East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-03-31

and into the salon. The page girl was cnoking VITA
II They fooled the FIRST one and the boss has
been lighting ever since. trying to keep the shack
from burning down"
June rushed out through the hall
"Not that wayTr called the page girl ~Ths cops
are at the door Wait for the dremenT
The explanation OF that was slow in coming to
June. When the yellow haired woman sent for
husband she had always to fear the police, and the
only way to foil a raid was to confuse 1t with nra
Thoroughly frightened, June turned back toward
The salon. and as she passed the basement door she
coming up through the rolling yellow smoke the
dark, black vandyked face Of Gilbert Blye!
This wayF" called the yellow haired woman ana
with a jerk Of tasseled curtain cord drew aside
the great yellow hangings Of the salon windows.
which ran TO the foor.
The terrified women threw open the windows 10
an Instant and were out on the latticed balcony,
down the steps and through the yard 70 the walled
park fronting on the other side.
AS June sped away she heard the clang Of the
FIRE engines and the hoarse shouts Of the gathering
crowd in front Of 4s Kngley court
Blye had dashed after her, but be reached the
street only In time to see her boarding downtown
car He caught the next one.
All unconscious that she was pursued and grown
careless by her three days of safety In the Widow
OKeefes thoroughly protected house, June alighted
at her usual corner and buried down the cross
street AZ Irregular corner where haf dozen
dlngy streets and alleys plunged together and, ~
parently dlzzied by the impact wandered angnary
and aimlsssly of. June met on o narrow crossing
being fairly Juggling with alcohol Her heart popped
into her throat and she was about turn back. for
she would have died rather than have brushed
clothes With the object when the creature catching
sight OF her Immediately stepped far over iH'o The
mud jerked OF his battered cap aud VII made
courtesy 50 sweeping that he was unaD.r to Use
up for five minutes afterNaTd
That was enough for one day. and June ran dawn
the street past the little fountain into the sanctu
ary Of the Widow OKeefes h0use up the two
flights OF stairs and dropped into the wicker chair
slippers" was all she said.
Marie was on her knees in an instant. showing
every gum
Aunt Debbyr she cried and from then un
I'll long after the wonderful chicken potpie bad been
consumed the conversation flowed With never an
ebb
II was good TO have found refuge ike this Il
seemed far far away from the New YORK which
rhese two knew. and IT was as II no one could ever
fnd them here. They were safe safei
Is one ever safer As Ned Warner stood trying
: vainly to extract information from 0tiicer Dowd
Junes car dashed by him, aud be caught glimpse
Of her
oflcer Dowd was ostonshed to have his particu.
lary Insistent questloner stop abruptly in the mid
die Of sentence and 60 daSiiing mady after
street car In half block the yUuag man gave up
that absurd chase
The traihc thickened just beyond, that for three
or four blocks Ned was able 60 keep sight Of the
car as it stopped aud started Finally it was block
ed, and Ned was able to catch Up with ii June
was no longer among the passengers!
'There gin on your car wearing fur cap
with a green tasselr breathlessy said Ned to the
conductor.
"Bet your life"
"where did she leave your carr
"On the track"
Ned dropped OF the car, left to bis own logic.
June had alighted somewhere within these last two
blocks One going farther west would 10 all prob
ability have taken a more Convenient car line To
the east lay a tenement district and district OF old.
small houses On the chance Ned struck east
Have you seen girl wearing fur cap with
green tasseY
The young man With the yellow derby over one
ear shifted his cigarette
'IT be the Patsy. What's the answerT'
He asked that question OF countless people. On
corner where half dozen streets and alleys bad
staggered themselves by running into each other
Ned found human being swuying gently IN the
breeze
Have you seen
Ned stopped after one glance into that vacuous
face and one Whlu from tnat TAR from yacuoue
breath.
"Pipe up. pal" husked the iiggied one Ned went
over bis formula
"Haye you seen a girl wearing fur cap With =
green tasseIT
"We, what do you think Of thatT' And Il stop
ped swaylng for moment "A guy with black
whskers,7 aud the human being illustrated the Van
dyke by motion Of his hand asked me the same
thlngr
Blye againl Ned cllnched his ast did you see
the grT
The object wiHked
as none Of your businessF' he answered with
great dignity aud reeed away
Ned gazed after him In perple1ity. There was no
use 10 question that fellow any further but Il was
certain that the man had seen June She bad passed
this way then. She somewhere near And Blyel
Blye too had passed this wsyl Ned chose the most
direct street. the one which led to little fountain
where another street angled sharply into Il And
this fountain was visible from the third hoor win
dows Of the Widow OKeefe's house. Ned Warmers
heart full OF murder.
Blye had passed that way, but no had gone up
another street Now be- too In bis wandering search
for the runaway bride came down toward the ittls
fountain from the other angle
June looked out OF the window. IN the gathering
dusk she saw without recognizing them the two men
approaching each other With the sharp cornsred
building between.
At the point and under the light they wond meet