The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-06-06

tney my u0s s~N-~.'s s-.-
eether =. lot him now spsat, Or
sise hereafter forever hold HE peace!
/ There was a little pause, abruptly
broken by scurry and scufile Of feet
confused with q frou-fr0u Of skirts.
Out of the shadows that clOaked the
remoter portions of the church darted
with surprising agility. considering
her bulk-e woman Of substantial ma
turity. q plump, dark creature Of dis
tinctly Spanish type.
Half q dozen feet from the altar
she uttered one piercing cry:
"Juan, my 'usband! At last, ave
found you! Monster of ingratitude
and inadelity, why did you desert meT
She thrust him from her at arms
length, shook him mercilessly, then
overcome by a tidal wave Of quench-
less affection, clasped him, struggling
vainly, once more to her bosom.
Half -suftocated with evaporation,
Huroki went to his confederate's as
sistance. But even while disentangling
the unfortunate, he beth0ught him of
! the bride-elect, and looked around for
her.
She was no more there. Nor-hur-
ried search developed she any.
where within the church. 1nvestiga-
ton at the doors elected the infOrlna.
ton, from innocent and disinterested
bystanders, that q young wOma1
clothed beautifully In white had run
madly from the church. met a young
man at the gate, aad with him had
vanished in taxicab whose chang.
feur unquestienably placed little value
in his license.
At twenty minutes past eight that
taxicab, having eiuded all attempts nj
pursuit (if any such there were) drew
up before the apartment house In
which Captain Parr maintained his
New York home.
A moment later the door Of his quar-
tiers closed upon Patria Charming and
the lover of her choice. II thought you
would never come! !" she stammered.
II had to work very quietly" he ex-
planned. ut was obvious from the first
that this arrangement couldn't con-
tinue-you couldn't go on hoOdwinking
Huroki and ut the same time keep out
Of marrying de Lima. And when
Huroki found out that you had made
fool Of him., you would have to- be
mighty safely hidden to escape repri-
sal. So I fixed things up for you here
I've moved over to the Vanderbilt
got hold OF Anne, sent her to the Ritz
with an order for your belOngings-she
was there within ten minutes OF the
time you left for the church-brought
everything Of yours here and {.
Well, here we are!"
'Rut how did you ever find out. de
Lima had q wifeT"
"I-didn't," Donald explained grave
". ''She wasn't his wife," -.
There came a knock at the door.
that's Ryley. Let him in, please,
Anne. left him to protect the wom-
an in case either Huroki or de Lima
became violent"
The grin of the detective as he en-
| tered was evidence Of the fact that he
had experienced no grea: trouble.
There had been bit of q rumpus, he
reported-nothing to speak Of.
His account was interrupted by the
shrill, imperative Glamour Of the tele-
phone. Donald answered, and sobered
to sudden gravity as he carried on
brief conversation with Bertram in
Powder Town. :
| '"TrOuble at Claiming" he an
nounced as he hung up. "Betram says
our man Barnes was shot In street
| fight this afternoon by some lOafer
who interrupted him when he was
'phOning me. In addition the town
seems strike-nad all of sudden
agitators, even now, are preaching
strike and destruction Of property.
BertranA thinks we'd better run down
Fand look the situation over fQr our
selves. It may prove necessary to call
on the governor for militia to protect
the mills"
"D0nald-please! I am so afraid
for your
II must 60, dearI must. You
need not worry on my account-we've
a dozen men down there who will help
Ryley take care Of me. Not that !
anticipate any serious trouble. The
rabble have no excuse for riOting till
the company refuses the strikers de-
mands-and 1t can't do that till to.
morrow"
He found timetable, scanned II
rapidly, snatched up his hat.
with luck and fast taxi-man we
can Just make the next train, the last
tonight" -. .
The door banged: incredibly, Patria
was alone-alone, that is, except fol
Anne.
She threw herself into chair, wher
she had suffered Anne to change hel
bridal garments for a negligee.
Womanlike, she was stubbornly benz
on spending a sleepless, wretchet
night. In spite OF herself, TOWARD
eleven O'Clock, she nodded In her chair
then slept.
II Was two when the teleDhOn(