Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-22

separated from Susan. She hunted through
aisle after aisle, but could not find her: for
the simple reason that Susan was hunting
for her. 1t occurred to the girl that Susan
might have wisely concluded the best place
to wait would he in the taxicab And so
Florence hurried out into the street, into
the arms of the Wendt family, who were
patiently awaiting her.
The trusted chauffeur had been sent
around to the side entrance by the major
domo. The young lady had so requested,
so he said.
Florence struggled and called for the po-
liceman, who came running up, followed by
the usual idle, curious crowd. -
THE poor young woman is insane" said
the motherly Kate. tears in her eyes. The
benign Thomas looked at heaven. "We are
her keepers"
at is not true!" cried Florence des-
perately.
She has the haucination that she is
the daughter of the millionaire Stanley
Hargreave." And Thomas exhibited his
document, which was perfectly legal, so far
appearances went
Hurry up and get her off the walk
can't have the crowd growing any larger"
said the policeman, convinced.
So, despite her cries and protestations,
Florence was hustled into the automobile,
even the policeman lending a hand
Poor young tlhng!" he said to the
crowd. "Come, now, move on. I can't
have the walk blocked up. Get a gait on
you"
He was congratulatng himself upon the
orderliness of the affair when keen eyed
young man in the garb of a chauffeur
touched his shoulder
Whats this I hear about an insane
woman?" he demanded
She was insane, all right. They hal
papers to prove it. She kept crying that
she was Stanley Hargreave's daughter"
my God!" The young man struck his
forehead in despair. "You ass, she was
Stanley Hargreave's daughter. and they've
kidnapped her right under your nose! What
was the number of that carr"
Cut out that line of talk young felah;
I know my business. They had the proper
documents"
But you hadn't brains enough to inquire
whether they were genuine not! You
wait!" shrilled the chauffeur. IN have
you broken for this work" He wheeled
and ran back to his car, to find Susan aud
the countess in great state of agitation.
They got her, they got her! And 1 swors
on the book that they never should, so long
as | drove the car
Susan wept, and the countess tried in
w." to console her.
And when Jones was informed he fright
ened even the countess with the snar of
rage which burned across his lips. He tore
into the hall, seized his hat, and was gone.
Not a word of reproach did he offer to tie
chauffeur. He understood that no one is
infallibleA He found the laundering police
man, who now realized that he stood in for
a whiff of the commissioners carpet. All
he could do was to give good description
of the man and woman. Word was sent
broadcast through the city. The police had
to be informed this time.
Late in the day an officer whose beat in
cluded the ferry landing at Hoboken said
he had seen the three. Everything had
looked all right to him. 1t was the mother
ly face of the one and the benign counte-
nance of the other that had blinded him.
At midnight Jones, haggard and with the
air of one beaten, returned home.
"No wireless YETI" asked Norton.
"The George Washington of the North
German Lloyd does not answer. Something
has happened to her wires tampered WITH
possibly"
$50 long as we know they are at sea-
we can remedy the evil. They will not be
able to land at single port. | have sent
ten cables. They can't get away from ths
wire. If | could only get hold of the name,
of those damnable doctors who signed that
document! Twenty years."
Jones bent his head in his hands, and
Norton tramped the floor till the sound of his
footsteps threatened to drive the moaning
Susan into Mysteries.
1t is only a matter of few days"
But can the child stand the terrorist"
questioned Jones. "Who knows that they
may not really drive her insane?"
On board the George Washington every
one felt extremely sorry for this beautiful
girl. 1t was a frightful misfortune to be so
stricken at her age.
She is certainly nsane," said one OF
the passengers, who had known Hargreave
slightly through some banking business
"Hargreave wasn't married. He lived
alone"
After the second day out Florence was
permitted to wander about the ship as she
pleased.
A good many of the passengers were
nightly worried when they learned that
the wireless had in some mysterious way
been tampered with after the boat had made
the open sea. 1t was impossible to put