Evening star., 1918-08-25
VHAPTnR XIV. CONTINUED FROM
LAST Sunday

"HlS was six hours ago. ASKED 10
explain the interest he had
shown in her. II soon became
evident that he was in COM
ylete ignorance Of her identity He bad
&mply, on their first trip over. seen that
Che was middle aged. suffering and much
TO good and kind to be followed up by
bnemies and wicked police ofhcials.
true. he had rowed them over In her
pursuit in the early part Of the day.
but that was because he had not
known their business. When on re-
turning he had learned 1t he made up
his mind to help her out with warn
ing, even II 1t kept him up all night.
He. had not expected to bring her
back with him, but she had insisted
upon his doing SO. saying that she
had friends in the mountains who
would look after her. He saw that
she was dreadfully in earnest. for
she had not stopped to get her hat
and would not have had SO much as
an extra stitch with her II she had
not taken the precaution to hide a
bag Of things somewhere in the
bushes near the factory in anticipa-
tion Of some such emergency. And he
couldn't resist her. She made him
1 Dreadful time Of 1t in the world
and was now well out Of it, thank
when the ferryman heard that re-
ward of hundreds Of dollars was
in bringing her before the police off,
cials in New York he betrayed some
chagrin. but even this did not last.
He was soon declaring with heartfelt
earnestness that he didn't care any.
mind he wanted 1ud not money.
When Mr.. Gryce, left him It was
with An even slower step than usual.
Peace Of Inindi How about his own
peace Of mind7 Was he trailing this
tor the reward It would bring hini No:
. with his advancing years money had
lost much Of its attraction. Nor. X ne
knew himself, was he particularly
affected BY the glory which & atten9s tenSs
him on-to eiucidate his problem and
merit the oonndence put in him by his
superiors II suffering followed that
waa not his fault; his business was 70
si It ~ was In this frame Of mind that
he prepared himself for the automo-
bile trip he saw before him.
There was no question IN AIs
Gryco's mind now as to this woma1s
destination or WHITTIER he should ps
% ne now Saw' into her. mind. she had
left New York with the intention o.
hiding herself In the remote vulagS
(. to which she had ordered her mai
sent under ths name name q Elyira pnt Sro~n: Sssrs
\ ing, either ON the car or IN the hotel
where she was detained, the plea ~
which was being made for workers
\ In the factory on the east side ofstne
/. river. she had smodinsd hsE p.asns 70
I ifmrH fo her OH sfnai ipsentfcn. ~ soon !.
as the attempt TO provide for herself
. in this Independent way nad proved
as you'd ,preceed. then. in her wake.
which waited her In the loss. through
Miss Browns sudden death, OF the
eylum she counted upon. Co1i1 ne
have gone on foot like herself ne
might have been tempted to do 90, JOE
with ear and eye very close to me
ground. But as this was beyond ms
streneth, he must walt till an auto
mobile could be procured, and possibly
till Sweetwater should arrive; anu
were no automobiles in this small
tswn, and It might be necessary TO
senS up or down the river some ais
tance before one could be found ca
nahie of carrying them over the pre-.
cipitous road they would be Obliged
~ take in order to avoid the wash
out which had driven them TO tnis
extremity. a., .,r,.
and with Sweetwater at his elDow
the tourney would be made ana
the woman caught, soon enouen Icr
him, no doubt, hard. as ne fsit II 70
wait. why SO hard. he might nave
found It difficult to say. since hitneI-
10 he had found 1t easy enough wnen
the goal ne eemed sure and 1t was only
with time he had to, reckon!
wv, =.
TERROR.
A woman fleeing from publicity as
,ne flies from death-a refined woman.
TOO, whose life had hitherto been
iassed in the open! s.. ;s.,...a. ..-g
when Antoinette Duclos. after .
night and morning Of unprecedented
fatigue and extraordinary feafs. with
little to upbear her in the. way Of
:,ood, stepped from the train which
brought a few local passengers into
lChe cuuiet village of Rexapl, she hard
" would have been recognized by her
'sest friend, such marks may rev
iours leave upon one battling with
i.lntoward Fate in one supreme enort.
She seemed to realize this. for meet
ing more than one eye, hxed IN