Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1932-04-28

dreary ceremony during which Eddie
had placed The ring there. The second
witness had been a mechanic brought
by Eddie and sworn TO secrecy. Jenny
had liked his frank. cheerful face and
had secretly agreed with him when,
he ADDED to tn, company in general
Tho it don't seem * d wedding
at ALL"
IF that traffic doesn't move in two
seconds and In us get away, | shall
climb out and Walk,' announced leo
rgie. She sounded nervous and her
eyes were slipping sidelong to the i'd
iers on the sidewalk. most of whom
had watched tie little party come
out Of the building. In the doorway
was a youth Jenny recognized as one
Il the clerks. He was evidently on
his way to lunch lie stood ldly star
ing, his eyes on EDDIE.
Look OUT" said Georgia sharply.
The t-affic-hlaek a breaking n
Eddie had let i'm his clutch. None too
gently-the car lurched forward so
suddenly that, I'm spite of Georges
warning, Jenny WAS Jerked nearly OUT
If her seat. Part of Eddie's opinion
II automobiles I'm a congested street
floated back TO her..
He's tired. said George apolo-
getically. "A long flight and a we'd
ding all in about - hours, is no joke.
| wish he hadn't borrowed this car
he isn't used 70 her.
Jenny had been coming to the same
conclusion. Eddie had stalled his en-
CINE, started her up again. braked
sharply TO avoid a boy and was. now
wrestling with the gears. Jenny no
ticed with secret amusement that the
clerk, on foot and still staring, had
drawn abreast III them on the pave
ment. AT last. Challenging all
the known laws of time n space,
Eddie hurled the ear around the cor
ner and into a wider street. He yelled
a war-cry and stepped on the gas. 1t
fortified himself against his fatigue
in. Eddie's approved fashion.
Sure this is the way" shrieked
George. Eddie only drove faster.
Where are We supposed to be GO
ing?' gasped Jenny, clutching her
hat.
"Out in town for a late lunch and
then back to the apartment for an
even later tea. He's going too
fast"
The long street was flashing by.
Jenny gasped again, tore off her hat,
ana chung to the car-side instead.
He's going too fast, repeated
George and thru the rush of their
speed Jenny heard alarm and anger
in her voice. Eddie, you fool, ease
up
Jenny felt quite sure hat there was
an important crossing at the bottom
of this street. She had keen, long
sight, and she had very distantly,
seen a bus cross the END of the vista.
Now surely Eddie would be braking
down for the curner2 But Eddie was
not braking-appal entity he couldn't
find or couldn't manage the brake
Georges scream and the splinter
Of glass and the thunder of the sec
ond bus as they Went buckling and
splintering into it-all came togeth-
er in Jenny's ears. They made a
great blare that was followed by a
greater silence. After that, the whole
world seemed full Of people running.
Running towards her.
That's done 1t, absolutely" said
Georges voice. coming apparently
from nowhere. There won't be an
evening paper that won't tell the Old
job!''
Very slowly Jenny moved and, as
it were woke up. She was still clut-
ching the side of the car, still sitting
on the back seat in the left hand cor
ner, by a miracle quite unhurt. Now
that the impact was over, she felt
t%AAAtV8 "a 0AAttAA y II 0AAi ~ llid "
things We're happening; but not to
her.
For instance, George was dragging
herself off the floor, a red mark over
one eye and her hat torn from her
head. And Eddie-she took a full
minute to understand hat all those
people on the farther side of the
road must be kneeling and standing
round Eddie. EDDIE, she supposed,
had gone clean thru the windshield.
Not so very clean. The few remain
ing jags of glass were smeare with
red.
The sight galvanized Jenny. She
clambered over George and out of
what had been the rear of the car
and dived at the group on the pave
ment. She pushed and pulled them
aside-and there was Eddie. Flat on
his back; a man bending over him;
a great deal of blood.
Copyright, Julia Cleft-Addams)
as he dead7" Is the first question
heard tomorrow.