Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1915-09-08
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Then Mrs. Gunsdorf hurried down
the steps OF the platform. round the
main line Of rails. glancing furtively
about her. and disappeared into the
night and the forest
Celestia dined al alone that night,
and went to bed soon after, utterly ex-
hausted, after locking the door of the
observation car and Of her own state
room for the first time in her life.
At midnight a locomotive was at
taehed to the snow-white train and it
was drawn slowly on its way deeper
into the heart OF the north woods.
Soon after the train had started
Professor Stilliter entered Celestia' s
car from his own, and after plying q
well-oiled pass-key. stood looking
down at the darkness where she lay.
Presently he touched the button Of
an electric torch and her face shone
brightly in the circle of radiance.
Then with his free hand Professor
Stilliter began to make caressing
passes over the smooth white fore
head, up and down, and across and
across, never touching it, but always
so close that his hand had a sensation
of warmth.
After a while Celestia passed from
natural to hypnotic sleep; her eyes
opened partially and had no express
sion in them
Tomorrow, Celestia. dear" whis-
pered Professor Sulliter, when your
work is done, when you have spoken
to the people. you are to 20 back 10
that heaven from which you came.
You viii say that you wish to go
for an automobile ride In the forest.
At five o'clock there viii be a motor
ready and waiting. You viii enter
this, refusing to be accompanied by
anyone, and you win do exactly what
the driver tells you. had planned
our elopement for tonight, but there
was difficulty about the license"
He bent over her as If to kiss her,
but something at the very last mo.
ment seemed TO restrain him.
Sleep, now, darling" he said: "the
other sleep, the sleep Of nature that
makes us all over again between
days"
He tiptoed out, closed the door Of
her stateroom behind him. locked it,
turned and received a smashing blow
in the face. He gave a grunt Of fear
and pain and heard his eyeglasses
smash to pieces as they hit the floor
of the car.
For long time be had been in the
habit of carrying two spare pairs in
leather cases, one in each Of his waist
coat pockets; he now reached for one
Of these, and it was knocked from his
hand, as he strOve to ward another
blow from his face-after the blow had
landed
Guarding his face and head with
one upturned arm and elbow, and
breathing fast with fear and excite
ment, Professor Stilliter sought and
found the door of the passage that led
to the other end of the car, ard sue
ceeded in placing IL between himself
and his assailant Then, cropping
with both hands, and in his blindness
humping from side to side Of the
brightly-lighted passage, he turned and
lied.
Meanwhile Freddie the Ferret
picked up the broken pieces Of Pro
lessor Stilliter's glasses and threw
them into a cuspidor Perceiving the
leather case containing the second
pair lying where il had fallen, he
picked it up, and after a moments
hesitation, opened Il, slipping the
glasses into his pocket Che thought
there might be a reward offered for
them), snapped the heavy case shut,
and laid it in a prominent position on
the center table.
Then he began to wonder what
everything was all about anyway. He
himself had no business in the OBJ
seryation car without invitation; but
ne had an excellent excuse. He had
almost missed the train, had just man
aged to swing on the rear car, and
since he was one to whom no simple
lock offered any difficulty, had let him
self in. He had been on the point Of
passing through the train to his own
quarters forward when it had seemed
20 him that it would be a glorious
thing to. stand guard all night be-
fore Celestia's door like one of those
knights of old of whom he had just
been reading in a book which, accord.
ing to Freddies judgment, was half
glory and half animosity.
There was only one light burning
very low in the observation car. Fred
die turned this out and started ia
stand guard in front Of Celestia's door.
After a while he moved further of and
sat guard, and then slept guard. Then
he heard something moving, and with
out thinking, for he was still half
asleep, attacked that thing, and as he
would have said himself, made a
monkey Of It"
Discovering now that his victim had
been Professor Stilliter, who had only
come, probably, to fetch a magazine
or something Of that sort, Freddie was
In mortal terror. 1t would have com
forted him greatly could he have
known that Professor StfIliter was
equally frightened.
One thing was sure, Freddie mustn't
be discovered IN the morning. So he
made his way forward to his own
quarters, his teeth knocking together