Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-09-07

yourself In your Oldest n BnapDiest
clothing; you cannot overdo this
since the neighborhood 10 question
able and q well-dressed man would
Immediately become an object Of sus-
picion. Do not wear the ring; keep il
about you, out Of sight. Should this
fail to reach you In time, try tomor-
row night between eight anATten. You
would serve us both well by burning
this Immediately. Pray believe ma
yours to command in all respects"
There was no signature.
Amber frowned and whistled over
this. Undoubtedly from Laber-
touche," he considered. "But why
this flavor of intrigued Does 10
know anything more than l DOT I
presume he must. It'd be q great
comfort if Hold on. News
of the Fs.' That spells the Farrels.
How In blazes does he know anything
about the Farrellsf l told Quain
nothing. Can it be a trap? Is
it possible that the chap who took
that photograph recognized . p"
The problem held him in perplexity
throughout the evening meal. He
turned it over this way and that with
out being able to arrive at any COM
forting solution. Impulse in the end
decided him-impulse and a glance at
his watch which told him that the
time grew short. I'll CO." he de-
clared, mo matter what. It's nearly
nine, but the Lal basar's not far"
In the face OF Doggott's %unbending
d~isapproval he left the hotel some 20
minutes later, having levied OIL Dog
gott's wardrobe for suitable clothing.
Once away from the Great Eastern
he quietly insinuated himself into the
tide Of the city's night life that tire
lessly Gibbs and flows north of Dali
housie square-the restless currents
of native lifts that move ceaselessly in
obedience to impulses so meaningless
and strange to the Occidental under.
standing. Before he realized it he had
left civilization behind him and was
breathing the atmosphere, heady and
weird, of the Thousand-and-O One
Nights. The Lal bazaar seethed round
him noisily, with a roaring not unlike
that OF a surf in the hearing Of him
who had SO long lived separate from
such scenes.
At a corner where there was more
light he came upon a policeman whose
tunic, helmet, and truncheon were SO
closely patterned after those Of the
London Bobby that the simple sight
of them was calculated to revive con
fdence in the security of ones person.
He inspected Amber shrewdly while
the latter was asking his way to Hon
est Georges, and in response jerked
a white-gloved thumb down the wide
t~horoughfare.
You carn't miss It, sir-s'ylors
boardin' 'ouse, all Lit up and likely
row on at the bar. Mind your eye
guv'nor. 1t ayn't a plyce you'd ough
% to visit on your lone"
. sThanks; I've business there.
reckon to take care Of myself"
Nevertheless it was with a min
preyed upon by ~forebodings that An
Der stumbled down the cobbled way
reeking with filth, toward the estal
> nshment of Honest George.
He stopped in front of a buildin
: whose squat brick facade was lie
tered with the reassuring sobriquet {
its proprietor. A bench, running tn
width of the structure, was thick wit
sprawling ~loafers, who smoked an
spat and spoke a jargon Of the sea-
the chief part of which was blai
phemy. Within, visible through VIII
dows never closed, was a crowded bal
room ablaze with fiaring gas Jets, III
roarious with voices thick with drinl
One needed courage Of no commo
,is order to run the gauntlet Of thu
nm rowdy room and brave the more s.
cret dangers of the infamous de-
you've got to have your nerve wit
you" Amber put 1t. But l suppos
it's all in the game. Let's chance it
And he entered.
Compared with the atmosphere
that public room a blast from he
were sweet and cooling, thought Ar
aA Der; the first Whit he had OF it all b.
VI" staggered him; and he found himse
gasping, p~erspiration starting fro
MA every pore. Faint with disgust he {
I'M bowed his way through the mob
lily the bar, thankful that those abo'
ne him, absorbed in the engrossing occ
patton Of getting drunk, paid him n
you the least heed. Flattening himse
against the rail he cast about for Il
on proprietor. A blowsy, sweating bs
'ait maid caught his eye and without
his word slapped down upon the slopl
counter before him a glass four fl
,er- gers deep with unspeakable whisk
it And he realized that he would have
he? drink 1t; to refuse would be to {
his tract attention, perhaps with unplea
ain ant consequences. ITS more thi
he l bargained for" he grumbled, n
Of king q pretence Of swallowing t
,ba- dose, and to his huge relief mans
ing to spill two-third of 1t down I
ote, front of his coat. What he swallo
re- ed bit like an acid. Tears came to l.
ter eyes, but he choked down the coue
and as soon as he could speak pa
[ly: the girl. where's the boss?"
un- asked.
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