Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-02-25

Sahe the par. Ihey were easily over
taken, for they We're walking slowly as
/ il deep in the interest of their converse
| ton
! As soon as he was within speaking
distance he called out ''Langrishe!" and
the next moment tapped the American
hurrlediy on the back. Langrishe turned
! the Lady turned at the same time. and
Montresor saw that it was Agnes Mat
| thieson.
She blushed little. and explained
with great elaborateness and somewhat
unnecessary haste
! Mr.. Langrishe met me at tea party
in there"-she indicated by a nod of her
head the mansions they had Just passed
land he is kind enough to be going to
! find a cab for me-"
! She might have spared herself this
self justification Montresor was in no
mood to question her reasons for walk
ing about Chelsea alone with Mr.. Lang
rishe.
Il have seen Denzilia Lavenham!"
cried Montresor breathlessly, hardly
waiting till Agnes had finished her little
/ speech
They both turned upon him with faces
OF amazement. Langrishe grew percepti-
bly, pale.
''Where?" they both asked.
Just this minute in bansoml"
And you did not stop the hanson ?"
cried Agnes.
ut is not so easy to stop a hanson
driven at the rate Of twenty miles an
hour in the streets of London" replied
Montresor, little aggrieyed at her re-
proach.
Langrishe wasted no time on re-
! proaches. He began instantly to calcu-
late what could be done
"Will you walk on with us for a few
! yards till we can get a cab?' he said to
Agnes, who suggested that they should
leave her to find her own way home and
thus save time, and make the chance of
catching DenZilia Lavenham less prob
lematical
Langrishe scarcely noticed her sugges-
ton. He walked along beside her talk
| ing to Montresor, in his usual slow,
slightly supercilious way, of the prob
ability of its having been really DEN
I ziha Lavenham.
Montresor declared himself to be alb
solutely without doubt on this point.
"At least he said, 81 am certain it
was the lady we saw in Nottingham
| gardens, and whom you took TO be Miss
Lavenham."
'"There is hansom," said Agnes -I
will get into it and set you at liberty,
since you seem to think l am not capa-
bic of getting home alone"
As soon as the hanson had driven off
Langrishe turned to Montresor and said,
/ in different tone to that in which he
had hitherto spoken
"This farce, if farce it is, must come
| to an end. If Miss Lavenham is in Lon
don, and that old villain of an uncle of
! hers is aware of it, he must be made by
! fair means or foul to inform us of the
/ fact"
/ Montresor quite agreed in this deter
! mination, and it was resolved that
/ Langrishe should 60 at once TO the pc
/ lice and lodge the information of Miss
/ Lavenham having been once again seen,
while Montresor should drive to Graham
street and boldly beard Denzil Cater
| house and extort from him, by threats
or whatever means seemed necessary, the
desired confession.
! CAS- we are now certain he has not
murdered her. Langrishe remarked,
NOR apparently ill-treated her in any
way, there is no use in waiting to arrest
1 him on a charge of murder. He is not
| likely to run away At any rate, we
will risk it,"
! 1t was further decided that when
! Langrishe had performed his task Of in
! forming the police of the new develop
ment Of the mystery he SHOULD come to
| Graham street in order to support Mon.
| tTesor, should be need support, in the
work of intimidating Mr.. Denzil Cater
/ house.
! These arrangements made, the two
young men parted, each jumping into a
/ hanson to 90 his own way.
| As MontresoT's hanson turned into
/ Graham street he saw woman walk
/ lightly up the steps of Mr.. Caterhouse's
domicile Her back was turned to him,
! but in that glimpse he had of her he
/ fancied-indeed he was sure-that he
! recognized the figure of his betrothed.
! She was not wearing the dark blue garb
| he had learnt to associate with her 1t
struck him, in that vague manner with
/ which most men take note Of a womau's
/ dress, that she was arrayed more smart
| " and fashienably than usual. But he
/ had not time TO comment with any pre-
cisicn on this point, Tor almost at the
! instant that she rang the bell the door
was opened and she disappeared within
| fust as Muntresors handsom drew up.
In spite OF his loud "Hallo!" the door
was promptly shut behind the girl. lie
rang, and hAttered himself that il must
be reopened before Denzilia could have
mounted the stairs. In his new-b born ex-
hilaration of spirits he no longer Stunned
an interview with her before he had
seen her uncle. In fact, he was only
/ conscious of q lovers natural desire to
greet his lady-love st every opportunity
that offered itself.
But be had miscalculsted the time it
takes for O psrlor maid 20 admit a vi.
itor ard show her upstairs. 1t WAS fully