Show GIVEN IN MARRIAGE MARRIAGE- Katie Strapped on Running Board to Play Detective By ADELE G GARRISON If I had not taken myself in hand I with such grim determination ion but a afew afew afew few minutes before resolved in Marlon's Marions parlance not to pull the baby act again I should once more have been the prey frenzied imaginings For there was something in Hughs Hugh's voice and manner as he ba bade e Kate get gel getup getup up on the running board and said that thai we must go a little faster than we had traveled so far upon our out short jurney from the farm house which sent a series of ot cold tremors down my spine I silently reviewed the toe trifles which bolstered by conviction that Hugh's Hughs mind held certain apprehensions wh which ch he had not ye yet communicated to tome me Baths Barb Apprehension First he had said he had a hunch that Jim and Katie would turn down this particular road t to ton Second when they had turned the corner he had Indicated with an expressive exclamation his satisfaction satisfaction ti tion n at his correct prediction Third he had said that we must go faster In another sec second nd I am sure I should have demanded that he tell me what he feared if anything to find upon this road but Katie was answering answering answer answer- ing his mandate and when Katie begins be be- gins talking it is is a brave soul indeed that interrupts the mountain cataract of or her words Sure I get me on board she was VM saying I kin de dose bicycle tracks from dere almost same me a as as eef eel I were walking long road Und I vont have to stoop ofer otero I 1 kin lie down almost like dose pictures in history books about dose old Remands having She giggled hysterically as Katie always ys does docs in time of stress and I knew that tears and sobs of apprehension sion slon for Junior and Roderick were just as the near the surface as her laughter laugh laugh- tc tar ter and were far tar more likely to break breakout out Just now however she was insulated insulated by her delight in her job and she jumped up tip on th the running board with gusto and proceeded to stretch herself upon it with her face turned downward toward the road rond and one hand clinging precariously to the tender fender Me I no need nobody she said with decision you go und sit sll In dot car Me I kin hold on We know that you can Katie Hugh said kindly then his his voice t took ok okon on a grim note of determination as he added adde but were we're not taking any chances Jim take of off your belt and put it around Katies Katie's waist waIst to to the last notch then climb in the car and lean over the side above her Pick up the end of o the belt and hold on to it like I grim death I If you see her start to slip call Stop I wont won't be going so fast that I wont won't be able to stop in time Dicky often says that Jim is a living illustration of the definition of or a pessimist pessimist pessi pessi- mist as a man who wears both belt and braces and his bright blue gal luses were distinctly in evidence as ashe ashe ashe he obediently unfastened his belt and put it around his wife's slender waist Katie giggled again as he fastened It to the last notch as Hugh had commanded Me I tink I kin slip right dot belt she said Dot too loose to hold me Perhaps Hugh replied but it is the best we can do So be very carefuL care care- ful Call CaU out if you see any change Inthe in inthe inthe the track of the tires Ready Jim Hold tight Here we go got gotHe gotHe He started down the road as slowly as s b before tore at first then gradually increased in creased his speed as he judged Katie Kati was becoming used to her precarious position He did not strike a danger dangerous ous otis pace but we proceeded smartly down the road one of the few comparatively com corn par straight ones in the eastern end of Long Island until we came to toa a curve beyond which I knew w was wasa a little stretch so closely penned on either side by trees bushes and und undergrowth un un- un d that I always ys felt a little eerie cerie thrill upon going through it at al night There was no road through this copse but many berry pickers going to the woods beyond had worn a path I through the thick undergrowth a path w which ich I remembered suddenly ly with quickened imagination was wide enough to hold a bicycle Indeed Indeed Indeed In In- deed I had seen come out of oUt it Hugh slowed down almost to stopping stop stopping ping as he took the curve and did not Increase his his' speed beyond it I realized rea rea- why when Katie suddenly shrieked Stop all ready yet Tracks go In her here Continued Tomorrow Copyright 1934 King Features Syndicate Inc |