The Winslow mail., 1899-01-14
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- - --Erct-rT-T -1o~-~ -~hult 'tfrTl y
- aurdo- IL the dalton rcad! 7
Ana y, II a:c;n anothe- vcice pitched
i. = LiaAer ,ey. t99'- Up the cry on
INC r. her s:de of the street
- H., 'u7-''- a1t he rest WAS
10. = ihcoherency as the souiid c.
lie leg, mingled cn1 intertwincd,
ocadually faded away in the d:atan &c.
"Whet loathsome noise that IS! -
sa;l Peel 18th slgF9er. 'Itero is
! SOL cth;ps positively ghoulish about
liz"
at a!ways gives NE the creeps, es-
! rcci2!y II night. = eug"ests al scFts
of horrible, 1acrbid i6eas,' joined IN
/ I.clccoe. Who was IercAed on the
! incdai throne, smoking ienumeraDIe
! cigarettes. :,
/ Keno. the owner Of the studio, said
/ rotric~ but smiled in rather supe-
( 1.cr voy. I;e was person OF some
I what Unusual taste-his pictures be-
( trayed I;.a in that.
Xe we're rather a cosmopolitan lot
rathc-ed l. the big studio that night
te,s4re vas 4 merry, Egkt-hearted
tst
his stlcss frrers, but quite incaFa-
=, cf seriGt work. Peel aad myse Il
uere Trgl'r's-I:ain stalking, not whol-
3 u~erccs ssfGl, hut without half Le-
ianre's versatility. ferguson was
( Scotch-ecriou and argumentative,
ard KCvnc-the cN-r OF the studio
was = / Gle by bi4.n, though mucn of
lis life had been lived IL I,.is and
! London.
He was two or three years older -t;,ls
tie rest CT Us. AS far as his art was
Concerned he was brilliant, original
and st2rtl.neiY unpleasant. For hIin-
self, he had a fine head-the head OF
a dreamer Usually a reticent l--~1,
he would at rare intervals fash out
I into fiery. animated feed CT TAX,
acccl. panied Uy wild gesticulatlon.
Only ore other person was il the
stuuio-Dora 6n.itn, our model = a
pretty. nervous Iittie person, at tie
preSent r-on.ent toast.LS her tees /" {
the Cir steve aaG eHJCy .aB s8arette
during her Mcli-ea-neu re-i.
'Neii, there's oaly clo 5000 hing
about murder" said TelgusoE--''it il
vii out! And tAa,. as RUE, ends II
hanging.
"Nonzaase. my dear c4ap!" sad
/ Kovno. ITS o4is the Gums ,--ots
:, IL a-e found oui. Anyone WHO ISN'T
a feel ccD,d s,.-. as many people as he
pleased, and aevo4 be clen suspected
If you ant nam ali aVersSe amount
Of luck
Lclapge began drumming 4 SORT Of
''danye MacaLre' en- the model throGe
/ With his heels, and struck tragic at
! titude which made Dora laugh.
Il wisa you 'vOui4n all lie SO hor-
ribly giao-ay,' she said. "I Believe
this great big hSrn of 4 studio IS haunt-
cd. D., fcf goodness sake, talk about
SC l1iag cl.eorful!"
ITS net gloo,1y at all; It's most
Interesting" persisted Keno. - 1o,''5
MD 5~I.49 M he pc-siis ''.tice cf
undiscovered crime have 4 great fasci-
ration for ne"
THE poss.li-i,es Of an undtsacy-
er,d al...i4a Z ~ trousers rCc3;et
wouid be more attractive 10 re per
sona-lJ," said Peel, ruefuiiy surveying
his worldly possessions. ''Archie''-
turning { me-'we shall have to pad
tie Loo4 tonight. "Can't afford an ON
nibus.
Il am willing to bet" Kovno contin-
led, without noticin :rthe =: Interruption,
8 L am willing to bet that l could com
nit murder without possibility CT
detl ction." He was getting into one
OF his eXcitable moods and gesticuiat-
ing freely.
Rubbish" said l. laughing. "Any-
one can talk like that But. in the first
place, it's absurd; and in the second,
/ don t suppose for mil.0 te that you'd
be such an abject fool as to try
Kovro himself laughed at that, for
by nature he is one OF the mildest crea-
lures imaginable.
mo. TO. [ don't mean 10 sav that |
want to harm anyone in particular fer
the mere satisfaction of proving to a
parcel Of lunatics that L am talking
common sense: but still I maintain
| could do so.''
'Well, you prove it to me. ard I'll
take your bet" said 7, ieering
''Wili yeu?" he asked.
-'Of course will,' Ireplied. Crank.
We'll have a dinner on the strength of
this"
'Done with you, then" said Kovno.
"I'll bet you five pounds o shilling.
sold a couple of sketches to-day"
That's all very we'll put in Fcrgu-
son, slowly, but short Of actually muI-
dering the man. and then ccafcssing
10 us--in which case we should in
evitab'y trct YOU OF to Tie nearest
police station-how are you going TO
give as proof CT your abiIity?"
Kovno thought for moment.
look here" he said, speaking quick
ly, "suprosing manage 10 spirit a
man away and cause him to vanish for
q weck-ten days, If yea lii,e-without
any inquiries that may be made en-
abli2g anyone to connect me With the
matter; ard suppCsing that 1 obtain
written confession frcm that man,
acknowledging that it Vas in my pow
er TO XII him, if it so pleased me, Will
that satisfy you?"
ITS hardly fair test" grumbled
Ferguson. Still I suppose YOU can't
massage better-short OF actually com
mitting crime"
"Yoau have the deuce to pay when
YOU lot him On - csTOoeS+a,1 7 oToDra