Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1923-11-24

gether very well. I've heard that
girl always refuses you once-a sort
Of convention"
Tommy caught his arm.
Refuse? Did you say refuseT"
Sure thing Didn't tell you thatf
She just raped out a no without any
kind OF reason to it. But she'll come
round right enough. Likely enough, /
hustled her some"
But Tommy interrupted regardlest
of decorum.
"What did she say In that notel" he
demanded fiercely.
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 in
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,
'1TUPPENCE"
Tommy handed It back, his eyes
shining. His feelings had undergone
sharp reaction. He now felt that
Tuppence was all that was noble and
6isinterested. Had she not refused
julius without hesitation2 True, the
note betokened signs of weakening,
but he could excuse that. 1t read al
most iike a bribe to Julius TO 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
Henryl"
The small boy came obediently.
zone thing more. Do you remember
what the young lady did with the
telegram
Henry gasped and spoke.
"She crumpled IT UP into a ball and
threw 1t into the CRATE, and made a
sort of noise like 'Whoopl' sir
They hurried upstairs. Tuppencs
had left the key in her door. The
room was as she had left 1t. 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"
"What?"
"Sure thing They signed your
name. and she fell into the trap like
a lamb"
my Cd What shall we do?"
"Get busy, and 90 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
shawn"
The energy OF Julius was infectious.
Left to himself, Tommy would probsb-
" have sat down to think things ont
for good half hour before he decided
on a plan of action. But with julius
Hersheimmer about, hustiing was in
evitable.
Here we are. Ehury, Yorks. From
Kings Cross. Or st. Pancras. (Boy
must have made a mistake. It was
Kings Cross, not Charing Crosse $50
that's the train she went by. 2:f0
that's gone. 800 is the next
81 say, Julius, what DO they want
her for, anyway"
"Eh? l don't get your"
"What I mean is that I don't think
| IT'S their game to do her any harm,
explained Tommy. pickering his brow
with the strain OF his mental proc
esses. shes a hostage, that's what
| she is. AS long as they've got her
| they've got the whip hand on US See p
"Sure thing" Said Julius thought
fully. That's so"
Besides" added Tommy. as an at
terthought, 1--WE great faith in Tup
pence"
The Journey was wearisome, with
many stops, and crowded carriages
Ebury was a deserted station with q
solitary porter. to whom Tommy ad