Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-04-21

wage earners whore there arc three
younger children. The widowed mother
Is III; The little house where they iiye
Shirley sa1 / = takes al a e Street car sI tdasn9a IN 81;
country in the hop1 Of seeing q house
a nne stone barn and overhears : mar
named Graham. On the return trip she
the Graham orice to see whether she
summer. anyhow 50 a. to give ": her sick
graham Ge.Sen ee sSe junior saf' p.rs Sns o 81 the s'a f,e@,
who agrees to give her an answer the
next day. In the meantime Sidney
Graham arranges to have the barn as
Shirley at SO per month. He a as
many repairs and alterations as he dares
to. not wanting. Shirley to hin thu st
HOLSTERS are Installed in their new
home Sidney and his sister Elizabeth
are equen callers. While at her work
Gns day day Shirley fbs r 20 %ove sho,4 It two , men tell ELL
mining. property. She warns Sidney and
from then on she has a staunch friend
taken to- Shirley that he asks Sidney
2 y he is going to II she will. have
s aae' use rhe Of e tsai1 sa4 inner t eosta ae.ll sSir.
ley takes her vacation at that time and
snsy all go out to the cottage together:
t Sidney spends spends a lot Of his time. out
secret proceedings. AS she is going to
the depot with the important mdhu-
while speeding along in the car she
drops postals along the way hoping
someone Will pick them up and will
bring about her rescue. A party picks
ma IN o~l aol1s W. Sh{plo1yso 0{RfnV- md
she in turn calls up Sidney, h inme-
diately ome to Washington and starts
out to ind Shirley.
CHAPTER xxn1-tConttnued.>
why, no." said the older man
just in time for the train, and failing
to find the young lady in the station
where we had agreed to meet, I took
it for granted that she had used the
extra time in driving about to see a
few sights In the city, as I suggested,
and had somehow failed to get back
in time. %i-couldn't understand it be,
cause she had been quite anxious to
get home tonight. could have
caught the train myself, but didn't
exactly like to leave her alone in a
strange city, though, Of course, it's
perfectly safe for a steady girl like
that. Afterward it occurred to me
that she might have gotten on the
train and perhaps I should have done
Rso too, but there was really very lit
tie time to decide, for the train pulled
out two minutes after I reached the
station. I waited about here for a
time, and then went over to the Con-
~tinental. where my sister is stopping.
thinking / would ask her to stay In
the station and watch for the young
lady and I would go home: but I
found my sister had run down to the
shore for a few days: so I had some
thing to eat and while I was in the
dining-room your telegram came. l
was hoping somehow you had seen
Miss Hollister, or had word from her,
and it was all right"
One could see the poor man had no
conception of what was due to a lady
in his care and Graham looked at
he could take him by the throat and
tshake some sense into him..
Then you don't know that she's
been kidnapped and the police are out
on track for her?" said Graham dry
ly. y
mo! You don't say" exclaimed
Barnard. turning white and showing
he had some real feeling after all
Kidnapped Why-why-how could
Why, Graham! You're fooling! Why
how came you to know !"
Graham told him tersely as hi
walked the man over to the telephone
booths. and finished with:
Nov. you GO in that booth and
phone your government man, and IL
call up police headquarters and see
what's doing. We've got to work fast
for there's no telling what may have
happened in the last three hours. It's
up to us to find that girl before any.
thing worse happens to her."
White and trembling Barnard tot
tered into the booth. When he came
out again the sleuth-hounds of thu
Secret Service were on the trail Of
Shirley HOLSTERS captors.