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' LtVUttAKDE EVENING OBSERVER
MONDAY, MAY 31, 1915
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- x wwivanaarX I iv HftnA beautiful June Warner.- Tbe
WUSMKT
JUNE
BY GEORGE,
RANDOLPH
CHESTER
AND
k LILLIAN
sCHESTE
Copyright, 1915. by Serial Publication
'' Corporation
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TWELFTH EPISODE.
The Spirit of the Marsh.
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CHAPTER I."
I STEAM yuwl, with Muck amok
pouring from her stovepipe,
suddenly slopped Its churning
hulfwnv across New York bay
us the principal passenger, a long nosed
woman with high arched brows, recog
nized through u wubbly Jointed" tele
scope the leiulci'D In u procession of
five speedy inotnrlionts which swept
rapidly toward her. .
'Turn nrouiid (iuIcU!" the woman or
tiered as tbe llrst niotorboat bore down,
nud she dashed a cinder from ber
beady eye. "Here comes the runaway
brldPl"
"I'm turning her now, mn'am," re
ported a short, thick Individual whose
round fuce was one consecutive
smudge. "Don't you hear our engines
stopping?" '.
"There she goes!" screeched Honorln
Wye as the long, narrow steel gray
boat (lashed past, bearing, besides Its
driver, a beautiful young girl . lu n
yachting costume, protected as much
ns possible from die flying spray In the
unji of"n lull uiuu with a 50ft felt hat
Wjtfnloosely knofteofcravut.
I'-Wli?, she Isn't with my husbaad!"
cried HoiiorlaTjlye? "ZL&2'-' .'
T,"No'ra," confessed Bill Wolf, putting
a fresh smudge on bis round face as
the cinder laden smoke rolled down;
"not now." His perplexity cleared.
He spied the second boat. "There he
comes!"-
"Gilbert!" screamed the woman as
the second boot shot by, driven by a
heavy man with a round bead and
thick lidded eyes and carrying ns its
passenger a dark, handsome man with
a black Vandyke, whose whole ntteu
ion was fixed on tbe beautiful girl lu
the forward boat "QUIy!" The dark.
Ned
Warner Gritted Hl Teeth
Clinched His Fiets.
and
overcoat and cap moved not a muscle,
but from far off Ned Warner, in tbe
tifth boat of that strange regatta,
through his powerful binoculars sow
that landing, saw Juno, cllug to her
newly found protector, snw, from the
bend of bi head, that the artist's eyes
wero filled with appreciation for the
leauty of the fair little runaway bride.'
Straight up the dock, they run to tbe
street and balled a passing taxi and
whirled away.
A keen little racer dushed up, spray-.
Ing the water in a glittering translu
cent sheet as it curved into the slip.
From It sprang the black Vaudyked
Gilbert Blye lu time to see the taxlcab
whirl away with beautiful June.
Through his powerful binoculars Ned
Warner saw Blye gesticulating with
anger, saw he heavy, round headed
Edwards climb clumsily upon the dock
and stamp bis foot.
A third boat, a trim, lithe little cut
ter. From it scrambled the white mus
tached Orln Cunningham. Through his
powerful binoculars Ned Warner saw
Cunningham, too, give way to a fit of
fnry, and Ned finally gritted his teeth
and clinched his fists as he saw these
scoundrelly pursuers of his lovely bride
race up the dock. They hailed a pass
tag taxi and whirled away up the
streets
A fourth boat. A little French chauf
feur wllli a tiny mustache and a stiff
woiuun with high cheek bones, who
bout and unbent painfully us she was
pulled to the dock.
Hey!" TIkj overcoat and cap at last
bad moved, rapidly, violently. They
pounced between Henri and Marie.
"You're pinched!"
Pinched. monsieur? Impossible!"
protested Henri In astonishment. "For
what is it that we are pinched? Behold
Iho bont! We have returned It." Marie
started to run mwy.
"Hooray!" On bis side Henri Jerked
and, laughing gayly, sprinted after
Mnrle. Ui) ou the street.' In the shelter
of n warehouse, stood a touring car. As
ho ran Henri reached In bis pocket for
a key. Behind thein came pounding the
overcoat: and 'cap, blowing a shrill
watchman's whistle through tho slit In
the collar. The fugitive from Justice,
easily outdistancing the heavy rubber
lionls. trained the car. With n bow
which had In It nil tho grace and gal
lantry which could have been display
ed had ho used, much more' time Howl
assisted Marie to her sent. Ho sprang
in beside her. He Inserted his key. He
pressed tluj sjnrtlng button. Silence!
Bah! Tne i motor wii? cold! .
'YoiiVe under arrest!" And an Iron
Hire middle fhwrer thumncd Ueuri on
the shoulder. A pollcenmu hadjuTlved;
Arrest, Si. umccr crieu ueuri.
'Impossible." And he made another
effort to-start h!s engine. "Look, the
boat we hove
"Do you know Officer Dowd?" asked
Marie.
'Dowd?" repeated the solemn police
man, shaking his head.
'Do vou know Otlleor Morun?"
"Can't say as 1 know Moron."
"Do vou know Officer O'Toole?" And
she beamed high up Into the solemn
policeman's face.
"O'Toole? O'Toole? East side?"
"Usteu, M. Officer, eh?" broke In
Henri.
Mario had 'furtively kicked him 00
tho shins. :
"We took the boat, yes, but you will
comprehend, monsieur"
"tiet It? Ho says ho took tho boat!'
lis wbh from the cap and tho over
coat
Take 'em along!" rumbled the enp
nil overcoat. . -
"I guess I'll have to tukc you," the
illleer said regretfully. "W 111 you
wullt or will you rido? It's only up a
ouplo of blocks."
"Walk!" exela lined Henri In aston
ishment. "Never!" IIo rushed to tho
front of his ear and cranked It.. Oft
Ihey went to the police station.
handsome man paid no attention. "You
viper!" she shrieked; then she whirled
to Bill Wolf. "Why don't you turn this
around and chase them?"
"We're turning, ma'am." reported
Bill Wolf, looking anxiously In at tho
engineer. "Don't you hear the engine
reversing?"
Tho third boat shot past, driven by
a white mustaciied man In evening
rlothes.
"That's the creature who corrupted
m liitKlmmi!" shrieked Honorln. "Ho
wiis with Gilbert the night be took his
trunk nwav! You benstr she scream
vd, and then she caught sight of the
oceunniits In tho fourth boat, a little
chauffeur with blazing eyes and tho
tiniest of mustaches and a stiff womun.
who bent eagerly forward.
"Tho mnlil of the runaway bride!"
ernlnlned the Justly famous detecilve,
Bill Wolf. "Do you notice that we're
turning now, ma'am?"
"Ned Wnrner. the deserted groom!
Announced Honorln Blye as tho fifth
boat darted past Ned held binoculars
n hi eves, and they were focused al-
ternately on beautiful June Warner In
iho irm of the artist and upon the
.i.hwIv nnrsnfiiff Gilbert Blye. With
him were a plump and placid small
man. who drove with unwelcome
-iwRM In hla brow, and a generously
nlumn young woman, who was half
tivaterlrfll.
"We're turned, ma'am." said Bill
' Wolf, clutching Honoris Blye by the
' elbow. "Don t yon see tne reaerui
ItnlMltilF V"
iwt h Awk them stood a watchman
mmi nf u ovcrocnt and can.
CHAPTER II.
SFUUT1VE eyed butler wl
young face on the will
and stooped body of an
hum admitted tho rum
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Uhercd
an old
runirwny
ticitlu aiuKher escort Into a uiagulll
I'ent studio hung with rare tapestries,
lnbclllsued with exuutsUo paintings,
fitted with unnlnt furniture and ob-
..-ts of art from all over tho world.
And hero Juno Warner was Introduc
ed by Artist Durban to his wife, a
brlsrht eved woman of great charm.
She received June with almost gushing
cordiality.
The Snlrlt of the Marshes," laugUcd
Durban, and It was with a profession
al eye that he this time surveyed the
beautiful gtrl. "It was an utterly im
possible adventure.Iny dear." He
stood before an elaborately carved
Florentine table, while the ladles sat
In the luglenook, in the flare of the
grateful fire. His eyes still glowed
with the excitement of the morning,
and he laughed. "First time 1're had
ilinnoa to uw the revolvers you
make me carry when I go out for the
marsh sunrise. I was busy sketching,
trying to catch thnt wonderful scarlet
of tho sun and the mist you know,
my dear when suddenly I heard a
piercing scream. It could come dm
from one direction the hut. Immense!
a al adventure! I folded my easel,
drew my revolvers and told Jimmy to
push through the reeds ror me or
death. Before we could reach the hut
there were shrieks upon shrieks in a
young girl's voice, then shots, one aft-
mother. Wonderful!" He snooa
back hla long hair and laughed, and
his wife paled. June trembled ana
arew faint with the memory of it, and
Iter eyas distended with a recurrence
: Juna aa "tho Spirit of the Marsh."
;- . . . .
of her terror. "As we burst through
the tall marsh rushes I haw uu the In
land thin beautiful. creature held by
a gigantic murderer. A woman with a
beautiful silk shawl over . her rough
lothlng was ruunlng toward the hut.
Another murderous thief was lying on
the ground. Dowu the channel from
tbe open wn':er there cnnie two speed
boats, one driven by a man with a
muutucbe, lii evening clothes and a
silk hat, and the other, driven by a
round heuded mau, carried a dark.
huudsomo fellow -with a black Van
dyke, who stood up shooting two re
volvers. I fired In the air. The gi
gantic murderer .dropped this beauti
ful creature, and she ran shrieking to
my bout, In terror not only of the des
perate bandit, but of the men In the
f-oats. Jlinuiv threw on full Slieeti-
iiid away we darted, hotly pursued oy
an entire bay full of shouting, gestic
ulating people. . It was MunrvelousJ 1
have never enjoyed such u morning!"
"lou poor dear! The aru.-ts wire
was lustuntlv contrite. "You must be
tired and cold and half famished and
frightened to death. , And you're all
wot!" She raised June by the hand.
"The Bnlrlt of the Marsh." mused tho
artist, studying June critically.
Mrs. Durban's m-ltrlit eves snnrkled.
back at him 11 a she led June away to
her own rooms, where she selected a
negligee for her beautiful charge.
In a rlehlv furnished office which
contained 110 hint of business .except
for Its' TeTepTiono anil tTie Tougrows oj
rmsh buttons sut Cljbert Blye and Orln
uunniugnaia aim 1. j. r.uuru 111
earnest conference, -Cunningham stili
lu his evening clothes, Edwards sun
with his pajnmas buttoned Inside his
coat and the carpet slippers oti his
feet. Button after button the-black
Vandvked man pushed, uud one aftei
another silent, stealthily moving, nou
coniniuulcatlve men came in and with
gruve faces received their Instructions
and departed.' . " ;
Henri and Marie stood In front of n
mottle faced desk sergeant with n
suusage-like red mustache.
"Your names," he demanded.
"Voilu!" agreeably returned Henri.
"1 am ugh!" And lie lifted his foot
8hni'ly. Marie had kicked him on the
shins. ' ' . . '" '
"He Is Jutes I.efon," snapped Marie.
"N011!; Non! Non!" Indlgunutly ob
jected Henri, and there ensued a vigor
ous lirgUIIHMlt
"And I inn Bose Hesper," calmly
finished Marie.
"What's tho charge?" asked tho desk
sergeant.
"Swiping 11 boat." This honrso In
formation came from the ovcrcont mid
cap.
"I don't know about tho Frenchman,"
whispered the phenomenally long po
liceman In the sergeant's red ear, "but
the girl seems to be all right. She
knows Officer Dowd on the east side
and Mornn and O'Toole' and that
bunch."
'Oh!" The Information seemed to
have some weight The officer raised
Iw.nvllv from his wide chair and
waddled through the door Just back of
him. ITo was gone long, Bllent nilu-
utcs, but when he came Uck his brow
was knotted into wnat seemeu per
manent corrugations. "So you re a
friend of Dowd and Moran and O'Toole
and that bunch!" he thundered at the
liieklesa Marie. "Well. I telephoned
em nil. nnd not a one of 'em knows
any Hose Hesper! Lock 'em up!"
"nut. monsieur. It Is an a misiaKei
nrlnl th naniiito Jules I.efou. "Made-
nml.m.lln ta no
( 'rack-' Thnt kick on the shlu was
distinctly audible throughout tho little
rnmn. but it had Its effect Henri at
last had the hint, and he shut his Hps
Mirhtiv tneetJier beneath his tiny mus
tnche ns he and Marie, to the intense
rraHflcHtinn of the overcoat and cap,
were led away and locked in their re
spective cells.
In the dainty rose and white drawing
room which Ned and June Warner had
fitted up to be their nest Ned Bat in
consultation with June's father and
mother nnd Bobble Blethering and
luna'i hnaom friend. Iris, ana tne
three detectives. On the floor by Mrs
miuik'i feat lav June's handsome col
H. Rnuncer. but at the first mention of
hi. mlatraaa' name ha was up and
harlrtnff lnmllv.
"Your wife's dog?" said the chief of
Ned's detective force, and Ned noaaea.
"We'll tsk a him."
Out in the bay a steam yawl, its
atnvenina mid. was being towed males
tlcally In by a rowboat at the oars of
which sat a thin whiskered nsberman
nnd hor with cracked knuckles and a
.tinrt: liik 'man. whose face was one
PontiniMNia rotary smudge. Xbls maa
est toll. On uonru tne yawi oua urg lum
ber crew with helpful voices nud ges
ture was Honoris' BIyot cinders In her
high arched brows, cinders in her darkr
ened hair and cinders lu her disposi
tion. . ,. W '
a . ' ''--' e
now cheerful was the blazing fire as
June reclined In the luglenook, a cup
of hot "coffee on a taboret by ber side:
and a comfortable drowsiness stealing
over her! She did uot know how pret
ty she was lu the filmy negligee, but
Bennett and Vivian Durban did as
they sat at the little studio table,
which was their favorite . breuUfnst
place, and turned pleased eyes upon ,
their beautiful guest
Their pleasure In June, however, was
scarcely equal to the chnrmlng picture
of domesticity which they afforded
June. It was such pleasant compan
ionship that she had expected to en
Joy with Ned. Just they two alone.
But that tete-a-tete breakfast was yet
to come. - How long must it be to the
end of that separation which had be
gun on their - wedding day, ; begun in
only a few fleeting hours after their
marriage? The happiness had lasted
only through the going 'awny nmld a
shower of rice and through those first
blissful moments alone In tbe Tullinun
drawing room, surrounded by. their
white ribboned luggnge. '. ' -
In the richly - furnished ofllce one
t fter nnother of the silent, grave faced,
stealthily moving meu came in and
cava their low voiced reports to the
eagor Cunutnghnm, the confident Blye,
the impatient Edwards. At lust one or
the men broueht hi a fellow who bore
a young face on the stooped and with
ered figure of an old man. This fellow
approached the table furtive eyed on
B ve's invitation, ana tney an mum
bled together for awhile in low voices.
He put something In bis pocket as be
went out, and ho left the three men
laughing. They rose to go. They had
finished their office work. '
A butler brought In tho mall to the
Durbans as they finished their break
fast Durban walked out toward tbe
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"A deed to thla houael" aha oried.
snrden. He seemed anxious to conceal
something. His wife followed. Durban
opened a long envelope with an ex
pectant smile nnd took from it a rouiea
document
"Mv dear" his voice vibrated with
pleasure "can't keep my secret. To
morrow is tho fourth anniversary of
our wedding, and here is ray girt in
commemoration of that happy event."
Her eyes shining, the woman took the
document nud opened it
"A deed to this house! sue cnea.
"And all that It contains," laughed
her husband, "everything. Including
myself."
There was nn exclamation of delight
Tin. woman kissed him again nnd
again and called hlin a dear boy and a
good boy and the best uusbuiul 111 tne
world. June, who had awakened nnd
followed them, drew bnck, so they
wnnlil not know that she had heard,
but she was glad for once to have been
nn unwitting eavesdropper, giaa to
have shared In this Joyous moment
CHAPTER III
OWN at the dock Ned Warner's
detectives appeared, and Boun
eer. iilcklnir un the trail at the
landing, ran excitedly up to the
street at the point where June nnd
Bennett Durban hnd taken the taxi.
Bouncer begun to go round and round
In widening circles, whining, his nose
close to the ground. The trail was lost
as they bad known that trull would lie.
and from here the detectives scattered,
aeAlftiiir everywhere In thpir own meth
ods for a clew to the whereabouts of Uie
nuiBwnv bride. Ah thev left the vlcln
Itv n rawbont nulled slowly un to the
dock, dragging behind It a steam yawl
with frosty mist ou its stovepipe, aim a
very much liegrluied lndy with a long
nose and high arched brows landed and
went away without n word, pausing
only to cast a look of withering scorn
ut the well known and Justly famous
private detective. Bill Wolf. That short,
thick ludtvldiinl, with much puffing ex
ertion, scrambled up and renewed tbe
smudge on his face with a rotary mo
tion or ms sieevc anu swore prorusely
then be. too. stomped away.
Blye and Edwards and Cunningham
In a luxurious limousine stopped at a
house, where thev were ushered Into a
gay parlor. A large hloiid woman came
In to greet the callers, and to her Blye
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