Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-08-30

concluded that their salvation was
only To be worried out through ever
lasting vigilance. incessaut movement
and the favor OF tho blind goddess
Fortune.
He saw nothing Of Hobbs as they
alighted and hastened from the sta
tion and hardly had time 20 waste
hooking FOR him since their train had
failed 10 make up the precious ten
minutc5. Consequently he dismissed
tho fellow from his thoughts until
with Brussels lingering I'm their mem
Dries a garlsh vision OF brilliant
streets aud glowing cafes. glimpsed
furtiyely from their cab windows dur
ing It's Wild dash over the broad mid
city boulevaFds- midnight they set
tied themselves IN carriage OF the
BruSes exposes. They were speeding
along through the open country with
u noisy clatter; then minutes inves-
ttgation suiiced to discover the rnnto
OF the AletheG serenely ensconced In
the coach behind.
The" little man seemed rarely com
piScent and impudently greeted Kirk
wood's scowl!ng visapc az the latter
peerOd through the window I'm the
coach door. with sniirk and n wag
gish wave OF his hand The American
By main strength OF viii power mas
tered on impulse 90 enter and wrn1
his neck and returned 70 the girl more
disturbed than 10 cared 70 lot her
know
There resulted from his review Of
Al tTRe q
Mr. Hobbs, and that lay IN trusting to
his confidence that Kirkwood and Dor
othy Calendar would proceed as fur
toward Ostend as the train would take
them-namely, 20 the limit OF the run.
Dfuges
ThuO inspired, Kirkwood took coun-
sci with the girl. ana when the train
paused ut Client they made an unos-
tentatiOus exit from their coach. find
ing themselves when the express had
rolled on into the west upon IA station
platform I'm foreign city at nine min
utee past ! o'clock I'm the morning. but
at length without their shadow. Mn
Hobbs had gone on TO Bruges.
KiritwoOd sped his journey lnes with
IN unspokon malediction and collected
himself 70 cope with situation which
was 10 prove hardly more happy FOR
them than the espionage they had Just
eluded. The primal flush OF triumph
which had saturated the Americans
humor On this signal success proved
but 1ctlvc and trunsitory when In
Quiry OF the station attendants educed
tho information that the two earliest
To-. 3
Duukcrque and the st for Ostend. A
minimum delay Of four hours was 10
b. endured in the face OF many con-
tingcut features singulnrly unpleasant
To cont Iplnte The station waiting
room WIS on the point Of closing for
the night, and kirkwOod. alarmed by
the rapid ebb Of the money he had
taken frora Calendar. dared not subject
his finances 70 the strain OF a nights
lodging at one OF Clients hotels. He
FOUND himself forced 70 he cruel to be
kind 20 the girl, and DorOthy's cheer
ful ncquiescence to their sole altcrnu-
tive Of tr0mping the street until day
break did nothing 20 alleviate Kirk
woods evaporation
10 was permitted them to occupy
bench outside tho station. There tho
girl, her head pillowel on the treas
urc bag, mapped uncasily, while Kirk
wood plodded rcstlessy 20 and fro.
Up and down the platform, adding hia
poor weary wits with the problem 81
the future not - much his own az
Che future Of the unhappy child for
whose welfare be had assumed re-
spoons bllity. Dark for both Of them.
S. hls understanding tomorrow doomed
darkest for her
NJt until tho gray, fOrmlcss night Of
the dawn dusk was wavering over the
'orf did he cease his perambulatlons
Then "a gradual STIR OF life in the city
streets. together with the appearance
az g station porter OF two, opening the
waiting rooms and preparing Olom
against the traffic ~ the day. warned
him that he must rOuee his charge.
lie paused md stood over her. rciuC-
tar' g. disturb her rest, such MS q was.
hts heart toxin With compasaion for
her. bis eJul imbJcrcd by the cruel
irony of their cetate
~ what he understood wore true
Kings ransom was sccreted within the
cha7p limitation heather sntchci which
served her Tor pillow. But 70 avai,ol
her nothing for hor comfort n what
hc believed were true. she was abso-
iufe mistress ~ tlat treasure or Jew
els, yet that night she bad been forced
To- sleep OH hard. urcuehi5ucd bench
in thc opor air, apd this morning he
must wskcn her 60 the life Of q hunt
cd thing q woek 0go she had ha1 ~
her command every luxury known ~
The civilized world; today she was
fr',udlosr but for his inefficient. worth
Joss SELF and I'm O strange land a
week. 0go hod he known hor then, he
hnd been free ~ tell her of his love.
o. ofor her the protection Of his name
pa wel s7 d. dos ption. today ne WINS
ou DIV but pcuuilces v0Qaboud and
thcra .FIli ho uo dishonor deeper thon