The Portland daily press., 1900-08-30

/ ~, anu IudI my ldlueE ana all the rest
of them are Just so many big geese"
"Thank you a thousand times" he
said, taking her hand. II shall never
forget this And now tell me, what
are they going to do about it?'
They've telegraphed to Boston for a
detective" she said almost in a whis-
per.
Perceval laughed gently. Then sud
denly he spoke Of something quite for
eign to the subject-of the pretty festi-
val the previous eyening-and so, con-
versing upon ordinary matters, they
walked a little way together and part
ed as good friends who expect to meet
again quite soon.
1t was late that afternoon when Dora
returned to her home. She had not
taken off her wraps when her father
came running in, excited and evidently
bursting with news so important that
his habitual dignity was forgotten.
''What is it, fatherY asked the girl
"Why, that scamp has got awayw
exclaimed the doctor. Somebody must
have warned him. He got aboard the
2 o'clock train for Boston without even
stopping to get his baggage from the
hotel. We've telegraphed ahead to have
him arrested"
"Arrestedg' she cried. ''What forY'
GAS a suspicious character" he re-
piled. "And, besides, he hasn't paid his
bill at the hotel But the mystery is
who warned him. He couldn't have
suspected anything from the way we
treated him. We were very careful
about that"
'"That's absurd, father" said she.
''He saw right through you all in half
a minute"
"How do you know thatY" he de-
manded.
II know because he told me So" she
replied. "And in return for his conf
dence told him just what the matter
was"
.'You did? Youp cried the doctor.
''NIy goodness, we mustn't let this get
around town.
I'm willing it should" she answer
ed, ''for Mr.. Perceval is a perfectly
honest and honorable man."
"He is, is hep said the doctor. "Then
why did he run away?"
eve shall know that when he re-
turns" said Dora cheerfully as she ad-
justed a stray tress with the aid of the
mirror in the old fashioned hat tree
that stood in the hall.
At this moment there was a furious
ring at the doorbeIl. Dora answered,
and the hotel clerk rushed into the hall.
Read thaty' he cried, thrusting a
telegram into the doctors hand.
Gam returning on 500 train with
PercevaL Signed, Wallace" read the
doctor.
''Who is Wallace?" asked the girl.
Hes the Boston detective" replied
the doctor and the clerk in one breath.
At 1885, when the $40 train from
Boston reached Walden, Dora and her
father and almost the whole Of the
town were at the depot. Among the
FIRST to alight were Perceval and the
detective. The latter had his hand on
the young Englishman's arm, and he
led him toward the doctor, whose COM
handing figure doomed above the
crowd.
"Well, DOCTOR" said Detective Wal
lace, "here's your man. I've looked
him up, and he's all right-strictly as
represented. If you'd waited awhile,
he'd have brought his credentials back
from Boston himself That's what he
went down for. But it doesn't matter
I had to come up here in a day or two
anyway, to see If some Of you people
would come down and look at a man
who's under arrest at headquarters.
We think he's the fellow who worked
you folks four years ago last fall"
While all this was being said Perez
val, for the second time that day, was
engaged in thanking pretty Dora Bar
rows for her confidence in him. He ex-
pressed himself much more warmly
than on the previous occasion, and she
seemed to be pleased.