The Lamar register., 1915-01-06
WAITING ON THE CORNER
BY JOHN PHILIP ORTIZ.

Folks at Home" and absently wan
ders of into the air Of Yankee
Doodle" there's going to be a jangle.
And then you suddenly remember
that you borrowed Bessie Walter 5
dream book a day or two ago. and
solemnly promised her that II the
reading OF 1t caused you to dream you
would faithfully relate that dream to
the lender Of the book without unnec-
essary delay.
Well, Miss Madge had read the book
from cover to cover. Much Of its con
tents had made her gasp and SILVER.
She had dreamed OF being chased by
snakes. wolves. brigands and runaway
locomotives.
They had run her through swamps.
Tickets and meadows; they had run
her up hill and down: they ran her
through streets and alleys.
At last. after the chase had con
tinued for miles and the poor girl
had Just Jumped a fence nine feet
high without her French heels touch
ing splinter. she caught the lower
limb OF a tree and clambered up to
safety. She went to the telephone to
relate the dream In full. Miss Madge
settled herself for coy chat when
the answer came back from the cen
trail office:
Cant do 1t; the lines are crossed. 3"
What's the matter with the liner"
IT'S never In ORDER"
And / wanted to talk to Wall
street."
You man with the big bull voice.
shut up"
Miss Madge found herself interest
ed. There was one firm. clear voice
that dominated the rest. though II was
lost In the shufie now and then. The
girl caught these words:
AT least ten, thousand. About two
o'clock The corner OF Willow and
Stark streets. Don't strike to kill.
but to stun. Yes. two OF them. Then
upstairs and down the back way.
Sure thing"
What was the meaning OF those
wordsi Here was something different
from a dream. II was a mystery. Il
am going to be there and see IT," she
unused.
At 1:45 that afternoon an auto with
Miss Madge Seaforth seated in the
tonneau was at the corner OF Willow
and Stark streets. Three men were
leaning against a wall
From down Stark street came two
men. One OF the men carried
leather bag.
A moment more and things began
to happen. The three loungers at.
tackled tho two men with the bag.
There were shouts and blows and
scuffiing. The chauffeur leaped to the
walk and ran away. Miss Madge
opened the door OF the vehicle and
stood screaming. She hardly realized
1t when one OF the men threw the bag
at her feet
Save II from the thugs II you cam"
And then the girl found herself at
the wheel and speeding away. Straight
home. a mile away. and the bag was
carried into the house. It was then
that Miss Madge had ut OF hysteria.
The evening papers had sensation.
and as Miss Madge read the scare
heads she was as white as a sheet.
The boldest holdup for years."
Planned by handsome girl"
She waits in an auto and drives
on with the $1,000 that was to pay
the hands in a factory"
The robbers arrested. but they
won't talk"
Their victims seriously Injured in
their plucky fighti"
Who is the handsome queen OF the
robber gang"
No police and no reporters until
Mr.. Seaforth arrived home and tele.
phoned them. A few explanations and
all was made clear
Nine detectives and 81 reporters
called at the Seaforth residence for in.
teryiews. The factory men called
Strangers in the city called and said
II was bully thing to do Seventeen
photographers wanted sittings. and
felt ill-used when they did not secure
them.
Among the last callers was Stephen
Adair. one OF the robbers victims. He
IL was who threw the bag into the
auto and shouted to the girl to drive
on, and he had been made a hero of.
He still wore plaster or two over
his hurts, but II is always proper for
Il hero to want to call on a heroine.
And there was opportunity for ad.
uiration to grow into love. and It
Erew.