The Washington herald., 1921-05-15

I. xsSa
Identification the moment they were ready.
and his feet then led him promptly In pursuit.
He stared 1t Miss Estes a. she stepped into
her waiting jitney and At the wagon in front
Of It which bore hsr enormous hamper trunk.
looking clean. majestic. and incongruous in
Its solitary snthronement. It was not the
only thing that seemed out Of its element In
the sordid and Uttered atmosphere Of the
international bridge. There was something
about Miss Estes smartIy tailored travelling
suit of blue serge. about her ravishingiy b.
coming sport hat, and about her admirably
fitted high laced boots that brought quizzi.
cal giesm to the young mans gray eyes. In
nuent Spanish he ordered his greaser chauf.
feur not to pan her conveyance and to follow
II to It's destination on the Mexican side
This incurred for him . much longer wait
have been otherwise necessary. owing to Miss
Estes trouble With the customs. but he was
not In . hurry: his reservations were made
and his basEass had gone across early In the
morning In charge Of q disrsputable indi.
vidual who carried in his ready palm an open
sesame through all regulations and red tape.
Accompanied by . guard. Miss Estes trunk.
SsIlswsd BY herself. made its way through the
tortuous streets Of the shst tor, town toward
the suburbs and . miserable sttnos sunken In
. deep hollow ~ though ashamed Of Itself
and Of the dung heaps which surrounded II
lis thot the staton1" she demanded Of her
driver.
He shook his head and grinnsA.
mo station" he replied. "Fumis.tions
-Fumisationi" crisd Miss Estes. locking In
horror at her nlthy destination and then In
dared dismay at her clean trunk, shining
suitcase. and Immaculate self.
The young man with tho gray eyes heard
that cry: At . word his car ranged alsngsids.
Don't worry." he called. and don't get
out Just sit pat
The waxen and the two cars drew UP at
the entrance to the fumisation shed; tho
young man sprang out, shook hands with
various splitting and loains officials. slapped
one or two Of them on the back, said q few
easy words. reached into q pocket. shook
hands again, waved to Miss Estes driver.
reentered his conveyance, and led the cor
tege In triumph to the ramshackls station
mile away.
"Havs you your ticket" he asked q the
girl aliEhted.
"N-no.- GsA-etammered. not from embas.
rsssment at being addressed By a stranger
but because she felt helpless and consequent.
" indignant. Everything was 10 crowded
dirty. and disordersd that the mere nndinx
Of the dirty howell where tickets were to be
had would have taken her moro time than
was left for embarkation on thsk days train
Stand whore you are." said the young
man. Don't move"
He disappeared: in nve minutes hs was
beck with . porter. VINO seized the big ham.
per trunk. swung It to his shoulders, and
went jostling through the crowd Miss Estes
\ stared wildly At her smoothly energetic self.
appointed mentor. but he only smiled and
called:
watch your suitcase every minute
A quarter Of an hour later he returned
alone cool and collected In the sweating, sx.
cited throng. He took OF bis hat a. he
handed her three slips Of paper. This"
he said. is your ticket to the City; this is
the Pullman. . lower by the grace Of God.
and this = yeur baggage cheek. The lst.