| Show G GIVEN VEN G VEN IN N MARRIAGE I By ADELE GARRISON Mary and Noel Take Matters Into Hands by Decision to ij Elope ope Either Katherine's KatherIne s sedative daUve had taken effect or Avis Arlen was doing a superlative job of ot shamming At first neither Lillian nor I looking down at the girl apparently sound asleep could determine the authenticity authenticity of ol h her r slumber But after aUer a along along long ong steady stare at her I turned to LillIan Lilian with i a little satisfied nod There was something about this slumber slum- slum bet ber er different from rom that other seemingly seemingly seem- seem deep sleep deep with which Avis had tooled fooled me so o completely when I had left eft her and stolen down for the IntervIew Interview In- In with Noel which she had with such disturbing consequences consequences con- con sequences for Mary and Noel and such uch humiliation for herself Lillian nodded In acquiescence Dead to the world all right she murmured in my ray ear But Ill I'll do sentry sentry sentry-go go until your return Dont Don't hurry She seated herself In the far corner of at f my room where a shaded reading lamp amp was wu almost completely hidden from the bed and took up a magazine with witha a contented air She stretched herself luxuriously flashed lashed me another smile and with a parting wave of 01 the hand I went vent back to the study where I had left Mary and N Noel o 1 ESCAPE They were not there but a hasty look ook around the room showed me a apIece apiece apiece piece of ot paper pinned to the cloth cloUt over the reading table I seized It and read it then sprinted like Uke mad for Cor the hall closet where I snatched my ray motoring hat and coat then ran ranas ranas ranas as noiselessly as possible to the garage garage ga ga- ga rage where my car had been put up for the night Darling Auntie Madge It read please forgive us but were but were we're ducking everything Were We're shoving Noels Noel's car carout carout out so no one will hear us and were we're loading it with only the bags that are packed tacked and downstairs ready to goWell goWell goWell go Well We'll buy the theother other things And were we're going to be married as soon as we can wake up a minister or a Justice We simply cant can't stand that Avis any longer We know were we're throwIng throwing throw- throw Ing ng away everything but its it's worth it t. t The only regret we have is the trouble rouble were we're causing you dear people peo peo- pie but after all aU we must live our own lives mustn't we The eternal cry of youth never to tobe tobe tobe be understood by older people even when their own youth held a similar cry I knew as well as if it I were a aseer aseer aseer seer with powers of peering Into the future that Mary and Noel in the years to come would be as aghast at atan atan atan an escapade like this on the part of a achild achild a child chUd of ot theirs as I was now I had backed the car out of the ga garage garage garage ga- ga rage and was proceeding as quietly as possible around the driveway to the he road when a figure came leaping down the steps and came so near I precipitating itself under the wheels that 1 I brought the car to to-n to a a sudden stop I gasped The same he retorted grimly I heard the car and thou thought ht someone vias was getting away with it and perhaps perhaps perhaps per per- haps the wedding presents too But what in the name namo of the the thc I 1 ran a hurried eye over him He was dressed thank heaven beaven and the car was a heated one He needed no overcoat I thrust a l hand into the pocket of ot the car and took o out t a flashlight which I stretched out to him THE CHASE Dont ask questions now 1 I plead plead- ed Ill answer all of them while we go Noel and Mary have just shoved Noels Noel's old car down to the road Please Plean see in which direction it its it's headed ru Til follow tollow and when you find out outwell outwell outwell well we'll follow them What the dev dev dev- dev he he degan then choked the exclamation back and ind taking the flashlight bent to the ground then straightened and raced to the gate There he bent to the ground again and still bending prowled slowly around to the right Then he waved his hand exultantly as I brought the car through the gate This ml way he sal said as he leaped In beside me Want me rae to drive I 1 haven't time to change scats scab I told him Then 3 as I sent the car ear along at racing speed to the next fork In the road I 1 told him of the note I had found Ive plenty to tell you about what preceded that note I 1 said as we neared the intersection of the roads but abut that can wait I should think so Dicky retorted as I slowed down and he lie leaped to the road almost before the car had stopped He W was 13 back again in a few seconds They took the left road toward Bridgehampton That means they're going to awaken awak awak- en the Rev Mr Winters Winters- I said the theman theman theman man they had planned to have marry them tomorrow S Conti Continued tomorrow S Copyright 1933 K F. 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