Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-03-04

sat b~sies her with comprs7Esed ifps-
Tbs injured taxi driver was up In
frurt. supported by the heavy iiddcd
nan. The runaway bride closed her
eyes aEain and sank back iufo the sup
port which she 90 much detrstssi.
bye. How much b. hnd been IN
hsr tLgs since she had run away from
Nc,fi And little did June know that
Nef. through Els detective. had OBJ
taiaod che number % the auto iu which
she had frtscu that DAY The number
was AfSO71O5
soon June lry On her little room In
the hospital. her hair waving about
her on the white pillow. and bsr
friends we're permitted % btd her good
uizht. The vtvacious Tommy Thomas
sat at the had % her bed and stroked
Juns's white hand Orin Cunningham.
a particularly dcoouair ngure a. b.
leaned against the window casing.
smoothing hts white mu-tachc. twin
KIDD over ~ her 7. =. Edwards. the
hsnvy man with the Thick cyeiids and
The round head with it, Hbsurtiy short
cropped cray hair. was gentle Ia his
rough way. Gilbert bye. over by the
fioor. had not much o. say. but he new
cr removed his luminous Euzr from
the runaway brii.. and whcu the pink
checked nurse came 60 drive them out
Rye was the last o. make his ndieus.
and. bending over gracefully. he kissed
her hand
Houoria bye received n telephone
message from Biu Wolf n few hours
afrer the time o. the auto accident
You husband hcz gone % his club
he said huakfiy
The wife drove hastily % tus club
entrance She met Wolf. who pointed
20 the chauffeur Srntff. saying
There's your husbands driver"
uou0ria saw scufri standing beside
her husbands limousine.
I'd Ike % make you a little pres
cnt.~ said Honoria In suEnred accents.
nnd. fuu1biinE IN her poctetbook. she
rrDducsd n BIZ.
scaftf turuei u her with aiacrity.
and every line IN HIS broad. low face
vrtdeaed.
The line OF his lips also thicicened
as ~ separated them In n grin % pleas
urr. He took the bin with JOY. looked
a IS denomination IN the light OF one
e. his side lamps. Stopped open his
heavy drivers coat showed the bill
deep IN his trousers pocket and but
toned bis coat tightly from top to bot
tom
..Novr. you'll tell me where Mr.. Biyc
was this sveainG. won't your she
whc~dled-
The smile faded from schttl's lines
-Areu't you going % tell me-" And |
the voice rose another notch
No answer.
s,6.tv~ me hack that unousyr' she
screamed
There we're thirry-ssven lights 20 be I
counted before the perspective merged /
IN a blur Seatfi calmly Inspected |
fhern all IA deep absorption but during /
the entire time that one narrow slit OF .
an ere had a dancing Eieam In H.
Honorfa seovied hack ~ the impcs-
ins entrance 90 the club. The doors .
STOOD vide open Inside the tesseiist-
a vs.tibuie were stif1y uniformed At
,cudauss Beyond was n marble col
urrn~d hall. and at the end OF that
through IN arcbed opening. was a pan
elcd screen
S-ddcnIy Hoooria dashed NJ the
steps which no woman had ever trod
aud before any one could stop her had /
rounded the paneied screen and stood
in the grin room. amid n wilderness OF
oaken tables. st nearly ali OF which
sat men busy sending curling wrcaths
OF incense toward the high eiided cell
iuS
There wer. glasses before most OF
the men. and a dense and painful ST.
Ience pervaded the place. although as
Honorla had rushed through the hall
she had heard the loud babble Of AMI
mated conversation The men In that
club were turned TO speechless clay ut
the ~tSht of this tuning apparition-
There you are she screamed. and
a. her gaze settled from its swift row
Ing into a axesi direction one man came
10 Iife and rose-thc black Nandyked
Gilbert Bye There yog are size