The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-12-21
NJ CuRRAN RICHARD GREEN
LEY

AZ H CCRkAN RICHARD GREEN
LEY,
<CopyrighI 1910. by Associated Lit
erary Press
ss The white highway wound among
the lindens unendingly, to sports
woode perings impatient cycs---too
much like a toy road in toy forest
Tor a big plainsman accustomed to
sweep of the desert reaches Thu
giant machine purred conten,cdly un-
Ger the tremendous speed At which
No was forcing her along, when sud
denly In the path stood gigi and
DeyinE threw in the clutch barely
m time. With hardly paus,, Tor
the car to come To- a standstul, she
WAS In the seat beside him. The child
IN her arms. and her eyes urging
him more than rho frantic whisper
Drive. Drive. They are close behind
nae and a minute may cost his nth
life.''
Who they" were. ami why it was
necessary 10 saye him was LEFT to
behring's imagination, While she still
Cd the childs potuiant CRY. Then
che asked
Have sou woman coat--ai1y--
thing that viii cover me -
Mr& Jimmie had cautioned him to
take exceeding care of her new moor
gArb--a fearful and wonderful assem-
naAxe OF leather and linen, bat he
paid up like a gentleman.
eYou viii ind the whole outfit
hack there Ill the tonneau. ANA You
might smuggle the little chap down
among the rugs. Just toss them up "a
Urine. and he Is SO little that lie viii
never be noticed. This passport VIII
lave for. you--for both OF us
s& He pMdueed Jimmie Montjoys
passports from the poke. OF Jimmie 5
Maotfr. coat. Mrs. Jimmie. too. had
~ corrtair and brown eyes. and the
ne coacc in heigh, would not be no.
1fpr Dertng was psungtng head
@rAAes ears into the affair without the
That notion Of the reason thereof.
$3ney AAd wished for an adventure
as4Aathing that would MI In Mrs. jun
eof&A too many idle moments. and
tire II was TO hand. That Mrs. Jim
~ WAS absent did not spoil sport.
A. they approached the barrier he
anced around.
Come up here. he said. settling
~ comfortably beside him. low
M up. You want everything that
19nOt possibly Toe had. You want
M know Ii your friends hay. pass Il
44 how many hours ahead viii
IMPLY the rest Of the lar9on"
Duly Impressed. the guard gave full
&l4<ticulars Of the party who had gone
N34r0ugh. Dering ehuckied. Mrs,
III 1UMte's pet aversion was that Ing
swteen car, and all ii contained: hut
TOR once the Fitz-Jonea outfit We're
%241ends in need--anyhoW. he owed
az9rA Jimmie one for slipping off To
Monte Carlo with Jimmie. and IeaV.
stng him to bring the car through. II
I'M felt any aualins on the score al
X&0e young woman who seemed bent
sUp0n getting away from her natural
4xtnArdians. he failed To note them.
+ 10ubtlesH she had "a reason. As fer
4 kidnapping the child--sf she wanted
the child. we'll. she ought tn have him
that WAS nering's philosophy.
II came upon him like an earth
quake. when n few hours later ne
.ncxnned the headlines while they
were waiting tn go to the yacht.
when he had finished tho ioubie-
39fSAded article. he thanked the Gods
k&1 x7linGs- That Are for Jimmies yacht
md for all things Of Jimnie's that
lind aided him in that days adten-
Sturn, for In that small dukedom OF
a4zArxorania, whose linden forest had
gnQemed SO much Of top forest had
sncEufreG one OF those sudden revoln-
Mons that belong 10 toy iukecnlns.
eEIEhereuppn the ms are out, aud the
&nMfs are In
nh Franz Wilhelm had been declared
s51aIka. and the little Duke Friedrich.
|bw deposad, had disappeared in the
SAlNe when the palace guards We're
&&3mhed. The regent. now prisoner,
Efnrw nothing Of him. That was
@&oyen beyond doubt There WAS no
&ace Of the child other than IN"
&3xrt that the Countess Amaaic Won
#mehwarswald had also disappeared.
=. H..
8Svell known. and il was thought II
TIC countess could be found the lit
sxfS duke would not be far away. For
eo6ens of state Il was necessary that