Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-02-13
CHAPTER III.

TUNE hustled quite cheerfully
about her toilet the next morn.
ing and chose little dark
" gray suit as being the least
conspicuous. for now she was to be a
working girl.
Suddenly there was a wheeling and
a rustling at the door and a scraping
as If some one were bending to listen
Mt the keyhole, silence and then a
knock. 1t was Mrs. Boales.
There's a young lady to see you,
Miss-Miss"-
Justin" snapped Marie, who had
given that name by a brilliant fash
Of intellect.
Yes, Mary" wheezed Mrs. Boales
THAT wasn't the name the young
lady gave. First she said Moore, and
then she said Warner. and then she
said that Justin was right, she guess.
ed, but she said 'JSne' every time,
and she brought this slipper Is il
yours?"
who is the young lady?" asked
June.
Miss Thomas. Miss-ma'am." Mrs.
Boales' constantly rowing eye came to
rest on the solitaire and the plain gold
band on June's finger. "She said she
came to see you about position"
June cast down her eyes in troubled
thought. Blye-he had said he would
send some one for her in the morning.
Woc kharn nro1tn,, hn n.
ness? How had he Absurd! OF
course he had got her address from
the driver OF the car. She went down
the stairs in worried concern. but In
the doorway of the parlor she stopped
in astonishment as she saw her caller.
For a moment the two beautiful young
women stood studying each other in
admiration; then the brunette swept
forward with a gracious smile.
Later June called up the stairs, "IIl
be back some time this afternoon, Ma.
rie." Then June went out with Tom.
my Thomas!
Honoria Blye, sitting at her parlor
window and exchanging the thoughts
of the morning with her green feath.
cred familiar spirit, saw loafing across
from her house long, lean, lanky
man with a sparse black beard. Pres.
emily the doorbelI rang, and one of the
wide, low detectives came in with an
air of great exhaustion.
Nothing doing. ma a'am." he reported.
"Blinky Peters and ] watched your
husbF nd's club all the time. Sneaky
Tavis has shadowed Warmers apart
ments. and I'm to go let him get some
Sleep"
Are you sure my husband and that
girl haven't left the city," she asked.
They didn't go from any regular
railroad station" stated Bill Wolf, with
conviction
Ned Warner at about the same time
received a report of similar discour-
Ggement from the long, lean. lanky de-
tective. There had been found no
trace of June Warner nor of Blye.
Without thought of detectives. but
keeping a watchful eve lest she should
see Ned or her parents. June went
boldly forth. She was thoughtful as
Tommy Thomas ushered her into a
waiting hanson, for this friend of Gill
bert Blyes was expensively gowned
and seemed to live in unusual freedom.
In one of the big department stores
June was taken up to the manageress
of the French salon; then Tommy
yuant axrau ond limo xuhoco
face and figure. carriage and manner.
had been grimly inspected and approx
ed. was being instructed in the art of
parading in a gown and of displaying
the proper degree of elegant insolence
to impress customers.
A sleepy looking co!ored maid came
in. and some girls brought in gowns
shrouded in white bags.
The canary. Maud." ordered the
manageress. pokiHg her head between
the curtains, and the sleepy colore
maid slowly took down the bag con-
tanning the canary evening frock.
What is your first name. child?'
June" answered that young lady.
Your name here will be Therese."
added the manageress. "You haven't
done this before. have you?"
No" .Iunes voice was faint and
weak. She had a queer feeling in her
stomach, and her eyes began to widen
again as she studied an appalling array
of cosmetics.
"Never mind. I'll be in and make
you up
Az last Tune was to know how 1t felt