Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-02-07
KATE ELMORE, LEADING LADY
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Rose followed. The conductor slammed
corner seats at the top of the omnibus.
AS it drove OFF Rose leaned forward and
looked out of the window. The man and
woman were getting into a hanson cab
together. They intended to follow the ON
nibus.
Rose leaned across and whispered to
Miss Gilmore. when the bus stops at Wa
terloo Station" she said, get out l shall
do the same. Have you any money!"
The girl blushed II have a shilling"
she said Rose took out her purse and
put some silver into the girls hand" AS
the man to drive you to No. - Gudford
Street, Bloomsbury. That is where l live.
/ shall be there as soon as you are. Then
/ will tell you more"
1t had occurred to Rose that the best
place for her to explain the situation to
Miss Gilmore would be her own house.
liked, and concert some plan by which the
detectives, who evidently following
them, might be put off the scent.
Miss Gilmore didn't venture to ask for
any explanation there. She knew that
there was danger to some one whose name
had not been mentioned by either of them.
those who meant him harm if they could
find him. This lady evidently knew it too,
but how she knew it and what interest the
matter was to her, the poor girl was too
agitated to even try and think out.
The bus stopped at Waterloo Station
and nearly all the passengers alighted,
Rose and I'M, Miss Elmore Ga, among them s
the omnibus, and she repeated the address.
"Y Svo1 will Gomez"
A minute afterwards Miss Gilmore had
hailed hanson and given the man his
directions. AS the cab drove off Rose saw
hanson which had pulled up little way
off turn round and follow it.
The detectives were still on her track,
or at least they thought they were.
quarter of an hour later Mrs smed-
md linz nD
little sitting-room at Guldford Street.
And outside the door man stood with
his hands in his pockets and whistled in
well, I'll be hanged" he exclaimed to
the woman who accompanied him, and who
had Just alighted with him from a han
I'm hanged!' he exclaimed This takes
it. This is Mrs. smedley's place, and the
girls in with her, John smedley can't
have been there all the while without my
ITS not likely" replied the woman.
'If he was it's hardly probable that the
wife would ask this girl to come and see
him there"
you wouldn't think So but then who
would think of them two being together at
o ott, unless =" was 10 pun ea'n others nair
Well they are there, and it's pretty
certain that John smedley isn't. What do
I'm hanged if know, exclaimed the
enough a, this morning, but it looks degced-
fly, and having game with us But well
stop about a bit. The girl will come out
again presently and then I'll follow her.
I'm going to see where she sleeps tonight,
anyway"
do you want me any more?"
eav YoG better wb wat bit after May vent soH
You'd better watch from the other end of
the street and I'll take this corner. It's
my opinion that of ems tumbed, and
therell be nothing done while we're in
sight"
The man and woman separated at once
and took each an end of that portion of
Guildford Street in which Mrs Smedley
lodged. They were too far away to be
noticed by any coming out of the
house, but nobody could leave it without
When Rose Smedley saw how pale Miss
Gilmore looked her first feeling was one
of pity for her, and she hestated to tell
her who she was.
For moment the two women looked at
Miss Elmore was the first to speak.
Madam she said II don't know who
you are but you evidently know something
OF me. You told me l was being followed.
If that was there a danger in my
going home. Do you know what that dan
ger was?"
81 do" said Rose, quietly "it was dan
ger to the man who calls himself Wilson
the man you call your husband"
HE is my husband, madam! !" exclaimed
Miss Gilmore, the blood rushing to her pale
cheeks, Miss Gilmore is only my stage
name"
"You mean that he has married you ?"
cried Rose.
Certainly IL"
(To be concluded in The nett issue