Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1909-07-01

| naca~ uAnS state OF semi
t, u'c. arrested BY a silly impulse !,
surn ana ny. as II the bobby whom =,
'ed approaching him with mea ,
s.r'de. pausing now and again :,
~ a door or fash his bullseye dow
an urea were to be expected 70 i6an
Wy the man responsible for tho,
,achet raised ere midnight in vocor,
No. g. :" 'acan'
AT the corner he swerved and cro..
%, sun possessed Of his devil of In
spia'on' 1t would be unfair To him
w., say mat ne did not struggle to re.
sls' IT, Tor he did. because II was "a
ana egregiously asinine: vet. strpy.
siihg. MS feet trod the path to which
1t tempted him. ""ien
why he expostulated feeblv ~
misht as Well turn back and beat thar
ooooy over the head with nv canev
out Ut the moment his hand was IN
us cnange pocket, feeling over that
same BRASS door key which earlier ho
nad been unable to account for ond
ne was informing himself how vow,
Easy IL would have been for the SOW.
ereign purse to have dropped from his
waistcoat pocket while he was sliding
=" HIS ear down the dark staircase
~ recover II meant. at the least she,.
yer ior the night. followed by a decent.
comfortable and sustaining morning
meal. Fortified by both he could re-
deem his luggage. change to clotb;p.
'nore suitable for daylight travelling.
pawn his valuables and enter into nero.
tatlons with the steamship comnanv
LOT permission to exchange his mas
sage, with sum to boot. for trans.
portation on another liner-a most
feasible project, temptation all but
irresistible, W.
But then-the risk. Sunposing 20.
Tue sake or argument. the customary
night Waterman to have taken up n
transient residence in No. Q. SIM.
posing the police to have entered with
MIN and found the stunned man IN
the second floor. would the Waterman
not De vigilant for another nocturnal
marauder-would not the police now.
more than ever, be keeping a wary eve
on that house of suspicious happen.
ings?
Decidedly to re-enter it would be to
incur deadly risk. And yet undoubt-
eoly. beyond question. his sovereign
purse was waiting for him somewhere
on the second fight Of stairs. while
his means Of clandestine entry Law
warm In his fingers-the key to the
dark entry, which he had by force of
habit pocketed after locking the door
on leaving the house with Dorothy.
He came to the Hog-in-the- Pound
Its windows were dim with low
turned gaslights. Down the covered
alleyway Quadrant news slept In a
dusk. but fitfully relieved by lamp
or two round which the friendly mist
chung close and thick.
There would be none to see.
Skulking. throat swollen with fear, |
heart beating like a snare drum. Kirk |
wood took his chance. Buttoning his |
overcoat collar up to his chin and ours
ing the fact that his hat must stand |
out like chimney pot on a detached
house, he sped on tiptoe down the cob.
oANN N"s anu ei'SC Dtitutu lie house
walls of Quadrant news: but, half
way In, he stopped. COMPOUNDED by an
difficulty How was he to
Identify the narrow entry Of No. 8,
whose counterparts doubtless commu
nicated with the news from every res
dence on four sides of the city block?
He almost lost his head when he
realized that escape was already cut
of by the way he had come Some
one or, rather. some two men were
the alley. He could hear the
.ramping and shuttle of clumsy feet
Ind voices that muttered indistinctly.
)ne seemed to trip over something and
cursed. The other laughed The voices
rev more loud. They were coming
lis way. He dared no longer vacillate. J
lie dived into the nearest black hole
II passageway and in sheer despera-
lon flung himself. key in hand, against
he door at the end Mark how his
uck served him who had forsworn
Ter! He found a keyhole and inserted
he key. 1t turned So did the knob.
The door gave inward. He fell in
With it, slammed it, shot the bolts and,
anting, leaned against it's panels. in a
1T of everlasting night. but saved
or the time being, at all events.