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CHAPTER XI.
Melford had stopped the car at the foot of a hill where two roads branched out-one to the right, the other to the left, a algnpost pointing both ways.
"I don't believe I shall be able to read the name," he grumbled; "the moon isn't high enough yet, but I shall have a try for it."
He got out of the car and walked away to the corner, where stood Elizabeth's deliverer with extended arms pointing out a way of escape. In a flash Elizabeth saw her chance and took it. Getting quickly into the driver's seat, she started the cur, und when Melford turned at the sound he was too late to reach it On it went, gathering speed ovory moment. In vain he called out, and awore as he ran after it-the car was out of sight.
of trusting yourself to me, como along and jump in the car and we'll make tracks for some place you can stop In 'till to-morrow.".
..
On their way Elizabeth told Con- rad Dickers of Melford's persecu- tion of her and the events of the last few hours, and, could she have known it, the recital drove one more nail in Austin Melford's coffin and that of the woman who had helped to ruin a man's life.
"Soo here, Miss Hyde," Dickers said when Elizabeth had finished her story, "you may thank your lucky stars that you've escaped from the greatest blackguard that ever trod God's earth.'
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"You know Mr. Melford, then?" "Know him? Know the man who, posing as my friend, robbed me of my wife, and then tried to got rid of me by getting me a term of im prisonment for a crime he knew I had never committed? I can tell you this. Misa Ilyde, that when Austin Melford and I meet, there'll bo death for one of us, and if there's any justice for human beings, that "Curse me for a fool to have for-Tone sure won't be Con Dickers." gotten the girl could drive!" he always knew he was no good," muttered. "But she won't get far, | Elizabeth aafd in a tone of cou the car's too heavy for a woman viction. "expect," she smiled, chauffeur-she will have to stop "that's why I'm trusting you” some time, and then I'll come up with her. Luckily, "she's taken the road to Windermere."
...
But at present Elizabeth was safe from her pursuer, and other possible dangers seemed as nothing to her compared with the one she had escaped. She could almost have laughed in her relief at having out
witted her enemy,
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ACHYNES,
Chile! Massagat, Bongong, 19th September, 1927,
NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL
"That's real good of you, and I'll and Undivided prove worthy of your trust, you bet.
Profis ....... Now, I've been thinking that I'll take you to the little hotel nt
Commercial and Travellers' Let Bowness where I put up last night;tors of Credit, Travellora' Cheques, DANKING CORPORATION, it isn't one of the swanky ones, but Bills of Exchange and Cable it's clean and the food's fair-also Transfers bought and sold. Cur- there are very few people there to rent accounts and Savings Bank notice you. All the same, if you accounts opened and Fixed Do- don't mind, I reckon it will be as well if you accept me as your uncle, posits in local and foreign curren The big car was responding say for the time being, and call cies taken at rates that may be as- gallantly to her driver, bearing yourself Miss Conyers-that's the certained on application to the Elizabeth further and further away, name I gave 'em-we'll get along Bank. and then suddenly two things first rate then." happened the first was the sudden appearance of a red lamp some little distance off, and by the light of the new risen moon Elizabeth saw that) it was the rear light of a car drawn up by the roadside, the chauffeur standing by, evidently about to start again.
Then the second thing happened, for just as the Panhard had nearly reached the other car a tyre burst. At the sound the man turned his head, came forward a few steps, then stopped short, for Elizabeth had alighted and was hurrying to- wards him,
Uncle," Elizabeth replied, laughing. "Of course, I'll do as you say, I owe you a debt of gratitude I can never repay-I'm giving you so much trouble, and you've already been too kind to me, first saving my Hfe, and now saving me from misery pose on your good nature any fur- and despair-1 scarcely like to im- ther."
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We are also able to offer out bye, I'm afraid I must call you Customers the services of the Elizabeth if you're my niece, or Branches of the Internaitonal Lizzie, If you don't mind, it'll put Banking Corporation in San Fran- 'em off the scent." They both cisco, Spain and the Philippino "Oh please!" she called out. laughed-things were becoming Island. "Could you help me? I must get arousing, "I've done nothing any- on, and why, it's you!" in a joy, one else wouldn't have done under ful tone of relief. "How lucky!" the cires.. and I'm real glad to have It was the stranger who had re-been able to help you get away from scuel her from drowning at Tor- that skunk Melford and the woman quity. The man took the hand who is still my wife-worse luck
the woman who calls herself Mrs. | BANQUE Elizabeth impulsively held out to him, amazement for the moment de-
Gilrow," priving him of speech.
"Why-how on earth-you're not alone, sure?" he ejaculated at 'lust in horror-struck tones.
"Yes, but I haven't come far," "Well, I reckon you've some nerve to drive that big car, young lady, and in this lonely rond-want your tyre fixed, eh? Gee! You startled me. I've had a break down, too, but it's all right now. Let's see the extent of your car's damage,"
"But Mrs. Gilrow your wife? ton that she was Mr. Melford's Why, she told everybody at Shrimp-
aister."
"She did that, did she? And I .reckon she made folks believe every- thing she said-a good actress when she liked to take the trouble was Milly-but I'm jiggered if I can understand what their little game was in coming to England——”
R. M. McLAY,
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"Well, I think I can help you there," was the reply. "Mr. Mel- ford thought she could help him in Paris, Lyons, Marseilles, Balgon, getting me to marry him, so she Haiphong, Hanoi, Tourane, Quinhen made much of me, and though I Hue, Thank-hon, Vinh, Pnom Pak, Hambur didn't quite believe in her, I couldn't. Peking, Shanghai, Tientsin, Hongkong. Harbin help liking her.”
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"Yes, but, you see, I'm not keen on driving any farther on my own, and I don't know the road. I've escaped from the car's own, who was trying to take me where I did not want to go. It must have been
"Nobody could if she chose to your car that passed us on the road, make 'em. One word, Miss Hyde, and I wanted to call for help, only before we get to the hotel-it will you whizzed past so quickly. How-be beat for neither of us to appear ever, the man who was driving the in the coffee room. If I can't get New York:-American. Exchange car left it for a moment to read the private room, have something to Irving Trust Co., Banca Commerciale directions on the signpost, and I eat in your bedroom. If Melford Italiana. just nipped into his seat and start happens to get on he'll scour the San Francisco:-Bank of Italy. ed the engine and was off before he place for you, and I don't cotton to Every description of banking and could stop me."
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"That's the cutest thing I've It was certainly a strange adven- heard of in a month of Sundays, turo this-and Elizabeth kept won- and so you left him behind swear-dering if it wasn't a bad dream, ing his head off, you bet," with that terrible ride with Austin Mel- another burst of laughter.
ford, her escape, and now this com- "I thought, perhaps, I could asking to the hotel with a man she you to let me ride with you to some had only met three times and to place where I should be safe and whom she had not even been proper-
ly introduced. could get shelter for the night-
What would Aunt Lucy have then I would take an early morning train home to-morrow. We could said? and John-well, sho would leave this car here until the owner ce them both to-morrow and ex- comes along. I'll tell you all about plain everything. John would un- It when we've started-do let us go derstand, and perhaps with be had quickly, for fear Mr. Melford geta not scouted her knowledge of Mel and Carrespondants in Europe, Americs and a lift and-"
ford's true character quite so open-ther parts of the world.
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"One moment, Miss-sorry I've forgotten your name."
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"I'll come round with the car at eight-thirty, mind you're ready, "Hyde, Elizabeth Hyde.”,
Lizzie," were Mr. Dickers' parting "And mine's Conrad Dickers at words to his "niece," when, having your service. Now, tell me, what engaged a room for Elizabeth and was that name you mentioned just ordered a supper to ba. served to her there, ho bade her go and have
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"Melford-Austin Melford,"
ft, and then go to bed. "We've got Special facilties for Home Exchange, "Jehoshaphat! So that's the to start right away if we want to skunk, is it? Well, I reckon we'll get to Ambleside in time to meet atop his chance of getting on to the others. So long!" night" and taking a serviceable "All right, Uncle, I'll be ready, looking clasp, knife from his pocket, goodnight," and Elizabeth meeky the man deliberately made a ragged turned away and followed the Incision in the tyre of the other waiter upstairs to her room, whero Autored apa
kissed wheel. "It would gratify mo con- she found a meal awaiting her and alderable," he added, "to do the a smiling chambermaid to attend to TI same to the owner himself-and 'her further orders. Her last holders ... sure do it when I can get at him and thought as she laid her head on the sdeplsia Lelkiessadammen. 1339,090 her both together. I'm clean onpllow that night was that, except their truck now. Excuse me, Miss for John, she had never seen any Hyde, I'm afraid I've got the habit man so thoroughly likeable në Con- of speaking my thoughts aloud. ||rad Dickers. Now, as you've done me the honour
(To be Continued.)
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