The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-02-12

means to take them TO sea. 1t will ISL
an almost impossible task to seare1
the high seas for them. Our only hops
is in reaching them before they embark. =
eyes. / am almost mad with thinkin,
Of it. OF all the possible things, L have
thought of his doing for vengeance,
never had the remotest dawn of though
| strangely favored him. OF course if he
asserts that Allen is his wife and in.
sane, how can they -prove it, at mo
ment S notice? Her most reasonable en
PLANTATION, even if she had an opportuni.
ty to explain to anyone, would be set
| down as the vagaries of an unbalanced
mind. No, there is little chance, and he
has shown his wisdom in coming South
to his own country, you may say, where
+, the people would be allow to suspect,
knowing nothing Of his abducting two
women. This train seems to crawl. -
'tWe must get our mongrel to make our
beds, we ought to sleep; we may have
work before us, think 1 can force my
rself to sleep"
"Mongref To be sure mulatto is
mongrel. I"
"He is mixture of negro and Chin.
ese; Just notice when he comes in, you
will see the monaghan plainly
yes, SO he is. Well let us try to
sleep. !"
The man sullenly arranged berths fcr
the two men and they went to bed and,
strange to say, did sleep, worn out wits
| excitement and anxiety.
CHAPTER XVII.
When Mr. Redfeld related to his wife
privately, the abduction of Aileen and
| Elizabeth, she said at once:
ttI do not believe it! It is absurd to
1 suppose that two grown women, of more
than average common sense can be car.
ried off in this day. Those boys seem to
think they are in the middle ages. Sup.
pose Richard Soule did buy stock Of
women g clothes, he may have wife, we
can possibly tell about that at any
rate a man of wealth and position, no
doubt, has abundance Of lady friends
whom he might wish to present with
pretty clothes on occasion; it is not IN.
usual. You will see the girls coming in
at any moment; and find these boys gone
off on such a wild chase, with special
train service OF course, If he secured
them, he could not travel two-thirds the
length of the United States without the
having an opportunity to elude him. Be
sides, what in the world did he want OF
Elizabeth I don't believe he ever saw
her -
ct hope you are right, my dear, but
you underestimate the power Of man
who has great ability and much money;
if he only brides highly enough, all thu
resources of the country are his momen
tarily, and for fitting like this, he viii
not need them for long, but be past and
l beyond reach before the pursuers find
his trail.
l Mrs Redfield grew very grave
~ see, that it may be possible, but
not probable, anyway, think we had
better not tell Mrs Soule about 1t, fol
she is already i'll with the terrible straiu
Of her sons trouble. vial go and SEE
! her, but not tell her anything until we
have more positive news. 1t has been a
miserab BILE day, I do miss Elizabeth 50
dreadfully, and Dudley too, he is keep
ing office for Stanley, and spends most
of his time there
"Well, let us hope they will be found
Mrs. Soule might know of some of the
movements that Richard would be likely
to make, if it will be safe to Tell her
do hope Gerald will not hear of this il
would make his confinement awful tor
ture.
cit would almost drive him mad, to
have his wife at the mercy OF his rival
and Tom have been exceedingly careful
in concealipg the object of the journey
! and 1 do not think it will get into tina
: papers. I think / shall Just advertise III
, my paper that they have left the city fc'
few days on business trip, that viii
satisfy undue curiosity Well, must GO
7 back. ! have a dozen editorials on my
y hands. Good bye" He kissed his wife
| and went out,
81 will wait until Thankful comes
Q from school before 1 go to Mrs Soule.
. She occupied herself about the house and
o attending to the numerous wants Of hei
: small granddaughter, who stood a, tha
window and presently announced
"An-Thasa comm wiz man" Mrs
Redfeld too, locked from the window
and saw Thankful coming up the wall
with Paul Lindsay.
"Thank heaven, she is happyi" sale
her mother,
e When they came in, she told of thi
4 fears for the girls, and Of her disbelie.
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