The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-02-07
CHAPTER III-Continued

/ started to run down the road with
Sabre Looping beside me, two inches
away from my knee. -.
The car had stopped now, quite close
to the entrance drive.
Cautiously I made my way forward.
I was almost abreast of the tail
light, when Bugle spoke.
1.-TWO 'undred miles day was what
he said. And he took the speedometer
reading before he went"
"'E would" said Rush warmly.
"'Cause he amt no FOOL" said Blu
gle. Hes seen your shape before"
''Now look ERE, Bugle," said Rush.
"Tll work the night through. If I'm
dom good. But we amt goin' to find
little Arthur by rakin' these roads"
"Whos rakin' roadsT" said Bugle.
''Pharaoh says Watch that CASTLE an
Pharaoh's right. That livery's known.
An once he's found the lady, he'll find
her good. Where the carcase Isl says
Pharaoh" and, with that, he laughed
fatty.
"Gimme me the pumps" said Rush.
"He's got to take in petrol and 'ow
many Rolls d'you see"
pumps" said Bugle contemptuous-
ly. "An' when Pharaoh asks if we've
got him, what do we say? We'll, we
amt exactly got him, but 'ere's a list O.
the petrol-pumps he's used" He let
out a bitter laugh. "You know,
you'll buy it yet. Maybe you can open
door, but"
"'E's nasty mind" said Rush.
"Thats Gawds truth, an you know
1t. Look at that voice. Off to Salz-
burg first-clasS, but no one else must
let up. 'E's in some night-club now
you can lay to that. But we've got
to work, we ave, combin' the country,
to pick up the squirt he missed"
"'Ow. far ave we done" said Bugle.
After an audible struggle with the
tale the speedometer told
"Ninety-four," said Rush.
"Gawd 'elp," said Bugle. AN he
said two hundred day."
"Well, we can't do both," said Rush.
iTf e said to watch the castle"
Figures is proof" said Bugle. "Any-
ways young Arthur amt here" and,
with that, he let in his clutch.
/ ran for the Rolls like mailman
and, painting incoherence to Helena,
started the engine and backed the car
on to the road. An instant later we
were flying in pursuit of Bugle and
Rush. After a frantic ten minutes
knew that my quarry was lost, but I
went on in desperation for half an
hour; then stopped by the side of the
road.
"John, they missed you by inches. If
they'd met you full in the fairway,
you'd have been done. tell you
frankly, I've learned quite lot to-
night. And If they come out tomorrow,
I bet we follow them home"
"'We'?" said i. "you're not coming
out again."
II certainly am" said Helena. "For
one thing simply love it, and you're
not going to say after this that you
can do it alone?"
To my horrid disappointment, we
kept a fruitless vigil the next two
nights. BY now, of course, had come
to know the roads, and the two of us,
working together, were continually
ready to cope with whatever befell.
So two days and two nights went
by, and I had no news for Godfrey,
and, to judge from the wires which
he sent, he had none for me.
Our third patrol was over, and my
lady and / were riding back from
Plumage as the dawn was peering over
the eastern woods.
Helena turned to me.
"Will you come and dine this eve
ming? I'm not going to dress"
I'D love to- Helena"
''Then you ride up by yourself at a
quarter to eight and tell Axel to bring
up the roam and be at the edge of the
forest at half-past nine"
] hesitated. Then