The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-11-03

have friend-a very rich. queer man
whom once you served and "ho VIII
take YOU back in employment
"John Mort" said Matt to hlmseil.
..She says 1t must be now or not Ut
nil for she cannot be SO brave twice
She says desperate people have 10 tahe
desperate chances. She asks you 10
answer yes or nd"
Matt made hasty calculation. lie
had almost Il hundred dollars. ms,
with Chris $50, would easily get the n
to California. with something to spare.
He told l'icXHcr that his answer was
"ycs" and put into the word Il Wdrmlh
that he hoped she would carry 10 h''
mistress. She WAS to sa! THAI he hih
$50 and would carry out his lnStruc'
tions impli,ty: WAS also to say that
she was the pluckiest girl IN the world.
At half past 3 Matt and Daggancourt
were at the gates of Fair Oaks
There was Il sound Of voices, OF feet
running. OF muilled EXPLANATIONS III
the dark a slight figure murmured
pantngly, "Oh, Matt is 1t YOU ana
chung to him In an instant they were
speeding through the deep detile again,
enguled in the night.
Aatt'S recollection of his elopenent
was both strangely blurred and
Stral. ely vivid He was tired to eX'
hal,sii0n. ana 50 WAS Chris. Notihn.
could keel, them iol :, awake, hot even
Tie ecstasy of being together Yet that
dawn was the most iulperiShable mem
DRY OF his life as he looked down at
her, nestled beside him. With the
heavy laSheS fringinS her cheeks. She
opened her sleepy eyes and nestled
closer and closer still when he wills
,Derpd It was their wedding day
They say responsibility gravitatcS to
the shoulders tit to bear Ii III tins
case The shoulders were DagSan-
courts, and his was the directing spil-
it. He had charged himself with the
whole business and had thought out q
plan of campaign in which the Others
were merely to do what they We're bid
They did so mee|ily, hewildered and
happy at this fresh instance Of the
first being last and HE last first
The ring was bought, the license ob.
tanned, and benignant fossil rerited
/ the marriage ceremony in a Stuay
parlor Victor Slipped a ten dollar
| note in his not unwilling hand, and
| the couple left the stuiy parlor- mar
| ried,
At Claremonl they caught the New
! York express, ana nAgganrourt, Wl'
| had taken the tickets, hurried them
through Pullman to the conIpait
ment he had reserved
How do we stand. Victor" Mat,
| asked Two for the license, ten fol
| Mr. MtdNc-cai.him aud, oh, YES /
| the rin~ that's five more, seventeen
and the auto. | insist u'on lnyin., fol
! that ana the tickets For heavens
/ sake be quick about it or they'll start
! the train
"MarSp Rrou@htuu, !uN aren't a.
well fixed rs You ought to be, sal,
! Daggancourt, "and and So thinh
Wen Just let it stand over if you don't
F., mind"
stand over? should say not
Here, take thirty-Iive and call il
square
at can never be that between vol
and me, sir" returned Victor, with &
droop Of the lower lip that made hin
look the embodiment OF guilt. I'm
1 powerful fond of YOU. MarSe Eruugh
ton. and and it would be- a great ia
vor if you would just accept item
porary Like YOU might from Il white
man" he added stammeringly only
f. temporary, till You sort Of get set
tlei and
"IlI take it." Matt said brokenly
AMI won't pretend it isn't a gift
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