Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-04-12

ii1 He stepped to the door and unlocked and
opened It. AS he did SO, Harry Blake. re-
and looked Ia. around. eagerly and excited
Hello! What's this?" he exclaimed, as
his glance took in the two prisoners a an9
/ then he caught sight of Blanton. on,
| here you are! he added in relieved tone
You come with a rush, Harry" said
Blanton, with smile; what is the cause
why, I thought that those vil-fellows;
yonder, had made away with you' ola
fellow was the reply: - ara ovav
"And you were going 10 MAKE away
with them, eh?'' .a4
sWeil. would have done e,a the best snaw !
could. that is certain p ane Saa as true
friend, and one whom it was safe to de-
pend upon in an emergency. ;, said
Blanton; II have some work to do, and
| shall be glad of your help. 80, +,osa
What 90 10 you ioi, want me 10 oo-'aiNe 'iO'
mo; we viii leave them here for the
present. Miss Weatheroy WI you eTIaS
The preacher bowed, and walked out OF
the room without word, and Miss Weatno
erby, after having been mn introduces 9arr went 1T
and Blanton followed, closing and locking
the door behind him. 4;
The party then made It's way u ups 71hnre
the detective told Miss Weatherby ana MS
fre I wish So W to Show this gentleman out he
| said, indicating the preacher He went TO
| the door, and after holding conversation i
| of few minutes dura ton with the man:
opened the door and let him out. what
| he said to the preacher he never told any
| one, but he must have raked the man over
the Goals pretty severely, for there was d
| subdued and somewhat frightened look on
! Reverend Fitzgeralds face when ne TOOK
Blanton fastened back to the parlor, and
asked Miss Weatherby If she knew WnelS
he would find certain man sei va Har ,
| H. hod 10 M
| and himself in the other evening, Wnen
they went there in response to the oecoy
"Oh thai must be Johnson said tn. the
young lady; "he quit and went away TINS
Good" said the detective; Il am glad
Harry Blake and Miss Weatherby looked
at the detective inquiringly, but he did not
offer to explain. ..,. 1u
What are you going to p do With M fhe
young lady asked, presently. -, ,o
eff you have no objections L VIII leaVe
them where they are tonight I Ana PoSJ,vS
| was the reply. ., eooa
I will see. that. it is attended TO- Co., Mr.
Blanton? Have they committed mite a. S 81, IN
hoe oh y ms kidnapping Gii IS certainly an Of
tense that the law will take cognizanee
| force you to marry. him. That is crime re-,
| Il am glad to hear that the law can
| take hold upon him." said the young Wo-
man; but she did not seem to DE very en-
| thusias site about the matter. -,
After some further converse ton, IN Whlcn
| the young woman told now she nao peen
seized that forenoon and taken to the room
| in the cellar, Mordaunt and sawyer haylng
| done the work; and how the former mad
| tried to get her to promise 10 marry mn IN
| the detective and Harry Blake pace the
| Young lady goodnight and took their de-
| parture. ,
| Instead of leaving the grounds, however,
| Rlanton led the way around to the rear
| of the mansion, and entered by way OF the
| same window through which he had en-
| tered before. Blake, wondering what IL
J meant, followed.
"What are you going to do, anyway, old
| fellow" he asked; why have we emerged
| from the front door, only to go around ana
| climb in through rear Window ,
Just wait and you will soon know ALL
| Harry was the quiet reply.
| Blanton led the way, opening the slloe
| of his dark lantern, occasionally, more Tor
| the benefit of his companion than for MS
| own for he was familiar with the way.
After fifteen minutes of walking along
| halls and climbing OF stairs the Two were
| in the old wing, and on the second hoor.
| Presently Blanton came to stop In front
| of door, underneath which shone streak
| the keyhole as well. Taking his bunch
of skeleton keys from his pocket the de-
It did not work so he tried another:
| did the work, and turning the knob, Blan-
| ton pushed the door OPEN
He stepped quickly through the doorway,
and when his companion had followed
Then he turned and faced the inmate OF
| the room-who was sitting on cot at one
| side, staring at the intruders in amaze
| ment.