Show THE HE 0 D DOCTORS CAR y FRANCE FRANCES GOOD GOODRICH RI c H ma 1920 I 1 by mccluir Naw paper 01 tairi through cieli the stillness ot of t tip ellit camj a dep d ep billow dvir ani biilly of the occupants ts of tie lie little 11 ahing el 61 uck aali kurnol un sill on their I 1 eds anil mutt 1 I thir g xa x a ta tie e doctor in hie his leill lev 11 magenti 1 they had dietr in III lilts seen any anything tike like the ottrue nt true us vehicle in III which aich the doc doe n tor rode a that had no visible lietins iti fiina i f locomotion yet don their narrow crooked streets like ille the mini when hen the doctor ft as anser it irr R a it mick call tho people level lovel tho the doctor but tinted hated his car with ith all the hatred and lan it i r nce trice of superstitious minds and as alm 1 expressed it it if only the doctor didn dian t have that thing ho he would be all right and the same ta us that remark toll fell on fertile ground when hen jim carter heard it jim was a great uncouth fellow a giant in cal strength but a pigmy in mental growth lie ile wag as sub sublet ct to terrible fits of rage but as during luring these he harmed hut but himself he lie was allowed to rainier at his own wan sweet m will III he ile worship I 1 the doctor but hated bated his hi car cur with equal fen fedor or and at the first sound of its horn ho he would mould hide until it passed now tim harden barden a words bugge suspected eted so ing to him and the thought began to work mork in his darkened mini min I 1 how wonderful it would be to lave lane the doctor without his car bor bet several days he pondered pon alered this over then one dark night tim 1 crept up to the door ond and listened in his hand he carried a great eledge sledge han hammer inter not ot a sound carue came from the shed perhaps the monster was mas sleeping As quietly as possible he swung the door open and peered in A sickening feel ing of terror swept over him and an almost almot uncontrollable impulse to shut the door and dakh tor for safety but he must rid them of this aning no mat ter it if the doctor dd did like itsume day it would mould harm the doctor too the ble hip eyes that frightened him closed clo ed now and only a faint light showed the outlines of tho big roadster lie ile knew that back of those ees was the thing that lived and with fth the rush of OR rage that suddenly swept over him film he brought the great hammer down dolln with all his strength them was a it sound of crushing metal atil splintering splInt pring glass and jim felt that his work was as good As he stood there with mith the hummer poised for an other downward paeng he might have been a modern st george fighting the dragon another briw and he copped the hammer and fled in the early ear ly morning doctor cren cran don vias wa by someone pounding A at the door t wa was tim barden ills 1113 luttio da too dearest t tiling ddn in ahna heart was wits desperately stick acl hasuly the doctor threw on his clothes ind rushed to the hed shed for the car r the moon bad risen and as he be fh hrco rew the door a strange fight ine met his eyes the thol roadster looked to c though it U had beeg been la in a headon head on cal lon 11 took dut but a few minutes for the tho doctor to ascertain that the car nas as bernod use then so he thought of the bet best way ay to get to tims tin tint had already started back on foot but tho h doctor who ho know the child t dan per ger dreaded to think of at the pree precious fous time that would mould be waited masted it if pe he must maie inake it that way any how ever there was no other way ou out I 1 of it but he thought of a short cut over oler the rocks perhaps with the briant bri ht moonlight ho he could male it safe 11 lie knew that there were many danger spots to those unused to the path hot but ho he got his bag and started at the first bad place he stood tor for a minute initiate undecided I 1 ow best to anake it then de he heard a footfall behind him and looting looking back saw jim carter making his way any sure footed cri over er the rocks toward him then jin caught up with him and without a word of explanation except to I 1 ray ay 1 I know thip thir way may bet ter than you do doctor I 1 ho he picked the doctor up BS as though he had been a child and carritti him easily eaily over tiler the trea tr cherom places they made the trip in record time in that manner jim carrying carryl Bi the doctor over oer the dangerous places at last tim 3 old tumbledown shack aback wes as reach reached td but the doctor aw maw at a glance that he h was too late it if he could have reached her sooner there was no doubt that the child could have been saved As gently a B pos possible able be he told thea them the truth and bitter wis the walling when tim and his wife understood that their only child could not live not more bitter than all was mas the terrible cry that jim gave a as ho he threw himself on the door floor at the doctors feet rose had been his little chum and when he realized that by bis his own act he had kept the doctor from reaching her in time to save her life his agony was oo 00 greet great that the doctor feared he would bill kill himself jhb abel the doctor had made insole the dy ing child as comfortable as an was possible he made the three sit down and told them as simply as he could just what the car meant to him and to them he ile made them see at lat that their ignorance an I 1 prejudice was hurt ing themselves and thal he carld do hia teut for or hem them only when ne could reach them when needed in a short time the doctor had a new car and now the simple islanders regard it rather with a feeling or of security and almost something of revar ace once rather thao than fear |