Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-04-22

stumbling, choking with fear, her q
thought that whatever happened h
must not let her clippers get knocked
or; holding her feet In . tense strain
with every muscle .extended to Keep
the shoes fastened on:likeZa wise. She
was haunted with q Wild thought OF
how she might have slipped under the
the light. had gone out one SECOND
sooner before he reached her side.
But 1t 'was too late to think OF. thar
now, and SHE was being dragged along
breathlessly,i out the front door. per-
haps, and down a walk; no., It. was
amongst trees. for she almost rani into
one. The mar wore at her, graspeo
her arm till he hurt her and she cried
out.
You shut up or TIL shoot you" he
said with an oath. He had lost all his
suavity, and there was desperation IN
his voice. He kept turning his head
to look back and, urging her on.
She tripped on a root and stumbled
to her knees. bruising them painfully,
but her only thought was one of JOY
her. shoes had not come of.
The man swore a fearful oath un-
derShis breath, then snatched her up
and began to run with. her In his
arms. It was then she heard era
Shirley! Where are you I'm
She thought she was swooning or
dreaming and that it was; really
he. for how could >he possibly be
here?A But she cried out with a voice
as clear as a bell: I'm. here, Sidney,
come 'quick!" n his efforts to hush
her voice, the man stumbled and fell
with her in his arms. There. came
other voices and forms through the
night She was gathered up in
strong, kind arms and held. The last
thought she had before she sank into
inconsistencies was that God had not
forgotten. He had been remember
Ing all the time and sent His help be-
fore 1T was too late; just as she had
all along He must do, because
He had promised to care for His own.
and she was n Of His. little ones.
When she came to herself again shc
was lying in Sidney Graham's arms
with her head against his should feel
ing oh, so comfortable and tired.
There were two automobiles with
powerful headlights standing between
the trees. and a lot Of police /, in
the shadowy background. Her capto.
stood sullen against a tree with his
hands and feet shackled. Joe stood
between two, policemen with a rope
bound about his body spirally, and the
boy Hennte. also bound, beside his
fallen bicycle, turned his ferret eyes
from side to side as.if he hoped even
yet to escape. Two other men with
faces that she.had not seen
before were there also, manacled, and.
with eyes of spouldering fires.
%excitedly out Of one Of the
big cars came MI. Barnard, his usual
tV hmm aNl11o 70 mini, foNo -cna11ttSr, a nd
weary: his sparse white hair rumpled
giddily, and a worried pucker on his
kind, prim face.
"oh, my dear Miss Hollister! How
u~nfortunate!" he exclaimed. II do
hope you haven't suffered too much
Shirley smiled up at him from her
shoulder Of refuge as from a dream.
1t was all 80 amusing and impossible
after what she had been through. 1t
be real. n
Il assure you I am very much dis
on your account" went on Mr..
Barnard, politely and hurriedly, land.
l hate to mention it at:such a time,
but could you tell me whether the
are safe? Did those horrid men
get anything away from your"
A sudden flicker OF triumph passed
over the faces of the fettered man
and the boy. like a ripple over still.
water and died away into unintelli-
fence.
But shirley's voice rippled forth in.
glad. clear laugh, as she answered
joyously:
yes. Mr.. Barnard. they got my
but not the notes! They
Thought. the Brooks notes
were what they were after, but the
real notes are in my shoes. Won't
you please get them out; for I'm
I can't hold. them on amy
my feet ache sol" "
1t is a pity that Shirley was not in
position to see the look Of astonish-
ment, followed by a twinkle of actual
that came over the face
Of the shackled man beside the tree
as he listened. One could almost
fancy he was saying to himself: 1.-The
nervy little NUT. She put one owe on
me after ALI"
It was also a pity that Shirley
could not have got the full view Of the
precise and conventional,
Mr.. Barnard kneeling before her on
the ground, removing carefully, with
deep embarrassment and concern.
one, then the other of her little
black pumps. extracting the precious.
notes. counting over the pages and
putting them ecstatically into his
No one of that group but
Shirley could fully appreciate the
ludicrous picture. he made.
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