The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-05-25
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CHAPTER xI-(contInued.)

The girl jumped in beside her.
Poor Fanchette." she said soothing
, ly, and the hard-featured maid recov'
cred heuelf at once under the stress
OF ther dire necessity.
Let us go on she implored-
There IL not moment To lose.
The girl slipped obediently into the
driving seat.
Whittier. Fanchette?" she asked
Through Stormport. To leave the
keys. and then To New York
They were into the village before
there was time for any further re-
mark, aud out again at the extreme
limit of legal speed.
You are sure II was monsieur him
self?" tho girl asked suddenly. Tell
me what has happened | can't under
stand"
He passed by" Fanchette answer
ed. but he did not see me. He thought
the road looked too rough To lead TO
a house. and went further on. But
he will be back AT the bungalow be-
fore dark"
+. The girl gave vent TO tired sign
and her proud head dropped.
And this car. Fanchette?" he In
CURED
IL borrowed it," replied Fanchette
briefly. Il am To return 1t to It's own
er as soon as We reach New YORK.
She compressed her lips. determin-
ed 10 part with no further explana'
ton ON that point. but the precaution
was needless. Her charge was accus'
toned To taking good deal for grant
ed when Fanchette assumed control
What are you going to do when
we get there?" she asked reflective
~. and Fanchette swiftly unfolded the
scheme she had formed
Il think" she suggested that.
while monsieur is In this country, we
should hasten back TO Paris that you
may obtain the money you still have
left in the bank there. And. with II.
YOU will be free To return to Ameri-
ca We can learn in Paris when he
is expected back. so that we may be
elsewhere before he arrives
That seems good plan" the girl
agreed YEARLY
Mile after mile dropped away from
the whirring wheels, and Fanchette
felt ever more confident that her ap-
peal TO the owner OF the providential
car had not failed OF good effect. She
had been dumbly dreading that, some
where along the road policeman
would spring out and stop them In
which case she could but admit that
she was thief and a robber. beg that
her innocent mistress should be allow.
ed to proceed by train to the city.
She was dismayed. therefore. when
a man hailed them as they drove into
the dock and stopped down To identify
the registered number In front of the
ha haA tkr = ho hn
knees In readiness TO descend and be
marched off 10 prison when he came
forward holding out a yellow envelope.
which, she felt sure. mus be legal
warrant for her arrest.
For Miss Dagmar." he announced
briefly. and. having handed ii to that
astonished damsel. made of without
more ado.
There was no time TO open IL then.
and. while they crept forward on to
the ferry. Fanchette made full copfes-
sion OF her misdeed
Tho girl looked grave. and made no
reply until she had opened the envei-
ope The message it held merely said
Il have found your bracelet. Please
leave word where | may deliver II.
Hope you nave had a pleasant run.
NEWMAN"
She read that out TO Fanchette, and
then had TO confess her own encoun-
ter with the cars owner in view OF
his unexpected urbanity. Both were
inwardly prepossessed by the tact he
had displayed in a position which
could not but have been most aggra.
waiting 70 him.
Fauchette's fears thus finally dissi-
pated she even ventured TO justify
herself in her evil doing. The girl
herself was thinking OF the strong.
sun-tanned face, OF the fearless but
very appealing brown eyes she had
left behind on the bench. And she
did not crumple the telegram up. but
Kept it smooth and carried It to the
hotel with her.
She drove along Twenty-ninth-st. to
the Martha Washington. and. leaving
Fanchette to look to the baggage, sat
down at desk TO pen "A reply. Fan
Ghetto took that and the car TO the
Fiftitave. hotel where she intrusted
both TO the guardian of the entrance.
! When she got back TO Twenty-ninth-
St. she found her mistress pouring
over steamship guide. =.