The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-05-25
Af1[LLION
Or HudsoND ousl~s
CHAPTER xl-(continusd.)
casrNs1T isss sY SJlIATT,


The girl jumped in beside her.
Poor Fanchette," she said soothing
", and the haFd-featuFed- maid reroY.
cred hem ELF AT once under the stress
OF thesf dire necessity.
LET us go on, she implored.
There IL not a moment 10 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 al the extreme
limit OF legal speed
You are sure Il was monsieur him
self" the Girl asked suddenly. Tell
me what has happened. cant under
stand"
HE passed by" Fanchette answer
ed, but he did not see me. He thought
the road looked too rough To lead 10
house. and went further on. But
he will be back at the bungalow be-
fore dark"
The girl gave vent TO tired sigh.
and her proud head idrooped.
And this car Fanchette?' he IN
CURED.
II borrowed it," replied Fanchette
briefly. II am to return II To its own
er as soon as We reach New York
She compressed her lips. determin-
ed TO part with no further explana-
ton on that point. but the precaution
was needless. Her charge was accus'
toned 10 taking a good deal for grant
ed when Fanchette assumed control.
What are you going to do when
We get there" she asked reheglve-
". 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 I'm the bank there. And, with II,
YOU will he free to return To Amerl'
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 APP
peal 10 the owner -uf 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 WIS a thief and a robber. beg that
her innocent mistress should be allow
ed TO proceed by train 10 the city
She was dismayed therefore. when
a man hailed them as they drove into
the dock and stopped down TO identity
the registered number in front OF the
car She had thrown the rug from her
knees IN readiness to descend and be
marched Oft To prison. when he came
forward holding out "A ye.Iow envelope.
which. she felt sure must be legal
warrant for her arrest
For Miss Dagmar" he announced
briefly. and having handed 1t To that
astonished damsel. made of without
more ado.
There was no time 10 open 1t then.
and while they crept forward on to
the ferry. Fanchette made full confes-
sion OF her misdeed.
Tho girf looked grave. and made no
reply unti she had opened the envel-
ope The message it held merely said
II have found your bracelet Please
leave word where may deliver IT,.
HOPE AOu UuNt Hdu al Hltdodbt iiu
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 position which
could not but have been most aggra.
waiting 10 him.
Fanchette's fears thus finally dtssi-
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 1t 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 Il reply. Fan
Ghetto took that and the car TO the
Fifth-ave. hotel, where she intrusted
both 10 the guardian of the entrance
When she got back to Twenty-ninth-
st, she found her mistress pouring
over steamship guide