East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-05-26


studio from which she had been driven.
AZ the curb stood Limousine with its black silk
curtains drawn. The white mustached man who had
sprung from It. grasped the lovely model by the
wrist and drew her TO the car as the dark hand.
some. black Vandyked man who had followed COW
cred her gauEy clad form with the yoluminous
black cloak which he carried
Down the street al a tearing pace came the fam.
ny car Of the runaway brides father and mother
and In II with them two Of her friends and the
deserted groom, his teeth grttting and bis fists
ciinched as be saw these two scoundrels bundle his
pretty June into the car and hurry IN after her.
Just behind the family came an electric coupe
driven BY n sharp featured woman with long nose
and high aFched brows, and as she saw this bold
abduction she shrleked and ran her car into the
curb As the door OF the luxurious limousine slam
med shut the quiet block seemed suddenly alive.
Around the corner Of the studio came bounding
handsome collie which ran TO the car loudly bark
ing A woman with high cheek bones and accom-.
panied by tall policeman followed the dog She
dashed up to the limousine II started and jumped
upon tho running board, while the dog barked and
leaped.
From doorway on the opposite side of the street
there sprang a short wide man with thick stub of
a cigar in his mouth, who pursued the Limousine,
hoped upon the spare tires at the back OF the car
opened the door Of the limousine and forced her
way In as they dashed around the corner, furiousy
pursued by the family car the electric coupe and
the barking collie.
The luxurious limousine speedler than It's pur-
suers but not speedy enough entirely to lose the
family car with the deserted groom. II had gained
several blocks headway however, when II turned
a corner and stopped abruptly in front OF house
where vlvacious brunette and large blond Wom
an stood peerlng eagerly out Of the window Only
for an instant It paused The door opened. Out OF
II sprang the white mustached man and drew after
him the half faintlng girl In the volumnous black
, cloak He put his arm around her and hurriedly
forced her up the steps. The woman with the high
cheek bones darted after her. She hesitated a mo-
ment and vaguely recognized the cloak; then she
sprang after the beautiful young girl.
The man with the black Vsndyke caught her by
the arm and held her back lie spoke sharply to
the driver, and the limousine jerked forward Just as
the door OF the house opened and the beautiful girl
was thrust inside.
The thick wide man on behind struggled to get
down from bis uncomfortable position, but his era
vat was caught in the strap Of the tire covers and
90 the well known and justly famous private detec-
tive. Bill Wolf. stopped over the tires with his wide
feet in the rack and his arms around the rims and
his head held down. was carried swiftly away from
man talked earnestly with the high cheek boned
woman for an instant and gave her some money,
hurried up the steps and let himself in with latch
key while the woman ran down to the basement
door and pushed past the servant who opened Il.
At that moment the family car swerved around
the corner and flashed by, still pursuing the uEuri-
GUS limousine 1t had lost this scene OF alighting
through having stopped long enough to take on the
handsome collie, which now sat on the front seat
with the driver There no mistaking that luxuri-
ous limousine wifi it's black curtains tightly drawn
and a BIT Of hlmy gauze nuttering from the door
ana the faithful Bill Wolf still stopped on behind.
So II was that beautiful June Warner came into
the boarding house Of Mrs. Russell In the parlor 10
which she was abruptly introduced there were three
young women and young man. With swift mo-
ton the white mustaehsd man drew from Junes
shoulders the voluminous black cloak
'The Spirit Of the MarshF' he laughed by way OF
introduction, and the shrinking June clutched her
draperies eonvulsivsy about her a. she met the
frankly admiring case Of the young man ana the
critical inspection of the young women
The vuIuminous black cloak was suddenly jerked
A,om ths hands Of the white mustached man, and
tha man with the black vandyke stood there with
a soOVa on his dark handsome face Swiftly be
vrappsd the cloak around the shrinking form OF
he young girl and drew her out Of the room.
sHiaTioI Marisr cried June, and she ran toward
the woman with the high cheek bones, who stood
a gho head Of the stairs.
SDring her in here" Blye said In his low, pleas
anty modulatsd voice, and, opening the door OF
sumptnousiy furnished chamber, he stood By It
fnsa than there came springing up the stairs the
WAh mpstaohsd man yune darted into the room,
kN ha hlAck Vandyksd man detained Marie ana
- saVnegny vish the maid AZ 1sss shs fqpt