Show mI the FLY NG N 2 1 ff h Y by by eleanor M ingram author of the game and the candle illustrations by by MY WALTERS br bir boblia merrill co cat continued from last issue mr at r lestrange les he cried but lestrange had already recovered himself his right arm ann crossed with a scorched and bleeding bar where it had bad touched the glittering wheel and the two young men were standing opposite each other in safety you are not hurt was the tha first question 1 I IT I 1 ought to be but im not come to a surgeon lestrange oh you told me not to sit there lestrange glanced down at the tha sur face wound then quickly back at the th two pallid faces go on to your work peters he h directed im all right and as a athe tn man slowly obeyed now will you yoi take my advice and come to the race with me ffrench race race with that arm yes are you coming with me shaken and tremulous dick passed damp hand across ills forehead 1 I think youre mad to stand talking hero ere cometo the office for heavens sake rike and id be ground up thereof there Jf J you h caught me he looked toward the jaws sullenly shredding and re shredding a strip of cloth from froin his sleeve ill do anything you want wa nt will you lestrange strange Lo hashed flashed quickly lie he flung back his head bead with the resolute setting of expression the other knew so well veil his eyes brilliant with a resolve that took no heed of 0 physical discomfort then give me your word that stick to your work here that Is my tear fear that the tha change in you is just a mood tire of bame day I 1 want you to stand up to your work and not drop out disqualified 1 I will said dick subdued and earnest 1 I nt help doing it your arm lestrange impatiently dragged out his and wound it around the cut go on J 1 I cant help keeping on I 1 go back now youve got me awake no one else ever tried and I 1 was hav ing a good time it began with liking you and thinking of all you did and feeling funny fanny alongside of you he paused struggling with anglo saxon shyness im awfully fond foad of you old fellow the others gray eyes warmed and cleared smiling he held out his leti left hand fland its mutual he assured it playing the game to trap you while you are upset like this but I 1 dont believe be sorry come find some one to tie this up tor for me I 1 cant have hare it stiff tomorrow but in spite of his professed haste lestrange stopped at the head of the stairs and nent anent back to recover some small object lying on the floor be neath a pool of chilling metal when lie be rejoined dick it was to linger yet a moment to look back across the teeming room its worth having all this he commented with the first touch ol of sadness the ott ever had bad seen in A him dont ahr it away ffrench there Is ly a surgeon within reach of a when mr ffrench I 1 passed out to the part art where emily wilted waited he dick and the vil luge age physician entering c lit ering the elder gentleman put on Ms glasses to sur vey his nephews 1 1 I ilac alte taca face I 1 an accident he inquired the casual curiosity was sufficiently exasperating and dicks nerves were badly gone nothing worth mentioning he 11 snapped napped just that I 1 nearly fell fe into the machinery and I 1 lestrange estrange has done up his arm pulling me out all and he be hurried the doctor on with out further parley or excuse lestrange was in the room behind the office smoking one of baileys bailey cigars and listening to that gentle mans vigorous remarks concerning 0 f managers who keep out of their own machinery the patient not having considered it worth while to explain dicks share in the mischance an omis omission slon which dick himself promptly remedied in his anxious con tri britlon tion later when the arm was being swathed in white linen its owner emko to his companion ol of the morn ing e i 1 I hope you annoy miss with this trilling trifling matter as you came in 1 I speak to her at all only i to liy my ii uncle e very ry good something in the too indolent tone roused dicks usually dormant observation startled he scrutinized lestrange Is that why you bothered yourself alth ith me lie he stammered Is that why shut up ill warned lestrange forcibly and inelegantly that tight enough doe doc you know im experienced at this sort of thing and im bolog to use this arm but dick was not to be silenced in his now new enlightenment when the surgeon momentarily turned away ho he leaned nearer his plump face grim it if I 1 brace up st it wont vont be lor for emily but lor for you darling lestrange he whispered viciously she dont want me and I 1 dont want lier her that way ive got over that and and oh con found it im sorry old man shut up said lestrange again but though dicks very sympathy ym pathy unconsciously showed the hopeless chasm between the racing driver drive rand and miss ffrench the hurt did not cloud the cordial smile lestrange strange Lo sent to mitigate his com command marld CHAPTER VI enily barlly first heard the full story of 0 the accident that evening even frig when dick tat lat opposite her on ilia ali veranda mil and vwe rare the account in frank anxiety and dejection were going down tonight on the nine train he added in conclusion cl To tomorrow morro r morning bell spend practicing on the track and tomorrow evening at 6 the rase starts and lestrange starts crippled because I 1 am it a clumsy idiot lie laughs at me but hed do that anyhow yes agreed emily he would do that anyhow her eyes were wide and terrified the little hands she clasped in her lap were quite cold 1 I wish I 1 wisch lie he had never corn come to this place oh you do dick said bald oddly waybe maybe lie he will too before he be gets through with us were a nasty lot we Ffrench es a lot of 0 blue blooded snobs without any red blood in us are you going to say goodby good by to me I 1 wont be home until its over she looked at him across the odorous dusk slowly slivering silvering as the moon rose you are going to be with him dick smoothed his leggings before standing up surveying his strict motor costume with a gloomy pride not to be concealed yes im representing our company lestrange might want some backing it if any disputes turned up uncle ethan nearly had a fit when battey bailey told him what I 1 was going to do be called me richard tor for the first time in my life I 1 guess ill be some good yet if 1 every one except lestrange did think I 1 was a chump 1 I am very sure you will she answered gently goodby good by dick you look very nice when he reached the foot ot of the steps her voice recalled him as she stood leaning over the rail I 1 dick you could not make him give it up not race this time ile he stared up at her white figure no I 1 could not dont you suppose I 1 tried 1 I suppose you did she admitted and went back to her seat the june night was very quiet once a sleepy bird stirred in the honea honeysuckle suckle vines and chirped through the dark par far below the throb of a motor passed down donn the road dying away again to leave si lence suddenly emily ffrench hid her face on the arm 0 of her chair and the tears overflowed there was no consciousness of time while that inarticulate passion ot of dread spent itself but it was nearly halt half an hour later when she started up at the echo of a light step on the gravel path dashing her handkerchief across her eyes it was incredible but it was true lestrange himself was standing before her at the foot of the low stairs the moonlight glinting across his uncovered bronze head and bright clear face 1 I beg pardon for trespass miss ffrench he said eaid but your cousin tells abells me he be has been saying a great deal of bonser nonsense e to you about this race and that you were so very good as to feel some concern conce rif regarding it really I 1 had to run up and set that right I 1 leave you to be an noyed b mr nerves will you forg ve me like sun stin through a mist lis his blithe voice cleaved through her distress before the tranquil trani ull sanity of his her painted terrors suddenly showed as tle ile artificial canvas scenes of a unreal untrue it was like you to come she an with a shaking sigh that was half ob 1 I frightened yes there Is i no cause A dozen other men tal tab I 1 I fiance as rupert and I 1 tho the driver who alternates alter nales witt me ir for afna instance i lw this Is ia our life your arm ann Is well enough lie ile laughed a ift tie you will see sec many a bandaged arm before the twenty four hours are up lip tow few of 0 us finish without a scratch or strain or blister this is a mans game but its not halt half so destructive as football foot toot ball you wished me good that tight enough doe doc luck for the georgia race bill ill you repeat the honor before I 1 go back to ffrench Ft rench 1 I wish you she said unsteadily every kind of sue success gess now and always you saved saed dick today ot of all else you have done dome for him and for me ino I 1 haic hae noi noe words to speak but it made it harder to bear the thought of your hurt and risk from the hurt when villen I 1 know knew that I 1 had sent dick there who caused it lestrange leslrange hesitated lil himself myself troubled her soft loveliness in the dell delicate light that left her eyes unread unready able depths of shadow her timidity and anxiety for his safety were from their very unconsciousness most dangerous and while he grasped at self belt control she came still nearer to the head of the steps and held out her small fair hand mistaking his silence for or leave taking good night and I 1 thank von voi tor for coming I 1 am not used to a no 0 much consideration her accents were unsure when she woultz have made them most certain with her movement the handkerchief fell from her girdle to hla his feet mechanically chante chani ally cally lestrange recovered the bit of linen and felt it lie wet in his fingers wot emily he cried abruptly and sprang the brief step between them her white terrified ter rifled baoe turned to him in the moonlight but he saw her eyes and seeing he kissed her the moment left no time for speech some one was coming down the hawing drawing room toward the long windows dicks impatient whistle sounded shrilly from the park panting quivering emily drew from the embrace and fled within she had no doubt of 0 lestrange no question of his serious meaning he had that force of sincerity which made his silence more convincing than the protestations of others but alone in her room she laid her cheek against the hand his had touched 10 1 her accents were unsure when she would have made them most most certain 1 I wish I 1 had died in the convent she cried to her heart 1 I wish I 1 had died before I 1 ma made do him unhappy too TO BE CONTINUED |