Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-12-03

L lTdcSu ueT 10 f1yu0 HdTk y6St'r-
day afternoon" said Royce, describing
the spot.
| The inspector gazed on the form
as if he were looking through it, then
rang bell. A gentlemanly looking
clerk came in, and the Inspector,
having handed HIM the form withou.
2 word, withdrew in silence.
Take a seat said the inspector.
! Il have sent to make inquiries"
l. Royce sat down on a hard char,
and stared at the ground as if he were
lost in sadness and despair, and after
the lapse of ten minutes or so, the
clerk returned and placed a paper
before his superior.
''Hem!" said the Inspector. There
is news of the lady. She was seen on
the Embankment last night
! "The Embankment!" exclaimed
Royce.
"Yes; by one of the Thames police.
She was standing on the edge of the
coping, looking down at the river"
! Royce rose, pale and eager.
The Thames policeman, thinking
she was about to throw herself in,
warned her off"
/ THANK heaven. My poor sister,"
murmured Royce, casting up his eyes.
i you are certain about the cloak
Eshe wore?" said the Inspector.
| quite, quite!"
i Then you had better go down to
the Thames police station, at Black
friars," said the inspector, calmly.
! "They will show it you there"
i do you meaE-that her cloak has
been found?"
| yes; picked up by the Thames
police off Blackfriars pier" said the
inspector.
Royce stood pale and speeches..
j "If you wish to discover anything
!. further, l should advise you to go
down to Blackfriars and see the cloak
If anything else has been found they
will know it there. l will send a man
: with you, if you like"
Royce accepted the offer, and thank.
| ing the inspector, who received his
| acknowledgment with a short nod
accompanied The officer in plain
clothes to the Blackfriars police sta
ton.
! Royce told his tale there; he had
invented it as he drove in the cab, and
had got it glib and pat.
The Official went into an inner
room, and returned with cloak upor
his arm.
Royce, recognized it in a moment
His keen eyes had noticed it on JoaI
the preceding day. 1t was her cloak
and it was still wet.
ct is hers my sister's!" he sal /
almost inauolbly.
Il am sorry, sir" said the man
gravely. ut was picked up by one o
the police boats just outside here
; The body"
In spite of himself Royce could no
help shuddering.
Must have gone farther dowI
the river. You'd better inquire dow
Limehouse way. The tide was run
ming out last evening, and you'll fine
her there as sure as eggs is eggs"
Can l have the cloak?" aske,
Royce, sorrowfully.
1t might be against the rules, bu
''the gentleman" looked such a gentle
man that the man gave him the cloak
taking a receipt for it, and Royce, ac
companied by the officer in plair
clothes, pursued his pilgrimage.
They reached a dismal, squalif
region far east of the great city, an
stood in the damp office of the river
!, side police station. The inspector in
charge was as civil but as calm ane
impassive as his brethren.
He led Royce and the officer to |
mortuary and unlocked the door
The dim outline of a human figure
. lay on Loard covered by a cloth
, The officer raised the cloth in a bust
nesslike fashion, and yet not irrev
, erently, and turned up the gas Jet
above it,
Royce bent down and looked at the
corpse keenly.
, The face was that of young CIR
, about loans age, but the water and
: exposure had rendered it almost un
; recognizable. 1t was not Joal
, Ormsby, not the owner of Lord Arrow
: fields fortune, but Royce covered his
face with his hands and groanej.
} My poor sister," he cried, quite
sorrowfully.
Very sorry, sir" said the man, re
spectfully. 1--WE see a deal o. this
sort of thing, and we get used to it;
but it's, very sad, common as it is
What instructions
Royce seemed quite overcome by
grief for a moment, while he was
thinking hard.
"She must remain here for a few
hours, he said. Il will bring other.
to see her. II don't know whether
it is usual request, or one you car
accede to; but should be obliged AM
gratified If you would keep her-h 81
: identity secret, or at any rate say az
little about it as possible
Don't be afraid, sir" SAID the
: inspector. There will be an inquest
of course; but these inquests are
never Teported-too common by fan
! sir. Nobody takes any notice: and u