Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-03-25

know any more except being sick. as
tod you, and waking up on board
that yacht, and getting here!"
Now, who could that lie Malheu-
reuX have been?" asked Larry, and
why did they want to steal you?"
Maybe it was Benoni," suggested
Johnny. He took us to her, maybe he
brought her here"
'Oh, Benoni!" called Larry, did you
steal this girl?"
Benoni clinched his hands at the
suggestion. Il steal herr" he ragged.
And | with a wife!"
Nonsense" said Betty. "He does
not talk like lie Malheureux, and-well
! don't feel the repulsion for him |
mad for lie Malmeureux. 1 don't know
what 1T was, l can't explain it I shlV-
er still!'
PerhapS it was Man-Aperilla who
stole you, Betty" volunteered Johnny.
GU remember you went out to the
park for the Inquirer with a photo
grapher to get the brute's picture.
Have you forgotten? Perhaps he fell
IN love with your charms, and stole
You to make you his bride, like Larry
here is going to do"
He might have stolen me- admit
ted Betty, but, Johnny, don't be nom
senscal!"
About what?" asked Johnny.
About Larry marrying you? A man
doesn't risk his fool neck like Larry's
done for you if he isn't going to marry
the woman at the end of the risk"
Well, but you did it," retorted Bet
ty.
I know, but l had a wife to start
| out with, and felt l ought to get Larry
tied up, too. Besides, l think it will
be joke to assist at the wedding. oh.
I know Larry hasn't asked you yet but
then he's afraid to- He's planning TO
| just carry you off"
I'm going to draw the line at be-
| ing abducted twice. till l get a prodi-
gals return on the strength Of the
| first kidnapping" laughed Betty. DO
| you suppose that the ManAperilla
| could have stolen me? And If so, why2
| I'd like to find LIE MalheureuX, perhaps
he'd tell me- The why Of things as
| they are is troubling me-"
We're going to find LIE Malheureux
right now" said Meta IF we don't
! We'll never find ourselves again. We
must make haste out of here, Miss
| Lancey"
"Oh, call me Bettista, like you have
done" begged Betty, mimicking the
name Meta had given her in the days
| of their broken dialect Il like it bet
| ter"
Anything, only make haste" eau
| toned Benoni. we cannot take you
women where we men have gone.
Time is life just now"
Meta aided Betty to don some heavy
wraps of panther skin, brought her
| stockings and the dancing slippers, 20
| economically used because they were
! the only shoes the American girl pos
sessed and her feet were not Injured 10
| the hard ground and cold stones like
| Metas. Benoni had slowed some pro-
| visions in a leather wallet and Meta
| carried a similar bag heavy and hard.
What have you there, my wife,"
| questioned the black.
"A few of the Jewels she answered,
I thought we might need them. No,
| there are not many left
They were an odd cavalcade. Be
noni was at the head of the process
sion, then Johnny, close behind him.
Betty with City Editor Burton tug
| ging at leash, then Larry, and last
of all Meta Each Of the men carried
a pistol, and Meta had put tiny re-
voIver into Betty's hand. They went
| down the steps, retracing their way
along the same corridors down which
Tyoga had brought Betty so many
weeks before. In the lower passage
three pigeons flew out and rested on
Bettys shoulder, lowering there an in
slant, then darling away, up toward )
| the rain-gray sky.
| The boat that awaited them was (.
smaller model of the yacht that had
borne Betty across seas, and of less
elaborate construction. Benoni disap-
| reared below deck to a location similar
TO the one where lie Malheureux had
been wont to station himself. Betty,
| looking backward through the area
way. saw to her surprise hundreds f
stalvart negroes embarking from q
feet of boats that had suddenly APP
neared upon the swollen bosom of the
| river She started to cry out. but
Metals hands closed over her mouth.
The Yacht ducked It's nose to the water
and went spinning along the tunnel.
"Benoni Benoni," called Meta, when
they had gone a distance of several
rods. They have come! They are
there! ] must help him." she added to
the Americans, and followed her hus-
band below stairs.
(To be continusd.)