Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1915-09-17

0n.eA .n waiting CAP, directino
astonished driver to take hin, lug
Palais d'Orsay. D %
Fifteen minutes later he wal..,.
the Blondell suite, and was gra asO
father and daughter with ~
question, Well? Have Won 1e esss
for something in his usn.S SO'
penetrable face bore a trace
cess. W
I'm not quite certain" he ans.
stepping to the center table a as,
ing the long-stemmed CLAW nina nv
his pocket. Before the astonishos 10y
of the watchers he tapped the bos9
the pipe against his palm, and sn SS
the tobacco dropped out. AT tba
ond tap a glittering stone rolled !.
the bowl. Poe picked it UP and ~
ed it to Miss Blondell. u'a'
Its the Royal Ruby!" she c,i,,
Quite intact" he answered.
spite of being carried in rats ~.
and hidden in pipe bowl Az
genious gentleman, your thief
They pressed him for explanaa..
Well" said Poe, with some ha.'
ton, running a slim hand througb y
fluffy hair in a characteristic ~.
ment, II didn't have time tn .sL
the details. But here are few ras
suggestions. Your imagination
easily supply anything that NAV
missing. Torche, concert perforu.
with wonderful trained rat bss
exacting mistress of criminal roo.s
She reads that the Royal RUBY i
be worn at the Chatelet. Together N
pair evolve a scheme to secura Il
jewel for the vanity of Mignon i
mistress"
YES" the Blondells breathed ea,s
ly.
They have 48 hours in which
train the rat to pounce at once on q,
round, glittering red thing. Torcbe h
trained him to retrieve by smell !,
sight, before. A rats sense of SIM,
is stronger than it's sight, but this on
has been taught to distinguish cOor
in performing. Torche goes to n,
Chatelet, easily learns which is N
Blondell's box, and secures the On.
next to it. Tonight, the rat being h
ter-perfect, he takes him In the pocEp
built in one baggy trousers leg, as nj
carries him continually, on and of M
stage. He goes early to the perfOp
ance, waits for the Blondell carriau
stumbles against Miss Blondell anil
with Straightforward motion, eleven
clips the chain showing above wu
scarf. Knowing that you will have n
cured the scarf so the stone will MI
drop until you remove it, or seem
your hand over the stone and realidu
the folly Of getting away with it ii
the crowd, he hurries ahead of you
to the opera house, and is just in TIM
to drop the well-trained rat beside ID
curtain to your box, which joins hi
to his, and push the animal in with !
dexterous shove of his foot, himseliCl
cealed from the audience by the pha''
curtain. The rat seeks the dark Gs
ner by the stage; Torche has practka|
the thing well by dropping the rat d
the closet to his own room, and thrE
ing cherry first and then ps
ruby in to him, teaching the animaa
seize the glittering bit of red at ID
signal of low whistle he uses on d
stage. The rat grabs the jewel, al|
runs for its home in Torches trousa
leg, guided by sense of SMELL"
But that sounds IMPOSSIBLE" c1a|
Miss Blondell.
Not when one considers that the I'd
has been trained for years, and va
particularly instructed for this PEI
Torrance. OF course, Torche took
big chance at failure all around II
chances of success were about one
six, but there was slight danger \
detection, and the game was wort
the candle. The very boldness Of U
plan made it successful"
How did you find out all thhFI
cried Blondell, his eyes bullying VIII
interest. What was the clue ~
picked up from the floor in the box
only a splinter from a chair R
with few hairs clinging to it, smHS|
Poe. when the rat made his hsa|
exit he bumped against the chair, sH|
several Of his hairs were torn of "
held by the splinter. l suspected tha|
were the hairs of a small animal u
on examining them felt certain, BY u
color and bristly texture, that ~
were the hairs of a rat or mouse. W
put two and two together, securea
list Of concert performers from "
atrical friend, and found one who .
trained mice and a rat. | toos
chance, and called on him, after ASK
the description of the performer
finding that it tailed exactly with =
man in the box next to yours, VIM
strange whistle / had noticed,
connected with the peculiar slsD'
usually given by animal TRAINERS
their pets.
ut was all quite too simple. llop1
the man Torche, and used the Oa,
offering an engagement, knowing y
he would be glad to work, to avert