New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1914-11-18

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This last was covered. as to IL face.
with. plainly ritten message.
with the compliments Of Seneca;
Trine to Alan Law We. are; due In,
Chicago at eleven tomorrow morning
md leave Immediately for the Pacific;
soast via Santa Fe route" .
Comparison between this and the
message purporting to be from Rose
distilled the conviction that the same
hand was responsible for both.
Alan shrugged. So he was 70 b
1ured away from New York and Rose
By this transparent trick. was he! No
fear! gi.#
With plenty Of time on his hands.
he gave the matter serious considera-
ton and concluded to take no chances:
It was Just possible that Urine had
taken Rose with him on his western
trip. after all. In such case the only
possible way Of overtaking the special
would be by air. line.
Promptly Alan called up the avia,
ton fields at Hampstead Plains and
got into communication with gentle.
man answering to the surname Of
Coast: the same birdman who had
come to Alan's rescue with his hydro
aeroplane.
Their arrangements were quickly
consummated. Coast agreeing to wait
for Alan with his biplane in Van Cort-
landt park from midnight till daybreal,.
prepared il need be to undertake q
transcontinental fight.
Thereafter MI. Law proceeded to re.
habilitate himself in decent SclothinR
and his own esteem; after bathing. ho
dined alone in his rooms, from a tray :
after dining he slept soundly for three.
hours-and may be thought to have
earned at least that much rest through
having been for four hours a passen.
ger In hydroaeroplane lost In fogs:
that wrapped Long Island and all the
adjacent territory in an impenetrable
shroud. -,
:. Nor: had this been all. Leaving aside
all that had led up. to Alan's rescue by
Coast: the forced landing Of the hydro
,aeroplane for lack; Of fuel had taken
place on the south shore Of the Great
South bay; search of hours had fol-
lowed before a boat was found to con-
vey Alan and the aviator to the main.
land: and motor run Of several hours
had followed that. conveying Coast to
his Hampstead hangers and Alan on
to his hotel in New York.
J, At midnight he committed an act Of
burglary, calmly and with determine
ton breaking his way into the house
of Seneca Urine through the area win
:dLws and basement. .
4. In this nefarious business nothing
hindered and none opposed him. But
tor q single lighted window in the up
per tier (but not. ha noted, the window
TO Roses bedchamber) and one or two
lights which he found burning dim in
the kitchen Offices and other servants
quarters on the lower door he would
have thought the house empty.
He negotiated that last fight Of
steps which led to the topmost floor
with extraordinary stealth, advised
thereto by a sound. or rather series
Of sustained sounds, which had there.
tofore been inaudible to him. Possibly
they had not till then existed; possibly
the man servant whom he. found snor-
Ing in q chair outside q closed door
had not fallen asleep and begun to
snore until the moment when Alan set
foot upon the lower step Of that final
ascent. s. \. III.
No sound warned him Of the door
that opened at his back as he stood
watching the sleeping guard. A pierre
Ing shrek was the first intimation he
received that his presence had been
discovered. It served as well to move
him instantly into action: single
glance overshoulder showed him the
figure Of q maid-servant in cap and
gown. her mouth still wide and full Of
sound-and Alan fell upon the guard
like . thunderbolt. The man had
barely time to jump up and recognize
the alarm: then q fist caught him on
the point Of his jaw, and he returned
promptly to deep Inconsistencies.
No time now for qualms Of COM
junction on account Of the savage
ruthlessness Of that blow: no time
even to search the fellow for q key to
the closed door: already the maid was
taking the stairs in full flight and cry,
four steps and q howl like q warlock's
to every jump. /.
Backing of. Alan took short run,
cleared the PROSTATE BODY az the pr1ard