The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-10-29
iwynsht. Bobh. Nerrill CO
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'oct waa clumpIng up tho steel
shod stnlrs She heard door nung
open ana then n big voice asked.
GA there anyone IN here "ho an
evyrp 10 the name % Pr,ncesal'
Nov. so iur os anything about
her could ho private nuo per'nnni,
ihof rpmo was II was known, (
.upgoqo. To- several thousand per
rong. but 70 didn't yet into print
go bnr rrfpnuae 90 It vna auto.
matte. She Jumped up, opened mo
door and went ont into me corH'
dor. paylng 20 the nrst man she
pnw A big, bony person IN o blue
serge Bult--'Does anyone want
ncf'
By thla time an explanation hhd
occurred 10 hor. Walter Patrick
had himself succeeded Ia re-ostnb-
lshlug the connection ana hnd
naked Tor her by that namo 70
avoid causing a riot So rhe added
10 tne big man. "On tho telephone,
OF anything ~
rho biz man biinked a. her, as
people nearly always did whom
ihoy came upon her Unexpectedly
and asked IN a startlcd way. Ia
your name princassi'
She nodded aud asked, as the
rlnr AZ spectators crowded up
'tCnnt | talk To him from tho little
office back here where ! waaY
81 haven't got him with mo-
sal1 tho biz man "He'h locked up
over at tho lnll but he vas carry.
ing ON go for romebody he called
the Princess that I came pvor on
wild goose chase, you might can
il. ~ soc II could tind her That
vas the only name we could get
Out ur him
She gnzed up at him. wideeyed'
md gulpcd The JAM" she echoed.
who's in lailY"
"Oh. a aueer-looklng young fel
low with ahayed hend. Came into
town "A while ago IN a cOnttapuon
that was a sort OF moving house;
took up half the street DO you
know him
she acknowledged In dare that
she dld--an answer which eeemod
to perturb somewhat the officer OF
the law
'"Weii. then" he suEges,ed dubi-
uusly. perhaps you wouldn't NINA
coming along with me and telllns
the chief what yuu know about
him. Maybe you can quiet him
down. too. Hes been lashlng GU,
ike wildcat at anybody VINO
came near him. Talking some sort
NJ cat language. 200, Russian, |
F,Iess We wouldn't have LOCKED
him 10 tho cell u he'd have kept
quiet"
"I1l come" the Princess said,
speaking IN sort OF spiritual
vacuum. Nightmares again! Thia
couldn't really be happening 10
horl
The policeman took her, gently
for him. by the arm and partly by
main force, partly by tho weight oi
authority, forced q passage Tor
them through the swiftly gathering
tbrong. down the stairs, down the
nIale. down the street. not very far,
thank heaven. TO a modest hltle
building that nestled In the court
house square, under tho wing or
its imposing neiyhbor; through a
door into a sort OF office whefe
another big man With gold ethr
got up and exchanged cryptic NJ.
iorancea with her guardian, ana
then. the accompanies crowd
pressed back, down corridor 20 q
stool.tarrod door with little win
Aow la II through which. they In
dicated to her, che was 10 loon.
n was Bll. of course. that theJ
had in there. Tho faint, forlorn
homo that the wildcat prisoner
would turn out to be somebody
olge got It's coup de grace, 1t had
never been really alive,
Va was sitting on the edge "'
tho bunk his disheveled wig q
Intlo awry, his head buried In hit
hands. She tried to call his name
INT the voice wouldn't como, She
found she couldn't see him very
well. Things were beginning te
turn black. Then she felt n steady
Ing arm thrown around her and
found herself being carried away
she was tilted back In q Bwive
chair hy an open window wher
thiugs began coming clear again
and she Was Just I'm dime 20 save
herself from having a glassful oI
water dashed INTO her face by ut
terlng an eager NO; I'm al
right" Tho next moment, Sitting
little stralghter, she asked, 'Dlt
| really tantY She felt rather
pleased about this. She'd never
done Il before.
They were as nice as they coult
be, those two policemen. They't
driven the rest OF the crowd away
outside wooden rail.
"You Just take Il easy" the gold
star policeman said. "Rnd every
thing win como out all right" TheI
q little dinidently he added ques
tion. "You are Miss Leda Swan
aren't yuu2"
She nodded.
"Well. wei. welll' said the biI
policeman, !mmanseY pleased
This wiz be u story to tell IN
wife. never thought 70 rsall
meet you yourself, let alone lik
this"