Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-07-25


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s.Not a word
sThen Denham is minus the chief
clew to the whole business. Poor Gle
lowl One of the headlines dubs him a
DR.. Jekyll and Mr.. Hyde, man who
paints Madonnas and angels, and at the
same time is the devils vilest agent"
II hope you will run across some
thing IN Gielow's favcr," said Lamp
kin.
ssMay God help him if I can't" said
the detective, with feeling. "This fore
noon I we,lt all the way out to Kola's
place on the Palisades, hoping he might
aid me ia some way. | found him alb
sorbed in crystal-g gazing, and knew
It would frritate him to be Interrupted
till it pleased his fancy. His eastern
servant had led me into the great dark
room where Ko1a sat and whispered
that must wait till the prince Of occult
balderdash had received some psychic
impression or other. From where [ was
placed + could see Kola behind a screen
His profile was towards me. His lips
were moving constantly, and his eye
balls standing out from his cheeks on
stiff muscles. He is a fit subject for a
museum. He has had some accident
with an explosive with which he was ex-
perimentng and his hair was snged Of
I close. He actually looks uEcanny.
sat without word or sign ofrecogni-
| ton from him till got tired and stole
away"
81 didn't know he had moved out
/, there" said the doctor.
{ ooh, yes, and the place suits him to
. 7. He found an old colonial mansion
built half Of brick, half Of stone, in a
wooded portion Of Cliffside Park, the
most inaccessible part Of the Palisades.
Tie found out by accident that it was
( under contract to be torn down before
I. long, and got couple Of years lease on
I it, and recently he received a carload of
oriental rubbish from somewhere and
has turned the interior into the queer
est looking retreat you ever saw. I
got onto his idea not long ago, and,
4 while it is not exactly above board, |
! have nothing to say, for New Workers
4 the wealthy ones-love to be hum
{ plugged, and Kola has discovered that
\ they are willing to pay for it to boot.
4 The vast mystery with which the rascal
/ Invests his personality does the work.
i lie couldn't have chosen a better place.
y The old mansion is reputed to have been
the headquarters of a gang of thieves of
long standing, and when they were dis
banded ten years ago / heard much
about the place. One Of the thieves
who died in prison said a gang Of coun-
tcrfeiters had operated there for fif-
teen years and had the most perfect out
fit in the cellars beneath the house that
was ever owned in America. AS [ said,
the mystery does the work for Kola.
/ lie receives applicants for psychic mes
s2ges i'll the dark OF when he is coWled,
gowned and masked. I heard Of ore
multi-millionaire who wanted his ad
vice and went out there one afternoon
in a coach with six armed attendants
to drive off possible highwaymen.
Kcla's ambition is to get rich rapid
Is, and I think he is making consider
able money. He has founded a sort Of
101cs o14d ass II y VI A1Ol1C O0C tA4O LII
are admitted"
do you think he can really tell peo-
pie things they don't know" asked DR..
Lamplin.
s'He often gives me valuable hints"
answered Hendricks, with a shrug. Il
have no idea how he gets his informa-
ton. You know my weak point is SUI
perstition; ! can't help it. shall talk
with him about this case before it is
ended. He is a sensitive cuss and would
take offense if I didn't. want to know
particularly if he has ever met Ban
tinni. and if he has I want to know what
he thinks Of him. Icalled at the counts
rooms this morning and found he had
left the city. His housekeeper was as
mum as grayestone with the top
knocked off. [ interviewed Caruthers'
valet. I wanted to see the letter he re-
ceived from Philadelphia, but Denham
has it. The valet admitted that it was
typewriter, however,