Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1914-09-13
By HAROLD
MacCRATH

Ned passengers. the hurt and the uE-
harmed but she was not To be iouhu,
lie ran back to the princess anu
helped her out of the broken car t
where is Florence?" she asked
dazedly.
God knowsl Here. come over anu
sit down by the fence till ! see IL
there is a field telegraph"
They had already erected one. anu
his message went off with batch
OF others This time he was deter
mined not To trust 10 chance. the
shock may have brought back FLOR
ence's recent mental disorder. ana
she may have wandered off without
knowing what she was doing. On
the other hand she may have been
carried Off And against such a con-
tingency he must be fortified. Mon
pvi The curse OF God was upon IT,
1t was the trail of the serpent.
spreading poison in It's wake.
by and hy the princess was able
"a walk. and supporting her. he led
her 90 the road along which they
walked slowly for ~ least an hour.
They might very well have waited
for the relief train. But he could
not stand the thought OF inactivity
The princess had her choice of stay
inp behind or going with him. lie
hated the woman. but he could not
refuse her aid She had cut on the
side of her ucad. and size linped be-
sides
They topped AT the FIRST farm
| house. explained what had happen
ed. aud the mistress urged them 20
enter She had seen no one, and
certainly not Young woman. she
must have wandered OF In another
+ direction she ran into the Kitchen
for basin aud towel and proceed
cd 90 patch the princess hurts.
She was extremely uneasy. That
She should be- under obligations TO
| Norton gale dhcr There was
spark of conscience left In her soul.
/ She had tried 10 destroy him, aud
I no. had been Kind 20 her was he
a fool or was be- deep. playing a
/ game ps shroVd as her own She
/ could not tell Where was VrOong
/ Had ho carried Florence off
An hour later a man came IA
"Uullo' More folks from the
wreck p"
Where's tho horse and buggy.
Jake" his wife asked
Rented II 20 q man whose dau-
ghtcr was hurt lie went to the
village"
win YOU describe The daughter"
asked Norton
The princess twisted her iUgers.
The farmer rudoly described Flor
Have You another horse and a
. saddle"
What's your hurry"
"Ill tell you later what ! want
nov is the horse
You viii be- in good hands" he
. answered briefly am going 10
find out what has become of Flor
ouce Us there q deserted farmhouse
hcrcaboutsf' he asked the farmer.
Not that ! recollect
WHY. yes. there u.s. Jake There's
that old hat about two miles up the
. fork. volunteered the wife Where
the Swcdo died last winter
by lingo I'm going into the
village and see 81 that man brought
The rig
bat get 10Y horse hrst. My name
lis James Norton. and I'm on the
star boz New York which way do
. go7"
First turn 90 Che left Come on:
lIW get the horse ior YOU
once the horse was saddled Nor
ton SET off az ruu. lie was un-
armed bee forgot about this fact.
.lis ono thought was 90 hnd the wo-
man hc loved llo was not afraid
.uI meeting dozen men. not while
. Dos present fury lasted
And ho tDII into am ambush within
t hundred yard. off hi- goal. They
/ dragged hW Ur h.s horse and buf-
Iott,l and mi-Haudlcd him into the
boot
Both of Uom'" said vroon. rub
HIul ODD. hands
know you. Won Russian rat"
cried Nor0u And BE- over get out
a' fnis 600 E.lI You out OF hand
Damn YOU
90. yes. talk. tar but 10 never
hurts anyone. Iorred Nroon. You
vHI mower have the chance TO kill
a., uUi u. hand as y0U say Re
H.- du .Hu know ml iace?"
900 TU. mash doesn't mat
f,r Yuur. fH. mtu who had me
HareHr.H Tho voice Is enough ="
.... .H.| That Is what I
.....| p. ...H That's your death
..r.., We'll to u like they used
..u H.. . .' f.U old Academy tie you
.. ... road track We shall not
. ... H lU o. some engine runs
..... .. heaven .s witness We did
.H' .IiD fhp engine Remember
Gil. SLOTS off rho boy and the eat ."
.f. sinister amiability "The boy
H| H. uas not pulling the cats
..' ". aas only holding Il: the cat
HH Ho pulling Bring him along.
".u Time .e precious. aud we have
Dr. lHuI deal tu i0 before night set
.I.- down Come pu with him. The
'rJck is only short distance"
Jim. Jim 200 cried Florence. in an
O guish
Noypr SOU mind. girl they're
. onh hlufGHI They won't dare"
d "You think so?" said vroon.
Walt and -rs' He turned upon
s Florence Ho II your lover DO