The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1914-09-11

accuracy of her description startled
him; for the affair had be.p carried
cut 90 Adrcitly that he had been posl-
tive that until her real captor ap-
paared she would be totally In thu
dark regarding his identity. And hero
che had hit Il OF In less than dozen
words. Oh, well. II did not matter
now. She might try To make II I'M
pleasant for bis employer, but he
doubted the ultimate suceess OF her
attempts. However, the matter was at
an end as far as he was concerned.
Have you thought what this means'
IL lis abduction. II 10 crime you have
committed. punishable by long impr!s-
onment"
Il have been mademoiselle's jailer,
not her abductor. And when one Ii
poor and In need Of money" lie
shrugged.
Il will give you thousand fTanes
for the name and address Of the man
who instigated this outrage"
All. he thought; then she wasn't 30
surs7 Il told you the name, mademoi'
sella As for his address. dare not
give 1t. not for ten thousand trance
Besides, l have said that there has
been a mistake"
For whom have been mistaken
Who but Monsieur Champeauxs
wife. mademoiselie. who Ia not In her
right mind3" with inimitsble sadness.
Very WE'LL" said Nora You say
that am free. That 70 all | want
freedom"
In twenty minutes the electric tram
leaves for Paris. You WITH recall.
mademoiselie. humbly. that We have
taken nothing belonging to you, You
have your purse and hat and cloak,
The struggle was most unfortunate.
But. think. mademoiselle. think; We
thought you to be Insane
Permit me to doubt that And you
arr not afraid to let me go"
Not In the least, madomolselle. A
mistake has been made, aud in telling
you to go at once We do our best to
rectify this mistake IL Is only i've
minutes TO the tram, A carriage is al
the door. VIII mademoIsello be pleased
to remember that we have treated her
with the utmost courtesy"
Il shall remember everything"
ominously.
Very good. mademolselIs. You will
be in Paris before nina" With this
he bowed and backed out OF the room
as though Nora had suddenly made a
distinct ascension In the scale OF i'm
portance.
Watt" she called
His face appeared In the doorway
again.
DO you know who am
Since this morning. mademoiseIle. "
That Ia all"
Free, Her veins tingled with
strange eIultation. He had lost his
courage and had become afraid OF the
consequences Free, Monsieur Cham
peaux indeed Cowardice was a new
development In his character. He had
been afraid to come She drank the
tea, but did not touch tho toast or
fruit There would be time enough
for breakfast when she arrived In
Paris Her hands trembled violently
as she pinned on her hat, and she was
not greatly concerned as to the angle
She snatched up her purse and cloak,
and sped out into the street A phae,
ton awaited her
The tram, she said
Yes. mademolselle
And 20 quickly, She would not
feel sHh until she was in the tram.
A face appeared at one Of the win.
dows Az the vehicle turned the cor.
ner, the face vanished. and perhaps
that particular yisago disappeared for.
ever. A gray wig came of. the little
gray side whiskers. the bushy gray
eyebrows. revealing n clever face not
more than thirty. cunning. but humor-
ously cunning and anything but scoun.
drelly, The painted scar aslant the
nose was also obllterated With
haste the man thrust the evidences OF
disguise into travelling bag. ran here
and there through the rooms. all bare
and unturnished save the one with the
bars and the Kitchen. which contained
two cots and some cooking utensils.
Nothing Of Importance had been left
behind He locked the door and ran
all the way to the Place d'Armes.
catching thu tram to Paris by frac,
ton OF minute
All very we'll done She would be
in Paris before the police made any
definite move, The one thing thst dis.
urhed him was the thought OF the
blockhead Of chauffeur, who had got
drunk before his return from Yer.
sall)es. II he talked; well. hs could
say nothing beyond tho fact that he
had deposited the singer al the house
as directed He knew positively moth.
Ing
Thp man laughed softly 4 thou.
sand francs apiece for him and An.
to.ne. and no possible chance or BE-
ins discovered Let the police fnd
the house In Versailles let them
trace whatever paths they found the
agent would tell them, and honestly.
that an aged man had rented the
house for a u.onsh and had raid him
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