Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-02-04

.ne .inie lney sat with heads bowos
together, talking in low tones c oba
ly before noon Mr.. Howard K s]UF',
appeared in company with Helen nVlG y,
had been sent to fetch him 80 VINO
At the hour mentioned "Gvtp n
cell, haggard from loss of sIaan u VI,
hunger, handcuffed and closely a,, aAa
ed by two uniformed men '"atu'
brought into the room. He trios vas
maintain an air of bravado, but II AZ, %
away before the austere demeano s'e -
the men he knew to be his indao' VI
They sat watching him in stoe
sort of silence that was more terr;
BILE than open accusation. 'F
He seemed, however, more ono.
hensive and doubtful of Helen ~
of the rest. Who was she? Who mau
this impressive, beautiful girl MS
might have symbolized Justice Gu
and unrelenting? His shifty gloUa-
wandered furtively to her again onS
again; but the purposeful regard ~
her clear, serene eyes never wavoroS.
they never altered their expression
At last the fellow could no lonoo,
hide his disquiet. He dropped heavily
upon chair, which the officers boa
placed for him.
With a sudden, noiseless catIito
movement, Felix Hazard crossed IN.
room and bent over the prisoner. His
face, set in hard lines, was thrust
close to the others; his look, cold
purposeful, menacing, for perhaps q
full minute bored into the wretch
By and by Purcell began to tremblA
and shift uneasily in his chair.
Then Hazard spoke. His voice was
low, restrained, but vibrant with
metallic incisiveness and determine.
ton.
Purcell, you know why you are
here, SO we shan't waste words or
time on you. mean only to tell YOU
that you have one chance-a slim
chance; I'm making no promises-but
a chance to save yourself from the
rope. Well give you just five min.
utes to come through; if you don't,
you'll take the consequences"
With startling suddenness Hazard
brought his right fist forcibly down
into the palm of his left hand within
an inch of Purcell's nose. He raised
his voice to a thunderous command.
What have you done with the stuff
stolen from KendaPs safer"
No answer. Again the purposeful
fist cracked under Purcell's nose. He
jerked back his head to avoid it. Haz.
ards jaw shot forward and his eyes
were merely two pin-points of light
(Which of your gang was it that
croaked Mrs. Fleuroy?"
Still there was no reply. The pris
oner sat pale and trembling, his head
and body weaving this way and that
as if he would avoid the terrible figure
confronting him. But Hazard ruth
lessly pressed him.
Gust to show you this is no bluff
or police frame-up, I'll lay few cards
on the table.
Tuesday night some time--on the
train or at the depot, it doesn't mat
ter where-Howard Gentry's pocket
was picked; his leather was reefed
and the contents brought to you be-
cause they promised rich possibilities
and the duller-witted crooks needed an
ADLER brain to plan for them. So you
evolved the scheme of selecting man
of some address and not unlike Gentry
to impersonate him.
"But first Gentry had to be gotten
out of the way. You took it upon
yourself to ditch him. How? Easiest
thing in the world.
There were papers and letters in
that poke that Gentry would have
given his right hand to recover, and
you know it. So you went to his no
tel, represented yourself to be DICK
and told him that somebody had been
pinched with the pocketbook on him.
You wanted him to come along 10
identify it.
"Then you got him up over Levin
skis, doped and slugged him, and lel'
him there to be disposed Of later.
armed with the letter OF ldenth
cation, your tool had no difficulty per
suading Mrs. Fleuroy that ne was
Gentry.
"But somewhere along the line you
crooks always fall down. Win oil
your cunning you have no more lore,
sight than little children. Instead 0,
carrying out the grim masquerade anu
having the money handed to him. YOU
tool committed the incredible blunusi
of looting Mr.. Kendal's safe.
what was the result? why Jus'
what might have been expected. MiS,
Fleuroy, knowing all that money "@'
il the house, and that she was III q
way responsible for it, was VllS
awake, waiting for burglars VI couis0
she heard the noise, poor lady, anu u
the panic at being caught the ci''
fool beat her to pulp
Nov, then" ~,
But there was no need for fen1
Hazard to continue. The Wretcn H"'