Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-07


chair and spoke with great JUNCTION.
/ There Is a band of organized, I'm
( telllgent bandits working in this neigh
/ borhood, Miss Kingston, band Of muir
/ derers. In these days of feIninisin. 1t
wouldn't astonish me at all to discover
that some woman Is at the head OF IT,
Che things that have been planned
have been SO fiendishIy cleverl"
Mrs Bryant rose.
at shows how demoralking such
things are" she said. II assure you
that I never look at woman's throat
these days without expecting to see
my pearl"
From that dangerous ground she
stepped quickly TO the burning Of the
parish house. which she believed was
the work Of militant suffragettes.
"The dear rector is not a feminist"
she SAID. Ills assistant, I fear. has n
strong tendency in that direction. But
he is wonderful person. really. just
, imagine. seEenty-eight thousand dol
lars was collected in Saint Jude's
church this morning for rebuilding the
parish house"
She turned ut the doorway.
He's single and very attractive,
my dear. The, entire village g. trying
, to marry him, There is talk of the
doctors daughter, a common little
thing"
When she had gone. Elinor. a little
faint and dizzy, went our on the ter
race. She realized that the barrier be-
, tween Ward and herself was not only
, OF his faith against her unbelief. There
was the insurmountabie gulf between
his world and her world She did not
j fit intc.llis life. into his arm, perhaps ;
into his life-neyer.
Walter would try to get the money.
She must get word TO him somehow,
FOR if the Bryant pearl was recovered
and Bcroday given his freedom, mon
ey would not be an immediate neces-
slty.
She paced the terrace and tried to
p, think it out. Tor Talbot to 90 back
=. to the city an hour; for the delivery of
- the special delivery. another hour,
Then the police would have to come
our by train or motor With the best
a Of luck, it would be four O'Clock before
the pearl could be recovered.
There were d dozen possibilities
the chief-might be out eff town; the
!, pearl might be recovered from the
box without his, assistance. IN that
case he would not hold to his agree,
mert with Boroday.
II She tried TO head Walter off, bur she
could not locate him. At none Of his
various Iaunts could she find him 10y
telephone; he was not at the Dago's
"a at the taNcab Office he was said tC
" be laid off for the day. As the whit,
:, clouds Of the afternoon turned t.
r. fame in the sunset, Elinor's face grew
=, set and hard.
~ I'm not blind. I'll get-nim fot
thisw
, That was what lie had said. Fl,
4 would 20 after the money that night
~ + and there was murder in his heart
"a Old Henrfette, watching E1fnor's Sc
n face. grew fretful. She squealed i
- a door slammed; brought food tina
20 Ellnor couid not eat. and finally divin
ing a crisis. tried stealthily by tele
:. phone to locate Talbot or Lethbridg
i, and failed.
he You'd better eat a bite or two,
IF she entreated.
ElinOr's nerves, too, were on edge.
L. q 81. 4
IN ''Just a little soup!"
''If you bring that tray here agai
-, shall throw 1T out Of the window"
"a Henriette was cheered. Elmo
81 whitelipped and speeches.. was alarm
~ ing Elinor in one of her rare rage
was reassuFing.
By seven o'clock Elinor knew wha
-. she must do; go to Ward. tell hiI
-, what she feared, and how She knew
.h She was not craven, but her very SOL
- was sick. She sought about for SON
+lo way to evade the issue or TO postpon
70 it, and finally she struck on one. O
,or plain note paper she scrawled a lit
note In a feigned hand:
,id "An attempt will be made tonight
IA secure the fund raised at the mornir
service. Be advised and give 1t I
- someone else to keep overnight"
~ But she realized before she had fl
,or ished it the uselessness of such an a
tempt. Ward would not transfer
to, danger.
an, The night had fallen. A line Of ca,
from the country club was carryir
nor town people and villagers home TO Il
,na late dinners of the golf season. Groul
rs OF girls and men in summer gafnenl
arl. ,hott,,,o eyayIv nossaa pnder the US
IL of her garden. Down In the VALE
'ry- struggling lines of evening churc
tea goers moved deeorousiy toward Il
churches. A ragged child stood in Il
road below her garden and WEI
Elinor ran down TO him, and took hi
yes up In her arms. When she had sooth
was him she felt quieter. She went in
girl the house and put on her hat. The
lie was no message from Talbot, no wQ
was of Huff
'est Evening service was over when s
reached Saint Judes The last stra
sry- gler had gone, aud Ward was not
ioie sight. She avoided the street ligh
less She felt quite sure that, Walter W
= in the vicinity, his keen eyes missi
ioW nothing.
He had put his hand on her befC
POS she knew he was near.