Show 1 1 r i H i m TK hg ahi dittli A N y 4 arace 1161 jr aw ace A I 1 lutz AMOR 2 Pl MARCIA ARICA R dran darpi daff ahr MORNING ETC illustration 6 y acaby at 5 ca ra ya eyia SYNOPSIS I 1 T tefon on dunham just alighted from a tr train ar n la in approached by a beautiful girl who asks aska his hl protection she bho la Is in fear ear of pursuit but declines to give the cauce of her bior distress dunham takes her to hla his home and in the absence of his mother and sister bister borrows a h hit and cloak for her he hakea her to d dinner I 1 party at the home ot of a friend anti and gives her name 01 as mary remington her actions stamp her no IB a girl of and breeding after the dinner she requests reque ats dunham to assist her to leave the city lie puts her on a train for chicaro and supplies her with money dunham has become intensely interested in the girl and antique to solve the mystery which surrounds mir rounda her stories in the newspapers of missing girls only add to hla his bewilderment CHAPTER V beginning with the awful moment when ehe obe drat fIrst realized her danger and the necessity for immediate flight she one lived over every perilous instant her nerves straining her breath bated as if she were experiencing it all once more too the horror of her own ho hopeless peleo helpless conditi conditions ont but finally because her trouble was new and her body and mind though worn with were vere healthy and young she sank into a deep s sleep leap without having decided at nil all what she should do I 1 at last baat she woke from a terrible dream in which the hand band of her pursuer was upon her and her preserver was in the dark distance with that insistence which torments the victim of such dreams she was obliged to lie still and imagine it out again and again until the face and voice of the young man grow grew very real in the darkness und she longed inexpressibly for tho the comfort of bis presence once more at she shook oft off the pursuing thoughts anti and deliberately roused herself to plan her future tho the first necessity she decided was waa to change her appearance so far as possible BO tant it if news of her escape with full description had been telegraphed ehe might ovada evade notice to that endi end she arose ta la the early dawning of a gray and misty morning and arranged her hair as she had never worn it before in two braids and wound closely about her bar head she pinned up her gown until it did not show below the tha long black coat and folded a white linen handkerchief ab arouther r e ver the delicate laco lace anaut and d is garniture fokd itu ro of t the modish waist then the she looked dubiously at the hat with a girls girlis instinct her first thought basfor was for her borrowed lumage A fine mist was wait slanting down and had bad fretted the window pane until there was wan nothing visible but dull gray shadows of the world that flew ino monotonously by with sudden remembrance she opened the suitcase and took out the folded black hat shook it into shape and put it on it was mannish of course but girls often wore such bats As she surveyed herself in tho the long mirror of her bar door the slow color stole into her cheeks yet the costume was not unbecoming nor unusual she looked like a simple school girl or a young business woman going to her days work but site she looked at the fashionable proportions of tho the other hat with some I 1 thing like alarm how could sho she protect it itt she did not for a moment think of abandoning it for it was her earnest desire to return it at once unharmed to its kind purloiner purl olner she summoned summon edthe the newsboy and purchased three thick newspapers from these with the aid of a few pins she made a large package of the hat she o 0 EN E UIRT X las Z tai t LUI I 1 I 1 here wax was a ray of hope decided to go bareheaded and put the white kid gloves in the suitcase but she took oft off her beautiful rings and hid them safely inside her dress drees she sacrificed one of her precious quarters to get rid of tho the attentive porter and started off with a brisk step down the long platform to the station she followed a group agrout of people into a car which presently brought her into the neighborhood of the large stores as she had hoped it would it was with relief that she recognized the name anond on one of tho stores as being pt of world wade reputation well for her that she ehe was an expert shopper she went straight to the millinery department and arranged to have the hat bat boxed and sent to the address dunham had given her it had cost coat less to express the tha hat bat than she had feared yet her stock of money was woefully small some kind of a dress she must have and a wrap that she might be disguised but what could she che buy and yot yet have something loft for food lifting her eyes she saw a sign over a table lenene skirts 75 76 cents centa and here was waa a ray of hope sho she turned eagerly to examine them piles pile 5 of somber skirts blue and black and tan they were stout and nd coarse and scant and not of the lagest latest cut but what mat terca it ii she decided on a seventy five cent black ono one growing wlee wise with experience she discovered that she could get a black sateen shirtwaist for or fifty cents rubbers and a cotton umbrella took another dollar and a half she must save at least a dollar to send back the bu sult it case came by express A bargain bablo of odds and ends of woollen jackets golf vests and old fashioned blouse sweaters selling off at a dollar apiece solved the problem of a wrap she selected a dark blouse of an ugly blue but thick and warm then with her precious packages she asked a pleasant faced saleswoman if there were any place near where she could slip on a walking balking skirt she had just bought to save her other skirt from the muddy streets she was ushered into a little fitting room near by rapidly sho she slipped off her fier one fine silk milk lined cloth garments gar mente and put on the stiff sateen walot waist and the coarse black skirt then she surveyed herself and was not ill pleased there was a striking lack of collar and belt she sought out a black necktie and pinned it about her waist and then with a protesting frown she eho deliberately tore a strip from the edge of one of the fine hem stitched handkerchiefs and folded it in about her neck i in a turnover turn over collar colla r the result was waa quite startling and unfamiliar the gown the hair the hat and tho the neat collar gave her the look of a young youn 9 nurge girl or upper servant on the whole the disguise could not have been better she added the blue woollen blo blouse usei and felt ceri certain aln that tha teven even her most moat intimate arienda would not recognize her she folded the raincoat and placed li it smoothly in the suitcase then with dismay remembered that she bad nothing in which to put her bar own cloth dress dresa save the few inadequate paper wrappings that had bad come about her simple purchases she folded the dress smoothly and laid it in the suitcase under the th raincoat she sat down at a writing desk in the waiting room and wrote 1 I am safe aate and I 1 thank you then she paused an instant rind and with nervous haste baste wrote mary underneath she opened the suitcase and pinned the paper to the lapel of the evening coat just three dollars and sixty seven cents she had left in her pocketbook after paying the expressage on an the suitcases suitcase at her first waking in the early gray hours houra of the morning she had looked her predicament calmly in the face she had gone carefully over her own accomplishments her musical attainments which would naturally have been the first thought were out of the question her skill as a musician was so eo great and so BO well known by her enemy that she would woula probably be traced by it at once the same arguments were true if she were to attempt to take a position as teacher or governess although she was thoroughly competent to do so A servants place in some ones home was the only thing possible that presented itself to her mind she could not cook nor do general housework but she thought she could till fill the place of waitress with a brave face but a shrinking heart she stepped into a drug store and looked up in the directory the addresses of several employment agencies CHAPTER VI it was halt calf past eleven when she stepped into the first agency on her list and bUBl bust nese neze was in full tide while she stood shrinking by the door the eyes of a dozen women fastened upon her each with keen scrutiny the sensitive color stole into her delicate cheeks checks As the proprietress etress of the office began to question her she felt her courage falling failing you wish a position the woman had a nose like a hawk and eyes eye a that held no sympathy what do you want general housework 1 I should like a position as aa waitress ner her voice was low and sounded frightened to heri herself elf the hawk nose went up bously better tako take general housework work there are too many wa waitresses 11 already 1 I understand the work of a waitress but I 1 never have done general housework hou nework she ehe answered with the votes voice of a gentlewoman ge which somehow angered tho the hawk who had bad trained herself to get the advantage over people and keep it or else know the reason why very well wel do us you yoi please pleas e of course u but jou you j t bite your own no nose ie i off off let me see your references tho the girl was ready for this 1 am sorry but I 1 cannot give you any I 1 have lived only in one house bouso where I 1 had entire charge of the table and dining room and that homo was broken up when the people went abroad three years ago I 1 could show you letters written by the mistress treas of that homo home it if I 1 bad my trunk hero but it to la in another city and I 1 do not know when I 1 shall be ablo able to send fo for r tt it no references reference sl I 1 screamed toe the hawk then raising her voice although it was utterly unnecessary ladles ladies hero bore la is a girl who has no references do any of you ou want to venture tho the contemptuous laugh that followed had bad the effect of a warning to every woman in tho the room and this girl seems scorns general housework and presumes to dictate for a place as waitress 11 w went aut on the hawk 1 I want a wal wall tress rees badly said it a troubled woman in a subdued whisper but I 1 really dare take a girl without references she might be a thief you know and then really she look as an if she was used to houses like mine I 1 must have a neat stylish looking girl no self respecting waitress nowadays would go out in the street dressed like that all the eyes in the room seemed boring through the poor girl as she stood trembling humiliated her ing while horrified tears demanded to be let up into her eyes eyce she held you see I 1 have this particular company coming her dainty head proudly and turned away with dignity however it if you care to try called out the hawk you can register at tho the desk and leave two do dollars lars and IF lif if the meantime you can think of anybody give us a re reference ferene e well look it up 11 but ut we never guarantee girls without references the tears fears were too near the our bur face now tor for her even to acknowledge this information flung tit at her in an unpleasant voice she went out of the office and immediately surreptitiously two women hurried after her one wash was flabby large and over dressed with a pasty complexion and eyes like a fish in which was alack a lack of all moral sense she hurried after the girl and took her by the ibe shoulder just as she reached the top of the stairs that led down into the street the other was a small timid woman with anxiety and indecision written all over her and a last years street suit with the sleeves remodeled when she saw who had bad stopped the girl she lingered behind in the hall and pretended there was something wrong with the braid on her skirt while she lingered she listened walt wait a minute miss said the flashy woman you feel bad about having references everybody so particular you come with me and ill put you inthe in the way of earning more than you can ever get as a waitress you cut out for work anyway with that face and voice ive been watching you you were meant for a lady you nod to be dressed up api upi and be a rwal ral r al pretty girl As she talked slig eho bad come nearer and now ehe leaner over and whispered so that the tj ined woman who was beginning dimly to perceive what manner of creature chis other woman was could not hear bear but the girl stepped back with cudden energy and flailed eyes shaking off the hand that had bad graw grayed vid her shoulder I 1 dont you dare to speak to mel mat P she ehe said in a loud clear voice dont you dare to touch mol met you are a wicked domant woman 1 it you touch me again I 1 will go in there and tell all those women how you have insulted met oh nellif well wel lif if youre a saint arvol Bt hissed the woman 1 I should rather starve ten thousand times than take help from you said eald the girl and her clear horrified eyes seemed to burn into the womans comans evil face she turned and sad away like the wily old serpent that she wan down the stairs like lightning sped aped the girl her head up in pride and horror her eyes still flashing and down the stairs after her sped the little anxious woman panting and breathless determined to keep her in sight eight till she could decide whether it was vaa safe to take a girl without a character yet who had just shown a bit of her character unaware two blocks employment office the girl paused to realize that she was waa walking blindly without any destination ti she was trembling so with terror that she was not sure cure whether she ehe had the courage to enter another office and a long vista of undreamed of fears arose in her imagination the little woman paused too eyeing the girl cautiously then began in an eager voice ive been following you the girl started nervously a cold chill of fear coming over her was this a woman detective 1 I heard beard what that awful woman said to you and I 1 baw how you acted acte a you must be a good girl or you have talked to her bar that way I 1 suppose im doing a dangerous thing but I 1 cant help it I 1 believe youre yourd all right and im going to try you if take general housework I 1 need somebody right away tor for im going to have a dinner party tomorrow night and my girl left me this morning the kind tone in the midst of her troubles brought tears to the girls eyes oh thank youl she said bald as she brushed the tears away im a stranger here and I 1 have never before been among strangers thin way id like to come and work tor for you but I 1 do general housework tn im sure I 1 never did it and I 1 know how bow 1 I could help you with your dinner party she went on om that 1 Is 1 11 I 1 know al all about labout setting the tables and ar arranging rarig the flowers and favors I 1 could paint the place cards too iye ive dono done it many a time andi could wait on the table but I 1 coul dat cook evenaun even nn oyster oh ob place cards 1 sald said the little woman her eyes brightening she caught at the word as though she had described a now new star in the firmament 1 I elsh I 1 could hayet bate them bem they cost io BO much U to buy 1 I might h have ave my washerwoman come aad and help with the cooking she cooks pretty well and anda I 1 could help her beforehand but she wait on table to save her bar life I 1 wonder it you know much about menus could you help me fix out the courses cour fleG and eay bay what you think aenk I 1 ought to have have or dont you know about that you see eee I 1 have this very particular company coming and I 1 want to io havo have things nice I 1 dont know them very well my husband has baa business relations lops 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