The Cairo bulletin., 1914-01-10

CHAPTER I-Tyron Durham. Just
elighted from a train, Is approached by
a beautiful girl who asks his protection.
She Is in fear OF pursuit. but declines to
give the cause of her distress. Dunbar
takes her to his home and, in the alb
sence OF his mother and sister. borrows
q hat and cloak for her.
CHAPTER u-He takes her to a din.
ner party at the home OF a friend and
gives her name as Mary Remington, Her
actions stamp her as a girl OF refinement
and breeding.
CHAPTER III-After the dinner she re-
quests Durham to assist her TO leave inc
city. He puts her on a train for Chicago
and supplies her with money.
CHAPTER Iv-Dunham has become IN
tensely interested in the girl and anxious
to solve the mystery which surrounds
her. Stories in the newspapers of missing
girls only add to his bewilderment-
CHAPTER v--Arrived in Chicago the
girl buys some cheap clothing In an at
tempt at disguise and starts out to seek
employment.
CHAPTER vI-she gets work rs a
waitress In the home Of Mrs. Ihinehart.
CHAPTER vTI-Dunham receives a
package containing tho borrowed hat and
cloak with a note Of thanks signed
"MarY."
CHAPTER vTII-Dunham goes to Chi
cago on legal business and exerts every
effort to find MARY" He Is invited to
the home Of a friend for dinner. As he
approaches the house he hears q man
giving directions to a shabby dressed
individual regarding some one VINO goes
nizes in The waitress at the Inner table
the much-sought Mary" and arranges
for an interview with her the following
day at the Y. w. c. A.
CHAPTER IX-He proposes to her, but
before she will give her answer she In
sists on telling him her story.
AT New York my cousin Richard
met us and literally took possession
Of us. Without my knowledge. the
cruellooking doctor was included In
the party. / did not discover 1t until
we were on the train, bound, as | sup
posed, for my old home Just beyond
Buffalo. It was some time since
had been in New York. and naturally
did not notice much which way we
were going. The fact was, every plar
| was anticipated, and ! was told that
| all arrangements had been made, Mrs
| Chambray began to treat me like g
little child and say: You see, W. are
going to take good care Of you, dear
SO don't worry about a thing"
81 had taken the drawingroom com
| partment, not so much because | hat
a headache, as | told them, as because
I wanted to get away from their SO
ciety. My cousins marked devotion
became painful to me. Then, too, thu
attentions and constant watchfulnes.
Of the di~sagreeable doctor becam,
most distasteful.
we had been sitting on the oh
seryation platform, and it was late II
the afternoon, when | said | was goinI
to lie down, and the two men got up t
go into the smoker. In spite of m.
protests. Mrs. Chambray insisted upol
following me in. to see that was pei
fectly comfortable. She fused aroun,
me, covering me up and offering smell
ing salts and eau de cologne for m
head. / let her fuss, thinking that wa
the quickest way to get rid of her.
closed my eyes, and she said sh
would go out to the observation pla'
form, l lay still for awhile, thinkin
about her and how much | wanted t
get rid of her. She acted as If sh
had been engaged to stay with me fol
ever, and it suddenly became yer
plain to me that | ought to have
talk with her and tell her that | shoul
need her services no longer after thi
journey was over. 1t might make
! difference to her II she knew it q