Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1913-08-01

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R0upl tN0 llLlLl0 which Lawrence Rant
ANN MIL and I had our Offices
MDSVH and naturally turned
W. & .. back to the entrance,
S%S99 Again the call came
E&&&$SK and this time almost al
my elbow. The voice
belonged to q clean-cut young chap in
an ulster, who was just alighting from
a big automobile drawing in sharply
to the curb.
Pardon me, Mr.. Duncan, I know
you from seeing you in court. Ny
name is Michaels, and I am secretary
to ex-senator Hills. Some nasty
things have been going on at his place
up in Orange county, and he tele
phoned me half an hour ago to get
hold of this Mr.. Lawrence Rand, who
seems to figure in every big case
these days, and bring him up with me-
The senator is at home almost pros
trated with worry, and also his wife
would not hear of his leaving the
house, so l came down to the Office at
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going. Where is Mr.. RANDI
II hope you will not misunderstand
me, Mr.. Michaels, when I say that
unless this is matter. Of some gray
fly"
Gravity! It is life and death ia
the senator, and Blyndvelt. his head
gamekeeper, is near the point Of
death at either his own hands or those
Of the dastsrds who are trying to as
sassinate the senator" ......-..s.
Every we'll. We have no ii ne tt
lose. Wait until I get our emergenc,
case, in which we carry arms. in
struments, chemicals, etc., and we will
pick Mr.. Rand up at the club at which
we were to dine together
III twenty minutes We four mich
aels, Rand. the big, silent, co1lege-brei
Sioux, and myself-were crowded /,
the tonneau, for We had topped tn
hill beyond the Weehawken Ferry
and were driving into the face of
northwest wind on our way to Pater
son, where we would turn toward Sui
fern.
AS we tore along, swirl of de&
leaves caught up with the dust of tn
wood trailing away behind US, Micl
aels told US Of the strange happening
at Wanaque Glen, as the Hills estap
was called.
AS early as the preceding May, serv
ants On the estate had heard at night
or averred that they heard, silverl
bugle-calls faint and eerie high u
among the rocks Of Brewers, as the
particular peak of the Sterling moup
lains Immediately to the west o,
Wanaque Glen was called. Senator
Hills, his wife and daughter were in
California at the dime, and did not
come to their house until July, and
found that the only thing that had
prevented wild panic among the serv.
ants was the skepticism Of Dennis.
the veteran butler, who was slightly
deaf.
( Hills had bought deserted lands fos
the last ten years till his acreage was
almost one-third of that part Of the
country. human beings in those hills
were only trespassing hunters from
Greenwood, or perhaps a vagrant bot
anist or artist. Buele calls at mid
might, heard score of times In tive
or three months, were likely to be
awarded a Supernatural explanation.
especially since the Colonial troopQ
had battled on these hills more tha1
once. On the other side Of the noun
tain was the old mine whence the iro1
had been taken that was ferried ovet
Greenwood at night to furnace con
cealed in q glen, and there many Of
;Washington's cannon were cast inside
the lines of territory held by the
British.
One night Miss Gertrude Hills WI
driving with Mr.. cambridge Moody.
the son Of . millionaire who had 4
country place near the many homes
OF the wealthy in Tuxedo Park: and
they had climbed far up the narrow
old road that cut through the hills q
Mount Peter and on to Warwick. Sud
denly, through the stiffness Of Thu
night came the peal Of q military call
up among the rocks over their heads,
1t was followed by another, and in q
little while q third. They were "a
distinct as to be unmistakabl9. even
mingled with the sound Of the wheels
of the runabout and the horses hurry.
ing hoofs on the stones. Miss Hills
was so terrified that she collapsed
when she reached home.
Her father had been 30 incensed
that he telephoned in all directions Il
guides, deputy sherins. road house
Keepers a Hpodamen. ordering ~