The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-25

o,In Ine ,s,st eo ever and unite the thongs that held the helpless SIT. 1orwars As the biz fellow moveG9 vre,G9ssitn. the hurrieaiy to esesSse ser shot 1m out with the nmlckness of iightning.i striking S snS Norweeian in the back or the n se,,s eau nN fslling him to the sasing nEor the giant at h,s merev' dragged him over to tne hed and left him kneeling at dne saus' of the, girl. It was hanSs the xn open hnttie of chloroform. which the kneeas ths tns man appeared to be holding 10 tne nose nos of the reclining figure hgusa w,th a smiis, Then the ",' rascal hurried from the the Snnm locked the door and hastened hack to the boarding house.
 But fate plays the most u"oNpe oranks with mortals. ts tha great head of hair had been less thick if the 6lOw rsysr nad SaHe m1H mawaRensd but. as all these things were in ms favor. Olaf in less than minu.e, aa;s awoke and rubbed his eyes. wondering wsSae smeliing h e1 the oRioroforrn. he hurled t from him just in time: and 1t smasneo through the little window dIoppins n harmiesslv down the air smart Tar
 '0T The noise of the breaking glass aroused the girl. A,.a ana sseipg her surroundings, with strange segn segr"s in the room. she immediately started to scream, Lut was quickly huSneS Wit6 tears % sin in his eyes. he begged her to desist. and he showed his good in- tentions by cutting the ropes tnaS were rubbing the tender flesh or dnS onsnsd II, To w,ndn@ fTrfhsr aSsare tSus letting in tiny wSin the of fresh air. He beckoned her and stood and breather 1t, like a taste 0us Seeing the fact of the girl in ,m s sstf sstf that she was beautiful-aye. more go than his Thorea,T, ,n ,ts asd heart nS was deep he must put aside this love of mo- ment
 And And how she trembled at his side and wept for ioy. ,,.. .o
 Surely. there was no harm JuS. sS feii lightly upon the wealth Of gold trsssas: and it pleased her as much as 1t did him. the admiring of it:
 blows with an ax or crowbar. and the door crashed in. Olaf felt something Terrible was about to happen;
 Ii took him a long time 10 reason
 out a situation. and he was slow, in his movements. besides his head ached where he had been struck, ana ms
 brain yhiried a round b,s ana svess roShT There in the doorway stood the stranger ana with him-heavens-his betrotned' Thoreau. The stranger pointed to the girl at | Oiafs side and smiled as sne snrdhA | toward the big fellow. Olaf clenched his fist and aoVanceo l with a terrible scowl on his face; there
 was murder in that look. ana t he s.,snw mSS on the point of crushing the ieIloW l with his mighty fist when Tnoreau prevented him.
 | DO not strike him. Olaf; back. l | say-frst explain how you come here with this--this-woman; you Who are | promised to me? What means It, say what means it?' l Olaf's sluggish brain began to grasp 1 the situation: his hand fell Imply 70 | his side. So this was the gamer rho. 1 reau had left him for the American az l her side. His pride was hurt; she VAS too ready to accuse: he would let her | Hanging his head he said nothing: | Thoreau took 1t for sign or dis
 missal. and. without more ado. tn two walked away together as tney hao
 Like a whipped cur. Olaf walked over
 to the girl and took her hand. He
 looked appealinglv into her eyes. She
 For a long time they sat there and 1 she smoothed out his curly blond hair;
 shyly, lest he might think her bold. | Presently. he aroused himself, bade the girl follow him and together they went out into the street among the
 signal, they entered q cafe and sat l down to supper After eating, they | ordered wine. Olaf signalling to the ! girl and she giving the orders.
 At lest Olaf grew sleepy and slug
 gish; he talked in strange fashion