Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-07-08
Copyright 1901, by the $. $. McclusoSb.,
iclIy, without looking up.

icily, without looking up.
Guy went hot and cold in breath.
told of you?" he echoed.
yes" said Miss Betty, still writing.
Some of your worthy townspeopic
are In pursuit of us. They came out
OF store down the street and bolted
past, shouting all sorts of direful
threats against 'old vlandingham's
daughter l am utmost sorry helped
you out of your dilemma last night.
Mr.. Herbert. But for my meddling
you would not have been here to be-
tray our identity" She closed the
notebook with u curt little snap, laid
the pencil on its cover and wrapped
the tape line around nnd around. 81
do not care for myself particularly, as
know your fellow citizens would not
dare to do anything very desperate.
But Miss Pinkncy is not made of such
stern stuff us Inn. 1t was very unknd
and ungrateful of you, Mr.. Herbert"
Guys face had become almost as
white as Miss Pinkney's.
DO you think for moment" he
gasped, that would do such das-
tardiy thing?"
who else could have done it?" She
looked ut him hopefully, asking with
her eyes ms plainly as eyes could ask
anything that he lift himself from the
depth to which he had fallen in her
estimation.
She seemed to have no regard for
the peril of her position, appearing to
desire only an explanation and half
fearing he could not give it.
ut was done by some one else" said
Guy, In desperate earnest. "rake my
word for it. An explanation would
consume too much time and endunger
your chances of escape. / have had
that carriage made ready for you.
Please get into it ut once without a
moments delay. AS soon as these men
find you are not at the hotel they will
60 elsewhere to look for YOU"
who is the driver of the carriagew
asked Miss Betty, able to see only one
side of the vehicle through the narrow
door.
barney" said Guy; "a man whom
you can trust implicitly
Lois" said Miss Beatty, "get into
theicarriage. think we are mistaken
about Mr.. Herbert. Anyway, shall
stay here long enough to make sure"
Miss Pinkney left hurrfedly and Miss
Betty again turned to Guy.
ut is too bad that the high opinions
we sometimes form of people on first
acquaintance should be overthrown,"
said she, land l was very much dis
appointed when forced to the conclu-
sion that you had told of our presence
here. Now tell me truly, Mr.. Her.
bert, is not this little plan of yours
TO get us to leave Concord without ac-
complishing the work that brought us
here?"
Great heavens, not" cried Guy.
II would have been very clever
plan,' she went on demureiy. "Have a
carriage ready, you know, tell the pop
ulace, send them rushing away on
wrong scent and thus make us glad of
the opportunity to avail ourselves of
the carriage which we refused this
morning. As a ruse it would have been
almost-N apoleonic."
Don't wait any longer" implored
Guy. i fancy can hear your pur-
sucrs coming
She bent her Head listeningly.
No, not yet" she answered, light
~. "Who was it told of us2s
"A man who will never again 90
back to Harmony. His name was
Hepburn and he worked on the rail-
road in your town, but was dis
charged yesterday. l refused to pur-
chase his information, but Col.
keeyer paid for it and l heard what
he had to say. I have done what /
could for you, Miss Elandiughan,--"
II know it, Mr.. Herbert, and in or
der that your work may not have
been done in vain, / am going. L
have performed the mission that
brought me here, so look out for
master stroke on the part of Har-
mony."
She flashed a bright smile at him
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