The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1910-04-21

he repeated.
Merribew shook his head airily
'Niente. nienter' he said in his best
Italian. He Gid not understand what
the inspector said. He merely haC
suspicious.
"Lcok" suddenly exclaimed Hi!lard
Passing cut of the door which led to
liberty and to France. their luggage
guaranteed by cabalistic chalk marks.
were two women. One Of them was
! yelled: the other was not.
"kitty Ki!ligrew. as liver shouted
Merrihcw. making dash for the door
But the inspector blocked the way.
beckoned to gendarme. who came
over, ard calmly pointed to Aerri
| hew's unopened cases.
"Open!' said the inspector
But Merrihew struggled to pass.
"For heavens sake" cried Hillard.
''be patient and open the cases al
once
Mcrrihcw handled his keys cllmsiiy.
1t is ever thus when one is in hurry
Finally he threw back the lids. fe"ina
that in another moment he must have
|
magic simply to tell this fool inspector
what he thought Of him.
soho. monsieur in a hurry!' Knocked
the inspector Nothing. nOthing!' He
took out two boxes Of cigars.
"Why the devil didn't you tell ne
3. you had them:" Hii!ard demanded
writhfully. To find the women by this
stroke of luck and then to loSe thea!
again for two boxes Of cigars. 1t was
maddening.
The inspector went through Mcrri.
hew's possessions with rremedi:a.ed
leisure Everything had to come out
He even opened the shaving sets. tho
collar box. the pin cases ard the tic
bag.
"Will ycu hasten?' asked Hillard
1--WE do not wish to miss this train"
"OtherS follow" said the inspector
laconically.
HiIlald produced FIVE franc piece
The Inspector laughed without nois'
and shook his head. This one inspector
Is impervious to money or smoOtl
speeches. He is the law persOnified
!, memorable.
:. HiIlard strained his eyes. but say
neither Kitty nor the yelled lady again
, Doubtless they were already ON tn
. train. Had Mcrrihew been an OLE
traveller he would have left him to &c
to Monte Carlo the best way he could
but Merrihew was as helpless as
child and he hadn't the heart to deser
him. though he deserved to be desert
. ed
Ding-ding! went the bell Whec
vince! went the whistle. The trai
Tor Monte Carlo was drawing out. an,
they were being left behind. Hillar,
swore and Merrihew went white witt
impotent anger. If only he could hi
. something! The inspector smiled an'
. went on with his deadly work. Whel
he was certain that they could net pos
sibly catch the train he handed til
. cigars to their owner and pointed t
a sign the other side of the barrivude.
, What shall do now. Jack?" Merr
, hew asked.
Il refuse to help you. Find out your
self"
/. So Merribew. hopeless and subduet
I went into the room designated. sa,
I the cigars taken out and weighed. too
the bill and presented it with Il hun
=, dred lire note at the little window
!, the off room.
). Procuring his change. he found Hi
lard sitting disconsoately on the bal
!, ricade.
II hope you are perfectly satisfied.
!, said Hillard. with an amiability whic
wouldn't have passed muster any
where.
q "Oh. I'm satisfied" answered Mer,
), hem. He stuffed his pockets with C.
gars. slammed the boxes into the cas-
~ and locked them up.
;, II warned you about tobacco
II know it, ..
- "You should have told me-"
~ know that. too. but didn't war
% you to lecture me-"
"a lecture would have been bette
p. than waiting here in this barn fl
three hours"
j, "Three hoursy despondently.
'Oh. there's Il restaurant. hut it's n,
much better than this. It's bad-tit
:. and greasy plates"
And by the time they had found Il
:, Ristorante Tornaghi - miserable an
:. uninvitng-they were laughing.
"Only wish ! knew where the
were going" was Hillard's regret.
=, ''They?" said Merrihew
=, 'ies. The woman with Kitty ia Il
- woman I'm going to find If stay
= Europe ten years. And when l lin
-, her I'm going to marry her."
=. Sounds good" said Merrihew. pou
:. ing himself Il third glass of very iEdi
ferent Beaunp.
- And they may be going anywhel
- bur to Monte Calio-Paris. CEerbuur
n Calais. In my opinion, Monte Carl,
~ the last place two such women al
likely to go to alone"
r. So they sat in the Gingy restaurant
smoking and laughing and grumbii.
I'LL tho pnvt xy.- opnfu,n,nl