Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-03-26


noticing his sisters face.
Fortune did not return to her room
last night"
What? Where do you suppose the
little fool went, them"
They both seemed to look upon For
tune as little fool.
Yesterday she threatened to run
away"
Run away? Kate, be sensible.
How the deuce could she run away?
She hasn't a penny. 1t takes money
to go anywhere over here. She has
probably found some girl friend, and
has spent the night with her. Well
soon find out where she is" The Ma
Jor wasn't worried.
"Have you seen Horace?" with dis
cernible anxiety.
mo. didn't wait up for him. He's
sleeping off a night of it. You know
his falling"
Find out If he is in his room. Go
to the porter's bureau and inquire for
both him and Jones'"
The Major, perceiving that his sister
was genuinely alarmed, rushed over
to the bureau. No, neither Mr.. Ry-
anne nor Mr.. Jones had been in the
hotel since yesterday. Would the por-
ter send some one up to the rooms
OF those gentlemen to make sure? Ger
tainly. No; there was no one in the
rooms. The Major was now himself
perturbed. He went back to Mrs.
Chedsoye.
Kate, neither has been in his room
since yesterday. If you want my
opinion, it is this: Hoddy has seques-
tered Jones all right, and is some
where in town, sleeping off the effects
Of night Of it."
HE has run away with Fortune!"
she cried. Her expression was tragic.
She couldn't have told whether it was
due to her daughters disappearance
or to Horace's detection. did he not
threaten?"
Ssh! not so loud, Kate"
"The little simpleton defied me yes
terday, and declared she would leave
me-"
"Oho!" The Major fingered his i'm
perial "That puts a new face to the
subject. But Jones! He has not
turned up. We can not move till
we find out what has become Of him.
I know. I'll jump into a carriage and
see if he got as far as the English
Bar"
Mrs. Chedsoye did not go upstairs,
but paced the lounging-room, 1.-THE and
pantherish. Frequently she paused,
as if examining the patterns in the
huge carpets. She entered the recep-
tion-room, came back, wandered off
into the ballroom, stopped to inspect
the announcement hanging upon the
bulletin-board, returned to the win
dows and watched the feluccas sail
past as the great bridge opened; and
during all these aimless occupations
but single thought busted her mind:
what could a man like Horace see in
chit like Fortune?
It was an hour and half before
the Major put in an appearance. He
was out Of breath and temper.
"Come up to the room" Once there,
he sat down and bade her do likewise.
There's the devil to pay. You heard
Hoddy speak of the niger who guard
ed the Holy Yhiordes, and that he
wanted to get out of Cairo before he
turned up? Well, he turned up. He
| fooled Hoddy to the top Of his bent.
| So far as l could learn, Fortune and
Hoddy and Jones are all in the same
boat, kidnapped by the Mahomed, and
carried out into the desert, headed,
God knows where! Now, don't get ex-
cited. Take it easy. Luck is with
us, for Hoddy left all the diagrams
with me. We need him, but not so
much that we can't go on without him.
You see, these Arabs are like the Hin
dus; touch anything that concerns
their religion, and they'll have your
hair off. How Fortune got into it I
can't imagine, unless Mahomed saw
her with Hoddy and jumped to the
conclusion that they were lovers. All
this Mahomed wants is the rug; and
he is going to hold them till he gets
it. No use notifying the police. No
one would know where to find him.
None Of them will come to actual
harm. Anyhow, the coast is clear.
Kate, there's big thing in front. No
nerves. We've got to go to-day. Time
is everything. Our butler and first
man cabled this morning that they
had just started in, and that every
thing was running like clock-work.
Well get into New York in time for
the coup. Remember, I was against
the whole business at the start, but
now I'm going to see it off,"
Feverishly Mrs. Chedsoye prepared
for the journey. She was irritable to
Celeste, she was unbearable to her
brother, who took seat in forward
compartment to be rid Of her. 1t was
only when they went aboard the
steamer that night that she became
reconciled to the inevitable. At any
rate, the presence of Jones would
counterfeit any influence Horace
might have gained over Fortune. That
the three of them might suffer I'M
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