The Indianapolis times., 1931-06-18

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1t was the thought of her own posi-
ton.
Now she'd lost both Gaylord and
Derry, and both of them we're rich.
All that remained to her was
Tommy.
She wouldn't even have the
money Gaylord had promised as a
settlement and If he wanted to
Gaylord could disgrace her forever.
Maybe if he gave Derry a good
beating that would satisfy him and
he wouldn't want to bring his name
into the divorce.
She searched her mind for some
encouraging word to throw to Gay
lord Chow Derry was fightingD to
show that in a crisis 1t was he she
thought Of when she heard a sound
down the road.
This was indeed crisis and 1t
was not of Gaylord that Irene
thought. It was of herself! The
nearer the motorcycle officer ap-
peared the greater grew her alarm.
They all would be arrested!
Every one would know she'd been
in the park with Derry. Gaylord
wouldn't forgive her and the whole
town would rock with scandal.
IF she could only get away some
l. wherel Gaylord could protect
her then and he would want to do
it for his own sake.
Irene did not think all this out
logically. There was no time for
that. The urge for self-preservation
was instructive and instinctively she
followed it.
Just as the officer drew near
enough to see what was going on
Irene started Derry's car with a
jerk which almost sent her over the
wheel. The machine would have
roared down the road If the motor
hadn't been so cold.
The officers attention was CEN
tered on the men whose fight still
was raging f1ercely, regardless of
his arrival.
He had come to stop them and
not be too gentle about it either,
for he was in a fighting mood him
self
Fifteen minutes. earlier he'd been
cozily taking hot coffee in a corner
gas station and hoping all drivers
would have sense enough not to
speed On a day when the roads were
like ice.
Then Gaylor's car had flashed
past at a speed that was not only
direct violation Of the traffic laws,
but also Of cold and hungry Of
ficer's feelings.
When Gaylord discovered the Of
ficer in his wake he put on more
speed and if ever there was a mad
man this officer could qualify.
Bang! The officer was in snow
bank He wasn't hurt nor was his
motorcycle, but he was angrier than
ever and badly shaken up.
1t took him several minutes to get
himself together, and then, taking
it for granted that the speeder had
got away from him, he proceeded at
a safer rate.
He headed for the park on the
lookout for necking parties.
There'd been other things in the
officers line Of duty besides captur-
ing neckers-a few holdups and hi
lacking parties. When he came
upon trouble now, he did not jump
fO fy-;t-O1OY1c oN1on1,1ciOoc
Two men fighting in a park, one
of them a traffic violator, and a girl
parked in car could mean any
thing
He went at the man in earnest.
While his back was turned, Irene
got the motor of Derry's car warmed
up sufficiently to make a getaway
She tried it, but the officer whirled,
yelling to her to stop.
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IRENE did not heed him and he
L was determined enough to act
with purpose. The officer yelled
again, but Irene kept on going.
Her attempt to escape was in it
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The officer could have gone after
Irene and brought her back in
minute or two, but then she might
be foolish enough to refuse to halt,
thereby endangering his life as
well as her own.
He'd had enough of that for one
day. Besides, he wasn't going to
lose his man a second time.
So he yelled at Irene a third time,
warning her that he'd fire, and still
she did not stop. OF course he did
not fire to injure her, but she was
hurt just the same.
The bullet tore into a rear wheel,
sending the care careening across
the road The open door, swinging
wildly, brought up against tele-