The Washington herald., 1922-05-07
ComtfMsed from Yesterddy.
Love Comes seerching.

Love Comes sesrching.
"And you are-Normsn Traverse!
Jane breathed.
Yes" he admitted shortly.
Trying TO slip something over
by calling yourself Jones. eh:"
Gerald mocked. There was a
stronger breath Of liquor this time,
which explained that. while he was
getting water for Jane. he had
taken something stronger for him
self.
You and Bess can go in the
house" Norman Traverse hinted.
'I should like to speak to the
young lady alone"
Doubtless" Gerald laughed.
How perfectly screaming" Bess
giggled.
Jane felt herself the butt OF a
very ordinary Joke. y
ct reallytsnust be going" she
said quickly.
! Don I. AEdNcTsc uTSSu-
But before he. could turn back TO
see whether Gerald and Mrs. Ira
verse had gone into the house
Jane slipped down the. stairs and
ran on into the shadows.
No wonder he had not telephoned
her, He was married. And his
wife's name was Bess. Jane smiled
at that II was - unromantic-
not at all like the heroines in his
novels.
And then Jane noticed that she
was on a strange road.
She was lost, The moon slipped
down the other side OF the hill
1t was getting very cold! JANE
was alone-near midnight-in th'
dark,
The dark road aade stumbling
progress. 1t seemed hours before
Jane reached a little path that LED
up to a deserted summer house
This long. pavilion would orei
i shelter for a while at least. Sh
lay down upon a rustic bench ut
terly exhausted. Jane was toe
tired to be frightened and too mis-
erable to care much what hap
pened,
A wind had struck up cold. Jan'
gathered her cape about her tight
ly and wept into the folds OF IL as tn
chill blasts swept over the trees witt
ghostlike walls. II seemed that Jan
had come TO the end OF the world
She was all alone with deaS
dreams. For hours she lay ther'
shivering in the. cold-then sh'
must have fallen asleep.
When Jane awakened. II was stil
. dark. but & light was flickerin
through the trees. Then a loud ca
broke the stiffness of the night.
"Yahoo, Yahoo" A heavy mas
culine voice was echoinE.
"Yahoo," Jane answered family.
A tall figure brushed through tn
. shrubbery and sprang into the sum
mer house: a pocket flashlight tha
made weird light over the logge
ceiling was circled about quickly,
where are your" came a heart
masculine voice.
, Here" Jane cried-sittinE up o
the bench bewildered.
Thank Cod"
. Before Jane could make out til
identity of her rescuer. he ha
, rushed over and taken her into hi
arms. crying gladly:
| I've found you. little sirl. Tv
found you"
1t was Norman Traverse,
Jane struggled TO her feet an
faced him angrily. demanding:
why did YOU follow me-"
He mopped his forehead with
desperate sweep OF a great gauni
let.
why did follow you? Goo
Lord, I've been tramping the wood
all night, IT Is fate that I foun
you before that dog Roberts,"
Roberts? What do you mean?
Jane gasped.
You ran away from him didn
. you? Whom would you be visitin
in these parts: followed yo
down the road and couldn't fin
then telephoned to Roberts place
They were alarmed and said NJ
Roberts was out with a searchin
party. Then organized a littl
searching party of my own-and
found you, Fate. I had TO I'm
you. dear" he said tenderly.
'why?" Jane wept weakly.
"why?" he cried. taking her han
in his. "why?-Can you ask that
didn't want him to fnd you, al
''Mr. Roberts 8. all right" Jan
insisted.
But YOU are never going bsc'
to his house, You shouldn't hav
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