Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-01-24

Good old Morrison Trust him % Bob
whispered as ne wrapped me- snuglv on
one of the big divans. Better take a
little sleep, my dear You were awake
all night, you know
Good old Morrison" I repeated.
recalled Morrison as J had last seen him.
He was leading the party away from the
cave and down to the camp at the foot
of the mountains. He had orderc0
katherine Miller to be placed on a burTo
which was led behind his own horse.
katherine had protested that she
wouldn't leave the place where she bad
ruled as kind OF gypsy queen. But
finding her bad been the one object Of
Morrison's expedition. II wasn't like the
detective to lose her when found.
Morrison wouldn't lose us, either with
that comforting thought in mind. 7 trea
20 sleep. But 7 failed | couldn't help
being bitter when I thought of the tiger
woman.
Bob had nearly lost his life and haa
rearly lost mine because Rob had
thought it his duty to save the girl
from her own foolishness
IFS always So" I said to myself.
Whenever we go too far out IF our
way for the sake of a duty we are sure
to overlap other peoples duties And that
doesn't do them any good. It's better
that an individual shouldn't be saved
from his part OF the worlds work Let
each human being carry his proper share
OF the world -burden-and nobody-any.
where--would have mere than belonged
to him. People who break in families
or out OF them in business in govern
ments-are usually persons who assume
more than their own share Of responst
~
they may permit others 10 heap bur,
dens on them. It isn't fair. What is
unfair is also unwise We all ran to
the rescue of katherine Miller-and she
didn't want to be saved. And we have
got into some pretty awful dangers"
I turned restlessly and the covers
dropped from my couch.
Bob put them back.
at isn't likely that Morrison will fail,
I1y dear. Go to sleep"
Instead Of trying. 7 sat up and asked ::
"Whut good viii Morrison's rescue
PARTY do YOU apd me? Where arc CErys
and Archer and Spence? Morrison has
got some job, if he hunts US all up, my
dear"
IF you're going to be worth hunting
up, you'd better go to sleep" was Bob's
toucny comment
NOpOuy Gun EOlFS JHE TLuulG OF Luln
room. Archer failed. He's an engineer"
l persisted.
Bob was silent-as be often is when
push him hard in an argument.
"Certeis thinks you're done for. Dame
Camilla thinks ] am buried and done
for. Our friends think So Nobody
will hunt for us. Not even the detec-
tive" T went on piling up all the har-
assing conditions I could collect
Morrison has never believed in Ger
teis," said my husband. And Morrison
IS just aching for chance to shoot up
this ranch. Queer things will happen
when he comes back"
1.-THE very queerest, my dear, will be
our escape I said, despondently. Then
pretended to go to sleep. kept still
for a long time and then bobbed up
with a question designed to startle my
husband 1t had been in my subcon-
sciops mind for hours. 1t was the reason
I couldn't go to sleep.
what has become Of Katherine Mil
herr"
81 didn't think to ask Morrison" Bob
replied with a yawn.
HE didn't think to askr' murmured
jubilantly. "f'm so glad that he didn't
think to ask Still, it's important II
she guesses what Morrison has planned
the. detective may find the haciend~
forces nicely armed for his reception
when he comes back again.
1920
(TO Be COntinuedO