The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-12-07

yetfer RroundIess. The two men went
.iF-ectly TO her. and while the porter
murrnured conaolinEly. Now. don't be
afraid. miss: no one amt Gwine to
hu-t you the conductor produced .
telegraph form from which he read
rapidly in low tone.
Wentworth made no attempt to con-
ceaI the fact that he was listening
You see.' said the conductor. hand
ing her the paper, these Instruction.
are fran police headquarters, SO there
is nothing tor me to do but give you
INTO custody at New Haven"
.'IGu6bishr' CIRCULATED Wentworth
before tile gir4 could speak II you
do any such fool thing as that your
tad yourself in about the worst scrape
you ever tackled. This young lady
isn't charged with amy crime. Is She?
The conductor shook his head doubt
fully.
..Gf course not. Well. you know
0,.fte. us wei as l do that you can't
serve a subpoena out Of the state. It's
uD to her to say whether she'll go back
and be a witness In that beastly trial
or not That wire didn't come from
: police headquarters any more than you
+ did. Let me see it,
/ Impressed by the decfalon of his man
ner. the conductor almost mechanical
" compiled with his demand.
( lust az thought" pursued Miss
Blain's self constituted p"otcctor-"a
pure fake. Haven't even got her name
right Spelled it with an r.
How should it be spelled?" asked
the porter.
why. with an n naturally" said
Wentworth. with whitening scorn.
do you know this gentleman?'' ask
ed the conductor. turning to the girl.
/ "I-that is she began helP!essly.
know me? Why. I'm one of her
best friends interposed Wentworth
hastily, managing to give her elbow
surreptitious pressure: 81 came on this
train purposeIy to look after her. al
though she didn't know of my inten-
ton"
Z There was a moments silence. during
which the girl kept her face averted.
7 the porter shud1ed uneaslly and Went
{ worth looked dehantly at the con-
ductor, who shrugged his shoulders.
I well" remarked that official at
/ length. I'm no lawyer or detective
c..:.c-. and don't know whether that
wires straight or not. but don't like
to make things unpleasant for lady.
can't interfere with the proper au-
thorities II they come on at New Ha-
ven, but don't know as it's my bust
ness to give 'em any help. Perhaps
you can fix some plan between you.
And, motIonInG to the porter to pre-
cede him. he passed on through the car.
The girl turned quickly to Went
worth.
! What did you mean" she asked. "by
talking about my testifying In case:
I
II don't think anything about 1t"
said wentworth. II know you're An
nette BIain. and you're leaving New
York SO you won't be obliged to appear
ut the Brent trial. And he glanced
Significantly ut her luggage. on which
the letters "a B." appeared couspic
uously in several places.
''Oh. DO I'm not. I'm Antonette
Blair. and l never heard of the Brent
case I'm simply running away from
home TO escape marrying Il man de
test. and my guardian has found 1t
out and sent that horrid wire. They'll
keep me ut New Haven until he gets
there. know they will"
Wentworth gave low whistle.
How old are your" he asked abb
ruptly.
/ Nineteen"
! wentworth onsidercd for a moment.
/ See here" he said. "Will you trust
i yourself to me?''
Miss Blair smiled little tremulous-
Iy.
ut seems about the only thing for
me to do" she said
Then listen. There's flag station
this side Of New Haven. I'll ok the
I porter to stop the train there. and
| wen slip of and take the next train