The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1910-07-30
CHAPTER vi.
THE MYSTERY OF THE EMPORIUM.

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the Slattery institute to bal
ance the books on account Of
the evanishment of Mr.. Wy
lie. thought often Of Shayne's charm
Ing niece. but. manlike, gave scarcely
| thought of the situation on board
! the Roc as she bore northward in the
night sky after dropping him as a
hawk might let fall too belligerent
weasel
The warfare and instruction which
he left behind would have interested
him had he known. Mr.. Silberberg,
! hurt In amour propre as we'll as pro-
boscis, was deeply disturbed in his sui
tanic regard for Virginia. He was too
angry to follow her to the deck as she
swept out Of the cabin to take leave Of
her bandit Of the dunes. For some
minutes the girl lay. half fainting.
wholly terrified. by the rail. where she
had fallen as Theodore dropped over
the side into the cloud and the night.
"Where is Virginia?" uueried Aunt
Marie at last. HAS she eoped with
that creature? Look for her! She's
my niece. after ALP
Mr.. Shayne called Mrs. Shayne's
maid and gave orders that Virginia be
sought on deck. The maid looked
about hastily and. failing to observe
the little heap in which Virginia sat
huddled up by the rail, ran in agitat-
edly and said that Miss Suarez was
not on deck ''ln the least"
Il told you!" gasped Mrs. Shayne.
"She's thrown herself away"'
Silberberg walked glumly In from
the cabin.
This assassin" said he. must be
aft with the crew. There's only one
place where Miss Suarez can be-"
Shayne ran aft and astonished the
crew by bursting into their midst and
| staring wildly about. as If denented
What is 1t. sir?" Willett asked
calmly.
where is Miss Suarezy' painted MIR.
Shayne
II don't know sir"
where's that fellow we picked up?"
Il don't know" responded Willctt
'They're gone" Shaync exclaimed.
iuSilIlS lulo tEc CiUlu MAX. IQey We
gone over the side"'
THAT parachute" said Max. could
not save two. from death. even If they
made Il good drop. And in this dark
ness"-
Virginia. having recovered her self
knees. rose and. entering her cabin.
threw herself on her bed She felt n
horror Of Silberberg, sense of disgust
with the Shayues. To think that they
could so insult this young man who
had saved her life and treated her so
beautifully. no matter what he was
to offer him money. to send him aft
like servant: No wonder lie had
: struck Silberl"rg's otliouS nose. Later
she rose. preened like IL bird heforc the
. mirror and sat down to think The
voices Of her uncle and aunt and Mr..
SflberDerg came to her ears from the
main SALON. Opening her window for
air, she noted that the roar Of the wind
from the earth had ceased and knew
that they had reached the calm area.
of which Willett had spoken. In the
middle of the Glow" They would
probably have an easy landing III Chi
cago. And then!
One thing was ccrtain-Sl,e would
not live longer with the Shaypcs. They
And she would-rot-s,ay- witl'--lh"tn
ANY longer!
Oh. if she only had Just one relative
in the world save Aunt Marie!
Stay! The thought struck her Of her
mothers fathers people. soncw here IN
the south. Her mother bad been dis
owned by her family for perverSely
contracted marriage. but they were
southerners. and they would not see
an orphan girl Of their kin go home.
less. She would leave Aunt Marie u
note Of thanks for all her many kind
nesses. take her. really. truly own be-
longings and fly south. So there!
So resolving. she became quite calm
and walked into the main salon in
very matter Of fact way. Aunt Marie
gave shrl: scream and tainted Sill.
berbcrg said that he would be-tor-
mented Mr.. Shayne stared blankly.
Well" said Virginia. do you think
am u ghost:'
"Oh. child" gasped Aunt Marie.
"where have you been with him?"
Virginia stood still, her eyes ablaze.
her cheeks burning. The Roc was
coming into the Chicago garage on
the roof Of the Aerostatic Power build
ing III most beautiful landing but
none Of the party knew 1t. Silberberg
was gazing at the enraged Virginia in
unbounded admiration. Her splendid
anger had won him back. Shayne
spoke III foolish agreement with his
wife, half believing for the moment
that there was something questionable
In Virginias absence.
with beggar!' said he.
"A bandit" said Aunt Marie. ian
assassin
"a beggar" repeated Virginia in
lofty scorn. why, even If he were
one, in rags and hovel. he'd be worth
million like you! AL assassin.