Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-02-11
,uAprER xxVII-continued.
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I''~ ,noner men so worried and dis
n lsaG and generally consumed with
'' m,d passion Of restraint, that
- nos scarcely ingernail left in
W. ,rofessfon. and frightened-eyed
f bovs hid behind doors. Sud
y, dozen telegraph operators, IN
~ r,rv offices, jumped from their
y, as If they had been touched at
.,me instant by a powerful cur
aom their instruments, and shout
rorging phrases, a composite OF
.is would be nearest expressed by:
Get 'er go!"
sbad been eight o'clock in the eve
:, in New York when Gerald Eos
nj had first given out his informa-
i, and at that moment it was l a. m.
Berlin. At 3 a. M, Berlin time,
beb was 10 p. N. in New York, the
hmm Won Slachten, who had been de-
rred by an unusual stress Of diplo-
,,Hc business stroIled to his favorite
pe At 1905 the Baron Won Slach-
}, became the most thought about
np in his city, but the metropolitan
ness Of Berlin is slightly fettered and
rre or less curbed, and there are
srtsin formalities to be observed. 1t
uobable, therefore, that the baron
rght have gone about his peaceful
By for two or three days, had not a
m American, in the advertising
tsnch of one Of the New York pa
pE, in an entire ignorance Of decent
hmalities, walked straight out Inter
bn Linden to Baron Won Slachten's
hVrite cafe, and, picking out the
baron at a table with four bushy-
heed friends, made this cheerful re-
mark, in the manner and custom Of
tHnalsts in his native land:
WELL baron, the International
Ian8portation company has con-
hssed Could you give me a few
words on the subject?"
The baron, who had been about to
drink a stein of beer, set down his half
liter and stared at the young man
Asnkly. His face turned slowly yell
bT and he rose.
lass bleiben," the baron ordered
DE handy persons who were about to
nnOVe the cheerful advertising repre-
RHtative and incarcerate him for
Aie, and then the baron walked stol-
Idly out of the cafe, and rode home,
md wrote for an hour or SO, and ate
lheayy early breakfast, and returned
70 bis study, and obligingly shot him
Rli.
This was at seven a. M, Berlin time,
'alch was two a. m. in New York;
md owing to the nervousness Of an
Old woman servant, the news reached
New York at three a. m, and the big
wheels began to go around.
Where was Edward E. Allison?
iaeFe was nothing the free and entire
Vuneurbed wanted to know so much
that; but the f. and e. u. was
Nomed to disappointment in that one
oeSlTe of its heart. Even as he had
stumbled down the steps of the Sar-
gent house, Allison was aware of the
mucous thing he had done; aware, too,
mat Jim Sargent was as violent as
sVGhatured men are apt to be. This
AOught 1t must be said in Justice to
AilSon, came last and went away
4% 1t was from himself that he
uled 10 run away, when he shot his
Iuna0out up through the park and
wv the north country, and, by devious
'VaaS TO place which had come to
an as If by inspiration; the Willow
A'O' which was only open in the sum-
l'Iume' and employed feeble old
'Ietaker in the winter. To this haven,
weak and cold as his own numbed
,Vu' Allison drove in mechanical
y and walked around to the
-YVlen' where he found old Peabody
IUAng a corncob pipe, and labori-
uSly mending pair of breeches.
!, A'llSon Went into the office and
.YSsu the door after him. 1t was
a.up and chill in there, but he did not
Vlce 1t He sat down in the swivel
... Oehlnd the fat top desk and
.SSu MS chin in his hands, and
- .a,eu out Of the window at the bleak
~ uFeary landscape. Just within his
IS. OF vision was a lonely little
ven swallowed by mournful droop-
$ willow which had given the club
: ualne' and in the wintry breeze it
~, s,eu It's long tendrils against the
. ~Uel gray sky. Allison fixed his eyes
: mat oddly reckoning tree and
I've 10 think. Old Peabody came
ss's'lng IN, and with many clang
y clatter huilded a fire in the capa-
0 o Dutch stove; with a longing
=. at Allison, for he was starved
~ the hunger of talk. he went out
~ ~ DUSK he once more opened the
m Allison had not moved. He
- sat with his chin in his hands,
M mug out at that veirdly waving
~ INV Old Peabody thought that he
80 : Oe asleep, until he tiptoed up at
> sue Alhson's gray eyes, unblink-
= we're staring straight ahead. with
=. GpFession in them. 1t was as II
~ ~ Osd turned to glass.
-Aeuse me, Mr.. Allison. Chicken
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