The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-11-23
CHAPTER VII (Continued).

ihu Ill Niic liz SPohS IhS WIN
unWllllngly, haVlng at the instant Oh
speaking realized that he must say this
20 orotect her good name. 1t seemed
axe utterlng q ialsehood, or steallng
6notnef mans property, ana YET. teen
hlcally, II was true, and Tor her sake
at least ne must IL.
MY Wife he began again more con-
nectedly. rs lll-unconsc1ous.'
The DUO looked at am sharp
~. He had sized them up as a we'd
ding party when they came down the
platform toward the train. Ihe young
mans blush confirmed ms supposltlon.
IN see!" he said briefly. Go back
to her and I'll bring some one"
~ was just as Gordon turned PACK
that the thickset man entered the a
from the other end ana met MN race
70 race, put Gordon was too dlstrauSnt
at that momen to notice him, FOR his
mind was at rest about his pursuer as
NOE SO Wlth the pursuer, however
His Keen little eyes took In the white,
anxious face, the smear OF sticking
plaster about the mouth and eyebrows,
and instantly knew ms man. HIS IN
stincts had not failed him after all:
catch at him, but a lurch OF the train
and Gordon's swift stride out purposed
him, and by the time the little man mad
righted his footing Gordon was disap-
pearing into the stateroom, and the
with another man was IN me
aisle behind him waiting to pass. lie
stepped back and watched. AT least he
had driven his prey to quarry and there
was no possible escape now until the
train stopped. He would watch that
door as a cat watches a mouse, ana
perhaps be able 20 SEND a telegram for
help before he made any move at all.
It was as we'll that his impulse to take
the man then n there had come to
naught What would the other passen-
gers have thought Of him? He must
OF course move cautiously. What q
he had almost made; 1t was
no part CT his purpose to make pubic
his errand. The men who were behind
him did not wish to be known, nor to
have their business known.
With narrowing eyes he watched the
door or the stateroom as n
and doctor came and went. He gath
cred from a few questions asked by
n Of the passengers that there was
s9Rne n sick, probably the lady he had
seen faint as the train started. 1t oc-
Cured to him that this might be his
opportunity, and when the conductor
came out of the drawing room the Sec
ond time he inquired II any assistance
was needed. and implied that doctoring
was his profession, though 1t would be
= sorry patient that had only his atten-
ton. However, II he Ia one accom-
plishment 1t was bluffing, and he neye
stopped at any profession that suited
The conductor was ANNOYED at the
interruptions that had already occurred
n he answered him b~rusquely that
they had all the help necessary and
there wasn't anything the matter any
way.
TO do bpt wait
He subsidized with his y on the
stateroom door, and later secured a
berth In plain sight Of that door, but
gave no order to have 1t made up until
every other passenger In the car was
gone to what rest q sleeping car pro-
vides. He kept his vigil well, but was
rewarded with no sight OF his prey that
night, and at last, with q sense Of duty
well done the comfortable promise
from the that MS deftiy
Worded telegrapnlc message TO Mr.. Hol-
man shouid pc Sent from q station they
passed q lutte aIter ne crept
70 his well earned rest. He was not
- IONS N uress SHY ana colar, pe-
1ng q, ine Walks %, NE Where a couar
90 hllosIiy suPerLiuous, ana ne
siaq : ne leiiesto oLll LOT q rev
.i uouu.i !. ilau nv yet occuIrso 70 nm
s. y appesalan s,e ~ anal eVenlns
eule Moaiu pe 1nilie ou.os piace Wien
:, siana|, Iaosn - 80 nau
sUtns.oSleu +hat af : " uaess. lis
~ tha inu mae or .a ~ q thana ielIe.
No ~, thinms ~ Sta 80 u eneie Mele
have haan tha wnu he halS bic sariV y ~
dsnnar frat FAD ynada Gor4an l9 5aa,a q
hat ha was hst % ~hancbnoan ~ tbe
others
Havinp mt his mind ana HE hoav a.
he nraceeded 70 .iaen and +be tyo On ~
thundered on its wav into the night
Garden mea nm,hileA md h,,rr,a
IS ck from his anneal to the COW
dmctor. ana stood LOOKING he,nlass-
N down al the delicate rirI as
she law there so white and seen,in plv
lireless. Her pretty travelling gown
set off the exquisite face finely. her
hair seemed to crown her. AI
hat had fallen unheeded toll
floor. and law rolling bacls and forth
ia the aisle with the motion Of thal
trsin. He picked it up reyerentlv. as
though II had been a bart OF her His
in the few mute had rome
haggard.
Theoconductor hurried In presently.
olIowed bv q grave elderly man with
professional air. he touched a prae-