Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-05-16
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BY AUGUSTA II. CASE.

tened TO her room, where she packed
a travelling bag, and changing to a
neat travelling suit, stole swiftly ana
silently from the house The farm
er and his wife, after a long and
arduous day, were sleeping soundly
little knowing of the near tragedy
/ that was being enacted under thef
roof
/ jeanette was accustomed to walk
( and the three miles to the station
did not daunt her, a glance al
/ the clock as she oXtinguished the
/ light showed her that she had an
'hour and somn minutes to reach the
station before the train was due.
She did not know where she would
go, but somewhere that no one
could find her until she chose to be
found Perhaps she need not hide
long, but she knew even as she
whispered the comforting words
/ that never again would life he the
same to her for she felt that she
was going out forever from her old
/ HE with Mrs. Logstone, and now
/ it was from Gorden. Arrived at the
depot she found that she had "A good
half hour to wait and procuring "A
railway guide she sat down to study
/ the map. She was still undecided
when the train arrived and she con
tmued the study of the different
routes until the train was nearly at
its destination This was but n short
branch Ot road between two other
/ roads and jeanette was glad as
no one could be interested enough
| in her actions at the larger town to
I be able to give any inquiring ones
/ information. But perhaps there
/ would be no inquirers. she thought,
and suddenly she felt very lonely.
/ While yet some distance frem the
point Of change, she sat UP sud
denly
/ "Orinoc," she murmured, chat is
somewhere I'm New Jersey will
buy my ticket to that place It.
sounds quaint and perhaps holds
Something for me At least | will
be far from here
So when she asked for her ticket
= she did SO with the air OF one who
knew Just what she was doing, The
agent paid no more attention to her
than to the others who were asking
for tickets to various places, and
soon she held the long slip Of paper
IN her hand that would allow her to
seek oblivion In the east where she
knew that no one would dream OF
looking for her. She was glad. too,
that there we're several changes to
make so that She was securely lost
who would think to look for Jean
cite Ware in New Jersey and If they
did would they care to find her.
1t was just that little whisper in
her heart that said perhaps they
would not seek her that made her
determination strong She could not
know that she was unwanted, that
would be too much Doubtless Mrs.
Logstone would be glad that she
was away, but would he
care? She drifted away into slum
Der with the memory Of his words
the touch OF his lips upon her own
still thrilling her, and awoke to
find herself far on her journey. It
was a long and "A tiresome journey
even to jeanette, who was used to
travelling. Bat IT ended, as all such
things must, and now she was at
her chosen destination
:, Now she must rely upon her own
her finances were sadly depleted
Yet 1t was with a sense Of security
and rest that she sank that night to
sleep in her room at the hotel where
she had taken lodging for the time
being She knew that 1t was to be
a test of her ability now and SHE
feared, just II little. IL she should
fail, what would the future hold.
She recalled that other time in her
life when she had sought work and
been refused. She shrank from the
encounter with men. but she knew
that now she was safe from their
insinuations and insults so 1t was
a very self possessed and proposes
ing young woman who applied a the
office Of Grovera& Grover one morn
ing II happened that their ste
nographcr had just been married
and they were in need OF new and
competent one. jeanette answered
every requirement, and when she
found herself Installed at a salary
far beyond that she had dared hope
she felt that she was being cared
for in a way that she had not known,
Ito he continued tomorrow