Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-01-21
nuAPTER III.

.-,oo Wayne's body had been found.
.'IT Torann. the coroner, could find
!" .-aco of violence on the young and
,rssct body
..to died of heart failure" he re-
.,rtpd very simply. Probably the
.,,,sI who caused the police such
>.-h, and trouble gained access to the
-, and the sight and shock were
y, mich for her patiently fragile con-
.,.fon to withstand. Remember,
&,t this apparition. has brought on
~. Dpsterle a stroke of paralysis,
~ NAV result in the permanent de-
.,,opment Of her mind.
% have wired Doubleday, Franz &
?, in San Francisco" he continued.
their reply just received is that they
.rou, hut little about Cerisse Wayne.
They declare that they knew her as
vs WAYNE. Also that for five
rs.rg mast s., 900 a month has been de-
-osIted to her credit with them. Parke
Gray, solicitors, of London, Eng
srd have handled the drafts sent to
As San Francisco bankers. Mrs.
Tarne drew on this amount so freely
hat at times her balance was practi-
ally nothing, and frequently her ac-
! count showed small overdraft. For
he past several months. however, her
: ;snands on the account have been
very slight. Last month $4,000 was
sent for her credit, and her present
talance is approximately $4,000. Be
,ios this they have a Casket, said to
contain almost priceless jewels, that
}e.Ong to her. A copy of a photograph
O. Mrs Wayne, which they have in
their possession, has been forwarded,
and Henry Franz, one Of the junior
\ members of the firm, is coming East to
3 view the body. They report they have
Jared for her mail for some time past,
{ and during this time she has had it
q .0TTarded to nearly every imaginable
4 point both in this country and abroad.
\ In her handbag there was nearly $3.50
and nothing to indicate that she had
j 59en mentally depressed or was in poor
health. Over indulgence in cigarettes
may have Unduly excited her mind. 1t
is patent that she read and smoked till
she grew drOWSy and then lightly
tossed her book aside. Possibly she
@kened from some quiet dream to be-
hold that creature In the room, and
died Of fright There was one second
Of intense horror and all was over"
How did at-that-that-ge in,
5octor?' Interrupted the still disheveI-
ed Doherty.
Don't you know that there's no place
On the front Of this, nor any other
o1IIdin' in the block where a cat could
crawl up for footin'? Amt they all
smooth sandstone, worn as slick as me
last years coat And wasn't both of
he windows there closed and locked
IN the bargain, and no chimney in the
room Maybe the creature killed the
Ety little girl after it got in al
Hght but how did it get in? Here's
another thing. VIII we look at that
oeQ' Now there's been two people
Sleeping in that bed, sir, one of them
lar heavier and bigger than the poor
lille sir you've just been inQuesting
over And here, now, is a cigarette
SUD that's different from the others
stronger, can't you see?"
The policeman held out the stub in
question, and it was passed wonder
2SE from hand to hand, and later
marked exhibit "A"
Entrance might have been effected
.om the hail." said the Coroner with
puzzled frown.
SO? Wasn't the door bolted from
NE inside? Can't you see where it
was broke to set in?" retorted Do
5eTu
An someone was inside and rush
I'd out when Mrs. Desterle opened the
--oH muttered Larry Morris of the
Tines"
Everybody in the room directed his
-"sAIIon to the corner where the
~'"SPaper folk were sitting. There
we've eight or ten men in the little
s'oop and one woman, a fair, calm
~, ~Iu GIRL Betty Lancey of the In
.-.'5F' Betty was barely %, one of
-I'Se tall, athletic, wholesome girls
.,o demand classification in the men
, '"sAu as well-cooked oatmeal with
,,-, cream country honey, baked
rrEsS or new milk. Larry Morris
h-% very much in love with Betty,
~ "e udnt know it and neither did
,f,, gre DeSterle denied Larry Nor
~, suggestion. His wife Annie Des-
,, SouIo not come as witness to
W.. his statement Raving
:, :. S''leNing they had carried her off
~. we hospital hours before. Pierre
-'S Wife, and himself, told all he
~r VI Welr unfortunate boarder.
IL. me ne came Monday night" quavered
=, .,1e olack-skinned fellow. "She
,.,... NJ dressed in green. She had the
ts'IsSt eyes YOU ever saw, they were
vo,,. me those of hurt baby. So many
l,rS, were pinned on her breast you'd
:, thought 'twould have wearied her
NH, ~'.S Them. She brought no trunks.
u'e green bag there. Said she
s-5 room and board for two weeks
hal. Io"lu pay well TOR them. Annie
ts,a,,...e ' because of what she paid, and
h,s she was so pretty. She slept
nal. "lngs and Annie was going to
aspt s' move tomorrow, because she
aIoo, 81 Iate it made breakfast drag
bone, I'l noon. The women in the
ali ~ u1ont like Miss Wayne. They
aea,o+. painted her face and smoked
:, The men made soft eyes
Aa1la .' Gnu the woman got jealous.
saI0 she had awflll fine things