Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-03-11
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no curiosity on hat scorer" She en-
deavored to meet his glance with q
glance as r~esolute, then her eyes
sought the boys upturned face. Il
am going to send you down river. Bet
ty. Later l shall Join you in New Or
leans, and when I leave the country
o shall go With me-
"Neveri" gasped Betty.
"As my wife. or however you choose
to call 1t. I'll teach you what a mans
love is like" he boosted, and extend
ed bis hand. Betty sb from him,
and his hand fell at his side. Ha
looked at her steadily out OF his deep
sunk eyes, In which biAxed the tires OF
his passion, and as he looked. her
face paled and flushed by turns. You
may learn to be kind to me, Betty"
he said. You may nnd It will be
worth your while" Betty made no
answer; she only gathered Hannibal
closer to her side. why not accept
what / have to offer. Betty7" Again
he went nearer her, and again she
shrank from him, but the madness OF
his mood was In the ascendant. He
seized her and drew her to him. She
struggled to free herself. but his I'm
gers frightened about her.
Let me go!' she painted. he
laughed his cool laugh OF triumph.
Let you gr-ask ne anything but
that. Bettyl Have you NO reward for
patience such N mine? A whole atm,
mer has passed since I saw you
first
There was the noisy stunning OF
feet on the stairs. and releasing Bet-l
ty, Murrell swung abe o. A,s neei,
and faced the door. 1t vas pushed
open An inch at a timo by . mol too
confident hand and Mr.. Slo.aon thus
guardedly ~presented himself % tho
eye of his Chief. whom he boahoned,
from the room.
"Well7" said Murreil, wnsn they,
stood together on the laLdlrs.
"Just come across to the keel
boat!" and Slosson led the sss down.
stairs and from the ho.se.
Damn you, Joe, you might nave
waitcdi" observed the outlaw. elos-|
son gave him q hardened grin. rnsy
crossed the clearing az boarded the
keel boat which rest, against mel
bank. As they did 20 the cabin in
the stern gave up Z shattered pres-
encs In the shape OF Tom Wn,e. MUIR
reii started violently. II thought you
wers hanging out in Memphis. Toni"
he said. and his brow dnrkencd, as.
sinister and ~forbidding, he stopped
closer to the planter. Ware did not
answer at once, but looked at Mnr-
rell out OF heavy b~loodahot eyes, hin
face pinched and CHASTITY. At last he
said. speaking with visible effort.
II stayed In Memphis until flve
o'clock this morning"
Damn your early hoursl" roared
Mar-srll. what arc you doing here!
you've been showing that
1oplS 81 sof yours about the neigh
Ths was pla didn't you stay 1t Belle
No s-gsTnss couldn't keep awayTs
Fl haven't been near Belle Plain: 1
came here instead. How am | going
to meet people and nswer Ques-
tions7" His teeth we're chsttering.
rs It known She's missing7" he
added.
Hicks raised tho alarm the first
thing this morning, according TO the
instructions I'd given him."
"yes?" gaspsd Ware. He was drip
ping from every pore and the sickiy
color came and went on his unshaven
cheeks. Murrell dropped = heavy
hand on hts shoulder.
you say, but has any a ssen you on
the road this morning."
mo ono, John" cried Ware. pant
ing between each word. There was a
moments pause and Ware spoke
again. What are they doing at Belle
Piain7" he demanded In q whisper.
Murrell's lips curled.
Il understand there IL talk OF sui
eide" he said.
'GoodI" cried Ware.
They are dragging the bayou down
below the house. 1t looks as though
you were going TO reap the rewards
OF the excellent management you
hofc &4s0A AGA oSlAt0s AAgJ AAsV
been trying to ind you In Memphis.
so the sooner you show yourseif the
BETTER" he concluded significantly.
You are sure you have her safe,
John; no chance OF discovery For
Gods sake get her away from here
az loon a you can; It's IN awful risk
you runI"
She'll be sent down river tonight"
said Murrell.
Captain" Logan Slossons who up
to this had taken no part in the con-
~versation, when ars you going to
cross to t'other side OF the bayouY"
Soon replied Murrall. slosson
laughe1.
II didn't know but you'd clean for
got the CLANS business. / want TO
ask another question--but nrst | want
to say that no one thinks higher or
more frequent of the ladies' than just
me; Ina genuinely fond OF 'em. and
I've never lifted my hand ag'in 'em
except in Kindness Mr.. Slosson
looked at Ware with an exceedingly
v~irtuous expression OF countenance.
He continued: ~yo' orders are that
we're to slip out OF this q little srore
midnight, but suppose there's q hitch
here's the lady knowing what she
knows and here's the boy knowing
what n0 NOVA