Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-04-28

this matter!" said Sister Margaret lei
ly. THE girl may die before she can
be brought back"
mo, she won't-my word for 1t, Sis
ter Margaret. Please give me the
letter."
'But 1t Is not for you!"
ooh, yes, it is! You wouldn't have
Miss Pat subjected to the shock of a
demand for ransom. Worse than that,
Miss Pat has little enough faith in
Helen as 1t is; and such a move as
this would be final. This kidnapping is
partly designed as a punishment for
me, and / propose to take care of it
without letting Miss Pat know. She
shall never know"
Sister Margaret, only half convinced,
drew an envelope from her girdle and
gave it to me doubtfully. | glanced
at the superscription and then tore 1t
across, repeating the process until it
was a mass of tiny particles, which
poured into Sister Margaret's hands.
Burn them! Now Miss Pat will un-
doubtedly ask for her niece at once.
suggest that you take care that she
is not distressed by Helen's absence.
If it is necessary to reward your
house-maid fol-, her discretion" said
with hesitation.
ooh, / disarranged Helen's bed so
that the maid wouldn't know!"-and
Sister Margaret blushed.
Splendid! can teach you nothing,
Sister Margaret! Please help me this
much further: get one of Miss Helen's
dresses-that blue one she plays ten
mis- in, perhaps-and put 1t in bag
of some kind and give it to my Jap
when he calls for it in ten minutes.
Now listen to me carefully, Sister Mar
garet: l shall meet you here at IL
o'clock with a girl who shall be, to all
intents and purposes, Helen Holbrook.
In fact, she will be some one else. Now
expect you to carry off the situation
through luncheon and until nightfall,
when 1 expect to bring Helen-the
real Helen-back here. Meanwhile,
tell Miss Pat anything you like, quot
ing me! Good-by!"
toward Glenarm House to rouse lima,
when bumped into Gillespie, who had
been told at the house that i was
somewhere in the grounds.
What's doing, Irishman?" he de-
manded.
Nothing, Buttons; I'm just exercis-
ing"
His white flannels were as fresh as
the morning, and he wore little blue
cap perched saucily on the side of his
head.
linked my arm in his and led the
way toward Glenarm House. There
was much to be done before / could
bring together the warning members
Of the house of Holbrook, and Gillespie
could, l felt, be relied on in emer:
gencies. He broke forth at once.
Il want to see her-Tve got to see
her!"
"Who-Helen? Then you'll have to
wait while, for she's gone for a pad
die or gallop, I'm not sure which,
and won't be back for couple of
hours. But you have grown too dar-
ing. Miss Pat is still here, and you
can't expect me to arrange meetings
for you every day in the year"
I've got to see her." he repeated,
and his tone was utterly joyless. Il
don't understand her. Donovan"
"Man is not expected to understand
woman, my dear Buttons. At the ca
sino last night everything was as gay
as an octogenarian' birthday cake"
He stopped in the shadow of the
house and seized my arm.
"You told her something about me
last night. She was all right until you
took her away and talked with her at
the casino. On the way home she was
moody and queer--a different girl al
together. You are not on the square;
you are playing on too many sides of
this game"
You're In love, that's all. These
suspicious and apprehensions are lead
ing symptoms. Up there at the casino.
with the water washing beneath and
the stars overhead and the band play
ing waltzes, spell was upon you both.