Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-23
CHAPTER g.

quickly and suatched some
tllnx from the aoor while I'VE
straug-rs peercI into every alb
.1rd n1og ald corner % the two rooms
AL bath which comprised the Widow
O.K~~fe.s top floor suit The object
vas "a small snapshot % June
TIE deserted husband of pretty June
wa-ler was ut the hall door with his
t4al reached out for the knob. and 90
rr4srer lstnut Ned Warner and June
vasHf have been face t5 face, In that
.ssflaf Or. widow O-Eeefe whipped
che a-1nshot under her apron. aud the
very sls. fruess OF the motion struck
f-r4 rl- corner o. Sed g-urner's rest
los sr~-. Tie turned and te and the
frE-r o. June ziaurcd % each other.
Tlar- vas agmcthinx suspicious iu &c
beat and warped and -ithcred widow
U7.--4- and her tail slip ~ n son Ned
cane abruptly from tire door and re-
raaaT tls search. AZ th1t very mo
meet Irre. just outside. had paused
on the Third step from the bottom Co
rat.s fEr bow upon her suuey little slip
rer ans t1 give b. a vigorous pat o.
ra.. Co. behave and stay ir plIre-
SLIM young sammy O'Ee~fs walked
Oh tH. window. whistIiuz. aud glanced
one with ga air Or great Indifference
o. che other side % the street stood
Ore-- Tooi-. and his eyes rove.i auN-
i1rT from window o. window OF the
narrow. din<y slice o. n house which
vas fha Widow O'Eeef-'-. At sight %
-amuv Omcer Tooie pointed ~uereet-
t-aHe r1vvnrti the dD0r. He waved both
arms and pointed toward the doorway.
sammy then slipped quietly out %
the room
IaHes The uEtless Sammy used the
next quickest method o. Eirri.ss-
With ouc notselc-s spFirz no srrrddtr-i
ere hauist~r ruu. vghizxed around tire
Curve and down % June. who was
halfway up the stairs. jumped OF with
o. flotstep - light ~ n feather. grab
bed the astouuded girl by rhc wrist
a1tt dragged her down the STEPS nt the
ri k Or both their ucrSs. SAMMY show
90 June into the second fC1r han
closet. sammy locked the door aud
stuck the key iu bic pocket and set
ttr springs IN his thiu legs 90 work
aad waa sitting f1zuy on fh~ t0r s-rp.
bored and whlstlirE softly. WHEN Ned
varu~r and Mr.. and Nfrg. John Moore
arL BOBBY and Iris Htethe-fnE came
0gt Bobby extremely detected and Iris .
explaining vofubty that % was on n
mlsraEe. June couldn't possibly have /
been rrrr. Bur she must have been I
after aI. becausc- stfI. how could J
o bee
June in the dark closet. shut OF from 4
El Uelr aud SOUND stood b@wiideTcd.
Der rres disteuded in The durEuess.
while ned stood not two feet away I
foa her lie had paused before that
very door. ns n some delicate mag
net asra had caught nud held him there
50 f-r-- % her auyw here. NO trace %
Mare rhs French Canadian maid with
tas Eier cheek bones NJ trace o. the
sgsrrri11s black Vaudykci uIru. whom
aGa- % them had cared % mention 20
.lr widow O.Ecefc. Gilbert Biye. Ned
r-rhet rls nsts. and bis brow grew
black ~ his mind filed with the Image
" fhat DARK. handsome face with les
ziovi-- eyes and su1vc smile That
has. bad never been absrut from
Ned mind since the dlappcl ~
d. beautiful bride \ thousand times
'hat ar.rresiou OF incidents h1d dash
lt rr1a DTS memory with Tlvid clear
.ess-I June asleep iu the Pullman draw
.ar -rru on their honeymoon trip.
While r.. up forward. happily smoked.
.le rrf.r- Der gone after fhe train
bal laFf IaruviIIr. the discovery that
boz Grt been helped - the black
tr1dr.ad man ro board 9 local head
sf fl New York NstIs chase after
'hcEl hi an express train. and his train
1gTir= nIonsslde them In the approach
.1 the G-ua.i Central station: the sight.
.Ar5C-h the windows % the parallel
,rrs. ~ that suave stranger bendins
lver June with his internal smile. and
boz smiling Up az him; Bye following
Irre'. taxi iu another from the sta
an 1rd Neti-s fruitiess pursuit In
ii-I taxi: the chase out 90 Bryuport
hat same ri-hf. when June had stolen Z
irr clothes and Marie. the return
.hrss. where Ned had seen June and
ff-ie step into Hlyc's luxurious iimcu-
tire and whirl away with him, ~
-yThsrr that Ned had found trace
2 Jua- b. had found a trace - Gil
err Erve. and he wished 90 live for
ue th.nE-to meet Biye facr 20 face !
nj with hls bare hands strange that
coundrri 20 death,
Ned became nwarr % the Widow
fEsefs syius him from midway %
b. stairs She was a frau booking
~ woman. with her suaried hands
iaSped before her. but her beady little
yes we're ~ sharp a. the unexpected
rs from dull Jewels. and there was
% one move Of Ned's party vhich -
ipc'i her. sammy. stiIl whtstits; ~hn
was % S-r<f<tently .
q ElEfnG az the eiO-ef door that "
az . Nousl-r ~ one asked for the
-.
~we--- wasting our time nnsily
sd Iris BIetherfnS- Were prob
BY letting them get sway And
rae'x friend took her husband with