The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-11-08
BERENICE ST. CYR.
A Story Of LoUe. Intrigue.
and Crime.
BY DWIGHT BALDWIN.
CHAPTER XVI.

Berenire St. Cyr and her cruel prosecutor
/ 1nstInctively he flew 10 the closet
Once there, however, he realized that it
/ was foolish hiding place, since if de-
tected he would have absolutely no chance
for escaping.
| He was about to withdraw when he re-
membered the haven of refuge be had
found earlier in the night, when the Of
! hcers were after him.
With this thought. hope revived, and he
began cropping aboutto get an idea of his
surround ngs.
! The closet, which was quite deep, had
clothes-press with swinging doors on
one side, while the other was fitted up
! with shelves.
| Coles plan was instantly formed he
would initiate his former proceeding.
! In q moment he had climbed up 10
what be supposed to be the topmost enc.
AS he crept back, to be as secure as pos
| slble from observation, what he had sup
posed to be the calling above him moved
at his touch
| A hasty examination showed him that
! it was in ri atty an other shelf similar to
the one on which he was lying.
/ by very slight exertion be raised it
/ higher, and was enabled mome Mt later
to creep pat it up into an open space
! above.
| Marvel ng at this, he returned the
board to its former position and raised
his hand. At a height Of, perhaps, four
/ feet from the floor it came in contact
with the roof of the house He was in a
/ shallow attic between the ceiling of the
upper floor and the states above.
Satisfied on this point he produced a
III .tch, of which he found quite supply
in the pockets of his borrowed disguise.
/ The failt light thus obtained not only
verified his prev ously formed judgment,
| but revealed something that caused him
| to Mt er an exclamation of pleasure.
On q line with the open space by
which he had N ace his escape. and only
few feet aw Y, was a similar opening.
This, our hero reasoned, communicated
IN n similar manner with the closet in
F; the room where Berenice was confined.
In An instant he was planning for the
future. He could now communicate with
her, and little later would be able TO
secure her release.
| Having reached this encouraging con.
clusion, he bent forward and listened
intently.
He heard first confused 10 Sc. then
the sound Of tramping feet, and lastly
well-6 e fined voices.
| In another moment the speakers had
entered the room ole had just left, and
! he had no trouble In recognizing them
| by their voices.
Font see how be could" replied
| Sears. Have We searched every place"
This is the very last ROOM Sir" an
swered the servant, Luke, and he amt
here"
Its strange" muttered Morris, with
an oath.
He must have slipped out the front
door, sir. sugge sted Luke.
'He didn't have time, and besides we'd
h We heard him."
He may have stayed in the vestibule,
and unlocked the door after you had run
up the st il, an before I got there
That's it! That's the way it W: done.
Run down, Luke, and see if there's any
! thing to indicate it.
Cole heard the servant leaving the
room.
Now who is this PARTY who comes
here dressed in one of your disguises?"
oh. That never occurred to me. He's
Q reporter
For what paper?"
L didn't mott e, though l saw his star"
You're ehump, Al sears!"
Il cont see-
Ard I'm another, so l won't upbraid
you. l never once doubted but what l
was talking with you. I'm a bigger dolt
! than you, for l ought to know your voice
BETTER than you do bis.
Why, / never saw him before!'
Where did he get that outft?"
At my place -that is. if it's really
And that's where we left Mr.. Cole
! Winters"
"Cenfusion!"
That's the size OF it. He's bearded us
in our den. beei in to feel a little shaky.
Tbs res no telling what that fellow
| may do.
Hes afraid to go to the police, and
will try to work the case up on his own
account. The next time We get him in
our power well-"
'Well?" urged Morris.
Kill him, Come to the library where
we can talk matters over and determine
what to do"
When the sound Of their footsteps had
died away, Cole struck another match.
| by the light of which he located and en-
tsrad the other aperture.
"Berenice!" called he, in intense though
modified tones.
He heard murmured response, bat
could distinguish no words.
By this time he found that the top of
the CO ct, Ike the one by way of which
closed by loose board.
Whether this had Geen the result OF an
oversiS hit on the part Of the builder or
des!g In the sche ming Max Morris, our
! hero did not stop to consider.
In moment he reached the t'oor AMI
was cropping for the fastening of the
door To his JOY j; yielde ! TO bis touch
and opened readi y.
Merciful heaven
In fr,I& i l. 6
with her hands and staggered back.
In his excitement, Cole had forgotten
all about his disguise.
It's Cole Winters" cried he, reas-
sUrirgly.
As b words reached her. Rereu &c =.
Cyr sprang forw I'd and threw herself
into the arms of her would-be rescuer
No word of love had passed between
tie twain, yet each knew the heart of the
other. Under ordinary circumstances
such q demonstr ltion would have been
utterly fore gn TO her nature, but now.
bsrel prosecuted imprisoned. she
saw in our hero her only friend. and
gave fu rein to the natural impulses of
her heart
-You-alive and safe!" said she. won
derinG, rapturously.
Its l. I'm alive. bu, anything besides
safe"
Never mind, nov. The present is our
opportunity. While they are consulting
below, We will make our escape
Cole turned the ges higher and ap-
preached the window.
He found il carefully secured, screw
having been put above the lower sash to
prevent its being pushed up.
With pocket knife, which with nsry
other convenlences he had found in his
pocket, Cole soon removed this. and
threw up the window.
Then, lowering the gas ssain. he opened
the outside blinds and looked out.
The window was on the side OF the
house and at least twenty feet from the
ground.
Having ascertained that the coast was
clear, be few to the bel AMI seizet