La Grande evening observer., April 29, 1915, Image 2

LA GRANDE EVENING OBSEK EK
THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 1815.
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CHAPTER II.
lARIE dashed Into the O'Keefe
house on fust as her 'red nnd
white striped legs would enrry
her. Fast as she won,- Bouncer
was six springs nhoad of her, and she
had no sooner started to open the door
than bo burst out of nor grasp and
was across the floor and up on the
bed and trampling all over June, bark
: log In her ear. i c 'f .:';;-"V'
:t "Bouncer!" sobbed June. "Bouncer!"
'Will you be still?" screamed Marie
to the dog. "Mtaa June, dear, get up!
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"I don't think I shall ntod to wait."
- Mrs. O'Keefe. hide us! They're coin
tng!" ' .
"Coming!" June was startled.
"I'll bide you," offered Sammy from
the doorway. ' "Como right here!"
And he rushed across to the side win.
. low.
It was but a few seconds' work to
transfer June across the fire escapo
platform connecting with the McPher
son house " The family limouRlue. con
taining tho Moores, the Bletbcrings and
Ned Warner, came spinning around the
corner! -
-"My. wife Is here!" declared Ned
Warnef to Mrs. O'Keefe, with convic
tion. "I wmnt her!" .
".Come right In and get her," Invited
the widow, flinging wide the door. "If
yon take hat along this time you won't
be a nuisance to me any more today."
But their second search revealed
nothing, ' ' 1
At last thai discouraged party left the
house of O'Keefe. .
In toe meantime Mrs. Vlllard had
huu4 In fmtifr rt mihMPt Rlvjk'a wis
slflcest crab. A short, wide, fat man
SAILORS
, wan leaning iigainxt tlie lamppost
,' smoking ii short, thick clgur when Mrs.
I Villard's chauffeur Jumped down and
ran Into tho club, but lie paid little at
tention until Gilbert Blye cume out;
Blye Offsrsd Hor a Trip on a Privats
! .." Yaoht.
then the short, wide- man .pulled bis
slouch hut over one eye, dropped his
cigar and with rcuinrkuble uglllty beut
both Blye and the chauffeur to the car,
where hu opened the door obsequiously.
Blye and Mrs. . Vlllurd talked in low,
quick tones for a moment, : .;.
"At I'lnkiiam's, then, you think, In
half nu hour." And to Mrs. Villard's
nod he lifted his hat, mid the car drove
away. Blye gave the fat man a quar
ter and went back intohis club. '
The fat niun stuck Tile coin into his
pocket, went to a telephone and hoarse
ly called for a' number. .
A sharp faced womau with a long
nose and high arched eyebrows an
swered that cull. ,
"Say, this Is Kill Wolf," reported the
thick one. "Say, I got. him! Do you
know where I'lnknum's is?"
' "Yes!" unexpectedly shrilled .Mrs.
Blye. - '. " .-; .
"Well, your husband's gonna be there
In half an hour and meet the gal!"
"June Warner?" snapped Mrs. Blye
violently.
"That's the' name." sn Id Bill Wolf.
"I heard him say It half ii dosen
times." . " V : .
Honorla was hastily preparing to go
out when a smUleii thought came to
her, and she called up Ned Warner.
He had Just arrived at the lonely apart
ments which June and he bad fitted up
with such care.
"Well, Mr. Warner," came, the par
rot-like voice of Honorla, "your wife Is
to meet my husband In the offices of
Benjamin Plnknani, In the Bond Se
curities bulldiug, in half an hour."
The coast was quite clear when Mrs.
Villard arrived oposlto the O'Keefe
house. ... : : -. . -.
Sammy came out on the doorstep. -
"Do you know where Mrs. O'Keefe
lives? This lady says she has a youug
lady friend stoppln' there, and"
"Is It Mrs. Villard?" asked Sammy,
nnd he exchanged a pleasant smile
Willi the lady.
"Yes, indeed, is Miss June at home?"
'"No," he grinned, "but you come
right In."
The coast was still clear when, a few
minutes later, Mrs. Villard and June
and Marie and Bouncer and a huge
bundle of clothes came out of the pas
sageway between the O'Keefe and Mc
Pberson 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 imperious
sway Mrs. Vlllard led June through
portals of a majesty which would bare
graced a cathedral In older days. June,
lost In the beauty of this entrance, did
not notice a peculiar circumstance.
Mrs. Vlllard had dismissed her car,
sending Marie and Bouncer borne with
the clothes. , ;,
She hurried straight back to the ele
vators with June and shot up to the
eleventh floor, where they entered a
rait of offices furnished with the heavy
richness of a club or mJUton&lrf bach
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elor's quarters. :' Mrs.' Villard on an
nouncing her name was shown at once
Into a private reception room. .'A' se
vere looking man came out to meet
them, a bard man, one with a smile
less fuce and a metallic looking nose
and chin. 'V;,r "-'.''i1
"I'll see you in Just a moment. Mrs.
Vlllard," he said In an unbending voice,
and his chill gray eye. roving to June,
speculated appreciatively upon that
very pretty young person. , .
: There swept Into the reception room
a woman who almost stopped June's
breath. She was sturtllngly handsome,
with a skin like velvet, n complexion
of exquisite tinting, a facial contour
without a flaw.1 Her nose was perfect-'-ly
modeled, her eyes .were full-" and
large and round nnd Clear as Crystal,
and she held her head tilted backward
nt a slight angle which was tho perfec
tion of Insolence. She was extrava
gantly gowned and glittering'- with
Jewels, but the most remarkable thing
In connection with her was the trans- :
formation In the severe man. He had
been changed from metal into wax; his
eyes bad come to life owl on his lips a
smile. ;; . ',-.'. -, ;:-v,:.
J'Why, my dear," be said, "this is an
unexpected pleasure. ; May I ask you
to wait just a moment?" And be
glanced apprehensively toward his prl
vute office, where a small, lmnatient
man, with his gloved hands Clasped ou '
a cane, sat nervously, - . '. - I
"I don't think I shall need to wait"
And the ; women glanced around the
reception room. Her glance swept Just J
auuve me uenu 01 airs, viuara, Dut H
swept downward ns It came to June.
She calmly Ufted her ricarl Jnyidled.
lorgnette, oiieuea itwith "ii sliiip" 'and
surveyed the girl from head to foot
with a cold appraisement of that beau
tiful young arson's charms. She
ei ner gaze to ner ueumlng bus-
oanu. ; "l shall need some money," she
remarked, and there was an additional
insolence In her having made herself
oblivious to the fact thut there were
strangers present . . . .
"With pleasure, my dear.": Aud Mr.
Piuknam was us obsequious as If be
bad been a salesman whom the wo
man had Just favored .with a large or
der. "How much shall it be?";. '
"Ten thousand,", she said enlmlv. .. ::S
The Impatient little man leaned for
ward and started to talk as Plnknam
sat down at bis desk, but no attention .
was pnld to his eager renewal of the'
conversation,- and he died into fuming .
snence wnue the check was written.
Mrs. Plnknam stood in disdainful re
pose. - ' -.. . '.- ' .;
"I have made it twenty." Mr. Pink
nam observed, using the ingratiating
tones as he tried to Bmlle. ,
'Thank you," she said mid, folding nd by the time they reached the
the check, dropped It into a little gold ground floor she had consented to re
purse as if it were a trifle of. vulgar turn to Pluknam's with Mw. Vlllard.
Insignificance. If tbe man had thought She would not talk to the others, how.
by his- eagerness and generosity to;ever, .und they very, wisely held tbelr
strike from her any spark of gratitude
or affection lie had been mistaken, for.
naving thanked him In a manner which
made the thanks themselves an insult
she bade him goodby and swent from
the office. And the man? He beamed
after her! .., '.,
Mrs. Villard and June breathed a
sigh of relief. The? were Invited into
a handsome Inner office. The insolent.
ly handsome woman! In Mrs. Plnk
nam the runaway bride bad recognised
another and a' startling phase of her
own problem. Here it was again tbe
same, never ending condition of tbe
man owning all and tbe woman none,
of tbe man giving and the woman re
ceiving. -;
Suddenly June gave a start of min
gled surprise and fright. In the door
way stood the darkly handsome, suave
ly smiling Gilbert Blye! -
CHAPTER III.
0'
ILBERT BLYE suavely ap
proached June, and Mrs. Vll
lard went into an adjoining
office to talk with Mr. Plnk
nam. Following Blye Came Orln Cun
ningham. Tommy Thomas and a white
haired man with heavy lidded eyes.
Then June received the great shock
of her life Blye offered her a trip on
a private yacht He had a photo of It
with bus. ' She gasped In amasement
and refuted It. '
. Then Cunningham drew out a check
$6.C0
5.00
7.50
book and asked ber now much money
she needed. June's cheeks paled. She
buret Into tbe office where Mrs. Vlllard
sat with the Iron Plnknani.
; "Did you bring me here to be tor
mented by those people?" she demand,
ed. ; Her cheeks were flaming, her eyes
snapping.
Mrs. Vlllard hesitated a moment
"Did you?" Insisted June. "If so I
shall resign!"
"Why, no, child." returned Mrs. Vll
lard rising and holding out her hand.
Cunningham Orow Out .
and Asked Hr How
She Ndd.
i Check Book
Much Money
i only want you to do the tilings best
for you to do."'
I "I'm golng!"..June suddenly decided,
j 'Tho Iron man bowed. There was no
glint in his metallic eye, no smile on
his unbending lips.
I June, followed by Mrs. Vlllard, sailed
through the magnificent reception room
and into the hall. Blye and bis com
panions fallowed them. .
1 ' At that moment Ned Warner's taxi
cab drew up in front of tbe Bond Se
curities building, nnd close behind It
came the' electric of Honorla Blye, that
lady driving it herself, bolt upright,
"June darted Into the first elevator,
a,1(1 ,,er Pursuers crowded In after her.
Mrs. Vlllard put an arm around June
in a corner of tho elevator, and there
were tears In her eyes as she talked
to the distracted girl. It was that
which brought sympathy to June. It
was her greatest weakness, sympathy,
peace,
As they emerged on the main floor,
however, Cunningham turned to her
witn twtnkime joviality in nis eves
and, leaning over, whispered something
Into ber ear just us she was about to
step Into the adjoining upward bound
elevator. - - .. -. .. . -
At' that very Instant Ned Waruer
strode Into tbe rotunda, closely follow
ed by Honorla Blye. He saw bis beau
tiful bride in the company of the black
Vandyked man, who was watching her
with that suave smile upon his dark,
handsome - face, -while a debonair
white mustacbed man bent over ber
familiarly and whispered in her ear.
He saw June bmih; he saw her step
back; then the lady with her drew her
Into the elevator. Blye and the others
crowded after , her, and -as Ned raced
vengefully through the corridor, with
the shrieking Honorla behind him, tho
door closed with a bang, and tbe car
shot upward.
They rushed Into the next car, Ned
black browed and silent and tbe shrill
Honorla ' jabbering Incessantly. ' The
car had scarcely started to move when
a sudden Idea came to Ned, and be
turned to Mrs. Blye with the first
words he bad spoken to her. ' -"We
might miss them," he snapped.
"Tho, ma v hato An li unit nnt mn tn
the office you named. I'll go back
down and wait" .
As they left the elevator at the i
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Prices Good Only Saturday;
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eleventh floor tbe door of down car
clanged. If Ned bad got out at the
first stop, which was the ninth floor,
he would have caugbt that down car.
Gilbert Blys Was Enjoying That Chase
Immensely, --v.
But more than that Ho would have
come fuce to face with June and the
one person whom of ull the people 'in
Uila world be most longed to meat, Gil
bert Blye. "
June, who had burst from her tor
mentors ut the ninth floor, stepped luto
the down car which -Ned two floors
above had Just missed." Mrs. Villard,
still pleading, followed her, and Blye's
audacious crew laughingly joined them.
Two down cars shot by Ned, and by
tbe time be reached the main floor tbe
faces for which be was watching were
lost in the throng at the door. ' He
might even then have . distinguished
his runaway bride and tbe man with
tbe black Vandyke: had he looked la
that direction, but be did not expect to
see them there. He expected to see
them coming through tbe open door of
an elevator, the girl whom he loved
above everything in the world and the
scoundrel whom he Intended to stran
gle to death, .v
June meantime had hailed a taxi.
She saw standing in front of the door,
tbe luxurious limousine of Gilbert Blye
and understood why Mrs. Vlllard had
dismissed her own car.. W '
"So Mr. Blye was to take us home!"
she hotly charged.
"Don't, child!" begged Mrs. Vlllard,'
i beginning to be as much distracted as
Ijunc. "Let's go home." And. stepplng
Tin the taxi with June, she gave a sharp
direction to the driver. - "Don't you
dare follow!" she ordered Blye and his
companions, .
The tormentors laughed and walked
forward to Blye's car.
Uptown on busy Broadway sped
June and Mrs. Vlllard, and by tbe time
tbey had . reached Columbus circle
June's suspicions of Mrs. Vlllard were
Through beautiful Central park with
Its branches interlaced against the
wintry sky, and now June was begin
ning to feel a little more kindly to
ward the vivacious brunette, Tommy"
Tbomaa. -,' ..' .' . ,
On Spuyten Duyvll parkway c lux-
urious limousine had halted, and as the
taxi passed it roiled out and followed.
In It sat June's determined pursuers,
and on the dark, handsome face of
Gilbert Blye was again that suave
smile. June turned chill with nervous
apprehepslon. '".
Gilbert Blye was eujoylng that chase
' Jm'nemsely.' ami he watched the weav-
ing. swaying taxi with always that
suave smue.
Suddenly Blye leaned forward with
an oath, and there was a shriek from
tho vivacious brunette;' : Soniethlna
Jmed to Iw'wron with the steering
I "" oi uiw iui, lur, as it went up the
: hill ahead of them, It wabbled to and
fro uncertainly, dangerously near tbe
crumbling hunk which was protected
by a flimsy rail, and there was a curve
ahead! -.
Y There was a cry of horror from them
;ali as the taxi at the curve ran up tt
tnbankment paused at tbe brink for
i
' "" nnu men with its precious
bnvn "'Mc crashed through tbe ran
and plunged down the bill!
(To be Continued.) '
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