Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, August 30, 1913, Page 7

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The many fine y this firm are evidgnces'of their ability to RSHALL & SANDERS Phone 228 Bilue THE EVENING TELEGRAM, LAK ELANI., I The Mystery of Mary (Continued from Page 2.) I sat sfill, hardly daring to breathe. Then I began to go over the story bit by bit, and to put together little things that had happened since we landed, and even before I had left Vienna; and I saw that I was caught in a trap. It would be no use to ap- peal to any one, for no one would be- lieve me. I looked wildly out at the ground and had desperate thoughts of climbing over the rail and jumping from the train. Death would be better than what I should soon have to face. My prosecutors had even told how they had deceived my friends at home by sending telegrams of my mental condition, and of the necessity for put- PAGE <EVEW Gooseberry Toast. ' Instead of th ithe dry tor .t well buttered, pnt in | the layers of beriies and sugar and | bake as above or, still more conven- | fent, just pour stewed gooseherries on | the buttered toast as we would make tomato toast. These toasts are, for | children, better than ple, and some ! times, as variety, more acceptable crumbs we may use i By Lrace ! Livingston Hill Lutz lip's house last evening as I went in. B They were looking up at the windows When Cooking Greens, and talking about keeping a close| HAVINg trouble in getting all the watch on some one named Mary. One! water out of greens, after they have of the men was tall and slight and| PeeR cooked. it is found very easy to handsome, with dark hair and e’e';iovercome this difficulty by placing a the other was Irish, and wore a coat Slice of dry bread in the bottom of LW YANELL Buccessor to W. K. McRas, TRANSFER LINES 'raying and Hauling of All Kinas, Prompt and Reasonable Bervice Guaranteed Phone 57 Green 7 feland, Ma, The Best TAablefl in Wth; too iarge for him, and rubbers. I wen back later in in the evening, and the Irishman was hovering about the house.” The girl looked up with frightened eyes and grasped the arms of her chair excitedly. “Will you go with me now to a church not far away, where a friend of | mine is the pastor, and be married? Then we can defy all the cousins in creation. Can’t you trust me?’ he pleaded. i “Oh, yes, but—" : “Is it that you do not love me?" ! “No,” she said, and her eyes drooped shyly. “It seems strange that "1 dare to say it to you when I have i brought it with me, thinking you might Went to the Matron and Told Her. ting me into an asylum. There would be no hope of appealing to them for help. The only witnesses to my sani- ty were far away in Vienna, and how could I reach them if I were in Rich- ard's power? “I watched the names of the stations as they flew by, but it gradually grew dark, and I could hardly make them {out. I thought one looked like the name of a Philadelphia suburb, but I could not be sure. “I was freezing with horror and with known you so little.” She lifted her eyes, full of a wonderful love light, ' and she was glorified to him, all mean- ly dressed though she was. The smooth Madonna braids around the shapely head, covered by the soft felt hat, seemed more beautiful to him than all the elaborate head-dresses of modern time. “Where is the ‘but’ Shall we go now?” “How can I go in this dress?” 8he looked down at her shabby shoes, rough black gown, and cheap gloves | in dismay, and a soft pink stole into her face. “You need not. Your own gown is out in the office in my suit-case. 1| then, dear? need it—hoping you might, I mean;” and he smiled. “I have kept it always near me; partly because 1 wanted the comfort of it, partly because I was | ! afraid some one else might find it, and | desecrate our secret with their com- : mon-place wondering."” It was at this moment that the ma- tron of the building stepped up to the absorbed couple, regotved to do her duty. Her lips were pursed to their thinnest, and displeasure was in her face. The young man arose and asked in a grave tone: “Excuse me, but can you tell me whether this lady can get a room here cold, but did not dare to move, lest ; | I attract their attention. “We began to rush past rows of houses, and I knew we were approach- ing a city. Then, suddenly, the train slowed down and stopped, with very little warning, as if it intended to halt only a second and then hurry on. | “There was a platform on one side | of the train, but we were out beyond i | the car-shed, for our train was long. I could not climb over the rail to the platform, for I was sitting on the side away from the station, and would have had to pass the car door in order to | | do so. I should be sure to be seen. “On the other side were a great many tracks separated by strong picket fences as high as the car plat- form and close to the trains, and they reached as far as I could see in either direction. I had no time to think, and there was nothing I could do but climb over the rail and get across those tracks and fences somehow. “My hand were so cold and trem- bling that I could scarcely hold on to the rail as I jumped over. “I cannot remember how I got across. Twice [ had to cling to a fence while an express train rushed by, and the shock and noise almost stunned me, It was a miracle that I was not killed, but I did not think of that until afterwards. I was conscious only of the traln I had left standing by the station. I glanced back once, and I thought I saw Richard come to the door of the car. Then I stumbled on blindly. I don’'t remember any more until I found myself hurrying along that dark passage under the bridge and saw you just ahead. I was afrald to speak to you, but I did not know what else to do, and you were so good to me—!” Her voice broke in a little 8ob. All the time she had been talking he had held her hand firmly. She had forgotten that any one might be watch- ing; he did not care. The tall girl with the discontented upper lip went to the matron and told her that she thought the man and the woman in the parlor ought to be made to go. She believed the man was try- ing to coax the girl to do something she didn’'t want to do. The matron started on a voyage of discovery up the hall and down again, with pene- trating glances into the room, but the two did not see her. “Oh, my poor dear little girl!” breathed the man. “And you have passed through all this awful experi- ence alone! Why did you not tell me about it? I could have helped you. I am a lawyer.” “I thought you would be on your guard at once and watch for evidences of my insanity. I thought perhaps you would believe it true, and would feel it | Decessary to return me to my friends. | I think I should have been tempted to do that, perhaps, if any one had come to me with such a story.” “One could not do that after seeing l and talking with you. I never could ' bave believed it. Surely no reputable physician would lend his influence to put you in an asylum, yet I know such ! things have been done. Your cousin ; must be a desperate character. Ishall sot feel safe until you belong to me [ saw two men hanging about Mr, Phil- to rest for a short time, while I go out and attend to a matter of bus!- ness?” The matron noticed his refined face and true eyes, and she accepted with a good gracé the ten-dollar bill he hand- ed to her. “We charge only fifty cents a night for & room," she said, glancing at the humble garments of the man's com- panion. She thought the girl must be a poor dependent or a country relative. “That’s all right,” said the young man. “Just let the change help the good work along.” That made a distinct change in the atmosphere. The matron smiled, and retired to snub the girl with the dis- contented upper lip. Then she sent the elevator boy to carry the girl's suit-case. As the matron came back to the office, a baggy man with cush- foned tires hustled out of the open door into the street, having first cast back a keen, furtive glance that searched every corner of the place. “Now,” said Dunham reassuringly, as the matron disappeared, “you can g0 up to your room and get ready, and I will look after a few little matters. I called on my friend, the minister, this morning, and I have looked up the legal part of this affair. I can see that everything s all right in a few min- | utes. Is there anything you would like | me to do for you?” “No,” she answered, looking up halt ' frightened; “but I am afraid I ought not to let you do this. You scarcely know me.” “Now, dear, no more of that. We have no time to lose. How long will it take you to get dressed? an hour do? It is getting late.” “Oh, it will not take long.” She caught her breath with gladness. 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Electrical and Sheet Metal Workers » PHONE 233 (1) ¢ The elevator boy appeared in the | doorway with the familiar sutt-case. “Don’t be afraid, dear heart,” whls-I pered the young man, as he attended | her to the elevator. “I'll soon be back ! again, and then, then, we shall be to- | gether!” ' It was a large front room to which | the boy took her. The ten-dollar bill | had proven effective. It was not a | “fifty-cents-a-night” room. Some one —some guest or kindly patron—had | put & small illuminated text upon the wall in a neat frame. It met her eye | as she entered—“Rejoice and be glad.” Just & common little picture card, ltl was, with a phrase that has become trite to many, yet it seemed a message | %o her, and her heart leaped to obey. She went to the window to catch a glimpse of the man who would soon be her husband, but he was not there, and the hurrying people reminded her that she must hasten. Across the | | street a slouching figure in a baggy coat looked fixedly up and caught her glance. She trembled and drew back out of the sunshine, remembering what Dunham had told her about the Irishman of the night before. With a quick instinct, she drew down the shade, and Jocked her door. — (To Be Cor‘!nued.) For Fire Insurance —SEE p— MANN; & DEEN Room 7, Raymondo Bldg.