Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-09-19

"'rernon
a.es. You and Patterson and will
get this stuff on board. Let the gard
ner tend to the sails. 1t doesn't mat
ter whether things are exactly ship.
shape or not You want to get away
before this breeze falls off. Pity our
motor boat isn't bigger"
aye, aye, SIR" answered Bates in
the prompt snappy tones he imagined
used by sailors on war vessels.
In ten minutes the provisions had
been stored away and Algernon climb.
ed into the car and watched the sails
of the little sloop flap strenuously as
the gardner and Bates ran them up
to catch the rapidly freshening breeze.
Algernon had intended to go himself,
but how could he leave Molly behind
without a word. without letting her
know that he forgave her and wanted
her back again? He watched the sail
slowly rise and fill, the mornings cast
off and the little boat swing free and
with her white sails spread start grace.
fully out to sea- Then he turned the
car AMI ran back across the lawn to
the sic terrace.
AS he approached, Molly came out,
followed by the constable and James
and Hancock Algernon brought the
car up to the steps, and the girl went
straight down them to him. They met
on the bottom step.
"I'hat's the constable, Joe," she
whispered motioning backward, with
her head toward the men who had hes
itated at the top of the steps.
Come for me?" asked Algernon.
The girl nodded. II thought you
were going away on the boat. kept
him in the drawing room where he
couldn't see what was going on as long
as I could. Why didn't you go, Joe?"
81 couldn't leave you, sweetheart !
am a thief, forger, but your lover,
Molly O'Toole Will you have me?"
He held out his hands with eyes and
thoughts for no one but the girl before
him.
YES" said she simply, ''for 1 love
you. joe"
She put her hands in his and he
raised them gently to his lips and kiss.
ed first one, then the other He longed
to take her in his arms, but no Todd
ever forgot himself SO in public as to
make an SAulplIlou " LIS oooPoA AooA
ings
Molly" Hancock's voice was sharp
with pain and he started down the
steps and then stopped, one hand held
out to the girl, but she did not notice
it and it slowly fell.
This is Holmes, isn't it," question
ed the constable. Joseph Holiness
NO said Algernon calmly. "You
have made slight mistake l am Al
gernon Van Rensselaer, Todd. Is there
anything I can do for you, my man."
The constable turned to Hancock.
"You pointed him out across the lawn
to me as Holmes"
II have always known him as
Holiness" returned Hancock coldly, re-
proachful eyes on the girl.
GAS Joseph Holmes, Mrs. Todd's
chauffeur"
Eyes. Certainly"
Mrs. Todd, this man is your chauf.
feur?"
The girl nodded She felt that she
could do more for Joe If she still con-
cealed her identity from the constable.
The Todds had a great deal of inf1u-
ence. She might be able to get him
out on bail quicker as Mrs Todd than
as Molly O'Toole, she reasoned, in
her ignorance knowing little or moth
ing about bail His claim to Algernon
Van Rensselaer, Todd was foolish and
she could not understand it. Todd had
just left on the sloop for Canada. Bor-
ed, as he had told her. by waiting for
his boiler to come, and having seen
Bates busy with the sloop, the idea
to 90 to Canada by water came to him