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Off went the carriage with a dash, the rurewsome roar of the elements For some time the two sat speechless, side by side Outside the thunder rolled, the rain swirled and hissed, the wind howled and all the horrors of nature seeht Lorry wondered vaguely whither they were going, why he had seen no flashes of lightning, if he should ever see her again His hts and queries

"Where are we going?" he asked, after they had traveled half a mile or so

"To a place of safety," came the reply from the darkness beside him

"Thanks," he said, drily "By the way, don't you have any lightning in this part of the world? I haven't seen a flash to-night"

"It is very rare," caht Lorry

After a ht?"

"A nu to take off this wet coat It weighs a ton Won't you re rain coat and threw it across to the opposite seat, with the keys and the lantern There was a moment's hesitation on the part of his companion, and then a second wet coat followed the first Their rain helmets were also tossed aside "Makes a fellow feel more comfortable"

"This has been too easy to see back reflectively over the surprises of the night "Maybe I aether on the fleshy part of his ar him to start, first in auardian to obey the cohed, and the hand dropped froer silence than at any time before The soldier drew himself into the corner of the seat, an action which repelled further discussion, it seemed to Lorry, so he leaned back in the opposite corner and allowed his mind to wander far frooing? When was he to leave Graustark? Was he to see her soon?

Soon the carriage left the s and careening, that they were in the country, racing over a rough, rocky road It reinia soirl in all the world as his coe, but with a surly, untalkative soldier of the guard The hts to revel in the Ahts, the more uncontrollable becaht-horse Jerry's" coach