Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-02-07
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CHAPTER XXX.
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\ the street without results, Surely
8Eiawley and his companion could not
4 have disappeared 30 sudd denly. They.
I hid turned TO the right. he was Ger.
tain 10 to that. and he pushed through
4 the crowd OF men around the theater
entrance. and hastened to tovertaks
them. He found nothing To- overtaks
nowhere along that stretch OF street,
lllumined by window II ghta. Was there
Il any sign 8ofS : man and woman walking
together. He stopped. bswildsrsd.
4 staring blindly about falling utterly; 70
comprehend this mysterious Vanishing.
What could It mean? What had hap
4 pensd! How could they have disap-
4 peared 80; completely during that sin.
/; 9le moment ne had waited to speak TO
Ehirbaini? The mans heart beat Ike
\ u trip-hammer with apprehension. 8
sudden fear for Hope taking posses
sion Of him. Surely the Girl would
never consent TO entsr any OF those
dsns along the WAY. II and "a Hawley
Il would not dare resort to forcs IA the
open street The very thought seemed
spreposterous. and yet with mo- other
Il 0upposition possible. he entered these
h one after tho other In hasty search.
questioning the inmates sharply. only
to- md himself totally BAN Hawiey
q and & Hope had 1 vanished sas though
Y swallowed BY the earth. He explorsd
dark jpassage-ways i between the seat
tered bull inEs. rnmmaging about
rscklessly. but came back to the street
aSain without reward. Il Il 3533;. i i3i3
Could they have gone downsths oth.
or side. In the deeper shadows. and
thus reached the hotel more quickly
than 1t seemed to him possible |? There
VS. barely aS chance that this could
~ true. and yet Keith grasped at it
q desperately, cursing himself for hay.
sang wasted time. Five minutes later.
n brea thless. almost HESS ~ VIII
anxiety. Nc startled the clerk
Has Miss Waite come In! Miss
II Hope Waite ;Y Ss
Blamed ~ Il know, : 4 retorted mo
\ other. indifferently. Cant for the
II lite OF me tell those two females apart
One Of them passed through bout ten
minutes ago. Doc Faifbain3 was with
her. Another party Just went IN.
stairs hunting Miss Maclaire, and a
they haven't come down. / reckon II
must have been Il her anything
\ wrong 1" t2ji1
sim not sure yet shortly. who
was this other person 81 u
sOld fellow with white hair and
whiskers-swore like. a pirate had
the sheriff along with him. !. syi z "a!
II came to Keith In a nash 1T was
Waite. Perhaps Christie knew. Per!
hAps the General knew. Certainly
something Of Importance was crystal.
\ liking In the actress room which
\ might help to explain all else. He
q rushed up the stairs. barely waiting to
rap once at the closed door before he
y pressed It open. The sight within
held him silent, waiting opportunity
10 blurt out his news. Here, also,
was tragedy. intense. compelling.
Il which for the instant seemed to even
5cvsrshadow the fate OF the girl he
4 loved. There were three men pres
sSnt, and the woman. She stood clutch.
& ing the back of ! chair, white-facsd
and open-eyed. With aF,airbain slightly
g UV0Auu Fu0Is JIG AAAN & 8A0eplA6 sA0S.
arm. the other clinched. his Jaw ret
i puRnaciously. Facing these two was
Is Waite, and . heavily built man wear
ing q brown beard. Closely trimmed.
s.5a You'd better acknowledge y, !"
Waite snapped out. with . quick
Glance Mt the newcomer. ..It will make
AZ al the easier for you. tell you
thu Is the sheriff, and we've got yol,
Both dead to rights. u
But, she urged. why should %
arrested? have done nothing.
cure an adventure ss-a damn
sdventuress Hawley's mistress. prob
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Now, see here. Waite. and Fair.
balm swung himself forward YOU
drop that Miss Maclaire Is my friend.
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