Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-02-04
u do" she denied. 1've n.ase

II do" she denied. rive has.
/ And"
Grace, dear girl" soothed Blake
This is muddy business at best. III
no time for you to be here. You'll only
soil those pretty hands OF yours"
st is the time for me to be here!
| she declared Il can sec this from The
IWoman's standpoint. You men can't
"fhere is nothing in common be
tween your standpoint and that OF thu
! Woman we are talking about" protest
ed Mark.
TON was right" she persisted
'syou must not sink to Using this story
Il =
The whirr of the buzzer interrupted
her. AZ such high tension were they
all that the sound made them turn al
though to confront a physical pres
ence Neligan strobe to the door, COLI
fsrced fol an instant with some one
outside, then returned With slip OF
blue paper in his hand.
! "The duplicate list OF phone NUN
bers from central" he announced,
turning over the paper to Van Dyke.
Good" approved Bake. Nov
we'll get to what were chasing. AND
we'll get it mighty quick.
| Van Dyke and Neligan we're already
| porting over the sheet of Numbers that
the lawyer had just spread on the
table under the lamp.
"Now. then. Standish," eSulted Rob
| ertson; we're ready to begin. Ons
of these numbers leads directly to the
| Woman Well put man at work
tracing each one Of them. In few
hours at longest we will have what we
want. And when we find the Womap
well lay bare every soiled page in her
life and in yours"
! It was Standish who broke the mo
ment's silence.
every well, Robertson" he said
calmly. 1--WE done what l promised
| to do. And l have failed. You drive
me now to the use of your own
weapons / shall have to fight ex'
posture with exposure"
mo, no." moaned Grace. incoherens
with fear.
Mark Robertson had caught NJ
| Standishs defiance and had stepped
| forward to confront him.
I'm other words, Mr. Standish," he
demanded, you threaten me? That's
an empty threat There is nothing in
my life you have not already shouted
from the housetops."
| Don't be too sure" warned Stand
| ish. meeting Marks scornful glars
with unconcern.
What do you mean? Speak up!"
| NMr. Standish!" pleaded Grace. i
| beg"
Don't worry, DEAR" said Mark. Let
him bluff. I'll call him. Mr.. Seandish,
I give you full permission to ase any
weapon that use. Ifsyou kn1w any.
thing against me, tell 1t here aad now.
Here. in my wife's presenca. YOU
know our cards. Show yours
Standishs gaze strayed, s.s If by
chance, to Grace's CHASTITY face.
"Well?" urged Mark. Speak up!
We're waiting!"
At sight OF the mortal terror in
Grace's eyes, Standish checked the
words that were on his lips. Turning
away from the domineering man who
so truculently confronted him, he NUT
| tered:
"I'll choose my own time!"
81 thought so!'' scoffed Mark
You're licked This is your last fight
From tonight you're a dead man, po
litically. And if we have to hunt out
woman or two to keep you dead. We'll
do it."
Van Dyke had glanced from the tele
phone list to his watch.
We've just time enough to catch
the last editions of the morning pa
pers," said he II told jennings tc
hold wire ready"
"What?" exclaimed Standish. ~YouT
go ahead without the Woman's nams?'
eyes," answered Van Dyke. ;5inct
we've an absolute certainty, nov, Oh
getting it. We can afford to do that
and publish the name tomorrow. 'fen
Jennings to send out the story. Tell
him we're holding the Woman's nSme
and that we won't give it out Ln1ess
Standish denies the story. By this time
he can get his denial in print we'll
have the name"
Good" asserted Robertson, eaten.
ing up the telephone. Hello! Give
me"
Mark" begged Grace. "oh. i'm
plore you-don't-"
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