RACING DRIVER

By ALEXANDER CAMPBELL

Author of Daughter of Exile, etc.

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.5‘: each window. chatwrllls to de- from one conspirator to another. t’ ting friends and relatives. talk- “Doroth faster and more nervously as the coincidence?" traln's engine to move ‘ drew nearer. The train was packed Many of the passenizers Bgvelar 9:; m is-nying VOYEQCTS gm ampion for the rather futile teeth. satisfaction of a last wave from the quayside. Porters bustled to and fro. small boys pushed extremel larae whee1- on-rlment." protested her father. ad.ne-wsstands loade with Thanks solely to Mr. Carter"

0 “We knew that Mr. I-Ia.rker——"

flelg. There is one boat train." .. u

of oranges and chocolale. Southampton was a five minuie you, son." e old g

fcsor Ellington in a hollow voice. "'nie—olo gir ? ‘

mind and body with mild amuse-

merit.

Overhead the sky’ was softly blue. with fleecy clouds, and the 313‘ W33 _ warm~—a typical English day. ‘Is tal

But Frank was interested in nei- Rupert

The thought that he was on the eve like this would h|1DP€ll- I th h

would be some mom would see these pleasantly familiar scenes again. hardly ever crossed said e professor is mind “Started out to address

hs before he alllygulliave-"

to lhi’. station early. and had care- sies! You see, Lhc old girl sh

ting into it.

Professor d£luI;h'.Pl‘ were not on board.

He glanced at his watch. In two lllllillttts‘ they would be pulling out of the station. ‘ one of the minutes passed.

I asked for a lift—-

c carriage Window. glancing at hi. watch Frank had an diuy impulse to tell him to wait for two , ‘unporiant passengers. He resisted it. policeman's face, said Busy slamming of doors came E11ingwn_

nearer and nearer. A hand caught

the handle of his own door and It was Christine's voice.

the train. and beginning to wave.

can flag raised. A whistle blew. A on this. t carriage door was slammed. “Excuse me!” he said quickly. Then from the far end oflhe DEF

tallish man in a soft black hat w ose Professor E11lngt,on———"

‘brim was absurdly tipped up on his "Wait a minute, wait a minute!" high bald head, he was blowing vig- orcusly through a moustache. A blue shirt cuff. shoot— remember now,

overcoat sleeve, was waved frantic- say your aunt?“

Neither of them carried luggage. To see them was to act. Frank threw open the door of the compart- ment. The train was already in motion.

"This way. inrofessorl" he shouted. her friend Miss Carter. I so

lessor."

ton slowly. “Freckles — ah

Frank grasped a shirt cut! and a

Christmas cracker, and pulled. Professor Ellington came aboard

the miracle of actually catchingei‘;he over his blunt features. “I say. in tra.in——which he had not bel

for a tmt, and then a run. I thought!" “THE OLD GIRUS GONE!" As she came abreast of the com- sat, sucking his

she instinctive v halted.

had to

e compartment. mines. Professor Ellington pulled the d to with a slam. He took out a into her orbit. handkerchief and wiped his to head. mg each other.

"Haven't rim like that for ten (T°b° C°nu““ed) years! "I've got to thank you, young

man—- Then. belatedly. recognition

I? . Carlterl The chap in the motor

mash 1 stififened sllghvtly wt

1118 0u.”sald the rofessor, not too Al’0!1'Ild the deep. oval loglgally. “One gooId turn deserving ‘ of fresh, ink 4 another, eh?"

He turned to his daughter. who had regained her composure uid

I-rank leaned out of the c&I'l’l9-56‘ "nee-ted herself beside the oom- window and _ Woman in the compartment, un- -‘of the boot tram. Crowds clustered aware that she was merely turning

Isn't it a remarkable

‘Ga.rier," said Frank between his “—Ca.rter was sailing on the Eu- t all together in the some com-

m3r83z' " . ' d s. or carried trays N11 “Yes. by love!" said the rofessor mes in paper C south with a returning flood o enthus-' Africans. to whom the trip to iasm. “We certainly are grateful to

crawl, regarded these pr0VlS10ne1’5 0! "What held you up?" said Frank. “Th irl's gone." said Pro.

“F'ather." said Dorothy incisively.

about that awful car. vised that he buy a new ther the crowds nor the weather. model and warned that something

of a 6,000 mile journey, and that it the Manchester business would -

es. Now that was a lark,”' comfortably. a science He was looking for a. man and I congress_at Manchester, and when gill, _ d'you think I ended up? At a fair He had contrived to get Christine with a crowd of cheapjacks and gyp- e a

fully inspected the train before get- wheel, and when this caravan came ‘ along — I'd been driving at night Ellington and his to get the bench: or 3, clear m9,d_

“Mr. Carter is not interested in your past mi.fortunes,” said Dor- oihy. “And anyway you'll have no more of them. Your ‘old girl‘ can

A ian carrying a green flag pa.ss- hardly survive the engine dropping ed if: He WES out of her in the middle of Picca-

“Ycu ought to have seen the " Professor

"Worn you introduce me, Prank?" Frank, twisted it expert-ly. The man passed who had {oigotten all about his on. and the slamming decreased in aunt, turned to meet the cool gaze volume as he worked his way down of as innocent and childlike a pair of brown eyes as had ever gazed People were already standing back upon a mixed company in a railway ' compartment. But he was not de- Cranimz his neck. Frank SEW Chi? ceived. Christine wanted to be in

“let me introduce my aunt, Miss form a figure appeared runnl . A Christine Carter. Miss Ellington,

Professor Ellington stared. “Look bflstly black here. haven't we met before? Yes, I You’re the cheeky ing beyond the confines of a black young thing—Good lordl Did you

ally. ~ . “I didn't have the chance to cor- "Hold it!" ‘?l!l{li'(;d Professor 121- rect the impression at the time,”

lington. "Hol said Christine coolly. “And I cer- At his heels came a dark haired tainly didn‘t think y{ou'd remember girl, walking swiftly. me. But I am Fran ‘s aunt. Ap-

pearances are often deceptive, pro- "I remember now,” said Elling- Miss

Vfihltmker did say Sbmethiriig v ' 5 .

The professor put on a. final spurt. where is she?‘ and she said. ‘You’ve just been talking: to her‘. So I said. part of 8. hand inside, rather like 8. “Nonsense, that was one of the sen- ior pupils, and a Bi-aettier little’-

r thou choc-

The girl, seeing her father perform olate eola.irs?" A wide grin spread

is ed is a stumbling coincidencel I said it would hapq3en—a.bandoried her walk before, and by gosh, it's truer than

“Let me introduce Mr. John For- ester," said Christine, and turned to the stranger in the comer seat, who pipe and watching partment reoo ition dawned, and this by-play with an amused twinkle _ in his grey eyes. “He's a South Af- But Frank, was having no n<m- rican—a real colonial. though he sense. He gripped her arm, and she tells me the description is deflnkely sum}! The pair or them frowned on in Capetown clrcles——and 5 rawle rather than backed into he's been telling me all about gold

cunningly she drew the two men - Frank and Dorothy were left fac-

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