Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-12-26

'NA 10 NOIiit uOWn 10 eartl.
. lie demonstrated his return to CON
mon sense by making a round breal
last IN Grand Central station befor
; looking up the residence of Digby II
the telephone directory.
Inc Information he gathered from
me voice that answered the name O
-NI' DlgDy over the telephone SHOOT
oHIy momentarily Barcus' innate con
Vlction that intimate acouaintanc,
Win battle, murder and sudden dealt
was the inevitable reward of associa
ZION with this friend of his heart.
Alan being married to Rose Trine
III Jersey City at this very minute!'
ne oreathed skeptically as he emerged
from the booth memorizing the ad
uress OF the alleged officiating clergy.
man. i don't believe it; it's too sud.
den"
forthwith he engaged a taxicab IN
convey him to Jersey City, at top
speed for an exorbitant reward
ana when, from the forward deck of
Ierryboat, he beheld a dense volume
Vi smoke advertising a confederation
on the Jersey shore. not far from the
waterfront, he shook a moodily sa-
gacious head.
II Alan isn't mixed up in that.
somehow" he declared, hes missing
Det for once-and I'm a sorry failure
DIS a prophet of woe and disaster!"
1here was as much intuitive appre-
hehslon as humor responsible for this
remark; witness the fact that. on land
lng' he risked the delay required TO
turn aside and have a look at the fire
IL proved to be situated in the heart
or a squalid slum-a wretched tene-
ment Of the poorest class, whose roof
had already fallen in and whose walls
were momentarily threatening to go
by the time Barcus arrived ON the
scene.
AT considerable distance from him
d small disturbance had broken ONT
cIamor of protesting voices lifting
ABOUT the rumor of the mob-as a
number of men. case-hardened rouebs
one and all. began to force their way
IN V-shaped wedge through the
throng, making toward its very heart
the point on the f1re-lines nearest the |
burning building.
What this meant, Mr.. Barcus had
not the slightest idea. But his atten-
tlon was first distracted by the maneu.
yer, then fixed by the face of a man
who was following in the hollow of
the Van evil white face that seemed
somewhat vaguely familiar. somehow
of something strange that
mad happened In the history of Mr..
Barcus.
AT the same time, at the point where
Inc V had paused, a wild uproar lifted
up and, coincidentally, a wilder confu.
sion became noticeable. A crv was
ludlble-"Firebug! Lynch him! Lynch
him! Lynch the firebug!''-and at
mis- the mob turned as one man and
'treamed away in pursuit of an in
visible quarry, who chose to attemnt
lis escape by a route directly onno-
ste to that which would have led him
" AtAii view VI MT. BdrCuS.
Startled, and of sudden persuaded
nat there might have been more in
lis "hunch" than was sanely m no
redited, Barcus started I'D and wos
IN the point of stepping out of his :
ab, If with a rather aimless purpose. ,
Vhen he was stayed by sight of that
VII white face returning the wav n
ad come-still In the hollow of the
ying V, which now made faster nrog-
ess, thanks to the DISCRIMINATION .,
he mob by the chase of the alleged in :
endiary.
And now, Barcus saw, the man NJ
ne white race was not alone. There .,
'as someone with him-someono :,
hose head was bent and face con
called. but who seemed to he fer,i- :
inc. =.
And so, Barcus argued, why might ,
not be Rose Urine, suffering new :,
at the hands of her unnat- .
raj fathers creatures?
He was too far away to mako srro
Id attempt any interference; but he .
,inted White Face out to his chauf. =
ur as the V reached a touring car A.
the edge of the mob and the woman
as lifted in (unresisting and annar- b,
lily in dead faint, and when the =,
uring car swung round and picked 81
} its heels. the taxicab of Mr.. Barcus
allied 1t as unostentatiously as If II 10
rs a pertinacious shadow.
Ten minutes later, from the reo- 4,
ok of ferryboat in midstream-a -,
at bearing back to New York NOT of
ly the touring car of White Face IN
t the cab Of Mr.. Barcus-the latter or
ntleman formed one of a small but 20
.erested audience witnessing an IN. On
lent Of uncommon character.
He saw young man, hatless. coat. ,te
IS, almost shirtless. tear down 70 40
) edge of one Of the Jersey wharyes. ~
J heels snapped at by a ravenine 20,
bile, jump aboard a square-rigsed hi,
,sel which lay moored there. and
ecute a maneuver of despair by 10
mbing up the rigging in a hopeless o,
empt to escape his prosecutors. trs
ey were too many for him. and vba, "a.