Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-11-28
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ing that her time had come il ever.
sped to her own room. grabbed the
stolen suitcase. with her hat and
coat. and rushed down the stairs.
Tho note she had written to Mrs.
Schwar5 was in her coat pocket. She:
slant TO be sure schwarz was not in
the dining room. and hinging the note
on the d~ining-room table hurried to
the door. Ono frightened glance
showed Schwarz-vanishfng down tho
path toward the cabbageB with a hoe
over his shoulder, and the other mon
hard at woTk in the distance with
had almost reached the station.
Gould she catch It?
She was off, speeding with the feet
ness Of a wild thing e the plowedj
ground. painting and clingihg to the
suitcase. over the toughest place In
The field because It was a short cut.
Then, suddenly. out from the up-,
Q window, a hoarse. angry
scream! Mrs. SchWarz> had d~iAcover-,
ed her fight, and now 1.-THE forces
OF he'll would e put In motion to
bring her back! V 4
With breath coming short and eyes
that tried to locate the register the.
doings Of the train, and could not be-
cause everything swan before her In
q. kind Of blach mist, Hilda quicken
ed her pace, She cauyht her toe in
an ugly root and fell headlong across;
: fss;s mt .tftk,nf ,esFl 1 ianses ia sse INT !
Into the earth. Dazed and sick with
fear she chung to the suitcase, but
her hat went whirline away several
feet down a little: knoll to the side,
and she had no@time to go out Of the
way for It. In Imagination she could
already see the men with Schwarz at
their head, pursuing her, and the
train moving of without her. II she
did not set that train she had no.
refuge They would catch her, for
they were men. and powerful: and
she was almost at the limit Of her
strength already. What were hats In
such an emergency? @5s {
She sped on wildly, dragging her
coat by its sleeve, and struggling
blindly owe furrow after furrow, the
blood in her head, her. breath coming
painfully. her senses % stunned by
1theSfall as to be unable to tell wheth-s
or OF not tho train had started. Now
and then y shrill cry, o aTrough call
reached her ears and she knew that,
she was being pursued, but on Ehe
went till she reached the last little.
knoll above the station. where the
train was in full view, She could see.
IItOW LuAL ttL10 W0SSl6 WS1e
to turn and the train was moving
slowly OUT Her lips were moving in
a gasping prayer: ooh, God-mako
them stop! Save me! Save me! Save
sme!"
The passengers at the windows had
an exciting moment IS they gazed ut
the flying girl with streaming hair,
wildly waving q little dark, packet in
one hand and sripplng to = suitcase
With the other. She was son
at 9 tremendous pace, while behind
fherxcame a file Of four big ~ In
working clothes, all running rs hard
fas they GOULD go. and Wildly waving
hoes and rakes and shoyels n 4
threatening manner. It looked Ike,
"a violent attempt to hold the train,
TIL the girl reached It. e
But the conductor was cross that,
morning. He Was already ten min
! utes behind him and had. TO make,
up; besides, he did not. like schwarz;
so he gave no signal to stop and the
train moved on.
That's a nervy little gir1." !
claimed the passenger In the seat.
near the conductor. .'She hasn't
isladkened her pace one iota. I be-
tlieve she thinks you''ll stop for her
.syyell, s,sll and herself mistak-
en!" growleds the conductor Is he
idhcked his long neck to watch her
ftArom the window. s "a.
Continued lin tomns1ow
Evenings Heeald.