Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1914-03-19

something .utt Mil be.p ue."
And then. Of course" said di>con-
soateiy. III is quite possible that there
isn't any such dva';tr At all"
But Godfrey Sh 'oE his head decid-
cdly
Il don't agree With you there. Les
ter I'll wager that fellow who was
looking in At us could find il in
minute. I'll have another try at it to-
morrow. One thing we've got to take
care Of, and that is that our friend
of the burning eyes doesn't get Il
chance at it first"
Those shutters are pretty strong"
pointed out. And Parks is no fool
Yes" agreed Godfrey. the shutters
are pretty strong--they might keep him
out for ten enthusiastically longer
than that. As for Parks. he wouldn't
last ten seconds, This fellows one of
the greatest criminals Of modern times.
think would better drop n word to
SimmondS and get him to send down
+. couple Of men to watch the house.
With them outside and Parks on the
inside it ought to be fairly safe"
Il should think SO. said. zone
would imagine YOU were getting ready
to repel an army. Who is this fellow.
anyway, Godfrey? You seem to he
half afraid Of him.
I'm wholly afraid of him if he's who
| think lie is. But it's mere guess
as yet. Lester Wait a day or two.
I'll call up Simmonds.'
He went to the phone. while sat
down again and looked at the cabinet
in Il kind of stupefaction. Godfrey
came back while | was still cropping
blindly amid this maze Of mystery.
It's all right" he said. "Smmonds
is sending two of his best men to
watch the house" He stood for 4 mo
ment gazing down ut the cabinet
I'm coming back tomorrow to have
another try ut it." he added. ~ have
left the gauntlet there on the chair, so
if you feel like having a try yourself,
lester
"Ueavcu Forbid" l protested. But
perhaps l would better tell Parks to
let YOU in | hope | won't find you
corpse here. Godfrey"
80 do | But / don't believe you
will Yes, tell Parks to let me in when
ever | come around. And now about
Rogers
What about him."
Il rather thought | might want to
grill him tonight But perhaps would
better wait till get little more to go
on" He paused for moments
thought Yes. I'll wait" he said
finally. II don't want to run any risk
Of falling"
We went out into the hall together.
and | told Parks to admit Godfrey
whenever he wished to enter. Rogers
was still sitting on the cot, looking so
crushed and sorrowful that | could not
help plying him | said so 20 God
frey as we went down the front steps.
"Perhaps you're right" he agreed.
Something has happened TO him
something in connection with that wo-
man-and he has never got over 1t.
Well. we shah have to find out what
it was Hello, Here are Smmonds'
men," he added as two policemen stop
ped before the house
is this Mr.. Godfrey" one of them
asked.
Yes" said Godfrey.
Mr. Simmonds told us to report to
you, sir, if you were here"
"What we want you to do" said God
frey, SIS to watch the house watch it
from all sideS-patTol clear around it
and see that no one approaches it"
every well. sir" And the men touch
ed their helmets.
'Perhaps if they concealed them
Selves | suggested. the fellow might
venture back and be nabbed."
But Godfrey shook his head
II don't want him to venture back"
he said 81 want to scare him off
want him to see we're thoroughly on
guard" He hailed a passing cab and
paused with one foot on the step
1--WE already told you. Lester" he
added over his shoulder. that I'm
afraid of him. Perhaps you thought
was joking, but | wasn't. | was never
more serious in my life The Record
Office" he added to the cabby and lin
gled away leaving me staring after
him
Just before | turned in for the night
in my own apartment | heard from
Godfrey again, for my telephone rang
/ and it was his voice that answered
II just wanted to tell you. Lester"
he said. that your guess was right
/ The mysterious Frenchman came over
/ on La Touraine landing ut noon yes
/ terday. He came in the Storage and
/ the stewards know nothing about him
| What time was it he got to Vantine's:"
About | should say"
so he probably went directly there
/ from the boat. rs you thought Tint
accounts for nobody knowing him.
/ The steamship company is holding a
bag belonging to him I'll get them
to open it tomorrow and perhaps we
who hn Good