The Argosy, March 1907 — page 107: what you’re looking at

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aS hws see - in, I began to run for it. My hat flew off, but I was in no state of mind to go back for it or to care whether I lost everything I ever owned, after losing “Oh, Dunning, did you really care, then?” “Did I really care! What a ques- tion!” And then, after what occurred during the next two minutes, Henrietta had to go to a mirror to see if her hat was on straight. She found it wasn’t, and after some adjustment she wheeled around and announced that she must get back to Travers to relieve Mrs. Harding’s anxiety. Dunning helped her into the trap and piled in after her. ‘““But where are you going, sir?’ she demanded. | “With you, my dear, to prove to Mss. Harding that I have not been creased by any*street-car wheels.” “But the house? You said you were in charge.” “Oh, it can take care of itself. Be- sides, Fanny is here to keep guard until Aunt Sarah returns. Get along, there, Nancy Hanks,” he added, touching the pony with the whip-lash. As they drove up the main street of Travers .a newsboy greeted them with an afternoon paper, just issued. On its front page was an article headed: “ Mys- tery Cleared Up. Man Run Over by Car 124 Found.” count of the finding of the supposed —_ corpse by Policeman Sutton in an alley- way between Hamilton and Stanton avenues, It consisted of an old suit of clothes, stuffed with grass, rags, and leaves, while a number of slender pine sticks had been ~-pRAGEDY AT. ‘TRAVERS. Then followed an ac- > inserted fifo: the interior \of the dummy eee. ae Phd ee BN St Ny “w to give the impression that bones were being broken. ae It also stated that. one of the “ bunch” ae concerned had called up on the telephone “a and confessed that the whole thing had a merely been a joke to scare the motor- Se man on car 124, as he was new in his = * position, but it was later discovered that = they had scared—or attempted to scare— a the wrong man. a The tracks had been greased with soft tS soap, which had caused the brakes to =a fail in their duty; while the blood had es been obtained at the slaughter-house the wry day before. cx The only thing the informant could pe not account for was the, presence of the = black Fedora containing the initials BS PB! Beg As Dunning and Henrietta finished s reading they looked at each other and 2s broke into a merry ‘laugh. ae ‘Then there was no one hurt, after a all,” exclaimed Henrietta, placing her er hand on Dunning’s sleeve. ‘‘ Their pur- =e pose was merely to frighten the motor- “a man.’ Sek. “Yes, and although that failed, _ still at the ‘ tragedy’ accomplished a much more important purpose,’ didn’t it?” ee ‘What do you mean?” aes ‘You know what I mean,” he replied, = sliding his arm around her slender waist. _ = ‘We had a falling out last night, didn’t os we?” = “Well?” ee “Well, we're not Suey now, are - we?” ei “ Aren’t we?” was all he said, ey ae {se close observer might have noticed that =e she made not the slightest effort to dis- oe lodge the arm that was holding her — prisoner. a THE PRESS. a : But mightiest of the mighty means, x a On which the arm of progress leans, ; ere Man’s noblest mission to advance, : = His woes assuage, his weal enhance, a ae His rights enforce, his wrongs redress— | ‘Mightiest of mighty is the Press. , Bowring. Eomicbooks