Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-11-30
pTER XII.-(Continued.)

pTEtR Ally OOAIAA0SO'(
~, o1, room was filed with the scum OF
In s;n ~ humanity foul smoke from fous
seaS0t aaota3 in choking clouds to the dirt
pipes ~ ceiling. Now aud again, be-
besE.nt tho shouting and the singing,
WIN r r whose presence in such com
g'un7 .,rood nv heart sick, played upon
psD! and there was a mahogany-taced
-. ~ rbom the men addressed as Morner
nag n, W. She seemed to have the eye OF
C%'o-l NOR did [ escape her glance. She
D@ nv m to me and stood glaring with
snu- -b;ning ewes for a moment or two, the
III 'I r,roson+ment of an old-time witch.
W. 1T,' lass door again swung open; three
Int ontnrad through it, and l recognized
~, three of them in moment. line nrse
~ tho Trishman, "Four-Eyes; the sec
wa ras the lantern jawed Scotsman, VINO
Vug Loor addressed in Paris as dick the
Iao - the third was Roaring John,
w. rboso face Dan had emptied the con-
..ar, NJ his duck gun three days before.
M, .,4ian had his mouth all bound IN
tI,,dr rag but he was in nowise depress-
al and. although the gun mad stopped
his snpech, ne smacked Paolo on the oack
rbnn he greeted him.
Ono If rbp men started a wild dance. 1t
u.,s an extraordinary exhibition, and 1t
.,,o,ad the men about so that they roared
r,tb delight. | was watching it, but my
,-tontion was suddenly diverted by the
sorsp that something under near table
ros milling at my leg. l looked down
ouckIy. and saw a strange sight 1t was
tba black face of the lad Splinters, who
had baan treated so brutally in Paris. He,
croncbing under the table, was making
sgns 70 me. earnest, meaning signs, so
that without any betrayal l leaned my
head down as though upon my hands, and
spoke to him:
What is it, lad?' | asked in whIs-
Der. What do you want to say!
Don't stop here, sir!' he answered in
state of great agitation. They know
Vol, and are going to kill your
He said no more, crawling away at
once; but he left me hot with fear.
left nv seat, and pushed amongst the
men, passing nearer and nearer to the
street until at last l was at the very por-
taI itself Then l saw that change
had been made while [ had been sitting.
The doors of glass were wide open, but
tba wav to the street without was no
longer cIear-an iron curtain had been
drawn across the entrance.
This was a terrible discovery. 1t seem
ed TO me that the iron door had been clos
ed for an especial purpose. I knew, how
-, q
of the audience would wish to go out, and
80 waited by the curtain. The men were
then about to push their tables to the cen
ter again, but the bag raised her voice
and cried:
AS you are, my pretty gentlemen; it's
only the first party we've been treated to.
No, no; ye don't have the door drawn yet
awhile. Good boys, all of We, there's work
to do: no ho work to do"
Somehow, all the men Immediately
around me skunk away, and found my
self standing quite alone, with many star
ing at me The four men whom most
feared had turned their backs, but the
rest of the assembly had eyes only for the
terrible woman and for myself. Presently
Sue uIScOFuanC music began again. Lie
bag moved with a hobble and jig to the
far end of the room, and began to come
straight down to the door whereby l
stood, | know not what presentiment
tOrewarned me to beware as the creature
drew near. | had my revolver in my
pocket but had shown it twenty barrels
would have answered the folly. There
was nothing to do but to face the screech-
ing woman; and this I did.
At the last, the old witch, who had
danced for some moments at distance of
ten PAGES from the spot where I stood,
became as one possessed. She uttered
PIERCING shiek, and hurled herself almost
on NE. In that instant I remember see
ing the three men with Paolo suddenly
rise to their feet, while the other in the
room called out in their excitement. But
me bag herself drew from her breast
something that she had concealed there;
and as she stood within a yard of me,
Sue brought it crash upon my head, and
all my senses left me.