New Ulm review., 1910-07-20

be 'aunderstanded Of the people, Car
ssoD was famishing. And before he re-
turned to his room he learned that he
zwas an inmate Of the Szattery Insti-
: t1te For Drunkarls.
.GHAPTER VI.
tHsIE .MYsTER9 OF THE EMPoRIUM
~ YQUNG NET. Carson, detained at
,aQee the books on account OF
the ~eyaGishment Of Mr.. Wy
lie, thaaHglt often of Shaynes charm
ing niece, but, nsanlike, gave scarcely
thought of the situation ON board
the Roe sas she boze northwagd in the
night sky after dropping him as a
'haWk naiaflt let faN too beaaigerent
weasel.
The warfare and insurrection swhich
sac left behind would have interested
Tain had he known. Mr.. Silberberg,
ihslrt In anaaur ipropre as well as spro-
;bascis, was deeply disturbed in his sui
ltapic regard fer Virginia. He was 900
..anery to follow .her to the deck as she
SWEPT out of the cabin to take leave Of
her .eandit of the dunes. For some
minutes the girl lay, half fainting.
wholly terrified, by ;the rail, where she
had faNen as Theodore dropped over
the side into the cloud and the night.
"Whene is Virginia2' queriad Aunt
Marie at last. "Has she .eloped with
that creature? Look for her! She's
my niece, after ALP
Mr.. ShaNEe called Mrs. Shayne's
maid and gave orders that Virginia be
sought on deck. The maid looked
about hastily and, failing to observe
Che little heap in which Virginia sat
hs1ddled up by THE rail, ran ia agtat-
eddy and said that Miss Suarez was
not on deck in the least"
Il told your gasped Mrs. shaype.
"She's thrown herself awayw
SilbeFberg walked glumly in from
the cabin.
This assassin" said he, 'smust 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 demented.
What is it. sir?" Willett asked
calmly.
Where is Miss suarezY painted Mr..
shayne.
u don't know, SIR
Where's that fellow we picked up?"
II don't know" responded Willett.
They're gone?' Shayne exclaimed,
rushing into the cabin 'sMax, they've
gone over the side!''
''That parachute" said Max, "could
not save two from death, even if they
made good drop. And in this dark
ness
Virginia, having recovered her self
possession and the control Of her
knees, rose and, entering her cabin,
threw herself on her bed. She felt a
horror Of Silberberg, sense Of disgust
with the Shaynes. To think that they
could so insult this young man who
had saved her life and treated her so
beautifully, no matter what he vas
to offer him money, to send him aft
like servant! No wonder he had
struck Silberberg's odious nose. Later
she rose, preened like bird before the |
mirror and sat down to think. The
voices Of her uncle and aunt and Mr.
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 "low.'' They would |
probably have an easy landing in Chi
cago. And then?
One thing was certain-she would |
not live longer with the Shaynes. They
were too sordid, too hard, too cruel. /
And she ot-stay-with-th
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, somewhere in
the south. Her mother had been dis
owned by her family for a 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 a
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 a /
very matter Of fact way. Aunt Marie
gayesa shrill scream and tainted. Sill
berberg said that he would be-tor- |
Mr. Shayne stared blankly.
Well said Virginia, do you think |
am ghost p \