Evening star., 1926-01-10

| nc Shoulu snatch the STANDARD
OF Ananias and lie bravely. He did so
Il was asleep" he said Quietly,
1ou--you have been kind" STAN
mered the girl. II wonder If Yo,
can dig?'
Denton threw back his shoulders
bie ne cried. why. that's my pro
1esslon. / mean my trade. | mear
ulsslng Is. / can make steam shove
look Ike 8 cents when it comes tc
Shlitlng dirt. l CAN
Quick them" interrupted the girl
Come with me, He's running I,
Gfasse for the gendarmes. Come
! There is no time to SPARE,
4 X X i
SlIE ran swiftly toward the gate
that led into lie Jardin parfume'
ana Denton raced after her The CIR
was aquiver with excitement. 1t in
fected Denton. He became her slave
without questioning her motives. I,
was Springtime and there was magic
, in the air
! Inc girl took 4 scrap of paper from
her pocket, made a quick survey of a
! green stretch of lawn that lay between
! The gable end of the house and the
i hlghroad. then hurriedly paced off
the distance. She made a r9ipid cal
! culation with a pencil. rushed to a
spot midway between the dwelling and
/ the wall banking the highway. then
cried out 10 Denton: Get a spade
! Quick! Please, Dig here"
! Denton found a spade and a pick
! in an Clubhouse. Dig? Good heavens,
! He'd show her that he could dig.
The girl spent the minutes rushing
between the trench and the top OF the
! wall overlooking the road. Her horror
3 lest Jacques Larousse should return
/ with the gendames before her quest
/ Was finished made her eyes blaze
Hurry Hurry" she cried. We
must beat them. We must, We
! must"'
| The perspiration streamed from
| Denton. He shed his coat and vest.
| Dirt was in his hair, in his ears and
| eyes. Dig? Why. he would dig a
tunnel through the Alps for her,
Denton had tore a hole some 3
feet deep and about4 feet wide
when the girl stopped him. Wait a
! moment" she cried. Wait, lit
| should be here. Look. You can see
| by this plan. See, there is the house
| marked. plainly. And here is the
! road. See, Route Rationale. Cannes
n Grasse. Now the spot marked by
the cross is midway. Yet-yet-look
| at it. please"
John Willoughby Denton took the
| little plan in his irt-begrimed hands
| The girl placed a finger on the cross
and for the moment the young man
could see nothing but the finger He
thought IL the sweetest little finger he
had ever seen.
Denton hoped from the hole and
hurriedly checked the measurements.
II was center all right but an unpro-
ductive center. He paused TO consider
Z h Ia hn rfrt a - a
trip TO the wall TO see if the enemy
vas in sight.
She uttered a little cry of terror as
she examined the white road. They're
coming" she cried. "A mob OF them,
Oh, look
THE young man rushed to the wall.
Far off down the white road
moved a compact human mass; 12 or
more persons seemingly urged along
by something of great Importance
They were fully half mile off, yet
their interest in their ultimate des-
tination was visible at that distance
Their heads were thrust forward; at
times they broke into a jog trot. in
Denton there welled up an eytraordi-
nary hatred of them.
A cry Of anguish came from the lips
III llle elII. II CRY lTtl St!TTeu Denton.
The something that she desired could
not be found and his inability to find
It made him angry. He turned again
to pace the distance between the wall
and the house. and IL was then that
he made the discovery. There was
! the OutCropping OF a second wall
fully four feet nearer the house.
Look" cried the young man. The
road wall has been shifted outward.
That alters the plan. The spot marked
by the cross will be on this side of
the place where l am digging. Watch
themi I'll get it,
He dashed back to the pit that he
had dug. The spade became a terrible
implement Of destruction. The girl
tried to approach, but the storm of
splattering dirt prevented her. From
outside the geyser of soil she screamed
news of the enemy's approach.
They are running" she shouted.
John Willoughby Denton did not
pause. The girl ran back to the wall
took a frightened glance at the road.
and sprinted to the dirt geyser.
They're at the bottom fence she
cried.
Denton was invisible. The hole was
erupting clods in a most appalling
manner. He took no notice of her
warning.
Once more the girl made a recon.
naissance. With flying feet she re-
turned to the digger. "Stop! Stop"
she screamed. They are here, Th1
police! Stop! Please, please. Stop
The spade beat a tattoo upon some
thing that had got in its path. Den
ton. half blinded with flying soii,
dropped the implement and fell upon
his knees. With hungry clawing
fingers he rooted out the obstacle
The face of the girl, blanched with
terror, was above him. He thrust the
thing into her hands. Rum he
gasped. Run" The murmurs of the
approaching battalion came to his
ears as he sprang from the hole. He
pushed the girl toward the road.
Run for the carr he shouted. Beat
it! III hold 'em off till you get clear.
Rum
The trim little car had its nose
pointing toward Cannes. The cir!
dropped from the wall and ran toward
1t. John Willoughby Denton followed
her, and as the two gendarmes in the
lead of the approaching pack rushed
to head off the fair one, Mr.. Denton
gave his college yell and charged
them. A most ridiculous thing to do.
John Willoughby charged between
the two and as he plunged through he
seemed to expand. At least that is
what the two policemen thought
They were lifted up and hurled vio-
lently in different directions.
The young man howled again and
plowed forward. The group behind
the gendarmes attempted to get out
Of his way. They couldn't Denton
crashed through them. wheeled and
drove at them again. For a second he
had a glimpse Of the car The girl
was in the seat. the engine was
strumming. He lifted up his head and
bayed as he hit Jacques Larousse