The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-08-15
LEAGUE OF THE LIFELESS MEN,
"a Delemore Street.
: Tonight, $3.50. Progress"

and impelled by a growing desire to
know what it meant. 1 resolved to visit
Delamore street at the hour named, and
nv to find out
l knew nothing of the League of the
Lifeess Men"-had, in reality, never
heard the strange name before-but that
fact only served to make my curiosity
all the greater.
1 happened to know the direction N
which Deamore street lay, and therefore
experienced no difficulty in finding my
way there. 1t wanted five minutes to
he time specified on the card when l ar
rived at No. g., and not quite having
made up my mind as to the precise line
of action to adopt, l stepped aside a
moment to consider.
AS l did so, a man, closely muffied
same up and without appearing to no
lice me. gave three sharp raps on the
soor. In response to his summons a
query was uttered from within, which l
failed to catch.
The answer to it. however, did not es-
cape me. 1t was the word Progress
the same which figured in quotation
marks al the bottom of the card inadvert-
entity given me at the coffee shop, and
this demonstrated to me the fact-which
I had indeed before guessed for myself
that the word was simply a passport OF
Sdmittance, for upon it being pronounced
the portal Immediately swung open and
the stranger entered.
what L had witnessed, l, too, knocked
three times, and uttering, in reply to the
challenge from within, the mystic word
was admitted without demur.
On entering 1 found myself in a kind oil
corridor, at the further end of which was
4 door opening on room in which
straightway ventured.
1t was a rather large apartment huns
with heavy draperies, and in the centei
stood a table upon which burned a couple
Of candles. Several chairs were ranged
around this central article of furniture
one at the extreme end standing on
slight elevation above the rest.
At the moment OF my appearance tn
chamber was quite empty, but the soun'
Of approaching footsteps reaching my ca
almost directly, l had only Just time Z
conceal myself in the folds of one of tn
curtains, when several individuals entere'
and took their seats at the table. From
my position 1t was impossible to see WI
they were or what they were like, but
listened intently in order to get some ide
Of them and their doings from their con
versation.
In this 1 was only partially successful
for speaking in low tones, the create
part of their utterances became inaudibl
> 10 me, but what did hear was sufticier
10 convince me that he league of life
less men" was neither more nor less tina
a secret assassination society, and tha
the present meeting was one called &c
the purpose of reporting on the dastardl
work that it's members were in the hab
of doing.
AS far as 1 was able to judge (for IL
indistinctness left a good deal to be in
agined), each member was Intercepted {
to his work by an individual who, occ'
pying the post at the head of the tabl
seemed to act as president of the mu
derous gang.
zach mans account of his doings W;
evidently listened to with brutal intere
by his companions and the substance
The various variations, took it, was b
ing jotted down in a book kept for Il
purpose.
Although I could not catch anythii
like a connected account of what w
said in these CHASTITY recitals, such e
pressions as Unexpected attack DE
Yerate defensew Prolonged struggle