Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-03-12
CHAPTER lII.-contInued.

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rgApTER llI.-Continued.
4, tbe instant his brain became &C
sgsin It did not take long, as
.4sr Of fact, to find the car; though
I, no stumbled on it, turned about
neatly slowed away close beside
|, nartitioning wall, he gave a start.
ms such a tangible evidence of
m had threatened to grow vague
! unreal on his hands. He squeezed
-,slf into the narrow space between
md the wall, finally thrusting his
VA under the curtains OF the tom
zl
\ vas high and dry, empty as last
uys cockleshell. Not a sign of life,
q loose object of any kind except
fmy thing which Hambleton found
arsslf observing thoughtfully. At
d be picked it up-a long, mist-like
d He spread it out, held it GIN
r-ly between a thumb and finger OF
nj hand and continued to look at
.bstractedly. Part of it was clean
nj whole, dainty as only a bit of
7nan's fnery can be; but one end
L vas torn and twisted and
nChed out of all semblance to IT.
III Moreover, it was dirty, as If it
ID been ground under a muddy heel.
vas in its way, a shrieking evil
zce Of violence, of unrighteous
1ggla. Hambleton folded the scarf
gstuIly, with its edges together, and
4 u t in his pocket.
Eumy's actions from this time on
ID an incentive and a spirit that had
kora been lacking. He noted again
Z number Of the car, and returned
the edge Of the dock to observe the
ehL She had steamed up river a
1ls way for some reason known only
herself, and was now turning very
-By. She was but family lighted and
g1d pass for some pleasure craft just
ming home. But jim knew better. He
ald, at last, put two and two togeth-
He would follow the Face-in-
I'd he could not help following it.
him had begun that divine expert
'.s Of youth-of youth essentially,
'2ther it come in early years or late
u being carried off his feet by a
put not himself. He ran like a
alg athlete down the dock to the
arrest workman, evolving schemes
B be went
The dock-hand alphabetically trun-
q a small keg from one pile of
sAt to another, wiped his hands
as trousers, took a dry pipe out
Us pocket, and looked vacantly up
! liver before he replied to HANDLE
% question.
yleeT name-Jene Dark they call
b.
vas like pulling teeth to get IN
-a'lon out of him, but Jim applied
: hrceps.
'1s yacht had been lying out in the
J" lot two weeks or more, possibly
belonged to foreign parts; no
ueFeabouts knew who its ownsr
1or Its captain; nor its purpose
Ne harbor Of New York. At last,
- sFatuitously, the man voIun-
,'a d personal opinion. Slippery
y N a wouldn't trust her"
+ -4-oleton walked smartly back,
- a look both at the yacht and
-''Or-car as he went. The yachts
pointed toward the jersey shore;
"a was creeping out of the dock.
/. . overlook the machine, he saw
: It was IN the hands of a mechanic
resalls and jumper. In answer
IA, ,'a-loletons question as to the
4 !, VI lhe car, the mechanic told
.E'SaSantly to go to the devil, and
~. .'e The sight of a coin failed to
/ we any perceptible effect. But
i, .1!O'-general, waiting half
- sTay, was still in the humor of
\ : '3laeTly advice. He welcomed
! % ,o a hole I amt got no use
UN' sou make out?"
q, u enough, for all present pur-
|, ~., Can you undertake to do a lob
! - : amt nothing I'd have to ar
s.S w. i0F' I might consider it," he
y . ~. You to go to the Laramie
! ,. ~ tell Aleck Van Camp-got
n that Hambleton has gone
SsoS sus Jeanne Dare and may not
d ,it - IoE some time; and he is to
b. ~ on young man; you're not
b S; - % anything out of reason. as
e. not at all; most reasonable