Show THE IME TWO passengers by NAPOLE EOM 8 ZARICK out ont of tile the floor door of a popular panr bling hall lied 20 littles lintl lint les pi cont coatless less fig dp ures anti after them thein cattle a host of olli cers of tile lie lw law flail lely sharl eyed detectives and shrewd pollheim n it 1 was n famous raid the 1 hall beell caught tn in till the net act tile the gain lillick devices some of them libin valuable were ore till nil confiscated anti the mm men tw i apt apt one writ lelzell after it long run iho one who ho e I ceped was boli bob C cliine ratio the owner of tile hall nil in ili vain nil fill searched trying to win vio tile the large reward offered for tits his call ture hut flat tie lie hall disappeared ns as if tiff the face of tile earth hut flat was its one person in tilt lie elty city where the raid will who could cill 1 I have liidi e told the lie searchers where doli crime crane was tint and tint one person wo MIS nellie clayes nellie was a fall girl till sort brown hair fill and large blue tile eyes one afternoon after blob hall left file tie gambling hall to not get 11 i light lunch lillich before going inick buck to tits ills evening work ork tie he hall decided to tako a walk through one of tilt lie parks while in tills this park lie he saw a horse tria mildly illy running down the long smooth drive ills heart gave a thump its is tit lie tew a girl dashing before the ing in horse hob bob a desperate de hernto nt at tempt to rescue tile the girl and succeed ed in fit pt illIng tier her away from the inn ser ger this girl was uni clayes and later inter when itoh bob first met tier on oil tile lie street nearly a year before the mill lie stopped short to look tit nt tier lie ho then deliberately turned tin and followed her nt at n respectful distance to tier her home on one of the fashionable streets of f the town time ps bossed eil rapidly nil and before long he find made friends with tier lier father and in tin nn amazingly short time the upper class know him film na as the ho sweetheart of pretty nellie hayes she know nothing about him hut but just took him on trust thinking him to be tin nn honest upright ronn man now when he lodged dodged under the arm of a pursuer tin and swung nn other one out of tile the way with a blow of n f tits his big lie ho ran more from force of habit than anything else straight s tri light in nt at the hnit open door of the hayes home nellie was standing in lie file tint hall ns as lie he rushed in boal she cried showing n little excitement in her voice olce ns as she came toward him with tier her arms outstretched F tr and her eyes pitying pitting him oh the mutter matter dear dont nellie he said huskily ns as he looked embarrassed into tier eyes you collell me now I 1 dont know what im here for anyway unless its to tell you the truth you lave put too much confidence in n me dont look nt at me tint that way im not fit for you yon to touch nor to look nt nor to think of nellie darling ile he c flaked buck back ti sob before lie he continued im n bad man and the police anre looking everywhere for nie mu minute but I 1 had to come and tell yo ou 1 fl ferit r t that lint its nil true ahot reo ace in the papers today thiet boh bob crane Is 19 it gambler and n sharper and that his business Is to client men out nut of their lifard onried wages im tills this ar anie ape ta tb ab crime crane lie he confessed to the lie only girl that he be aind ever loved ivo ive been trying to get into something else for your sake lately benr fi ut 1 seem to and old ways tire hard to brenk break so goodby good by nellie best forget boh bob she then sho she entile and laid tier her hands on hla his shoulders to gaze into hla his eyes nob bob dear if ill get you yon out of the country and nil keep them thein from finding you you ou promise to be a good man ns as lou lout ns as you ou live iho lie ile caught ills his bronah slie she urged BS as she grasped him by the arm 1 I promise lie said sol solemnly emill Y and then gilded nil ded hut but its lending leaving my iny heart behind me nellie dror slie she till did tint not answer tint crossed tile hall and took a small en envelope elope front from a hie ble il rawer then lien came and stood hoire him now listen atrom now on oil nob youre sir mr john edwards and youre going hack back to your old home in ireland your rooms and passage were taken last friday for leont anat you see mr air who bought this ticket Is ill III and tile the doctor said mild it would kill him to go his 1114 wife brought tile ho ticket hero here last night flight arid naked tile 1110 tn take it back to tile he sti p ofeleo this in morning riling so mr john Edwn edwards edward rd I 1 will 1 l I 1 hire n car rire for you ani tonight he be sare safe on your our way to the fit slant annd sho she drew away a little nl as site she handed him tho the en envelope elope she knew very well what would happen lie he looked up tip in surprise ns as ho he opened it ills his heart bent faster why nellie there are two tickets here what does it mean mrs MK F duardi was going too bob she replied tint hut I 1 do with them he inquired ns as b h glanced nt at tier her fifee with a downing comprehension nellie olt oh nellie I 1 you dont v k in enn couyou you you of course I 1 am sho she sold said did y you on think id lot let you go alone A few months later bob and nellie banded in the distant country tin and bob crane the reformed gambler married nellie hayes the girl who had al ways been true to him hodny bob Is manager of sir hayes and Is planning to return to america when lie he has at nil nt fit the money that ho he won in tile the gambling hilll hall copyright 1919 1916 by the mcclure New sipa per syndicate |