Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-01-28
PIER v.

u" soJ lived in the house for years.
Nv w.. and her cohort numbered sew
~. Pssides Larry Morris, long and
,.-r there was the gentle eyed
pbfIiD Hartley, Hank Smith, tall
', ,".2,,,,andOuslv framed, Sothern, fat,
y. ". and DhIegmattc; Frankel, a lit
law who was automobile editor of
' Times" and Tim Murphy, car
..,+ great hulk of an Irishman.
Nh, Directory Hotel, one Of the
,.t exclusive in the town, was only
=, blocks from LeRoy's.
.you E24 is my roOm," whispered
,.,r You let me go up first. Don't
!. tsa clerk in on this even, till we
M mt what's what"
rive minutes later the sextette were
nrs3 inside the door of room E24 by
.,s an excited Betty Delaney as the
,,rfrero office had never seen.
Took" she instructed. BE care
# Init look right across
rsa span Of the court did not exceed
.,t,pen feet. Betty's side Of the great
Gliding was all black and quiet. Not
ngbt gIimpsed in any room. The
MN directly across the court whose
e rrioVs comDlimented hers had the
asles thrown high, the windows open
vide and was ablaze with light.
There were two occupants in the
nam. man and a woman, seated side
side at a table covered with writ
y paraphernalia. The man was pow
tuly built, regular Of feature and
gy dark, with peculiarly white and
y0us hands. The woman wore a
lllred suit Of dark cloth and even at
3. distance her remarkable resem-
lance to the woman they had last
:l lying in the morgue was unmis-
liable There was the same soft con-
d uF Of chin the same rust-brown
2r and clear ivory pallor Of the skin.
he slight yet perfect modelings Of
H figure, the slender pirk-palmed
2Id the curve Of the forehead, were
. Ike as is stamped from the same
is they watched, GREATNESS, stupe-
I'll from surprise, the man drew a
z.et from his pocket and pulled
I'm It several papers. He ran rapid
through them and withdrawing two
ION the packet handed them to his
1panion. She reached across to re-
a7e them when a sudden gust of
T2d 6eIIied the curtains into sails and
S-' them futtering into the room and
2: again The force Of the breeze
-.SAt the papers and they were car-
a out into the court where they
@'Ied eddied and ducked, finally
-sa'lnS on the fire escape that jutted
i. 2Te feet from Betty's window.
LIE man who had run 10 the win
" watched with eager eyes to see
-s's the papers fell. Then he clutch
Ills nat from the sofa and rushed
"4 Inc room. The woman shrugged
!" shoulders and sat down again at
= 40.e. They saw her pull out the
~S rom her copper hair and let it fall
s's! over her shoulders. Then she
'A5a INTO the adjoining room as If
- recovery Of the lost documents was
mater Of perfect indifference.
"""A' nudged SOthern, you're the
s,S" Climb out and get those pa
Larry isn't as long and he's less
award commented Frankel.
and You're worth less than the
N o. US; try it yourself, Frankel,"
-1sd Hank.
-s'F Lancey," asked Larry, why
'-' YOU fragile and willowy instead
Juno? Then we'd make a rope
-. '-s bed-cIothes here for a guide
send YOU over"
imp Hartley was already out of
, o"UoW While the others held
. ,-S he had pulled the blanket from
J.. 's~' TORN 1t in half and tied a slip
., '''"Iy around his left leg.
r,,.,, easy boys" he suggested.
~ r,.- make q fair safety"
s, ,t,.-',sSlng out on the ledge he
b, ~, ~ "1Lnselt by the top of the sash
?, ~ '.Heu slowly round to the farther
me Sill. From there he fnched
,,r1, along a ridge in the wall till
s.. ~ Just touch the fire escape. The
s. we're white against the iron and
s4 traction of an inch out of
DEITY Lancey saw the Difficult
~ MIN this hat-pin," she said.
S,9,~.. "Sh them over with that"
b n.y., very slowly, Hartley moved
\, ,L,I. papers over the narrow
, ,.s.' lmpaling them on the hat
n,. ~ Then with cramped fingers
d, ~ s.s'0 into his inner pocket and
ss,s*l 'e'urn crawl. He was bare
h 1 y-. Betty's room again when
1.. a loud rapping at the next
% s,- ,.sE short wait a woman's
answered shriuy,
-~' DO You want?"
.,s, N@-'NIy suave tones of a we'll
5,,r. %O'eI employee replied, Sorry
>3o o4' madam, but the gem
...g, 49, 49, above you has dropped by
:? has, SONle very important papers,
>,ssS :. anghted on the fire escape
,s,o, % Your window, and we can
Them except through this
,a5 -. oo 90 from the room above"
NE woman's 1-o,oo .rrt, t5ao
Z irS,- ms up at this hour because
h. me hasn't brains enough to
Sga6ors 'ters from blowing out OF
Ia 5. II he'd been asleep as he
>3s,, I've been at this time he
opsn nave AVE lost them. Indeed, I'll
= o5. %as door. Go up a fight, or
L cI.s, Iafne' I assure YOU" broke