The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1914-02-20
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CHAPTER ".
Durham listened as long as his ear
could catch the sound, then a strange
desolation settled down upon him.
The little station behind him was
closed, though a light over the desk
shone brightly through its front win
dow and the telegraph sounder was
clicking busily.
Turning impatiently from the dark
ness, Durham sought the bright win
dow. in front Of which lay q newspa-
per. He could read the large headlines
OF a column-no more, for the paper
was upside down. and q bunch Of bill
heads lay partly across 1t. 1t read:
MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE OF
YOUNG AND PRETTY WOMAN
His heart stood still, and then went
thudding on in dull, horrid blows.
Vainly he tried to read further. He
followed every visible word Of that pa
per to discover its date and origin,
but those miserable billheads frus-
trated his effort. He felt like dashing
his hand through the glass, but reflect
ed that the act might result in his 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 a man in front got
out, leaving a newspaper In the seat.
With eager hands, Durham leaned for
ward and grasped it, searching it's col
, umns in vain for the tantalizing head
lines. But there were others equally ar
FESTIVE. This paper announced the
mysterious disappearance Of a young
actress who was suspecting Of poison
ing her husband. When seen last, she
was boarding a train en- route to Wash
, ington. She had not arrived there,
however, so far as could be discov-
cred. 1t was supposed that she was
. lingering in the vicinity of Philadel-
phia or Baltimore. There were added
a few discriminating details concerning
her relationship with her dead hus.
. band, and a brief sketch of her sensa.
tional life. The paragraph closed with
' the statement hat she was an accom-
plished musician.
The young man frowned and, open.
ing his window, flung the s%candalous
sheet to the breeze. He determined to
. forget what he had read, yet the lines
= kept coming before his eyes.
: When he reached the city he went
to the news stand In the station
= where was an agent who knew him
and procured a copy Of every paper or
y sale. Then, instead Of hurrying home
he found a seat in a secluded corneI
and proceeded to examine his pur
chases.
In large letters on the front page Of
a New York paper blazed:
J HOUSE ROBBED OF JEWELS
/, WORTH TEN THOUSAND DOL
LARS BY BEAUTIFUL YOUNG
: ADVENTURES MASQUE-
: RADING AS A PARLOR
! MAID.
, He ran his eyes down the column
and gathered that she was still a
-. large, though the entire police force
1 of New York was on her track.
He turned to another paper. only t.
B be met by the words:
: ESCAPE OF FAIR LUNATIC
n and underneath:
y Prison walls could not confne Mis-
, Nancy Lee, who last week threw a light
ed lamp at her mother, setting fire to tn
) house, and then attempted suicide. TIL
young woman seems to have recovere'
her senses, and processes to know moth
ing Of what happened. but the physician
say she is liable to another attack of In
fined. She escaped during the night. leav
ing no clew to her whereabouts. How
she managed to get open the windoy
through which she left the asylum Is sdl
a mystery.
In disgust he flung the paper from
him and took up another.
as FOUL PLAY SUSPECTED! BEAUTl
III Full YOUNG HEIRESS MISSING.
I'd His soul turned sick within him. H
ut looked up and saw a little procession
nj of late jewellers rushing out to the las
re suburban train, the girls leaving
trail of orris perfume and a vision Q
dainty opera cloaks. One Of the me
~ was a city friend of his. Durham hal
Id envied him his unperturbed mind. T
be sure, he would not get back to tn
city till three in the morning. but h
would have no visions of robberies an
fair lunatics and hard pressed mait
lrl ems unjustly pursued, to mar his rest.
Durham buttoned his coat an
he turned up his collar as he started on
m. into the street, for the night ha
turned cold, and his nerves made hir
ur chilly. As he walked, the blood bega
to race more healthily in his veins
m. and the horrors of the evening paper
~. were dispelled. In their place cam
pleasant memories of tie evening