Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-05-27
CHAPTER xxvI-(continued,.

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ways she done come when l call"
Then they saw his worn eyes light.
Aurelle was on the step. descending.
And behind her, leading a brindle bull
pup and looking the last word OF pre-
picked embarrassment. was RUDE a
Hart. Behind him was a pink-faced
and immaculate Gun gentleman who
also seemed amazed at the instant
murmur that went up from the throug.
They all knew her and knew IN a flash
that the tragedy at Lindstrom's place
had summoned her.
She threw herself with a cry of joy
into Uncle Mich's arms, her fac
buried in his tobacco-colored whiskerS
and the long stemmed roses h had
carried now scattered over his shout
ders. \ vision such as Rome, Ia, had
never seen outside of the tin opera
house. Even her proper travelling
costume could not subdue her love Of
color or repress her ingenious sense
of blossom time, all that eager, palpi-
tant young life sprung from the gray
of penury to %biliposter grandeur.
She all but upset Uncle Michigan off
his peg leg with her affection, over
whelming him with little cries explain
atoms.
And all the time Rube Van Hart, who
had met her returning from Earlvllle
where he had been on a horse trade for
"a SGCOO Lie 0ol - SAkS
gold collared bull dog. AS he TOLD the
express agent he had been captured,
bound and gagged, and had been des-
perately hoping for a wreck before the
train got to where home folks could
see him lassoed to a violet smelling
bull pup and an actress lady. Aurelie
had come back to the old town with
her bull pup and her press agent.
Uncle Michigan and Rube fought a
way for her to Arne Vance's motor
car. The young gentleman from the
Cohan & Snitz publicity bureau fol-
lowed. It was worth his job to lose
sight Of Aurelie. There had been a ire
mendous row when the western man
ayers for Cohan & Snitz received a tele-
phone message from Aurelie at mid
night that she would not play at the
next day matinee, because she was
going out to Iowa where her folks had
shot somebody" They had roared and
cursed and dashed after her in a taxi
cab only to find that she had dashed
ahead of them to the union station.
Only young Mr.. Kaiser had made the
train. and Immediately the Cohan &
Snitz people had wired him at every
station to make the most of T.. Great
press stuff, this! The comedienne of
The Girl and the Burglar" going out
that all the west was agog about. They
rushed another girl int the part and
then began to boom h press end"
Young Mr.. Kaiser yelled his futile
protests when he saw Aurelie lifted into
the car. He snatched at the tonneau
and Arne Vance pounded him over the
fingers and howled: You get off,
damn you!"
They dashed away, and the press
agent, Selling h bull pup from RUDE.
ran for the nearest conveyance.
Follow EN-" he shouted. Keep
track Of that grill"
On the way out lie YEARLY confided
In the hackman. Take it from me,
chasing Miss Lindstrom around over
these United States is some work. She
wanted to stop the Empire State ex-
wouldn't splash In her stateroom bath
tub. and denounced the conductor all
the way to New York when he re-
fused. Say, II I could get owe half
the real stories I know abouthher with
the city editors. I'd be made Oh Broad
way!"
"Hey?" retorted the hackman. USED
to gee that kid sellin' skinned rabbits
at the grocery not 30 many years ago.
Young man, II yOu want stories about
Aurelie Lindstrom. right here's the
place!"
Keep a going!" yelled the publicity
man: IF she gets out Of sight most
a%nything's liable to break-and I've got
to make the 8 o'clock editions with q
column on her!"
Arne's machine tore into the long
leafless stretch Of creek Dad where
the first OF the watchers began
to appear in the buggies and
carts. Then the people OF foot,
a throng thickening until tho road
was blocked: and the dyspeptic farmer
student, swearing at them. leaped
out n kicked away a panel of the
rail fence. He sent the big car smash
Ing through and 1t went lunging over
the rough and frozen ploughed land.
Aurelie had a very still and pale,
holding to Uncle Michigan's hand. She
seemed swiftly understanding 1t all,
the masses of people. the sense OF Inn
pending horror. the acute crisis. Uncle
Michigan had been trying to tell her;
Janet Vance was endeavoring to ex-
plain: and her big black eyes grew wi
der and brighter.
And suddenly from the woods ahead
Janet put her hands e her ears.
They want YOU, Aurelie! Maybe
You can-mayhe you can! He would
not listen to Wiley. but maybe you
where IL he?"
Janet ceased. She had almost for.
g0tten In the whirl Of events, Dumbly
she watched the gtrl. striving to gues,
her thought. CurnAn. crushed with hi
agony. out there making his last mp,
peat-and Aurelie. sitting upright. star
Ing now at the battle field. her eye
searching Tor him. She had asked TO
hint And slowly an infinite pity cam
Ssc yenet.s heart-Aurelie. what VA -
When the machine sreund past
q shotgun.