The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-09-23
BY LOUIS JOSEPH VANCE


! lating themselves upon the approach
, Of respite!
The sheer insanity Of the whole
damnable business!
Il The grim, wild absurdity of it!
TO think that this was America
this the goth century, the apex of the
highest form Of civilization the world
has ever known-and still with the
threats harried with the attempts al
assassination in hundred forms-and
that by slip Of girl with the cum
ming OF a mad-woman, the heart of q
thug, the face of charming child
the lace OF woman that sat beside
MIN, duplicating its every perfect
feature so nearly that even he who
loved the one could scarcely distin-
guish her from the other by instinct
intuition, bling guess work.
he nodded heavy hearted confirma-
tion OF surmise slowly settling into
conviction in his mind, that such cum
ming. such purpose and pertinacity
could not spring from a mind we'll ball
anced. that the woman, Judith Urine
sister to the Rose ne loved so well.
was as mad as her monomaniac
father, who sat helpless in his cell
iii tha silence and shadows OF New
! YORK. day after day. eating his very
heaft out With iEipatisnCe for the word
that his vengeance had been consum-
mated by one daughter whom he had
inspired to execute 1t.
An hour late in the dusk of the
! evening, the train numbered into
| portland station, and heart in mouth.
I Alan helped Rose from the steps.
shouldered a way for her through the
crowd and almost lifted her into a
taxicah. =
Best hotel in town, he demar5ed.
and be quick about it-for a double
| tip"
He communicated his one desperate
scheme to the girl enroute. receiving
the e..Gorsement OF 1t. So having reg
istered for her and seen her safely to
the door OF the best available room n,
the house within ready call of the pub
lie lobby and Office, he washed nm.
suiped hasty meai-wiiicfi Rose i,,.ti
declined to share, pleading fatigue
ana hurried away into the night with
only the negro driver of a public hack
picked mp hap hazard at some dis
lance from the hotel, for his guide.
lE-FOrtuity.
HE wasted the better part OF an hour
IN fruitless and perhaps iil-adyised
INQUIRIES; then; his luck, such as tt
was, lea MIN on suspicion down a
POORLY Iighted wharf, at the extreme
ena CD which he discovered lonely
youn man perched atop q pile, hands
~ pe'cKets, gaze turned to tide
whei eupon, now black night had fall
!ens paiiia wraiths Of yachts swung
lights.
Pardon me-" Alan vantnrad h,,t
perhaps you can help me out" !
You've come to the wrong ahon. NV
1rend,' fthe young man internns,eS
with moross civility: "I couldn't helm
anyDody out OF anythiag-the yay I
AIN now" :
Tn sorry. said AIana, abut I
tnought you might know where could
hna 10, seaworthy boat to charter
ine young man slicped snartlv
from his perch. HIf YOU don,f Iooi,
SHARP ne said oIninousiy, ayouTl
SSharter : the. Seaventure." He waved
h,s hsnu toward q vessel mooreii he
side the wharf; s.There she is,, be
said, "and a better. boat Won vonY
nna anywhere; schooner rfeRefI gfI
Ieer over all. 25 horse power n,ot6,r
aaskiiary. two state-rooms--aIi rea-
dy Tor as long a coastwise cruise sa
you care to fGSe- Come aboard %
he led brishiy across the wharf
down gangplanlr. then along the
deck TO companionway by which the
Two men gained comic rtabIe and
roomy cabin, bright with f,,esh, white.
Here the Hight of the cabin revealaa
70 Alans sesrrhing scrS.sny d person
Of sturdy buiid and iraepeasaes; car
riage, with a roughly modelled. eosd
though blue eysss. = y ~ : 1850 -
Name, Barcus.s the youne man
nee. l.s.ss.sssis q
ssiisd TholnisA. Nativity, American.
State OF life, flat broke. Tnap the
rub. he laughed and shr.ut .ged. ahanie
laced II found myself EaFd up fhis
spring with this boat on my ilanls. |
Junk every cent I had and then sons |
hitting o1t on an oral charter with
moneyeyed b1iahtsr In New Yorf |
sao Nss % nave met me here .. FORT |
alght a&p He difin't--e..d xsra II
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