Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-03-18

the kitchen? I'm going down and
arrest that policeman for disturbing
the peace. He will have the pipes
down"
"You must not co." I said. with des-
perate hrmness. "He-he IL probably
IN very dangerous state just now.
We-I-locked him in"
The HARRISON man grinned and then
became serious.
why don't you tell me the whole
thing?" he demanded. you've been
in trouble all evening. and-you can
trust me. you know. because ] am .
stranger! because the minute this
Grassy quarantine 10 raised am on to
the Argentine Republic" (perhaps he
said Chilli and because don't know
anything at all about you: You see, I
have to believe whs. you tell me,
having no personal knowledge of any
Of you to go on. Now tell me-whom
have you hidden in the cellar. besides
the policeman"
There was no use trying to deceive
him: He was looking straight into my
eyes. So decided to make the best
of bad thing. Anyhow. it was going
to require strength to get Bella
through the coal hole with one arm
and restrain the policeman with the
other.
Come" said. making . sudden
resolution. and led the way down the
stairs.
He said nothing when he saw Bella.
for which was grateful. She was sit
ting at the table, with her arms In
front Of her. and her head buried IN
them. And then saw she was asleep.
Her hat and veil laid beside her, and
she had taken OF her coat and draped
Il around her. She had rummaged
out q cold pheasaat and some salad.
and had evidently had little supper.
Supper and nap. while worried my
self gray-headed about her!
"she-she came in Unexpectedly
something about the butler" explain
ed under my breath. "And-she
doesn't want to stay. She is on bad
terms with-with come of the people
upstairs You can see how impossible
the situation is.'
II doubt II we can get her out" he
said, as If the situation were quite
ordinary. However. we can try. She
seems very comfortable It's pity to
rouse her"
Here the prisoner in the furnace
room broke out afresh. It sounded
a. though he had taken Q lump Of coal
and was attacking the lock. Mr.. Har.
bison followed the noise, and could
hear him arguing, not gently.
Another sound" he finished. and
you won't get out Of here at all. I'm.
less you crawl up the furnace pips!"
When he came back, Bella was rous.
ing. She lifted her head with her
eyes shut and then opened them one
ct Q time, blinked. and sat up. She
didn't see him at first.
You wretch!" she said ungrateful-
y. after she had yawned. DO you
know what time it is? And that"
Then she saw Mr.. HARRISON and sat
staring at him.
This is Mr.. HARRISON" said to
her hastily. "He-he came with Anne
and Dial and he Is shut in, too"
BY that time Bella had seen how
handsome he was, and she took q
hair-pin out of her mouth. and arched
her eyebrows. which was always
Bella's best pose.
Il am Miss Knowles" she said
sweetly (of course. the court had
given her back her nance. land I
stopped In tonight, thinking the house
was empty. to see about ga butler.
Unfortunately, the house was quaran-
tined Just at that time, and-here I
am. Surely there cannot be any harm
In helping me to get out?" PLEADING
tone.) Il have not been exposed to
any contagion. and in the exhausted
state Of my health the confinement
would be positively dangerous"
She rolled her eyes at him. and
could see she Wa making IN impress
sion. OF course she was free. She
had Q perfect right to marry again.
but will say this: Bella 10 lot bet
ter looking by electric light than she
Is the next morning.
The upshot Of 1t was that the gem
tleman who built bridges and looked
down on society from . lofty, lonely
pinnacle agreed to help one Of tho
most cleaning members Of the afore-
said society to outwit the law.
Il took about Is minutes TO quise
the policeman. Nobody ever knew
what Mr.. HARRISON did to him, but
for - hours he was quite tractable.
He changed after that, but that comes
later in the story. Anyhow, the Har-
bison man went upstairs and came
down with . Bagdad curtain and
cushion to match. and took them into
the furnace room, and came out and
locked the door behind him. and then
we were ready for Bella's escape.
But there were four special officers
and three reporters watching the
house - result Of Max Reeds idiocy.
Once. after trying all the other win
dows and finding them guarded, We
discovered little bit of hole in an
out of-the-way corner that looked Ike
a ventilator and was covered with .
heavy wire screen. No prisoners ever
dug their way out of dungeon with
more energy THAI that with which We
attacked that screen, hacking at II
with kitchen knives. whispering like
conspiratofs, being scratched With the
ragged edges Of the wire. frossn With