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THE ROCK ISLAND ARGUS. WEDNESDAY, JULY 23, 1913
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ILLUSTRATIONS 6y 7fV1 COApiK
CHAPTER I.
He paused on the platform and
glanced at bia watch. The train on
which he had Just arrived was late.
It hurried away from the station, and
was swallowed tip In the blackness of
the tnnnel, as If It knew its own short
comings and wished to make up for
them.
It was five minutes of six, and as
the young man looked back at ths
long flight of steps that led to the
.Bridge across the tracks, a delicate
penciling of electric light flashed into
outline against the city's deepening
lusk, emphasizing the lateness of the
lour. He had a dinner engagement at
even, and it was yet some distance
to his home, where a rapid toilet must
be made if he were to arrive on time.
The stairway was long, and there
were many people thronging it. A
shorter cut led down along the tracks
under the bridge, and up the grassy
embankment
Under the center of the bridge a
slight noise behind him. aa of soft,
hurrying footsteps, caught his atten
tion, and a woman's voice broke upon
his startled senses.
' "Please don't stop, nor look around,"
It said, and the owner caught up with
lilm now in the, shadow. "But will
you kindly lot me walk beside you for
a moment, till you can ahow me how
to get out of this dreadful place? I
am very much . frightened, and I'm
afraid I shall be. followed. Will you
tell me where I can go to hide?"
After an instant's astonished pause,
lie obeyed her and kept on, making
room for her to walk boelde tint, while
lie took the place text to the tracks.
He was aware, too, of the low rumble
of a train, coming from the mouth of
the tunnel.
His companion had gasped for
breath, but began again In a tone of
apology:
"I saw yon were a gentleman, and j
- I didn't know what to do. I thought .
you would help me to get somewhere
quickly."
Just then the fiery eye of the oncom
ing train burst from the tunnel ahead, j
Instinctively, the young man caught I
his companion's arm and draw her I
forward to the embankment beyond
the bridge, holding her, startled and
trembling, as tho screaming train tore
past them.
Tho man's first though was to get
out cf the cut before another train t
ihould come. Ho grasped his compan-
ton's arm and startod up the steep i
embankmcLt, realizing as he did so
that the wrist ha held waa slender,
and that the sleeve which covered it
was of the finest clolh.
As they emergod from the dark, the
man saw that his companion was a
young and beautiful woman, and that
she wore a light cloth gown with
neither bat nor gloves.
At the top of the embankment they
paused, and the girl, with her hand at
her throat, looked backward with a
shudder. - Sho ceenicd like a
bird that could scarcely tell
way to fly.
Without an instant's hesitation, the
young man raised his hand and bailed
a four-wheeler across the street.
"Come this way. Quick!" he urgod,
helping hr in. He gave th driver
hla homo adilrecs acd otopped in aftor
her Then, turning, he faced his com
panion, and was suddenly keenly
aware of the strange situation In
which he had placed himself.
"Can you tell me what is the mat
ter," he asked, "and where you would
like to go?"
The g'.rl had scarcely recovered
breath from the long climb and the
fright, and she ' acewored h'.m In
broken phrases.
"No, I cannot tell you what is the
matter" ehe paused and looked at
him, with a sadden oomprohensloa of
what he might be thinking about har
"but there Is nothing that la 1
have done . nothing wrong " She
paused Again and -lookod up wi:h eyes
whose clear depths, he fait, could hlds
to guile.
"Of , course," he murmured with de
cision, and then, wondered why he felt
o sere about 1C
, "Thank yu." shs said. v Than, with
frightened , perplexity: "I; don't, know
where to go. . I never was la this city
ibefore. If you wiliiklndly tell me how
to get somewhere I suppose to a rail
road at&tioa and -yet no, I hare no
imoney and" -then' with, a sudden lit
tle movement-of die may "and I have
aso be'.'. Oh!"
The young man felt a atrong daalre
to at If Id thla girl ao unexpectedly
thrown op Xls mare. vt
hovered about the margin of his Judg
ment. Perhaps ehe was a thief or
an adventuress.
The girl waa speaking again: "But I
must not trouble you any more. You
have been very kind p get me out
of that dreadful plajs.v If you will
Just stop the carriage and let me out.
1 am sure I can taVi care of myaelf."
"I could not think of letting --you ;
get out here alone. If you are in dan
ger, I will help you." The warmth of
his own words startled him. He knew
he ought to be more cautious with a
stran"r, but impetuously he threw
caution to the winds. "If you would
just tell mo a little bit about It. so
that I (ihould know what I ought to do
for you "
"Oh. I must not tell you! I couldn't!"
said the girl, her haild fluttering up
to her heart, as If to hold its wild
beating from stifling her. "I am sorry
to have involved you for a moment In
this. Please let me, out here. I am
not frightened, now that I got away
from that terrible tunnel. I waa afraid
I might have to go in there alone, for
I didn't see any way to get up the
bank, and I couldn't go back."
"I am glad I happened to be there,"
breathed the young man fervently. "It
would have been dangerous for you to
enter that tunnel. It runs an entire
block. You would probably have been
killad." .
The girl shut her eyes and pressed
her fingers to them. In the light of
the street lamps, he saw that she was
very white, and also that there were
Jewels flashing from the rings on her
fingers. It was apparent that she
wan a lady of wealth and refinement.
What could have brought her to thia
paps?
The carriage came to a sudden stop,
and, looking out. he saw they had
reached his home. A new alarm
seized 1pm as the girl moved as if
to get out. His dignified mother and
hie fastidious sister were probably not
in, but if by any chance they should
not have It ft the house, what would
they think if they saw a strange, hat
lefs young woman descend from the
carriaga with him? Moreover, what
would the butler think?
"Excuse me," he said, "but really,
there are reasons why I shouldn't like
you to get out of tho carriage Just
hero. Suppose ycu sit utill until I
come out. I have a dinner engage
ment and must mako a few changes
in my dress, but it will take me only
a few minutt. You. are In no danger,
and I will take, you to some place of
safety. I will try to think what to do
while I am gone. On no account get
out of tho carriage. It would make
the driver suspicious, you know. If
you are really followed, he will let no
I one disturb you in the carriage, of
I course. Don't distress youraelf. I'll
hurry. Can you give rr.e tha 'address
of any Mend to whom I migtt'phoce
or telegraph?"
j She shook her head and there was a
j slitter of tears in her eyes aa she
young vi-'u.
which o. l icnpw or no one in tne city
who could help me."
"I will help you, then." he said with
ddon resolve, nr.d In a tone that
would be a comfort to any woman in
distress.
As the young man let himself Into
his home with his latch-key, ha heard
the butler's well trained voice answer
ing the telephone.
"Yea, ma'am; this Is Mrs. Dunham's
residence. . . No, ma'am, sne is not
at home. . . . No, ma'am. Miss Dun
ham is out aleo. . . . Mr. Dnnham?
Just wait a moment, please. I think
Mr. Dunham has Just come lni Who
shall I say wishes to speak to him?
. . . Mrs. Parker Bowman? . . .
Yes, ma'am; Just wait a minute, please.
I'll call Mr. Dunham."
The young man frowned. Another
Interruption! And Miss Bowman! It
you persuade her to come and help
joutt"
"Well, now, that's too bad. Mrs. Bow
man," began the young man, thinking
he saw a way out of both their diffi
culties. '"I'm sorry Cornelia isn't
here. I'm sure she would do anything
In her power to help you. " But she
and mother were to dine in Chestnut
Hill tonight, acd they must have left
the house, half an hour ago. I'm afraid
she's out of the ' question. Suppose
you. leave me. out?. You. won't have
any trouble then except to take two
plates' off the .table" he laughed
pleasantly "and you would have even
couples. You see," he hastened to dd,
as he heard Mrs, Parker Bowman's
preliminary dissent "you see, Mrs.
Bowman, I'm in somewhat of a predic
ament myself. My train waa late, nd
as I left the station I happened to
meet a young woman a a friend."
(He reflected rapidly on the old pro
verb, "A friend In need is a friend
indeed." .In that . sense she was a
friend.) "She le temporarily separated
from her friends, and is a stranger in
the city. In fact, I'm the only ac
quaintance or friend. she has, and I
feel rather under obligation to see
her to her hotel and Jook up trains
for her. " She leaves the city' tonight"
"Now, look here. Tryon Dunham,
you're n6t going to leave me In the
lurch for any young woman. I don't
care how old an acquaintance she is!
You simply bring her along. She'll
make up my number and relieve me
wonderfully. 'Xo, don't you say a
word. Juat tell her that she needn't
stand on ceremony. Your mother and
I are too old friends for that. Any
friend of yours Is a friend of mine,
and my house la open to her. She
won't mind. These girls who have
traveled a great deal "learn to step
over the little formalities of calls and
Introductions. Tell her 111 call on her
afterwards, if she'll only remain in
town long enough, or I'll come and
take dinner with her when I happen
to be in her city. I suppose she's
Just returned from abroad they all
have or else she's just going and if
she hasn't learned to accept things as
ahe finds them, she probably will soon.
Tell her what a plight I'm in, and
that It will bo a reel blessing to me
if she'll come. Besides I didn't mean
to tell you I meant it for a surprise,
but I may as well tell you now
Judge Blackwell is to be here, with his j
wife, and I especially want you to
meet him. I've been trying to get
you two together for a long time."
"Ah! "'breathed the young man, with
interest. "Judge Blackwell! I have
wanted to met him."
W ell, he has heard about you, too,
and I think he wants to meet you. Did
you know he was thinking of taking a
partner into his office? He has al
ways refused but that's another story,
and I haven't time to talk. You ought
to be on your way here now. Tell
your friend I jivlll bless her forever
for helping me out, and I won't take
no for an answer. You said she'd just
returned from abroad, didn't you? Of
courae she's musical. You mut make
her give us some music. She will,
won't she? I was defending on Miss
Mayo for that this evening."
"Well, you might be able to per
suade her," murmured the distracted
young man at the 'phone, as he strug
gled with one hand to untie his nock
tie and unfasten his collar, and men
tally calculated how long It would take
him to get Into fcio dress suit.
"Yes, of course. You'd better not
speak of it it mieht make her de
cline. And don't let her stop to make
any changes in her dr3s. Everybody
will understand when I tell them she's
Just arrived didn't you say? from
ame's and settle the bill without Ms
sister's knowledge.
He poked, back into the closet and
discovered several wraps and evening
cloaks of more or less elaborate
style, but the thought came to him
that perhaps one of these would be
recognized as Cornelia's. He closed
the door hurriedly and went down to
a large closet under the 6tairs. from
which he presently emerged with hie
mother's new black rain-coat. He
patted his coat-pocket to be sure he
had -the gloves, seized his hat, and
hurried back to the carriage, the hat
box in one band and his mother's
rain-coat dragging behind him. His
only anxiety was to get out before
the butler saw him.
CHAPTER It.
am afraid I have been a -long
time," he said apologetically, as he
closed 'the door of the carriage, after
giving Mrs. Parker Bowman's ad
drees to the driver. In the uncertain
light of the distant aro-lamp, the girl
looked email and appealing. He felt
a strong desire to lift her burdens
"and carry them on his" own broad
shoulders.
"I've . brought some things that I
thought might help," he said. "Would
you like to put on this coat? It may
not be Just what you would have se
lected, but it was the best I could
find that would not be rlcognized.
The air is growing chilly."
He shook out the coat and threw it
around her.
"Oh, thank you," she murmured
gratefully, slipping her arms into the
sleeves.
"And this box has some kind of a
to have looked, -cut ther6 really
wasn't time." . He unknotted the
strings anJ produced a large picture
hat with long black plumes. He waa
relieved to ' find it black. While he
untied the strings, there had been a
growing uneasiness lest the hat be
one of those wild, queer combinations
of color that Cornelia frequently pur
chased and called "artistic."
Tne girl received tne nat witn a
grateful relief that was entirely sat
lsfactory to tho young man.
"And now," said he, as he pulled
out the gloves and laid them gravely
in her lap, "we're invited out to din
I ner."
"Invited out to dinner!" gasped the
girl.
"Yes. It's rather a providential
thing to have happened, I think. The
telephone was ringing as I opened the
door, acd Mrs. Parker Bowman, to
whose house I wa3 invited, was ask
ing for my sister to fill the place o
an absent guest. My sister is away,
and I tried to beg off. I told her I
had accidentally met I hope you will
pardon me I called you a friend."
"Oh!" ehe said. "ThU was kind'
! of you."
"I naid you were a stranger in
town, and as I was your only ac
quaintance, I felt that I should show
you the courtesy of taking you to a
hotel, and assisting to get you off on
the night train; and I a3ked her to
excuse me, as that would give her an
even number. But it seems she had
Invited some' one especially to meet
me, and was greatly distressed not
to have her full quota of guests, so
she sent you a most cordial invitation
to come to her at or.ee, promising to
take dinner with you eoma time if
ycu would help her out now. Some
how, sho gathered from my talk that
you were graveling, had just returned
from abroad, and were temporarily
separated from your friends. She is
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waa at her house that he was to dine.
He. took; the. receiver, reeorree to
Get out of "going to the dinner if:lt
were pesarible.
"Good , e venlns, Mrs. - Bowman."
, "Oh, is that you, : Mr. Dunham
How. relieved I am! - I am ia a. bit of
diDculty about 'my d lin er," acd ! call ed
'up to see if your'sister .couldn't1 help
out M!ss ' Kxyo has f.il?l ma. r Her
'Lister has ', had an" accident, " acd . she
;cs.niict leave her. . She haa . juat
'rjhoned. me. and I don't know what, to
dOj..- Isn't .Cornelia at baa? Couldn't
now. Do, for pity's sake, hurry, Tryon,
for my cook Is terribly cross when I
'hold up a dinner too long. Goodby.
Oh, by the way, what did you say waa
her name?"
"Oh ah!" He almost succeeded in
releasing his collar, and was. about to
hang up the receiver, when thla new
; difficulty confronted him.
"Ob, yes, of course; her name 1
had almost forgotten," ha went oa
wildly, to make time, "and searched
'about in his . mind . for' a name any
name that might help him. The tele
phone, book lay. open at the R's. Ha
-pounced upon ; it , and s took the first
name his eye caught. '
"Yes why Remington, Mies Rem-.
ington."
'Remington!" came in a delighted
scream over the phone. - "Not Carolyn
Remington? That' would be too good
luck!" - i; - .. a
"No," , he . murmured distractedly;
no, ; not . Carolyn. .VThy, . I ah 1
think Mary Mary Remington."
i un, 1 m i arraa v ; navenc : met-, ner,
but'neferjmind. Do ' hurry-up. iTryen
It is , five minutes , of ' seven, y .Where
did.youtsayiEheAliveBT''butVth';ra-
ceiveTi
the ' young
hls.reomithreA ax, a. hmind.'
He was ? settltogthis i coat Into . place
whenT a queer little bulge ; attractefl
his attention to .an' insido ' pocket. ! Im-
patienUy;hepullod, our a;ijair,t; long
white, gloves, v They 'were-nisi sister's,
.and fcenow;;resnenibered';8heihadt'giv-J
en ..id em ; 10 , cim , to . carry p me nigat ;
before, , oa , the way t home Jrromaf re-
because ,;it f waa graining. .-, '-'Hejf looked
at them with.; a j euddeninapiraUoa.
or, course! Whyhad he-, not .thought
ef . that? ; Hehurried,lntoS'h!s' sister's
room -. to ; make.- a'; selection of a '. few
necessities for,", the ; emergency- -only
to j have , his: assurance: desert .him . at
the very threshold. .The ; room 'was
Immaculate.':, with;, no ; feminine .finery
lying . asoutX. Cornel la: Dunham'sf maid
was"? well . trained. -,. The only article
that -seemed out ,of .place' wax a' banO
box'on a chair Dear the door. r. It' bora
tha; nana . of i a fasbionabe milliner.
and across. trie; lid was? penciled la
Cornelias j large.; angular 'hand.: "To
er returoedr;.to .? Madame jDollard'a
He - caught t up i ths ' box and strode
over J to the v closet, r" There i was ' no
time; to .lose, and, this -.box; doubtless
contained a? hat. of some. kind. If It
wa to be; returned, Cornelia '.would
think It had ;teen .calledfor,; and no
further Inquiry' would be'made about
the matter.
was not sure T.hethcr you could bo
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Looked at TherrwWith Sudden ! rise Ira-
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persuaded or not.and . she . mercifully
refrained i from asking i whether yon
sang or played. I tell, you all, this so
that" you-, will vbe i-prepared . for - any
thing. - Of courseIvclldn'tjte!l,her:all;
these y things. I ': merely p kept . still
when lehe : inferred them; v Toar ' name,;
by. the-way; is .Miss iRtemingtoa Mary,
R-etniagten. ' She ; waa -greatly elated
for. a ;naomentwhenisheUibsght .you1
might be Carolyn Remington who-
everjshe'.may.-be. ' I suppose ;she wilt
speak , of 'it. Tte'.name was the first!
one .that nay, eye t lit , UEon ; in') the" tele-'
phone-book, i If you ; bo jecUto, bearing
it , for.-the evening, it la ! - easy jto ; se
howtftvname; could) be misunderstood
over I the., 'phone. V B at i perhaps , yott
woolibettengive'mt;a few pointers,''
for,Te BTer tried acting a-part, and
ean't'be.'sTirelliow.well I -shall do It"
Thef girl :had'-been silent from' aa-i
tonisajneat!,Wjlle-.the man talked.
"Eat I' cancot-eossitly go there t
dinner, "ehe"easied, t8t' cand 'rola?
to. her; throat agaia,' as If to pluck
away j the ;dellcsief lacs abont ' it and
give ; mere ' room for ' treithic. "I
raust get' away .'somewhere at onca.'
I cannot trouble ; you la this way. I
have: alrepfiy imposed'epon your kind-'-ness.
.With this hat and coat and
zna r taanx'you eo sue-,
will retwn them to you as soon as
poEsible."
The cab began to go slowly, and
Tryon Dunham noticed that another
carriage, just ahead of theirs, was
stopping before Mrs. Bowman's house.
There was no time for halting decision.
"My friend," he said earnestly, "I
cannot leave you alone, and I doi
not see a better way than for you to
go in here with me for a little while,
till I am free to go with you. No one
can follow you here, or suspect that
you had gone out to dinner at a
strange's house. Believe me, it is
tho very safest thing you could do.
This is the house. Will you go in
with ' me? If not, I must tell the
driver to take us somewhere else."
"But what will she think of me,"
she said in trepidation, "and how can
I do such a thing as to steal into a
woman's house to a dinner In this
way! Besides 1 am not dreesed for
a formal occasion." '
; The carriage stopped befere the
door now, and the driver was getting
down from 'his seat.
"Indeed, ' she will think nothing
about it," Dunham assured her, "ex
cept to be, glad-that 'she has the right
number of guests. V; Her ' dinners are
delightful x affairs usually, and you
have nothingto do 'but talk about im
personal; matters for ; a .little while
and , be r entertaining. "J; She: watt ': m it
iinslstent i.that t you ; take , no thought
about'theimatter offdress. .' She said
,it .would'.beperfectly.'understood that
you ,were .traveling, .and that the lnvl
' tation ; was ; unexpected. 1 You" can say
that your 'trunk, has not come, or baa
gene; ahead. Will" you come?"
, Then the driver ' opened the car
riage.door. "i s v
! In; an 'instant, the girl assumed the
self-contained .manner.'. she . had r.wora
when she v-had- first israoken to ,-him.
She f, stepped ' quietly ? from the car
riage and J only : answered in a ' low
voice,'. T suppose I'd better, if you
wish it." -
- Dunham' paused , for. a moment to
give. the driver a direction about car-
!rying 'the great pasteboard box to
his'-.club. , This Idea he d .come as a
sudden inspiration. He had not
ithoughtiof.the'necessity of getting rid
r '.that .box Ibefore.
: ? Tf itbecomes necessary, where shall
I i say ' you are going thi evening V
he asked in a lew tone, as they turned
toigolup' thoTetepa. She summoned
a faint, flickering smile. .
' When people have been traveling
atrcad: and are 'stopping over in the
city,vtheyorten;go to Washington, do
theynot?" 'she asked half shyly.
tTlljxdoor ; wt8 ' open before ' they
could sayj, another word, and the
young':-man 'remembered that . he
must; Introduce his nsw friend. Aa
there was no ' further opportunity ' to
asK . nar 1 about ner name, he must
trust to luck.
The girl-obeyed the motion of she
erraat asd clipped un to the dressing-room
as ' if ehe ' were a freauent
guest in the house, but it waa in' some
;trep;(lcOoa . that Tryon ' Dunham re
moved his overcoat and arranged his
gnmpse or thia assembled company,
and knew that Mr. Bowman ' waa
growing impatient for his dinner. His
heart almost failed him now that the
girl was out of sight. What if she
should not prove to be accustomed to
society, after all, and should show it?
Hew embarrassing that would be!
He had seen her only In a half-light
as yet. How had he dared?
But it was too late now, for he was
coming from the dressing-room, and
Mrs. Bowman was approaching them
with outstretched hands, and a wel
come In her face. ,
"My dear Miss Remington, It is so
good of you to help me out! I can
eoe by the first glance that it is going
to be a privilege to know you. I can't
thank you enough for waiving formal
ities." "It was very lovely of you to ask
me.'Baid the girl, with perfect com
posure, "a stranger' " i ;
. "Don't speak of It,1-' dear. Mr. .Dun
ham's friends, are not"! strangers, T as
sure you. Tryon,. didn't' you tell her
how long we have known eaoh other?
I shall , feel ; quite i hurt if you i have
never ' mentioned t me 1 to her. . Now,
come,'; for 'my, cook' la In the V last
stages , of J despair over the - dinner.
Miss Remington, - nowdoiyoui manage
to . look ( so ; fresh) and lovely after a
long," seal voyage T ? You must1 tell me
your secret.'
vaccir' ma protegee,' a" Blnner "was
immediately announced. - "
i Miss Remington was seated next
to Dunham at the table, with the
Judge on her other side. The young
man was .pleased with, the arrange
ment, and sat furtively studying tlx
delicate tinting of her face,, the dainty
line of cheek and chin and ear, the
oweep of her dark lashes, and the
ripple of her brown hair, as he tried
to converse easily with her, as an old
friend might.
At. length the Judge turned to the
Ctrl and said:
"Miss Remington, you remind me
strongly of a young woman who was
la my office ..this afternoon.". -.
:, 2
The young, man. looked down at the
glrU and - saw ' that '. her i dress was ia
perfect V taste for ? the t occasion, ; and
also that she wae ' very young 'J ana
beautiful. v. He i waa - watching her
witn a ; kind ;- of , proprietary r pride as
ehe ' moved forward", to be j introduced
to thN other guests,', when he saw her
s weep, one i quick glance 'around the
roomand.for. Justlan? instant' aetitata
and ;drawback. iHer Jface tgrew white ;!
then. with a supreme eff ort, ; she con
trolled'' her feelings, and went' through
her partiwith perfect-ease. .
When Judge , Blackwell . was Intro
duced ; to i the girl, he , looked at her
with i whatj seemed, to Dunham to be
core than , a' passing . Interest ; . but the
keen seyeat were - almost immadlatelT
transferred t to his own face, and the
young man had no rarth.er . time to
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
FIND BODY OF MISS VOSS
Lake Geneva Girl Who Disappeared
from Uncle's Home Discovered.
eKnosha, Wis., July 23. The mys
tery attending the disappearance from
Kenosha of Miss Laura Estella Voss,
18 years o'.d and daughter of Gustav
Voss, a wealthy Lake .Geneva man, on
last Tuesday was cleared yesterday
when the body of the young woman
was found in the lake off Kenosha.
Miss Voss disappeared from the
home of her uncle Tuesday night. She
left a letter in which she Intimated
that she would commit suicide. It is
said that the young woman was des
pondent on account of family trou
bles. r.'5i!
Webb Act In Force Aug. 10. ""I
San Francisco, July 23. The Webb
anti alien land law, passed by the leg
islature and signed by Governor John
son more than two months ago, win
become effective Aug. 10 without In
terference from the electorate ot the
state through the medium of tho refer
endum. Time for filing referendum
petitions against laws passed at the
last session expired yesterday. : ,
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