Omaha daily bee., 1921-09-15
What Mrs. Tiesr Suggested to Find
Iunior

What Mrs. Tiesr Suggested to Find
Junior.
Where was Diekyi
The question which Jim had
voiced beat insistenlly upon my
brain while ! dashed down the road
toward the Tieer farm,
| knew one answer 10 u well
enough. That he was somewhere
with Edith Fairfax. was certain,
bu, the danger OF Junior had wiped
ou, all conscious. Jealousy and re-
sentiment OF that fact. subeonseious'
~ Il was. no doubt. With me as was
my knowledge OF driving ear. Blu,
as far as my own realization OF the
girl was concerned she had ceased
TO exist. Sometime ! would re-.
member her. just as ! would recall
how | managed to drive my car au-
,omatically along .he road.
But on that mad dash !, was as II
! were being protested through
space without yolition of my own.
and all remembrance OF my hus.
bands derelictions was swallowed
up in my desperate need OF him,
The veneer OF civilization was
stripped from me, aud was back
in a primitive age, With my baby
in danger and my man away ! must
reach him somehow.
Mrs. riccr was in the yard as ]
turned into the roadway. She mus,
have seen something was amiss, for
even before | brought the car TO a
stop heard her send :orth her Ia
miiar slogan. Here, you, Ticer!
Jerry" Then she came to the car
door with that appearance OF leis.
urely slowncss which he manages
TO give, yet she was at my side as
| alightcd, and gasped:
"Havc you seen Junior"
She put her hand upon my shoul-
der as she answered, and | reflect
cd aftcrward that she must have seen
in my face something which made
her fear would swcon.
NO, Mrs. Graham" she said. He
hasn't been here all day. But he's
somewhere around, you may be
sure. Jerry ran away every day
when he was Juniors age. Well all
come over right away and help hunt
him. How long has he been gomez"
II anything could have liehtened
my terrible fear it was her tone and
words. But there was fast settling
upon me the physic conviction that
this was no ordinary running away
Of a child, that something sinister
my little lad.
Swift Response.
about 20 minutes" returned,
quickly relating the story of my I'LL
successful search for him with Grace
Draper and my fear that he had
strayed into the woodland swamp.
Sam Ticer and Jerry sauntercd up
as finished, and word from Mrs.
Ticer galvanized them into action.
"We kin jump right in and so
back with YOU" Sam said, but his
wife interrupted him.
That won't do." she said. "If he's
in that swamoy woodland he's get
tin farther and farther into it every
They've already searched the
part of their farm that borders onto
It. Now, you and me, Sam, we'll
lust run up to this end of it, it
comes UP to our wood lot. and Jerry,
you get in touch with Mis- Graham
ind show her how to get around
% that wood road to Hills anc
Browns. Their farms have the same
swamp, only the other side Of it. Get
their men out to beat the swamp out
rom that side. Jerry, get every man
10 come that you see.
"Of course we'll find him, but
that swamp is mean place for a
little fellow, and there's no need of
his getting frightened. You're sure
he must have gone that way, Mis-
Graham? Could he possibly have
gone out to the road?"
I'm sure not" I said. "For we
found his wooly dog on the path
which leads through the orchard to
the woodland And l have just
come over this part of the road. Of
course, he might have gone the other
way"