The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-03-20

Of the p~andemouium. with the limp
Mrs. Perry IN her afma
~Gwen. cried tho man. ana the can
came from bis heart. lie had feared
that sbo was dead bur she opened her
eyes a. he took her in hls arms. and
there IN the midst Of that frantic com
motion their lEpa met In the kiss o. a
new hcfrothnL
The yellow haired woman had walt
Cd only 20 zee Perry clasp bis wife To-
bis afins: then. leaving wide the salon
door. she rushed toward the basement
door.
Ready with that iirsT' she yelled.
ITS ready. all right" replied the
page Rlri. bursting cut Of the base
ment door, and with her came a tire
mendous cloud Of smoke. II poured into
the han and Into the salon. The page
girl was choking with IT, They foo1led
the first one. and the boss has been
dghting ever since. trying to keep the
shack from burning down"
June rushed out through the hall.
mot that wayi' called the page girl
The cops are az the doorl Wait for
the firemenr'
The explanation Of that was slow in
coming TO June. When the yellow hair.
I'll woman sent for n husband she had
always 70 fear the police. and the only
way to foil a raid was 10 confuse It
with a Gre.
Thoroughly frightened. June turned
back toward the salon, and aa she pass
cd the basement door she saw coming
up through the rolling yellow smoke
the dark. black vandyked fnce Of Gu
bert Blyel
This wayr' called the yellow haired
woman aud with a jerk Of a tasselsd
curtain cord drew aside tho great yel-
low hanzines Of the salon windows.
which San 10 the floor.
The terrified women threw open the
windows IN an instant and were out
on the latticed balcony. down the steps
and through the yard 20 the walled
park fronting on the other side.
As June sped away she heard the
CHING Of the IRE engines and the hoarse
shouts OF the gathering crowd In front
o. 4s Kingsley court.
Blye had dashed after her, but he
reached the street only in time 70 see
her boarding a downtown car. lie
caught the next one.
All unconscious that she was pur.
sued and grown careless by her three
days OF safety In the Widow O'Keefe's
thoroughly protected house. June
allghted at her usual corner and hur-
led down the cross street. At an ir
.egular corner. where half a dozen
dingy strAets and alleys plunged TO-
ge;ber and. apparently dlzzicd by the
impact. wandered angularly and aim.
lessly on. June met on a narrow cross.
ing a being fairly juggling with alco-
hOl. Her heart popped into her throat.
and she was about 10 turn back. for
she would have died rather than to
have brushed clothes with the object.
when the creature. catching sight Of
her, Immediately stepped far over into
the mud, jerked on his battered cnp
and with II made a courtesy 80 sweep
ing that he was unable TO rise up for
i've minutes afterward.
That was enough for one day. and
June ran down the street, past the ut.
he fountain. into the sanctuary OF the
Widow O'Keefo's house. up the twu
lights OF stairs and dropped into the
wicker chair.
"Slippers.' was all she said.
Mntic wns on her knees In an In.
slant, showing every gum.
Aunt Debbyr' she cried. aud from
then ON until long after the wonder
fui chicken potple had been consumed
the conversation flowed with never ~
ebb.
II was good 20 have found a refuge
tfke this. II seemed far. far away from
the New York which these two knew
ard It was as n no one could ever ind
them here. They were safe. Safe!
Is one ever safef AS Ned Warner
stood trying vainly to extract informa'
ton from Officer Dowd June's cal
dashed by him and he caught a glimpse
OF her.
oflcer Dowd was astonished TO hav,
his particularly inslstent questionel
Sup uutopty IN tue mtuuie W u oSh
tence and 90 dashlng madly after Z
street car. In half a block the younl
man gave up that absurd chase.
The traffic thicikened just beyond. u
that for three or four blocks Ned wal
able 10 keep sight OF the a as !
stopped and started. Finally II wa
blocked. aud Ned was able TO catch uI
with II. June was no longer anon
the passengersl
There was a girl on your car wear
ing a fur cap with a green tasselI'
brcathlessly said Ned to the conductor
BET your life"
where DID she leave your CARP
"On the track"
o Ned dropped or the car. left 10 hi
own logic. June had allghted some
, where within these last two blocks
One going farther west would in o.
probability have taken n more conye
d lent car line. 70 the east lay q tene
ment district OF old, small houses. D
u the chance Ned struck enst.
= Have you seen a girl wearing a ~
cap with a green tassclY'