The Washington herald., 1915-02-14


it They fooled the first one. and the boss has
been fighting ever SINCE trying to keep the shack
from burning down"
June rushed out through the hall
Not that wayF' called the page girl. The cops
are at the door Wait for the fremenF'
The explanation of that 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 raid to confuse it with fire
Thoroughly frightened, June turned back toward
the salon, and she passed the basement door she
coming up through the rolling yellow smoke the
dark black Vandyked face of Gilbert Blye
This wayT called the yellow haired woman and
with jerk OF tasseled curtain cord drew aside
the great yellow hangings of the salon windows
which 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 4s Kingley court
Bye had dashed after her, but he reached the
street only in time to see her boarding downtown
car. He caught the next one.
All unconscious that she pursued and grown
careless by her three days of safety in the Widow
OKeefe's thoroughly protected house, June alighted
at her usual corner and hurried down the
street At an irregular corner. where half dozen
dingy streets and alleys plunged together and, ap
parently dizzied by the impact wandered angularly
and aimlessly off, June met a narrow crossing a
being fairly juggling with alcohol Her heart popped
into her throat, and she about to 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 into the
mud jerked of his battered cap and with it made
a courtesy sweeping that he unable to rise
up for five minutes afterward
That was enough for one day, and June ran down
the street. past the little fountain. into the sanctu
airy 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 her knees in instant, showing
every gum.
Aunt DebbyF she cried, and from then IN
til long after the wonderful chicken pOtpe had been
consumed the conversation flowed with never an
ebb.
1t was good to have found a refuge like this. 1t
seemed far, far away from the New York which
these two knew, and it II could ever
find them here. They were safe. Safel
Is ever safe? As Ned Warner stood trying
vainly to extract information from Officer Dowd
June's car flashed by him, and he caught glimpse
of her.
Officer Dowd was astonished to have his particu-
Larry nsistent questioner stop abruptly In the mid
die Of a sentence and go dashing madly after
street car. In half block the young man gave up
that absurd chase.
The traffic thickened Just beyond so that for three
four blocks Ned able to keep sight Of the
II
ed, and Ned was able to catch up with it June
was no longer among the passengersI
There was a girl on your wearing a fur cap
with green tasselF 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 HIS own logic.
June had alighted somewhere within these last two
blocks. One going farther west would in all prob
ability have taken a more convenient car line. To
the east lay district and district Of old
small houses On the chance Ned struck east
Have you seen girl wearing fur cap with
green tassel?
The young with the yellow derby over one
ear shifted his cigarette.
IN be the Patsy. What's the answerT
He asked that question Of countless people. On
a corner where half a dozen streets and alleys had
staggered themselves by running into each other
Ned found human being swaying gently In the
breeze.
Have you seem
Ned stopped after one glance into that vacuous
face and one Whit from that far from vacuous
breath.
pipe up. PAL" husked the jiggled one. Ned went
over his formula
Have you seen a girl wearing a fur cap with
green tasselT"
well, what do you think Of thatY" And it stop
ped swaying for moment "a guy with black
iyke by a motion Of his hand, asked me the same
.hingT
Bye againl Ned clincbed his fist did you see
the girl?'
The object winked
as none Of your businessP he answered with
great dignity and reeled away.
Ned gazed after him in perpexity. There was no
Use to question that fellow any further but It was
certain that the man had seen June She had passed
his way then. She was somewhere near. And Blye!
3lye too, had passed this wayl Ned chose the most
irect street. the which led to little fountain
where another street angIed sharply into it And
his fountain visible from the third floor win
lows Of the Widow O'Keefe's house Ned Warmers
eart vas full of murder.
Bye had passed that way. but he had gone up
mother street Now he. too. in his wandering search
or the runaway bride came down toward the little
ountain from the other angle
June looked out Of the window. In the gathering
usk she saw without recognizing them the two mem
pproachng each other. with the sharp cornered
uilding between
At the point and under the light they would meet
Hilbert Blye and Ned Warner. And the husband OF
une had murder In his heart!
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