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EVENII EHSUIF.
, The Toraestors.
CHAPTER I.
P-1
gmngen peered into eve-r_v nlr
sunl nook and corner of use two room!
mu mth which comprised the Widow
t)'Kgde's top hour suit. 'l'he object
was a small snapshot of June. y
'libs dsened husband of pretty June
.Warner was at the hull door “ith ld' `
hand reached out for the knob. and in
umm” inum Ned Warner :ind .lnnc
qqqm have been tate to face! lu that
luuht the ividow ultt-1-re \\'ltll»l>ed
me snapshot under her apron and the
vary nviftness of the motion slvlwk
hm, we co,-mr of Sed \\`arner`s rest
less eyes. He turned. and he and Ihr
father of June glanced nt eu-cn utlwr-
There was something suspicious in ine
bent and warped and withered \\`id~.»\\
0'.Keefe and her tall slip of rl son. ‘Ned
came abruptiy from :lie door :uso re
llewed his Seircb. At that verl' I-IN'
ment. June. just outside. had l'==U~*Cd
an the third step from the bottom to
"ug the bow upon her sunt-y little snip- '
Ui
ll
widow U'Keefe st00D¢\i
quickly and snatched some
hi f lhelloorwlille live
P" *nd W 5'” " “ ‘igwdus PM W the Widow O`Keefe`s, :tt the comer of
make it behave and stay lu place.
Slim young &unnl_\ tl'Kt»efe \\-naked
gg ¢b¢ window, ullistllilg. :ind gitlucf-fl
out with an :tlr of great ixfdlfferen-:|-
On the other .rule »-.’ the street >too-l
Omcer Tot-le. :.11-l his eyes ro\ed .lux-
lonsly from vrindflvl to window of the
narrow. dingy s:i»-e of s house “bien
was the Widow u'liee!e's. At sight of
Sammy Ohiter 'l`-,ole poured energet-
ically howard the door. He waved both
arg and pointed toward the duorway.
Sammy then sripr-ed quietly out of
the room.
June! The llstless Sammy used the
next quickest method to wireless
,With one noiseless .spring he st.-avldéoa
the hamster wi.. wlluzei .l.-out-tl -he ll
Curve and dont. tv June \v:|-.- <\..<
halfway up the stairs. ;un.;u-l oi( '»\;:h
g fuqrgtpp as ight us 1: -'<-:ther ,;r;iu~ .
tial the astounded gif- t-_v the wrist
and dragged her llcwr. the ste;-s ;.: the
r'§k of both their net-ks. Samu._v .~n~.-v-
ed June into the se-_-ond  hull
clmet. Sammy io:-ked the door and
stuck the key in l.is ic.-kt-t and set
the springs in his t'z.il. it-gs to work
and was sitting i=zil_\ on the top step.
bored and whistling s-2-ftly. when .\`ed
Warner and Mr. and Mrs. John Moore
and Bobby and Iris Blethering crime .
ont, Bobby extremely dejected and Iris I
explaining volubiy that lt- was all a ‘
mistake. June couldn't possibly have
been here. But she must have been.
after all, because- Still, how could
fthe?
Inaotnthe
alhlight and und. stood bewildered.
lisleym dhtended ln the darknes,
ut olrnom
=t
i
I1 all hor kindly face showed lm-
mediate concern when she learned that
Jule lint not tome home to the \\'ld-
ow 0’Kae!e's.
l' she numrslly wanted to
w
aww .
kno .
“WaIl, yon're s friend of hers, arent
yon? hesitated Marie.
“Of course," smiled Mrs. Ylilard, and
balore her ron the freah young face
of pretty June.
"Well, then I‘lI tell you.' Harte
threw her thick black veil over her
iouldar for the twentieth time. and
a drop of perspiration trickled down
her nose. "I’m her maid Marie, and
she mmtn't coma home.”
“But she‘s already started,” worried
Mrs. Villazd. °‘She'| probably there
by this time Why musm't she come
home?"
“Has ie!" And the voice of Marie
cncked. "0h! Goodby! How am I `
to get her away from there?"
“Wait a minute!" This seemed to be
no time for asking questions. “I’1l
come down in my car!"
"Oh, yes. do!" gasped Marie, nearly
pulling the transmitter on' the walL
“Goodbyl l have to hurry!"
"Walla minute! \\`fu`l. Marie! Where
am I to come!"
~-oh. yes!" su-1 mme guinea. “Irs
Des
hley street and Duck alley. right
-,...__i._l___
'A Savers Looking Man Came{Out to
twhlle-Ned stood not two feet sway
from her. Be had paused before that -'
very door. as If some delicate mag-
netism had caught ma held him there.
No' trace of her anywhere; no trace of
lime, the Frenehtzamanu maid with
the high cheek bones; no trace of the
mysterious black Vsndyked man, whom _
none of them had cared to mention to
I-he Widow 0'Keefe, Gilbert Blye! Ned
clinched his fists, and his brow SW"
black as his mind filled with the image
of that dark, handsome face with its
glowing eyes and suave smile. That
image had never been absent HOU!
.\'ed`s mind since the disappearance of
his beautiful bride. A thousand Lime! =
that succession of incidents had flush-
ed upon ms memory with vivid clear-
nes-June asleep in the Pullman draw-
lug room on their honeymoon trip. »
while Ile. up forward. happily smoked:
tha finding her gone after the train
had len 'nn-mille; the discovery that
she had been helped br the bl=¢l=
Vzlndyked man to board a local head-
ed to .\`ew York: .\'ed's chase after
them ‘ln an express train, and his train
pulling alongside them In the approach
to the Grand Centml lution: th* ¥i8|1¥~ 5
through the windows of the parallel
can, of that suave stranger bendinx
over June with his infernal smile. and
het shilling up at him; Blye following
Jnne`s taxi ln another from the sta-
tion, and Ned's fruitlms pursuit in a .
third taxi; the chase out to Brynport
that same night. when June had stolen
her clothes and Marie; the return
chase, where Ned had seen June and
llarle step into Blye`s luxurious limou-
dne and whirl away with him! Ev- I
erywhere that Ned had found a trace
or .luuc he had found s trace of Gil- -
hft lllye. and he wished to live for
one thing-to meet Blye face to faeol
and with his hare hands stnngie that
seoundrel to death! I
Ned became aware of the Widow
0'Keefe eylng him from midway of
the stairs. She was a frail looking
old woman. with her gnarlod hands
clasped bdose her. but he heady little
eye were as sharp as the unapected
urs from dull jewels. and there was
notono move of Ned's party which es-
caped her. Sammy, still whistling with .
svsmonchalance. vu so persistently
notgasingatthecmtdoor thatltl
.wnsawondernooneaakedfot-the
UQ.
"W'o’n wasting our time,” tlnally
sail ll-'Is Blethertng. "We're prob-
ably letting them get away." A-nd
-Ilas'g friend took har husband with l
hc. The rest of the party followed- I
laanwhtle lu-ie, alaguhad ln the
iomtingly tight black mourning out-
ths Widow 0'Ksa¢s, was many
of the danger sole. smoth-
telephone booth and calling g
cs where June had gone to
rs. vlllard was not in her
home up the Hudson. ner
uns tbsra. They had sous
ty. but the amid gave Karla
nnlahsr. lla. Willard an-
Il from a lvfhldy far-
liilliiiii
*lr
l "Please" Gilbert Blye walked out_
:ppt-obarlon.
- Meet Them.
across from Tim Courlrvs saloon. Any
policeman can tell you the 1-lilue. Hur-
ry!" And Marie. stalrtlug another
seam in the Widow <J'I{ccl`e'S mourn-
:ng dress, plunge-I out of the telephone
booth, battling for air.
Mrs. Villard stood at the phone P.
moment. with ll musing smile growing
upon her lips; then she gave the num-
l-er of tt magnificent club. The man
vhom a brass bnltoucd page brought
hrough the marble corridors from _the
leather hung library tn nnsvvcr the call
wore a suave smile and a black Vau-
dyke.
"This is Mrs. Vlilard. Gilbert." came
the low. sweet voice. “I have some-
thing very important to tell you.
June.” _
‘-011:" Gilbert nl_ve stroked his black '
Vnndyke with his long. lean. whitei
hngers. “I‘ll joln you Immediately
wherever you stty." ,
“Sllnll I stop at your club?"
\
I
of the telephone booth. sent for his but
and sat ln the reception room near the
door.
The family limousine of the Moores
had no sooner rolled away from the'
\vld0W's house than Sammy 0’Keefe
unlocked the closet door in proud self
“What was lt?" June asked.
Your husband. miss," And the Wid-
tinw 0'Keefe laughed her cackling tri-
umph and rubbed her gunrled hands
over each other. "It's small satisfac-
tion he got out of me und Sammy with
his pryin' and inquisitive"-
“.\'ed!" cried June. and she clutched
at the banlster rail. "He was here!"
“Right where youre standin‘. miss.
Anti your father und mother und"-
‘Daddyl Mummy!" The fears gath-
ered.
"Don`t you mind. d:trlln'." encour-|
sited the widow heartily. "They got 1
nothin' out of eitln-r Sammy or mel
Sammy. I'm pri,-nd of you. boy. I
dldn`t know you could lle so good. and
I`ll never belle-\e anything you tt-ll me
ngnln. And there was a couple of
your friends, miss-~heurt_v soul of aT
young woman that never left off tnlk. I
in' or laughin' or cryin' or somethin'
one minute after the other and her
husband, n lienpeckcd little fellow
that‘ll be no trouble until he gets
walled up some day; then watch out
for his kind. My Dun was that way.
I Could hullyrag that poor devil night
and day till I see the glint begin to
come ln his eye- Why. darlin', whst`s
the matter? Snrnmy. you big simple-
ton. why don't you get Miss Jnnle a _
glass of water! And be quick, will
yon?" |
Jabberlng out all her pentup excite-
ller father and mother! Bow she long-
ed for them! `Bow she wished they
had found ber! and a great flood of
love surged up in her. She must see
them! She must go to them at once!
She must give up this foolish flight for
at romantic Ideal and be just a girl, and
return to her own people, and be pet-
ted and forgiven, and be clasped in
!\'ed's strong arms. never to leave them
again! She rose with a wild impulse
to hurry straight after them, but her
knee bent under her. She had not
known how much thisilliden emotion
had taken away her  The
Widow 0`Keefe pressed ber tenderly
back in her chair, and Sammy held s
glass to her lips and spilled at trickle
of water on her chili. She 'smiled nt
them both, for she was very fond of
them: then the widow drove Sammy
from the room and put June on thebed.
and took ot! her little shoes, and drew
the blinds, and left ber alone to cry it
out. And the \\`idow 0'Keefe rasped
her own eyes with lumpy knuckles as
she dosed the door.
June sat suddenly bolt upright and
dried her eyes and hunted for her
shoes How bare everything looked in
the room! Why, everything was gone!
_and n-here was Marie?
.\Inrie had just turned the corner of
Olhcer Dost-d`s post when there came
swiftly toward her a family limousine
which she remembered with a jump in
her breast. _
Suddenly there was s loud yelp of
joy from 4 handsome Collie sitting be-
side Lhe driver, and Bouncer, who nev-
er left his st-at when in the city, was
halfway to the <urb in one spring.
With rl shriek Marie headed for the
nearest a.Zey, Bouncer barking happily
at ner heels.
Five vui-T-es _yelled for Jerry to stop.
but it was urinecessary. That good
chauffeur had used both brakes. and
the Moores. the Bletherings and .\`ed
Warner ull tried to crowd out of the
door. \\'hiie the agiI§,'v:-<1 Bobby block.
ed the ij-;-orway .\`eJ sxshed after Mcl-
rie. but he suddenly _found himself
breastbone to breustbonh with Officer
Dowd.
“Etcuse me." said Officer Dowd, still
bresstlt.-g him. "Was it you or me
thats in the road?"
"1 want to speak to that young wo-
man!" And Ned tried to pass around
Uflif-er Llowd :ts "that young woman."
accompanied by the leaping Bouncer.
turned stviftly into a narrow alley.
The last dash of her was a red and
white striped stocking.
Officer Dowd was at this moment one
of the mos: atvkwnrd men on the
fort-c. He had tried to shove around
Sed, and now they met again. breast-
bone to bzeastb-one.
"Get our of my way!" yelled Ned.
“Who you orderin`1" retorted Oflicer
Dowd.
“She was s sc-tvant of mine.” said
Moore.
“Did she steal anything?" demanded
Dowd.
..N0_-.
“'l`hen its none f-f my business."
Anil Ufdcer Dowd locked trlvvartl the
alley with a twinkle dawning in his
eye. Marie knew every turn and twist
within ten blocks of the Corners. "Go
on and speak to the lady."
They went down to the alley mouth
und looked in. There was a wilder-
ness of crooked byvvays and no Marie
visible.
'°\\`hel‘c to. slr?" asked Jerry.
“The Widow O`Kcefe`s!" declared
Ned.
CHAPTER ll.
ARIE dashed into the 0'Keefe
house as fast as her red and
white striped legs would carry
her. Fast as she was, Bouncer
was six springs .ahead of her. and she
had no sooner started to open the door
than he burst out of ber grasp and
was across the floor and up on the
bed and trampling ull over June, bark-
ing in her ear.
"Bouncer!" sobbed June. "Bouucer!"
"Will you be still?" screamed Marie
to the dog. "Miss June, dear, get up!
,_ `.;s.¢=-.nw _
A
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“I don't think I shall mod to wait.”
Mrs. 0‘Keefe, hide us! '.l‘hey'ro com-
ing!"
“Oomlngf” June was startled.
"l'll hide you," offered Sammy from
ment, not a word of which June had the doorway. "Come right here!"
heard. she helped the colorless. half And he rushed across to the aide win-
fslntlng girl up to her own rooms and dow.
mothered around her with a sollcltnde I
It was but a few seconds' work to
which was fully ns llvelyas her tongue transfer June across the nn scope
and f_sr more sincere. fplatform connecting with the lcPhtl~
Juno might as well have been alone sou house. The hmlly limotutne, con-
fer all that she was conscious of the tainlngtholooreathoklethclagsand
0'Kasfs mmtatrattons They had been _ Ned Warns, uma lpllahg around the
lf*-‘i hstmherulnthasevsry rooms, Nsd,'rornarl heggehangedhommenllnmwsxzhis
--,ly vrlte is here!" declared Ned
Warner to Mrs. O'Keefe, with convic-
tion. “l want het!"
"Como right in and get  invited
the widow, Milling wide the door. "lf
you take her along this time you woa't
be a nuisance to me any more today."
But their second search revealed
nothing.
At last the discouraged pany left the
house of O‘Keefe.
lu the *meantime Mrs. Villard had
stopped in front of Gilbert Blye`s mag-
niticent club. A short. wide, fat man
was leaning against the lamppost
smoking at short. thick cigar when Mrs.
\'illard`s chauffeur jumped down and
ran into the club, but be paid little nt-
teution until Gilbert Blye came out;
Blys Offered Har a Trip on a Private
Yacht.
then the short, wide tnzln pulled his
Slouch but over one eye. dropped his
cigar and with remarkable agility beat
both Blye :ind the chauffeur to the cur,
where he opened the door obsequiously.
Blye and Mrs. \'ill:1id talked in low,
quick tones for a moment.
"At Pinknam‘s, then, you think, in
half an hour." And to Mrs. \'illard's
nod he lifted his hat, :md the car drove
away. Blye gave the fat man a quar-
ter and went back into his club.
The fat umn stuck the coin into his
pocket, went to a telephone und hoarse-
ly called for u number.
A shnrp fa-_ed woman with n long
nose and high arched eyebrows au-
swered that call.
"Say, this is Bill Wolf," reported the
thick one. "Say, I got him! Do you
know where Pinknam's ls?"
"i`esI" unexpectedly shrilled Mrs.
Blye.
"Well. your husbands gonna be there
in half an liour and meet the gall"
"June \Vnrner':" snapped Mis. Blye
violently.
“'l`hal.`s the name." said Bill Wolf.
"I heard him :ny it llulf tt dozen
times."
Honorin wus hastily prcpnring to go
out when rt sudden thought came to
lit-r. und she called up .\`ed Warner.
He had just arrived at the lonely npurt-
ments ivhich June und lie had fitted up
with such care.
"¥\’el|. Mr. Warner," came the par-
rot-like voice of llonurla. "your wife is
to meet my husband In the ufiices of
Benjamin Pinknatn. in the Bond Se-
curities building. in half an hour."
The coast was quite clear when Mrs.
Vlllard arrived opposite the O'Keefc
house.
Sammy cnme out on the doorstep.
"Do you know where Mrs. 0'Keefe
llves? This lady says she has a young
lady friend stoppin' there. und"-
“Is it Mrs. \'illnrd?’ asked Sammy.
and he exchanged u pleasant smile
with the lady.
"Yes, indeed. ls Miss June at home?"
"No," he grinned, “but you come
right in."
The const was still clear when, n few
minutes later. lllrs. \'lllnrd and June
and Marie and Bouncer and n huge
bundle of clothes came out or the pas-
sageway between the 0'Keefe and Mc-
Pherson houses and climbed into the
car.
In front of one of the tallest of those
mighty towers which commerce has
reared as monuments to her fmperlous
sway Mn. Vlllard led June through
portals of a majesty which would have
graced a cathedral in older days. June.
lost in the beauty of this entrance. dld
not notice xl peculiar circumstance.
Mrs. Vlllard had dismissed her cur,
sending Marie and Bouncer home with
the clothes.
She hurried straight back to the ele
vafors with June and shot up to the
eleventh floor, where they entered s
suit of omcea fumlrhed with the heavy
richnul of ts club or n millionaire buch-
elor’s quarters. Mrs. \'illnrd on nu-
nounclng her name was shown at once
into a private reception room. A se
vera looking mnn came out to meet
them. n hard mnn. one with n smile-
less face and n metallic looking nose
and chin.
"I'lI lea you in just a moment. hirn
Villard,” he said in an nnbendlng volce.
and his chill gray eye. roving to June.
speculated apprerdntlvely upon that
very pretty young person.
There swept into the reception room
a woman who almost stopped June'v,
breath. She was startlingly handsome;
with a skin like velvet. rt complexion
of exquisite tlnting. n fnclnl contour
without a naw. Her none 'NIB I‘¢l'fP<‘\'
ly modeled. her eyes were full and
Il.Qe and round and clear as crystal.
and she held her head tilted backward
nt rl slight angle which was the perfec-
tion of iusolence. She was extrava-
gantly gowned and 'glittering with
jewels. but the moat remarkable thlnl
In connection with her was the trans-
formation ln the severe msn. He had
l or affection he had been mistaken, for
1, having thanked him In n manner which
'¢J’¢lhadonllollolfnandonhlallpss
snails.
"Why, mydear,”hesaid, “thisls alll
Ilntrpected pleasure. lay I ask you
10 *lil llllt a moment?" And he:
tlaleed apprehenstvely toward his pri-L
me Olive. when s small, lmpaut--ni
man, with his gloved hands clasped or
s cane, sat nervously.
“I don’t think [shall need to wait'
And the woman glanced around tht
reception room. Herpglance swept just
above the head of Mrs. Villard, but il
swept downward as it came to June
She calmly lifted her pearl handled
lorgnette, opened it with a snap and
surveyed the girl from head to fool
with a cold appraisement of that beau-
liflll ybung person`s charms. She
swept her gaze to her beaming hus-
band. "I shall need some money." slit
remarked, and there was an additional.
insolence in her having made herself
oblivious to the fact that there were
Slmnzern nrsent.
“Wim Pleasure, my dear." And Mr
Plnknnm was as obseqnious as if ht
had been a salesman tvhom the wo
man had just favored with n large or
der. “How much shall it be?"
“Ten thousand,” she said calmly.
The impatient little man leaned for
ward and started to talk as Pinknaxr
sat down at his desk, but no attention
was paid to his eager renewal of the
conversation, :md he died into fuming
silence while the check was written
Mrs. Pinlvnnm stood in disdainful re
pose.
“I have made it twenty," Mr. Pink~
nam observed, using thc ingrntinungf
` tones as he tried to smile.
` “'Ih:lnk you.” she said and, folding
the check, dropped it into u little gold
purse as if it were :l trifle of vulgar
insiguiticflnce. If the man bud thought
by his en-gr-rness and generosity tt
strike from her any spark of gratitude
made the :hunks themselves nu insult
she Linde him goodby und .swept from
the nliice. And the man? He beamed'
after her! `
Mrs. Villnrd and June breathed a`
sigh of relief. They were invited inte'
:t handsome inner otiice. The insolent-
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gmundloorshehadconsentadt-01% - _
an-u to Pinknanrs with Mrs. Vlllard. 
She would n0ttalktnl.heo!ll¢rl.llUW~  ,
ever, and they very ,wilaly held their
peace.
.As they emerged on the main 00°?-
however. Cunningham turned 7-0 U”
with twinkling jovillity 111 ml CY”
and. leaning over, whispered some!-llllll
into her ear just aa she was about N
step into the adjoining upwlrd WW*
elevator.
A; wut very instant Ned Warner
strode into the ronmda, closely f°\1°"'
ed by Honorla Blye. He saw his beau-
tiful bride in the company of the black
Vaudyked man, who was watching D9!
with that suave smile upon his dark.
handsome face, while a debonnlz
white mustached man bent over he!
famillarly and whispered in D01' eil*
He saw .Tune blush; he saw her ICG#
back: then the lady with her drew IW!
into the elevator. Blye and the others
crowded after her, and us N911 “Q00
vengefnlly through the corridor. With
the shrieking Honorin behind him, U16
atm closed with s bans, and *M W
shot upward.
They rushed into the next car. N05
black browed and silent, and the Shri"
Honoria jabberlng incessantly. The
oar had scarcely started to move when
a sudden idea came to Ned. 9-lid N
turned to Mrs. Blye with the lf!!
words he had spoken to her.
"We might miss them,” he BDBPDC4-
“They may have seen us and not go t0
the odice you named. 1'll 20 ble*
dotvn and wait."
As they left the elevator at the
eleventh floor the door of a down car
clanged. If Ned bud got Ollli at me
first stop, which was the nlnth floor.
he would have caught thnt down 081'-
ly handsome woman! In Mrs. Piukf
num the runaway bride had necoguized
another and a startling phase of het
<'Wl1 Problem. Here it was again-the'
slime, never ending condition of the
man owning all and the woman none.
\ of the man giving and the woman rel
I ceiving.
Suddenly June gave a start of min-
gled surprise and fright. In the door-y
way stood the darkly handsome, suave-‘
; ly smiling Gilbert Blye!
CHAPTER lll.
ll.BEIl1` BLYE suavely hp-
proached June. und Mrs. Vil-z
lar-.l went into an adjoining,
t oth-_-e to talk with Mr. Pink-:
» nam. lfollovviug Blye came Orin Cun--
ninghnm, Tommy Thomas and n white
haired muu with heavy liddetl eyes.
Then June received the great shock
of her life-Blye offered her :1 trip on
a private yacht. He had rt photo of it
with hl_m. She gasped ln amazement
and refused it.
Then Cunningham drew out a check
book and asked her how much money
she needed. June`s cheeks pnled. Sha
burst into the odice where Mrs. Villard
sat with the iron Pinknnm.
“Did you bring me here to be tor-
mented by those people?" she demand-
ed. Her cheeks were flaming, her eyes
snapping.
Mrs. Villztrd hesitated u moment.
“Did yon?" insisted June. “If so I
shall resign!"
“Why, no, chlld," returned Mrs. VII-
lard rlslne and holding out her hand.
#-"' 
~ *Rust li
Qunningham Draw Gut a Cheek Book
and Asked Har How Much Money
Sho Needed-
“I only want you to do the things best
for you to do."
“I'm going!" June suddenly decided.
The iron man bowed. There was no `
glint in his metallic eye. no smile on
his unbehdlng lips.
June, followed by Mrs. Yillard, sailed
through the magnthcent naceptionroom
and into the ssll. Blye and his corn-
panlons followed them. v
At that moment .Nod Wamefs taxi-
cshdrew uptn trontoftheBo'nd So-
curlties building, and clooe behind it
came the electric of Bonoria Blye, that
Mr driving it herself. bolt upright.
June darted into the Int alsvstor,
and ber pursnersycwwded in sms: her.
Mm vtllnrd put an arm around Joss]
lnscorneroruealetrsasnaadthws
ware tears in her eyes as do talked
to the dhtrsetad girl. It was but
Gilbert Blye Wil Enjoying»T|lat Chill
lmmsnsely.
But more than that. He would have
come face to face with June and the
one person whom of all the people in
this world he most longed to meet, Gil-
bert Blye.
June. who had burst from her tor-
meutors :lt the ninth floor, stepped into
the down cur which Ned two iioors
above had just missed. Mrs. Villarvl,
still pleading, followed her, and Blye's
audacious crew Innghingly joined them.
Two down cars shot by Ned, and by
the time he reached the mnln tioor the
races for which he was watching were
lost in the throng at the door. He
might even then have distinguished
his runaivny bride and the mnn with
the black Vandyke had he looked in
that direction. but he did not expect to
see them there. He' expected to see
them coming through the open door of
an elevator, the girl whom he loved
nbove everything in the \\-orld nnd the
sconndrel tvlioui he intended to stran-
gle to death.
June menutllne had liniled n taxi.
She saw stntnling in front of the door
the luxurious lltxlous-ine of Gilbert Blye
and understood why Mrs. \'lllurd had
dismissed her own car.
"So Mr. Blye was to tnkc us home!"
she hotly charged.
"Don't. child!" begged Mrs. Vtllllrd.
beginning to be ns much distracted as
June. “Let’s go home." And. stepping
in the taxi with June, she gnve tl sharp
direction to the driver. “Dont you
dare follow!" she ordered Blye und his
companions.
The tormentors laughed and walked
forward to Blye‘s cnr.
Uptown on busy Broadway sped
June and Mm. Vlllnrtl. and by the time
they had reached Columbus circle
June's suspicions of Mrs. \'lllnrd were
sllnyed.
Through beautiful Central park with
its branches luterlxlced ngulnst the
wintry sky. and now Juno was begin-
ning to feel ll little more kindly to-
ward the vivsclous brunette, 'l‘ommy
Thomas.
On Bpuyfen Duyvll pnrktvny n lux-
urious limousine had halted. und ns the
taxi passed it rolled fiut und followed.
In lt sat .Innes determined pursuers.
and on the dark, handsome fnce of
Gilbert Blye wus ngnln thnt suave
smile. June turned chill with nervous
apprehension.
Gilbert Blye was enjoying thnt chase
immensely. and he vvntched the weav-
illl- lW“J'llI& lnxi with nlwuys thnt
suave smile.
Suddenly Blye leaned forward with
an olds. and there wus n shriek (mm
the vtvaclous brunette. Something
seemed to be wrong with the steering
wheel of the taxi. for. as it went up the
hlll ahead of them. lt wsbbled to und
ho unoertalnly. dangerously ng" tb.,
crumbling bank which was pmggqugq
by a Muay rail. and there was a curve
ah¢d!
Then was s ery of horror from them
all aa the taxi at the curve ran up the
slshanklnent. paused at the ht-tak fm-
alnaeatandthenwlrh ltsprsuous
which bmi lflliliy to Jana. It
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0'l‘1'A\\'A. May ll.-Cansda's cou-
gratulatory messages sent to Austra-
lla
Poster. acting premier. following re-
ports ot the gallant conduct of troops
r
and New Zealand by Sir George
om Antlpodes on the Gallipoli penin-
sulnr were uuswe'.'0d !1$4|lY- PIB-
mler Fisher. of Australia, cabled as
follows:
"\\’e are happy that our soldiers
did so well and that feeling is increas-
ed by your ltlnd message."
The reply of Premier- Massey, of
New Zealand. WHS!
"New Zealand warmly thanks Can-
ada for her tribute Lo the brvery of
our troops at the Dnrdnnslles. It is
a source of greatest pride that our
sons have emulated the magnificent
ourage and achievement of the gul-
lunt Canadians at the Western battle
rout and shown tn the world the
stamp of material ot’ which the Brit-
ish Empire ln arms is made."
The desire on the part of the Cun-
adlans to get ln the front is growing
i
volume from dui’ 10 585'- 056 Ef-
hus been to arouse Canadian soldiers
o a pitch where they wish to get
mediately into the firing line and
n
fect of the recent Lusitanla disaster
m
avenge the murder of tlefencelesa wo-
en and children Thev wish to leave
m ' - - _
the places where they are now train-
" .
g and get to France as quickly an
ships can take them.
Two signal examples of this spirit
were given to-day by requests re-
ceived hy .\IajorGeneral Hughes. The
first was from Colonel Charles Smart.
brigadier of the Quebec and Maritime
Provinces cavalry units, who on he-
hulf of his officers and men volunteer-
cd to go as infantry lf by that menus
they could more quickly get to the
frnnl. This oIl`t~r was received by the
.Minister ni .Militia to-day. who com-
mented upon the splendid spirit thus
shown.
Another offer was received from
Major Morrison. ofilct-r commanding
tho Eaton machine gun battery and
Major I-`. Holland. of the Borden mn-
chine gun buttery. Both these offi-
cers expressed a desire to proceed to
the front as a dismounted machine
gun unit or units to be attached fo
particular corps or in their former
capacity as armed motor battery but
the main thing they wanted was to
get to the front. They are quite will-
ing to be merged into other corps lf
they can thereby proceed more quirk-
ly to the halllelields of Europe.
lt was stated by General Hughes
this afternoon that a splendid splrlt
is eggerywhere evident among the vol-
t unteer forces.
I A spirit of determination to uphold
‘the cause of liberty is permeatlug all
iranks and the Lusttanla disaster has
5 given an ntltletl impetus to the already
|splendltl ideals of the Canadian troops.
GEllMllll’S HUPE
Wli ill lilllll lllllllll
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IIALIFAX. May ll.-The daily pa-
pers of n few days ago printed state-
ments made by Prof. Elmer Luck.
M. A., of Edmonton, Alberta, who has
| recently returned to Canada after sev-
leral months' experience as a prisoner
:of war ln Germany. Prof. Luck was
stlldying for u degree in the Univer-
sity of Leipzig when the war broke
out. He soon found himself u prlsou~
er and subjected to the barbaroun
treatment meted out by the German
system. A few weeks ago. by a rarn
good fortune, he secured his release.
He is the first Canadian imprisoned
In Germany on account of the war to
return to this country. Ile is at pre-
sent in Belleville. Ont. The story he
tells llere is much fuller than that sp-
pearlng in the tially press. His most
significant statement. for Canadians.
is the folovvlugz
"ln starting the war. the Germans
had in nilnd getting u hand on CAN-
ADA. or part uf Canada. They spoke
of it In the streets. The fundamental
cause of the war is that Germany
wnnls territory. t`.\\'ADA IS EIGH-
TEEN TIMES THE SIZE OF GER-
.\I.-\NY. wllich has n population of
seventy millions. Every ling of wo k
is so filled up that there are dozehs
of men for n job and n man never
gives up his position because he fears
he will never get a second chance lu
life. 'I‘hcy‘ need territory nnd they
came lo the conclusion to take lt."
“MURDER ON THE HIGH SEAS."
NEW YORK. May I2.-Theodore
Roosevelt in an nrtlcle entitled “ Mur-
der ou the High Seas," in the Metro-
politan Mngnzlne for June, calls the
destruction of the Lusltunia wholesale
murder und aslts thnt this country
must not with vigour. ln order to pre.
serve the self-respect of the republic
und to fullll the duty demanded hy
humnnlly at large. '
" \\'e enrn ns n nation moasureless
scorn nntl contempt." shy; the welter,
“lf we follow the lend of those who
cxnll pence nhove righteousness. If
we In-ed the voices nf those feeble
folk who lilenl to lxlkh heavenuthat
lh0|'Q iS Dcnce when there ls no pence.
“ I-or many months our government
HRH Preserved between right and
wronv n neutrality. which would have
excited the clunlous admiration of
Pontius Pilate. the arch typlosl
neutral of ull lime."
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Mlnsrd's Llnlment Co., Llmltsd. y
Gcntlulnon.-Last Winter I raoolvzl
great benefit from the use ol ll -
Allll‘S l.lNlMlilN'I‘ in s. severe attach
of l.ntlrlppe_ and I hnvo frouuently
prnvetl lt tn lin \-ery affective ln cases
nf lnllnmmntlnn.
Yours.
\\'. A. llll’l‘CHlNSON...
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