Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-01-26

night, mis- Face turned toward the Vale,
as most assuredly his heart and
thoughts were also.
Staphen HargraVe waited until
Louis had had time to get clear OF the
immediate neighborhood of the Hut.
then wrapped himself up with some
thing approaching disguise, and IN
his usual roundabout, careful way,
reached the Box.
| He gave the usual signal, but there
came no response. Again he whistled,
and without 'eliciting an answer.
! Twice or thrice more the suppressed
owls shrek which he had been Or
dered to initiate left his lips, then,
| impatient to reach the Hut again be-
| fore Louis, he stole up to the WIN
dow and tapped at it.
Against the blind he could see the
shadow of Sir Richards head thrown
in a bent position, as if he were
asleep.
Very quietly and gently he tapped
the window with his finger nails, but
the shadow did not move. Then at
last, fearful of the delay and danger
it engendered, he crept up to the
door, and quietly opened it and en-
tered the room.
At a glance he saw that Sir Richard
had fallen asleep over his desk, and
for a few moments he stood with the
door in his hand, watching him.
!
up to his usual chair, seated himself,
and fell to his staring at the fire
moodily, prepared to wait until his
master should awake.
Suddenly Sir Richard started in
his sleep and muttered some incoher-
ent words
/ Stephen paid not the slightest re-
gard, did not appear to have heard
them even, but, with a startling dis
tinctness, Sir Richard still in his
sleep, exclaimed:
Lucy! Lucy! Give me the boy!'
and threw out one hand with an ex-
preston hating midway between re
/ pulsion and entreaty.
sprang up from his chair, his face
working horribly, his eyes filled with
Mortified and threatening glare up
on Sir Richards face.
The noise of his sudden uprising
woke the sleeper.
Sir Richard started, clinched his
two hands, and rising, stared around
Thin.
SO they stood, the. two men, con
fronting each other, each looking as il
he had been dreaming some fearful
dream or seeing some agitating vision
Sir Richard was the first to speak.
you! How did you get in?"
At the sound of his voice Stepher
Hargrave's face resumed it's old ex
preston of logged subsection, ant
with a dull sigh he sank into the chair
again
Through tae door," he replied. 90
whistled and waited until dared wait
no longer, then stopped at the win
dow You didn't hear me, you were
asleep. / came in. You didn't want
any Of the SCI wants to find me hang
ing about, did your"
Quit right" said Sir Richard pass
ing his hand over his face, which was
still rather white and haggard. "Quite
right. Well, did you deliver the let
ter?"
Eyes," said Stephen, II saw hel
take 1t with her own hand"
Good again. said Sir Richard
"Now, listen," and in clear, distinct
tones, which seemed to fix the lessor
upon the listeners brain as a chise
cut an inscription on steel, Sir Rich
ard revealed his plot and set forth
the work he intended his brave tt
perform.
Stephen Hargrave listened atten
lively until Sir Richard had finished
then he took his cap and rose.
''Ts that ell?"
"That is ALL said Sir Richard, with
a cold smile Not a great deal, nor {
very difficult undertaking, but it mus
be done well. No over-acting the par
or struggling at the last moment. Yol