El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-06

TELEN woke up suddenly and then
n sat up and looked around She
L 4 wondered what time it was Evil
IDENTIFY Warren had not come in, which
was strange. as the lodge seldom kept
him very late. She switched on the
lights and the little clock on her dress
ing table said 1880. She had been
asleep two hours What could have
happened 10 Warren And then she
smiled at her foolish fears Warren
would be in any minute now and would
laugh and tell her he didn't need
nurse. Well she would wan up Tor
time she simply could not sleep
Selecting a book she settled herself
in one Of the chairs in the living room
but il got too cold and she went oach
to bed and turned on the hSht pS ne
bed. She felt suddenly very wide awake
and almost at the same time hao
premonition that all was not right Win
Warren o.
o'clock. half past one, two HeIeh
Jumped from the bed finally, she SIM
Div could not bear the suspense any
longer. Going to the telephone She
rang up and gave BObs number BOD
would know if Warren had left the
lodge and if Bob hadn't returned yet
she would not worry any longer
They don't answer said central IN
TRY them again. please" said Helen
someone must be there 5
After another wait. the line buzzeo
and Bob's voice offered a sleepy cross
Hello. Bob. this is Helen
HELENE Why what's wrong2 Anyone
no. Bob. but Warren isn't home Did
he leave the lodge with you
There was a moments silence.
Hello. hello" said Helen frantically.
afraid that Bob had rung OH. ..7.z
Hello. said Bob reassuringly, i m m
still here. Helen Why, Warren dldn [
come to the lodge tonight
Bob Assures Helen He'll Come
There was a silence and Helen turned
white. Her first thought was OF dan
ger to Warren, her second was anger
that he had deceived her ,,
where can he be-" she whispered
hoarsely- r,.,.
reassuringly. I'm going to dress ana
come right over
thought of seeing and talking TO BOD
M a moment later secure in the knoWl-
edge that Bob would do something 10
helm her A thousand things kept ny
ing through her head suppose war; ~
had been hurt suppose even now ne
napDened 10 be lying IN some lelE-u-e
Mace robbed and injured The tnougnl
nearly drove her frantic and 10 Keep
herself busy she began to toss her mar
IN on her head in a more tidy manner
and threw a blue silk dressing gown
T6en She put coffee into the perco-
Iator IL would be nice to have some
thing hot for Bob when ne came Sle
! closed the door carefully after taxing
I a peep at Winifred- and closed the qooT
| leading into the kitchen so that Mary
would not wake up. Helen had a dread
OF the gossip servants. not that she mad
anything TO conceal but tnere was no
telling what had happened
She carried cream in from the ice
/ box. and the bell gave a peal at that
moment that almost made her drop the
little pitcher A moment later sne a0-
mitted Bob and. wonder Of all wonders
7 know how YOU felt. dear" said
Louise. as Helens eyes filled with
tears
Helen protested. Why. il was sim
Div fine Of Bob to offer to come over
{ but not you. Louise; it's too much .
Nonsense! you needed me- AND
! Louise seeing the percolator on tht
/ table filled the alcohol lamp and light
: ed the flame. In a few seconds fht
/ bubbliuE amber liquid was hummiua
J cheerfully. and as Helen glanced AGAR
, at the clock she saw that II was Z
Z quarter to three
! Warren told me that he was COINS
! to he lodge; that's absolutely all
I know she said piteously.
And ] don't know anything more
/ myself, excepting that I was surprised
] he wasn't there We had only shor
meeting. I was home at 1890"
Don't you want to curl up here or
! the davenport. dearg' coaxed Louise
/ Then you could be resting Bob and
I / are going to stay with you"
Il couldn't rest" moaned Helen
| Where can Warren be-"
Don't worry, Helen, dear. he may
! be perfectly all right"
But something must be wrong. Vol
. know that something must be wrong
Il wish I knew somewhere to tele-
phone" said Bob. but I feel so help
[ less. I haven't an idea in the world
| where we could find out anything about
7 Warren"
Three o'clock struck I'm silvery chime.
I from the little French clock on th'
/ manteL Helen put down her coffee cuI
/ and at that moment the telephone rang
! Louise Tries to Comfort Helen
Bob sprang to answer il. and mo-
1 ment later was asking who il was
| while the two women stood by ana
: Mrs. Curtis2 No. but this is hei