Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-02-04
ru4pTER VI.-(Continued.)

~ ~. anger had touched the spring,
dashboard, which was at least
a., high. suddenly split and
dfscordantIy back, revealing
'-.o boIa and a clumsily constructed
'.. .l on4ning directly into the house
'-. Amor, This building was lower
tba Dasterle home, for while the
IN the Dashboard ran from the
IN the Desterle house, 1t was
"" ".r,. eighteen inches or less below
..uirg of the room into which the
,,,s5 group was gazing. Well fur
.so4 lined with books, and nlumi-
,m3 bv q green shaded reading lamp
Inv table, the room apparently
r.5 90 q library. Portraits Of high
..k.rad uncomfortable looking
.a,mpn filed the inches between the
,.,k cases and on the floor beneath
=. tran door rested a bronze plaque,
s,-, significantly the size Of the trap
Tb,t IN YOU know about that?"
.,!ad Johnny, narrating the appear
,,,a and disappearance Of the stran-
:r
Rs,auge he was the smallest of them
n Johnny was delegated to creep
A,nrgb the hole and investigate the
.30lning house. The others divided
nj, RELAYS and began another branch
h the dsQuisitlon.
SAY, Farley, go telephone my paper
,50ut this, will your" begged Johnny
sa whisper. They're long on ex-
tas I'D there, you know, and they
might want to get one out on this.
Honest, boys, I can't say much
IN for making this twelve foot desper-
do dive for life before BIT, but guess
III 50 long. Put the panel back; l
think you'd better" and he swung
4 Town through the trapdoor.
4 Meanwhile the first relay went out
gis to reconnoiter. The block was
crowded one with the houses stand
hg shoulder to shoulder, as closely as
msOns might put them. Midway in
the block the name of the street chang
I'd from Rankin terrace to Brtar-
sweet place. The Desterle house was
N Rankin terrace, and the house in
% which Johnny had disappeared was
~ BriarSweet place. Twenty years
previous the street had been a fash
unable thoroughfare, but it had grad
9ly become relegated to the second
BEST with respectable boarding houses
Of the variety usually catalogued as
shabby genteel" Some of the old
houses had been remodeled into flats,
and in only a few were the owners
now residing. Of these the major part
we're those sentimental women who.
long after their families are married
and gone away, still cling to the old
home that welcomed them in their days
Of bridal joys and happy youth, or of
the conservative set now pushed out
Of the lead of the procession of fash
Nnable society by the influx of the
newer and faster ideas of life and liv-
Ing.
Such q family had long tenanted "a
BFarsweet place. The owner, Mark
5 Flanders, was one of the few old
style lawyers who are fortunate to
nave huSbanded their acquired compe-
H2ce before the lean years of age and
ySeTzation have descended upon them.
Vle Of the first settlers in the town,
NE Flanders residence had at one time
'een the admiration and the eye
Fdener of the country over, but of
ATE, and especially since the death of
i2nders' wife, both the old mansion
and the old lawyer had been reckoned
among the hopeless by the ultra smart
SCI
flanders had always borne a repu-
aoon for the highest integrity and
s'eatest personal honor. He had even
managed TO keep his record while
serving his city two terms as Mayor.
mat the bricks and stone of the sup
2oSadly weIl-bred Flanders mansion
should have opened up surreptitious
s~IGances to the pIebeian boarding
MUSE next door seemed incredible, es-
sSvaLIy IN connection with a murder.
LIBERAL usages Of telephones and d.
.S''oVles elected the information that
'-a0ueTs had sailed quietly and unher-
c'-sU 1or Europe a week previously.
-'"A got Dunwiddy, Flanders partner,
- Inc wire and asked him about 1t.
=, ~"'uQy was out of sorts at the call.
--s CLOCK showed 4:30 a. m. and Dun
, s.-0! was in the most delectable d.
s ~. OF his early morning snooze.
1eS' yes, he shouted over the tele-
r-'"s this is Thomas Dunwiddy,
:, ,,a0deTs' partner. Who are you and
.-a' 90 You want at this disgraceful
y. OF the morning? An Associated
,sSS man. Well, you've got impu-
y, I.-'S 10 get a man up at this hour Of
=. morning Flanders may be impli
,~. IN the Wayne murder? Non
- s,~Ss. Where is Flanders? Winding
: ,"n business, where you ought to
I. UoAt know anything about him.
S""ed for Europe the 18th and
~, -es there by now. A panel cut
,.1sD between the closet and his
,o. DeaT me, that Is unfortunate.
~ ,',s 10 recall it now, Mr.. Flanders let
~ use lot the season just before he
Ia l., O'o not see the tenant, but have
,soa @Ses On file. I think the mans
ao,- Hamley Hackleye, and I don't
L Z. ANYTHING about him except that
D. -, al Englishman who has lived in
ION ~ Vp'cS' Now, my dear sir, beg OF
Inv - Keep the Flanders name out of
.Ta,, ~n ~ with this unfortunate
Ia,s = You possibly can. You under
ION ,' OF course, Yes, suppose
: GO! see the leases, but you must
arrst Islui what moves you make. in