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

says. AHa. S3Ss a0aysus, AF Nsr-
ten. where did sou get shoss sessfhssr
Did yoa Hnd her and rescue her7 What
= newspaper story yoaH bs able to
make ont OF t:aia. Now. tell me TuRt
what happened She sat down On
the arm OF FEoEencs'E chair TIE girl
had staeasa her nerves against the
tsieh o. her And yet she was heastf-
full Bow could ans one 20 beautiful
be wicked?
We'll, 1t began Hike tnis," said Flor
enee; and she described her adven-
lures. emitting. to be surs, Braine-s
part in it. SO.
She had reached hat Part where
they had beea rescued By Captain Ban
mock when q numbering, grinding
crash struck the words from her Hps
The three OF them we're Hang Violent
u to one side Of. the car amid splinter.
ing WOOD, tinkIing glass. and the SHREK
OF steel against steel A low vail OF
horror rose and died away as the car
careened over or its side The three
we're rendered unconscious and were
h1ddsea together on the floor, under
the upzco.ad chairs.
Froon had escaped with only a slight
cut CT the hand from firing glass He
climbed over the chairs and passe1-
gers with a single object in view He
Ia were fnsensible. He quickly EXAM
insd them and saw that they had not
received serious injuries. He had but
little time The princess and Norton
would have to take their chance with
the other passengers. ResoiutelE Ia
STOPPED and lifted Florence in his
arms and crawled out OF the car With
her 4. was a difficult, task. but he
managed it. Outside. in the confusion.
40 one paid any attention to him. So
he threw the unconscious girl over
his shoulder and staggered OF toward
the road "
It vas fortunate that the accident
had occurred where it Gid Five miles
beyond was the station marked for the
arrest OF Norton az an abductor and
the taking in charge OF Florence as a
rebelliOus girl ~ho had run away from
her parents II he could reach tf g
S*e6e's hut where his confederates
we're in waiting, I!le game was his.
After struggling along for half al
hour carriage Was spled Dy Vroc2,
and he hailed it when il reached hi
side. =
What's the trouble, nister?- asked
the farmer.
a wreck on the railroad by daugh.
ter is badly hurt l must take her &c
the nearest village How far Is it,
about three mics"
I'll g!Te -ou twenty dollars for the
use OF that rig Of yours
Cant do it mister -
But it's case of humanity, sir"
Indignantly You are refusing to aid
the unfortunate"
The farmer thought It over for mo
mens- All right You can have. the
buggy for twenty dollars. When you
get TO the village take the nag oboe
Sanders livery. He'll know what to
do.
Thank you Help me in with her.
Vrcon drove away without the LEASE
Intention Of going toward the village.
As result, when Florence came to
her senses she found herself sur
rounded by strange and ominous faces.
At first she thought that they had
taken her from the wreck ont of kind
ness; but when she saw the cold.
impassiye face of the man Vroon she
closed her eyes and lay back in the
chair. Well, i'll and weak AZ she was
they should and that she was not
without a certain strength
In the meatime Norton revived and
looked about ia vain for Florence. He
searched among the crowd of terrified
Passengers. the hurt and the IN
harmed, but she was not to be found.
He ran back to the princess and helped
her out of the broken car
Where is Florence?' she asked
dazed,y-
HS~ AlSIE. CCHtc over ana
sit down by the fence TIL see # there
is field telegraph"
They had already erected one. and
his message went of with a batch of
others. This time ne was determined
not to trust to chance The shock
may have brought back Florence's re-
cent mental disorder, and she may
have wandered of without knowing
what she was doing. On the other
hand. she may have been carried of.
And against such a contingency be
muzt be fortified. Money. The curse
% God was upon it: 1t was the trail
OF the serpent, spreading poison In its
wake
By and by the princess was able
to walk: and. supporting her, he led
her to the road, along which they
walked slowly for at least an hour.
They might very we'll have waited for
the relief train But he could not
stand the thought of inactivity. The
princess had her choice Of staying be-
hind Or going with him. He hated
the woman, but he could not refuse
her aid. She had cut on the side
of her head. and she Iimped besides.
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