The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1914-03-13

UP the marble steps
One glimpse the pursuers had OF
their prey as the elevator shot up
ward They managed to evade the
hotel authorities ana get up the wide
staircase without observation. BY
| keeping on the alert. they discovered
that the elevator had stopped at the
second floor, 20 the people they were
| tracking must have apartments there.
Lurking in the shadowy parts of the
| hall, they watched. ard soon we're re-
warded by seeing Dunham come out of
room and hurry to the elevator He,
/ had remembered his promise to his
mother about the engravers. AS soon
as he was gone, they presented them
selves boldly at the door
Filled with the Joy that had come to
her and feeling entirely safe now IN
the protection of her husband. Mary
j Dunham opened the door She sup
posed, OF course. It was the bellboy
with pitcher of ice water, for which
she had just rung
All, here you are at last, my pretty
i cousin" 1t was the voice of Richard
that menaced her. with all the stored
UP wrath of his long baffied search.
At that moment the man from the
motorcycle stepped softly up the top
stair and slid unseen into the shad-
ows of the hall
For an instant it seemed to Mary
i Dunham that she was going to faint
/ and in one swift flash of thought she
saw herself overpowered and carried
! into hiding before her husband should
return. But with a supreme effort she
! controlled herself and faced her tor
mentor with unflinching gaze Though
/ her strength had deserted her at first
every faculty was now keen and col
] lected. AS If nothing unusual were
happening, she put out her cold trem-
bling fingers. and laid them firmly
4 over the electric button on the wall
! Then with new strength coming from
the certainty that some one would
soon come to her aid. she opened her
/ lips to speak.
What are you doing here, Richard -
I've come after you, my lady. A
nice chase you've led me, but you
/ shall pay for it now"
The cruelty in his face eclipsed any
lines of beauty which might have been
there.
Il shall never 60 anywhere with
you she answered st adily
He seized her delicate wrist rough
ly. twisting it with the old wrench
with which he had tormented her In
their childhood days. None of them
saw the stranger who was quietly
walking down the hall toward them.
will you go peaceably, or shall
have to gag and bind you?" said Rich
ard. Choose quickly. I'm in no mood
to trifle with you any longer"
Although he hurt her wrist cruelty,
she threw herself back from him and
with her other hand pressed still hard
er against the electric button
Catch that other hand, Mike" com
manded Richard. and stuff this in her
mouth, while l tie her hands behind
/ her back
1t was then that Mary screamed
The man in the shadow stepped up
behind and said in a low voice:
what does all this mean?"
The two men, startled dropped the
girls hands for the instant Then
Richard white with anger at this in
reference, answered insolently: at
means that this girls an escaped luna
tic. and we're sent to take her back
She's dangerous, so you'd better keep
out OF the way"
Then Mary Dunhams voice, clear
and penetrating. rang through the
halls.
"Tryon. Tryon' Come quick! Help
Help"
AS if in answer to her call, the ele-
vator shot up to the second floor and
/ Tryon Dunham stepped out in time to
see the two men snatch Mary's hands
again and attempt to bind them behind
! her back
In an instant he had seized Richard
| by the collar and landed him on the
| hall carpet, while a we'll directed blow
| sent the fabby Irishman sprawling at
! the feet of the detective, who prompt
ly sat on him and pinioned his arms
! behind him.
How dare you lay finger upon this
/ LADY," said Tryon Dunham, as he
/ stepped to the side of his wife and put
a strong arm about her, where she
stood white and frightened in the
! doorway
! No one had noticed the bell boy had
! come to the head OF the stairs and re
ceived quiet order from the detec-
! tive.
| In sudden fear, the discounted Rich
ard arose and attempted to bluff the
! stranger who had so unwarrantly in
! terfered Just as his fingers were about
| to close over the golden treasure OF his
! cousins fortune
Indeed, sir, you wholly misunder
stand the situation" he SAID 10 Dun
ham, with an air Of injured innocence
though perhaps you can scarcely be
blamed, This girl is an escaped luna
tic. We have been searching for her
for days, and have just traced her It
! is our business to take her back at
| once Her friends are in great dis