The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-05-28
CHAPTER xxvI-(Continued).

- ShC III COulo WIlGu i Cdll. -H.
Then they saw his worn eyes light.
Aurelie was OF the step, descending.
And behind her, leading q brindle bull-
pup and looking the asst word of pre-
picked embarrassment, was Rube Van
Hart. Behind him was a pink-faced
and immaculate young gentleman who
also seemed amazed at the instant
murmur that went up from the throng.
they all knew her and knew in a flash
that the tragedy at Lindstrom's place
had summoned her.
h threw herself with a cry of JOY
into Uncle Mich's arms, her face
buried in his tobacco-colored whiskers
carried now scattered over his shout
ders. A vision such as Rome, Ia, had
never seen outside of the tin opera
house. Even her proper travelling
costume could not subdue her owe of
colors or repress her ingenious sense
of blossom time, all that eager, palpi-
tant young life sprung from the gray
OF penury to ~billposter grandeur.
h 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 Earlville
where he had been on a horse trade for
Carmichael, stood there dangling the
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
Dull pup and an actress lady! Aurelie
a come back to the old town with
her bull pup and her press agent.
Uncle Michigan and RUDE fought a
way for her to Arne Vance's motor
car. The young gentleman from the
Cohan q Snitz publicity bureau fol-
lowed. 1t was worth his job to lose
sight of Aurelie. There had been a tre-
row when he western man
ayers for Conan & 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 unien 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 it. Great
press stuff. this! The comedienpe Of
1.-The Girl and the Burglar going out
at midnight to settle the cause celebre
that all the west was agog about They
rushed another girl into the part and
then began to boom the press end"
Young Mr.. Kaiser yelled his futile
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the car. He snatched at the tonneau
and r Vance pounded him over the
fingers and howled: you get off,
damn you!"
They dashed away, and the press
agent, selling the bull pup from RUDE,
raj for the nearest conveyance.
Follow EN-" he shouted. keep
track Of that grill"
On the way out he YEARLY confided
in the hickman. Take it from me,
chasing Miss Lindstrom around over
these United States is some work. She
press one time so that the water
wouldn't splash in her stateroom bath
tub. and denounced the conductor all
the way to New York when he re-
fused. Say, if | could get over half
the real stories l know about her with
the city editors, I'd be made on Broad
way!"
"Hey?" retorted the hackman. USED
to see that kid sellin' skinned rabbits
at the grocery not SO many years ago.
Aurelie Lindstrom, right here's the
place!"
Keep a going!!" yelled the publicity
man; "if III gets out of sight most
anything'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 o where
the first Of the watchers began
to appear in the buggies and
carts. Then the people on foot,
a throng thickening until the road
was blocked; and the d%yspeptic farmer
student, swearing at them, leaped
out and 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 sat very still and pale,
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seemed swiftly understanding 1t all,
the masses Of people. the sense Of i'm
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
there came the spatter of rifle shots.
Janet put her hands to her ears.
They want you, Aurelie! Maybe
you can-maybe you canl He would
not listen to Wiley: but maybe you
She turned swiftly. "Mr. Curran,
where is hep"
gotten in the whirl of vents. Dumbly
she watched the girl, striving to guess
her thought. .Curran. crushed with his
agony. OUT there making his last ap-
peal-and Aurelie. sitting upright. star
ing now at the battle field, her eyes
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him! And slowly an infinite pity came
to Janet's heart-Aurelie. what was she
thinking?
When the machine ground past a
fence corner a nan leaped out waving
a shotgun.
Hold on! You can't go farther! Van
Hart said no one could go closer. They
are going to riddle that house the nex
time Lindstrom fires a shot!'
Arne jerked his throttle wider and
dashed past. They're closing In. oh
Janet-they're closing in! Where's Har-
lan-look for him!"
'Harlan?" Aurelie arose. her hostile
eyes leveled at the line OF depu
climbing the fence. Go on-go on!'
she cried.
The guards were yelling at them
From the creek side of the field anoth-
er shot rang out. Janet. looking thai
way. saw Harlan mounted. motioning
to the men. Then from Lindstrom's
house came the squirt of a gun. and one
of Harlan's group fell face downward
at his feet. They scattered.
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