Cheyenne record., 1920-06-17

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farewell 10 my child"
"Bst havsn't yeu ct some proofs o.
your sider' I vsntured. .Yea can make
Il evident 10 TIE eeurt@
'To-se-courtf he fairly Kissed
the words at me. mon Dieu-whAt u
It you sayf 70 messenger Of se em-
peror under. arrest in American He
drew out his handkerchief aud wiped
his brow. .'What does 1t matter II ]
prove zis or xat1 an under arrest
she II left at Ee mercy Of xoze scoun-
dreisi could XIII sem with my naked
handsrs
"why not let Mrs.. Delario. take her
immediAteay to Californian was the
bright suggestion from me.
madame get Wis Aerf 10 CAfeagof To
Pittsburgh1 Probably she does not
even leave New York; She gets into
q sleeping-car, and man-two men
a man and q woman. perhaps-step up
to her and say, You are kidnapping Eat
young girl-you are under arrest
come wis us Immediately And Ma
dame Delario-what does she dot She
goes wis xem-naturally; she dares
not do uxxerwise. She gets In q car.
riage wis zoxe strange people and zey
take her where xey please-she and
a young girl can do nossing. do not
need to be told how easy 1t isl have
experience In zoze sings-I know how
easy 1t win be. even in your boasted
New York and your America !-be-
cause I know re people have to deal
wis"
realized that that was the way he
had fixed 1t for me-the time he sent
me the decoy telegram-but did not
remind him Of 1t. Instead, admit
ted:
"Yes-I see, 1t could be done. Il
wouldn't be safe"
"Zey care not for Eat" he broke In.
mon Dieui How IL she to be savedf"
He looked at mo and there were tears
in his eyes.
The only thing could suggest was.
1--WE might appeal for police protec.
don." which he met with something be.
tween a groan and q .shrlek.
NE police! Neverl We must ex-
all places where we may hide. she and
].
Mrs. Delario will conceal Claire.
and for myself" he stopped to con-
slider this q moment and asked again:
"You do not sink rat so-called detec-
tive suspects rat am heref Well. zen
hide here for re present"
"Oh. I can't keep you here I" cried
in some dimay.
mo, madame-I do not suggest it,
He smiled q little. "But can trust
you to keep my confidence Eat I have
gone to my apartment belowr
'Oh-I remember But how are you
going to get into it7 There's probably
a man in the hall now, waiting for you
to come down."
NE fire escape-after dark. Eat 10.
II dare trespass upon your hospital
ity for Els afternoonr
Eyes, of course" I answered AZ cor
daily as could; though the prospect
didn't I'LL me with any joy-a whole
afternoon shut up alone with him and
the diamondsi
1T really isn't safe for you to stay
here" began, when the rumble of the
dumb-waiter gave me another bright
thought. "And the IRE escape won't
do. either-somebody would be sure 70
see you. You'll have to 60 down BY
the dumb-waiter. and you'd better do
It AZ soon as possible-in case that
man comes back. And he WILL know
he WILL"
Monsieur considered this q moment
and then asked: But how should !
arrive inside my own apartment Ze
door to Eat little lift is shut and fast
ened on ze inside"
'Tll lend you my icepick and you
can pry the door open. It's easy
enough to do-the elevator boy once
got into my own fiat that way for me
when had lost my key-borrowed an
icepick from some one In fat below
and came up the dumb-waiter."
"Ah-I see," and he agreed with me
1t would be safer for him to go. Think
Ing might start him on his down.
ward way and be rid of him before
Billy came-and I was expecting him
to return from Mrs. Delario's every
minute and thought 1t much wiser to
see him alone and hear the news about
Claire-I stepped Into the kitchen to
get the icepick and show monsieur
how to use 1t on his door.
The dumb-waiter was rumbling up
and up-apparently It was stopping at
my nat; and thinking 1t might be
something for me. or else mistake for
the nat below. to which would have
to call down. you've got the wrong
natl" I stopped a moment. icepick in
hand, to see II the bell would ring.
CTO BE CONTTNUED.)