Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-05-21

Ha"idaftAl Alissi " tNhtl- Mbll.ti
clothed beautifully In White had run
madly from the church, met 81 young
man at the gate. and with him had
vanished In Il taxicab whose chauf-
fcur unquestionabIy placed little value
In his license. .
At twenty minutes past eight that
taxicab. having eludcd all attempts Mt
pursuit (if any such there wcrc) drew
un before the apartment house in
which Captain Parr maintained his
New York home.
4 moment later the door of his quar-
ters closed upon Patria Claiming and
the lover Of her choice. II thought you
would never Gomez she stammered.
IL had 10 work very quietly" he cx-
planned. ut was obvious from the first
that this arrangement couldn't con
tinuc-you couldn't 70 on woodworking
liurnki ana nj the same time keep out
~ marrying de Lima. And when
IIurokl found out that you had made
Il fool Of him, you would have Ia he
mighty safely hidden 10 escape rcpri-
sal. So | 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 arc."
''Iiut how did YOU ever find out de
Lima had Il wlfef'
II didn't" Donald explained grave
H.. "She wasn't his wife,
There came a knock at the door.
That's Ryley. Let hire in. please,
Anne. l left him TO protect the wom-
IN In case either Iiuroki or de Lima
became violent
The grin If the detective as he en-
tered was evidence Of the fact that he
had experienced no grea: trouble.
There had been "A lit of Il rumpus, lie
reported-nothlng 10 speak Of.
Ills account was interrupted by the
shrill. imperative Glamour Of the tele-
phone. Donald answered, and sobered
10 sudden gravity ms he carried on Il
brief conversation with Bertram in
Powder Town.
Trouble nj Claiming he an
nounced MS he hung up. "Betram says
our man Barnes was shot In n street
fight this afternoon by some loafcr
who interrupted him when he was
'phoning me. In addition the town
seems strike-mad all Of a sudden
agiiators. even now. are preaching
strike and destruction Of property.
Bertram thinks we'd better run down
and look the situation over for our
selves. IL may prove necessary to call
on the governor for militia TO protect
the mills"
"Donald-please. l am SO afraid
for you
II must go, dear-I must. You
need not worry on my account-we've
a dozen men down there who will help
Rylcy take care Of me. Not that |
anticipate any serious trouble. The
rnbble have no excuse for rioting till
the company refuses the strikers de-
mands-and ii can't do that till to-
morrow
He found n timetable. scanned IL
rapidly. snatchcd up his hat.
with luck and a fast taxi-man we
car Just make the mex train, the last
tonight" .
The door banged incredibly. Patria
was alonc-alone. that is. except for
Anne.
She threw herself into n chair, when
| she had suffered Anne To change her
bridal garments for a ncgligce.
Womanlike. she was stubbornly bent
on spending Il slccpleSs, wrctchcd
night. In spite of herself. toward
eleven o'clock, she nodded in her chair.
then slept.
Ii was two when the telephone
aroused her.
one of her force of private secret
service agents was calling from Pow
der Town for Captain Parr, in ignor-
ance Of the fact that. according To the
timetable. and providing he had
caught his train. Donald should have
been there with Ryley for n matter of
three hours.
In response 10 her catcchism the
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ChanningS was one Of imminent eIncr-
ccncy. 4 strike had been called ut
midnight; the employees of the pow
der mills who had come off shift at
that hour had not been replaced riot
ing was already in process; the gen
eral store maintained 10y the company
had been burned and looted; the mob
was threatening 10 march upon the
mills.
Instructing the man 70 seek Captain
Parr at the mills. Patria left the tclc-
phone and stealthily entered the bed
room which had peel Donald's, which
now was hers.
From the adjoining chamber sound
ed an u~nmiStakable snOre: Anne un-
lueStionably slept.
With every %precaution Ia avoid wax
ening her. the girl found a sports-suit
and hurricdly dressed. i~ntcrruptinE
that process but once. and then to
telephone her garage 10 send her IA
vorite motor car. a high-powered rae
ing machine. round To the door.
Id was waiting for her when at
length she crept quietly out OF the
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