Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1915-03-27

1..t w.rr... he whispered. acl.us
t.,.s.., and we're su.uL to walk shit
t..o #
.r.- r-..." J touurroG. "thots
r,,.a.-1.. uayc her traiied-any-
,rt..,.t....
D.. .r... his head. and with q mere
.-..f-g .. his hand brushed aside ~
,........ as re wat 10 cabinet
ACROSS the .c...
-~.,3 .~a .lelf he to.h CIT a small
metal r.l --i from another a -"s-
..... ,'...ar The test tube IN ms
n.Est...t pocket and ,he small box in
his coat uocht, with excessive care.
Then he turned and moioned to me
70 follow him out into the other room.
7 dill SO. s.u-.g ny gait" into my
Do.Ect.
let me introduce ~ friend. Mr..
Jameson said Craig. presenting me
TO the pretty crook.
The Introduction u.icLly over, we
-h~c, went cri TO cc. Jr.iG's car,
which he Kept IL nearby garage.
Tb-t forenoon Perry Pcrnctt was
rr-t... .... 81 CAS-. IA the outer Of
rca Milton gc,stcrH. his Office boy.
vas ipGustr.e.slv chewing gum and
eI,..~f.., his feet. cooked UP on the
desk before him.
Tho dor ~ tao waiting room
oDor,a and an attractive woman OF
r4-,3,. thirty DIR ssad in extreme
I,o.r,,fre o,,rc-e5 with HOY
Milton cast 4 a.a2ce Of scorn ut the
.1ittIo dude " Re vas in reality about
FOURTEEN wears Old. but w2s dressed to
look much vour-o~.
..Dfd Won v-ieh m see nv Peuaatf >"
asked The prsco,ious Milton, politely.
81 Gre hand. vk;la,on the other he
~..fc WY r,f~lace.
"Yns-here is nv card" rer!ied the
woman.
/ If Was deoDIv bordcrcd in black.
| Even Milton was startled at reading
if. Mrs TAYLOR DODGE"
lie Looked Al The woman in omen.
nCuthcl establishment. Even he knew
that FIa;ua,s mother lid been dead
for wears.
The woman. however. true to her
name IN Tho artistic c,.crie in which
she WIS leader. had sunk into = char
and WAS sobbing coYyulsiye!v. IS ONLY
.Ecepy Mary could.
II Was 50 effective TINT even Milton,
was yjsiblv moved. He took the card
in. Cyci;cGlv. to PeDuett
There's \ woman outsida-says she
is Mrs TAYLOR Dodce," he cried
If Milton had had IN X-rav eve he
= could have eoen her take = cigarette
from bar bordbor aud Hobt il MN.
chalartlv the moment he was gone.
As for Po,no+t lilo Who vas
= watchipr him closely tbouobt he was
obout 40 discbarca him on Tho eDot
for h,tborirc hin, Eo tool the Gard
end his faco oxnroseod tbo mos ~
trar,a e,,r,,rieo tbon a,cer He
) +bcrcb+ . n,,r,o,t
"Teu that woman IN state her busi
: -oss !, y.riting >, no tbrrdarod crrtI,
- Tr;I4or
A. tho how TIM, a1 70 OF hack tC
.bo ,..oitips, roo,, yeorv ,I,rv baar
: - ~, ao,,,;r,,, b,s+iI,. eboved tbe
] oi@orofte inc nor "son,s, hand
: Mr. pa,rott covs for vor to write
ont ,,.bot il ie Won wort 70 soc hin
/ Uncut" ro,ortod Milton Indicating the
,ob1o before which che wos sitting
= NJ, bod automatically take, III
t .oh,,;,o ,.itb tho ro1ooso &c fbo cioa
ratta She looked Of the tahle OF
,,,hiob - Io,to, nonor mons ard ink
l "I NOV, v,rite bera9, ebo asked
, "Crrol,, ,oa.o-n" rorlied Milton
ct;,1 VOW. r,rcr overUbeImed nv he
!, eo-roy.
s ;.yvoor, ,rar,," cat there vritin,
: ord eobhing
g ~ tho ,,ide+ &C bis cvrnnathv how
o,.ar r1uto, s,iqod There was al
t ,,,,,;s4o1,obIo odor of tobacco smoll
l obout tho room Ho locked SHARPLY a
e tbo "eo,, " opd d;scovsrod the still
d.! sr,ol,i,c cioorotta
- 7, IS 80 ,,,,,ob for ,rfton's ont