Show bead 0 e eu HAT time Is it now R rita I 1 t a the man huddled beside her on the seat was burled buried in his fur wrappings hair past eleven her frosty breath plumed from her lips in the still night air the headlights on the car swept around a bend wreck yourself at this speed rita the mans voice was cd edged g d wl with th anxiety we wee e got to make it we I 1 promised you wed reach the place before midnight otherwise you wont get the fortune your grandfather left funny old eccentric that he was it if you dont get the fortune we cant get married for a long while so at least a second to twelve well be parked at the curb before his house to think you must do it instead of met mcl youre a grand little sport rita I 1 dot dont know how to thank you it will be a happy new year tor for us both it we win sure they slewed around mother another curve the lights seemed to climb forever then plunge with deft skill rita controlled the car they passed into a lonely stretch billy had been abroad at the time of his grandfathers death the lawyer had cabled the instructions to him home exactly by midnight bt of new years eve or the old mans fortune would go to charity my grandfather believed in the law of the will N ill he said you could do anything it if the desire were strong enough what time is it twenty to twelve and still forty miles you cant do it 1 I can do it once they skidded within ft a hairs breadth of a tree trunk another tell Us the time she shouted time they slid around a corner just missing a great van the money wont do us much good it if were dead muttered the man grimly A quarter to twelve ten minutes still many miles from their destination give it up rita give it up lie commanded ills his hand band clutched her arm she shook it off were ivere not finished til ill were finished her cry was a challenge blown to his ears on the cold breath of the wind seven minutes to twelve the lighted face of a town clock loomed up ahead they streaked through the place at breakneck break neck speed reached tile the town limit and tore on again the car careened slewed caught itself just in time tame the engine roared the the passing 1 scenery was a blur of black good old engine rita once said five fire minutes to twelve they entered another town not arrested yet its a miracle cried billy but this time they were not so fortunate A policeman stood in the street holding up nis his hand had the street been wide rita would have ignored him but cars were parked on either side a trolley had stopped near tile the officer she simply could not make it without killing him with a grinding of brakes a skillfully managed slew she drew up beside hl him before he ha could speak she leaned out tell us the time quickly I 1 her anxious face with its white look of strain startled the man weve got to make it dont keep us well come back pay anything the officer drew out his watch its exactly tour four minutes to eleven rita appeared to collapse to grow small and limp all in a moment nave we been an hour out of the way she gasped no lady likely you forgot the time changes here its exactly three minutes and a half hair to eleven ue ile let them go on with j a warning about speed what a corker you are rita and how my grandfather would have loved you here we are all in good time and a lawyer standing on the steps stepa to see we did it happy new year dar darling lingl I 1 perhaps she smiled the time element was the trick in it I 1 must took look a arl fright ht you lck look divine kiss we roe girat ali lawyer she kissed bi him |