Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-04-04

81 am aware of that, but it is a ne
more to say. Will you permit me to sit
DOWN.
Bordello motioned him to chair.
'You are the guardian, sir, l believe,
of Miss Duverne. Will you look at this
picture and tell me if you find any re-
semblance?'
The effect was magical Bordello
grasped the trinket with an inarticulate
cry and held it to the light. Sat last!
at last!'' he gasped. 'After all these
years! He kissed repeatedly the face
upon the ivory. Then turning to the
visitor he commanded rather than in
quired, ''Tell me how you came by this. "
81 found it in the room of Lazarus
Stein this afternoon"
"Impossible!'
"Why?"
Bordello saw he had gone to far. s'Do
you know" he said, ''that you have COM
mited larceny and are liable to imprison-
ment?"
81 am perfectly aware of that, but the
end in this case justifies the means. Be
sides, you cannot afford to betray me.
1t was the search for that locket that
took you to the dead mans house to,
night, and, if | am not mistaken, that
took you there last night, when you went
to kill him. Now, may trouble you to
return it?'
The old man was working at the clasp
of the locket with trembling fingers. ''It's
no use," said Harry; 8 there's nothing III
it; I've tried it"
1t was, indeed, apparently empty, but,
pressing spring, contained in the inter
ment, from which he took closely-fold-
ed piece of yellowish paper. The wrin-
kled face was lighted up with Joy; he
breast. ''You must leave this with me, u
he exclaimed, sit concerns one who is
dear to me, and it cannot possibly have
any relation to this case"
perhaps it may concern me as deeply
as it does you," was the reply.
s'What do you mean?"
ST mean that I am in love with your
| ward, Estelle Duverne; that the features
on that locket are those of her mother
In double capacity I ask, What relation
does this dead Jew bear to you and her
How did he come into possession of the
locket? What is the nature of the paper
it contains?"
eff you love he said the old man
kindly, "you will hardly let your yea
expose both her and me to danger, and
| perhaps, ruin her prospects. [ have
much to do and much to think of to-
night. Come to me tomorrow evening
at this hour, and will have an explana
ton for you. The verdict of the Coro
| ner's jury will determine whether Laz
arus Stein died natural death or wa:
murdered. Until then there is nothing
to be DONE"
Harry saw that this was reasonable
and prepared to go. "May l hope" he
asked, with some Indifference, ''that
will have your consent to pay attention
| to your ward?
"You seem to have progressed very
well thus far without it. But am old
She has kind friends, but she needs {
strong arm to lean upon, and if sht
/ chooses you, why should [ object? Good
| bye until tomorrow"
| The next morning (Monday) the Argus
| contained a column account of the mys
! terious death of Lazarus Stein, but the
mystery was not emphasized, and it il
! needless to say that no mention of the
! locket was made. The other papers il
| Chicago treated the matter as rather
commonplace, for had not the detectives
! decided that the Jew had died of exhaus
ton and old age?