Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-07-19

yourself in your Oldest and shabbiest
! clothing; you cannot overdo this
since the neighborhood is question.
able and 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 and ten. You
would serve US both well by burning
this Immediately. Pray believe ms
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 favor OF intrigue! Does he
know anything more than l dor I
presume he must. It'd be a great
comfort II Hold on. News
of the Fs. That SPELLS the Farrels.
How in blaEes does he know anything
about the Farrells? told Quain
nothing. Can II be a trap? Is
It possible that the chap who took
that photograph recognized 90
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 IN 60" he de-
clared. mo matter what. It's nearly
nine, but the Lal bazars not far"
In the face Of Doggott's unbending
disapproval he left the hotel some 20
minutes later, having levied on Dog.
gotts 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
lessiy GIBBS and flows north of Dial.
housie square-the restless currer q
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
Aleft 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 surf In the hearing of him
who had so long lived separate from
such scenes.
| At corner where there was more
light he came upon policeman whose
tunic. helmet, and truncheon were 30
closely patterned after those Of the
London Bobby that the simple sight
Of them was calculated to revive con.
fidence 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 whiteegloved thumb down the wide
thoroughfare
You carn't miss It. sir-sylors'
boardin' 'ouse. all lit up and likely a
row on at the bar. Mind your eye,
guv'nor 1t ayn't a plyce you'd ought
TO visit on your lone"
Thanks: I've business there. I
reckon to take care Of myself"
Nevertheless It was with mind
preyed upon by forebodings that Am.
Ter stumbled down the cobbled way
reeking with filth. toward the estab
lishment of Honest George
He stopped in front of a building
whose squat brick facade was let
tered with the reassuring sobriquet Of
its proprietor A bench. running the
width of the structure was thick with
sprawling loafers. who smoked and
spat and spoke a Jargon Of The seas
the chief part of which was bias
phemy. Within, visible through win
dows never closed, was crowded bar
room ablaze with faring gas Jets, up
roarious with voices thick with drink
One needed courage of no common
order to run the gauntlet Of that
rowdy room and brave the more Sc
cret dangers OF the Infamous den
You've got TO have your nerve with
you" Amber put IT, "But | suppose
it's all in the game. Let's chance 1t.
And he entered
Compared with the atmosphere OF
that public room blast from he'll
were sweet and cooling. thought Am
Der; the first Whit he had OF it all but
staggered him. and he found himself
gasplng, Precipitation starting from
every pore. Faint with disgust he sel
bowed his way through the mob to
the bar. thankful that those about
him, absorbed in the engrossing occu'
patton of getting drunk, paid him not
the least heed. Flattening himself
against the rail- he cast about for tho
proprietor A blowsy. sweating bar'
maid caught his eye and without a
word slapped down upon the sloppy
counter before him glass four fin.
! gers deep with unspeakable whisky.
And he realized that he would have to
drink fl; TO refuse would be to at
tract attention perhaps with unpleas-
ant consequences. TITS more than
bargained for" he grumbled ma
king a pretence of swallowing the
dose. and TO his huge relief manag.
| ing 10 spill two-third Of IT down ID"
| front of his coat What he swallow
ed bit like an acid. Tears came - his
eyes, but he choked down the cough,
and as Boon as he could speak paid
the girl. Where's the boss?' he
| asked.
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