The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-08

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Synopsis of Previous Chapter.
After the tragic death of John Amesbury.
his prostrnted wife. one of AInerica'. Ereatest
agent Of the interests, kidnap- the beautiful
three-year-oId baby girl and bring. her up
in q paradise where she man. but
thinks she is taught by angels. who instruct
isr of TO she II
into the world where agents OF the interests
The on. to feel the los. OF the nttle Ame.-
bury girl most. after she had been spirited
dack.. Tommy !. the nr.t to meet cels.ti.
recognize each other. Tommy has NO dim
Guilty in rescuing ceie.tia from, Prof stiIIiter
They both hide In the noun Trims. Pursued
by stilIiter they escape to an island I'm the
nis absence stter to steal
tin. who runs TO Tommy for help. followed
Tsmms. 'e eredIen ne a' II. s.ke ae .ayastase
OF II by taking not only Cele.tia but Tommys
CelestIa just in time to catch a express. for
New York whs.e he place. s. c.ie .st. IN !.
proven by the .uthoritie". - o..
Whsn s.i ns :" tns n'; Sar acr
in taxi Unable to persuads any hotel to
to Ii! ne i.ts.r
Celestial. Tommy PUSHES ont TO the taxi and
Of Whit. .iaveIs FOB but escape.. Tommy ind.
her living with the Douglas family next day.
to the worker. A. abe 6ni.hes a nre break.
out. Celesti. saves the girls n.d In turn she
Is saved by Tommy.
7TH INSTALMENT
Tommy had not gone mad. From the great
roll of shirtfns material he tore enough broad
strips to reach to the sidewalk, knotted them
together. made double bowline (Which is
almost easy to sit in as chair) made
Celestial sit in it, swung her out of the win
fo4N lie
escape not easy. for every moment the
fire gained upon him, and he was unconscion-
ably scorched; while making the upper end Of
his line fast. A moment after he reached the
sidewalk the line burned through and fell.
Tommy was so dazed that when a reporter
asked him what his name was. he told him,
and all his friends had the pleasure OF read
ing about the rescue in the afternoon papers.
Barclay and Stilliter were very much dis
turbed, and Mary Blackstone was SO furious
with jealousy that she succeeded in making
Fitch. who was with her when she read the
paper furious and Jealous too. But he kept
this 10 himself.
Mary was not only angry with Tommy and
Celestial, but she was angry with herself.
TT was in my power" she thought, "to pull
that minxe's claws. Tommy brought her here
and refused to take her in was fool.
It's natural enough that in surrounding OF
common laboring girls ~he should shine out
like a superior being.
But put her among the kind OF people he's
used to and see how she'll bear that COM
parison, When he her trying to eat
oysters with spoon for instance. and mis-
taking Fathers butler for the President of
the United States"
The more she thought along these lines the
less she thought that it was too late to do
anything. Celestia's address. owing to the
notoriety Of the Octagon fire was now COM
mon knowledge and without any exact plan
Mary determined to visit her-as prelirni-
nary to disillusioning Tommy
She confided this idea to one.
Six months OF persistent love making could
not have advanced Tommys cause as far as
had one lighted cigarette butt thrown into
a pile Of greasy rags. She. the messenger
from Heaven, had been saved from a hideoue
death. not by any direct Intervention OF
Heaven. but by the ready wit and strong
hands OF a young man who did n OF believe in
her. or her cause but merely loved her.
The Octagon FIRE did not really shake Ce-
lestias faith in herself, her origin her
destiny. but 1t set her to asking questions.
What line must she draw between herself
human being and herself a Celestial?
Already certain pains of this earth and
tain pleasures had been thrust upon her. She
had not been able to prevent the FIRE to
escape its terrors. No more could she keep
her heart from beating a little quicker when
ever she thought Of Tommy.
Already Tommy had helped her with her
work. If only by the fact of saving her life SO
that she could work. If he could be always
near her. wouldn't he be always helping?
And she couldn't answer any of these uues-
tons satisfact orily. There were two voices
In her mind One kept saying Let yourself
go-love limits all right" while the other
kept saying "Of course you are human for
the moment, but you have right to be a &
other humans You mustn't let one ma n
dispIace from your heart that love of tho
whole world which 1T contains"
Of
Or claims upon certain woman. II she won't
be his. at least she ought to be- because he
her first. he first to love her mr.
he interviewed in her behalf and saved her
from something other-in the of Ce-
lestia. Tommy had saved her from death.
Also he had been the first to see her. and the
first to love her.
"Celesta" he said to her one day this
hands still in bandages from superficial
burns) IF only to be logical and consistent
you ought to marry me-
Celestia considered half smiling. Then sh
said, wholly smiling: What did you meal
the other day when you said merely to looi
at me, merely to breathe the same air
oreathed, merely to hear the sound of M
voice was happiness for your"