Smyrna times., 1925-07-15
Wild West
7 actics
By BAYARD D. YORK

Hazel Gledhill telt as Sne Sllppeu
through the revolving doors at 1898.
The words of the personal"
column glimmered before her
WATCH: If the person on the
Seyms street trolley who found
watch in her pocket will be at
the post office at eleven Sunday
morning, she will learn some
thing to her advantage.
She had come, driven by longing
and loneliness. At last, after sixteen
months of mOnOtOny in the city,
something was going to happen-or
at least, so she hoped.
She had scarcely moved to the
window which commanded a view Of |
the Hopkins street entrance when
large gray car stopped at the curb
Blue-coated men began to leap from
its interior.
As stenographer for Peck Broth
ers, attorneys, she knew that the law
looks with a stern eye upon the pos
SCISSOR of stolen goods.
A hand touched her shoulder
Come with me-" said voice.
There's not a second to lose"
1.-The police" he murmured. MY
car-this way-hustlew
In another second, as 1t seemed,
she found herself in a little blue
roadster, whirring along the street at
! a speed which defied all laws OF
traffic or safety. And some distance
behind came the big gray car with
its load of policemen
She glanced at the young man as
he bent grimly over the wheel. She
realized that he was a thief, fleeing
madly from the officers Of the law.
She realized that she wanted him to
win the race.
She looked back and tears came
into her eyes. The flight was such
hopeless one The gray car was
gaining rapidly.
The next moment he had turned
his car from the road, and brought it
to a stop in a pine grove.
The gray car whizzed by; the
young man backed out upon the road
again-and began doubling back over
his own tracks.
4uNACs AlC lAAullNANhs " a. ~
forty miles away before they catch
our trail again!"
1t presently became evident to
Hazel that he was taking a very
peculiar course back. Just as she
was about to protest, the car came
up over the crest Of a hill-and there
before them, blue and sparkling in
tho cttVpe ehfuo low 10 OpaaOf
Barton Beach," the young man ex-
; plaind.
81 will, thank you." she said
, primly; "tO take me to the city at
once Why-I don't even know your
name-or you mine"
, 81 do know yours" he admitted
But you don't understand all Of this
/, do your"
II think do" she responded
you were concerned In the robbery
at Lorton's jewelry store. On the
trolley you slipped the watch into my
pocket because you were afraid yOu'C
he caught with 1t. Then you pu
that item in the paper so that
J would bring the stolen watch bacl
to you. Here II is"
THAT isn't quite the way Of it.,
: he said. Jim BeatOn-Jim's a Chun
If mine and reporter of the GlOb
: says one day, do you know, Ne,
I Nearing, this old worlds lost ever
( bit Of romance 1t ever had? Why
+ If you happened to be crazy about
q girl whom you didn't know you UT
Y derstand Jim said this-'all you
have Imagination enough to do wOul
;. be to get somebody to introduce yO
e to her. And she'd say, why, yO
/ freckle-faced, snub-nOsed red-heade
r young ape Jim has a gift {
q description; gets it from his newi
d paper work. You see, girls like
:. little wild-west, shOot-the-tOwn-up sol
10 Of stuff That's what Jim says"
n He seemed very intent upon a sp'
% eight miles out in the dancing Oceal
q "Jim's words hit me between Il
ii eyes," he said. "Because-because-
~ because there was a girl l wanted
meet, only II didn't know an
body at-at Peck's. So l went O
- for a little wild west. l bought tn
- watch at LOrten's, Just the day b
- fore the robbery-dropped it in yo
- pocket on the trolley-and put tn
note in the paper"
:. He suddenly faced her, GRIMM
: slightly.
y Now listen to this" he state
Just as l was leaving for the pc
office, at ten-thirty this morning, j
told me that the police expected
nab a woman confederate Of the rC
Is berry at that very spot at elev
an o'clock. That furnished more wi
in west than I bargained for. Do Y
of know, Pm hungry"
10 He had suddenly started the {
to with a Jerk.
he His eyes met hers. His look "
en- not bold. but It was very friendly