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JUNE
BY GEORGE
RANDOLPH
CHESTER
AND
LILLIAN
sCHESTEG
Copyright, 1915, by Serial Publication
: Corporation
AT SHERRY'S
Runs Each Wed
nesday and Thursday
FOURTH EPISODE
Poor Little Runaway Bride!
1'
CHAPTER I.
HANKS" M'GISE, carrying
one soiled newspaper for a
- bluff and collecting money
for tbe newsboys' home as
aaother bluff, suddenly paused in his
absorbing attempt to whistle through
broken tooth as ho saw coming up
the dingy side street toward the Hotel
Daniel a beautiful young cglrl. She
was turning to look backward over her
shoulder at every few steps.
. Oh, gee! A man was following her!
And be was dodging along from tree
to tree and from doorway to doorway,
and every time, he saw the girl look
back he ducked! The man bad black
whiskers, whittled down to a fine point
Just under his chin, and he carried
himself with the ease which only . a
'thorough scoundrel can acquire.
Shanks McGee stood petrified, then
took a long, deep breath and hurried
V X
Gilbert Blya and Tommy.
up ti) the coiner. He (luttened bis al
reiidy tliu iioso against the broad plate
g.usn window of tbe modest Hotel
I- nli'l. . .
he beautiful young girl concealed
nil I tin t kmc could of. her. timidity as
she uullied through the dour. with what
she thought to he n," strictly, business-
like t ma utter. Seven ; men who had
been morbidly eying their respective
cuspidors immediately straightened np
und looked their handsomest. One of
them looked hold,. und another, a deco
rative Frenchman, looked debonair.
The beautiful girl strode straight up to
tbe desk. . -
"A. room with a bath, please," she
requested. .
The clerk, au Indifferently aged man,
held the register a moment while he
studied the new guest of the house.
"Any luggage, miss?" ' - ; i
The girl, disconcerted, had recourse
to her only armor. Now she shyly cast
up ut him hoi great, soft, expressive
eyes, uud the clerk felt nshnmed of
himself. He swung the register around
to-.ber. : . -.
"My maid will be liere preseutly with
my clothes" The voice was soft and
sweet.
"Certainly, miss.'.' And the clerk
wbunged a hell which sounded like a
fire gong. "Front!"
in response lo that stentorian call a
shock beaded, loose limbed Irish boy
jumped forward and took the key to
44. The clerk, without moving bis body
or his ueck or ids head, craned for
wurd his eyes to watch the signature,
Mrs. J: Q. jiay,.;
A moment Inter the black Vaudyked
man strolled In, looked at the register
and wulked into the bar. Then aloug
came Mario with a bundlo of clothes.
The young woman went straight to
I be desk.
"Mrs. Day's maid?" tbe clerk ob
served, inspecting the clothing piece by
piece from under his eyelids and ring
ing for front and. looking nt the young
woman and the register all at the same
time. ' The young woman, quite evi
dently a maid, glanced swiftly nt tbe
register,' - i
"Mrs. Day's?" she repeated, breath
ing heavily. "Y-yes!"
"She's expecting you." And tbe
clerk's eyelids Bickered. "Room 44."
"Marie, tell June I want her!" cried
a voice.
"Sir," she said, "I do not know you."
"Why er" Ned stammered; then
be grabbed the clothes from the maid's
arms. "Now you lead me to June!"
"Sir, how dare you?" Marie said and
turned appeullngly to the clerk.
"These are my wife's clothesl". de
clared the young man. "She's here. I
want her!"
"What's ber name?" the clerk de
manded. , . - :
"Mrs. Ned Warner I"
"Not here." '
"June Moore!"
"Oh, come Off!" observed the clerk.
"If I lot you go through tbe directory
you may bit It. Give this girl back her
clothes, and good night!"
"This thing bns gone far enough.
Marie!" hotly stated tbe young man.
' At that .moment bis voice stopped.
Out of the bar had strolled elegantly
the pride of Shanks McGee, the man
with the black Vandyke, and he was
neatly nibbling a piece of cheese. He
was across tbe lobby and going out of
tbe door, paying but a scant tribute of
curiosity to the knot in front of tbe
desk, before tbe young man with tbe
clothes saw him. . Tbe young man
nearly upset Marie on his way to the
door. :
A porter stopped him to get June's
clothes. Ned was then delayed at the
ticket . window and. glancing across
the station, saw Blye going optowo
on nn express.
June Warner locked tbe door of 44
from the inside aud turned the bolt
and dropped Into a chair to rest
Suddenly a voice called, "It's Marie,
Mis Junle!" and a knock was beard.
June Warner opened tbe door of 44
In a hurry, and her eyes sparkled and
she clapped ber hands us sho saw Ma
Ho with clothes sticking from her it)
nil directions. , '.
"We're caught!" pautcd Marie. ,"Mr.
Ned grabbed me downstairs! lie made
n scene!"
"Where is he now?" June sat down
limply.
"I don't know! All at once bo threw
down the clothes and ran out on tho
street! I don't know why!"
'
Ned Warner, attended closely by the
ecstatic Shanks McGee, stood nt the
subway exit in a state of seethe beyond
computation. Again Gilbert Blye!
llonoria Blye, exchanging spite with
a green parrot, was Suddenly interrupt
ed by a caller. .
"Got him!" announced the cnllcr,
who was none other than Bill Wolf.
Honorla Blye sprung up lustnutly.
"Get my wraps!" she yelled to the
abnormally ugly maid who bad let Bill
Wolf in. "Mr. Wolf, you fooled me
once. Are you sure you have found
Gilbert Blye?"
"If we ain't, so help me!" solemnly
swore Wolf.
Honorla Blye, with Bill Wolf by her
side, was soon speeding downtown in
her little electric coupe. In front of
Luchow's restaurant they found a fat,
wide man with a cigar in tbe corner
of his mouth and his narrow rimmed
slouch bat shoved on tbo back of his
round head aud bis eyes turned con
templatively toward the stars.
"Certain party In, Blinky?" busked
Wolf.
Blinky Peters followed them' Inside
the busy cafe, uud as tbey wulked back
toward the Thirteenth street entrance
a fat, wide man with his bands in his
pockets came in ut tbe rear door-
Sneaky Tavis. -. ' '
"There's your party!" suddenly hiss
ed Bill Wolf und pointed to a table
where a dark Vnndyked German with .
spectacles was entertaining a healthy,
red cheeked young woman with a
green feather in her hat
"You scum!" shrilled Honorla Blye
to her three expert detectives and went
home to ber parrot
Ned Warner stepped into the cigar
store next door to the Hotel Daniel
and telephoned June's home In Bryn
port Mr. and Mrs. Moore were In the
city at Bobbie Bletbering's, tbe smooth,
soft voice of fat, black old -Aunt Deb
by told him.
Bletbering's and tbe cheery voice of
Bobbie. Yes, tbe Moores were there.
And June was located? Great! Stanch
Bobble was all eagerness when Ned
said be wanted tbe Moores and Bobble
and Iris to- come down to the Hotel
Daniel. V
He also telephoned Honorla Blye.
Her shrill voico crackled over tbe tele
phone. She bad Just thin minute got In
from a wild goose chase after a bogus
Gilbert Blye, but if be hud been seen
at the Hotel Daniel with Ned's run
away bride she'd be right down. Ho
norla called up her detectives and or
dered them to report at the Hotel
Daniel.
Meanwhile Gilbert Blye sat in con
versation with Jovial looking Orin Cun
ningham and u usually vivacious bru
nette whom both men called Tommy.
Triumphantly Blye held before Tommy
the address in bis little memorandum
book "Mrs. J. G. Day, Hotel Daniel."
He motioned the girl to follow him.
She sat glumly. Orin Cunningham
spoke to her sharply. With a flounce
she rose and followed Gilbert Blye.
CHAPTER II.
ED WAHNEU. standing diago
nally across from the Hotel
Daniel, where he could watch
both tbe front and the side en-
trflfirea. R w thrpA abort thick tiiim i
coma single file up the side street and
stop In front of the main eutrance.
Shanks McGee had felt strangely list
less aud forlorn these past few mlu
ntM, for there was nothing Insula or
out Suddenly tbe three short, thick
detectives rounded tbe corner, and,
gee, they were sliuklugl The world
was, once more a .bright and ' happy
place for Shanks.
"Say, kid." husked the shortest and
the thickest It was none other than
BUI Wolf "have you lamped a lengthy
gink around here with whittled black
chinchillas?" -
That observant young person of the
world began ut tho beginning, but be
was so mluute of detail tbat he had
not yet reached the uilddlo wheu BUI
Wolf, looking through the plate glass
windows or tbe Hotel Daniel, said
"Sh!" and drew his two assistant de
tectives out of tuo range of poor
Shanks McGee a quivering , ears, and
the three astute bounds of the law put
tbolr beads together In excited confer
ence. Then Bill Wolf, In his best pose
of a man who was waiting for some
body and didn't expect him to come,
weut Into tho hotel. , -
Tho Moore liinousluu . drew up, aud
Ned went over to Join the quartet He
led tho way to tho desk und confronted
the unemotional eye of the clerk.
"This is the father and mother of the
young womnn whose maid called here
with her clothing. We do not kuow
what name she used in registering, but
I know that my wlfo Is in this house,
and if we don't get her I'll raise trou
ble!" ."' : " . '
produce the woman nt once." the
clerk agreed. "But if tbert'n going to
be a rumpus It'll have to be on the
sfdowalk and on the other side of tbe
street." .
He called for U. lie culled again.
Thero was.no answer. Tbo room was
learched. ' :
it was empty!
: Sammy, tho boy witb tbe angello
smilo and the blue eyes and tbe white
teeth, was tho finest liar in the hotel.
Ho had had a quarter and one of ber
compelling smiles from June and a
gluuco from her lovely eyes, and he
hud run them down through the base
ment and out Hie renr servants' en-:
trauc-o aud had told them a place to
go where no one would ever find them.
Gone! The six shocked searchers for
tho runaway bride hurried downstairs
Just as Ilonorlu Blye stepped in, fol-.
lowed by I'.lluky Peters und Sneaky
Tavis.
"Where is he?" screeched Mrs. Blye,
Bill Wolf advanced lo do his happy
duty.
Tbero he is, lady!" bo shouted tri
umphantly,- while Blinky Peters and
Sneaky Tavis slunk up, one on each
side of the culprit. "Nub him, boys!" ,
"Mon Uieu!" cried tho culprit as the
four fat paws of Itllnky Peters and
Sneaky Tavis clapped down on bis
arms. The rest of tbe objection was
an incomprehensible polyglot jumble
as, shrieking his Indignation, tbe black
bearded Frenchman strove to wrench
himself free.
"Is that the man you mean?" hissed
Honorla.
"That ain't tho guy!" yelled Shanks
McGee, who was willing to be kicked
out now.- "Gilbert Blye sllnked lu here
ufter tho beautiful goll and ducked
Into the subway when dls sport gives
him the run! Gee!"
"This Is the limit!" declared the clerk
to oue and all us strong porters and
agile bell hops headed bis way. "Get
'em out, Mike!"
Quite a little crowd bad collected
when suddenly a policeman appeared
from around a corner and dispersed
tho mob, Including Honorla.
That vigorous lady, bad barely turned
the corner, bending for the avenue,
when a brilliantly lighted, luxurious
limousine stopped In front of the Ho
tel Daniel. Shanks McGee's eyes be
gan to stretch as he saw the occupants,
and he whirled in a complete circle in
his efforts to locate without the loss of
a second Bill Wolf and Blinky Peters
and Sneaky Tavis. They were trudg
lug up tbe street in single file, heads
down, hands in pockets. Even Blinky
Peters bad lost interest In the stars.
The Bmacklng footsteps of Shanks Mc
Gee aroused them.
"Gee!" exploded Shanks. "Crlpes!
Gilbert Blye has doubled back wit an
other swell Jane! Beat it to tbe Dan
iel! And one of youse hotfoot It after
the electric showcase and get the old
woman! Gee!" ,
Wolf turned a commanding eye on
Tavis.
"Hit 'er up!" be ordered.
Sneaky drew a long, jerking breath
and pulled his belt around htm, cast a
dospalrlng look up the side street to
where the little electric was twinkling,
took the center -of the car track and
began laboriously to "hit 'er up."
in the meantime Gilbert Blye and
Tommy Thomas had walked confident
ly up to the desk. Tbe clerk without
tho flicker of an eyelid bent forward
politely. " '
"Is Mrs. J. G. Day stopping here?"
inquired Blye with great suavity.
"No; the lady is gone."
"Gone?" protested Blye and leaned
forward to look over tho register.
"Why, she cume In only about an hour
or so ago. She is" .
"Now, don't tell me who she Is. I
don't know whose wife tbe lady may
be, and I don't want to know. She's
gone!"
"Mon Dleil!" shrilled nn excited
voico, aud Gilbert Blye found himself
confronted by the decorative French-
tnnn. That excited Individual sur
veyed Gilbert Blye's sleek black Van
dyke and tweaked at his own and sud
denly threw up both hands and began
to laugh;
In that same moment Sneaky Tavis
caught up witb the electric conpe. and
scrambled on the step and hung his
thick arms in at the door.
"rtun-hun-ltuh-hoh!" Sneaky in-fc
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formed her, strangling for breath aud
pulling his arms out of tbe car.
"I say,: what do you want?" insisted
Honorla. ,.
Sneuky pointed backward with his
thumb.
"Your . huh-buu-hub-husbandl" he
husked, sucking In all tbe air In the
car. "Daniel!" And again be point
ed backward with bis thumb.
Honorla Blye without a word grab
bed her : cut glass flower vase and
cracked ber otnart detective on the
knuckles. With a parting gasp no
dropped off . backward.
Where was Juno while so many peo
ple were so busy about her? . In a
horso cab, with Mario mid the clothes,
far down near the East river, where,
iu full sight of nil tbe barges and all
the grimy shipping, they found a slice
of a bouso, so narrow that it should
have had a wonthervnuo to keep it
bended into tho wind. It was three
stories high uud blackened witb ago,
but there wore geraniums and a cheer
ful light iu tbo downstairs front win
dows. This was whore the elevator
boy's mother lived, aud it was ns clean
Inside as it was grimy out She bad a
floor to let, furnished, two rooms and
a real bath, tin and considerably flentr
ed, but kept fresh painted in spotless
white. . . - . .
"You sny you want it quiet," said
sho, "aud my son Sammy sent you
here? Well, my husband, before he
died, was the most popular policeman
on the force, and the whole depart
ment darlin", is your friends."
; (To Be Continued Tomorrow.)
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