The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-08-09
BY Harold MacGrath

AS Jones reached the curb, Florence
come forth as II on invisible wings.
Jones caughte her by the arm. She
flung him aside with strength he
had not dreamed existed in her slim
body.
Florence, I am Jones'"
She stopped, recognized him, and
without word ran across the street
to the automobile and climbed into the
tonneau. Jones followed Immediately
"Home!"
The car shot up the dimly lighted
street. shOne paiely for secnnd un-
der the corner lamp, and vanished
"Ah child. child" groaned the man
at her side all the tenseness from his
body gone. He was Jones again.
Still she did not speak but stared
ahead with unseeing eyes.
No ,urther reproach fell from the
buffers lips. 1t was enough that God
had guided him to her at the appoint
ed moment. He felt assured that new
er again would she be drawn into any
trap, Podr child! What had they
done to her, said to her? How in Gods
| name had she escaped from them
who never let anybody escape? Pres
emily she would become normal, and
then she would tell him.
II found the lying note. You drop
ped IT.
Horrible. horrible!" she said al
| mast inaudibly.
a"What did they do to your"
He said he was my father He
put his arms around me. And
4 Z knew
"Khhew what9"s
"That he lied. I can't explnin."
Don't try" * f
Suddenly she laid her head against
the buffers shoulder and cried. It
WAS terrible to hear youth weep in
this fashion. Jones tried tC CONSOLE
Ii sr
u. s.Horrible!" she mumured between
the violent hiccoughs. 81 was wrong,
wrong! Forgive mel"
ssIJnConsciously the arm sustaining
her drew her nearer. ?
IsNever mind" he consoled.. .'Tell no
one what has happened. Go about as
usual. Don't let even Susan know.
Whatever your poor father did was
fGE your sake He wanted you to be
hHppy. without q care In the world.
TgBut feel so old. Jones, 80 very
Old l. threw over the lamp. threw
aschair through the window. They
s9bs ceased. ~
"a promise" And gradually the
thought that Il was who had Jumped
ont, That gave me the necessary time.
ISdon't understand how ii did 1t. /
wasn't frightened at all ,till 7 gained
the streetf, u .s; ~ 81
gThey found Susan still seated in the
cA1fr the automatic In her lap, She
.<.N
SBraine paced. the apartment of the
Princess Perigoff From the. living
room to the xbondoir and back, fun
twenty times. From the divan Olga
watched him iiervously. He was like
a tiger, fresh In. captivity. All at once
he paused in front OF her. iss
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A:eeI do -a,,s <. Y. Z
Planned to the minute., We had 2,
Of :us: doors locked, and all that, No
weeping, no wailing. i could not un-.
derstand then, but do now. It's IN
tho 1i0v1i. iinTSFenve wis as peaceIuI
as q st. Bernard dog, TIL you cornered
him, and then he was q lion. o, the
devil! Slipped out of my fingers like
an eel. And across the street, Jones
In a racer ], never paid any parti-
cular attention to Jones, but from
now on shalt This girl. may or may
mott know where the money is. but
Jones does, Jones doeBi Two mon
shall watch. FELTON, on the street and
Orloff from the windows of fthe de-
serted house. With opafa siasses he
Will be able to. take note Of all that
happens In the house during the day.
/ tHaswill be able to ace the girls room.
And that's the important point u it Wau
a. good plan little woman and Il
would have been plain safing if only
We had dsremembered that he girl was
IHafgreave's daug ghter. - Be very care
fpl hereafter when 5yonS call ON her.
"a night like this wilt have made iier
snapic icious ot every one. Our, hone
iiss Etsh yott ything on yonr
l.s:ssYes. why not insert q personal; IN ii,
the Herald She drew some writing
paper toward her and scribbled d few
Il He read: .,FIorefce-tfi the hiding
| place io discovered Remove it "a q.
more secret spot at once. 81 II 80
laughed and shook his head n am
afraid that will nsver do sss Z
IL sslss she reads q, Jones Will. The
man with the opera Eiasaa might see
soHsst thing. There's al chAnea Jones'
might become worrie ID ~
| Il .ssyyelI, we'll give Il Sa chance, s, z; S.
It WAS ntdnsg gtit when lie made shtsi
fdsrassrs AA he stapped into Sths
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