Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-09-05

dividends. made IL impossible for him 10
reject il. The regular conductor paid
them NO more attention than Z" erum
hlc over changing i ~ Till.
-. while these iNn were hurting on
10 New York III. ,%infirr~ were hurrving
east 10 meet them The iwn trains met
and stopped IA the same station about
eighty miles from New York, The prin
cess accompanied IN Nrs"n. who kept
well Id the background. entered the ear
occupied by ihr two ca~I"waa>-
Ia the mirror IA Ihr rear ~ H. ear
Norton happened ~ east .M i'll. glance.
and H. saw the princess. Nr""i. how
ever. escaped his ewes.
Be careful. Florence he said. The
princess j. in the ear. The game begins
again. Pretend hat You suspect roth
Ing. Pretty quick work on their part.
And that's all the more reason why We
should play the comedy we'll. Here she
comes. She will recognize YOU. throw
her arms around you. and show all man
and play the game"
she lied about Won "a me
No natter
or" cried the princess. She seized
Florence ia 4 wild embrace. She was
an inimitabl acir>>. and Norton could
not help admiring her. Your butler
tclcphoncd me- ! ran ~ the first train
ont. And here YOU are. back safe and
sound. II j. wonderful. Tell me all
about il. What al adventure, And.
good heavens. Mr.. Norton. where did
You get those clothes? Did You find her
and rescue her. What II newspaper
story vou1l h. able 10 make out a il
All. Now. tell me just what happened"
She sat down ON the arm 1T Florcncc's
chair. The girl had Stcclcd her nerves
against the touch of her. And vet she
was beautiful. How could any one SO
beautiful be wicked
We'll. il began like this" said Flor
ence: and she described her adventures.
emitting. 10 be- sure. Braine'> part in
il.
She had reached the part where they
had been rescued by Captain Bannock
whcn a laundering. grinding crash
struck the words from her lips. The
three If them were flung violently to
the side " the ear amid splintering wood
tinkling glass. aud the shrek Of steel.
against steel. A low wall Of horror
rose and died away a. the ear careencd
over On its side. The three were render
rl unconscious and were huddled t0grth
cr on the floor. under the mprnoted
chairs.
NrOon had escaped with only a slight
cut 81 the hand from flying glass. lie
climbed over the chairs and passengers
with y single object IN view. He saw
that all three h. was interested in were
inSensible. liz quickly examined them
and saw that they had not received seri.
Gus injuries. lie had hut little time.
The y princess aud Norton would have To
take their chance with the other pas
sengerS. Resolulely he stopped and lift
ed Florence in his arms and crawled
out Of the ear with her. II was a diff.
cult task. but he managed ii. Outside.
in the confusion. no one paid any atten-
ton 10 him. 80 he threw the unron
ScionS girl over his shoulder and stag
gercd ON toward the road.
u was fortunate that the accident had
occurred where II did. Five miles ~.
vond was the station marked for the ar
rest ~ Norton a. an aldnctor and the
taking ia charge ~ Florence a. Il r..
hellinnS girl who had run away from her
parents. " h. could reach the Swcde'>
hut. where his confclcratrS were ia
waiting. the game was hi~.
After struggling along for half an
hour q carriage was spicd by Nroon.
and he hailed il when il reached his
side.
What's the trouble. mister" asked
the farmer.
~ wreck ON the railroad. NV daugh.
ter j. badly hurt and | must take her
Ia the nearest village. How far i it,"
~About three miles
IN give YOU twenty dollars for the
use Of that RIG of YOURS"
Cant do il mister"
but lis 4 ease 81 humanity. SIR Ia
dirnantly. You are refusing ~ aid the
unfortunate
The farmer thought II over for = mo
ment. All right. You cam have. the
buggy for twenty dollars. When ynn gct
~ the village take the nag 4" de-. San
dcr'> livery. He'll know what N ~.
Thank You. Help me in with her.
Nroon drove away without the least
intention ~ going toward the village.
A. a result. when Florence came 20 her
senses She found herself surrounded hy
strange and ominouS faces. At first