Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 1902-06-27


I Of Affairs. that he had a eomrade wide
awake 10 the Importance of speedy ae-
tiOn.
Deep down ia his heart the marquis
cursed his folly for ever having been
fEiendly in the least With one pos
sesssd Of such a ligsFish. tropical tenn
p~FamsHi. and gr0aRsi 10 ,hink of evil
bstaiiins Fedora through such .
source.
shoFn of all outside consideration
then. the captains story Was of the
haehnsyei type - unsaspieious people
isasF DC deceived by the most ancient OF
spseioas tales. go that there is little
need of originality. eEea in thes. mod
era days. in the matter Of deeoying .
woman from under her o~n root.
The paPeF which iiysrmoEe had
picked up in the hail explained much.
for strange To say. IL contained writing
that in some respects Erssmbled his
Ssn-sI least undsr the supposed con.
diiions he miEht have been the author
of the message:
WAS Injured in a collision with an
other cab Ssnd this good Samaritan
sister Ia bring you to me. Come i'm
tsassilatsiy. God alone Knows ho~ So
ssoas u may be. Maurice
when the marquis read IL he NUT.
tered aadsF his breath.
Perhaps the good Samaritan sister
VAS jaani,a herself in deep Disguise.
and with The most sinister OF motives
iF her heart.
Come. &C must go 10 your house
without delay. The start must b. mad.
from there. On the ~ay ~s can col
ieet ourselves and make some pgepara-
,ioa foe the work
This uas his way o. starting In. and
as they left the hotel the marquis beck
onTi TO gunSienaaiy looking young
fellow Hho. while appearing to be
somewhat of \ swell. ~as In reality q
detective serving as his bodysuard.
\ foaE-Shesisr MAS next In order.
and thus they reached the captains
Eaas-.
Tho marquis asked few questions
and thea allowed the man from Scot
land Yard TO take charge Of tn. case.
lie drove at ones to the railway sta
ton Hnd made Inquiries at the book
lns once.
hN' atEAsAa ~
graph of his wife along with him.
saa;ehed from the man,oi Mt home by
suggestion OF his onc.iimc deadly en-
envy. but now devoted friend.
The clerk reeoilcc;cd the party we'll.
II consisted OF two ladies'. who mp
pcarcd sick or suffering In some way.
couple OF attendants. honcAt-lookIng
fellows. and the woman who seemed to
have charge Of them ail-hc had sup
posed her to be housckccpcr or COM
panion.
Thus they knew those they sought
had gone on to Dover. II was n great
triumph for the detective. and their
faith In him arose accordingly.
sun the situation was lugubrious
enough. since there was no train until
morning.
That meant four or Ave hours
wasted.
The captain grew red In the face with
eongcsted anger and threatened to
have an apoplcctic At. but the marquis.
upon learning that only n question of
pounds. Ehillings and pence kept them
from reaching Dover. put his hand into
his pocket and made immediate ar
ransements for motor and one first
class carriage.
In ten minutes they were leaving the
station. and long ere the city limits
had been reached found themselves
whirling along at furious speed
II was agreed by all that Fedora
while in the cab must have been drug
gcd in some way. to prevent her call
ing for help-doubtless her cruel cap
tor had made all preparations for this
and had no difficulty in supplying her
mind while she still reta ned the use
OF her limbs.
The booking agent had noticed the
vacant expression on her face and del
icately limited that at the time he had
vague suspicion the TWO ladies might
be affected In their minds and were
being taken to some private sanitarium
near the coast.
Two,
A strange. cold SILVER went through
the marquis az dreadful thought
flashed home.
He remembered how he had met .Iu-
anita on the stairs; how she had ques-
toned him about the demure minia-
ture painter: how she had bitterly ex-
claimed that the little girl of his for
mer acquaintance had now grown up
into charming little woman. Good
heavens Could 1t be possible that her
terrible Spanish hatred had extended
to Mazette. and that, having laid all
her plans TO accomplish a certain pur-
pose. she set out to kill two birds with
one stone?
And while he sat there grinding his
teeth and swearing that If heaven
would forgive him and spare her he
would devote his fortune to make peo-
pie happy, the special gave several
sharp whistles and plunged into Dover.
CHAPTER XIII.