Cheyenne record., 1914-09-10
CHAPTER ".

Reginning with the awful moment
when she first realized her danger and
the necessity for Immediate flight. she
lived over every perilous instant. her
nerves stralning. her breath bated as
II she were experiencing 1t all once
more. The horror Of It'll Her own
hopeless. helpless condition! But final
ly. because her trouble was new and
her body and mind, though worn with
excitement. we're healthy and young.
she sank into q deep sleep. without
having decided at all what she should
do
At last she woke from a terrible
dream. in which the hand Of her pur-
suer was Upon her. aud her Dreserver
was In the dark distance. With that
strange insistence which torments the
victim Of such dreams. she was obliged
to lie still and imagine It out. again
and again, until the face and voice Of
the young man grew very real Ia the
darkness. and she longed lnexpressibly
for the comfort of his presence once
more.
At length she shook off the pursuing
thoughts and deliberately reused her
self to plan her future.
The first necessity. she decided. was
to change her appearance 30 far as
possible. 80 that II news Of her escape.
with full description. had been tele-
Graphed. ahe might -evade notice. To
that cad. she arose in the early dawn
ing Of a gray and misty morning. and
arranged her hair as she had never
worn It before. In two brafds and
wound closely about her head. She
pinned up her gown until It did not
show below the long black coat. and
folded a white linen handkerchief
about her throat over the delicate lace
and garniture of the modish waist
Then she looked dubiously at the hat.
With girls instinct. her first
thought was for her borrowed lumage.
A fne mist was slanting down and
had fretted the window pane until
there was nothing visible but dull gray
shadows Of the world that few mo-
n0tonously by. With sudden remem-
btAnce. she opened the suitcase and
took out the folded black hat. shook
It into shape. and put 1t on. 1t was
mannish. of course. but girls often
wore such hats.
As she surveyed herself In the long
mirror Of her door. the slow color stole
into her cheeks. Yet the costume was
not uubecoming. nor unusual. She
looked like a simple school girl. or a
young business woman going to her
days work.
But she looked at the fashionable
proportions Of tho other hat with some
thing like alarm. How could she pro-
think Of abandoning 1t. for 1t was her
earnest desire to return 1t at once.
unframed. to its kind purlotner.
She summoned the newsboy and pur.
chased three thick newspapers. From
these. with the aid of a few pins. she
made a large package Of the hat. She
decided to 60 bareheaded. and put the
white kid gloves IN the suitcase. but
she took OF her beautiful rings, and
hid them safely Inside her dress.
She sacrificed one of her precious
quarters to get rid of the attentive por>
ter. and started off with a brisk step
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She followed a group Of people into a
car, which presently brought her into
the neighborhood of the large stores.
an she had hoped 1t would. 1t was
With relief that she recognized the
name on one of the stores as being OF
worldwide reputation.
Well for her that she was an expert.
esiced- shopper She went straight to
the millinery department and arranged
to have the hat boxed and sent to the
address Durham had given her.
1t had cost less to express the hat
than she had feared, yet her stock OF
money was woefully small. Some kind
of dress she must have, and a wrap.
that she might be disguised, but what
could che buy and yet have something
Aest tor food! Lifting her eyes. she
xaW q sign over a table-"Linene
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