The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-03-08
A Virgir1ian Page for Each Member of the Family

BY ETHEL HARRINGTON.

then more slowly passed the second
floor. After which 1t crawied by
inches until Il stopped altogether and
h lights went OUT. She pressed the
button without effect. The car hung
motionless. Only after repeated ef-
forts did 1t occur 10 her that she was
in a yeritable trap. n a rush Of hor-
ror seized her, Helpless, alone, she
was suspended between two floors of
what was believed to be an empty
house. Had she not distinctly in
formed the plumbers. and, later, Jeff.
that she was leaving early in the
morning? Naturally, after their quar-
rel, the latter would not stop for a
final good-by. She might die in her
narrow cell before anyone would
think to inquire about her. A cold
sweat broke upon her But, refusing
to yield to fear, che pressed fran
titaily upon the button. Soon rec
ognizing the futility OF her efforts,
she screamed aloud, only to have her
voice flung back upon her by the con
fining pace
Hours elapsed, but in the biackness
of the shaft few ounds penetrated.
Her throat grew raw. and exhausted,
she hung herself upon the sea that
spanneo the back or the ear. t'aiiing
INTO an uneasy dose, she awoke with
"a ElOIIIDlc StfSdt1DU III pttHk EIlQlD-
cred, She could not draw q free
breath. Her head throbbed as IL the
temples must burst. The door locked
mechanically between floors, and she
could not nov II. Casting around
her the
found a thin ray of light altering
down through the ornate ROOT of the
car. In it were set several panes oi
colored glass, Could she break these
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Climbing onto the seat. she struck
with olenebed fist at the glass and a
rash of pnrer air rewarding her, sank
back. Day had risen and with re-
neWed hope she screamed afresh.
Surely her plight was desperate. The
day of horror dragged on until dark
ness fell. Utterly worn in mind and
body, sleep was impossible. The heat
was almost uncomfortable, and she suf-
fered maddeningly from thirst.
The seeon day passed as the first
a done, and only when the third
morning broke did she lack the spi-
rt and strength to move. Huddled
upon the floor, she lay. for the most
part, passiyeiy accepting fate, though
In the intervals of feverish delirium
her parched lips continued to call on
Jeff.
Alice. Alice Her name pierced
! the darkness. Blu so frequently had
she beaten with frenxied hope upon
the unyieiding walls OF her prison. In
answer to born purely OF
fevcred Imagination. that she only
Alice" Again the cry. and th,-
time clear enough to destroy the
d%eadening iethargy and bring her to
her feet.
JEFF, dear. jeff. I'm here."
70 the small window in the shaft
REIN had climbed frnm the neigh
boring roof. and now shouted en-
couragement. An officer was with
him.
1t seemed hours to the tortured
girl before the car descended and
| she found herself lifted tcnderIy out
by Jeff. When she had taken sone
| nourishment and vas sufficiently re-
| vived he took her in a cab to his
| mother. who. putting her to bed.
| nursed her with devotion.
Your UBmtnE was
| whispered Alice, her hand in jeffNs as
he sat beside her sofa a few days
, later.
truth. however. was more Pro-
| sale ON the second day succeeding
| their quarrel. Rehn had felt In SONS
ineNpiicabie rlanner hat h was
! in trouble. That evening. e~ndeaSsr-
ing tn walk of his uneasinesss he