The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-01-08
He calls himself that" was the dip

Monsieur C%hampeaux to me?" asked
the actress coming into life.
He IL short, dark, and old. made.
mois elle."
Rather is he not tall, blond and
young" ironically.
The jailer concealed what annoy
ance he felt. In his way he was just
as capable an actor as she a The
accuracy OF her description startled
him: for the affair had been carried
out so adroitly that he had been posi-
peared she would be totally m the
dark regarding his identity. And here
she had hit it off TN less than a dozen
words. Oh, we'll; It did not matter
now. She might try to make 1t un-
pleasant for his employer, but he
doubted the ultimate success of her
attempts. However. the matter was Ut
al end as far as he was concerned.
Have you thought what this means !
1t is abduction. 1t 10 q crime you have
committed. punishable by long impris.
onment."
A0VO OOOA ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS . 80
not her abductor. And when one Is
poor and in need Of money!" He
shrugged.
Il will give you q thousand francs
for the name and address Of the man
who instigated this outrage"
All. he thought: then she wasn't SO
sure? Il told you the name, mademoi-
selle. As for his address. l dare not
give it.. not for ten thousand francs.
Besides. l have said that there has
been Z mistake"
For whom have l been mistaken"
Who but Monsieur Champeaux's
wife, mademoiselle. who IL not In her
right mind?" with inimitable sadness.
Very we'll" said Nora. You say
that l N IT,. That y all ! want,
freedom"
In twenty minutes the electric tram
leaves for Paris. You will recall.
mademoiselle." hsmbly. that we have
taken nothing belonging to you. You
have your purse and hat and cloak.
The struggle was most unfortunate.
But. think, mademoiselle. think; we
thought you to be insane!"
Permit me to doubt that! And you
are not afraid 70 let me go?"
mot In the least. mademoiselle. A
mistake has been made. and in telling
you to 60 at once. we do our best to
rectify this mistake. 1t - only five
| minutes to the tram. A carriage ia at
the door. Will mademoiselle be pleased
to remember that we have treated her
with the utmost courtesy?"
Il shall remember everything"
ominously.
Very good, mademoiselle. You will
be in Paris before nine" With this
he bowed and backed out Of the room
% though Nora had suddenly made a
| distinct ascension In the scale OF i'm.
p~ortance.
"Waitl" she called.
His face appeared In the doorway
again.
do you know who l ann"
Since this morning. mademoiselle.'
That 10 all"
Free! Her veins tingled with
strange ~exultation. He had lost his
courage and had become afraid OF the
consequences. Free! Monsieur Cham
peaux indeed! Cowardice was q new
development In his character. He had
been afraid . come. She drank the
tea, but did not touch the toast Of
fruit. There would be time enough
for breakfast when she arrived IN
Paris. Her hands trembled violently
q she pinned on her hat. and she wal
not greatly concerned % to the angle
She snatched up her purse and cloak
and sped out into the street. A phae
ton awaited her.
The tram" she said.
"Yes. mademoiselle."
And 50 quickly" She would not
feel safe until she was In the tram.
A face appeared at one Of the win
dows. Al the vehicle turned the cor
ner. the face vanished: and perhaps
that particular visage disappeared for
ever. A gray wig came on. the little
gray side whiskers. the bushy gray
eyebrows, revealing . clever face, not
more than thirty. cunning. but humor
ously cunning and anything but scoun
drelly. The painted scar aslant the
nose was also obliterated. With
haste the man thrust the evidences oil
disguise into : travelling bag, ran here
and there through the rooms, al bare
and unfurnished save the one with the
bars and the kitchen. which contained
two cots and some cooking utensils
Nothing Of importance had been left
behind. He locked the door and ran
Oil the way to the Place d'Armes
catching the tram to Paris by . frac
ton Of . minute.
All very we'll done. She would be
In Paris before the police made any
definite move. The one thing that dis
turbed him wa the thought Of the
blockhead Of : chauffeur. who had got
drunk before his return from Yer
sailles. n 10 talked: we'll. he could
say nothing beyond the fact that he
had deposited the singer It the house
~ directed. He knew positively moth.
ing.
The man laughed softly. 4 thou.
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