Putnam patriot., 1913-10-24

take this woman whom you hold by the hand to be your lawful welded wife?"
 The young mans fingers held the timid hand of the woman firmly as he answered. 'I do."
 Do you, Mary. take this man?" came the next question, and the girl looked up with clear eyes and said, 'I do"
 Then the minister's wife, who knew and prized Tryon Dunham's friendship. said to herself: Its all right She loves him"
 When the solemn words were spoken that bound them together through life. and they had thanked their kind friends and were once more out in the carriage. Tryon said:
 Do you know you haven't told me your real name yet?"
 She laughed happily as the carriage started on its way, and answered. Why. it is Maryi"
 As the carriage rounded the first cor ner beyond the church, two breathless individuals hurried up from the other direction. One was short and haggy. and the sole of one rubber Topped dis maI1y as he struggled to keep up with the alert strides of the other man, who was slim and angry They had been detained by an altercation with the matron of the Y W. c. A building, and puzzled by the story of the plain ly dressed girl who had taken the room. and the fine lady who had left the building in company with gentle man, until it was settled by the eleva- tor boy, who declared the two women to be one and the same.
 A moment later a man fin citizens clothing, who had keen eyes, and who was riding a motorcycle, rounded the corner and puffed placidly along near the two. He appeared to be looking at the numbers on the other side of the street, but he heard every word they said as they caught sight of the disappearing carriage and hurried after it. He had been standing in the entrance of the Y. w c. A. building, an apparently careless observer, while the elevator boy gave his evidence.
 The motorcycle shot ahead a few rods. passed the carriage, and discov- cred by a keen glance who were the occupants Then it rounded the block and came almost up to the two pur- suers again.
 When the carriage stopped at the side entrance of a hotel the man on the motorcycle was ahead of the pur- suers and discovered it first, long enough to see the two get out and go up the marble steps.
 One glimpse the pursuers had of their prey as the elevator shot up ward They managed to evade the hotel authorities and get up the wide staircase without observation. By keeping on the alert, they discovered that the elevator had stopped at the second floor, so the people they were tracking must have apartments there. Lurking in the shadowy parts of the hall they watched, and soon were re- warded by seeing Durham come out of a room and hurry to the elevator. He had remembered his promise to his mother about the engravers. AS soon as he was gone, they presented them- selves boldly at the door.
 Filled with the joy that had come to her and feeling entirely safe now in the protection of her husband, Mary Durham opened the door. She sup posed, of course, it was the bellboy with a pitcher of ice water, for which she had just rung.
 "Ah, here you are at last, my pretty cousin," It was the voice of Richard that menaced her. with all the stored up wrath of his long baf1ed search.
 At that moment the man from the motorcycle stepped softly up the top stair and slid unseen into the shad- ows of the hall.
 For an instant it seemed to Mary Dunham that she was going to faint. and in one swift flash of thought she saw herself overpowered and carried into hiding before her husband should return. But with supreme effort she controlled herself, and faced her tor mentor with unflinching gaze. Though her strength had deserted her at first. every faculty was now keen and col lected. As if nothing unusual were happening, she put out her cold, trem- bling fingers, and laid them firmly over the electric button on the wall. Then with new strength coming from the certainty that some one would soon come to her aid, she opened her lips to speak.
 What are you doing here, Richard?'
 I've come after you, my lady. A nice chase you've led me. but you shall pay for it now"
 The cruelty in his face eclipsed any lines of beauty which might have been there.
 T shall never go anywhere with you" she answered steadily.
 He seized her delicate wrist rough ly. twisting it with the old wrench with which he had tormented her in their childhood days. None of them saw the stranger who was quietly walking down the hall toward them.
 will you go peaceably, or shall ] have to gag and bind you?" said Rich ard. Choose quickly. I'm in no mood to trifie with you any longer"
 Although he hurt her wrist cruelty, she threw herself back from him and with her other hand pressed still hard CT against the electric button.
 Catch that other hand, Mike" com manded Richard. "and stun this in her mouth. while I tie her hands behind her back"
 It was then that Mary screamed The man in the shadow stepped up hehind and said in a low voice:
 What does all this nean!