The Huttig news. (Huttig, Ark.) 1907-1955, 1912-11-30
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CHAPTER /.
"A remarkab BILE man >,

pOiEIeu 70 u Hill nuffyinS around
the corner just ahead OF US.
Yes, he's remarkably we'll built.
+ noticed him when he came out of
the Clermont" This was hotel we
+ had just passed
But it's not only that It's his
height. his very striking features, his
expression" | stopped suddenly,
gripping Georges arm eonvulsively in
surprise he appeared to share. We
had turned the corner Immediately
behind the man of whom we were
speaking and SO had him still in full
view
What's he doing?o I asked in a low
whisper
The man ahead of us, presenting in
every respect the appearance of a
gentleman, had suddenly stopped to
the kerb and was washing his hands
in the snow. fnrtively. but with a
vigor and purpose which could not
fail to arouse the strangest coniec-
lures in any chance onloozer.
"Pilatel" escaped my lips, in a sort
of nervous chucRle. But George shook
his head at me
Il don't like it, he muttered, with
unusual gravity. Did you see his
face?" Then as the man rose and
hurried away from US down the street
4 should like 70 follow him. I do be-
/ lieve-"
But here we became aware of
quick rush and sudden clamor around
/ he no I1f
ing quickly. saw that something had
occurred on broadway which was fast
causing a tumult
What's the natter. / cried What
can have happened Let's go see.
George Perhaps it has something to
do with our man"
My husband, with q final glance
down the street at the fast disappear
ing figure, yielded to my Importantly
and possibly to some new curiosity Of
his own. I'D like TO stop that man
first" said he Put what excuse have
I? He may be nothing but crank.
with some crack-hrained idea in his
/ head Well soon know, for there s
certainly something wrong there on
broadway
Gle came out Of the clermont,s
suggested.
q know. If the excitement isn't
there, what We've just seen is simply
a coincidence"
It was the last word he had time
to speak before we found ourselves
in the midst Of a crowd of men and
women. iostliRg one another in curl
osity or in the CONSERVATION follow
ing a quick alarm All were locking
one way. and. as this was towards the
entrance of the Clermont. it was evil
dent enough to us that the alarm had
indeed had its origin in the very place
we had anticipated felt my hus-
bands arm press me closer to his side
as we worked our way towards the
entrance, and presently caught a
warning sound from his lips as the
oaths and confused cries everywhere
j surrounding us were broken here and
there by artieulate words and We
heard
is il murder?h
The beautiful Miss Challoner,"
"a millionairess in her own right
KILLED, they say"
"No, no. suddenly dead; that's all =
George, what shall We do" | man
aged to cry into my husbands ear
"I'n tell you what III dc" wills
pered George, who WIS as curious as
myself. I'VE will try the rear door
where there are fewer persons Posi-
! bly, we can make our way in there.
and if we can, Slater will tell us al
we want to know
Slater was the assistant manager Of
the Clermont, and one of Georges old
est friends
'"Then hurry" said I. = am being
crushed here"
George did hurry. and in few min
utes we We're before the rear entrance
of the great hotel. There was mob
gathered here also, but it was neither
so large nor so rough as the one on
Broadway. Yet [ doubt if we should
have been able to work our way
through it if Slater had not, at that
very instant, shown himself in the
doorway, in company with an officer
to whom he was giving some final in
StructionS.
Let us in, Slater" George begged
My wife feels little faint, she has
been knocked about so by the crowd =
INno sooner saw the way cleared
for our entrance than / made good my
husbands words by fainting away in
earnest.
When I came to. it was suddenly
and with perfect recognition of my
surroundings. The small reception
room to which / had been taken was
one | had often visited, and its ia
miliar features did not hold my at
tention for a moment. What | did
see and welcome was my husbands
face bending close over me, and to
him l spoke first. My words must
have sounded oddly to those about,
Have they told You anything about
! it?" | asked. Did he"