our bear
mss. n was stupid u me, yfli.
it's done
lie nodded. then glanced ahead az
tho disappearing trail
III horse can do it," lie Was
thinking ~ the sheriff
~Oh. no. said sally, emphutlcally.
and shook her head. IT'S useless 20
think 81 Il, Why. there are some
places h Just goes along the edge.
not more than three feet vide. =
lie was reluctant 10 abandon the
idea and siill stared az the TRAN with
an appraisinE csc.
wen have 20 60 hack" explained
sally. TO the place whore the road
turns OF. We passed a.
Il didn't see A." no remarked.
ibid YOU
certainly not II had ia have
spoken about a. Hut it's there. Of
course. Don't you remember that wo
spoke about a road turning OF. last
ulghtg Thrls what We had 20 watch
FOR. It's ntt much Of a road. ina
CINE. but a car came thru last
/ spring
How FAR back is it, no do
mhnded,
sally could not even guess.
1T can't be far" she said,
The Wreck stood for a moment IN
| gloomy contemplation.
IT upsota my nerves 20 turn
hack" no announced. Il set jumpy
and shaky. II irritates me. But
oh. blazcsr'
lie reached for tho crank and
yanked Il viciously. sally dismountcd
and stood brrathlsss while he made
a turn. lie managed Il ultimately
after a furious charge into a elump
Of sapllngs. which fiattened under
the attack like wire entanglements
before a tank.
Get In" ne commanded.
They we're or on the back trail,
lleapluE and cnreenlng. For 10 tenn
postuous minutes they Travelled tbs
down grade. with Black Top eaStins
a long shadow before them.
Keep your eyes peeled for that
trun.off. ndmonishcd the Wreck. a.
they plunged Keeling into a li,ii'
green coul.. thru which a tins
stream trieklsd.
TITS queer about that road. bu,
can't seem 70 find T." sally con
fessed after a while
sally glanced at tho watch strap
ped 10 her wrist and caught he'
breath
"pou you know that rs after ala
O'Clock 2" she cried.
flo bent over 10 examine th'
watch. then produced his own. which
he wore In a pocket.
'-ren after six." he confirmed. y
think were both n few minute'
fast"
and do you know we're supposed
TO catch that train AZ severn"
saly's voice had a note Of eonsicr
nation
Don't get fused" no advised
wen make H."
Ito was plunging forward again
but she checked him with visor
Gus grip on his arm.
Were headed in exactly tn
wrong direction. we'rs going south
and wa ought TO be going north"
well. we've got 10 go south unit
wc get out Of this what.youmeycall
Il !" rc,ortcd the Wreck. II can't turn
around here"
''But--but'
sally was thinking about the cast
bound express. She did not know
but she had a feeling that the raj
road was atill very far away. Tho
had been on tho read since noon
and sha could not for her life icl
how many miles they had wasted
but probably most Of them.
"Bat whatT asked the Wreck, I'm
patiently.
wen just never mako tina
train"
"why not? who says sol Certainly
we viii. II there's railroad thor
with n train ON Il. veil make II
Just as soon MS we get TO THIS roa'
you spoke about"
but where Is the roadf"
The Wreck removed his hand
from the wheel. folded them In hi
lap and looked at her.
You said II was over this way
didn't your
'1'm--I'm not sure. I said Il wa
in n certain direction from n csr,aii
place. But I don't believe we've bee
going In that direction. At least, nc
all the time.
We've been going IA nearly 3
one direction MS we could he sait
coldly. Don't blame mo II Tn
country is hodge.podge.
'rm not blaming YOU"
Look here. have you got the ide
In your head that I'm lost7" no d,
mandcd
"Please go ahead. It's getting late
4 and later"
because IL you have" added th
Wreck. "I'Tl remind you that drov
all tho way from Pittsburg withou
getting lost And II you think 70
can lose mo in little twoby.nothin
prairie. you'll have to guess som
more"
"Oh. drive onf' exclaimed sally.
lie did drive on. oxpcrtly and II
riously. She cnst Il hopeless glnnc
al the low ridges that seemed
have sprung up on all sides, an
n frowned anxiously Perhaps III
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