The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1904-12-22
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CHAPTER XXII.-tcon.inued.)

Was Just going TO leave. when Mr..
Montgomery came up to me again. dress
- for the street.
Fl can't find Il now. Silas: I win bring
9 home with me and you can do IL to-
Osrrow."
vsxed and annoyed at this triHing. ]
90 round TO the front of the house.
Dat 60 e-enter the pit was impossible.
IL people were crowding out In one
Aanss stream: 20 I was obliged 20 stand
aolds until my companions should APP
ear. or until the passage wns sum
<leatly cleared for me TO 20 back TO
81 them.
had not stood there many seconds
eeforc ! nav Mrs. Wilson forcing her
eli through the crowd. and looking Wild
y about her. She caught sight Of me In
- Instant
"whcre 10 Ciara?" she cried. gasping
oDe breath. IL have lost her In the
crowd. Some mcB pushed between us.
end separated her from me: and from
0at moment I have lost sight OF her.
Lsok about you. She u be In the
erect"
TIE audience were now dispensing In
IN directions. Up and down. In and out
- crowd. here. there and everywhere,
eagerly sought for her. but she was
0owhere to be seen. Mrs. Wilson. stand
esg In q doorway. trembling and wiring
eng her hands. soon collected a small
crowd round her.
"Had they seen a young lady. In a
eiack dress. with long golden hairY'' she
oover ceased asking.
At last a man suggested hat the po-
H1>~-.. -lx III 49,. ltu. ,kzas
de door during the latter part OF the
performance was the most likely person
- have seen her.
sYea- He had seen n youn; person an
ewering the description. She had been
q among the first of the crowd 10 come
down the passage. She looked rs if she
had lost some one. When she got into
che street n young man touched her upon
che arm and said something. and she
walked away with him. Then lac los,
eight Of her.
"what was the man likey'' I asked.
"Oh. he was a youngish. smooth-faced
teIlow. with a cap on was the reply.
The very man who had hcckoned me
sut Of the pit. II was a plot. then:
but by whom originated. and for what
Ourposef
take n cab; 60 10 Bow street police
station ut once. aud l will follow you In
. few minutes" I said To Mrs. Wilson.
Back ! rushed 10 the stage door. Had
Mr.. Montgomery left the theater? He
had followed out ut my heels. was the
answer.
Suddenly ! ~bethought me ~ the public
house frequentcd by Josiah and Mr..
Montgomery. Away | ran thither. No:
they had not been there that evening.
Then I went down Co Bow street. where
! found Mrs. Wilson. more dead than
alive. giving her deposition.
"Arc you quite certain that the young
lady has not gone OF Of her own free
wili1-some swccthearting case. per
Aaps-only for a little walk--met some
one she knew. and finding hat she had
missed you. he has taken her homer"
suggested the functIonary who was tai-
tng down the dispositions.
Pray disabusc your mind OF such an
idea. the young lady In question has no
friends except those YOU see here
knows NJ others-aSSociatcs with no
others"
The solemn cnrncstncss OF shy tones
seemed to convince him Of his error. for
from that time he gave Us q more seri-
Gus attention.
"a description shall be sent to the DIFF.
fersnt heats and police stations. md you
had better issue bills. and IL you care
60 20 To the expense. advertise In the
daily papers. IL We hear anything. W.
will let you know. But you can make
your mind easy upon Que point-at least.
Z think No: wherever she is. she has
gone with her own free will. There's
no accounting Tor the yagaries Of girls"
Both myself aud Mira. Wilson felt very
angry nj the light aud skrptical manner
I'm which n subject Nd momentous 20 us
was treated: but the officer only smiled
at our warmth.
Mrs. Wilson expressed her intention
81 issuing bills early the next morning.
Offering n reward for her discovery.
There WAS nothing more to be lone In
chat place. for the cab was waiting.
aud ! persuaded her To return home i'm
meiiaicly. 40" implored me 10 accom-
pany her. No. ! would search the neigh
ocrhood: ! might chance to get some
tidinss.
Finding that all her rntrcatlcs were
On vain. the old lady reluctantly depart
Cd alone.
Mr.. Jonathan was standing upon tho
doorstep when the cab drove up. Before
the cabman could descend from the l.ox,
he h,d the door open.
Where il She-wherc Is Clara p he
asked, seeing but one person within.
Too utterly terrified AMI bewildcrcd TO
think OF the oddity ~ such n question
from a siianscr whom she had never
sc-n before. Mrs. Wilson could only gasp.
~She Ia gon.-run away with"
Ten minutes afterwards. Mr.. iona.
thau jumped into the cab that had
brought her home. aud which he ordered
e. stay. 80 the low street police
station rs fast Ne you can drive" he
cried.
All that night | wandered about In n
frcrzied state up and down the streets,
down by the river. | know not where.
IL came on 10 rain. aud | was soaked
On the skin. Still. hour after hour. 1 lin.
ger,i about the same spot: the dawn
broke md merged into broad daylight.
and the hustle OF the day began. yet still
j could not tear myself away: the pass.
ers'hy shrank from me-they must have
tk"nght me m escaped lunntic. At last,
j feit thai nature could hold out no long.