Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-04-19

medsately, the poor child being close
at hand al In q tremble, with Elixa-
beth in no less state Of nervousness
brave and white. waiting for oroers;
Can you give me an descrap-
ton Of your sisters dress, q every.
started this-morning?" asked Graham,
prepared with pen and paper 70
\ Carol summoned her wits and de-
scribed Shirley'S simple >outht- ex-
actly, even down to the little black
pumps on her feet, and went mentally
through the small handbag she had
"oh, yes!" she added. "and she had
a book to read! One she found here
in the cottage. It had a red ove ana q
was called, From the Car Behind
Graham wrote them all down care.
fully, asked a few more details oi
shirley's plans. and bade Carol again
to be brave and 60 home with q mes
sage to George to be at the phone
from half-past eight to ten.
He was all ready to go to his q
when the Washington call came IN,
and as he hurried to his fathers office
toanswer 1t he found his heart crying
out to an Unseen Power to help IN
this trying hour and protect he sweet
girl in awful peril.
ooh, God, / love her!" he found
his heart saying over and over again
as II It had started out to be an In
dividual by itself without his will OF
volition.
There was no comfort from Wash
lngton. police headquarters. Nothing
more had been discovered save. an
other crumpled postal lying along the
roadside. They received with alac-
rity, however, MI. BaInard's Wash
ington hotel address, and the descrip-
ton Of the young woman and her be.
longings. When Graham had finished
the hasty conversation he had to by
he lay back in his seat in the parlor
car and let the waves Of his anxiety
and trouble roll over him he was al
most overwhelmed. NE had led a
comparatively tranquil life for a
young man who had never tried to
steer clear of trouble, and this wal
the first great calamity that had ever
come his way. Calamity? No, he
would not WI yet that it was 9
He would nnd her! He would not al.
low himself to think that anything
had befallen her. But wherever she
was, If she was still alive, no matter
how great her peril, he was sure she
was praying now, and he would-pray
too! Yes, pray as she had taught him
Oh, God! If he only knew how to
pray better! What was it she had
said so often? whatsoever We ask
In my name"-yes, that was 1T
will do it." What vas that talismanie
Name? All! Christ! "Oh, God, in the
name Of Christ" But when he
came to the thought of her she was
too exquisite and dear. to be put into
words, so his petition went up In
spirit form, unframed by words te
weight it down, waited up ~ the pain
Of a soul in torture.
At Baltimore it occurred to Graham
to send a telegram to Barnard tt
meet him at the train, and when he
got out at Union station the first per.
son he saw was Barnard, white and
haggard, looking for him through the
bars of the train gate. He grasped
the young mans hand as IL it were 9
last straw for a drowning man tt
cling to, and demanded in a shaking
voice to know If he had heard any
thing from Miss Hollister.
One Of the first questions that Ora.
ham asked was whether Barnard haG
been back to the Office where Miss
HOLSTER had taken the dictation, tc
report her disappearance.
"Well, no, I hadn't thought Of that