Show P Y aks A JL 0 race lut luiz ator THOR if yd MARCIA ARClA irma baw or THC FORMING ETC LU f al tt AY wa warn r Z atto 9 wt w jbf t BYS BY n afi S la i i rz ry iDun harn just st lighted from ft a raide approached hed by a beau beauter tir 1 gi r hio bublas his Is protection she bhe la Is tn in fear f but declines to give elvo the cause C ah k distress dunham takes liar t to 0 borne and in the absence or his basister IA batisa sister bor borrowa Tows a hat and cloak dersher Dir sher lie he takes her to a dinner party ot of a friend and gives liar her w mary remington nor ifer actions 0 ah e r as a girl ot of refinement and iree g after the dinner she requests ua in to assist her to leave cleaye the city Toi at iRita its her for chicago CHAPTER K continued immediately he remembered that ha d not given her any money ho how W juhe he have forgotten and there 9 north side bide station yet to be pasted before she dhe would be out ot of dan fort W the last iasi car was almost poet past he made a daring adoring dash and flung afi if headlong upon the platform I 1 to Ibo horror of several trainmen who stood on the adjoining tracks found the girl sitting where he nad left her only abug up the ade e of the window next her and was g with wide frightened eyes into the as flying darkness he touched er ge on the shoulder and she turned deith with a cry toh oh I 1 thou fallen under th Orain 11 she an awed voice N va going gain g so BO fast but you did not ff after all did you NOW what do it Is is too bad and ally all baicy hii I 1 iny acco account testes tS STes I 1 got off he said doggedly bitting down appo site her ana pulling straight 1 I got off but it qi gether a satisfactory ita factory and so I 1 got on tin in there much time tor for ting ing on gracefully but have excuse it the tact fact Is 48 1 I to leave you alone jaust yet I 1 amu clant 1 rest until I 1 knew you had passed 4 sed the north aide station besides akad forgotten to give you any Jis noney 11 toh ah but she protested eyes eloquent with feeling please don dont tsay cay that ho went on eagerly lean getoff get of flater later and take afia down train youl you know really the idt act it I 1 could gt lenyou boright go right out this way without knowing ut you athe aa moments fairly flew they 1 athe pissed used the north side station and are ere nearing the flag station after othere would be no more stops un sag past midnight the young man I 1 1 be must getoff 1 Tc 1 cannot annot help feeling that I 1 ought to at take ke care of you he said t IMI but I 1 cannot permit it she said 4 firmly 1 al amly her trust trustful fill eyes to aal smile le ou M will you promise toilette toilet me know it if ou aneed need anything no im afraid I 1 cannot promise pen an that she answered because hile bile you have been a true friend to fasie e the immediate and awful necessity b chope past you w will ill at atlease atlea least et take this he said ayou cawing from his pocket an incon N purse of beautiful leather yand nd putting into lit it all the money his pockets pockets contained 1 I saw bouhad you had no 1 pocketbook he went on and I 1 ventured to get this one in thedrus the drug storo elow the statton station will you accept it birom me I 1 have your ring you know f jand and when you take the ring tack back you may it if you ou wish return the tho purse I 1 A Q I 1 hastily scanned the papers nab wish it were a better one but it was 6 the most decent one they had you I 1 will need it to carry your sour ticket and I 1 have put in the change it would not do for you to be entirely without money im sorry it more there are only nine dollars and seventy five cents cent left do you think that will see you through it if there had been any place down town here chero I 1 could cash a check at this time of night I 1 should have made it more thank you so much I 1 shall return the price of the ticket and this money as soon as possible said the girl earnestly ho he suddenly became aware that the train was whistling and that the conductor was motioning him to go but you have not told mo me your stame name he be cried in dismay you have named me she an fc cred smiling 1 I am mary remington dut but that la Is not your real name you may call me mary alary it you like she said now go please im afraid you 1 1 get hurt you will remember that I 1 ath am your friend yep thank you hurry please the train paused long enough for him to step in front of her window and wave his hat bat in salute then she ofie passed ort on into the night and only two twinkling lights like diminishing red berries marked tho the progress of 0 the train until it disappeared in the cut nothing wua left but the hollow echoes of KB Its going which the hills bills gave back CHAPTER IV danbar list ched as long as his car could catch the sound then a strange desolation settled down upon him the little behind him was closed though a over the thai desk brightly through its front window and the telegraph sounder was clicking busily turning impatiently from tho the darkness dunham sought ho bright window in front of which lay ft a newspaper lie he could read the largo headlines of a column no more forthe for the paper was upside down and a bunch of bill heads lay partly across it it read mysterious disappearance OF YOUNG AND PRETTY WOMAN ills his heart beart stood still and aben went thudding on in dull horrid blows vainly he tried to read further lie he followed every visible word of that paper to discover its date daie and origin but those miserable bill heads frustrated his effort ile he felt like dashing his hand through the glass but reflected that the ho act might result in his being locked lacked up in some miserable country jail he tried the window an and d etive gave the door another vicious shake but all to no purpose finally he turned turne d on his bla heel and walked up and down for achour an hour tramping the length of the shaky platform back and dorth till the train tumbled up N at the first stop a man in front got out leaving a newspaper in the seat with eager cager hands bands dunham leaned for or ward and grasped it searching its columns in vain for the tantalizing headlines but there were others equally nr ar restive rest lre this paper paper announced the mysterious disappearance of a young actress who was suspecting of poisoning her husband when seen last she was boarding a train en route to washington she had bad not arrived there ho however weyer so BO far as could be discovered etwas it was supposed posed that she was lingering in the vicinity of philadelphia or baltimore there were added afew a few incriminating details concerning her relationship with her dead husband and a brief sketch of her sensa dional life the paragraph closed with the statement that she was an accomplished plis lied musician the young man frowned and opening his window flung the scandalous sheet to the breeze ile he determined to forget what he had read yet the lines kept coming before his eyes when he reached the city he went to the news newis stand in the station where was an agent who knew him and procured a copy of every paper on sale then instead of hurrying home he lound a seat in a secluded corner and proceeded to examine his purchases in large letters on the front page of a new york paper blazed HOUSE ROBBED OF JEWELS WORTH TEN THOUSAND DOI DOLLARS BY BEAUTIFUL YOUNG adventuress masquerading AS A PARLOR pailor MAID lie he ran tits his eyes down the column and gathered that she was still at large though the entire police force of new york was on liar her track ile he turned to another paper only to be met by the words ESCAPE OF FAIR LUNATIC and underneath pals prison n walls could not confine miss aliss chancy nancy L aliee who last week threw a lighted lamp p at her mother setting fire to the house and then attempted suicide the young woman aa 11 seems seema to have recovered her san senses s e a and nd professes to know nothing of what happened but the physicians say she Is ih liable to another attack ot of insanity and deem it safe to keep her confined she escaped luring during the night leaving no MO clew to her whereabouts how flow she managed to get open the window through which she ehe left the asylum Is a till a mystery in disgust he flung the paper from him and took up another FOUL PLAY SUSPECTED 1 BEAUTIFUL YOUNG HEIRESS MISSING ills his soul turned sick within him lie he looked up and saw a little procession of late revelers rushing out to the last suburban train the girls leaving a trail of orris perfume and a vision of dainty opera cloaks one of the mm men was a city friend of hla his dunham half envied him his unperturbed mind to be sure lie he would not get back to the city till three in the morning but he be would have no visions of robb robberies erieG and fair lunatics and hard bard pressed maidens unjustly pursued to mar his rest dunham buttoned his coat and turned up his bla collar as ho he started out into the street for the night had turned cold anahis and his nerves mado made him chilly As he walked the blood began to race more healthily in his voina velno and the horrors of the evening papers were dispelled in their place came pleA pleasant saut memories ot of the evening at mrs Pow manla of the music and of their ride and talk together in hla his heart a hope began to rise that her dark days would pass and d that lie he might find her again and know liar her better ills brief nights sloop sleep was cut abort by av a sharp knock at hie door the next morning ile he awoke anith a confused idea of being on a sleeping car and wondered if lie ho had plenty of time to dress but his sisters bisters voice quickly dispelled the illusion tryon arent you almost rea ready dy to como down to breakfast do hurry please ive something awfully important tant to consult you about life hla sisters tone told him there was need for haste it lie ho would keep in her good graces so he made a hurried toilet and went down to find tits his household in a state of subdued excitement im just juat as worried as I 1 can be declared his mother 1 I want to consult you tryon I 1 have put such implicit confidence in norah and I 1 cannot bear to accuse her unjustly but I 1 have missed a number 0 of f little things lately what the matter mother norah been appropriating appropriation g property not her own im very much afraid she has tryon what would could you do about it it ts is so unpleasant to charge a person with steal stealing lug it th Iti such a vulgar thing to steal somehow I 1 thought nora was more refined ned 11 why I 1 suppose theres nothing to do but just chargo charge her with it Is 18 there are you quite sure it Is gone what la Is it any way A ring did you say eay no its a bit bat said cornelia shortly A sixty dollar hat I 1 wish id kept it now and then she have dared it had two beautiful willow ostrich plumes on it but mother think it was becoming she wanted some color about it instead of all black I 1 left it in myroon my room arid and charged norah to see that the man got it if when he called and now the man comes and says he wants the ha hat t and it Is gonel gone norah insists th that at when she last saw it it was in my room but of course abst absurd ird for there was nobody else to talie take it but thompson and hes bes been beeri in the family i for so co long cornelia interrupted tryon quite beside himself dont think of such a thing ahing as speaking fa to that thal poor girl garf about that hat bat I 1 know she stolen it the hat will probably be found and then how bow will you feel tut I 1 tell you the hat cannot be 6 frundl said the exasperated sister biste r and I 1 shall just have to pay fors fora haf that I 1 can never wear Bl mother other I 1 appeal to you said the son earnestly dont allow cornelia to speak of the hat to the girl I 1 wouldn t have such an injustice done in our house the hat will turn up soon it if you just godbout go about the matter calmly find it quite naturally and unexpectedly perhaps any via way Y it if you do dont nt ill the hat ra rath abr or er than have the girl suspected 1 the mother rose roae reluctantly well we might let it go another day she consented then looking up at the sky she added 1 I wonder it if it la Is going to rain I 1 have a reciprocity meeting on for today and im a date delegate to some little unheard of place it usually does rain when one goes into the I 1 country ive noticed she went into the hall ball and presently returned with a distressed look upon her br face tryon im afraid youre wro wrong ng she said now my raincoat Is missing my afy new raincoat I 1 hung it up in the hall ball closet with my own hands after it came from the store I 1 really think something ought to be done there I 1 hope you seel said cornella cornelia severely 1 I think its ita high time something was done I 1 shall phone for a detective at ancell once cornelia do nothing of the kind her brother protested now thoroughly aroused ill agree to pay for the hat and the tha raincoat it if they are not forthcoming before 9 a fortnight passes but you simpie shall rot not ruin that poor girls reputation I 1 insist mother that you put a stol atop to such rash proceedings ill make myself personally responsible for that girls honesty well of course tryon if you wish it said bib mother with anxious hesitation 1 I certainly do wish it mother I 1 shall take it as personal it if anything Is done in this matter without consulting me remember cornelia I 1 will not have any trifling A girls reputation is certainly worth more than several hats and raincoats and I 1 know she has not taken them ile he walked from the dining room and 77 I 1 frona from the house I 1 in n h angry n gry dignity to the tha astonishment of ills his mother and sister lister to whom he was waa usually courtesy itself tryon dunham wok tc ok hla his way to hla his odea much perturbed perturb od tn in mind per seemed to be thickening about him with tho the dawn of tho the morning had come that sterner common which told him ho he was a fool for having token taken up with a arrange young woman on the street who was so BO evi dently flying from justice ah afi the A suddeN warm thrill shot through him and tits hla band searched his hie vest pocket where hp he had hastily put tho the jewel before leaving ils hta abom that was something tangible ile he could at least know what it was worth and so make maka sure sura once for all whether lie he had been deceived the stone alone seemed to be of unusual beauty and purity but lie he would we uld stop atop into the diamond shop as lie he passed and make sure lie ile had a friend there who could tell him all about abou tit it after the morning greeting iia ho handed banded over ills hla ring this belongs to a friend of mine he said eald trying to look unconcerned 1 I should like to know it if the stone is genuine and about what it la Is worth ills hla friend took the ring and retired behind a curious little instrument for the eye ec presently emerging with a respectful ful look upon life his face your friend la Is fortunate to have bavo such a stone it Is unusually clear and white and exquisitely cut I 1 should say it was worth at least he paused and then named a surn sum which startled dunham even accustomed as ho hoaas was to counting values in high figures lie he took tho the jewel back with a kind of awe where had his ou oue d lady acquired tbs abs wondrous bauble which she had tossed to him for a trine trifle in a tumult of feeling ho he went on to his office more perplexed than ever Ale meantime antime the girl who was speeding along toward chicago had not forgotten him she could not it she would for all about liar her ware were reminders ot of him the conductor took charge of her ticket telling her in his gruff kind way what time they would arrive in the city the porter was solicitous lic itous aboud about her com comfort fori the newsboy brought the 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