Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-09

Jackson Perry came bursting throu gu
rhe door md found June In the midst
of the pandemontum. with the rmp
Mrs. Perry IN her arms
Gwen cried the nnn. and the Gail
cnrne from his bearf He had feared
that she WIS dead. but she opened her
eyes m he took her in hts arms. and
there IN the midst OF thar frantic com
motion their iir's met In the kiss or
new betrothaI
The yellow haired woman had vnit-
ed only to see Perry clasp his wife IN
bis arms: then. leavfng wide the salon
door. she rushed toward the basement
door
Ready with that hrer' she yelled.
TITS ready. all right" replied the
page girl. bunting out OF the base
ment door. and with her came n tire
nendous cloud of smoke II poured into
the hall and into the salon. The page
girl was choking with II They fooled
the frst 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 wayi" called the page girl,
The cops are ut the door. Wait for
the frernen-
The explanation OF that was slow in
coming to June When the yellow hair
ed woman sent for husba nd she had
always to fear the police. and the only
way to foil a raid was to confuse it
With Ore.
Thoroughly frightened. June turned
back toward the salon. and as she pass
ed the basement door she saw coming
up through the rolling yellow smoke
the dark. black vandyked face OF Gill
bert Blye,
This wayF' called the yellow haired
woman and with jerk OF a tasseled
curtain cord drew aside the great yell
low hangings OF the salon windows,
which ran TO 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 TO 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 IS Kingsley court
Blye had dashed after her. but he
renched the street only in time TO 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
alishted at her usual. corner and hur-
ried down the cross street. At an IF. |
regular corner. where half a dozen !
gether and. apparently dizzied by the |
impact. wandered angularly and aim |
lessly OF. June met on a narrow cross |
ing a being fairly juggling with aico-
hol. Her heart popped into her throat /
and she was about to turn back. for |
she would have died rather than 10 I
have brushed clothes with the object, I
when the creature. catching sight OF !
her. Immediately stepped far over into 4
the mud. Jerked OF his battered cap
and with IL made courtesy 50 sweep |
ing that he was unable to rise up for I
I've minutes afterward-
That was enough for one day, and 4
June ran down the street. past the lit
tie fountain. into the sanctuary OF the
Widow O'Keefe's house. up the two
flights OF stairs and dropped into the
wicker chair
Slippers" was all she said
Marie was on her knees in an In
slant. showing every gum.
Aunt Debbyr' she cried, and from
then on until long after the wonder
full chicken potpie had been consumed
the conversation flowed with never an
ebb.
IL was good to have found a refuge
Ike this. 1t seemed far. far away from
he New York which these two knew,
ird Il was as II no one could ever find
hem here. They were safe Safe,
Is one ever safeT As Ned Warner
stood trying vainly to extract informa-
don from Officer Dowd June's car
dashed by him and he caught glimpse
~ her.
Omcer Dowd was sstonished to have
lis particularly insistent quesdoner
top abruptly in the middle OF a sen
ence and go dashIng madly after a
itreet car. In bali block the young
nan gave mp that absurd chase.
The traffic thicSened just beyond, so