Evening star., 1927-10-10
Continued from Yesterdays starl
CHAPTER Xxx.
Pursuit,

| II was Janet'S first experience WIN
a motorcycle, and for the first few
minutes she was too much oc-
i cupied in striving to keep her
balance to look about her as they
| bumped along the lane and then
swerved out upon a broad, level road
in what to her was q perilouS curve.
| 1t seemed to her that they were
travelling at a far greater speed than
during her flying experience, for the
country on either side scudded past
In blurred streak of green shot with
blotches of color when they passed a
house, and the wind whistled in her
| shorn, ragged hair, beneath the shabby
blue cap.
When she learned to sway her body
with the oscillation Of the machine it
was easier and, sensing the difference,
her driver turned his head slightly and
called to her above the roaring of the
motor:
Look back If it doesn't make you
dizzy, and If you see anything follow
ing-car or motorcycle-tug my belt
twice. Nothing else can catch us!"
Janet tugged once to let him know
that she understood, and then glanced
back over her shoulder. The scene on
either side was clearer, but it rolled
out behind them at incredible speed, as
II motion picture were turned back
ward and the highway itself unwound
like straight tape narrowing sharp
iy in the distance and dotted only with
the trucks and farm wagons which
they met and passed in flash.
Surely they were beyond danger of
pursuit now! They must be miles
from Daneholm and widening the dis
tance with every minute that passed.
There was nothing coming up from
behind them, that was certain, and
Janet breathed freely and faced about
again, bowling her head behind her
companions broad shoulders to avoid
the steady blast of the wind. They
slowed at several points to leave the
highway and make a detour around
villages, and once they passed small
manufacturing town.
1t was after this that it occurred to
Janet to wonder where she was being
taken. There had been no opportunity
to ask, nor could she imagine when
they would stop in this mad rush. The
sharp wind made her realize that she
had eaten nothing since the night be-
fore at that uncomfortable dinner with
Ferrars, and her head was reeling
slightly when at length they dropped
into an easy glide and finally came to
a standstill.
Breakfast" the Five of Diamonds
remarked as he helped her to alight.
DID you think I'd forgotten? want
ed to keep on as far as possible, and
then had to find place where we
could hide the bike"
Janet picked her way after him as
ne led the machine down a short but
steep embankment and unstraDped
from 1t a lunch box she had not notic-
ed before.
| we haven't anything to fear now.
nave we?' she asked as she took the
box from him and spread it's contents
on large, fiat rock. I'VE must have
come hundred miles,"
Only forty-f1ve, but we whizzed at
ina! ne grinned, and then his face
sobered. "As to the danger. Miss
Seven-of- Hearts, / don't want to scare
you, put from past acquaintance
know you're not wanting in courage:
there's danger every minute. from
every side, but we're protected as well
as IT'S humanity possible. Look up!"
Janet halted the cup of steaming
coHee from the vacuum bottle half
way to her lips and stared upward. She
saw Speck sailing serenely far above
them, but swifter than the flight of anv
bird, and little shiver passed over
"A plane! Do you mean they're
AOlIOWlHS us IN the alr?''
Not they yet!' Ris eyes twin
kled. That's one of our own and il
has been circling over us ever since
we started. Can you guess who the
pilot is?"
"Nat.' Janet exclaimed. "I was
sure he'd get back all rightr
Never failed, so far! That was
a magnificent jump he made, wasn't
II! l was plotting the bus for him
that night; it was some fiight!'
You" A light broke over her.
"Oh, wondered, but I never guessed:
Yes, it was thrilling! When 1 saw
what ne was about to do my breath
just simply stopped! You turned right
landed"
"As soon as I saw he had that
machine under control" The young
man nodded. "You were safe with
him, and I had other work"
II wonder" Janet paused and
then went on with elaborate uncon-
Germ, II wonder what became of the
Canadian who ran away with me.
Philip Marriott. We left him uncon-
II know" her companion interrupt
ed. Saw an account of it in the
papers. He was hauled to some hos
pital in Indianapolis, and I'm not
sorry if he's out of the running. We
have enough to contend with as it
is! He regained his senses, the ar
ticle said, but refused to give his
name or make any statement before
he lapsed into unconsciousness again.
Good thing for him that he didntp'
What does it matter if he's dyingw
Janet could not understand the sud.
den pang that shot through her. She
ought to be actually relieved, of
course; it meant one less enemy to
contend with, as the Five of Dia-
monds said. butt was a pity that
he should have been an enemyi els
that Mats own nlanA I'm there the