The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-10-19

Yes, we ought TO gee along to-
gether very well. I've heard that a
girl always refuses you oncc-a sort
Of convention"
Tommy caught his arm.
Refuse? Did you say ~rcfuse?"
Sure thing. Didn't | tell YOU that?
She just raped out q no without any
kind Of reason to il. But she'll come
round right enough. Likely enough, l
hustled her some"
But Tommy interrupted regardless
Of decorum.
What did she say in that note?" he
demanded tiercely.
The obliging julius handed it to him.
The note, in ~Tuppence's ~well-known
schoolboy writing, ran as follows:
Dear julius:
ITS always better TO have things IL
black and white. | don't feel l can
be bothered to think Of marriage until
Tommy is found. Let's leave it till
then.
yours affectionately,
"TUPPENCE."
Tommy handed It back, his eyes
shining. His feelings had undergone
a sharp reaction. He now felt that
Tuppence was all that was noble md
disinterested. Had she not refused
julius without hesitation? True, the
note betOkened signs Of weakening,
but he could excuse that. 1t read al
most like a brlbe to Julius 20 spur him
on in his efforts to find Tommy, but
he supposed she had not really meant
it that way. Darling Tuppence, there
was not a girl in the world to touch
her! When he saw her-His thoughts
were brought up with a sudden jerk.
"As you say" he remarked, pulling
himself together, there's not a hint
here as to what she's up to. Hi
Henry"
The small boy came o~bediently.
lone thing more. DO you remember
what the young lady did with the
telegram
Henry gasped and spoke.
"She crumpled it TIP into a bail and
threw it into the CRATE, and made q
sort Of noise like 'Whoop! = sir"
They hurried upstairs. Tuppence
had left the key in her door. The
room was as she had left it. In the
fireplace was a crumpled ball Of
orange and white. Tommy disentan-
gled and smoothed out the telegram.
"Come at once, Moat House, Ebury,
Yorkshire, great developments -
TOMMY,
They looked at each other In stupe-
faction. julius spoke first:
81 guess it means the worst. They've
got her"
"WhatT"
"Sure thing! They signed your
name, and she fell into the trap like
q lamb"
"My Cd! What shall we do?"
Get busy, and 20 after her! Right
now! There's no time to waste. It's
almighty luck that she didn't take the
wire with her. If she had we'd prob
ably never have traced her. But we've
got to hustle. Where's that Brad
shave"
The energy Of julius was infectious.
Left to himself, Tommy would probab-
ly have sat down to think things out
for a good half hour before he decided
on a plan of action. But with julius
Hersheimmer about, hustllng was in.
evitab.e.
Here W. are. Ebury, Yorks. From
Kings Cross. Or St. Pancras. (Boy
,~,,.< have p,oIa N ,~tctaIn t. x,on
Kings Cross, not Charing Cross) II 80.
that's the train she went by. 2:1O.
that's gone. 1920 is the next"
II say, Julius, what do they want
her for. anyway
"Eh? l don't get your
"What I mean Is that / don't think
It's their game to do her any HARM"
explained Tommy, puckering his brow
with the strain Of his mental proc
esses. "She's a hostage. that's what
she is. AS long as they've got her,
they've got the whip hand on us. See?"
"Sure thing" said julius thought
fully. That's So"
Besides" added Tommy, as an at
t%erthought, "Tve great faith In Tup-
pence"
The journey vas wearisome, with
many stops, and crowded carriages.
Ebury was a deserted station with a
solitary porter. to whom Tommys ad-
dressed himself:
"Can you tell me the way to the
Moat house,"
1.-THE Moat house? It's q tidy step
from here. The big house near the
sea, you mean"
Tommy assented brazenly. After
listening to the porter's meticulous but
p~erplexing directions, they prepared to
leave the station. 1t was beginning to
rain. and they turned up the collars Of
their coats as they trudged through the
slush Of the road. Suddenly Tommy
halted.
CTO BE CONTINUED.)
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