Grand Forks herald., 1919-07-12
y CHAPTER vI.-(Cohtinued.r

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He felt sure he was dying when AT
last the janitor came up to the fourth
floor on his round of inspection no.
ticed the light flaring from the tran
som over the door occupied by the
stranger who had said he was going
to leave on trip almost Immediately
and went in to investigate. The eyes
vanished at his step. The man in the
closet lost no time in mailing his pres
cnce known, and the janitor, cautiousS
lS, and with great deliberation made
careful investigation of the cause and
reason for this disturbance and final
ly let him out, after having received
promise Of reward which never ma
| terialized.
The stranger flew t. the telephone
in frantic haste, called~u the house
of his affianced bride. shouting wildly
at the operator for all undue delays,
| and when finally he succeeded in get:
| ting some one to the phone it was
1 only TO be told that neither Mrs.
| Hathaway nor her son were there
| Were they at the church? "Oh, no."
the servant answered.. ''they came
back from the church long ago.
There is wedding in the house, and
ing so much noise can't hear. Speak
| louder please!'
He shouted and raved at the serv-
rant. asking futile questions and de-
manding information. but the louder
he raved the less the servant under
stood and finally he hung up the re-
ceiver and dashed about the room like
an insane creature. tearing off his
wilted collar, gra bling at another,
jerking on, his fine coat, searching
vainly for his cuffs, snatching his hat
and overcoat, and making, off down
the stairs: breathlessly, regardless of
the demand of the ianitor< for the fee
OF. freedom he had heen promised.
| Out in the street he rushed hither
}'and thither hlindly in search of some
conveyance. found taxicab at last.
and, plunging in, ordered it to go at
once to the Hathaway address.
| Arrived there. he presented an en-
| livening spectacle to the guests, who
| were still making merry. His trous-
| ers were covered with French chalk,
his collar has slipped from it's con-
flning button in front and curved
| nigh hat was a crush indede, having
been rammed down$o his head in his
excitement. He talked so fast and so
loud that, they thought he was crazy
| and tried to put him out. but he
| shook his fist angrily in the face OF
| the footman and demanded to know
where Miss Hathaway was? wher
they told him she was married and
gone, he turned livid with wrath an6
told them that that was impossible
as he was the bridegroom.
By this time the guests had gath.
cred in curious groups in, the hall ant
on the stairs, listening, and when HI
claimed to be the bridegroom the,
shouted with laughter, thinking THU
must be some practical Joke or else
that the man was insane. But ont
older gentleman. a friend Of the fam
lily. stepped up to the excited visitor
and said in a quieting, voice:
MY friend, you have made a mis-
take. Miss Hathaway has this eve
ming been married to Mr.. Georg
Hayne, just arrived from abroad, ant
they are at this moment on their wa,
to take the train. You have come to,
late to see her, or else you have tn
wrong address. and are speaking o
some other Miss Hathaway That i
very likely the explanation"
George looked around on the com
pany with helpless rage, then rushe.
to his taxicab and gave the order 70
the station.
Arriving at the station, he saw /
was within half a minute Of the de
parture Of the Chicago train, and non
knew better than he what time tina
train had been going to depart. Ha
he not given minute directions regard
ing the arrangements to his futur
brother-in-law? What did it Al
mean anyway? Had Celia manage
somehow to carry out the yeddin
without him to hide her mortifcatio
at his non-appearaf1ce? Or had sh
run away? He was too excited to us
his reason. He could merely ur1e hi
J heavy bulk onward toward the fas
f1eeting train; and dashed up tn
Fplatform, overcoat streaming from hi
arm, coat-tails flying. hat cfushe
down upon his head, his fat, ,beohalk
ed legs rumbling heavily after hin
He passed Jefferson and his mother
watching tearfully, linEeringly, tn
Z retreating train. Jefferson laughed O
the funny spectacle, but the ,mothe
did not notice and only said absently
II think he'll be good to herr don
you. JEFF? He has: nice eyes. Isdon
remember that his eyes used to seer
ESQ pleasant, and sodeferential
Then they turned to go back to thei
: car, and the train moved faster an
faster out OF the station. It woul
presently rush away out into tn
, night, leaving the two pursuers t
face each other, banled.
Both realized this at the same ir
: slant and the short. thick -set ma
! with sudden dec1iop turned again al
plunging along with the train caugl
: at the rail and swung himself wit
j dangerous Precipitation to the lai
platform Of the last car. With a. hall
4 lfrightene6 triumph. Looking /, bac
he saw the other man with a ffantl
EFFORT sprint forward. trytns to do tn