El Paso Morning Times (El Paso, Tex.), Vol. 35TH YEAR, Ed. 1, Sunday, February 14, 1915 Page: 31 of 36
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FIFTH EPISODE.
A Woman In Trouble.
CHAPTER I.
FAT old black Aunt Dcbby was dressed in bcr
best marketing clothes the green percale
with the big yellow flowers and tba little
blue hat with the nodding red popples was
ct far forward on her ktnkless wig. The market-
ing trip to the city had been one of Aunt Dcbby's
chief Joys but today the buoyancy and the high
pitched laugh of excitement were absent
"You'll stop at Ned's for Mr. Moore Debby." said
Mrs. Moore.
"Yassutn." Aunt Debby stole a glance at June's
portrait on the wall. "You you ain't heard nothing
yet of Miss Junle?"
At the sound of that name Bouncer rose' Instantly
head up ears perked tall wagging eyes eagér
mouth open.
Where was June? That puzzling problem filled
tho entire mind of Aunt Debby as by the aide of
the driver she spun into the city in the Moore auto.
Where was Juue? A dozen private detectives were
scouring the city of New York forbor and they re-
ported to a stern fuced young man who sat In the
lonely apartments which June and he had fitted up
to be their nest bis only companion a miniature of
his lovely bride. . .
Where was June? Who was this mysterious Gil-
ben Blyo? What was his power over Ned Warner'
bride?
He seized his hat and strode forth Into the streets
in his never ending search for June.
At that moment the door of a strange bouse had
slammed abruptly behind beautiful June Warner.
And Gilbert Blyc had furnished this address to
June's employment agency.
A blase looking page girl inspected June. Impu-
dently in the dim light of the hall then with a sig-
nificant grin left June standing there and swaggered
through a door at the end of the hall. -June was
startled as that door opened and a blaze of light
came out with the chatter of many shrill voices. In -there
amid wreaths of curling blue smoke moved
handsomely gowned women and many of them non-
chalantly puffed at cigarettes. At that Instant the
smiling Gilbert Blye's key grated In the lock.
A large yellow haired woman came hurrying from
the salon with Jiiue's employment agency card la
her band.
"Klght this way honey" she rasped In a voice to
wKcL. the uoney was foreign uud she led the way
tojfk. small side room nt the left of the salon. As
JTiiie reluctantly entered the. strangely furnished lit-
tle room at the left Gilbert Blyu came in at the
front door.
With a smile upon his lips and gl luting in bis dark
eyes he hurried straight buck toward the little room
in which stood Juue now alone uud frightened.
At that instant a huge clumsy muid came tum-
bling up from the husement followed by a puff of
yellow smoke. With her eyes distended and her
mouth open ready for the yell of "Fire!" she rushed
to the door 'of the salon but before she could reach
it Gilbert Blye hud her roughly by the arm and
pushed her through the door .which led to the base-
ment lie stood sturing at the smoke which cume
curling ominously through that opening gluuced
again towurd June's room uud dashed down the
stairs. I
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That was a strangely furnished little room in
which June fouud herself. There were two desks
und a tiling cabinet ami some office cbulrs but there
were ú luxurious couch and dainty hangings a soft
rug and pink paneled walls and ceiling. It wus all
so Incongruous. And the work it wus Queer too.
The yellow hulled woman came In from the parlor
presently uud explained the posting Into small blank
books of many memorandum slips. Kncli slip con-
tained the name of a woman and a sum of money.
There were uo slips for men but there were Index
cards about men. June puzzled as to what sort of
business this might tie.
The page girl swished In with one of the memo-
randum slips. The yellow head whose face wus
puffy a in l more highly colored than ivus wholesome
took the slip looked at the uainu on it frowned
shook her head und went out with the girl. She
entered the salon and stood surveying the scene
with cold abstraction. Around a long table sut the
women whom Juue hud seen. They all had cards
In front of them and stacks of playing chips and a
rawboued woman sitting on a higher cbulr than
the rest was dealing. The yellow haired woman
fixed her attention on the gambler next to the deal-
er. She was a fluffy hlond with a feverish glitter
In ber eyes and sho was bent so intently upon the
fall of the curds that she did not notice the door
open and close.
Poor June! She glanced about ber with growing
repugnance. She wus abjectly miserable and sud-
denly she was sobbing.
In the gambling room the fluffy blond who had
played so feverishly staked and lost the last chip in
front of ber. she turned Impatiently to look for
the page girl. She met Instead the cold bard eye
of the yellow haired woman wbo quietly motioned
her. The player rose reluctantly and fright came
into her face as she followed Into the hull and to
the little office where June bud been installed.
"You've reached the limit. Mrs. I'erry." announced
the yellow haired woman turning on the unlucky
one sharply as she closed the door. Here Is the I.
O. U. Belle brought to uie. I have not U. K.'d It."
"If! only for $5U." faltered Mrs. Perry.
"I wouldn't O. K. It for 60 cents." snapped the
other. "Now I want action. You'll telephone your
husband from this room."
"No. no!" The woman wrung ber hands. "I'll
talk to him tonight!"
"I know that game" she scorned and from June's
desk she took an index card.
"Kight o eight o Garden" sho told the new secre-
tary. "Ask for Mr. Perry and say that his wife
wishes to speak with him."
"No!" cried Mrs. Perry hysterically and reached
over June's .shoulder to take the phone. The new
secretary hud made no move toward the phone. She
was staring at the yellow haired woman in aston-
ishment That determined person was not one to
wrangle In emergencies. She snatched up the phone
herself and called the number.
"You women think I'm a mark" she scornfully
stated to Mrs. Perry while she waited. You'd sting
me for a thousand dollars rather than sting your
husband for it See this card?" She held it Cut. It
contained the name of Jackaon W. Perry his busi-
ness address his home address his financial rating
probable Income clubs and telephone numbers. And
the unfortunate Mrs. Perry seemed to shrink Into
hopeless despair as she realized the implacable or-
ganization against which she had pitted herself.
"Mr. I'erry please." The yellow hnlred woman's
voice had undergone a complete change. It was
very pleasant of Inflection though it rasped. "His
wife wishes to speak with him." She handed over
the telephone and June seeing Mrs. Perry's un-
steadiness rose and compassionately gave the wom-
an her chair. The yellow haired one walked calmly
over lo her own deak and took up the extension
phone.
June looked et ber hat and coat. She seemed quite
bewildered. She could not quite understand what
this was all about but she did know that it was all
took a moment to gasp for breath; then tho wire
boomed.
"All right bring the police If you want." mapped
the yellow hatred woman. "I guess I can tumi the
notoriety If you and your wife can. And say
checks don't go. Bring cash. It'a elgbt-flfty now."
June stood aghast. A gambling housel
CHAPTER II.
ON the comer near Mrs. O'Keefe's home Offi-
cer Grady walked over to lift his cap po-
litely and to help Marie across the street
with her empty market basket Two
blocks up Officer Dowd carried her basket two
blocks off his beat to where Officer Kernan held
up the traffic both ways while she d ascribed the
chicken potple she Intended to make for dinner.
All this was first because the Widow O'Keefe's
husband had been she most popular man on the
force and second because Marie plain of feature
though -she was had found In herself an unexpected
knack for pleasing policemen.
in the market June's maid companion nnd pro-
tector wandered from stall to stall selecting her
tiny purchases of fruit and vegetables. She was
just deciding on the tremendously Important selec-
tion of the chicken Itself when suddenly an ava-
lanche of flaming color fell upon her and a voice
cried:
"You Marie? Wha's Miss .lunle?"
Aunt Debby! Her two fat black bnnds were grip-
ped on Marie's arm.
"I do not know you!" she declared.
"Y'ou don't know me'." Aunt Debby wheezed her
broad bosom Jumping up and down. "You say you
don't know me! Ain't I Debby? Ain't you Marie?"
"What's the mntter here?" The gruff voice of a
big policeman Officer Dowd.
want that woman took In "charge!" panted
Aunt Debby and she rolled her eyes.
"Oh you do!" And the officer of the law turned
on Marie on eye which was perfectly ready to bo
suspicious In spite of Its disinclination. "What's the
charge?"
The voice of Aunt Debby fose shrilly triumphant:
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How do I know that she la here?' The woman's
lip curled.
"Want to see her with the goods? Well Jackson
if iou'ii promise to behave Ml show her to you
through a peephole."
The man's lists clinched convulsively.
"You'd better pass over my eight-fifty first" said
the yellow halreój woman.
"Just a minute pleaae." A sweet voice low gen-
tle cultured no such voice us the man hnd expect-
ed to hear In this place. He was equally Impressed
when he turned and saw the beautiful young girl
who had glided through the rear door her face full
of serious purpose.
"Who rang for you?" snapped the yellow hnlred
woman ber eyes flaming with Instant resentment.
"I stayed In this house for no other reason than to
see Mr. Perry" nnuounced June with no trace of
timidity about her.
"What do you know about this?"
"Mrs. Perry Is Jn deep trouble and needs your
help."
"She had no reason to be In trouble. I give my
wife nn ample allowance.". The man turned from
June. .
"You give It." Across June's mind there flashed
again the whole of her own vital problem that
whatever the wife has must come from the husbntul
In the nature of charily. She saw herself again as
the piteous little beggar before Ned whom she loved
and she saw Mrs. Perry In that same attitude before
this stern husbnnd. "What right have you to call It
I gift?"
Tho mnu stopped and turned to June with a puz-
zled brow. She bad set nstlr In him a new thought.
"This nngol of mercy stuff is bud for profits"
rasped the voice of tho yellow head. "But 1 can't
overlook a chance like this. I know your kind"
Jackson Perry! You give your wife nn allowance
Hint covers everything but emergencies. You figure
the plumber to come In three rimes n yenr nnd If
he comes In four she loses. If she has a mad pas-
sion to treat a few of her friends to Ice cream sodas
she has to wait till next month's allowance day. If
she ever saved $2.1 you'd- reduce her pay! I'll bet
this poor little wife of yours first got Into trouble
through losing $:. In n friendly penny auction game
anil sbe'a been trying to overtake It ever since."
A gentle hand whs laid on the man's arm.
"You will help her?" The low sweet voice was
full of more thnn appeal; It was full of trust anil
confidence.
There was a Nght convulsivo heaving of Perry's
shoulders but that was all. He drew out a pocket-
book and counted some money Into the yellow
haired woman's hand.
'Now bring Owen to me" he said.
With tnolst eyes June hurried from the room.
8HE SAW THE DARK BLACK VANDYKEO
FACE OF GILBERT BLYE.
unpleasant and heartless nnd degrading. She waa
starting to go when something on Mrs. Perry's face
touched her sympathies nnd held ber.
"Yes it'a Gweu" trembled Mrs. Perry her nerv-
ous fingers clutching desperately to keep the quaver
from her voice. "1 I hope I haven't Interrupted
anything Important."
"Not very." The man's voice could be beard dis-
tinctly outside the phone.
"Jack" the voice was full of pleading "I I have
to have some money!"
The frown of the yellow haired woman deepened
as she listened to Uie man's reply.
"I know It's a week before my allowance Is due"
urged Mrs. Perry and now she turned her eyes Im-
ploringly toward the stony yellow haired one.' "But
I Just must have ltl Kight hundred dollars!"-
The man's voice boomed un incredulous excluma-
tlon over the wire; then a sharp question.
"Why why it's to pay bills! Yes yea Juck I
know I was supposed to keep them paid out of my
allowance! 1 didn't want to tell you this until wo
could sit down quietly together only they're press-
lug me for payment! And the allowance isn't enough
Jackson! Yes I know you've raised It oh!"
The man's heavy voice had Interrupted her calm-
ly quietly coldly. She sank back limply iu the
chair.
June bung up the receiver. She ufas surprised to
see the yellow haired woman put up her own phone
and come across the room with u benign expression.
"Cheer up" she advised. "Hubby's ull right"
Mrs. Perry straightened up.
"Yes" she said and moistened her Hps. "he said
that he'd go over those bills with me tonight."
"I beard hint myself." And tho yellow haired
woman grinned across at June. "Here's your I. O.
U. dearie. I've O. K.'d It Y'ou better go In and
play nwhlle for your nerves."
The terrified little blond looked up incredulously.
It wus as if she bad been given a drink of some
strong stimulant and she clutched eugerly at the
memorandum slip Perhaps with that she could
win back all that she had lost!
"Thank you!" she gasped and hurried . from the
room.
The other woman grabbed her phone.
"Elgbt-o eight o Garden!" she called. "Hello! Mr.
Perry please! Tbhi Is his wife's friend."
June moved for her bat and coat.
"Hello. Mr. I'erry! Kay.' your wife is at 48 King-
ley court gambling and she's going to bo exposed in
balf an hour if you aren't here to pay her debts "
The man at the other end of the wire apparently
BLYE HAD DASHED AFTER HER.
"She done sLolc my pocketbook!"
"Well wbut's that on your arm?" And Aunt Dcb-
by's eyes dropped as she saw the stern gaze of the
policeman fixed oh the rusty old hand bag which
gripped ber thick rorenrm. She had forgotten that
detail In her planning. "Open it up" ordered the
officer who opened It himself.
"Well well well!" gulped Aunt Debby her eyes
butting. "She done stole my other pocketbook 1"
"That's enough!" growled the officer. "No negro
ever had two pocket books." The officer then dis-
persed the crowd that had gathered and started Ma
. ric and Aunt Debby In opposite directions.
"Jerry" she called an she climbed breathlessly to
her seat by the driver "I done seed Marie! And
wbah sbe goes Miss Junle is!"
The car was already started.
To Ned's they drove and within five minutes after
Aunt Debby's excited report Ned Warner and John
Moore and three long and lanky detectives were
beaded for the market with Jerry and Aunt Debby
up In front At that point they scattered and it
was Ned whose laqulrlea after Mario led all the way
to Officer Dowd.
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CHAPTER III.
A HEAVY Jawed firm mouthed spunre bended
and level eyed man stopped at the door of
48 Klngsley court and rang the bell with a
k vigorous Jerk.
"Mr. Perry" be announced bluntly.
"Yes sir" replied the Impudent page girl by no
means abashed and sho threw' open the parlor door.
"Klgbt in here." She grinned as sbe switched on
the lights for him and saw that he was oppressed
by tbe fact of the drawn enrtatns.
The yellow haired woman found him standing sol-
idly In tbe center of the room facing tbe door.
"Where is my wife?" he loudly demanded.
"In a minute." The yellow haired woman whs
qirite calm and collected. "I don't mind turning
over a parlor to settle a domestic scrap but I want
my bill settled first. Klght fifty."
"How do I kuow tbst sbe Is guilty of gsmbllng?
AUNT OEBBY MOURNING FOR RUNAWAY
JUNE.
A moment later there was'a" shriek and as June
enme to the door Mra. Perry her eyes wild und lier
hair flying came rushing back through tbe hall.
She had gone only as far as the parlofsdoor and at
the first sight of her husband had run overwhelmed
with unreasoning terror.. Buck Into the snlon Mrs.
Perry fled and to bcr place next the dealer. With
suukellke swiftness sbe Jerked open the money
drawer beneath the dealer's card box and snutcned
from It tbe shining revolver which she bad so orien
seen there. There was un Instant's commotion
shrieks of fright an overturning of chairs as with
s wild cry the woman swiftly rálsed the revolver to
ber temple. Before sbe could press tbe trigger bow-
ever June's strong young nrm bad thrown up the
woman's wrist ami the bullet which would bave
ended Mrs. I'erry's IU- went Into the Tt'Mng - .
Jackson Perry catne bursting through the door nnd
found June in the midst f the pandemonium with
the limp Mrs. Perry in ber arms
"Owen!" cried the mini and the call came from
bis heart
The yellow haired woman bad wutted only to see
Perry clasp his wife In his arms; then leaving wide
the salon door she rushed toward tbe basement
door.
"Heady "with that fire';" she yelled.
"It's ready all right" replied the page girl burst-
ing out of the basement door slid with her came a
tremendous cloud of smoke. It poured Into the hall
and Into the snlon. The pago girl was choking with
It. "They foozled the first one and the boss has
been lighting ever since trying to keep the shack
from burning down."
June rushed out through the hall.
"Not that way!" called the page girl. '"The cops
are It the doorl Walt for tho firemen!"
The explanation of that was slow In coming to
June When the yellow haired woman aent for a
husband she hnd always to fear the police and the
only way to follas raid was to confuse It with a Ore.
Thoroughly frightened. June turned back toward
tlie snlon. and ns she passed Mm basement door she
sun- coining up through the rolling yellow smoke the
dark black Vandykcd fnce of (illbert Blyel
"This way!" culled the yellow haired woman and
with a Jerk of a tnsseled curtain cord drew aside
the great yellow hangings of the snlon windows
which ran to tbe floor.
The terrified women threw ofien the wlndWs In
nil Instant nnd were out on the latticed balcony
down the steps and through the yard to the walled
park fronting on the other side.
As June sped away she heard the clang of tho
tire englues and the' hoarse shouts of the gathering
crowd In. front of 48 Klngley court.
Blyu had dashed after her but be reached the
slrect only In time to si-e her boarding a downtown
car. He caught the next one.
All unconscious thai she was pursued and grown
careless by her three days of safety In the Widow
'O'Keefe's thoroughly protected house June alighted
at her usunK corner and hurried down the cross
street. At nn irregular corner where half a dozen
dingy streets anil alloys plunged together and ap-
parently dizzied by the impact wandered angularly
and aimlessly off .lime met ou a narrow crossing u
being fairly Jiggling with alcohol. Her heart popped
luto her throat and she wus about to turn back for
she would have tiled rather than have brushed
clothes vlththe object when the creature catching
sight of her. Immediately stepped fur over into the
mud. Jerked off his battered cap and with it made
a courtesy so sweeping that he was unable to rise
tip for five minutes afterward.
That was enough for one day and June ran down
the street past the little fountain. Into tbe sanctu-
ary of the Widow O'Keefe's house up the two
(lights of stairs and dropped into the wicker chair.
"Slippers" was all she said.
Mario was on her knees In an Instant showing
every gum.
"Aunt Debby!" she cried nnd from then on un-
til -long after the wonderful chicken potple had been
consumed the conversation flowed with never an
ebb.
It was good to have found a refuge like this. It
seemed far fur away front the New York which
these two knew and it was as If no one could ever
flud them here. They were safe. Safe!
Is one ever safe? As Ned Warner stood trying
Vainly to extract Information from Officer Dowd
June's car Unshed by blm and he caught n glimpse
of her.
Officer Dowd was astonished to hnve his particu-
larly insistent questioner stop abruptly in the mid-
dle of a sentence and go dashing madly after a
street cur. In half a block the young mnn gave up
that absurd chase.
The traffic thickened just beyond so that for three
or four blocks Ned was able to keep sight of the
car as It stopped' and started. Finally It was block
ed and Ned was able to catch up with It. June
was no longer among the passengers!
"There was a girl on your car wearing a fur cap
with a green tnssel!" breathlessly said Ned lo the
conductor. '
"Bet your life."
"Where did she leave your car?'
"On the track."
Ned dropped off the car toft to his own logic.
June hnd alighted somewhere within these lust two
blocks. One going farther west would In all prob-
ability have uiken a more convenient car line. To
. tbe aaat lay a tenement district and a district of old.
small bouses. On tbe chance Nod. struck cast.
"Have you seen a girl wearing a fur cap with a
green tassel?"
The young man with the yellow derby over one
ear shifted his clgurette.
"I'll bu t li- Patsy. What's the answer?"
Uo asked that question of countless people. On
a corner where half a dozen streets uud alleys had
staggered themselves by running Into each other
Ned found a human being swaying gently in tho
breeze.
"Huve you seen"
Ned slopped after one glance into that vacuous
fare mid one biff from that fur from vacuous
breath.
"Pipe up pal" husked the jiggled one. Ned went
over his formula.
"Have you seen a girl wearing a fur cap with a
green tassel?"
"Well what do you think of thnt?" And It stop-
ped swaying for a moment. "A gny with black
whiskers" uud the human 'being illustrated the Van-
dyke by a motion of his hand "asked me tbe same
thing!" '
Klye agulu! Ned clinched his fist. "Did you see
the girl?'
The object winked.
"'8 none of your busloess!" be answered with
great dignify uud reeled away
Ned gazed after him In perplexity. There was no
use to question that fellow any further but It as
Certain that the man hud seen June. She bad psSSSjd
this way then She wus somewhere near. And Blye!
Wye too had passed this Way! Ned chose tbe most
direct street tbe one which led to a little fountain
where another street angled sharply Into It Ami
this fountain was vlstblu from tbe third floor win-
dows of the Widow O'Keefe's house. Ned Warner's
heart was full of murder. .
Klye hud passed that way. hut he hud gone up
another street. Now be too. in his wandering search
for tbe runaway bride cume down towurd the little
fountain from tbe other angle.
JUne looked out of tbe window. In (lie gathering
duak tibe saw without recognizing tbem the two men
approaching each other with the sharp coruered
building between.
At the point ami under the light they would meet
(ililiert Blye and Ned Warner Abd the husband of
June hud murder In his heart!
(TO SK COXTIM'Bn.J
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