Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-03-25
r.pTER XyI.-(Continued.)

~. hit Of documentary evidence
y .n,oterialized in the Hackleye home
c,Iro was bruted about in all the
apsrs. oh nuh,o +,
-,,man,s hand-an odd hand with
',mIIarly forcible strokes-were these
entries oo
,,..Is WAYNE, daughter Of Desiree
- Tohn Francis Wayne, and Ham
r.rs HaciIeye, third son of Sir Walter
.oI Lady Evelyn Hackleye.
~porn November LIST. 1900. to Ce-
,,,a Corella Wayne Hackleye and
rI,r,nvp Hackleye, son, Walter
H3meye Iiackleye.
Porn. October Is, 1901, to Cerisse
r,rora Wayne Hackleye and Hamleye
u,rklpve. a daughter, Paula Cerisse
H1ckleye.'
Gradually there became fixed more
,,,nraIv the public idea that Hackleya
had murdered his wife. And the grow
,c impression was that Hackleye and
HlrOurt were one and the same, but
,ba most inexplicable of all was the
3raI resemblance between the two
rmrcr. but at that the Man-Aperil-
h puzzled.
Mark Flanders. the old attorney from
whom HackIeye had rented the house
A, "A Briarswaet place, was so upset
r.. the sensation in which the staid old
home was figuring that he nearly went
Wild AS it was, he cut short his Eu-
A r,9pan trip, and came home in a jiffy
70 see that the beloved old homestead
was not whitfield to bits by enterprise
ing sleuths who were seeking further
for secret passa ges and subterranean
Ways
Mrs Desterle died early in the fall
and her heart broken husband took
their accumulated savings and went
j home to Paris Harold Harcourt was
still sitting behind the bars of the
JAIL The British government did not
cone and lead him out of captivity.
Il Harrourts wife was slowly getting
better in the hospital to which they
Il hid removed her There had been
Shocking days of rawlings so extraordi-
4 nary that the nurses had stood abash-
Il been times when Mrs. Harcourt's
i strength outranked that of even the
strongest attendants, and in her vIO-
A ioNce she had essayed to kill herself,
4 but oiteuest she was weak as a sick
kitten, and lay inert and helpless on
A her narrow bed, moaning as if within
her slender frame fermented the an
giSh of the world. Philip Hartley
clme daily to see her. His quiet pres
ear' always had calming effect upon
ta7 sick woman. and she seemed 10
recognize him. Philip called first be
cause the paper sent him, and yet, rs
tae months dritted by and the Wayne
murder mystery was relegated grad
Jl,Iy from first to a second, and then
Ia a fourth and even to a fifth page
pace in the paper, he went because
Ae wanted to. not COnfessing to him.
SELF why He couldn't have told. He
Couldn't resist the emotion that drew
0'm to the sick woman.
Inc most expert doctors were called
" attendance Mrs. Harcourt's condi
uon was most battling. One day there
0L'led in an aunt of the inferno,
>oaary work in India for thirty-fiv
!N"FS The inferno discussed the case
VIII" MS aunt, and took her around TO
>T Jle patient. The old doctor-Foth
"7H was her name-examined the
!oanS woman closely.
tMnk, john" she said. after she
I'D" looked at Mrs. Harcourt, accord
"a 10 the prescribed ritual for medici
"' Inspection, that the poor little
"'"H mas been drugged to death. They
"''Se things beneath the tropic suns
~, N.Y. frequently. There are weird drugs
w. w. 10 queer purposes over there.
mere they stop at murder, even by
" poison. death in life is no more
.1' convenience to them if they so
think she's drug sick Give
HSnt food. stimulants, and plenty
"oFphlne. It's the best reagent I've
~.'" LOT those indiscriminate drugs
~" ,', sToW over there Also a powder
I'll bring YOU"
"e inferno quoted his aunt to the
rs,.7"o'ns physicians. And because of
~,S lame Of DR.. FothergiH, which had
,S'eo even across the broad seas
'''~ VI sex, Iuey ISISnSQ TO
.@' She said. They followed DR..
H. ',gESiiIs advice and slowly but sure
I'm, Harcourt began to improve.
50. "~\ she reused from her stupor,
e., up ana looked at her nurses
a. Uo not remember" she stammer-
cannot remember, and-Tm
S.-o' for the hurt has all gone from
AS She spoke she pressed one hanl
-, 7' Aeart. and the other to her head,
'"'Fe Philip Hartley found her when
@s came an hour later. He had a glow
-s o0nch of asters for her-lavenders.
L,sS' soft pinks-and ashes of roses.
h. sweet flowers with their colors
,~'-ed away" she murmured as she
.~S"ed out for them. There was the
line innocent friendliness between
c,;7 TWO pure souled ones as there
1 l.sn' have been between two sera-
:. Tour flowers OF the north coun-
sh seem so pale-and yet so pure.
o,., Cohunuew, as she buried her face
b., ''' the shaggy petals. But they
no perfumes"
Ia. -'1' yes they have" denied Hart