Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1914-10-16

S1S received wire from Bsalle, which
announced the fact that Florence and
are had escaped and were coming 30
: New York On train No Is. and ad.
Essed her 10 meet the train en- route.
She had TO ay about to do It
When Captain Banrock released
+ Brsine, he had been In no enviab,e
: frame Of mind Tricked. fooled by the
girl, whose mind WAS az uncsouded az
his OWE She had succeeded in trfrsns
coal stoksF, and had taken him I'M
awares- The man lad donned the dis
suise he had laid out for shore ap-
proach, and the biockhead Bannock
had never suspected He had not rec
ognized Norton at ALI 1t was only
when Bannock explained the history
OF the shanghaied s,oker that ne real
lied his real danger Norton. He must
. be pushed OF the board After this
episode he could no longer keep I'D
the pretense OF being friendly. Nor
ton, by a rare stroke of luck, had
: forced him out into the open So be
IL Self-p-ess-vstiol is In DO Wise
. looked upon as criminal The law may
have its ideas about it, but the in
: oiEidual recognizes no Law but its own.
. 1t was Braine whom he loved and ai-
mired, or Norton whom he hated As
dog with rabies hates water With
Norton free, he would never again
dare return to New YORK openly. This
NEEDING reporter aimed q, his ease
and elegance.
He left the freighter as soon as a
boat could carry him ashore. TIE
!ug!GTes wtuld make directly for the
railroad, and thither he went at top
speed, 10 arrive ten minutes TOO late.
Free" said Florence, as the train
began to increase its speed
Norton reached over and patted
her hand. Then he sat back with a
sudden shock OF dismay. He diyed
a hand into a pocket, into another and
another, The price OF the TELEGRAM
be had sent to Jones was all he had
had in the world; and he had borrowed
that from a friendly stoker In the
excitement he had forgotten all about
such a contingency as the absolute
need OF money
Florence. I'm afraid ware going to
have trouble with the conductor when
ne comes"
Why
He pulled out his pockets sugges-
lively. Not postage stamp They'll
put US of at the next station. And"
with glance in the little mirror be-
tween the two windows. Il shouldn't
blame them bit" He was unshayen,
he was wearing the suit substituted
for his own; and Florence, sartorially,
was not much better of
She smiled, blushed, stood up, and
turned her back to him Then she sat
down again. In her hand she held q
small dilapida;ed roll Of banknotes.
Il had them with me when they
abducted me- she said. Besides,
this ring is worth something"
Thank the Lord" he exclaimed,
relievedly-
So there was nothing more to do
bit De happy; and happy they were.
hey were quite obliyious to the pecu-
liar interest they aroused among the
h:heT passengers This unshaven
ling man. in his ragged coat and
zoilsd jersey: this beautiful young
girl in Z wri1kled homespun. her
glorious blonde hairy awry: and the
.sy they looked at each other during
those Iulls III conversation peculiar
o lovers the world over, impressed
he other passengers with the :dea
that something very unusual had hap
pened to these two.
The Pullman conductor was not es-
pecially polite; but money was money,
and the stockholders, waiting for their
dividends. made it impossible for him
to reject 1t. The regular conductor
paid them no more attention than to
grumble over changing 500 bill.
So, while these two were hurrYing
ON to View York. the plotters were
. hurrying east to meet them. The two
! trains met and stopped at the same
station about eighty miles from New
! York. The princess, accompanied by
Vroon, who kept well in the back
j ground, entered the car occupied by
the two castaways.
! In the mirror at the rear of the car
: Norton happened to cast an idle
glance. and he saw the princess
: Froon. however. escaped his eye. r
Be careful, Florence" he said. THE
i princess is in the car. The game be-
j gins again. Pretend that you suspect
nothing. Pretty quick work on their
, part. And that's all the more reason
why we should play the comedy well.
Here she comes. She will recognize
you, throw her arms around you, and
show all manner OF enusiveness Just
keep your head and play the game"
She lied about you to me-"
mo matter
90" cried the princess She seizE i
Florence in wild embrace. She v
an inimitable actress. and Nor
could not help admiring her. "Yc'
butler teiephoned me. ran to Il!
! first train out. And here you arr
back safe and-sound,~-Itri 10 wenderfl: