Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-07-24

to marry him by letters threatening to
nsgrace the memory of her dead father.
burgh they are once more being shadow
ed by the spy.
The two are decoyed into a carriage,
whfch sets or at a furious speed. Cor
oon soon realizes that they are being
abducted.
Continued In tomorrow's
Evening Herald.
CHAPTER XII.-(Continued.)
He realized. too. hat it was entire
ly possible, that his alarms were un-
founded: that the driver was really
taking them to the East Liberty sta
ton; h a the door merely stuck, and
ne was needlessly anxious. He must
Keep a steady head and not let his
companion see hat he was. rvo
The first thing was to find out il pos
sible where they really were. but that
was a difficult task. The street over
which they ratified was utterly dark
with the gloom of a smoky city added
to the night. There were no street
lights except at wide intervals, and
the buildings appeared to be blank
walls OF darkness, probably great
warehouses. The way was narrow,
and entirely unknown. Gordon could
not tell If he had ever been there be-
fore. He was sure from his knowl-
edge of the stations that they had
gone much farther than to East Lib
erty. and the darkness and loneliness
Of the region through which they
were passing filled him again with a
vague alarm. 1t occurred t o him that
he might be able to get the window
sash down and speak to the driver,
and he struggled with the one on his
wi side for a while, with little re-
suit, for 1t seemed to have been
plugged up with wads of paper all
around. This fact. renewed his
anxiety. 1t began to look as If there
was Intention in sealing up that cars
rage. He leaned over and felt around
the a of the opposite door and
found the paper wads there also.
Their certainly was intention. Not to
alarm Celia he Strengthened back and
went to work again at his own window
sash cautiously pulling out the paper
until at last he could let down the
glass.
A rush Of dank air rewarded his ef-
forts. and the girl drew a breath of
relief. Gordon never knew how near
she had been to fainting at that mo-
ment. She was sitting perfectly quiet
in her corner watching him, her fears
kept to herself, though her heart was
beating wildly. She was convinced
that the horse was running away.
Gordon leaned his head out Of the
window, but Immediately he caught
the CLEAN Of a revolver in a hand that
hung at the side of the drivers box,
pointed downward straight toward his
face as If with intention to be ready
in case. of need The owner of the
hand was not looking toward him, but
was talking in muffled tones to the
driver. They evidently had not heard
the window let down. but were ready
for the first sign Of an attempt on
the part of Their victims to escape.
Quietly Gordon drew in his head
speculating rapidly on the possibility
Of wrenching that revolver out Of its
where he sat, but would it be wise ?
They were probably locked in a trap,
n the driver was very likely armed
also. What chance would he have to
save Celia II he brought on a desper-
ate fight at this point? If he were
alone he might knock that revolver
out OF the mans hand and spring
from the window, taking his chance of
getting away. but now he had Celia to
think OF and the case was different.
Not for a universe Of governments
could he leave a woman in such .des-
perate straits. She must be consider
ed first even ahead of the re.
This was life and death.
He wondered at his own GOODNESS az
he sat back in the carriage and quiet
ly lifted the glass frame back into
place. Then he laid a steady hand on
Celia's again and STOPPING close whis-
pered into her r
Il am afraid there's something
little brave-dear? He did not
know he had used the last word this
time but it thrilled into the girls
heart with a sudden accession OF trust.
"Oh. yes" she breathed close 10
his face. you don't think he has been
drinking, do you?"
:, We'll. perhaps" said Gordon re-
lieved at the explanation. But keep
calm: think we a get out Of this
with me and let me try if that door
will open easily. We might want to
get out in a hurry in case he.-slows
up somewhere pretty SOON"
Celia quietly and swiftly slipped in
to Gordon's seat and he applied him
self with all his strength and in
genuity gently manipulating the latch
and pressing his shoulder against the
door, until at last to his Joy 1t gave
way reluctantly and he found that 1t
would swing open. He had worked
carefully, else the sudden giving. Of
the latch would have thrown him out
OF the carriage and given instant
alarm to his driver. He was so thor.
oughly convinced by this time that he
was. being kidnapped, perhaps to be
murdered, that every sense was on the
alert. It was his characteristic to be
exceedingly cool during a crisis. It
was the quality that the keen-eyad
chief had valued most in him, and
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