The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-08-22

followed every visible word OF that pa
per to discover its date and origin,
but those miserable bill-heads frus-
trated his effort. He felt like dashing
his hand through the glass, but reflect.
cd that the act might result in HE be-
Ing locked up in some miserable coun.
try Jail. He tried the window and
gave the door another vicious shake.
but all to no purpose. Finally he turned
on his heel and walked up and down
for an hour. tramping the length Of the
shaky platform, back and forth, till
the train rumbled up.
At the first stop q man In front got
out, leaving . newspaper in the seat.
With eager hands, Durham leaned for.
ward and grasped 1t, searching its col.
umns in vain for the tantalizing head.
lines. But there were others equally ar.
FESTIVE. This paper announced the
mysterious disappearance Of q young
actress who was suspecting Of poison
Ing her husband. When seen last, she
was boarding train en- route to Wash.
ington. She had not arrived there,
however, SO far as could be discov.
cred. It was supposed that she was
lingering in the vicinity Of Philadel-
phia or Baltimore. There we're added
q few discriminating details concerning
her relationship with her dead hus-
band, and q brief sketch Of her sensa.
tional life. The paragraph closed with
the statement that she was an accom-.
plished musician.
The young man frowned and, open,
ing his window, flung the scandalous
sheet to the breeze. He determined Ia
forget what he had read, yet the lines
kept coming before his eyes.
When he reached the city he wont
10 tho news stand In tho station,
where was an agent who knew him
and procured . copy of every paper on
salA Then. instead Of hurrying home
he found . seat In . secluded corne
and proceeded to examine his pul
chases. ...
] In large letters on tho front page q
i . New York paper blaSed:
HOUSE ROBBED OF JEWELL
i WORTH TEN THO U6AND DOL.
! LARS BY BEAUTIFUL YOUNG
II ADVENTURES MASQUE
II RADING AS A PARLOR
MAID.
He ran his eyes down the column
and gathered that she was still q
large, though the entire police fore
OF New York was on her track.
He turned to another paper. only 4
be met by the words:
ESCAPE OF FAIR LUNAT1C
and underneath:
Prison walls could not confine Mis-
Nancy Lee, who last week threw . light
Cd lamp at her mother. setting flre to tn
house. and then attempted suicide. Tn
her senses, and processes to know moth
Ing of what happened, but the physician
say she is liable to another attack Of In
sanity. and deem 1t safe to keep her cor
ing no clew to her whereabouts. Ho,
she managed to get open the windoV
!. through which she left the asylum is sti
In disgust he flung the paper fror
him and took up another.
FOUL PLAY SUSPECTED! BEAUT
Full YOUNG HEIRESS MISSING.
His soul turned sick within him. H
looked up and saw little processio
Of late jewellers rushing out to the laa
suburban train, the girls leaving
trail Of orris perfume and vision q
dainty opera cloaks. One Of the me
was city friend Of his. Durham hal
envied him his unperturbed mind. 7
be sure, he would not get back to tn
city till three in the morning, but
would have no visions Of robberies an
fair lunatics and hard pressed mai,
ems unjustly pursued, to mar his rest.
Durham buttoned his coat an
turned up his collar as he started on
into the street. for the night ha
turned cold. and his nerves made hi,
chilly. As he walked, the blood bega
70 race more healthily in his vein
and the horrors Of the evening paper
were dispelled. In their place cam
pleasant memories Of the evening {
Mrs. Bowman's. Of the music, and I
their ride and talk together. In hi
heart . hope began to rise that he
dark days would pass, and that
might find her again and know her be
ter.
His brief nights sleep was cut shol
BY sharp knock at his door the ne,
morning. He awoke with a confuse
idea Of being on a sleeping car, an
wondered IL he had plenty of time I
dress, but his sisters voice quick
I dispelled the illusion.
"Tryon. aren't you almost ready [
come down to breakfast? Do hurr