Marion Marlowe in Chicago, or, Trapped by a Lunatic — page 4: what you’re looking at

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ei> ae ge MY QU A WEEKLY JOURNAL FO R YOUNG WOMEN he r ‘issued Weekly—By Subscription $2.50 per year. Entered as Second Class Matter at the N. Y. Post Office, by STREET & SMITH, 238 William Stas ve 2s Entered According to Act of Congress, in the year 190% in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, Washington, D. C. No. 20. NEW YORK, February 9, 1901. Price Five Cents. Marion Marlowe in Chicago; * oe OR, TRAPPED BY A LUNATIC. - By GRACE SHIRLEY. CHAPTER I, A FIENDISH PLOT. “I say, Bill!’ “Well, out with it, Preston!” “The Temple Theatrical Company is booked for Chicago this week, ain’t it?” “What if it is?” “I was thinking we might square that little account with Temple, old man: but, of course, if you’ve decided to let ’]]———” “Me let anything drop! it drop, Not on your life, Preston! He’s given you and me the throw- But what is I can see you’re down and we'll ‘do’ him yet! your scheme, old man? planning something.” “Planning! I’ve been planning, Bill, ever since I ran away from that cursed lunatic asylum, where they took me after my trial in Albany. I’ve laid I should say I was! awake nights thinking how I would get even with Temple! There’s only one way to do it and that is to break up his company!” “Yes, they are making fame and fortune for him,” was the surly answer. “Why, ever since they jailed me in Buffalo they’ve been cutting swaths through the country. That Marion Marlowe is the handsomest actress on the boards! As long as she is his star he is bound to make money !”’ -4ind you and I are on. our uppers,” growled Percy Preston. angrily. “T tell you it makes my blood boil every time I think of it !”” “Well, out with your scheme! It is bound to be a good one: but see here, you've got to go easy |! ties catch sight of you ! an asylum! Preston, Suppose the authori- Back you go into There’s an alarm out’ for you So (CO) bd I’ve seen it in the PARSE COO now ;